The opera critic Rupert Christiansen, writing as the 50th anniversary of Ferrier's death approached, maintained that "no singer in this country has ever been more deeply loved, as much for the person she was as for the voice she uttered".
O crítico de ópera Rupert Christiansen, escribindo cando se aproximaba o 50º aniversario da morte de Ferrier, sostivo que "ningún cantante neste país foi nunca tan profundamente amado, para moita xente era como a voz que emitía".