Muriel Foster
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MURIEL FOSTER (1877 - 1937)
Born in Sunderland, Muriel Foster became a contralto, excelling in oratorio. She performed in The Dream of Gerontius in Dusseldorf in May 1902, of which the Manchester Guardian wrote: 'The part of the Angel was given by Miss Muriel Foster with the wonderfully beautiful and genuine voice...' She was also memorable in Brahms' great Alto Rhapsody.
She was a personal friend of Edward Elgar and sang in the first performance of his Coronation Ode of 1902; The Apostles (1903); The Kingdom (1906); The River (1910) and The Music Makers (1912), which was co-dedicated to Nicholas Kilburn. Elgar dedicated his song 'A Child Asleep' to Anthony Goetz (Muriel Foster's son) 'for his mother's singing'.
Muriel Foster performed regularly in London and the provinces, as well as the USA, and achieved the rare distinction for a singer of winning the Gold Medal of the Royal Philharmonic Society.
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