Josephine Barstow

Josephine Clare Barstow was born in Sheffield, England, on September 27, 1940. Her musical studies were at the University of Birmingham, and then at the London Opera Center. She joined Opera for All in 1964. In 1967 and 1968 she performed with the Sadler's Wells Opera, appearing in the role of Cherubino in Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro. Also in 1967 she joined the Yorkshire Opera, a short-lived company, and from there she joined the Welsh National Opera in 1968, beginning again with the part of Cherubino. She went on to sing the part of the Countess in the same opera with that c...