Isobel Buchanan [SEP] voice type
Isobel Buchanan
Isobel Buchanan (born 15 March 1954) is a Scottish operatic soprano.
Early life and career.
Isobel Buchanan was born in 1954 in Glasgow, Scotland. In 1971, she received a scholarship to the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, where in 1974, she was awarded with Student of the Year prize. She also won the Governor's Recital Prize that same year.
She signed a three-year contract with The Australian Opera in 1975 to pursue her career in singing and in
is a British actress, Georgia King.
Repertoire.
Her repertory includes:
Recordings.
- Bizet: Carmen (Elena Obraztsova, Plácido Domingo, Isobel Buchanan, Wiener Staatsoper orchestra and chorus, Carlos Kleiber) DVD TDK 8 24121 00097 4
- Bellini: La sonnambula (Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Isobel Buchanan, Della Jones, National Philharmonic Orchestra, London Opera Chorus, Richard Bonynge) CD Decca 2LH417-424
- Delibes: Lakmé (Joan Sutherland, Isobel Buchanan, Huguette