Ann Murray DBE is an Irish mezzo-soprano. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world This article is related to a series of articles under the main article Voice type. She was born on August 27, 1949 in Dublin. Events 479 BC - Greco-Persian Wars: Persian forces led by Mardonius are routed by Pausanias, the Spartan Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. She studied with Frederick Cox at the Royal Manchester College of Music and made her stage debut as Alcestis in Christoph Willibald Gluck's Alceste in 1974. The Royal Northern College of Music or RNCM is a conservatoire in Manchester, England. Alceste is an Opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck. The Libretto was written by Ranieri de Calzabigi (in Italian and based on the play She has since sung at all major opera houses and is highly acclaimed in works by George Frideric Handel, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Richard Strauss. Richard Georg Strauss (11 June 1864 &ndash 8 September 1949 was a German Composer of the late Romantic era and early modern era particularly noted

Ms. Murray performs mainly at Covent Garden (where she performed as Siphare in Mitridate Rè di Ponto), the English National Opera, and the Bavarian State Opera (where she was made Kammersängerin in 1998). Covent Garden (Pronunciation kɒvʌnt is a district in London, England, located on the easternmost parts of the City of Westminster and the southwest Mitridate re di Ponto ( Mithridates, King of Pontus) K 87 (74a, is an early Opera seria in three acts by Wolfgang Amadeus English National Opera (ENO is the national opera company of England, and one of two opera companies in London, along with the Royal Opera at Covent The Bayerische Staatsoper ( Bavarian State Opera) is an Opera company based in Munich, Germany in existence since 1653 Ms. Murray was the featured singer in volume three of the Hyperion Schubert Edition, Hyperion Records' complete Franz Schubert lieder project, in 1988, led by pianist Graham Johnson. Hyperion Records is an independent British classical Record label, named after Hyperion, one of the Titans of Greek mythology Graham Johnson (born July 10, 1950, Bulawayo) is a Rhodesian born British based Pianist and Lieder Accompanist

In 2002, she was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire for her services to music. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. Not being a citizen of a Commonwealth realm, the award was honorary rather than substantive. A Commonwealth realm is any one of 16 sovereign states within the Commonwealth of Nations that each have Elizabeth II as their respective Monarch This is an incomplete list of people who have been created honorary Knights (or Dames by the British crown as well as those who have been raised to the two comparable Orders of Chivalry ( Order This means she can use the postnominal "DBE", but is not known as Dame Ann Murray.

She is married to English tenor Philip Langridge and has one son, Jonathan. WikipediaWikiProject Opera#Infoboxes --> Philip Langridge CBE (born 16 December 1939 is an English Tenor considered

External links

• Short biography at Bach-Cantatas. com
• Artist page at Hyperion Records.
• Artist page at Askonas Holt Ltd.