MAKE A MEME View Large Image Marjorie Lawrence, Sydney Town Hall, September 1944.jpg en Note Wagnerian soprano Marjorie Lawrence alternated the roles of Brunnhilde and Sieglinde with Kirsten Flagstad at the Metropolitan Opera from 1936-1941 Flagstad was the most ...
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Keywords: Marjorie Lawrence, Sydney Town Hall, September 1944.jpg en Note Wagnerian soprano Marjorie Lawrence alternated the roles of Brunnhilde and Sieglinde with Kirsten Flagstad at the Metropolitan Opera from 1936-1941 Flagstad was the most celebrated Wagnerian soprano but Lawrence's young and passionate voice was greatly admired On 1st January 1936 Lawrence astounded the crew and audience by actually riding the warhorse into the flames at the climax of Gotterdammerung the final opera in Wagner's cycle despite instruction she was not to do so Wagner had intended this stage business but Lawrence was probably the first to attempt it as she had ridden since childhood in the Australian bush Coincidentally this performance was recorded and is the only complete recording of Gotterdammerung with Lauritz Melchior the most famous Siegfried ever In 1941 Lawrence contracted polio ending her first career Her second career was achieved through seated concert performances or a few roles like Princess Amneris in Aida where it was feasible to remain seated The many recordings left of her show she was one of the great Wagnerian singers Format Negative From the collections of the Mitchell Library State Library of New South Wales www sl nsw gov au Information about photographic collections of the State Library of New South Wales acms sl nsw gov au/search/SimpleSearch aspx Persistent url acms sl nsw gov au/item/itemDetailPaged aspx itemID 27051 1944-09 http //www flickr com/photos/29454428 N08/3863514080/ State Library of New South Wales collection other versions -33 87339 151 205821 PD-Australia Flickr-State-Library-NSW-image Flickr-no known copyright restrictions Flickr-no known copyright restrictions SLNSW media uploaded by User 99of9 Uploaded with UploadWizard Sydney Town Hall Marjorie Lawrence
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