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FLORENCE EASTON
PRIMA DONNA SOPRANO	METROPOLITAN OPERA COMPANY
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Appears in Philadelphia on April 8th as Soloist with the Philharmonic Society.
“EASTON’S VOICE, ALWAYS RICH, CLEAR, EXQUISITELY BEAUTIFUL, SEEMED LAST NIGHT TO APPROXIMATE THE ACME OF PERFECTION. So en-thusiastic and insistent was the applause she was virtually forced to respond with encores. She sang three after her second appearanc e.”—Philadelphia North American, April 9, 1923.
“THE PRIMA DONNA HAD A TREMENDOUS RECEPTION. SHE SANG VERY BEAUTIFULLY, proving that timbre of voice has as much to do with carrying power as physical effort has in the case of a diva less accomplished. POISE AND SELF-COMMAND WERE UNITED WITH EMOTIONAL FORCE AND THE SPIRITUAL INSIGHT OF A GREAT ARTIST, and THE RESULT WAS AN INTERPRETATION OF RARE ELOQUENCE, SUAVITY AND DRAMATIC PASSION.”— Philadelphia Public Ledger, April 9, 1923.
“EASTON, OF COURSE, HAD HER AUDIENCE WON BEFORE SHE APPEARED, but so whole-heartedly did she enter into the spirit of the occasion and so generously did she draw on. her remarkable resources that the faith of her hearers proved to have been well placed. The aria from Weber’s opera, ‘Oberon’, ‘Ocean, Thou Mighty Monster’, was her main selection, and SHE RENDERED IT WITH ALL THE WEALTH AND BEAUTY OF TONE WHICH SHE POSSESSES.” —Philadelphia Inquirer, April 9, 1923.
“FLORENCE EASTON MET WITH ONE OF THE MOST CORDIAL RECEPTIONS ACCORDED A SINGER THIS SEASON. Following her first aria, the taxing ‘Ocean, Thou Mighty Monster’, from Weber’s ‘Oberon’, she was recalled so often that an encore was finally given. EASTON’S SINGING OF THE DIFFICULT ARIA WAS VERY BEAUTIFUL AND DRAMATIC, her high tones particularly were marvels of brilliant, musical quality, always true and pure. Later in the program she gave a group of songs. IT IS NOT ONLY A PLEASURE TO HEAR EASTON SING, BUT A VERY UNUSUAL EXPERIENCE TO FIND A DRAMATIC SOPRANO OF GREAT OPERATIC FAME WITH THE POLISH AND ELEGANCE OF AN ACCOMPLISHED CONCERT SINGER. HER DICTION WAS A JOY, AND THE ENTHUSIASTIC AUDIENCE, CLAMOROUS FOR ENCORES, THOROUGHLY ENJOYED EVERY PHRASE ENUNCIATED BY THE GRACIOUS ARTIST.”—Philadelphia Record, April 9,1923.
Kranich & Bach Piano
Aeolian Hall, New York
HAENSEL & JONES
Brunswick Records
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