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Margaret Ismay

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British opera singer

Margaret Ismay
EducationRoyal Academy of Music
OccupationOpera singer
Years activefl. 1910–
AwardsGilbert Betjemann Prize

Margaret Ismay was a British opera singer. While a student at the Royal Academy of Music, she was awarded the Academy's Gilbert Betjemann Prize "for operatic singing" in 1909. She later had the medal converted into a coin watch by Cartier.

Ismay appeared in The Balkan Princess in 1910.

In 2013 her great-nephew showed the medal on an episode of the BBC's Antiques Roadshow.

References

  1. ^ "Stowe House 1". Antiques Roadshow. Series 35. Episode 13. 22 February 2013. BBC. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  2. "Prize board, Gilbert Betjemann Prize, Royal Academy of Music, 1897-47 (Board 1/2)" ". Royal Academy of Music. Retrieved 19 March 2013.


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