Tilling (Sussex) Tilling (Sussex) Tilling is a fictional coastal town, based on Rye, East Sussex, in the "Mapp and Lucia" novels of Edward Frederic Benson (1867–1940). Tilling takes its name from the River Tillingham which flows through Rye. Benson himself moved to Rye in 1918, where he lived in Lamb House, former home of the novelist Henry James. Benson was mayor of Rye 1934-7 and was elected Speaker of the Cinque Ports in 1936. Tilling first appeared in "Miss Mapp" (1922) and subsequently in "The Male Impersonator" and "Desirable Residences" (short stories of 1929), "Mapp and Lucia" (1931), set between June 1930
Camilla Tilling the Berliner Philharmoniker and William Christie. She was a soloist in Mahler's "Resurrection Symphony" in the opening concert of the Rheingau Musik Festival 2010, conducted by Paavo Järvi in Eberbach Abbey. Her first solo recording is "Rote Rosen", Lieder by Richard Strauss, accompanied by Paul Rivinius, was released in 2009. Camilla Tilling Camilla Tilling (born 1971) is a Swedish soprano in opera and concert. Born in Linköping, Camilla Tilling studied at the "Högskolan för scen och musik" in Göteborg (1997–98) and at the Royal College of Music in London, where she graduated in 1998. Her opera debut was the role