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Katherine Jenkins
While still in her mid-twenties, Welsh mezzo-soprano Katherine Jenkins emerged as Britain's all-time best-selling classical artist, although critics charged her success was more a result of physical beauty than musical talent. Born June 29, 1980, in Neath, West Glamorgan, Wales, Jenkins fell under the sway of classical music at age seven, studying piano and singing in her local choir throughout childhood. In 1990, she joined the Royal School of Church Music Cathedral Singers and also served with the National Youth Choir of Wales. At 17, Jenkins was accepted into London's Royal Academy of Music, tackling a series of operatic roles while studying Italian, German, French, and Russian. She continued pursuing opera as a postgraduate while moonlighting as a vocal instructor, but upon winning the Face of Wales modeling contest she instead supplemented her income as a fashion model. In 2003, Universal Classics signed Jenkins to a six-album, seven-figure recording contract, reputedly the largest classical deal in U.K. music industry history. While at work on her debut LP, she performed at Westminster Cathedral in honor of Pope John Paul II and also made her inaugural appearance at the famed Sydney Opera House. Issued in the spring of 2004, Jenkins' debut, Premiere, immediately topped the classical music charts, and its success inspired a quickie follow-up, Second Nature. Together the albums vaulted the singer to a level of commercial success previously unknown in classical music circles, and she further exploited her growing mainstream popularity by recording a classical rendition of Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You" for 2005's Living a Dream. Serenade topped both the U.K. classical and album charts in 2006, as did Rejoice the following year. Sacred Arias (2008) represented her last album for Universal before transitioning to Warner Bros. for the more contemporary Believe (2009) and Daydream (2011). The following year Jenkins released her first official holiday album, This Is Christmas. ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi
Selected Discography
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Track List: Music From The Movies
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Track List: One Fine Day
Composer: Charles Gounod
Title: Ave Maria, For Voice & Piano (After Bach's Prelude No. 1 From The Well-tempered Clavier, Book 1)
Composer: Giacomo Puccini
Title: Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), Opera
Composer: Andrew Lloyd Webber
Title: Phantom Of The Opera, Musical
Composer: Michael Kamen
Title: Band Of Brothers, Television Score
Composer: Rolf Lovland
Title: Songs From A Secret Garden
Composer: Giacomo Puccini
Title: Turandot, Opera
Composer: Jacques Offenbach
Title: Les Contes D'hoffmann, Opera In 4 Acts
Composer: Carole Bayer Sager / David Foster
Title: The Prayer, Song (For The Film Quest For Camelot)
Composer: Howard Goodall
Title: The Lord Is My Shepherd, Song
Composer: Giacomo Puccini
Title: Gianni Schicchi, Opera
Composer: Pietro Mascagni
Title: Ave Maria, For Voice & Orchestra (Adapted From Intermezzo Of "Cavalleria Rusticana")
Composer: César Franck
Title: Panis Angelicus For Tenor, Organ, Harp, Cello & Bass
Composer: Eduardo di Capua
Title: O Sole Mio, For Voice & Piano (Or Orchestra)
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
Title: Nabucco, Opera (Nabucodonosor)
Composer: Samuel Barber
Title: Agnes Dei
Composer: Hughie Charles
Title: We'll Meet Again
Composer: Adolphe Adam
Title: Cantique De Noël For Voice & Orchestra "O Holy Night"
Composer: David Richards
Title: Cymru Fach
Composer: Welsh Traditional
Title: Ar Lan Y Môr (On The Sea-shore)
Composer: Howard Goodall
Title: Cwm Rhondda (Bread Of Heaven)
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Track List: Living A Dream
Composer: Dolly Parton
Title: I Will Always Love You (for The Film The Bodyguard)
Composer: Gustav Holst
Title: I Vow To Thee, My Country, For Chorus & Orchestra, H. 148
Composer: Giacomo Puccini
Title: Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), Opera
Composer: Francesco Sartori
Title: Canto Della Terra, Song
Composer: Andrew Lloyd Webber
Title: Phantom Of The Opera, Musical
Composer: Giacomo Puccini
Title: Turandot, Opera
Composer: Ennio Morricone
Title: Nuovo Cinema Paradiso, Film Score (Aka Cinama Paradiso)
Composer: Charles Aznavour (Classical Composer)
Title: Ebben? Ne Andro Lontana
Composer: John Newton
Title: Amazing Grace
Composer: Welsh Traditional
Title: David Of The White Rock (Dafydd Y Garreg Wen), Folk Song
Composer: English Traditional
Title: All Things Bright And Beautiful
Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns
Title: Samson Et Dalila, Opera In 3 Acts, Op. 47
Composer: Harold Arlen
Title: Somewhere Over The Rainbow (For The Film "The Wizard Of Oz")
Composer: Ernesto de Curtis
Title: Torna A Surriento, For Voice & Piano (Or Orchestra)
Composer: Robert Prizeman
Title: Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep
Composer: Hughie Charles
Title: We'll Meet Again
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Comments
And Katherine Jenkins blows Sarah Brightman out of the water.
talent and beauty.