Jane Manning
Soprano Jane Manning is best known as a specialist in 20th century music and might well hold a record of sorts, having appeared in well over 300 world-premiere performances in concert and opera. While she has sung works from most periods, including the Renaissance era (William Byrd, in particular), her discography is rife with works by 20th century composers, from Satie, Schoenberg, and Messiaen to Birtwistle, Ligeti, and Judith Weir. Her husband is English composer Anthony Payne, several of whose works she has also premiered and recorded. Her support for new music comes not only as a performer but as an administrator and organizer, having served many years as vice president for the Society for the Promotion of New Music. She has also written several articles on vocal technique and repertory. Manning and her husband co-founded the instrumental ensemble Jane's Minstrels, which is also involved in the performance and advocacy of new music. As a singer Manning has been praised for her chameleonic voice: depending on repertory, she can sound throaty or soubrette-like or lyrical or dramatic and rich, and much else. Manning has made numerous recordings, with many available from DG, NMC, Lyrita, Sony, Philips, and Albany Records.
Jane Manning was born in Norwich, England, on September 9, 1938. She studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London. Manning first drew wide acclaim for her 1965 premiere of Elizabeth Luytens' song cycle The Valley of Hatsu-Se, presented at the Dartington Summer Festival. Thereafter Manning premiered many works by Lutyens.
1965 was also the year Manning made her first of many BBC broadcast performances. From 1976, when she first appeared at the Wexford Festival Opera, Manning began making debut appearances at major opera houses, including at the Scottish Opera (1979) and the Brussels Opera (1981). After co-founding Jane's Minstrels in 1988, Manning was able to focus more easily on presenting the repertory she most favored. Since 1995 the ensemble has made five recordings, all with Manning as soloist or as one of the vocal principals.
In 1998 Manning's musical survey, New Vocal Repertory, was published by Oxford University Press. In the new century Manning has remained active on all fronts. She gave an acclaimed concert in South Bank's Purcell Room in 2010 to commemorate her 45th anniversary of performance. On the bill, not surprisingly, were seven new works by James MacMillan, Colin Matthews, and other luminaries.
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Discography
14 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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PIERROT LUNAIRE
Jane Manning, Nash Ensemble, Sir Simon Rattle
Vocale muziek (wereldlijk en religieus) - Released by Chandos on 1 jul. 2003
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Birtwistle: The Fields of Sorrow, Verses for Ensembles & Nenia (The Death of Orpheus)
Jane Manning, London Sinfonietta, The Matrix, David Atherton, Alan Hacker
Klassiek - Released by Lyrita on 1 mei 2008
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Fricker: The Vision of Judgement, Op. 29 & Symphony No. 5, Op. 74
Klassiek - Released by Lyrita on 5 feb. 2016
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Harper, E.: Fanny Robin
Jane Manning, Nigel Waugh, Roderick Horn, Scottish Opera Chorus, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Edward Harper
Opera - Released by Metier on 1 apr. 2013
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Trail / Memento / Boog
Jane Manning, Nieuw Ensemble, National Youth Orchestra of The Netherlands, Ed Spanjaard
Klassiek - Released by Donemus Composers' Voice on 21 jun. 2005
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Jane Manning Sings
Jane's Minstrels, Jane Manning, Roger Montgomery
Klassiek - Released by NMC Recordings on 1 jan. 1995
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Sir Peter Maxwell Davies: Miss Donnithorne's Maggot, Op. 60
Klassiek - Released by Psappha on 28 jan. 2022
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Music by Harper and Cresswell
Jane Manning, New Music Group of Scotland, Edward Harper
Vocale muziek (wereldlijk en religieus) - Released by Metier on 1 apr. 2013
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Maw: Scenes and Arias - Milner: Salutatio Angelica - Roman Spring
Vocale muziek (wereldlijk en religieus) - Released by Lyrita on 1 mei 2007
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The Stones and Lonely Places Sing
Jane Manning, Jane's Minstrels, Roger Montgomery
Klassiek - Released by NMC Recordings on 5 feb. 2007
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A Day in the Life of a Mayfly
Jane's Minstrels, Jane Manning, Roger Montgomery
Kamermuziek - Released by NMC Recordings on 1 aug. 1998
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Tod Machover: Light; Soft Morning, City!
Ensemble Intercontemporain, Jane Manning, Barry Guy
Klassiek - Released by NWCRI on 15 feb. 2010
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Connolly: Verse, Triad III, Cinquepaces & Poems of Wallace Stevens I
John Alldis Choir, Vesuvius Ensemble, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Jane Manning, Nash Ensemble, Justin Connolly
Klassiek - Released by Lyrita on 1 jun. 2008
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Nicholas Maw: Life Studies - Richard Rodney Bennett: Spells
Sir David Willcocks, Sir Neville Marriner, Jane Manning
Klassiek - Released by Heritage Continuum on 24 apr. 2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo