Joan Cross [SEP] voice type
Joan Cross
Joan Cross (7 September 1900 – 12 December 1993) was an English soprano, closely associated with the operas of Benjamin Britten. She also sang in the Italian and German operatic repertoires. She later became a musical administrator, taking on the direction of the Sadler's Wells Opera Company.
Career.
Cross was born in London. She attended St Paul's Girls' School, where her music teacher was the composer Gustav Holst, and studied singing at the Trinity College of Music. In 1923,
— Matt & Peter
- Pilgrim's Hands — Jason & Peter
- You’re Not Alone † — Sr. Joan (In place of "God Don't Make No Trash")
- All Grown Up — Ivy
- Once Upon a Time — Jason
- Cross — Jason & Fr. Mike
- Bare — Jason & Peter
- Absolution — Peter
- No Voice — Students & Sr. Joan
† Music by Lynne Shankel; lyrics by