Thomas, Marjorie, 1923-2008
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Name (Latin)
Thomas, Marjorie, 1923-2008
Date of birth
1923-06-05
Date of death
2008-09-12
Gender
female
MARC
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Sources of Information
- Haydn, J. Missa in tempore belli [SR] 198-?, p1964:labels (Marjorie Thomas, alto)
- Ww in mus., 6th ed.(Thomas, Marjorie; contralto)
- Email from Toccata Corp. Oct. 3, 2008(Times online, Oct. 3, 2008: (Marjorie Thomas, mezzo-soprano; Marjorie Gwendolen Thomas; b. June 5, 1923, Sunderland, grew up in Oldham; d. Sept. 12, 2008, aged 85)
- Wikipedia, Oct. 3, 2008(Marjorie Thomas; b. June 5, 1923, Sunderland, England; d. Sept. 12, 2008; English opera and oratorio singer; contralto; became a professor of singing at the Royal Manchester College of Music in 1960; in 1964 accepted a post at London's Royal Academy of Music and became the head of vocal studies there in 1984, where she taught until 1990)
Wikipedia description:
Marjorie Gwendolen Thomas (5 June 1923 – 12 September 2008) was an English opera and oratorio singer for almost three decades. She sang at the Royal Opera House and was a regular performer at the Promenade Concerts and the Three Choirs Festivals and, for many years, a professor of singing at London's Royal Academy of Music. A favourite soloist of Sir Malcolm Sargent's, she also participated in a number of recordings of Gilbert and Sullivan operas.
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