Claudia Huckle is a British operatic

contralto A contralto () is a type of classical female singing voice whose vocal range is the lowest female voice type. The contralto's vocal range is fairly rare; similar to the mezzo-soprano, and almost identical to that of a countertenor, typica ...

. Huckle studied at the

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, the New England Conservatory and the Curtis Institute of Music. She was the first woman to win the

Birgit Nilsson Prize The Birgit Nilsson Prize is the largest prize in classical music, awarded approximately every three years to an active artist or institution who has contributed an important chapter to music history. Towards the end of her unparalleled, long an ...

for singing Wagner, at Operalia 2013.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Huckle, Claudia English opera singers Living people Operatic contraltos Alumni of the Royal College of Music New England Conservatory alumni Year of birth missing (living people)