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...your article about Miliza Korjus (TIME, Oct. 30) you made the statement that first-rank coloratura sopranos seldom appear oftener than once in a generation. You made no mention of Patrice Munsel, or does she come in the next generation...
Among vocal connoisseurs Miliza Korjus' silvery, agile recordings of such challenging arias as the Bell Song from Lakmé and the Queen of the Night Aria from The Magic Flute had roused admiration and curiosity. But until this week, almost none of her phonographic fans had heard her in the flesh. When she walked on Carnegie Hall's stage and launched into Lucia's Mad Scene and an assortment of Mozart and Verdi fireworks, they lent attentive ears. Soprano Korjus flatted on a couple of high notes, sang a phrase or two off pitch. Her high...
...Miliza Korjus' belated U.S. debut seemed of a piece with the rest of her eccentric career. Daughter of a Swedish diplomat and a Polish woman, she was born in Warsaw. Traveling all over Europe in the course of her father's assignments, she attended some 16 continental conservatories, winding up at Paris. While there, she was spotted by RCA Victor recording scouts, got her first recording contract while she was still a student. Miliza Korjus was married to a Swedish engineer who wanted her to settle down and raise a family. But her records created such a furor...
Divorced from her husband ("I gave heem back to his family"), Miliza Korjus now considers Hollywood her home. She owns the Spanish-style villa Rudolph Valentino built just before his death...
Even today, Miliza Korjus' vocal career is hard pressed by her zest for life. She dislikes singing in opera houses. "Averybody ees perspiring around," she explains, "the preema donnas are screaming, the stagehands are shouting. I am much uncomfortable een opera performances-besides, I do not like to haf to look over the heads of all the tenors" (she stands about 5 ft. 7 in her stocking feet...