| Biography | Patricia Howard is an Australian operatic soprano singer. She was a former manicurist in a department store, saving money for singing lessons. She spent two seasons in the company at Covent Garden. In the season 1950-51 she sang 2nd Boy in The Magic Flute, Micaëla Carmen, and a Flower Maiden in the new production of Parsifal. She also created the role of a Shining One in the premiere of The Pilgrim's Progress (Vaughan Williams).
She moved to Sadler's Wells for the 1951-52 season, making her debut as Mimì. She also sang Etain in the first major revival for many years of The Immortal Hour by Rutland Boughton. Over the next decade she sang a comprehensive range of the lyric soprano repertoire. |