Patricia Kern was a British mezzo-soprano, admired in opera, Handel and English-language repertory. She became closely associated with British opera and Baroque performance.

In the Pristine catalogue she appears in Handel’s Rodelinda at Sadler’s Wells, with Joan Sutherland, Janet Baker and Charles Farncombe.

Kern’s singing brought warmth, agility and theatrical intelligence to Handel, where vocal line and dramatic purpose must travel together.

Her page is justified by career standing and catalogue context. Kern gives the Handel shelf a strong British mezzo presence.