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Happy 80th birthday, Dame Janet Baker

<em>Michael Kennedy</em> salutes the mezzo-soprano Janet Baker,who celebrates her 80th birthday next week

17 August 2013

9:00 AM

17 August 2013

9:00 AM

Raise your glass on 21 August to wish a happy 80th birthday to one of the greatest singers and singing actresses this or any other country has produced — Dame Janet Baker, the mezzo-soprano from Yorkshire, who never went to a music college and won the hearts of her audiences in a career spanning 35 years.

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