Margaret Ismay

Margaret Ismay
Alma mater 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

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Stowe House 1". Antiques Roadshow. Series 35. Episode 13. 2013-02-22. BBC. Retrieved 2013-03-19.
  2. ↑ "Prize board, Gilbert Betjemann Prize, Royal Academy of Music, 1897-47 (Board 1/2)" [2003.1167]". Royal Academy of Music. Retrieved 19 March 2013.


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