Cheryl Barker
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Biography
Cheryl Ruth Barker, also known as Cheryl Baker, born April 22, 1960, in Sydney, Australia, is an operatic soprano known for her international career since the late 1980s. She studied at the Victorian College of the Arts and joined the Victoria State Opera chorus at 19. Her first solo role was Blondchen in Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail at 23. In 1984, Barker moved to London and joined the Welsh National Opera chorus. She won the Dame Mabel Brookes Fellowship and was a finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in 1986. Her breakthrough came in 1990 at the Sydney Opera House as Mimì in Puccini's La bohème. Throughout her career, Barker performed with major opera companies, including Opera Australia and English National Opera, and portrayed roles such as Cio-Cio San in Madama Butterfly and Tosca. Notable recordings include Puccini's Madam Butterfly (2001) with Chandos Records.
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Cheryl Barker / Peter Coleman-Wright / Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
Persuasion & Seduction: Opera Duets
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- Beethoven: Symphony No.9 in D Minor, Op.125 - "Choral" - 4. Finale (Presto - Allegro assai) featuring Elizabeth Campbell
- Dido and Aeneas Z. 626: When I Am Laid In Earth (Dido's Lament) by Cheryl Barker
- Die Tode Stadt: Mariettas Lied by Cheryl Barker
- Rusalka Op. 114, B. 203: Song to the Moon by Cheryl Barker
- Eugene Onegin Op. 24: Tatiana's Letter Scene by Cheryl Barker
- La traviata~Act 2: Imponete featuring Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
- Manon Lescaut~Act 2: Ah! che insiem delizioso! featuring Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
- Manon Lescaut~Act 2: Una casetta augusta era la tua dimora featuring Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
- Manon Lescaut~Act 2: In quelle trine morbide featuring Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
- Manon Lescaut~Act 2: Poiché tu vuoi saper? featuring Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
- Il Tabarro, Opera lirica in un atto~Come è difficile esser felici! featuring Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
- Ernani~Part 1: Sire, fia ver? featuring Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
- Ernani~Part 1: Da quel dì che t'ho veduta featuring Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
- La traviata~Act 2: Madamigella Valery? featuring Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
- La traviata~Act 2: Pura siccome un angelo featuring Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
- La traviata~Act 2: Non sapete quale affetto featuring Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
- La traviata~Act 2: Un dì, quando le veneri featuring Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
- La traviata~Act 2: Dite alla giovine featuring Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
- Cavalleria rusticana~Oh! Il Signore vi manda featuring Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
- Cavalleria rusticana~Turiddu mi tolse l'onore featuring Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
- Arabella, Op. 79, TrV 263~Act 2: Der Richtige - so hab' ich still featuring Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
- Thaïs~Acte Trois: Thaïs!... C'est toi, mon père! featuring Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
