中文名：凯思琳·费丽尔 外文名：Kathleen Ferrier 国籍：英国 出生地：兰开夏郡高沃尔顿 生日：1912年4月22日 逝世日期：1953年10月8日 简介：Kathleen Mary Ferrier, CBE (22 April 1912 – 8 October 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. She was especially known in Britain for her unaccompanied recording of the Northumbrian folk tune Blow the Wind Southerly, which was played regularly on BBC Radio for many years after her death. The daughter of a Lancashire village schoolmaster, Ferrier showed early talent as a pianist, and won numerous amateur piano competitions while working as a telephonist with the General Post Office. She did not take up singing seriously until 1937, when after winning a prestigious singing competition at the Carlisle Festival she began to receive offers of professional engagements as a vocalist. Thereafter she took singing lessons, first with J.E. Hutchinson and later with Roy Henderson. After the outbreak of the Second World War Ferrier was recruited by the Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts (CEMA), and in the following years sang at concerts and recitals throughout England. In 1942 her career was boosted when she met the conductor Malcolm Sargent, who recommended her to the influential Ibbs and Tillett concert management agency. She became a regular performer at leading London and provincial venues, and made numerous BBC radio broadcasts. In 1946, Ferrier made her stage debut, in the Glyndebourne Festival premiere of Benjamin Britten's opera The Rape of Lucretia. A year later she made her first appearance as Orfeo in Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice, a work with which she became particularly associated. By her own choice, these were her only two operatic roles. As her reputation grew, Ferrier formed close working relationships with major musical figures, including Britten, Sir John Barbirolli, Bruno Walter and the accompanist Gerald Moore. She became known internationally through her three tours to the United States between 1948 and 1950 and her many visits to continental Europe. Ferrier was diagnosed with breast cancer in March 1951. In between periods of hospitalisation and convalescence she continued to perform and record; her final public appearance was as Orfeo, at the Royal Opera House in February 1953, eight months before her death. Among her many memorials, the Kathleen Ferrier Cancer Research Fund was launched in May 1954; the Kathleen Ferrier Scholarship Fund, administered by the Royal Philharmonic Society, has since 1956 made annual awards to aspiring young professional singers. 从艺历程：凯瑟琳·玛丽·费里尔是一位英国女低音歌唱家，她作为舞台、音乐会和录音艺术家享有国际声誉，其曲目范围从民歌和流行歌谣到巴赫、勃拉姆斯、马勒和埃尔加的古典作品。在她名声大噪之时，她因癌症去世，这震惊了音乐界，尤其是公众，因为公众直到她去世后才知道她的病情。 费丽尔的父亲是兰开夏郡的一名乡村校长，她从小就展现出钢琴天赋，在邮政总局担任接线员期间，曾多次赢得业余钢琴比赛。 直到 1937 年，在赢得卡莱尔音乐节的一场著名歌唱比赛后，她开始收到专业歌手的邀约，之后才开始认真唱歌。 之后，她开始学习声乐，先是跟随 JE 哈钦森，后来跟随罗伊亨德森。第二次世界大战爆发后，费丽尔被音乐与艺术促进委员会(CEMA)招募，并在随后的几年里在英国各地的音乐会和独奏会上演唱。 1942 年，她遇到了指挥家马尔科姆萨金特，她的职业生涯从此开始上升。 萨金特把她推荐给了颇具影响力的Ibbs and Tillett音乐会管理机构。 她成为伦敦和外省主要场所的常驻表演者，并多次在BBC电台播出。 1946 年，费丽尔在格林德伯恩音乐节首演的本杰明·布里顿歌剧《卢克丽霞受辱记》中首次登台演出。一年后，她首次在格鲁克的歌剧《奥菲欧与尤丽狄茜》中饰演奥菲欧，这部作品让她与费丽尔产生了特别的联系。这是她自愿出演的仅有的两个歌剧角色。随着名气的不断增长，费丽尔与布里顿、约翰·巴比罗利爵士、布鲁诺·沃尔特和伴奏者杰拉尔德·摩尔等主要音乐人物建立了密切的合作关系。1948 年至 1950 年间，她三次访问美国，并多次访问欧洲大陆，从此蜚声国际。 1951 年 3 月，费里尔被诊断出患有乳腺癌。在住院和康复期间，她继续表演和录制唱片；她最后一次公开亮相是在 1953 年 2 月，当时是她去世前八个月，她在皇家歌剧院扮演奥菲欧。在众多纪念她的活动中，凯瑟琳·费里尔癌症研究基金会于 1954 年 5 月成立。凯瑟琳·费里尔奖学金基金由皇家爱乐协会管理，自 1956 年以来每年都会向有抱负的年轻职业歌手颁发奖项。