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Dame Ethel Smyth was the most important English female composer at the turn of the 20th century. She defied her upper class Victorian upbringing to go and study music in Leipzig. There her independent spirit landed her in a storm of controversy. She demanded equal rights on the podium and the freedom to love regardless of age or gender. But, like many of us, this sensitive woman was blind to the obvious and paid dearly for her shortcomings. Until 2016, she was the only woman to have an opera performed at the Metropolitan Opera.