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From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008 | Copyright information

Kathleen Ferrier 1912-53, British contralto, b. Higher Walton, Lancashire. Ferrier began voice lessons at 25. Her celebrated performances include the title role in the premiere of Benjamin Britten's Rape of Lucretia (1946). Ferrier's interpretations of Gluck's Orfeo, the angel in Elgar's Dream of Gerontius, and works of Mahler and Brahms were greatly acclaimed.

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