Margaret Ismay
Margaret Ismay | |
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Education | Royal Academy of Music |
Occupation | Opera singer |
Years active | fl. 1910– |
Awards | Gilbert Betjemann Prize |
Margaret Ismay was an opera singer.[1] While a student at the Royal Academy of Music, she was awarded the Academy's Gilbert Betjemann Prize "for operatic singing" in 1909.[1][2] She later had the medal converted into a coin watch by Cartier.[1]
She appeared in The Balkan Princess in 1910.
In 2013 her great-nephew showed the medal on an episode of the BBC's Antiques Roadshow.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c d "Stowe House 1". Antiques Roadshow. Series 35. Episode 13. 2013-02-22. BBC. Retrieved 2013-03-19.
- ^ "Prize board, Gilbert Betjemann Prize, Royal Academy of Music, 1897-47 (Board 1/2)" [2003.1167]". Royal Academy of Music. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
Categories:
- 20th-century British women opera singers
- British singer stubs