Jessie bond autobiography example

English singer and actor

Jessie Charlotte Bond (10 January – 17 June )^[1] was an English singer and actress best known for creating the mezzo-sopranosoubrette roles in the Gilbert and Sullivancomic operas.

She spent twenty years on the stage, the bulk of them with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company.

Jessie bond autobiography example

Musical from an early age, Bond began a concert singing career in Liverpool by At the age of 17, she entered into a brief, unhappy marriage. After leaving her abusive husband, she continued her concert career and studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London with such famous singing teachers as Manuel García.

At the age of 25, in , Bond began her theatrical career, creating the role of Cousin Hebe in Gilbert and Sullivan's H.M.S. Pinafore, which became an international success. After this, she created roles of increasing importance with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in a series of successful comic operas, including the title role in Iolanthe (), Pitti