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    Florence Austral (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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  • Florence Wilson may refer to: Florence Austral, Australian opera singer (maiden name) Florentius Volusenus, which can be translated as Florence Wilson...
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  • known as the "Australs" Florence Austral, Australian operatic soprano Austral, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney, Australia Austral Islands, the southernmost...
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  • Florence Mary Wilson may refer to: Florence Austral (1892–1968), Australian operatic soprano, born Florence Mary Wilson Florence Mary Wilson (writer) (1870–1946)...
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    was followed by some other Australian singers: Florence Mary Wilson took the stage name Florence Austral, and Elsie Mary Fischer renamed herself Elsa Stralia...
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    convincingly than most other sopranos. Just as Lawrence's great compatriot Florence Austral had been able to alternate the role of Brünnhilde with Frida Leider...
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    establish an English language opera company without success. He had Florence Austral and Thea Phillips in the company and their operas included Il trovatore...
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  • Conservatorium of Music the Austral club helped aspiring musicians. Artists such as Ada Crossley, Amy Castles, Florence Austral, Marjorie Lawrence and Nellie...
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    presented in Australia as a radio broadcast on 7 January 1936, featuring Florence Austral, but the first Australian stage production was not until 1972, by the...
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    (1891–1940) Lotte Schöne (1891–1977) Liesel Schuch-Ganzel (1891–1990) 1892 Florence Austral (1892–1968) Valeria Barsova (1892–1967) Santa Biondo (1892–1989) Margherita...
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    April 25 – Harald Kreutzberg, dancer and choreographer, 65 May 15 – Florence Austral, operatic soprano, 76 May 19 – Coleman Hawkins, jazz tenor saxophonist...
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    Canberra"), Florence Ellen Towl (1870–1952) ("Madame Ballara", after Ballarat), and Florence Mary Wilson (1892–1968) ("Florence Austral"), June Mary...
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    Beethoven's 9th Symphony, first under Felix Weingartner in March 1924 with Florence Austral, Margaret Balfour and Frank Titterton, and again in October 1925 with...
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    who was the most famous soprano in Australia since the retirement of Florence Austral, for the period of the 1930s to the end of the 1940s. The building...
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  • Paul Robeson, Thelma Votipka, Lillian Blauvelt, Florence Easton, Karin Branzell, Florence Austral, Charles Kullman, Marie Tiffany, Maria von Maximovitch...
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    workshop stage, acting and improvisation skills 1999–2000 – Awarded the Florence Austral Scholarship for Voice from the Newcastle Conservatorium of Music 1999–2001...
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    Festival in the 1930s. In the 1920s, she alternated Wagnerian roles with Florence Austral at Covent Garden and the two recorded large parts of The Ring for HMV...
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    production of Wagner's opera Die Walküre. Austral, born Florence Mary Wilson, adopted her stage name "Austral" in honor of her native land of Australia...
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    language grand opera company in Australia. He had the Australian soprano Florence Austral and Phillips in his company and their operas included Il trovatore...
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  • after, he married the Australian operatic soprano, Florence Austral. By 1940, Amadio and Austral had separated and during the war years he mostly performed...
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    communities 1901–1902 2019 Twilight of the Gods (Die Götterdämmerung) Florence Austral 1928 2019 273004 "I'm the Sheik of Scrubby Creek" Chad Morgan 1952...
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  • Suddaby, Norman Walker, Joan Hammond, Maria Caniglia, Peter Dawson, Florence Austral, Göta Ljungberg, Fernand Ansseau, Sena Jurinac, Rita Gorr, Otakar Kraus...
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  • and Fritz Kreisler; sopranos Dame Nellie Melba, Luisa Tetrazzini, Florence Austral and Oda Slobodskaya, tenors Enrico Caruso, John McCormack, Richard...
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    Islands were inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site as the "French Austral Lands and Seas" because of their pristine wilderness, biodiversity, and...
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    introduction to her teacher, Mathilde Marchesi. Her students included Florence Austral, Evelyn Scotney and Elsa Stralia. Wiedermann died on 24 July 1922 at...
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  • flautist John Amadio (1893–1964), whose second wife was the soprano Florence Austral. In 1928, when he was only 14 years old, he started playing with the...
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    Jessie Matthews, Florence Desmond and Robert Naylor. Her 1932 song The Birds with lyrics by Hilaire Belloc was performed by Florence Austral. She also composed...
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  • Duet from Siegfried and the Dawn Duet from Götterdämmerung, both with Florence Austral), and The Mastersingers of Nuremberg, and Vaughan Williams's Hugh the...
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    many famous singers, including Dame Nellie Melba, Dame Clara Butt, Florence Austral, Lawrence Tibbett and Richard Crooks. His ensemble pieces, still performed...
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    Nuremberg, Germany. In August 1928, the Australian dramatic soprano Florence Austral made a 78-rpm recording of the soprano piece from the score, The Night...
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