Elizabeth Howlett (born November 1938) is a Conservative Party politician and former member of the

London Assembly The London Assembly is a 25-member elected body, part of the Greater London Authority, that scrutinises the activities of the Mayor of London and has the power, with a two-thirds super-majority, to amend the Mayor's annual budget and to rejec ...

for Merton and Wandsworth.

Political career

Howlett was elected to the

on 4 May 2000 and re-elected on 10 June 2004. She served until May 2008. Her positions included: * Deputy Chair of the Health and Public Services Committee * Member of the Standards Committee * Member of the Transport Committee * Member of the Metropolitan Police Authority * Conservative Group's spokesman on health Howlett, was Wandsworth councillor since 1986 in the

London Borough of Wandsworth Wandsworth () is a London borough in southwest London; it forms part of Inner London and has an estimated population of 329,677 inhabitants. Its main named areas are Battersea, Balham, Putney, Tooting and Wandsworth Town. The borough borders th ...

, where she is a former Mayor 1998/9 and former Chairman of the Social Services and Education Committees. She is a member of the London Regional Arts Council.

Biography

Elizabeth Howlett, was born in Dundee Scotland trained as a soprano at the

Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland ( gd, Conservatoire Rìoghail na h-Alba), formerly the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama ( gd, Acadamaidh Rìoghail Ciùil is Dràma na h-Alba) is a conservatoire of dance, drama, music, production, and ...

(RSAMD) in

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on a scholarship. She later moved to

Glyndebourne Glyndebourne () is an English country house, the site of an opera house that, since 1934, has been the venue for the annual Glyndebourne Festival Opera. The house, located near Lewes in East Sussex, England, is thought to be about six hundre ...

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then joined Saddlers Wells in 1961. She was an international opera singer and performed at

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, the continent and with the

Scottish Opera Scottish Opera is the national opera company of Scotland, and one of the five national performing arts companies of Scotland. Founded in 1962 and based in Glasgow, it is the largest performing arts organisation in Scotland. History Scottish O ...

. She was a member of the

Hamburg State Opera The Hamburg State Opera (in German: Staatsoper Hamburg) is a German opera company based in Hamburg. Its theatre is near the square of Gänsemarkt. Since 2015, the current ''Intendant'' of the company is Georges Delnon, and the current ''Genera ...

for several seasons. in the 1980s she appeared on the ''

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Sings'' (1981-1986) television series. At the time of her election to the London Assembly she was a professor at the

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. Sopranos who studied with her include Sandy Leung, Natalie Clifton-Griffith and Julie Bale. In 1997 baritone Grant Doyle won a scholarship to study with her. She has appeared on a small number of recordings including: * 1962

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- Sadler's Wells Opera Company - ''Highlights from

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'', His Masters Voice * 1966

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, Patricia Johnson (3), Peter Glossop,

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(Harpsichord),

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, Sir John Barbirolli - ''

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'' - Angel Records * 1969 ''

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'' - London Records * 1993

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Orchestra, Chorus -

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: ''

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'' (Complete) And ''

'' (Highlights) - EMI * 1995

: ''

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'' * 2003

: ''

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'' (Highlights) * 2003

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- ''

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'' (Highlights) - EM I * 2012 ''

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: The Legacy 1937-1997''

References

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