Talbot, Nadine (1913–2003)
Talbot, Nadine (1913–2003)
English countess and opera singer. Name variations: Nadine, Countess of Shrewsbury and Waterford; Nadine Credi. Born 1913; died Feb 19, 2003, in Leightonn Buzzard, London, England; m. John George Charles Henry Altonn Alexander Chetwynd, 21st earl of Shrewsbury and Waterford (div. 1963); children: six.
Under name Nadine Talbot, made debut as a soprano in a recital at Wigmore Hall, London (1954); helped start Opera at Ingestre, a festival that featured Sir John Pritchard conducting; in a celebrated divorce case, was sued for adultery by husband but judge refused the petition because the earl had committed adultery himself with Nina Mortlock (1959); resumed career under name Nadine Credi (short for Crediton).
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