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Black Syren | The Lyric Feature

Black Syren | The Lyric Feature

Update: 2025-05-11
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This weeks Lyric Feature is -Black Syren, which tells the largely forgotten story of Rachel Baptist, a Black Irish soprano, who predominantly appeared in Irish "pleasure gardens” in the 1750s and 1760s performing arias by Handel and Arne among others.
The feature is presented by journalist Saibh Downes.

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Black Syren | The Lyric Feature

Black Syren | The Lyric Feature

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