Roy Galbriath Henderson taught what English contralto singer that died of cancer during the height of her career?
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Roy Henderson (baritone) Roy Galbraith Henderson CBE (4 July 189916 March 2000) was a leading English baritone in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. He later became a teacher of singing, his most notable student being Kathleen Ferrier.
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Kathleen Ferrier Kathleen Mary Ferrier, CBE (22 April 19128 October 1953) 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. Her death from cancer, at the height of her fame, was a shock to the musical world and particularly to the general public, which was kept in ignorance of the nature of her illness until after her death.
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Georgina Anderson Georgina Anderson (22 October 1998 – 14 November 2013) was a singer from Marske-by-the-Sea, Teesside. On 14 November 2013 she died after being diagnosed with stage four liver cancer. Her posthumous 2013 single, "Two Thirds of a Piece" reached number 63 on the UK Singles Chart.
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Shelley Moore Shelley Moore (March 10, 1932 – June 23, 2016) was an English-born American jazz singer.
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Mabel Mercer Mabel Mercer (3 February 1900 – 20 April 1984) was an English-born cabaret singer who performed in the United States, Britain, and Europe with the greats in jazz and cabaret.
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Alice Burville Alice Julia Burville (11 July 1856 – 4 July 1944) was an English soprano and actress, best known for her performances in Gilbert and Sullivan operas and other operettas in the 1870s and 1880s.
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Charlotte Sainton-Dolby Charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby (17 May 182118 February 1885), was an English contralto, singing teacher and composer.
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Shirley Bassey Dame Shirley Veronica Bassey, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born 8 January 1937) is a Welsh singer whose career began in the mid-1950s, best known for both her powerful operatic voice and for recording the theme songs to the James Bond films "Goldfinger" (1964), "Diamonds Are Forever" (1971), and "Moonraker" (1979).
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Francesca Vanini-Boschi Francesca Vanini-Boschi (died 1744) was an Italian contralto singer of the 18th century. She is best remembered for her association with the composer George Frideric Handel, for whom she sang both in Italy and in London.
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Gemma Bellincioni Gemma Bellincioni (] ; 18 August 1864 – 23 April 1950) was an Italian soprano and one of the best-known opera singers of the late 19th century. She had a particular affinity with the verismo repertoire and was renowned more for her charismatic acting than for the quality of her voice.
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Eugenia Burzio Eugenia Burzio (13 June 1882 – 16 May 1922 – the dates on her grave ) was an Italian operatic soprano known for her vibrant voice and passionate style of singing. "There were legions of Burzio fans. One cannot imagine the following she had. People were hysterical about her." (Ester Mazzoleni).
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Gloria Wood Gloria Wood (September 8, 1923 – March 4, 1995) was a singer and cartoon voice actress. Her rare voice was in the four-octave range. She was able to imitate other voices.
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Claire Croiza Claire Croiza (14 September 1882 – 27 May 1946) was a French mezzo-soprano and an influential teacher of singers.
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Keturah Sorrell Keturah Sorrell (10 September 1912 – 30 March 2012) was a British opera singer.
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Carrie Pringle Carrie Pringle (Caroline Mary Isabelle Pringle) (19 March 1859 – 12 November 1930) was an Austrian-born British soprano singer. She performed the role of one of the Flowermaidens in the 1882 premiere of Richard Wagner's "Parsifal" at the Bayreuth Festival. Unproven rumours associate Wagner's supposed infatuation with Pringle with the circumstances of his death in Venice in 1883.
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Janet Baker Dame Janet Abbott Baker (born 21 August 1933) is an English mezzo-soprano best known as an opera, concert, and lieder singer.
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Joan Dickson Katherine Joan Balfour Dickson (21 December 1921 – 9 October 1994) was a Scottish cellist and cello teacher.
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Howell Glynne Howell Glynne (24 January 190624 November 1969) was an operatic bass. He was born in Britain but lived the latter years of his life in Canada, and taught singing at the University of Toronto.
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Joe Henderson (gospel singer) Joe Henderson (April 24, 1937 – October 25, 1964) was an American R&B and gospel singer, best known for his 1962 recording of "Snap Your Fingers".
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Gery Scott Gery Scott (5 October 1923 – 14 December 2005) was a jazz and cabaret entertainer and teacher, whose performing career spanned 26 countries and over 60 years. She was noted for her powerful stage persona and engaging delivery, with material ranging from the songbooks of Cole Porter, George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Harold Arlen, Lorenz Hart, Cy Coleman and all the "standards" as well as Noël Coward and some pop material. Whilst she was well known to British audiences during the later part of the Second World War, she achieved most of her fame outside the UK.
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Marjorie Westbury Marjorie Westbury (18 June 1905 - 16 December 1989) was an English radio actress and singer. Her career lasted over fifty years.
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Helen Roberts Helen Florence Roberts (15 July 1912 – 12 December 2010), later known as Betty Roberts and by her married name, Betty Walker, was an English singer and actress, best known for her performances in soprano roles of the Savoy Operas with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company.