The tears of Kathleen Ferrier

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[goldie0800]

The contrast of sadness and personal high spirits of Kathleen posted here reminds me of Lois Marshall, a Canadian soprano, who also reached great fame not long after K. in the same repertoire. On a radio interview Lois expressed her jovial nature and liking for jazz, and this was from a great voice that sang Mahler so beautifully!

[LohengrinT]

@goldie0800

extreme humor usually accompanies people very intelligent and kind of depressive but it had never occurred to me that someone as Celestial as K Ferrier could have spicy humor - she is too Angelic in a Bachian sense for me to have imagined that

[Tenortalker]

Kathleen Ferrier was all life and resilience. Cheeky humor included. That is how she managed to fight her cancer for so long. A unique artist

[LohengrinT]

@Tenortalker

Nothing amazes me more in a human being than contradiction - the sum of characteristics that seem opposite found in extreme levels. What has been revealed to me in this post (and that was always the reason of making the posts in youtube-to learn and share music) fascinates me incredibly.

The woman with the most tragic vocal timbre and a sense of drama that can only be compared to Callas' had such a humor?

I am fascinated by such Geniuses - only those fascinate me

[ivypossum]

The BBC did an excellent program on her in the 60s. It included a tape of her taking the piss out of opera at a party in New York. She had the dirtiest giggle. After singing like that and after the mike was off, Ferrier would switch to her Lancashire accent and have the orchestra in stitches. She also trained as a concert pianist. It is a myth that spiritual, scientific and important people have no sense of humour. Actually cartoonists have very high IQs. :-)

[LohengrinT]

@ivypossum

you have no idea how much I believe what you write - I would never imagine this for Ferrier - thank you for the information

[thecubanism]

I am lucky enough to live 10 minutes away for Klever kaffs birthplace, number 1 Bank Terrace, a modest end terraced house in Higher Walton, Lancs, 2 minutes up the road is her memorial garden, when I pass either a tear comes to my eye. After a recording session with Sir Thomas Beecham she looked at him and said 'Was that alright love?, a true Lancashire soul and the greatest contralto ever.

[MrPipposiculo]

Un vero contralto poco conosciuto in Italia

[ivypossum]

The BBC did an excellent program on her in the 60s. It included a tape of her taking the piss out of opera at a party in New York. She had the dirtiest giggle. After singing like that andd after the mike was off, Ferrier would switch to her Lancashire accent and have the orchestra in stitches. She also trained as a concert pianist. It is a myth that spiritual, scientific and important people have no sense of humour. Actually cartoonists have very high IQs. :-)

[LohengrinT]

@ivypossum

you amaze me with what u say here...this Tragic Angel had actually a sense of humor that included dirty words or is it just a way of expression?

I come to worship her I think