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English mezzo-soprano.

Edith Clegg married the great English bass Norman Allin in 1912, but continued to perform for some years both with the Beecham company then later, from 1922, with BNOC, of which her husband was a director.

Roles in Scotland

Siegrune a Valkyrie: Valkyrie 1911
Mary Daland's housekeeper, once Senta's nurse: Fliegende Holländer 1912
Magdalene Eva's nurse: Mastersingers of Nuremberg 1912
Mastersingers of Nuremberg 1920
Mastersingers of Nuremberg 1922
Mastersingers of Nuremberg 1923
Hostess at the inn: Boris Godunov 1917
Nurse to Xenia: Boris Godunov 1917
Mercury: Phoebus and Pan 1918
Phoebus and Pan 1919
Amelfa Dodon's nurse: Golden Cockerel 1919
Emilia Iago's wife and Desdemona's companion: Otello 1919
Otello 1923
Suzuki Cio-Cio-San's servant: Madam Butterfly 1922
Madam Butterfly 1923
Mamma Lucia the innkeeper, Turiddu’s mother: Cavalleria Rusticana 1922
Teresa Malaveda's housekeeper: Goldsmith of Toledo 1922
Mother of Louise: Louise 1922
Louise 1923
Marthe a neighbour: Faust 1922
Faust 1923
Azucena a Biscayan gypsy woman: Trovatore 1923
Zita a cousin of Buoso, aged sixty: Gianni Schicchi 1923