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NADYNE WATERS IN LOVELY VOICE AT HER RECITALNadyne Roberts Waters, negro soprano, who is leaving Cincinnati for several years’ study in Europe, gave a farewell song recital last night at Memorial Hall. So far as the use of i her voice is concerned, Mrs. Roberts has little to learn. Hers is naturally one of the most ravishingly lovely lyric soprano voices the writer has j heard. She uses it with discretion and skill. Diction and interprets- i tion need the polish which Europe will give the singer. And con^-dence will doubtless bring freedom of emotional expression now lacking ! in much that she does. At present sheer tonal beauty excuses faults of omission, not of commission, which Mrs. Roberts has.The program last night was an ex- ! ceedingly taxing one. The inclusion of the aria from “Cavalleria Rusti- j cana in the list of songs may be questioned since it demands dramatic utterance beyond the limits of j Mrs. Roberts’s voice. Mozart’s “Al-leluja” was exquisitely sung and j was absolutely suited to her. Schubert’s “Du Bist Die Ruh” and “Sol-vejg’s Lied*’ also were beautifully done. The program reached its crest with Cyril Scott’s “Lullaby,” which was matchlessly sung.Helen Greer, at the piano, proved herself to be an accompanist of dis- I tinction. S. T. W.« »
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Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Tue, Sep 17, 1929
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