Margaret Baker Genovesi

Margaret Baker Genovesi (c. 1933 – 23 February 2022 ) was an Australian soprano based in Rome.

Early life Born in Brisbane as Margaret Baker, her early musical promise as a child was recognised with performances broadcast on Australia's Amateur Hour. Later, she represented Queensland in the 1953 Melba Quest and won the Queensland ABC Concerto and Vocal competition in 1954.

Career Early in her career, while still in Australia, Baker Genovesi was a popular young soloist performing with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and the Queensland National Opera now Opera Queensland. Amongst her pupils is the Italian dramatic coloratura soprano Desirée Rancatore.

Personal life She was married to the Italian engineer Vittorio Genovesi. Baker Genovesi died aged 89 in Brisbane.

Discography Anfossi: La maga Circe (The Enchantress Circe), Baker-Genovesi et al., Il Gruppo di Roma, Bongiovanni-Inedita conducted by Flavio Colusso GB 10001/2-2. Menotti: The Old Maid and the Thief, Judith Blegen, John Reardon, Anna Reynolds, Margaret Baker, Orchestra of the Teatro Verdi Di Trieste, conducted by Jorge Mester, Mercury Living Presence SR90521 Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea, Margaret Baker-Genovesi, Cathy Berberian, Helen Donath et al, Concentus Musicus, Wein, conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Deutsche Grammophon, 1995. Monteverdi: Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria, with Lasdislaus Anderko, Giacomo Badoaro, Margaret Baker-Genovesi, Murray Dickie et al. Concentus Musicus, Wein, conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Teledec 1971. Purcell: Dido and Aeneas with Tatiana Troyanos, Barry McDaniel, Sheila Armstrong, Patricia Johnson, Margaret Baker-Genovesi, Monteverdi Choir (Hamburg), Norddeutscher Rundfunk (Hamburg) Kammerorchester, conducted by Charles Mackerras. Hamburg : Archiv Produktion, 1967. Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin, Geoffrey Chard, Joan Carden, Keith Lewis, Suzanne Johnston, Margaret Baker-Genovesi, Noel Mangin, Bev Shean, Richard Divall conducting (1983 Victoria State Opera production) Louis Spohr, 6 Lieder, Op. 103, Margaret Baker, Rainer Schumacher, Hermann Reutter (2019).