1995Winner
Best Performance
Patience
Heather Begg
Actor
Nelson, New Zealand
December 1, 1932
Biography
Dame Isoleen Heather Begg (1 December 1932 – 12 May 2009) was a New Zealand-born operatic mezzo-soprano who spent most of her career in the United Kingdom and Australia. She was "a versatile artist" with a "gift for comedy", and became renowned as the title role in Bizet's Carmen, Amneris in Verdi's Aida and in lighter operas such as The Gondoliers
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1986Winner
Best Performance
La Fille du Régiment
1975Nominee
Best Performance
The Marriage of Figaro
Career Highlights
1973Highlight
Best Performance
The Mikado
1987Highlight
Best Performance
The Mikado