| Biography | Phyllis Archibald was one of the most notable British mezzo-sopranos in the period straddling the First World War, singing with both Carl Rosa and Beecham companies. She sang the title role in Carmen at the Theatre Royal Glasgow in 1920, when Beecham's enterprise gave its final performance.
She was a pupil of Blanche Marchesi. In 1908 she appeared in the performances of Nibelungenrings at the London Covent Garden Opera under Hans Richter. Then she became known as a member Carl Rose Opera Company. As a member of this troupe she travelled around England. There she sang from 1914 to 1920. Later she sang with British National Opera in London. Early she had fallen ill with an incurable nervous suffering and forced to give up her career. She lived in a sanitarium like Lina Bruna Rasa and Jeanne Gordon. |