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Katherine Jenkins
Welsh classical crossover singer (born 1980)
Katherine Jenkins OBE (born 29 June 1980) is a Welsh singer. She is a mezzo-soprano and performs operatic arias, popular songs, musical theatre, and hymns.[1][2][3]
After winning singing competitions in her youth, Jenkins studied at the Royal Academy of Music, modelled, and taught voice lessons. She came to wide public attention in 2003 when she sang at Westminster Cathedral in honour of Pope John Paul II's silver jubilee. Since 2004, she has released numerous albums that have performed well on British and foreign charts. In both 2005 and 2006, her albums received Classic Brit Awards as Album of the Year. She has been seen widely in concert and has performed for British Armed Forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. She has sung at sporting events, on television shows, and in support of many charities.
Early life
Katherine Jenkins was born in Neath on 29 June 1980, the daughter of factory worker Selwyn John Jenkins and Susan, an NHS radiographer.[4][5] She
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Katherine Jenkins: Welsh mezzo’s songs, movie debut, family and everything you need to know
Mezzo-soprano Katherine Jenkins has had an incredible career so far. But how much do you really know about the Welsh wonder, from her husband and children to her most famous songs?
1. Katherine Jenkins' age: when is her birthday?
Katherine Jenkins is 40 years old. She was born on 29 June 1980 in Neath, Wales.
2. Who is Katherine Jenkins' husband?
Katherine and her husband, American artist and film producer Andrew Levitas, married at Hampton Court Palace in 2014. Jenkins was previously engaged to TV presenter Gethin Jones in February 2011, but they announced on 30 December 2011 that they were no longer together.
3. Katherine Jenkins' children
Katherine and Andrew have two children together: Aaliyah Reign Levitas, born in September 2015, and Xander Robert Selwyn Levitas, born in April 2018. The singer recently ruled out the idea of having a third child, saying "two is full-on!".
4. Katherine Jenkins' songs
The classical-crossover
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Katherine's story sounds like a fairy tale: the Welsh choir girl who won a scholarship to London's Royal Academy of Music to study opera, was spotted by a big record company at the age of 23 and signed to a six-album deal.
Katherine was born on June 29th, 1980 in Neath. From the age of four, Katherine knew she wanted to sing - even though there was neither any classical music in the house nor any musicians in the family.
Aged seven, Katherine joined the choir of St David’s, Neath, where there was a high standard and hard work: two practices a week, two Sunday services - and Choir Club on Fridays. At the age of 10 Katherine won the Choir Girl of the Year competition.
By the time she was 17, with four A-levels under her belt and a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music in the offing, Katherine was already a seasoned stage performer.
In the last year of her studies in London, producer and songwriter Steve DuBerry had the idea of recording a dance-track version of the 'Flower Duet' from Lakmé as a demo. Unknown to her, DuBerry’s management team set about p
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