Ann Drummond-Grant

Ann Drummond-Grant as the Fairy Queen in Iolanthe

Ann Drummond-Grant (20 November 1904 – 11 September 1959)[1] was a British singer and actress, best known for her performances in contralto roles of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company.

Drummond-Grant began her career as a soprano. She joined D'Oyly Carte in 1933, playing smaller roles, and eventually progressed to leading soprano roles. She left the company in 1938. During World War II she toured in a variety of theatrical shows. She married the D'Oyly Carte musical director, Isidore Godfrey, in 1940, and returned to the company in 1950 as a contralto, playing Gilbert's formidable older women, until shortly before her death at the age of 54.

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