Felicity Lott

{{Short description|English soprano (1947–2026)}} {{Use British English|date=August 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = [[Dame]] | name = Felicity Lott | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|DBE|FRAM|FRCM}}<ref name = "RAM" /><ref name = "Co Opera" /> | image = Ammiel Bushakevitz & Dame Felicity Lott (wide crop).jpg | caption = Lott in 2018 | birth_name = Felicity Ann Emwhyla Lott | birth_date = {{birth date|1947|5|8|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Cheltenham]], Gloucestershire, England | death_date = {{death date and age|2026|5|15|1947|5|8|df=y}} | death_place = [[East Sussex]], England | occupation = [[Soprano]] | education = {{ubl| [[Royal Holloway, University of London]] | [[Royal Academy of Music]] }} | organizations = {{ubl| [[Glyndebourne Festival Opera|Glyndebourne]] | [[Wigmore Hall]] }} | spouse = {{marriage|Robin Golding|1973|1982|end=div}} {{marriage|[[Gabriel Woolf]]|1984}} | children = 1 | website = {{URL|https://www.felicitylott.de/}} | title = [[Kammersänger]]in }}

'''Dame Felicity Ann Emwhyla Lott'''<ref name = "Millington" /> (8 May 1947 – 15 May 2026) was an English [[soprano]], among the leading voices in operas by [[Mozart]] and [[Richard Strauss]] and operettas by [[Jacques Offenbach]].<ref name = "Brachmann" /><ref name="Page" /> Her first signature role was the Countess in ''[[Capriccio (opera)|Capriccio]]'', the last opera by Strauss, on the [[Glyndebourne Festival Opera|Glyndebourne Festival]]'s tour in 1976. She appeared with the company in every season until 1990, also in 20th-century operas: as Helena in Britten's ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream (opera)|A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'', Anne in Stravinsky's ''[[The Rake's Progress]]'' and Elle in Poulenc's ''[[La Voix humaine]]''. She portrayed the Countess in Mozart's ''[[Le nozze di Figaro]]'', including for her first performance on stage in the United States at the [[Lyric Opera of Chicago]] in 1987, and the title role of Offenbach's ''[[La belle Hélène]]'' at the [[Théâtre du Châtelet]] in Paris. She portrayed the Marschallin in ''[[Der Rosenkavalier]]'' by Strauss at the [[Metropolitan Opera]] in 1990 and in an iconic 1994 performance at the [[Vienna State Opera]] that was recorded.

Lott had a special love for French [[mélodies]], German [[lieder]], and the English [[art song]] repertoire. She supported music organisations as member, vice president and patron. An obituary in ''[[The Guardian]]'' described her "mellifluous tone with just a hint of metal to give it that lustrous gleam, the effortlessly floated high notes, pin-sharp diction and captivating stage presence".<ref name = "Millington" /> She received several honorary doctorates and lifetime achievement awards.

== Life and career == Lott was born in [[Cheltenham]] in [[Gloucestershire]] on 8 May 1947.<ref name = "Millington" /><ref name = "Brachmann" /><ref name="Telegraph obit" /> Her parents were John Lott, who ran an accountancy business, and Whyla (née Williams). Her father played piano in pubs, and both parents sang with the Cheltenham Choral Society.<ref name="Telegraph obit" /> From her earliest years she was musical, taking piano lessons from age five. She also played violin and began singing lessons at 12. Fluent in French and German, she wanted to become a French interpreter,<ref name = "RAM" /><ref name="Telegraph obit" /> and later used her affinity to languages in her singing.<ref name = "Brachmann" />

At age 20, she lived in [[Voiron]], France, for a year,<ref name = "NDR" /> teaching secondary school children.<ref name="Telegraph obit" /> During this time she took singing lessons at the [[Conservatoire de Grenoble]].<ref name = "RAM" /><ref name="Telegraph obit" /><ref name = "NDR" /> Her teacher advised her to study singing professionally, and sent her to an international music academy in 1968.<ref name = "NDR" /> She was an [[alumna]] of [[Royal Holloway, University of London]],<ref name = "RAM" /> obtaining a BA in French and [[Latin]] in 1969.<ref name = "Co Opera" /><ref name="Telegraph obit" /><ref name = "Gramophone" /> She then studied singing at the [[Royal Academy of Music]].<ref name = "RAM" /> Her main interest was the interpretation of [[mélodie]]s and [[lied]]er.<ref name = "Telegraph obit" /> During her studies, she appeared as Handel's Seleuce in ''[[Tolomeo]]'' and in the title role of ''[[Arianna in Creta]]'' in 1973 at the Unicorn Opera in Abingdon, and as Mozart's Elvira in ''[[Don Giovanni]]'' and Fiordiligi in ''[[Così fan tutte]]'' at the Leicester University Opera.<ref name = "Millington" />

=== Early opera career === Lott made her professional operatic debut at the [[City of London Festival]] in 1974 as Seleuce in ''Tolomeo''. The following year she stepped in as Pamina in Mozart's ''[[The Magic Flute]]'' at the [[English National Opera]],<ref name = "RAM" /><ref name="Telegraph obit" /> repeating the role both at the company's London theatre and on tours.<ref name = "Millington" /> It was followed by performing as Natascha in Prokofiev's ''[[War and Peace (opera)|War and Peace]]''<ref name = "Millington" /><ref name="Telegraph obit" /> and Roxane in Szymanowski's ''[[King Roger (opera)|King Roger]]''.<ref name = "Millington" /> In 1976 she took part, in a small role, in the London premiere of Hans Werner Henze's ''[[We Come to the River]]'' at the [[Royal Opera House]],<ref name = "RAM"/><ref name = "Millington" /><ref name="Telegraph obit" /> and then Helena in Britten's ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream (opera)|A Midsummer Night's Dream]]''.<ref name="Telegraph obit" /> She appeared as Jenifer in Tippett's ''[[The Midsummer Marriage]]'' at the [[Welsh National Opera]].<ref name = "Millington" />

=== Glyndebourne === Lott performed at the [[Glyndebourne Festival Opera|Glyndebourne]] from 1976 to 1990, returning in 1998 and 2002, with roles including Anne in Stravinsky's ''[[The Rake's Progress]]'' Elle in Poulenc's ''[[La Voix humaine]]'',<ref name = "Millington" /><ref name = "Gramophone" /> Pamina, Helena, Mozart's Fiordiligi, the Countess in ''[[Le nozze di Figaro]]'', and Elvira in ''Don Giovanni'' and Lady Billows in Britten's ''[[Albert Herring]]''.<ref name = "Gramophone" /> She performed the title role in Lehár's ''[[The Merry Widow]]'' at Glyndebourne, as well as Rosalinde in ''[[Die Fledermaus]]'' by J. Strauss and the title role in Offenbach's ''[[La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein]]''.<ref name="Champs Hill" />

=== Roles === Lott also portrayed the Countess in ''Le nozze di Figaro''<ref name = "Brachmann" /> for her first performance on stage in the United States at the [[Lyric Opera of Chicago]] in 1987.<ref name="Page" /> When she appeared in the title role of Offenbach's ''[[La belle Hélène]]'' at the [[Théâtre du Châtelet]] in Paris, staged by [[Laurent Pelly]], the audience shed tears of laughter.<ref name="Brachmann" /> Her roles also included the title role in Charpentier's ''[[Louise (opera)|Louise]]'', Britten's Ellen Orford in ''[[Peter Grimes]]'', The Governess in ''[[The Turn of the Screw (opera)|The Turn of the Screw]]'', and Poulenc's Blanche in ''[[Dialogues of the Carmelites]]''.<ref name = "RAM" />

=== Strauss === Lott became associated with the works of [[Richard Strauss]] including his [[lied]]er, such as ''[[Four Last Songs]]''. She had early international success as the Countess in ''[[Capriccio (opera)|Capriccio]]'', performed first at the Glyndebourne Festival, in 1976 on tour<ref name = "Millington" /> with [[Charles Mackerras]] conducting.<ref name = "RAM"/><ref name = "Brachmann" /><ref name = "Fischer" /> She portrayed the role also in a concert performance at Carnegie Hall in 1986.<ref name="Page" /> Her next Strauss role at Glyndebourne was the title role of ''[[Der Rosenkavalier]]'' in 1980, followed by Christine in ''[[Intermezzo (opera)|Intermezzo]]'', given in English.<ref name = "Millington" /> She made her debut with the [[Bavarian State Opera]] in this role, spending six rehearsal weeks on the conversational piece in German,<ref name = "Millington" /> performed at the [[Cuvilliés Theatre]].<ref name="Krasting" /> She appeared as the Marschallin in ''Der Rosenkavalier'' at the [[Metropolitan Opera]] in New York City in 1990<ref name="Page" /><ref name="Met" /> and at the [[Bavarian State Opera]] from 1991 to 2006, earning her the title of [[Kammersänger]]in.<ref name = "Krasting" /> Her 1994 portrayal of the role, conducted by [[Carlos Kleiber]] at the [[Vienna State Opera]],<ref name = "Fischer" /> became legendary.<ref name = "Brachmann" /><ref name="Vienna" /> She performed alongside [[Anne Sofie von Otter]] in the title role, [[Barbara Bonney]] as Sophie and [[Kurt Moll]] as Ochs,<ref name = "Gramophone" /> and it was recorded on DVD by [[ORF (broadcaster)|Austrian television]],<ref name="Page" /><ref name = "Gramophone" /> and taken to a tour of Japan.<ref name="Vienna" /><ref name="Vienna performances" /> She was regarded as an ideal Marschallin for her "elegance and noblesse, her musical intelligence and her warm-hearted human charisma".<ref name="Vienna" /> She appeared at the Vienna State Opera also as the Countess in ''Capriccio'' and in the title role of ''[[Arabella]]''.<ref name="Vienna" /><ref name="Vienna performances" />

=== Recitals === Lott had a special love for French [[mélodie]]s, German [[lied]]er and the English [[art song]] repertoire, particularly the songs by [[Benjamin Britten]]. She recorded the complete orchestral lieder by Strauss conducted by [[Neeme Järvi]].<ref name = "Brachmann" /><ref name = "Gramophone" /> Her accompanist since her student days was [[Graham Johnson (musician)|Graham Johnson]], and they gave a great number of recitals and recordings together,<ref name="Page" /><ref name="DeSingel" /> including anthologies of songs by different composers based on poetry by [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe|Goethe]] and [[Charles Baudelaire|Baudelaire]].<ref name = "Brachmann" /> She gave recitals singing duets with [[Ann Murray]] and [[Thomas Allen (baritone)|Thomas Allen]].<ref name = "Millington" /> She appeared at the [[Schubertiade Vorarlberg|Schwarzenberg Schubertiade]] in songs by [[Franz Schubert|Schubert]], interpreted with an intellectual grasp, charm, humour and sensuality.<ref name = "Fischer" /> She often appeared at [[Wigmore Hall]] in London, and supported the hall, for example in the Wigmore French Song Exchange.<ref name = "Gramophone" />

=== Organisations === Lott was a founding member, with Johnson, Murray, [[Anthony Rolfe Johnson]] and [[Richard Jackson (baritone)|Richard Jackson]],<ref name="Page" /> of the Songmakers' Almanac in 1976, in order to perform less well-known art songs.<ref name = "RAM" /><ref name="Hyperion" /> Lott was a vice-president of the [[British Youth Opera]] and [[The Bach Choir]].<ref name="Telegraph obit" /> She was a member of the [[Incorporated Society of Musicians]],<ref name = "Evans" /> and a patron of the [[Southwell, Nottinghamshire#Festivals|Southwell Music Festival]],<ref name = "Southwell" /> of the British Voice Association<ref name = "BVA" /> and of [[Bampton Classical Opera]].<ref name="RAH" />

=== Personal life === Lott married Robin Golding, a music writer, editor and registrar at the Royal Academy of Music, in 1973. The couple was divorced in 1982,<ref name="Page" /> and he died in 2009. She married the actor [[Gabriel Woolf]] in 1984; the couple had a daughter.<ref name = "Millington" /><ref name="Telegraph obit" />

On her 79th birthday, Lott gave an interview to ''[[The Observer]]'',<ref name="Thorpe" /> in which she announced that she had cancer in a final stage.<ref name = "Brachmann" /><ref name = "NDR" /> She auctioned her former [[haute couture]] dresses in support of [[hospice]]s.<ref name = "Brachmann" />

Living near [[Brighton]], [[East Sussex]], Lott died of [[lung cancer]] in a local hospice on 15 May 2026, a week after her 79th birthday. Her death came shortly after the [[BBC Radio 4]] programme about her, in the series ''This Cultural Life'', was first broadcast.<ref name = "Brachmann" /><ref name="Page" /><ref name="Telegraph obit" /><ref name = "Fischer" /><ref name="Vienna" /><ref name="Times" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=This Cultural Life - Felicity Lott - BBC Sounds |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002w61d |access-date=2026-05-23 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}</ref>

== Honours and awards == Lott sang Mozart's ''[[Vesperae solennes de confessore|Laudate Dominum]]'' at the [[wedding of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson]] in 1986 at the [[Westminster Abbey]].<ref name="Telegraph obit" />

She was honoured by [[Elizabeth II]] with the title [[Dame]] in 1996.<ref name = "NDR" /><ref name = "Fischer" /><ref name = "Krasting" /> She received many honorary doctorates, including from the universities of [[University of Oxford|Oxford]], [[University of London|London]], [[University of Leicester|Leicester]],<ref name = "RAM" /> [[University of Gloucestershire|Gloucestershire]],<ref name = "Gloucestershire" /> [[University of Sussex|Sussex]], [[Loughborough University|Loughborough]], and the [[Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama]] in Glasgow.<ref name = "RAM" /> Lott was recipient of the [[Légion d'Honneur]] in 2001.<ref name = "RAM" /><ref name="Keenan" /> In 2003 she was awarded the title of Bayerische [[Kammersängerin]].<ref name = "Krasting" />

The [[National Portrait Gallery, London|National Portrait Gallery]] holds a 2004 photograph of Lott by British photographer [[Derry Moore, 12th Earl of Drogheda|Derry Moore]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Dame Felicity Lott – National Portrait Gallery | url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw85504/Dame-Felicity-Lott }}</ref> In 2009 she was appointed a visiting professor by [[Royal Holloway, University of London|Royal Holloway]].<ref name="Wigmore_Hall" /><ref name="Royal Holloway" /> On 9 February 2010, she was presented with the [[Wigmore Hall]] Medal<ref name = "Gramophone" /> by [[Prince Edward, Duke of Kent]], at the launch of the hall's 110th anniversary programme.<ref name = "Wigmore Medal" /> The medal was introduced in 2006 and is awarded to internationally important artistic figures in recognition of their significant contribution to the hall. The review praised her "unique contribution to Wigmore Hall and to the advancement of the song recital as a concert-going experience throughout the world". It was 35 years since she first performed there, in 1975.<ref name="Wigmore_Hall" /> In 2016, she received the [[International Classical Music Awards]] lifetime achievement award.<ref name="Nupen">{{cite web | last=Nupen | first=Christopher | title=Winners 2016 | website=ICMA | date=19 January 2016 | url=https://www.icma-info.com/icma-2016-the-winners-%E2%80%8E/ | access-date=18 May 2026}}</ref> In 2023 she was awarded ''[[Gramophone (magazine)|Gramophone]]''{{'s}} lifetime achievement award.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.prsformusic.com/m-magazine/news/gramophone-awards-2023-winners|title=Gramophone Classical Music Awards 2023 | M Magazine|website=www.prsformusic.com}}</ref>

== Discography == In 1977, Lott recorded the Charpentier's [[Te Deum (Charpentier)|Te Deum]], H. 146, with the [[Choir of King's College, Cambridge]] and the [[Academy of St Martin in the Fields|Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields]], conducted by [[Philip Ledger]], for EMI Records.<ref>{{cite web |title=Te Deum ; Messe de minuit pour Noël | work = [[WorldCat]] |url=https://search.worldcat.org/title/53256417 |access-date=20 May 2026 |language=en }}</ref> She was also featured as a soloist in a recording of Mozart's [[Requiem (Mozart)|Requiem]] with the [[London Philharmonic Choir]] and [[London Philharmonic Orchestra|Orchestra]].<ref>{{cite web |title = Mozart: Requiem & Mass in C minor | work = WorldCat |url=https://search.worldcat.org/title/1444508507 | access-date = 20 May 2026}}</ref> She sang in Haydn's ''[[Nelson Mass]]'', conducted by [[Trevor Pinnock]]; the recording achieved a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] in 1986.<ref name = "Gramophone" />

For [[Hyperion Records]], Lott recorded many songs, by [[Songs of Emmanuel Chabrier|Chabrier]],<ref>{{cite web |title = Musique adorable! : the complete songs of Emmanuel Chabrier | work = WorldCat |url=https://search.worldcat.org/title/1461583755 |access-date=20 May 2026 |language=en}}</ref> [[Gabriel Fauré|Fauré]],<ref>{{cite web |title = Felicity Lott s'amuse d'Offenbach à Poulenc | work = WorldCat |url=https://search.worldcat.org/title/938661018 |access-date=20 May 2026 |language=en}}</ref> [[List_of_compositions_by_Charles_Gounod#Songs|Gounod]],<ref>{{cite web |title = Songs by Gounod. 1, Gounod in France | work = WorldCat |url=https://search.worldcat.org/title/1507085194 |access-date=20 May 2026 |language=en}}</ref> [[Reynaldo Hahn]],<ref>{{cite web |title = Sange | work = WorldCat |url=https://search.worldcat.org/title/874527052 |access-date=20 May 2026 |language=en}}</ref> [[List_of_compositions_by_Francis_Poulenc#Vocal|Poulenc]],<ref>{{cite web |title = Voyage à Paris : the mélodies of Francis Poulenc | work = WorldCat |url=https://search.worldcat.org/title/1463268189 |access-date=20 May 2026 |language=en}}</ref> and [[List of songs by Franz Schubert|Schubert]],<ref>{{cite web |title = The Hyperion Schubert edition. 19 : Complete songs = Sämtliche Lieder = Mélodies intégrales | work = WorldCat |url=https://search.worldcat.org/title/1463310780 |access-date=20 May 2026 |language=en}}</ref> often with Graham Johnson, and for [[Chandos Records]], songs by [[Richard Strauss]]<ref>{{cite web |title = Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's Life) ; Four last songs, op. posth: (Vier Letzte Lieder) | work = WorldCat |url=https://search.worldcat.org/title/906563288 |access-date=20 May 2026 |language=en}}</ref> and [[Hugo Wolf|Wolf]],<ref>{{cite web |title = Felicity Lott s'amuse ... "auf Deutsch" | work = WorldCat |url=https://search.worldcat.org/title/772653123 |access-date=20 May 2026 |language=en}}</ref> among others. She recorded an anthology of English songs by 19 composers including Britten, [[Frank Bridge]], [[Thomas Dunhill]], [[Armstrong Gibbs]], [[Percy Grainger]], [[Herbert Howells]], and [[Maude Valérie White]].<ref name = "Steane" />

== Videography == Video's of complete operas include Britten's ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream (opera)|A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' (Helena),<ref>{{cite web |title = A midsummer night's dream | work = WorldCat |url=https://search.worldcat.org/title/312591614 |access-date=20 May 2026 |language=en}}</ref> Offenbach's ''[[La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein]]'' (title role)<ref>{{cite web |title = La grande duchesse de Gerolstein | work = WorldCat |url=https://search.worldcat.org/title/856906885 |access-date=20 May 2026 |language=en}}</ref> and ''[[La belle Hélène]]'' (title role),<ref>{{cite web |title = La belle Hélène | work = WorldCat |url=https://search.worldcat.org/title/1399012701 |access-date=20 May 2026 |language=en}}</ref> Mozart's ''[[Die Zauberflöte]]'' (Pamina),<ref>{{cite web |title = Die Zauberflöte = The magic flute | work = WorldCat |url=https://search.worldcat.org/title/1252620061 |access-date=20 May 2026 |language=en}}</ref> and Stravinsky's ''[[The Rake's Progress]]'' (Anne Trulove).<ref>{{cite web |title = The rake's progress | work = WorldCat |url=https://search.worldcat.org/title/1010017114 |access-date=20 May 2026 |language=en}}</ref> She participated in ''[[Glyndebourne Festival Opera: A Gala Evening]]'' in 1992, recorded as DVD by [[Arthaus Musik]].<ref>{{cite web |title = Glyndebourne gala : a concert to mark a new era in the life of the famous Sussex opera house | work = WorldCat |url=https://search.worldcat.org/title/298463782 |access-date=20 May 2026 |language=en}}</ref>

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<ref name = "Brachmann">{{cite news | last = Brachmann | first = Jan | url = https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/musik-und-buehne/oper/nachruf-auf-die-sopranistin-felicity-lott-accg-200830007.html | title = Eine Frau für alle Sprechtonfälle | trans-title = A woman for all speech tones | newspaper = [[Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung]] | date = 17 May 2016 | access-date = 18 May 2016 | language = de }}</ref>

<ref name="Evans">{{cite web | last = Evans | first = Anthony | title = ISM's evening with Dame Felicity Lott | work = Planet Hugill | date = 25 February 2014 | url = https://www.planethugill.com/2014/02/isms-evening-with-dame-felicity-lott.html | access-date = 16 May 2026 | archive-date = 4 February 2026 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20260204202358/https://www.planethugill.com/2014/02/isms-evening-with-dame-felicity-lott.html | url-status = live }}</ref>

<ref name = "Fischer">{{cite web | last = Fischer | first = Volkmar | title = Nachruf: Britische Sopranistin Felicity Lott gestorben | trans-title = British Soprano Felicity Lott dies | website = [[BR-Klassik]] | date = 17 May 2026 | url = https://www.br-klassik.de/aktuell/news-kritik/britische-sopranistin-felicity-lott-verstorben-nachruf-wuerdigung-100.html | language = de | access-date = 18 May 2026 }}</ref>

<ref name = "Keenan">{{cite web | last = Keenan | first = Claire | title = English Soprano Dame Felicity Lott dies aged 79 | website = BBC Home | date = 17 May 2026 | url = https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpqp1938d8do | access-date = 18 May 2026 | archive-date = 17 May 2026 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20260517070839/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpqp1938d8do | url-status = live }}</ref>

<ref name = "Krasting">{{cite web | last = Krasting | first = Malte | title = Felicity Lott zum Gedenken | trans-title = Remembering Felicity Lott | url = https://www.staatsoper.de/ueber-uns/nachrufe-und-geburtstage/felicity-lott | work = [[Bavarian State Opera]] | date = 15 May 2016 | language = de | access-date = 17 May 2026 }}</ref>

<ref name = "Millington">{{cite news | last = Millington | first = Barry | url = https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/may/17/dame-felicity-lott-obituary | title = Dame Felicity Lott obituary | date = 17 May 2026 | newspaper = [[The Guardian]] | access-date = 18 May 2026 }}</ref>

<ref name = "Page">{{cite news | last = Page | first = Tim | author-link = Tim Page (music critic) | title = Felicity Lott, Elegant Soprano in Opera and Song, Dies at 79 | date = 18 May 2026 | newspaper = [[The New York Times]] | issn = 0362-4331 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/arts/music/felicity-lott-dead.html | language = en-US | access-date = 19 May 2026 | page = }}</ref>

<ref name = "Steane">{{cite magazine | last = Steane | first = John | url = https://www.gramophone.co.uk/reviews/felicity-lott-sings-english-songs | title = Felicity Lott sings English Songs | date = July 1990 | magazine = Gramophone | access-date = 19 May 2026 }}</ref>

<ref name="Thorpe">{{cite web | last = Thorpe | first = Vanessa | title = Opera star Felicity Lott: I have terminal cancer | website = [[The Observer]] | date = 10 May 2026 | url = https://observer.co.uk/culture/music/article/opera-star-felicity-lott-i-have-terminal-cancer | access-date = 18 May 2026 | archive-date = 14 May 2026 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20260514041439/https://observer.co.uk/culture/music/article/opera-star-felicity-lott-i-have-terminal-cancer | url-status = live }}</ref>

<ref name = "BVA">{{cite web | title = About the BVA / Felicity Lott | date = 12 November 2025 | url = https://britishvoiceassociation.org.uk/about/ | access-date = 16 May 2026 | archive-date = 17 February 2026 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20260217135954/https://britishvoiceassociation.org.uk/about/ | url-status = live }}</ref>

<ref name = "Co Opera">{{cite web | url = http://www.co-opera-co.org/html/dame_felicity_lott.html | title = Dame Felicity Lott | work = Co-Opera | access-date = 3 November 2011 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111007080242/http://www.co-opera-co.org/html/dame_felicity_lott.html | archive-date = 7 October 2011 }}</ref>

<ref name="Champs Hill">{{cite web | title = Dame Felicity Lott, Soprano | work = Champs Hill Records | url = https://www.champshillrecords.co.uk/649/Dame-Felicity-Lott-soprano | access-date = 16 May 2026 | archive-date = 12 March 2026 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20260312042942/https://www.champshillrecords.co.uk/649/Dame-Felicity-Lott-soprano | url-status = live }}</ref>

<ref name = "DeSingel">{{cite web | title = Lott, Johnson | work = [[DeSingel]] | url = https://desingel.be/en/programme/music/felicity-lott-thomas-allen-graham-johnson | access-date = 18 May 2026 }}</ref>

<ref name = "Gloucestershire">{{cite web | url = https://www.glos.ac.uk/honorary-awards-recipients/ | title = Honorary Awards | work = University of Gloucestershire | date = 25 October 2021 | access-date = 21 May 2026 }}</ref>

<ref name = "Gramophone">{{cite magazine | url = https://www.gramophone.co.uk/content/news/dame-felicity-lott-has-died | title = Dame Felicity Lott has died | date = 16 May 2026 | magazine = [[Gramophone (magazine)|Gramophone]] | access-date = 20 May 2026 }}</ref>

<ref name = "Hyperion">{{cite web | title = The Songmakers' Almanac on Hyperion Records | work = [[Hyperion Records]] | url = https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/a.asp?a=A1824 | access-date = 18 May 2026 | archive-date = 19 January 2026 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20260119214441/https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/a.asp?a=A1824 | url-status = live }}</ref>

<ref name="Met">{{cite web | title = Perfomances with Felicity Lott | url = https://archives.metopera.org/MetOperaSearch/search.jsp?q=Felicity%20Lott&&sort=PDATE | work = [[Metropolitan Opera]] archives | date = 2026 | access-date = 18 May 2026 }}</ref>

<ref name = "NDR">{{cite web | title = Englische Sopranistin Felicity Lott mit 79 Jahren gestorben | trans-title = English soprano Felicity Lott has died at the age of 79 | url = https://www.ndr.de/kultur/musik/klassik/englische-sopranistin-felicity-lott-mit-79-jahren-gestorben,lott-106.html | work = [[Norddeutscher Rundfunk|NDR]] | date = 17 May 2016 | language = de | access-date = 18 May 2026 }}</ref>

<ref name = "RAH">{{cite web | title = Lott | website = [[Royal Albert Hall]] | date = | url = https://catalogue.royalalberthall.com/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Persons&id=DS%2FUK%2F9854 | access-date = 16 May 2026 }}</ref>

<ref name = "RAM">{{cite web | title = Dame Felicity Lott | work = [[Royal Academy of Music]] | url = https://www.ram.ac.uk/people/felicity-lott | access-date = 2 October 2025 | archive-date = 8 August 2025 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20250808014819/https://www.ram.ac.uk/people/felicity-lott | url-status = live }}</ref>

<ref name = "Royal Holloway">{{cite book | author = Royal Holloway, London | title = "Higher" (Alumni Magazine) | date = November 2009 | publisher = Royal Holloway College Alumni Association | location = [[Egham]], Surrey }}</ref>

<ref name = "Southwell">{{cite web | url = https://www.southwellmusicfestival.com/people/dame-felicity-lott-2/ | title = Dame Felicity Lott DBE | date = 6 October 2013 | access-date = 22 November 2019 | archive-date = 6 December 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191206052702/https://www.southwellmusicfestival.com/people/dame-felicity-lott-2/ | url-status = live }}</ref>

<ref name="Telegraph obit">{{cite web | title = Dame Felicity Lott, golden-voiced soprano who lit up Glyndebourne and sang at Prince Andrew's wedding | website = [[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] | date = | url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2026/05/17/dame-felicity-lott-soprano-glyndebourne-prince-andrew-sarah/ | access-date = 18 May 2026 }}</ref>

<ref name = "Times">{{cite news | url = https://www.thetimes.com/uk/obituaries/article/dame-felicity-lott-obituary-death-59r20dm58 | title = Dame Felicity Lott obituary: English soprano dies at 79 | date = 16 May 2026 | newspaper = [[The Times]] | access-date = 17 May 2026 | url-access = subscription }}</ref>

<ref name="Vienna">{{cite web | title = On the death of Dame Felicity Lott | work = [[Vienna State Opera]] | date = 18 May 2026 | url = https://www.wiener-staatsoper.at/en/magazin/detail/on-the-death-of-dame-felicity-lott/ | access-date = 18 May 2026 }}</ref>

<ref name="Vienna performances">{{cite web | title = Vorstellungen mit Felicity Lott | website = Spielplanarchiv der Wiener Staatsoper | url = https://archiv.wiener-staatsoper.at/search/person/1724 | language = de | access-date = 19 May 2026 }}</ref>

<ref name = "Wigmore_Hall">{{cite web | title = A Tribute to Dame Felicity Lott | website = [[Wigmore Hall]] | date = 16 May 2026 | url = https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/news/a-tribute-to-dame-felicity-lott | access-date = 18 May 2026 }}</ref>

<ref name = "Wigmore Medal">{{cite web | title = The Wigmore Hall Medal | work = [[Wigmore Hall]] | date = 2 June 2021 | url = https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/about-us/history/the-wigmore-hall-medal | access-date = 18 May 2026 | archive-date = 10 November 2025 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20251110065256/https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/about-us/history/the-wigmore-hall-medal | url-status = live }}</ref>

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== External links == * {{Official|http://www.felicitylott.de/}} * {{Discogs artist}} * {{IMDb name|0521502}} * [https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/a.asp?a=A55 Felicity Lott] at [[Hyperion Records]] * [http://www.bruceduffie.com/lott.html Interview with Felicity Lott] by Bruce Duffie, 19 November 1987 * [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/desert-island-discs/castaway/2fd9f7a1 BBC ''Desert Island Discs'' 13 July 2008, accessed 20 January 2013] * [https://www.rbo.org.uk/latest-news/remembering-felicity-lott Remembering Felicity Lott (1947–2026)] at the Royal Ballet and Opera * {{Cite web | title=Felicity Lott | website=Glyndebourne | date=10 May 2015 | url=https://www.glyndebourne.com/persons/felicity-lott/ | access-date=19 May 2026}}

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