Background
RIGBY, Jean was born in Fleetwood, Lancs. Daughter of Thomas Boulton Rigby and Margaret Annie Rigby.
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Jean Prescott RIGBY
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Elmslie Girls’ School, Blackpool, Birmingham School of Music, R.A.M. and Opera Studio.
Career
Cosi fan Tutte and film on Handel; also sings concert repertoire and has made recordings with Giuseppe Sinopoli; numerous prizes and scholarships at R.A.M. including Countess of Munster, Leverhulme, Peter Stuyvesant, R.S.A. scholarships and the Principal’s Debut Covent Garden 1983, roles have included Tebaldo, Mercedes, Hippolyta, second Lady, Magic Flute and Olga, Eugene Onegin. Glyndeboume ddbut 1984, sang Nancy in Albert Herring and Mercedes in Carmen 1985. TV appearances in Cosi fan Tutte and film on Handel.
Also sings concert repertoire and has made.
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Married James Hayes in 1987.
