Background
Barstow, Dame Josephine Clare was born on September 27, 1940 in Sheffield, England. Daughter of Harold and Clara Barstow.
Barstow, Dame Josephine Clare was born on September 27, 1940 in Sheffield, England. Daughter of Harold and Clara Barstow.
Student, Birmingham University. Doctor of Music (honorary), Birmingham University.
Verdi Recital Record with English National Opera Orchestra and Mark Elder, Amelia with Herbert von Karajan, Kate in Kiss Me Kate, Four Finales; Honorary D.Mus. (Birmingham). Debut in operatic profession with Opera for All 1964. For short time co.; freelance singer in all national opera houses in Great Britain and in Paris, Vienna, Salzburg, Zurich, Geneva, Turin, Florence, Cologne, E. Berlin, USSR, Chicago, San Francisco, New York, Houston and many other American opera houses. Chief roles: Violetta (Traviata), Leonora (Forza del Destino), Elisabeth (Don Carlos), Lady Macbeth, Leonore (Fidelio), Sieglinde, Arabella, Salome, Amelia, The Marshallin, Tosca, Mimi, Manon Lescaut, Emilia Marty, Jenufa, Katya Kabanova, Medea, Renata (The Fiery Angel), Katerina Ismailova.
World premieres of Tippet, Henze and Penderecki.
Welsh National Opera, then English National Opera.
Farming (cattle) and breeding Arabian horses.
Married Terry Hands, 1964 (divorced 1968). Married Ande Anderson, 1969 (deceased 1996).