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Marie Hayward Segal - Biography

My friend Marie Hayward Segal, the distinguished opera singer, has died aged 72 after a series of illnesses. Well-known for her performances at the Royal Opera House and the Coliseum in London, and at Glyndebourne, Marie had even greater fame elsewhere in Europe, particularly in Kiel, northern Germany. Engaged by Klaus Tennstedt for the Kiel Opera House, she sang Donna Anna in Don Giovanni and Desdemona in Otello under his direction. She then undertook major roles in several prominent German opera houses.Marie was the daughter of an accountant, George Bower Hayward, and his wife, Mary Isabel Hayward (nee Capon). She excelled on the tennis court, playing in junior Wimbledon, and began her studies as a singer with Roy Henderson and then with Tito Gobbi and Luigi Ricci. She continued her training in Vienna before further study at the London Opera Centre. She performed with leading orchestras at the South Bank, the Barbican and the Royal Albert Hall in London as well as at the Musikverein in Vienna. Her local church in Hampstead, St Andrew's, was blessed by having her in its choir.Marie broadcast frequently, sometimes in lighter programmes such as Friday Night Is Music Night and Melodies for You. Her recordings include Pilgrim's Progress and Serenade to Music by Vaughan Williams, both with Sir Adrian Boult and on EMI. Marie sang many times for charitable purposes; she presented a themed programme of "music from the operas" at St Martin-in-the-Fields in London, with myself as offstage narrator and her second husband, the actor and comedian, Michael Segal, also taking part. They married in 1979, her first marriage having ended in divorce. Michael and Marie had one son, Benjamin, now a professional singer himself.Marie was always enthusiastic about encouraging young singers and gave entertaining masterclasses on vocal technique.My lasting memory of her comes from a service held to mark my 60th anniversary of ordination to the ministry of the Church of Scotland. I invited her to come and sing the Lord's Prayer which I had heard her do on several occasions. She willingly agreed, accompanied by another friend of mine, the New Zealand concert pianist Margaret Lion. I can hear her still, as she rose to a dramatic climax with the words "the power and the glory", her huge voice filling Crown Court Church of Scotland in Covent Garden.Michael died in 1996. She is survived by Benjamin and her grandson, George, born just after Marie's death