Ann Hood(1940-2000)
- Actress
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.
