Dame Felicity Lott, one of Britain's best-loved sopranos, has died at the age of 79. The singer died on 15 May after a recent interview she gave to the BBC in which she announced she had been diagnosed with terminal cancer. The acclaimed soprano built an international career spanning four decades, in which she performed at opera houses and concert halls around the world, singing works by composers including Richard Strauss, Schubert and Mozart. Dame Felicity's agent told the BBC that "in her