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Died. Sigrid Onegin, 52, famed contralto; in Lugano, Switzerland. Born in Stockholm, of German and Huguenot extraction, the statuesque diva was a U.S. opera and concert favorite from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jun. 28, 1943 | 6/28/1943 | See Source »

...grade: The careers of Negro notables such as Contralto Marian Anderson, Bass-Baritone Paul Robeson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Brown Studies | 6/21/1943 | See Source »

...body of guests was divided into three smaller groups with a guide for each. The tour began in the Venetian Court Yard, which is particularly spectacular at this season with a brilliant assortment of flowers, and was followed by a musical in the Tapestry rooms, with Miss Virginia Raymond, contralto, and Reginald Boardman, pianist, in joint concert...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NAVY WIVES CLUB FETED BY MUSEUM | 5/28/1943 | See Source »

Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (Vienna Philharmonic, Bruno Walter conducting, with Kerstin Thorborg, contralto, and Charles Kullman, tenor; Columbia; 14 sides). A reissue of Columbia's 1936 recording, when the Vienna Philharmonic was still at its pre-Nazi best. Mahler's symphonic setting of the verses of Li Tai Po and other Chinese immortals remains one of the few great musical compositions of the 20th Century, one of the most tragic works in all musical literature...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Leading Latins | 4/12/1943 | See Source »

...Salmaggi also likes to brag that 24 of his singers have later landed at the Metropolitan. When plump Contralto Bruna Castagna made her U.S. debut with Salmaggi at Manhattan's Hippodrome a few years ago, first-string critics acclaimed her as the foremost Carmen of her generation and the Met snapped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Poor Man's Impresario | 3/1/1943 | See Source »

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