Jo Appleby (born 7 April 1974) is an English soprano from

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, England. She is a former member of

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group Amici Forever.

Life

Jo Appleby was born in Blackpool, Lancashire. She began studying opera, aged nineteen, at the Royal Northern College of Music, where, four years later, she gained an honours degree. She then won a scholarship from the

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before embarking on an operatic career. She spent four years performing with the

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and Touring Opera Company, as well as singing at venues such as the Royal Albert Hall and the Royal Festival Hall. In 2002 she was signed by Sony BMG as an original member of the opera group Amici Forever. She toured with the group until September 2006 when she left to pursue a solo career. Since leaving the group she has toured Australia,

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and New Zealand as a soloist with The Morriston Orpheus Male voice choir. In 2007, she was involved in a concert tour of the United Kingdom, and the "It's Magic" Christmas concert. Appleby is performs with the

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at the

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Jo Appleby at Sussex Symphony Orchestra
1974 births Living people People from Thornton-Cleveleys Opera crossover singers English sopranos 21st-century English women singers 21st-century English singers {{UK-singer-stub