She went on to study at the Royal Academy of Music, and made her operatic debut and breakthrough role as a last minute stand-in as the character Pamina in Mozart’s The Magic Flute in 1975.
At home, she was seen frequently on television, sang regularly at the BBC Proms and was made a Dame in 1996.
She was also the recipient of the Légion d’Honneur, France’s highest cultural award.
