Who was Kathleen Ferrier, Britain's greatest contralto? : vimarsana.com

From entering a competition as a bet, Kathleen Ferrier became one of Britain’s foremost singers in the mid-20th century. Fiona Clampin takes a look at her life and asks why, since Ferrier's death, have contraltos fallen out of fashion?

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