Lauris Margaret Elms AM OBE (born 20 October 1931) is an Australian contralto, renowned in opera and lieder. She was born in Springvale, Victoria the daughter of Harry Britton and Jean Elms and trained with Katherine Wielaert in Melbourne.She first sang with the National Theatre Opera Company in 1952 in The Consul. She had further study in Paris with Dominique Modesti. She made her Royal Opera, Covent Garden debut in 1957 as Ulrica in Verdi's Un ballo in maschera Read more on Last.fm