Carrie Tubb

With Thomas Beecham's opera company at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, she sang in Die Fledermaus, The Marriage of Figaro and The Tales of Hoffmann.

[2] After studying at the Guildhall School of Music she made her debut at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in 1910, where she appeared in works including Elektra and Hänsel und Gretel.

[2] She also sang with Thomas Beecham's opera company at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, in Die Fledermaus, The Marriage of Figaro and The Tales of Hoffmann.

[6] The conductor of the Proms, Sir Henry Wood, wrote of her charm, and praised her singing: "Not only had her voice a great brilliance, but she had the power to dominate an orchestra whether she sang an aria from the Messiah or a scene from Götterdämmerung".

[2] In her early years as a singer Tubb made a small number of recordings, which include "Ocean, thou mighty monster" from Weber's Oberon;[8] Arensky's "Dream Waltz";[9] excerpts from Mendelssohn's Elijah;[10] and from Sullivan's The Golden Legend;[11] and popular ballads such as "Queen of the Roses; Lilac Time",[12] "Gretna Green" and "Red rose of England".