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Marjorie Lawrence
Marjorie Florence Lawrence CBE (17 February 190713 January 1979) was an Australian soprano, particularly noted as an interpreter of Richard Wagner's operas. She was the first 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.
Her life story was told in the 1955 film ''Interrupted Melody'', in which she was portrayed by Eleanor Parker, who was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as Lawrence.
==Early life==
Lawrence was born at Deans Marsh, south west of Melbourne. She was the fifth of six children of William Lawrence, the local butcher, and Elizabeth (née Smith) Lawrence, church organist.〔 Her mother died when Lawrence was two and she was raised by her father's mother.〔 Lawrence attended local schools, joined the choir at St Pauls Church of England and was a soloist by age ten.〔 Her interest in opera was sparked by gramophone records of Nellie Melba and Clara Butt. She won a number of vocal competitions when aged in her teens, and at the age of 18 she travelled to Melbourne for work. She received voice lessons from Ivor Boustead but had to return home due to financial hardship. Lawrence failed to gain a place at the Royal South Street competitions in Ballarat but went on to win the Sun Aria at Geelong in 1928.〔 Australian baritone John Brownlee advised her to study in Paris with Cécile Gilly.〔 Lawrence boarded with a French family and, under Gilly's tuition, was able to extend her voice's upper range.〔
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