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Marjorie Radford.

Born Roborough Down, Plymouth, 26 April 1885.

Died St Anthony in Roseland, Cornwall, 16 July 1973.

English translator, conductor, producer.

In tandem with her sister Evelyn Radford, Maisie established the Falmouth Opera Singers, who over the next forty years produced simple but pioneering stagings of then rare 18th century operas, as well as some new work.

Source: Article 'The Misses Radford' by Andrew Lamb in Opera, July 2019, pp823-6.