June Bronhill [SEP] voice type
June Bronhill
June Bronhill OBE (26 June 192924 January 2005) was an internationally acclaimed Australian coloratura soprano opera singer, performer and actress,
She was well known for light opera and musical theatre in London West End theatres and Australia as well as on the opera stage.
Biography.
Bronhill was born June Mary Gough in the inland Australian city of Broken Hill, New South Wales to George Francis Gough, born in Essex, England and Mary Isobel Daisy Hall. Her stage name, Bronhill, which she used
Langford, Andrew Field and Glyndebourne's Jani Strasser. During this time he also worked as a rehearsal singer with Sir Thomas Beecham for two years before his friend Richard Bonynge assisted enormously in developing a tenor voice from his former bass-baritone. After a further two years with Bonynge, Weaving was engaged by the Sadler's Wells Opera and made his debut as Danilo in "The Merry Widow" opposite June Bronhill at the London Coliseum, the first of many hundreds of performances of the role.
At Sadler's Wells Weaving