Maybelle Marston

Maybelle Zenobia Berretta Marston (May 14, 1895 – February 22, 1983) was an American contralto singer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

She also sang parts in Feuersnot (1927, its U.S. premiere), Die Walküre (1928 and 1929), I gioielli della Madonna (1928), Ariadne auf Naxos (1928, its U.S. premiere), Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1928 and 1930), Cavalleria rusticana (1928), Le Chemineau [fr] (1929), Carmen (1929), Prince Igor (1929), Roméo et Juliette (1929), Das Rheingold (1929), Götterdämmerung (1930), Die Zauberflöte (1930), Le nozze di Figaro (1930), Robin Hood (1932), Hänsel und Gretel (1935), Rigoletto (1938), all in Philadelphia.

[3] She and other Philadelphia Civic Opera singers appeared in Marc Blitzstein's Triple Sec (1929) in a show for the Society for Contemporary Music.

[5] Other appearances by Marston included The Pirates of Penzance (1923),[6] a 1927 concert with the Reading Choral Society, where she shared soloist billing with Nelson Eddy,[7] and a 1930 production of The Chimes of Normandy with the Community Music Club of Collingswood, New Jersey.

[8] Marston was in demand as an oratorio and cantata soloist,[9][10] gave recitals,[11][12] sang on radio broadcasts,[13] and taught music later in her career;[14] she also directed the chorus of the Women's Club of Ardmore, Pennsylvania,[15] and the Alumnae Choral Club of William Penn High School for Girls.