Tonigh at 8:30PM (CET) on Mezzo! KathleenFerrier - A documentary directed for the 100th anniversary of great British contralto Kathleen Ferrier, a singer with an extraordinary career and a tragic destiny... https://bit.ly/3ZIVAk2 | Mezzo

Kathleen Ferrier, (1912 – 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. | Great Opera Singers

We are honouring the fabulous Kathleen Ferrier with an official Blue Plaque as part of the annual BBC Music Day. She found her voice while living in Cumbria and became a world-famous classical singer. The plaque will be unveiled today at Aspatria Parish Church - where she gave her first professional performance. Copyright "Forget About It TV". | BBC Cumbria