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Opera singer who excelled as Carmen dies

Surbiton.com: April 21, 2014 - 5:00am

International opera star Ann Howard has died at the age of 79.

The singer, most famous for playing the title role in Carmen 250 times, including opposite Placido Domingo in America, lived in Surbiton and still worked as a singing teacher. Born Pauline Ann Swadling in Norwood, south London, she performed around the world in shows ranging from The Marriage of Figaro to HMS Pinafore.

In 1954 she married Keith Giles, an amateur pianist who would help shape her career, aged just 19. He played accompaniment for her in the audition, which started her on the professional singing road. Mr Giles died in 2004.

Howard’s final professional performance came in 1999, in Peter Grimes with the Welsh National Orchestra. Ann Howard was born on July 22, 1934, and died on Wednesday, March 26, 2014. She is survived by a daughter.

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