Maryetta Midgley
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Maryetta Midgley is an English
soprano
.
Maryetta was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, the daughter of the International Operatic tenor
Walter Midgley
and the pianist, Gladys Vernon. 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 broadcast 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
", Showboat
, the operetta "Les Cloches de Cornville", and La Rondine
, with Lorin Maazel
in 1981.
She founded MVM Records and has produced over 15 albums exclusively of the entire family.
A unique broadcast of "Friday night is Music Night" was in 1976 at Fairfield Halls Croydon, when all four Midgleys performed together for the once-only time.
She retired after 42 years of professional singing in 1992, and now runs an unrelated business with her husband Richard.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
soprano
Soprano
A soprano is a voice type with a vocal range from approximately middle C to "high A" in choral music, or to "soprano C" or higher in operatic music. In four-part chorale style harmony, the soprano takes the highest part, which usually encompasses the melody...
.
Maryetta was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, the daughter of the International Operatic tenor
Tenor
The tenor is a type of male singing voice and is the highest male voice within the modal register. The typical tenor voice lies between C3, the C one octave below middle C, to the A above middle C in choral music, and up to high C in solo work. The low extreme for tenors is roughly B2...
Walter Midgley
Walter Midgley
Walter Midgley was an English operatic tenor who sang leading roles at the Royal Opera House and elsewhere from the 1930s to the 1950s....
and the pianist, Gladys Vernon. Her brother is the international tenor
Tenor
The tenor is a type of male singing voice and is the highest male voice within the modal register. The typical tenor voice lies between C3, the C one octave below middle C, to the A above middle C in choral music, and up to high C in solo work. The low extreme for tenors is roughly B2...
Vernon Midgley
Vernon Midgley
Vernon Midgley born 28 May 1940, is an English tenor.Vernon was born in Worcester Park, Surrey. His parents were the tenor Walter Midgley and the pianist Gladys Vernon...
. She was educated at the Holy Cross Convent, New Malden
New Malden
New Malden is a town and shopping centre in the south-western London suburbs, mostly within the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames and partly in the London Borough of Merton, and is situated from Charing Cross...
, Surrey
Surrey
Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire. The historic county town is Guildford. Surrey County Council sits at Kingston upon Thames, although this has been part of...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. 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
George Mitchell (musician)
George Mitchell, was a Scottish musician, best known for having devised the long-running The Black and White Minstrel Show....
and made her first radio broadcast as a child in "Round the Horne
Round the Horne
Round the Horne was a BBC Radio comedy programme, transmitted in four series of weekly episodes from 1965 until 1968. The series was created by Barry Took and Marty Feldman - with others contributing to later series after Feldman returned to performing — and starred Kenneth Horne, with Kenneth...
".
She appeared in the "Fol-De-Rols" at the Congress Theatre, Eastbourne
Eastbourne
Eastbourne is a large town and borough in East Sussex, on the south coast of England between Brighton and Hastings. The town is situated at the eastern end of the chalk South Downs alongside the high cliff at Beachy Head...
and in "Camelot
Camelot (musical)
Camelot is a musical by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe . It is based on the King Arthur legend as adapted from the T. H. White tetralogy novel The Once and Future King....
" at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane.
She has broadcast regularly on BBC Radio 2
BBC Radio 2
BBC Radio 2 is one of the BBC's national radio stations and the most popular station in the United Kingdom. Much of its daytime playlist-based programming is best described as Adult Contemporary or AOR, although the station is also noted for its specialist broadcasting of other musical genres...
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
Wiener Blut
Wiener Blut may refer to:*Wiener Blut , a waltz by Johann Strauss II*Wiener Blut , an operetta by Johann Strauss II*Wiener Blut , an album by Falco*Wiener Blut , a song by Rammstein...
", Showboat
Showboat
A showboat, or show boat, was a form of theater that traveled along the waterways of the United States, especially along the Mississippi and Ohio rivers . A showboat was basically a barge that resembled a long, flat-roofed house, and in order to move down the river, it was pushed by a small tugboat...
, the operetta "Les Cloches de Cornville", and La Rondine
La rondine
La rondine is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Giuseppe Adami, based on a libretto by Alfred Maria Willner and Heinz Reichert...
, with Lorin Maazel
Lorin Maazel
Lorin Varencove Maazel is an American conductor, violinist and composer.- Early life :Maazel was born to Jewish-American parents in Neuilly-sur-Seine in France and brought up in the United States, primarily at his parents' home in Pittsburgh's Oakland neighborhood. His father, Lincoln Maazel , was...
in 1981.
She founded MVM Records and has produced over 15 albums exclusively of the entire family.
A unique broadcast of "Friday night is Music Night" was in 1976 at Fairfield Halls Croydon, when all four Midgleys performed together for the once-only time.
She retired after 42 years of professional singing in 1992, and now runs an unrelated business with her husband Richard.
Discography
- "MELODIES, MELODIES ALL THE WAY". Maryetta Midgley (soprano), Vernon Midgley (tenor), Orchestra of Romance conducted by Harold Geller. Philips 6382 113