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Felicity Lott has died

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specki4eyes Sat 16-May-26 21:15:20

I listened to it too and was so impressed by her sweet, self deprecating nature, I checked her profile, out of interest. How sad.
As an aside, I must say what is notable though is that so many of us are listening to quality radio...i.e. radio 4. This is our generation, let's hope they never dumb it down.

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M0nica Sat 16-May-26 20:02:39

Yes, I too heard the program this week. She has always been one of our favourite sopranos and while we never saw her in a live performance, we have watched her on screen in a number of roles. My favourite being a production of Rossini's Cendrillon, where her wit and playfulness underlay the whole production.

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feldmarschallin Sat 16-May-26 19:42:51

This is such very sad, though not unexpected, news. I listened to the interview with John Wilson only this morning and was moved yet again by Flotty's self-deprecating demeanor and her exquisitely beautiful singing of Strauss. Rest in peace, dear lady, and thank you.

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Luckygirl3 Sat 16-May-26 19:29:57

So sad to hear to this. I only listened to her on This Cultural Life a couple of days ago, when she said that she was dying of cancer. The only comfort here is that she sounded well and in no distress.

I have such a lovely memory of her from a Three Choirs Festival, where I was in the choir and very pregnant. We had to wear black and I had bought a cheap length of black cotton material and run up a basic tent. Felicity was tall willowy and beautiful in pale lilac satin with matching shoes - she looked lovely. We met in the toilets, and as I was washing my hands she said: "I just wanted to say how beautiful you look in that dress." What could I say? - there she was in all her elegant glory while I was like a black barrage balloon - what a kind lady!

A great loss to music - her voice was unforced, free from vibrato and fluidly beautiful.

I will find some of her songs on spotify and revisit her voice.

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