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Heather Begg

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Heather Begg

Heather Begg is pictured in a 1981 Australian Opera production of La buona figliuola by Niccolò Piccinni. The opera, described as a comedic masterpiece with many plot twists, was the type of work in which Begg, with her superb voice and gift for comic acting, excelled.

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Peter Walls, Classical musicians – Stars of the 1960s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/45399/heather-begg (accessed 23 June 2026).

Story by Peter Walls, published 3 June 2014.