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English soprano (1947–2026)

Dame Felicity Lott DBE FRAM FRCM[1][2] Lott in 2018 Born Felicity Ann Emwhyla Lott (1947-05-08)8 May 1947 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England Died 15 May 2026(2026-05-15) (aged 79) East Sussex, England Education Royal Holloway, University of London Royal Academy of Music Occupation Soprano Organizations Glyndebourne Wigmore Hall Title Kammersängerin Spouse Robin Golding ​ ​ (m. 1973; div. 1982)​ Gabriel Woolf ​ (m. 1984)​ Children 1 Website www.felicitylott.de

**Dame Felicity Ann Emwhyla Lott**[3] (8 May 1947 – 15 May 2026) was an English [soprano](/source/Soprano), among the leading voices in operas by [Mozart](/source/Mozart) and [Richard Strauss](/source/Richard_Strauss) and operettas by [Jacques Offenbach](/source/Jacques_Offenbach).[4][5] Her first signature role was the Countess in *[Capriccio](/source/Capriccio_(opera))*, the last opera by Strauss, on the [Glyndebourne Festival](/source/Glyndebourne_Festival_Opera)'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](/source/A_Midsummer_Night's_Dream_(opera))*, Anne in Stravinsky's *[The Rake's Progress](/source/The_Rake's_Progress)* and Elle in Poulenc's *[La Voix humaine](/source/La_Voix_humaine)*. She portrayed the Countess in Mozart's *[Le nozze di Figaro](/source/Le_nozze_di_Figaro)*, including for her first performance on stage in the United States at the [Lyric Opera of Chicago](/source/Lyric_Opera_of_Chicago) in 1987, and the title role of Offenbach's *[La belle Hélène](/source/La_belle_H%C3%A9l%C3%A8ne)* at the [Théâtre du Châtelet](/source/Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_du_Ch%C3%A2telet) in Paris. She portrayed the Marschallin in *[Der Rosenkavalier](/source/Der_Rosenkavalier)* by Strauss at the [Metropolitan Opera](/source/Metropolitan_Opera) in 1990 and in an iconic 1994 performance at the [Vienna State Opera](/source/Vienna_State_Opera) that was recorded.

Lott had a special love for French [mélodies](/source/M%C3%A9lodies), German [lieder](/source/Lieder), and the English [art song](/source/Art_song) repertoire. She supported music organisations as member, vice president and patron. An obituary in *[The Guardian](/source/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".[3] She received several honorary doctorates and lifetime achievement awards.

## Life and career

Lott was born in [Cheltenham](/source/Cheltenham) in [Gloucestershire](/source/Gloucestershire) on 8 May 1947.[3][4][6] 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.[6] 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,[1][6] and later used her affinity to languages in her singing.[4]

At age 20, she lived in [Voiron](/source/Voiron), France, for a year,[7] teaching secondary school children.[6] During this time she took singing lessons at the [Conservatoire de Grenoble](/source/Conservatoire_de_Grenoble).[1][6][7] Her teacher advised her to study singing professionally, and sent her to an international music academy in 1968.[7] She was an [alumna](/source/Alumna) of [Royal Holloway, University of London](/source/Royal_Holloway%2C_University_of_London),[1] obtaining a BA in French and [Latin](/source/Latin) in 1969.[2][6][8] She then studied singing at the [Royal Academy of Music](/source/Royal_Academy_of_Music).[1] Her main interest was the interpretation of [mélodies](/source/M%C3%A9lodie) and [lieder](/source/Lied).[6] During her studies, she appeared as Handel's Seleuce in *[Tolomeo](/source/Tolomeo)* and in the title role of *[Arianna in Creta](/source/Arianna_in_Creta)* in 1973 at the Unicorn Opera in Abingdon, and as Mozart's Elvira in *[Don Giovanni](/source/Don_Giovanni)* and Fiordiligi in *[Così fan tutte](/source/Cos%C3%AC_fan_tutte)* at the Leicester University Opera.[3]

### Early opera career

Lott made her professional operatic debut at the [City of London Festival](/source/City_of_London_Festival) in 1974 as Seleuce in *Tolomeo*. The following year she stepped in as Pamina in Mozart's *[The Magic Flute](/source/The_Magic_Flute)* at the [English National Opera](/source/English_National_Opera),[1][6] repeating the role both at the company's London theatre and on tours.[3] It was followed by performing as Natascha in Prokofiev's *[War and Peace](/source/War_and_Peace_(opera))*[3][6] and Roxane in Szymanowski's *[King Roger](/source/King_Roger_(opera))*.[3] In 1976 she took part, in a small role, in the London premiere of Hans Werner Henze's *[We Come to the River](/source/We_Come_to_the_River)* at the [Royal Opera House](/source/Royal_Opera_House),[1][3][6] and then Helena in Britten's *[A Midsummer Night's Dream](/source/A_Midsummer_Night's_Dream_(opera))*.[6] She appeared as Jenifer in Tippett's *[The Midsummer Marriage](/source/The_Midsummer_Marriage)* at the [Welsh National Opera](/source/Welsh_National_Opera).[3]

### Glyndebourne

Lott performed at the [Glyndebourne](/source/Glyndebourne_Festival_Opera) from 1976 to 1990, returning in 1998 and 2002, with roles including Anne in Stravinsky's *[The Rake's Progress](/source/The_Rake's_Progress)* Elle in Poulenc's *[La Voix humaine](/source/La_Voix_humaine)*,[3][8] Pamina, Helena, Mozart's Fiordiligi, the Countess in *[Le nozze di Figaro](/source/Le_nozze_di_Figaro)*, and Elvira in *Don Giovanni* and Lady Billows in Britten's *[Albert Herring](/source/Albert_Herring)*.[8] She performed the title role in Lehár's *[The Merry Widow](/source/The_Merry_Widow)* at Glyndebourne, as well as Rosalinde in *[Die Fledermaus](/source/Die_Fledermaus)* by J. Strauss and the title role in Offenbach's *[La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein](/source/La_Grande-Duchesse_de_G%C3%A9rolstein)*.[9]

### Roles

Lott also portrayed the Countess in *Le nozze di Figaro*[4] for her first performance on stage in the United States at the [Lyric Opera of Chicago](/source/Lyric_Opera_of_Chicago) in 1987.[5] When she appeared in the title role of Offenbach's *[La belle Hélène](/source/La_belle_H%C3%A9l%C3%A8ne)* at the [Théâtre du Châtelet](/source/Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_du_Ch%C3%A2telet) in Paris, staged by [Laurent Pelly](/source/Laurent_Pelly), the audience shed tears of laughter.[4] Her roles also included the title role in Charpentier's *[Louise](/source/Louise_(opera))*, Britten's Ellen Orford in *[Peter Grimes](/source/Peter_Grimes)*, The Governess in *[The Turn of the Screw](/source/The_Turn_of_the_Screw_(opera))*, and Poulenc's Blanche in *[Dialogues of the Carmelites](/source/Dialogues_of_the_Carmelites)*.[1]

### Strauss

Lott became associated with the works of [Richard Strauss](/source/Richard_Strauss) including his [lieder](/source/Lied), such as *[Four Last Songs](/source/Four_Last_Songs)*. She had early international success as the Countess in *[Capriccio](/source/Capriccio_(opera))*, performed first at the Glyndebourne Festival, in 1976 on tour[3] with [Charles Mackerras](/source/Charles_Mackerras) conducting.[1][4][10] She portrayed the role also in a concert performance at Carnegie Hall in 1986.[5] Her next Strauss role at Glyndebourne was the title role of *[Der Rosenkavalier](/source/Der_Rosenkavalier)* in 1980, followed by Christine in *[Intermezzo](/source/Intermezzo_(opera))*, given in English.[3] She made her debut with the [Bavarian State Opera](/source/Bavarian_State_Opera) in this role, spending six rehearsal weeks on the conversational piece in German,[3] performed at the [Cuvilliés Theatre](/source/Cuvilli%C3%A9s_Theatre).[11] She appeared as the Marschallin in *Der Rosenkavalier* at the [Metropolitan Opera](/source/Metropolitan_Opera) in New York City in 1990[5][12] and at the [Bavarian State Opera](/source/Bavarian_State_Opera) from 1991 to 2006, earning her the title of [Kammersängerin](/source/Kammers%C3%A4nger).[11] Her 1994 portrayal of the role, conducted by [Carlos Kleiber](/source/Carlos_Kleiber) at the [Vienna State Opera](/source/Vienna_State_Opera),[10] became legendary.[4][13] She performed alongside [Anne Sofie von Otter](/source/Anne_Sofie_von_Otter) in the title role, [Barbara Bonney](/source/Barbara_Bonney) as Sophie and [Kurt Moll](/source/Kurt_Moll) as Ochs,[8] and it was recorded on DVD by [Austrian television](/source/ORF_(broadcaster)),[5][8] and taken to a tour of Japan.[13][14] She was regarded as an ideal Marschallin for her "elegance and noblesse, her musical intelligence and her warm-hearted human charisma".[13] She appeared at the Vienna State Opera also as the Countess in *Capriccio* and in the title role of *[Arabella](/source/Arabella)*.[13][14]

### Recitals

Lott had a special love for French [mélodies](/source/M%C3%A9lodie), German [lieder](/source/Lied) and the English [art song](/source/Art_song) repertoire, particularly the songs by [Benjamin Britten](/source/Benjamin_Britten). She recorded the complete orchestral lieder by Strauss conducted by [Neeme Järvi](/source/Neeme_J%C3%A4rvi).[4][8] Her accompanist since her student days was [Graham Johnson](/source/Graham_Johnson_(musician)), and they gave a great number of recitals and recordings together,[5][15] including anthologies of songs by different composers based on poetry by [Goethe](/source/Johann_Wolfgang_von_Goethe) and [Baudelaire](/source/Charles_Baudelaire).[4] She gave recitals singing duets with [Ann Murray](/source/Ann_Murray) and [Thomas Allen](/source/Thomas_Allen_(baritone)).[3] She appeared at the [Schwarzenberg Schubertiade](/source/Schubertiade_Vorarlberg) in songs by [Schubert](/source/Franz_Schubert), interpreted with an intellectual grasp, charm, humour and sensuality.[10] She often appeared at [Wigmore Hall](/source/Wigmore_Hall) in London, and supported the hall, for example in the Wigmore French Song Exchange.[8]

### Organisations

Lott was a founding member, with Johnson, Murray, [Anthony Rolfe Johnson](/source/Anthony_Rolfe_Johnson) and [Richard Jackson](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard_Jackson_(baritone)&action=edit&redlink=1),[5] of the Songmakers' Almanac in 1976, in order to perform less well-known art songs.[1][16] Lott was a vice-president of the [British Youth Opera](/source/British_Youth_Opera) and [The Bach Choir](/source/The_Bach_Choir).[6] She was a member of the [Incorporated Society of Musicians](/source/Incorporated_Society_of_Musicians),[17] and a patron of the [Southwell Music Festival](/source/Southwell%2C_Nottinghamshire#Festivals),[18] of the British Voice Association[19] and of [Bampton Classical Opera](/source/Bampton_Classical_Opera).[20]

### 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,[5] and he died in 2009. She married the actor [Gabriel Woolf](/source/Gabriel_Woolf) in 1984; the couple had a daughter.[3][6]

On her 79th birthday, Lott gave an interview to *[The Observer](/source/The_Observer)*,[21] in which she announced that she had cancer in a final stage.[4][7] She auctioned her former [haute couture](/source/Haute_couture) dresses in support of [hospices](/source/Hospice).[4]

Living near [Brighton](/source/Brighton), [East Sussex](/source/East_Sussex), Lott died of [lung cancer](/source/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](/source/BBC_Radio_4) programme about her, in the series *This Cultural Life*, was first broadcast.[4][5][6][10][13][22][23]

## Honours and awards

Lott sang Mozart's *[Laudate Dominum](/source/Vesperae_solennes_de_confessore)* at the [wedding of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson](/source/Wedding_of_Prince_Andrew_and_Sarah_Ferguson) in 1986 at the [Westminster Abbey](/source/Westminster_Abbey).[6]

She was honoured by [Elizabeth II](/source/Elizabeth_II) with the title [Dame](/source/Dame) in 1996.[7][10][11] She received many honorary doctorates, including from the universities of [Oxford](/source/University_of_Oxford), [London](/source/University_of_London), [Leicester](/source/University_of_Leicester),[1] [Gloucestershire](/source/University_of_Gloucestershire),[24] [Sussex](/source/University_of_Sussex), [Loughborough](/source/Loughborough_University), and the [Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama](/source/Royal_Scottish_Academy_of_Music_and_Drama) in Glasgow.[1] Lott was recipient of the [Légion d'Honneur](/source/L%C3%A9gion_d'Honneur) in 2001.[1][25] In 2003 she was awarded the title of Bayerische [Kammersängerin](/source/Kammers%C3%A4ngerin).[11]

The [National Portrait Gallery](/source/National_Portrait_Gallery%2C_London) holds a 2004 photograph of Lott by British photographer [Derry Moore](/source/Derry_Moore%2C_12th_Earl_of_Drogheda).[26] In 2009 she was appointed a visiting professor by [Royal Holloway](/source/Royal_Holloway%2C_University_of_London).[27][28] On 9 February 2010, she was presented with the [Wigmore Hall](/source/Wigmore_Hall) Medal[8] by [Prince Edward, Duke of Kent](/source/Prince_Edward%2C_Duke_of_Kent), at the launch of the hall's 110th anniversary programme.[29] 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.[27] In 2016, she received the [International Classical Music Awards](/source/International_Classical_Music_Awards) lifetime achievement award.[30] In 2023 she was awarded *[Gramophone](/source/Gramophone_(magazine))*'s lifetime achievement award.[31]

## Discography

In 1977, Lott recorded the Charpentier's [Te Deum](/source/Te_Deum_(Charpentier)), H. 146, with the [Choir of King's College, Cambridge](/source/Choir_of_King's_College%2C_Cambridge) and the [Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields](/source/Academy_of_St_Martin_in_the_Fields), conducted by [Philip Ledger](/source/Philip_Ledger), for EMI Records.[32] She was also featured as a soloist in a recording of Mozart's [Requiem](/source/Requiem_(Mozart)) with the [London Philharmonic Choir](/source/London_Philharmonic_Choir) and [Orchestra](/source/London_Philharmonic_Orchestra).[33] She sang in Haydn's *[Nelson Mass](/source/Nelson_Mass)*, conducted by [Trevor Pinnock](/source/Trevor_Pinnock); the recording achieved a [Grammy Award](/source/Grammy_Awards) in 1986.[8]

For [Hyperion Records](/source/Hyperion_Records), Lott recorded many songs, by [Chabrier](/source/Songs_of_Emmanuel_Chabrier),[34] [Fauré](/source/Gabriel_Faur%C3%A9),[35] [Gounod](/source/List_of_compositions_by_Charles_Gounod#Songs),[36] [Reynaldo Hahn](/source/Reynaldo_Hahn),[37] [Poulenc](/source/List_of_compositions_by_Francis_Poulenc#Vocal),[38] and [Schubert](/source/List_of_songs_by_Franz_Schubert),[39] often with Graham Johnson, and for [Chandos Records](/source/Chandos_Records), songs by [Richard Strauss](/source/Richard_Strauss)[40] and [Wolf](/source/Hugo_Wolf),[41] among others. She recorded an anthology of English songs by 19 composers including Britten, [Frank Bridge](/source/Frank_Bridge), [Thomas Dunhill](/source/Thomas_Dunhill), [Armstrong Gibbs](/source/Armstrong_Gibbs), [Percy Grainger](/source/Percy_Grainger), [Herbert Howells](/source/Herbert_Howells), and [Maude Valérie White](/source/Maude_Val%C3%A9rie_White).[42]

## Videography

Video's of complete operas include Britten's *[A Midsummer Night's Dream](/source/A_Midsummer_Night's_Dream_(opera))* (Helena),[43] Offenbach's *[La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein](/source/La_Grande-Duchesse_de_G%C3%A9rolstein)* (title role)[44] and *[La belle Hélène](/source/La_belle_H%C3%A9l%C3%A8ne)* (title role),[45] Mozart's *[Die Zauberflöte](/source/Die_Zauberfl%C3%B6te)* (Pamina),[46] and Stravinsky's *[The Rake's Progress](/source/The_Rake's_Progress)* (Anne Trulove).[47] She participated in *[Glyndebourne Festival Opera: A Gala Evening](/source/Glyndebourne_Festival_Opera%3A_A_Gala_Evening)* in 1992, recorded as DVD by [Arthaus Musik](/source/Arthaus_Musik).[48]

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## External links

- [Official website](http://www.felicitylott.de/)

- [Felicity Lott](https://www.discogs.com/artist/1017625) discography at [Discogs](/source/Discogs)

- [Felicity Lott](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0521502/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

- [Felicity Lott](https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/a.asp?a=A55) at [Hyperion Records](/source/Hyperion_Records)

- [Interview with Felicity Lott](http://www.bruceduffie.com/lott.html) by Bruce Duffie, 19 November 1987

- [BBC *Desert Island Discs* 13 July 2008, accessed 20 January 2013](https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/desert-island-discs/castaway/2fd9f7a1)

- [Remembering Felicity Lott (1947–2026)](https://www.rbo.org.uk/latest-news/remembering-felicity-lott) at the Royal Ballet and Opera

- ["Felicity Lott"](https://www.glyndebourne.com/persons/felicity-lott/). *Glyndebourne*. 10 May 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2026.

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