Marjorie Lawrence
(1907-1979)
Australian singer
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Marjorie Florence Lawrence CBE (17 February 1907 – 13 January 1979) was an Australian dramatic soprano, particularly noted as an interpreter of Richard Wagner's operas. She was the first Metropolitan Opera soprano to perform the immolation scene in Götterdämmerung by riding her horse into the flames as Wagner had intended. She was afflicted by polio from 1941. Lawrence later served on the faculty of the School of Music at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
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17 February 1907 Deans Marsh, Australia
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| Died |
13 January 1979 (aged 71) Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
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| Zodiac | Aquarius |
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