THE PECULIARITIES OF GREAT SINGERS
Many artistes of the past had some little peculiarity of dress and manner. It is said of Mme. Grisi, so inimitable and careful in her art, that she was most careless of her personal appearance. Never, even when she sang at a morning concert, was her bonnet on straight. And Mme. Artot was very proud of possessing the longest finger nails that it was possible to grow! It is said of Mme. Tietjens that she wore dreadfully stiff corsets, laced very tightly, and whenever she moved they creaked audibly. She never appeared without a pocket-handkerchief whether she was a peasant or princess. In the agonies of Donna Anna, in the grandeur of “Fidelio,’ ’in the dungeon of Marguerite, clinging to the cross in “Robert le Diable,” she carried a costly handkerchief, and never a hair of her head was out of place.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 8 October 1936, Page 5
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147THE PECULIARITIES OF GREAT SINGERS Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 8 October 1936, Page 5
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