Evelyn Scotney
Evelyn Scotney (11 July 1896 – 5 August 1967) was an Australian lyric coloratura soprano of great renown in the period from 1913 to the late 1920s. Her range extended to E ''in altissimo''. She was compared very favourably with Amelita Galli-Curci, Luisa Tetrazzini and others. Her recording of "Caro nome" from Verdi's '' Rigoletto'' was described by a critic as "one of the best soprano records in existence", and her recording of '' The Blue Danube'' and other Strauss vocal waltzes was described as "absolutely perfect coloratura singing". She appears in '' The Record of Singing''. Biography Evelyn Scotney was born in Ballarat in 1896, to parents Henry Bailey Scotney and Eliza Scotney. Her father was a professor from the University of Oxford who had come to Australia to study minerals, married there, and decided to stay. Her family moved to Melbourne when she was young. She studied singing there with Elise Wiedermann, who also taught Elsa Stralia, Florence Austral and others. S ...
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