Marie Hayward (1939 – November 2011) was an English soprano with a career in opera in the UK as well as overseas.
[1] During her career as a lyric-dramatic soprano she sang with major British companies and appeared frequently in Germany.
For Klaus Tennstedt at the Opernhaus Kiel she sang Donna Anna in Don Giovanni and Desdemona in Otello.
[3] Hayward, who had an extensive concert repertoire, appeared with the London orchestras at the Royal Festival Hall and other venues.
[1] Her recordings include two of Sir Adrian Boult's Vaughan Williams series for EMI, the Serenade to Music (1969), singing the Eva Turner part, and The Pilgrim's Progress (1972), as one of the Three Shining Ones.