|
Evelyn Scotney (11 July 1896 – 5 August 1967)〔One source says she died 7 August 1967 (Opera singers )〕 was an Australian coloratura soprano of great renown in the period from 1913 to the late 1920s. Her range extended to E ''in altissimo''.〔 In her time she was considered by some to be the world's greatest soprano. She was compared very favourably with Amelita Galli-Curci, Luisa Tetrazzini and others.〔〔(Gramophone Archive, June 1923 )〕 Her recording of "Caro nome" from Verdi's ''Rigoletto'' was described by a critic as "one of the best soprano records in existence",〔 and her recording of ''The Blue Danube'' and other Strauss vocal waltzes was described as "absolutely perfect coloratura singing".〔(Gramophone Archive, May 1928 )〕 She appears in The Record of Singing. ==Biography== Evelyn Scotney was born in Ballarat in 1896, to parents Henry Bailey Scotney and Eliza Scotney.〔(The Argus, 5 November 1915 )〕 Her father was a professor from the University of Oxford who had come to Australia to study minerals, married there, and decided to stay.〔 Her family moved to Melbourne when she was young.〔(Brochure )〕 She studied singing there with Elise Wiedermann, who also taught Elsa Stralia, Florence Austral and others.〔(Australian Dictionary of Biography: Carl Ludwig Pinschof )〕 She was first noticed by Nellie Melba, while singing at a reception for Lord Kitchener in Melbourne. Melba sent her to Paris to study with her own teacher Mathilde Marchesi.〔〔(Famous teachers )〕 She later studied with Paolo Tosti in London. There she was heard by Henry Russell, the director of the Boston Opera Company, who engaged her to sing in Boston. She first appeared as La Charmeuse in Massenet's ''Thais'',〔 then deputised for Luisa Tetrazzini in the title role of Donizetti's ''Lucia di Lammermoor'', the Mad Scene from which became her most famous part.〔(The Acadian Recorder, 31 May 1913 )〕 In this and other roles she was said to surpass Tetrazzini.〔(The Acadian Recorder, 27 May 1913 )〕 Her other roles in Boston included Carmen and Olympia (''The Tales of Hoffmann'').〔(André Caplet.fr )〕 She also sang in Debussy's ''Le martyre de Saint Sébastien'' in 1912 with Jeska Swartz, conducted by André Caplet.〔(Columbia University: Joseph Urban Papers )〕 Evelyn Scotney married Howard J. White, a bass singer with the company, and was then known as "Madame Scotney".〔 She later sang at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, in operas such as Rimsky-Korsakov's ''Le Coq d'Or'',〔(New York Times, 28 January 1920 )〕 ''Lucia di Lammermoor'', ''L'elisir d'amore'' and the revival of Fromental Halévy's ''La Juive'', in which she sang opposite Enrico Caruso.〔〔(Opera in Philadelphia, Performance Chronology 1900–1924 )〕 During World War I she had various tours of Australia with her husband.〔(The Argus, 30 June 1916 )〕〔(NLA Catalogue )〕 Her only brother Henry died in 1915, aged 21.〔 She returned to the US after the war.〔 It was Evelyn Scotney who appeared opposite Enrico Caruso in his final performance, in ''La Juive'', on Christmas Eve 1920.〔(National Library of Australia )〕 She sang in Melbourne in 1923.〔(The Argus, 11 April 1923 )〕 By 1925 she was singing Gilda (''Rigoletto'') in London.〔(Angela Wollacott, To try her fortune in London )〕 She sang with the Beecham Opera Company and appeared at The Proms in the 1920s.〔(National Library of Australia catalogue )〕 Evelyn Scotney remarried in London in the 1920s, to B. H. Russell, London manager of the Cunard Line.〔(The Argus, 4 December 1928 )〕 Their wedding was attended by Sir Joseph Cook (then Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and a former Prime Minister of Australia) and Lady Cook.〔(National Archives )〕 She and Russell had a son in 1924〔(The Argus, 28 November 1928 )〕 and another son in mid-1926.〔 She gave a series of six Farewell Concerts in Australia in 1926.〔(University of Melbourne Library )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Evelyn Scotney」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|