Winifred Radford as Cherubino Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
Winifred Radford as Cherubino NPG x88972
© National Portrait Gallery, London
by Spidk Jaye King
Radford entered the Royal Academy of music aged fourteen. Her first appearance in opera was at the inaugural Glyndebourne Festival (1934). Subsequently she gave recitals for the BBC and toured with the Intimate Opera Company. During the Second World War she gave recitals of Lieder and French song at the National Gallery's lunchtime concerts. After the War she studied with Pierre Bernac and became a specialist in French mélodie, giving the British premieres of some of Francis Poulenc's songs. She taught singing at... more
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










