Margaret Ritchie

Margaret Ritchie was an English soprano born in 1903. She received training in classical voice and created several operatic roles during her career. Ritchie reached wider visibility in 1946 when she performed the original role of Lucia in the Benjamin Britten opera The Rape of Lucretia. In 1947, she performed the original role of Miss Wordsworth in the Britten opera Albert Herring. Her recording career included the George Frideric Handel work Acis and Galatea (1951) and the Handel work Sosarme (1954). She recorded solo recitals accompanied by George Malcolm on the piano and harpsichord. Ritchie appeared in the movie Pink String and Sealing Wax (1945) in the role of the singer Adelina Patti. She also performed on the soundtrack of the movie Scott of the Antarctic (1948). Ritchie died in 1969.