Dora Labbette

Dora Labbette (4 March 1898 – 3 September 1984) was an English soprano. Her career spanned the concert hall and the opera house. She conspired with Sir Thomas Beecham to appear at the Royal Opera House masquerading as an Italian singer by the name of Lisa Perli. Away from professional concerns she had an affair with Beecham, with whom she had a son.

Birth and Death Data: Born March 4, 1898, Died 1984

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1922 - 1926

Roles Represented in DAHR: soprano vocal

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Recordings (Results 26-26 of 26 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Columbia (U.K.) WA3009 10-in. either March or April 1926 Damon Dora Labbette Soprano vocal solo, with piano vocalist, soprano vocal  
(Results 26-26 of 26 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Labbette, Dora," accessed May 4, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/354099.

Labbette, Dora. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 4, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/354099.

"Labbette, Dora." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 4 May 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/354099

External Sources

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Linked Open Data Sources

LCNAR: Labbette, Dora, 1898-1984 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no89002496

Wikidata: Dora Labbette - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5297416

VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/54336227

MusicBrainz: Dora Labbette - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/fa377791-0a05-4ffa-b949-508b9d133cd4

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