Marie Collier (1927-1971) was an Australian soprano, admired for dramatic intensity and vocal courage. She sang in Britain and Australia and became associated with both standard opera and twentieth-century repertory.

In the Pristine catalogue she appears in the world première of Tippett’s King Priam and in Edinburgh Festival repertory under John Pritchard.

Collier’s singing was vivid, fearless and theatrically charged, suited to music that demanded emotional heat as well as vocal control. Her career was short, but unusually intense.

Her page deserves a proper note. Collier was one of those singers whose recorded traces feel larger than the calendar allowed.