Gladys Ripley [SEP] voice type
Gladys Ripley
Gladys Ripley (9 July 190821 December 1955) was an English contralto.
Early life.
She was born in Forest Gate, Essex, the daughter of Alfred and Amy Ripley, and was educated at St. Edmund Roman Catholic School, East Ham, and at Clark's Business College.
Career.
In 1925, she gave her first important concert, singing "Elijah" at the Royal Albert Hall conducted by Albert Coates). Ripley broadcast continually from 1926 in a variety of programmes: opera
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