British Contralto Carmen Hill ~ Rose in the Bud (c. 1913?)

of the diva's, as it seemed, endless tours in search of solvency after the ravages her fortune sustained as a result of the financial adventures of her husband. Hill ventured on stage only once, in Beecham's season of opera-comique at His Majesty's Theatre in 1910, as the Dewman in Hansel and Gretel with Maggie Teye and Ruth Vincent. Thereafter she was busy with various activities ; as a soloist in oratorio and choral works, with Lieder recitals and ballad concerts -- she was a regular ...
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