# BBC Opera singer
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-opera-singer/509201
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [September 7, 2009, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-opera-singer/509201 "2009-09-07T21:51:48Z")
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### Author:  [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2009, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-opera-singer/509201/1 "2009-09-07T21:51:48Z")
Die Walkure, Act 3 from the BBC Prom August 14, 2007 Youtube link.
Who is the blond singer in a black dress?
I’d like to see if she has any recordings.
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### Author:  [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2009, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-opera-singer/509201/2 "2009-09-07T22:33:01Z")
I’m pretty certain that the actual performance featured in the video is this one from 2005:
> **[Die Walküre, Royal Albert Hall, London](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/jul/20/classicalmusicandopera.proms2005)**
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> Royal Albert Hall, London
The same (or similar) cast were also at the Royal Opera House for a run:
[http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/8648/die-walkure](http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/8648/die-walkure)
Judging by the cast list in the second link I reckon that the singer you are looking for is Rebecca de Pont Davies:
[http://www.robert-gilder.com/ArtistDetail.aspx?artist\_id=2311&category\_id=1010&location\_id=3002](http://www.robert-gilder.com/ArtistDetail.aspx?artist_id=2311&category_id=1010&location_id=3002)
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### Author:  [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2009, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-opera-singer/509201/3 "2009-09-07T22:49:23Z")
Many thanks, Struan!
I love the 'Dope.