Kathleen Ferrier
Kathleen Ferrier (22 April 1912 – 8 October 1953) was an English contralto singer. She got an international reputation for being a concert, stage and recording artist.
Ferrier was born in Higher Walton, Lancashire. Ferrier was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1951. She died aged 41 at University College Hospital, London.
Kathleen Ferrier Media
Kathleen Ferrier's birthplace in Higher Walton
King George's Hall, Blackburn, the venue in which Ferrier made several youthful appearances as an accompanist at "celebrity" concerts
St Kentigern's Church at Aspatria, Cumbria, the scene of Ferrier's first professional singing engagement in 1937
Benjamin Britten in the mid-1960s
Bruno Walter, the German-born conductor with whom Ferrier worked closely from 1947 until her death
Ferrier in Orfeo & Eurydice (1949)
Marian Anderson, who said of Ferrier: "What a voice—and what a face!"
Manchester's Free Trade Hall, where Ferrier sang Land of Hope and Glory at its reopening after war damage, on 16 November 1951.
Southwark Cathedral, where Ferrier's memorial service was held on 14 November 1953
