There Ain't Nothing Like a Dame Felicity Palmer

(Photo: Christian Steiner)

International opera star Felicity Joan Palmer tops the list of Gloucestershire people on the New Year Honours list. The Cheltenham-born mezzo-soprano is made a Dame for services to music. She was appointed CBE in 1993.

Dame Felicity is currently singing the role of Geneviève in Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande at the Metropolitan Opera. The January 1 performance will be a Saturday matinee broadcast on the radio and Sirius XM.