Florence Austral (26 April 1892 – 15 May 1968) was an Australian operatic dramatic soprano renowned for her interpretation of the most demanding Wagnerian female roles, although she never gained the opportunity to appear at the Bayreuth Festival or New York's Metropolitan Opera.
It has been said of Austral that she was "considered to have few equals in sheer vocal quality until the arrival of Kirsten Flagstad. Acting was not her strong point; and her characterisations were mainly achieved with the voice, which made her recordings so vastly enjoyable." Austral, Germaine Lubin, and Frida Leider were "considered to be the great Wagnerian dramatic sopranos of their era, together with Flagstad, who did not rise to international fame until the 1930s. (Among all post-War Wagnerian sopranos, only Birgit Nilsson and, to a lesser extent, Astrid Varnay, have been in their exalted league.)"[1]
^Rare classical music: Albert Coates conducts Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen (excerpts): Florence Austral, raritecalassic.com.
FlorenceAustral (26 April 1892 – 15 May 1968) was an Australian operatic dramatic soprano renowned for her interpretation of the most demanding Wagnerian...
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was followed by some other Australian singers: Florence Mary Wilson took the stage name FlorenceAustral, and Elsie Mary Fischer renamed herself Elsa Stralia...
convincingly than most other sopranos. Just as Lawrence's great compatriot FlorenceAustral had been able to alternate the role of Brünnhilde with Frida Leider...
Conservatorium of Music the Austral club helped aspiring musicians. Artists such as Ada Crossley, Amy Castles, FlorenceAustral, Marjorie Lawrence and Nellie...
presented in Australia as a radio broadcast on 7 January 1936, featuring FlorenceAustral, but the first Australian stage production was not until 1972, by the...
April 25 – Harald Kreutzberg, dancer and choreographer, 65 May 15 – FlorenceAustral, operatic soprano, 76 May 19 – Coleman Hawkins, jazz musician, 64 May...
language grand opera company in Australia. He had the Australian soprano FlorenceAustral and Phillips in his company and their operas included Il trovatore...
Beethoven's 9th Symphony, first under Felix Weingartner in March 1924 with FlorenceAustral, Margaret Balfour and Frank Titterton, and again in October 1925 with...
who was the most famous soprano in Australia since the retirement of FlorenceAustral, for the period of the 1930s to the end of the 1940s. The building...
workshop stage, acting and improvisation skills 1999–2000 – Awarded the FlorenceAustral Scholarship for Voice from the Newcastle Conservatorium of Music 1999–2001...
communities 1901—1902 2019 Twilight of the Gods (Die Götterdämmerung) FlorenceAustral 1928 2019 273004 "I'm the Sheik of Scrubby Creek" Chad Morgan 1952...
who was the most famous soprano in Australia since the retirement of FlorenceAustral for the period of the 1930s to the end of the 1940s. The building symbolises...
1938. His stage and studio partners included the dramatic soprani FlorenceAustral, Eva Turner, Frida Leider and Gota Ljungberg. Most of his recordings...
Suddaby, Norman Walker, Joan Hammond, Maria Caniglia, Peter Dawson, FlorenceAustral, Göta Ljungberg, Fernand Ansseau, Sena Jurinac, Rita Gorr, Otakar Kraus...
after, he married the Australian operatic soprano, FlorenceAustral. By 1940, Amadio and Austral had separated and during the war years he mostly performed...
Nellie Melba, Dame Joan Sutherland, Dame Joan Hammond, Marie Collier, FlorenceAustral, Marjorie Lawrence, June Bronhill, Joan Carden, Lauris Elms, Yvonne...
Baillie, Dora Labbette, Joan Cross, Florence Easton, Rosa Ponselle, Marjorie Lawrence, Eva Turner, FlorenceAustral Jarmila Novotná, Nathalie Vechor, Ada...
singing there with Elise Wiedermann, who also taught Elsa Stralia, FlorenceAustral and others. She was first noticed by Nellie Melba, while singing at...
flautist John Amadio (1893–1964), whose second wife was the soprano FlorenceAustral. In 1928, when he was only 14 years old, he started playing with the...
and Fritz Kreisler; sopranos Dame Nellie Melba, Luisa Tetrazzini, FlorenceAustral and Oda Slobodskaya, tenors Enrico Caruso, John McCormack, Richard...
many famous singers, including Dame Nellie Melba, Dame Clara Butt, FlorenceAustral, Lawrence Tibbett and Richard Crooks. His ensemble pieces, still performed...
overseas and local artists including Andrew Black, Henri Verbrugghen, FlorenceAustral, Elsa Stralia, Lillian Nordica, John McCormack and Dame Nellie Melba...
Jessie Matthews, Florence Desmond and Robert Naylor. Her 1932 song The Birds with lyrics by Hilaire Belloc was performed by FlorenceAustral. She also composed...
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