Miriam Licette spent her early years in Singapore and then came to England to be educated at Lowther College. Her next move was to Paris, where she studied singing under Mathilde Mar chesi, after which she went on to Milan to study Italian opera. In Rome Mme. Licette made her debut in the title role of Madame Butterfly with great success. On her return to London, she appeared at an orchestral concert under Sir Thomas Beecham , who engaged her for his season of opera in English at the Shaftesbury Theatre. Mme Licette's first broadcast performance was in 1922.