Jennifer Smith (born 13 July 1945 in

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, Portugal) graduated from the and went to London on a Gulbenkian scholarship. Her varied recording career includes opera and recital from

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to modern. Her ability to sing in European- Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese makes her a specialist in the music of those countries and composers such as , ,

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and . She appeared in Tony Palmer's 1995 television film on

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, "England My England". She was professor of vocal studies and French Mélodie at the Royal College of Music, London, from 1997 to 2007. She now lives in Vendée, France. She has two children, singer-songwriter Carmen Smith and author Joseph Smith.

Sources

*Cummings, David (ed.)
"Smith, Jennifer"
''International Who's Who in Music'', Routledge, 2000, p. 602. * Hyperion Records
Jennifer Smith (soprano):biography and disscography
accessed 28 January 2008 *Warrack, John and West, Ewan

''The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera'', Oxford University Press, 1996 (accessed online via subscription 28 January 2008)

External links

Official Website for Jennifer Smith, Soprano
1945 births Living people Academics of the Royal College of Music Singers from Lisbon Portuguese operatic sopranos 20th-century Portuguese women opera singers Women music educators {{Portugal-singer-stub