Elizabeth Howlett
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Elizabeth Howlett (born November 1938{{Cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/jr3AZi8kAIKOa375XXPBp5ZO90o/appointments|title=Elizabeth HOWLETT – Personal Appointments (Free information from Companies House)}}) is a Conservative Party politician and former member of the London Assembly for Merton and Wandsworth.
Political career
Howlett was elected to the London Assembly on 4 May 2000 and re-elected on 10 June 2004. She served until May 2008.{{Cite web|url=https://www.london.gov.uk/about-us/london-assembly/about-london-assembly/former-members-london-assembly|title=Former members of the London Assembly|date=26 November 2015|website=London Government UK|access-date=10 October 2016}} Her positions included:
- Deputy Chair of the Health and Public Services Committee
- Member of the Standards Committee
- Member of the Transport Committee
- Member of the Metropolitan Police Authority
- Conservative Group's spokesman on health
Howlett, was Wandsworth councillor since 1986{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2000/may/06/election2000.uk4|title=Profiles of the new members Election 2000 7 May 2000|date=6 May 2000|website=The Guardian|access-date=19 October 2016}} in the London Borough of Wandsworth, where she is a former Mayor 1998/9 and former Chairman of the Social Services and Education Committees. She is a member of the London Regional Arts Council.
Biography
Elizabeth Howlett, was born in Dundee Scotland trained as a soprano at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (RSAMD) in Glasgow on a scholarship. She later moved to Glyndebourne in East Sussex then joined Saddlers Wells in 1961. She was an international opera singer and performed at Covent Garden, the continent and with the Scottish Opera. She was a member of the Hamburg State Opera for several seasons.{{Cite web|url=http://www.operascotland.org/person/1044/Elizabeth-Robson|title=Elizabeth Robson|website=Opera Scotland|access-date=20 October 2016}} in the 1980s she appeared on the Stuart Burrows Sings (1981-1986){{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0303537/|title=Stuart Burrows Sings|publisher=IMDb|access-date=20 October 2016}} television series.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PRnbdaFyCk |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/_PRnbdaFyCk| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=Stuart Burrows & Elizabeth Robson – People will say we're in love|website=You Tube|access-date=20 October 2016}}{{cbignore}} At the time of her election to the London Assembly she was a professor at the Royal College of Music. Sopranos who studied with her include Sandy Leung,{{Cite web|url=http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/CulturalService/ab/en/aes1415_16.php|title=The Seafarer Pre-performance|website=Leisure and Cultural Services Dept. Hong Kong|access-date=20 October 2016}} Natalie Clifton-Griffith{{Cite web|url=https://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Clifton-Natalie.htm|title=Natalie Clifton-Griffith (Soprano)|website=Bach Cantatas Website|access-date=20 October 2016}} and Julie Bale.{{Cite web|url=http://www.juliebalesoprano.com/|title=Julie Bale|website=Julie Bale Soprano|access-date=20 October 2016}} In 1997 baritone Grant Doyle won a scholarship to study with her.{{Cite web|url=http://www.grantdoyle.com/short-biography/long-biography|title=Grant Doyle Full Biography|website=Grant Doyle|access-date=20 October 2016}} She has appeared on a small number of recordings including:
- 1962 Gilbert and Sullivan – Sadler's Wells Opera Company – Highlights from Iolanthe, His Master's Voice{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/1738714-Elizabeth-Robson|title=Elizabeth Robson|publisher=Discogs|access-date=20 October 2016}}
- 1966 Purcell – Victoria De Los Angeles, Heather Harper, Patricia Johnson (3), Peter Glossop, Raymond Leppard (Harpsichord), Ambrosian Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli – Dido And Aeneas – Angel Records
- 1969 Georg Solti – London Records
- 1993 Gilbert & Sullivan – Sadler's Wells Orchestra, Chorus – Alexander Faris – Gilbert And Sullivan: The Mikado (Complete) And Iolanthe (Highlights) – EMI
- 1995 Purcell : Dido and Aeneas{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/elizabeth-robson-mn0001642552|title=Elizabeth Robson Discography|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=20 October 2016}}
- 2003 Gilbert & Sullivan – Alexander Faris – Gilbert And Sullivan: The Mikado (Complete) And Iolanthe (Highlights)
- 2003 Bizet – Carmen (Highlights) – EM I
- 2012 Solti : The Legacy 1937-1997
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Category:Councillors in the London Borough of Wandsworth
Category:Conservative Members of the London Assembly
Category:Mayors of places in Greater London
Category:Politicians from Dundee
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