Lyn Cook - WEA Essex Federation

Richard Waskett Memorial Lecture
kindly sponsored by a group of his friends
Thursday 3rd April 2014 at 2 p.m. Fee: £5
Oaklands Museum, Chelmsford
Oaklands Park, Moulsham Street, Chelmsford, Essex CM2 9AQ
Lyn Cook
(retired former member of the English
National Opera Company) talks about her
career and sings from her repertoire –
followed by tea, scones and cake at about 3.30.
Lyn Cook sang with English National Opera for twenty seven
years as a chorister and a principal singer. In that time she sang
under many conductors including Sir Mark Elder and Sir Simon
Rattle, worked with notable producers including Jonathan Miller
and Ken Russell and performed with celebrities from the opera
world and the entertainment business such as Eric Idle and Roy
Hudd. During her career at ENO Lyn toured Russia in 1990,
Barcelona in 2000 and Amsterdam 2013.
Richard Waskett
7th November 1941–9th January 2013
Former Chairman of Benfleet Branch and
Committee member of Kelvedon &
Feering Branch, and Essex Federation
Representative
on
the
Regional
Education Committee.
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