Opera Singer. A soprano, she is remembered for her career in England. Born Elsie Jean Morison, she studied at the Melbourne Conservatorium during the World War II years, then spent 1947 and 1948 at London's Royal Conservatory of Music. Elsie made her 1948 professional bow with an Albert Hall concert presentation of Handel's "Acis and Galatea" and that same year joined Sadler's Wells Opera (now, English National Opera) and over the nest six seasons refined her skills, mostly in the works of Gilbert and Sullivan. She made her 1953 Covent Garden debut as Mimi from Puccini's "La Boheme" and remained a company regular thru 1962, her assignments including Susanna from Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro," Marzelline in Beethoven's "Fidelio," Anne Trulove of Igor Stravinsky's "The Rake's Progress," the doll Antonia from Offenbach's "The Tales of Hoffmann", Pamina of Mozart's "The Magic Flute," and Micaela from Bizet's "Carmen." Elsie sang at the Glyndebourne Festival, was Blanche for the first British performances of Francis Poulenc's "Dialogues of the Carmelites," received rave reviews when she created the title lead in the 1955 world premiere of Arwel Hughes' "Menna" with the Welsh National Opera," and was a sought-after oratorio singer in England, The Netherlands, France, and Denmark. She withdrew from the stage following her 1963 marriage to conductor Rafael Kubelik and remained with him until his death, relocating to Prague when the Maestro's political banishment ended in 1990. At her death from the effects of advanced age she left a considerable recorded legacy including recital discs of songs by Brahms, Handel, Henry Purcell, and others, as well as a complete preservation of Sir Michael Tippett's "A Child of Our Time."