MUSICAL CO U K I EH
April 5, 19 2 3
MEZZO SOPRANO
METROPOLITAN OPERA COMPANY — CHICAGO CIVIC OPERA COMPANY
Re-engaged for Full Season, Summer of 1923, by Ravinia Park Opera “THE GREATEST CARMEN SINGE CALVE”
—Red fern Mason, San Francisco Examiner.
Press Comments:
“Ina Bourskaya, in her first singing phrase, dispelled all doubt, as to her voice ‘filling’ the Metropolitan spaces. It was a true Carmen voice, its lowest effortless note carrying far, its quality seductive, darkly colored, in itself emotional rather than ‘expressing’ emotion.”—New York Times.
“She displayed a remarkably large and brilliant voice, one rich in the dark metallic tones well suited to the passionate outbursts of Carmen.”—New York Herald.
“A Carmen of sweeping personality.”
—New York Eve. Sun.
“Her beautiful voice, rich, warm, colorful, vibrant and voluminous, is finely fitted for the expression of emotion and it can rise to a great pitch of dramatic intensity.”
—Philadelphia Inquirer.
“She has the temperament and personal magnetism and her singing compared favorably with the best Carmens we have known here. It excelled a number of them for its artistry, for its fine beauty and for steadfastness of intonation.”—Chicago Daily News.
“Her voice is glorious. No other word will describe the wonderful organ which pours forth from her throat tones of such liquid, velyety, rich quality.”
—Los Angeles Record.
Ina Bourskaya is the greatest Carmen since Calve.”
—San Francisco Examiner.
“One of the best mezzo-sopranos heard here.”
—Dallas News.
“She has beauty in abundance, charm, is a finished actress, and the rich, colorful, expressive mezzo-soprano was one of the most magnificent treats Santa Barbara has enjoyed in many seasons.”—Santa Barbara (Cal.) Press.
Available for Limited Number of Concert Appearances Season 192324־
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