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Ruth Packer
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Career
In 1939, she made her operatic debut at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in Die Walküre. During World War Two, she appeared frequently with Sadler"s Wells Opera and the Carl Rosa Opera Company. After the war, she performed regularly with the newly formed Welsh National Opera.
After her retirement from the stage, Packer taught voice at the Royal College of Music, and later privately.
Packer married two Welshmen, first the tenor Tudor Davies (1892–1958), and, secondly, Major Ynyr Probert. She was twice widowed, and had no children.
She died in São Paulo Bras de Alportel, Portugal, aged 94.
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January 11, 2005 (aged 94)