Person
Heather Begg
- Specialty
- Acting
- Birth
- December 1, 1932 · 76 years
- Death
- May 12, 2009
- Origin
- Nelson, New Zealand
Professional Trajectory
Dame Isoleen Heather Begg (1 December 1932 – 12 May 2009) was a New Zealand-born operatic mezzo-soprano who spent most of her career in the United Kingdom and Australia. She was "a versatile artist" with a "gift for comedy", and became renowned as the title role in Bizet's Carmen, Amneris in Verdi's Aida and in lighter operas such as The Gondoliers
