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Norma Procter (Contralto)

Born: February 15, 1928 - Cleethorpes, England

The English contralto (Mary) Norma Procter studied voice with Roy Henderson and Alec Redshaw.

Norma Procter made her debut in Händel’s Messiah at Southwark Cathedral in 1948. Soon she established herself as an outstanding concert singer. In 1961 she made her operatic debut at London’s Covent Garden as Gluck’s Orpheus.

Source: Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of 20th Century Classical Musicians (1997)
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (May 2001)

Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

Conductor

As

Works

Helmuth Rilling

Alto

BWV 45, BWV 176

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