Unseen photos: Dame Janet Baker at 80

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To help celebrate yesterday’s 80th birthday of one of Britain’s finest singers, Neil Gillespie, a friend and admirer who sings in the chorus, amassed together tributes from Dame Janet Baker’s colleagues, as well as younger singers and conductors, for an anthology which Gillespie presented to her as a surprise present.

This photo of Dame Janet, looking more or less the same as she did when she made her last appearances on the stage in the 1980s, was taken by Gillespie for the cover of his anthology.

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Graham Spicer, aka 'Gramilano', is a writer, director and photographer based in Milan. He was a regular columnist for Opera Now magazine and wrote for the BBC until transferring to Italy. His articles have appeared in various publications from Woman's Weekly to Gay Times, and he wrote the Danza in Italia column for Dancing Times magazine. Graham was the historical advisor on Codice Carla, the 2023 documentary on Italian ballerina Carla Fracci.

Graham also works as a dance photographer, and his photos have appeared in many books, theatre programmes, and magazines, including Dancing Times, Dance Spirit and Ballet2000, as well as all the major Italian newspapers.

He is a member of the Dance Section of The Critics’ Circle.

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