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Kathleen Ferrier. Kathleen Mary Ferrier CBE (22 April 1912 – 8 October 1953) [1] was an English contralto singer who achieved an international reputation as a stage, concert and recording artist, with a repertoire extending from folksong and popular ballads to the classical works of Bach, Brahms, Mahler and Elgar.
Serse (Xerxes, HWV 40) is an opera seria in three acts by George Frideric Handel Handel's operas for the 1737-1738 season had to be postponed due to the death of Queen Caroline. Handel composed ...
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From entering a competition as a bet, Kathleen Ferrier became one of Britain’s foremost singers. Fiona Clampin examines her life.
Learn about the life and career of Kathleen Ferrier, one of the world's great singers who died in 1953. Discover how she rose from a pianist to a star of opera, oratorio and lieder, and collaborated with renowned conductors and composers.
Jul 6, 2012 · The contralto Kathleen Ferrier, who died at 41, left a small but much-praised collection of recordings, now gathered in a three-disc set to honor the centennial of her birth.
Kathleen Ferrier (born April 22, 1912, Higher Walton, Lancashire, Eng.—died Oct. 8, 1953, London) was a contralto who was one of the most widely beloved British singers of her day. She won a national piano competition at the age of 15 and the following year earned a certificate as a piano teacher.
May 15, 2012 · Silenced by breast cancer at the height of her sparkling career, the great English singer Kathleen Ferrier's legacy lives on in a new 14-CD set and documentary.
