{{Short description|English operatic soprano}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{More citations needed|date=January 2021}} '''Ruth Packer''' (22 October 1910 – 12 January 2005) was an English operatic soprano.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2005-02-08 |title=Obituary: Ruth Packer |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-ruth-packer-1529601.html |access-date=2023-06-23 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref>
Packer was born in London. 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, Maj. Ynyr Probert.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Steinitz |first1=P |title=The Performance of Bach's Church Cantatas. 1 |journal=The Musical Times |date=1958 |volume=99 |issue=1383 |pages=278–280 |doi=10.2307/936631|jstor=936631 }}</ref> She was twice widowed, and had no children.
She died in São Bras de Alportel, Portugal, aged 94.
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==External links== *[http://www.andante.com/article/article.cfm?id=25133 Obituary from ''The Independent'']
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