Ann Hood(1940-2000)

Ms Hood performed as Principal Soprano with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in the roles of Josephine in "HMS Pinafore", Mabel in "The Pirates of Penzance", the eponymous characters in "Patience" and "Princess Ida", Rose Maybud in "Ruddigore", Elsie in "The Yeomen of the Guard", and Gianetta in "The Gondoliers". Joining in 1963, she left the company in 1967, returning briefly in 1970 as a guest artiste. For Decca she recorded the roles of Constance in "The Sorcerer", Angelina in "Trial by Jury" (with highlights from "Utopia, Ltd.", as Princess Zara), Psyche in "Princess Ida", and Phoebe in "The Yeomen of the Guard". After leaving the Carte, Ms Hood performed regularly with the Gilbert and Sullivan For All company.