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Elaine Marguirite Padmore (born 1947) is a British opera administrator, broadcaster, and author. From 2000 until her retirement in 2011, she was Director of Opera at London's
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. She was awarded an OBE in the 2012
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Life and career

Born in
Haworth Haworth () is a village in the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, in the Pennines, south-west of Keighley, west of Bradford and east of Colne in Lancashire. The surrounding areas include Oakworth and Oxenhope. Nearby villages inc ...
, Yorkshire, Padmore spent her childhood in
Kingston upon Hull Kingston upon Hull, usually abbreviated to Hull, is a port city and unitary authority in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It lies upon the River Hull at its confluence with the Humber Estuary, inland from the North Sea and south-ea ...
where she attended
Newland School for Girls Newland School For Girls is a secondary school for girls aged 11– 16, situated in the Newland area of Kingston upon Hull, England. History Newland School was founded in 1907 to meet the growing demand for girls' education. It opened on the ...
and her teenage years in Blackpool where she attended
Arnold School Arnold School was an independent school in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, established on the Fylde coast in 1896 during the Victorian expansion of public boarding schools in England. The school was in the United Church Schools Trust group o ...
. She went on to the
University of Birmingham The University of Birmingham (informally Birmingham University) is a Public university, public research university located in Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom. It received its royal charter in 1900 as a successor to Queen's College, Birmingha ...
, graduating with a Bachelor of Music degree in music. Trained as a singer and also a skilled pianist, while still an undergraduate, she accompanied singers such as
Janet Baker Dame Janet Abbott Baker (born 21 August 1933) is an English mezzo-soprano best known as an opera, concert, and lieder singer.Blyth, Alan, "Baker, Dame Janet (Abbott)" in Sadie, Stanley, ed.; John Tyrell; exec. ed. (2001). ''New Grove Dictionary ...
and
Robert Tear Robert Tear (pronounced to rhyme with "beer"), CBE (8 March 1939 – 29 March 2011) was a Welsh tenor singer, teacher and conductor. He first became known singing in the operas of Benjamin Britten in the mid-1960s. From the 1970s until his ...
when they sang at the Barber Institute. After post-graduate study at the Guildhall School of Music, she initially worked as a music book editor for
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before joining the
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. At the BBC she rose from being a general music producer for Radio Three to becoming its chief producer of opera.Chanteau, Cara (7 September 2003)
"Elaine Padmore: The quiet woman makes her mark"
''
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''. Retrieved 8 November 2017. From 1982 to 1994, Padmore was the General Director of Ireland's
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and from 1991 to 1994 concurrently served as the Artistic Director of
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. In 1993 she was appointed Artistic Director of the
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, a post which she held until 2000 when she was named Director of Opera at the newly re-opened
Royal Opera House The Royal Opera House (ROH) is an opera house and major performing arts venue in Covent Garden, central London. The large building is often referred to as simply Covent Garden, after a previous use of the site. It is the home of The Royal Ope ...
in London. She retired in October 2011. The following year she was awarded an OBE "for services to music".


Publications

*"German Expressionist Opera, 1910-1935" (1969). ''Proceedings of the Royal Musical Association'', pp. 41–53 *''Wagner'' (1971). Faber and Faber (''Great Composers'' series for children)Dean, Winton (March 1972)
"Great Composers: ''Wagner by Elaine Padmore''; ''Rossini'' by James Harding"
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The Musical Times ''The Musical Times'' is an academic journal of classical music edited and produced in the United Kingdom and currently the oldest such journal still being published in the country. It was originally created by Joseph Mainzer in 1842 as ''Mainzer ...
'', Vol. 113, No. 1549, pp. 269-270. Retrieved 9 November 2017 via JSTOR . *"Hindemith and Grünewald" (1972). ''Music Review'', Vol. 33, pp. 190–93


References

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