Maryetta Midgley: Difference between revisions

MaryettaMidgley was born in [[Edinburgh]], Scotland]], the daughter of theoperatic [[tenor]] [[Walter Midgley]] and thepianist [[soprano]]Gladys [[Midgley|Gladys MidgleyVernon]]. Her brotherShe is the internationalsister of [[tenor]] [[Vernon Midgley]]. She was educated at the [[Holy Cross ConventSchool, [[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 (Scottish musician)|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 [[Eastbourne|Congress Theatre, Eastbourne]] and in "[[Camelot (musical)|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"'.