Rosina Buckman’s press-cuttings and the first complete performance of Elgar’s The Spirit of England

Authors

  • John Mansfield Thomson

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26686/knznq.v2i1.596

Abstract

The Blenheim-born soprano Rosina Buckman (1881-1948) had a distinguished career as an opera singer, and as a concert artist and teacher. One of the greatest Isoldes of her age, an outstanding Aida and Butterfly and a touching Mimi, she sang with Melba and Martinelli at Covent Garden and during the years of the First World War became principal dramatic soprano of the Beecham Opera Company.

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Author Biography

John Mansfield Thomson

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Published

1999-06-06