Person Open DS/UK/5765 Aldridge; Amanda Ira (10 March 1866-9 March 1956); British opera singer, teacher and composer Aldridge Amanda Ira 10 March 1866-9 March 1956 British opera singer, teacher and composer Female (cisgender) Amanda Christina Elizabeth Aldridge Montague Ring Upper Norwood, London, England (born)

British Musician | Vocals, Composer | Opera Multiple / Mixed No known disability No known religious affiliation Daughter of Ira Frederick Aldridge (African American Shakespearian actor) and Amanda Paulina von Brandt (Swedish opera singer) Sibling of Luranah Aldridge (opera singer) Unknown Amanda Ira Aldridge was a British opera singer, teacher and composer, under the pseudonym of Montague Ring. Aldridge studied voice under Jenny Lind and Sir George Henschel at the Royal College of Music in London, and harmony and counterpoint with Frederick Bridge and Francis Edward Gladstone. A throat condition ended her concert appearances, and she turned to teaching and published about thirty songs between the years 1907 and 1925 in a romantic parlour style, as well as instrumental music in other styles. Her notable students included Roland Hayes, Lawrence Benjamin Brown, Marian Anderson, and Paul Robeson. In 1930, when Robeson played Othello in the West End, Aldridge was in attendance, and gave Robeson the gold earrings that her father Ira Aldridge had worn as Othello. She cared for her sister, the opera singer Luranah Aldridge, when she became ill, turning down an invitation in 1921 from W. E. B. Du Bois to attend the second Pan-African Congress, with a note explaining “As you know, my sister is very helpless... I cannot leave for more than a few minutes at a time.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Aldridge (2022) https://louisehare.com/the-daughters-of-ira-aldridge/ (2022) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHSkeyte 5/8/2013 RAHAKirkbride 6/17/2022 76d40955-cc2e-4b68-af95-5963db5236f0