Background
Baker, Dame Janet was born on August 21, 1933 in Hatfield, Yorks, England. Daughter of Robert Abbott and May Baker.
Baker, Dame Janet was born on August 21, 1933 in Hatfield, Yorks, England. Daughter of Robert Abbott and May Baker.
Student, York College for Girls, England. Doctor of Music (honorary), Birmingham, 1968. Doctor of Music (honorary), Leicester, 1974.
Doctor of Music (honorary), London, 1974. Doctor of Music (honorary), Hull, 1975. Doctor of Music (honorary), Oxford, 1975.
Doctor of Music (honorary), Leeds, 1980. Doctor of Music (honorary), Cambridge, 1984. Doctor of Music (honorary), Lancaster, 1983.
Doctor of Music (honorary), York, 1984.
President Royal Scottish Academy, of Music and Drama since 1983. President London Sinfonia since 1986. Retd, from operatic stage July 1982, continues to give concert performances.
Kathleen Ferrier Memorial. Fellow, St. Anne’s College, Oxford 1975, Downing College, Cambridge 1985. Grand Prix, French National Academy, of Lyric.
Trustee Foundation Sport and Arts, since 1991. Member Opera Board Royal Opera House, Convent Garden, 1994—1997.
Married James Keith Shelley in 1957.