Maryetta Midgley

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Maryetta Midgley (born 27 May) is an English soprano.

Maryetta was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, the daughter of the tenor Walter Midgley and the soprano Gladys Midgley. Her brother is the international tenor Vernon Midgley. She was educated at the Holy Cross Convent, New Malden, Surrey, England. She won a scholarship to the Trinity College of Music, where she studied singing and the piano.

She began her career with the George Mitchell Singers and made her first radio broadcast as a child in "Round the Horne". She appeared in the "Fol-De-Rols" at the Congress Theatre, Eastbourne and in "Camelot" at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. She has broadcasted regularly on BBC Radio 2 in "Friday Night is Music Night", "Melodies for You", "Among Your Souvenirs", "Saturday Night is Gala Night" and "Robert Farnon's World of Music". She has appeared in the Strauss opera "Wiener Blut" and the operetta "Les Cloches de Cornville".

Her recreations include: driving, embroidery, horseriding and gardening.