Marjorie Lawrence: Metropolitan Opera Association

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One of the Greatest Wagnerian Sopranos this generation is likely to hear
SEATTLE STAR NOV. 4th 1939


MARJORIE
LAWRENCE
Metropolitan Opera Association


MARJORIE LAWRENCE Acclaimed
At Town Hall Song Recital
(Headline)
N. Y. WORLD-TELEGRAM


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MISS LAWRENCE THRILLS AUDIENCE—
Olin Downes, N. Y. Times


AUDIENCE CHEERS MARJORIE LAWRENCE—
Pitts Sanborn, N. Y. World-Telegram


CAPACITY AUDIENCE RECALLED HER MANY TIMES—
N. Y. Post


THE MOST ABSORBING SONG RECITAL I HAVE HEARD IN FIVE YEARS—
N. Y. Herald-Tribune


ONE OF THE MOST VITAL OF SOPRANOS—
Oscar Thompson, N. Y. Sun


Versatility had won her RESOUNDING FAME at the opera house and was well demonstrated in the concert hall.—
N. Y. Journal American


3,200 CHEER MARJORIE LAWRENCE AS SHE SINGS WITH SYMPHONY … Season's most exciting concert …—
Glenn Dillard Gunn, Washington Herald


Her voice has seldom sounded so mellow and rich as it did in Mr. Bonner's songs and in Brünnhilde's valedictory she was POSITIVELY ELECTRIFYING.—
Pitts Sanborn, N. Y. World Telegram, Dec. 12th, 1939

Management VINCENT ATTRACTIONS, Inc. J. J. VINCENT, Pres.
119 West 57th Street, New York




WORLD'S MOST VERSATILE SINGER

For once a Wagnerian Singer looks, acts as thrillingly as she interprets her parts
OLIN DOWNES,—N. Y. TIMES


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1939 - Debut in San Francisco and Los Angeles.-

Sterling and memorable local debut.
ALFRED FRANKENSTEIN,—SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE


1938 - SALOME at the Metropolitan.


By far the finest Salome the rising generation of Americans has seen—
OLIN DOWNES, N. Y. TIMES

1937 - First performance of Isolde at LYONS.  France.


The most admirable ISOLDE that we have ever heard—
CH VARIGNY, LE PETIT PROVINCAL

1936 - Debut at Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires also Chicago.


It is doubtful whether many singers of to-day could give a more dramatic portrayal of the part of Senta than Marjorie Lawrence.—
BUENOS AIRES HERALD

1935 - Debut at METROPOLITAN, NEW YORK


Audience was taken by storm and a burst of applause interrupted the performance.—
OLIN DOWNES, N. Y. TIMES

1934 - DONNA ANNA and SALOME


Not actually a rival in the world.—
PIERRE-OCTAVE FERROND COMEDIA

1933 - Debut in PARIS GRAND OPERA as Ortrude in Lohengrin.


The second act of Lohengrin was held up for several minutes by thunderous applause for Marjorie Lawrence.—
Mc/VAMY, PARIS CORRESPONDENT LONDON TIMES

1932 - Debut in opera as Elizabeth in Tannhäuser at MONTE CARLO.


Debut on this stage, comparable only to those of caruso and Chaliapin.—
GAZETTE DE MONACO

1929 - AN AUSTALIAN FARM GIRL


astonishing Repertory in one so young.
N. Y. TIMES
TOSCA, THAIS, CARMEN, TELAÏRE, KELTIS, RACHAEL DONNA ANNA, LADY McBETH, VALENTINE, SENTA, KUNDRY, ORTRUDE, ISOLDE, BRÜNNHILDE, SIEGLINDE, ELIZABETH, BRANGÄNE, SALOME




MARJORIE LAWRENCE
Triumphant Return to her Native Land

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Marjorie Lawrence left her father's farm and went to Paris to study early in 1929.  Within three years she made her debut at Monte Carlo in the role of Elizabeth; a three-year contract with the Paris Grand Opera followed, but she obtained time off from M. Rouché to appear at the Metropolitan Opera, New York in 1935–36.  Since that time she has been continuously engaged in opera and concert in Europe, South America and the United States.  She was the youngest artist ever to sing the roles of the Brünnhildes at the Paris Grand Opera and the Metropolitan.  She caused a sensation in Strauss' Salome both in Paris and New York.  She is the only singer in history who attained the distinction of a complete repertory in the great German, French and Italian dramatic soprano roles while still in her twenties.  She is the greatest actress on the operatic stage—an interpreter of uncanny versatility.  She has one of the greatest ranges ever known for any singer.

Her success has been hard earned and well merited.  The only adequate compensation for this history-making achievement possible for her was what she received on June 16th, 1939. A true and whole-hearted expression of admiration and appreciation from her own people.

Mr. McDonald in welcoming her said: We are proud and happy to welcome Royalty to Australia and to our humble town.  We are welcoming to-day the Queen Of Song.


Miss Lawrence presented with a book of the shire's history by Councillor Doorman, Shire President of Winchelsea.



Cheers from Geelong to Winchelsea
From all parts of the district, men, women and children came to the picturesque little town on the banks of the Barwon River to pay tribute to the woman who has been acclaimed as Australia's greatest musical personality since Melba.

Nearly an hour before Miss Lawrence arrived, a cavalcade of 150 horsemen and women had ridden out of the town at a spanking gallop four abreast.

Miss Lawrence was greeted by rousing cheers from the horsemen when her car arrived and she stepped forward to shake the hand of Mr. Caldow who was carrying a big Australian flag.  A triumphal procession to town was followed by an address of welcome home to Australia by Allan McDonald, M.L.A.

Responding Marjorie said You are all darlings and I love you all.  Of all my triumphs I feel that this is the greatest.

And so the triumph and the endorsement of it which the young smiling farm girl had dreamed about a little more than ten years earlier was already history.


Miss Lawrence greets the forest ranger leading the guard of honor of 150 horsemen and women.



Neighbors turn our to welcome the singer.



A daughter of the Gods and a darling of the Gods was that superlative Brünnhilde who came down from the triumphal ecstasy of her final scene in Götterdämmerung to voice Danny Boy so simply.  The Stupendous Brünnhilde of Götterdämmerung is far beyond the real powers of any more than two or three contemporary sopranos — Marjorie Lawrence has been pronounced the chief.
THOROLD WATERS Melbourne Sun, June 19th, 1939