Margaret Ismay Explained

Margaret Ismay
Education:	Royal Academy of Music
Occupation:	Opera singer
Years Active:	1910–
Awards:	Gilbert Betjemann Prize

Margaret Ismay was a British 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.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Stowe House 1 . Antiques Roadshow . Antiques Roadshow . 2013-03-19 . . 2013-02-22 . 35 . 13 .
2. Web site: Prize board, Gilbert Betjemann Prize, Royal Academy of Music, 1897-47 (Board 1/2)" [2003.1167] | publisher=Royal Academy of Music|accessdate=19 March 2013}} 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.

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