Jennifer McGregor is an Australian

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tic

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. Her album ''The Jennifer McGregor Album'', recorded with the

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, was nominated for the 1988

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for

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. Born in Sydney, she is the sister of actress Julie McGregor. She joined the chorus of the

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in 1981 and became a principal after winning the Metropolitan Opera Audition Scholarship and the Armstrong-Martin Scholarship and studying in Europe. She left the opera in 1986. From 1988 to 1990 she was a principal with Germany's Heidelberg Opera. Together with

Judi Connelli Judi Connelli AM (born 20 July 1947) is an Australian singer and actress in theatre, opera and television. Connelli is best known for her career in opera and stage musicals. As a singer she has starred in performances with the Sydney Symph ...

and

Suzanne Johnston Suzanne Johnston (born 1958) is an Australian operatic mezzo-soprano who first performed professionally in 1981. Born in the Melbourne suburb of Murrumbeena, Johnston attended Kilvington Grammar School. She then had singing lessons at the Victo ...

she formed the 3 Divas. In 2000 they released a self-titled album.

Discography

Albums

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

The

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is an annual awards ceremony held by the

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. They commenced in 1987. ! , - ,

1989 1989 was a turning point in political history with the "Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin W ...

, ''The Jennifer McGregor Album'' ,

, , ARIA Award previous winners. , -

References

External links

Biographical cuttings on Jennifer McGregor, soprano
at the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:McGregor, Jennifer Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Australian operatic sopranos Singers from Sydney