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Katherine Jenkins Katherine Jenkins Award-Winning Opera Superstar "Katherine is pioneering a new genre of opera superstar" Katherine Jenkins' first album, appropriately tled Premiere was the fastest selling album of all me by a Mezzo Soprano selling well over 30,000 copies in the first week. She has won two BRIT awards, for Second Nature and Living the Dream and is the only female arst ever to have ever won two consecuve classical BRIT awards. TOPICS: IN DETAIL: Gala Dinners In 1993 Katherine was the BBC Welsh Choir Girl of the Year. Aer graduang Awards with honours from the Royal Academy of Music, Katherine did many things from Concerts part me modelling to being a tour guide on the London Eye. Her appeal is such Entertainment that she has already outsold most of opera greats. She is the only singer in musical history to simultaneously hold the number 1, 2 and 3 posion in the LANGUAGES: classical charts which she did with her 3 albums Premiere, Second Nature, and Living the Dream in 2005. She presents in English. WHAT SHE OFFERS YOU: She has already sung at some of the most presgious venues in the world ranging from the Sydney Opera House, the Albert Hall London to the Millennium Stadium Cardiff which has become virtually her second home having sung there on at least 12 occasions including 2 FA Cup Finals, 2 Rugby League Challenge Cup Finals, at least 8 Welsh internaonal Rugby matches, as well as the Tsunami Concert. She is redefining Classical Crossover, and is pioneering a new genre of opera superstar. HOW SHE PRESENTS: Katherine is as passionate as she is a perfeconist. She is not only glamorous, but also very down to earth, accessible and caring as a human being. © 2019 Celebrity Speakers Ltd To book call: +44 (0)1628 601 400 Email: [email protected] Visit: www.speakers.co.uk.
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