HE EXPECTED A REDSKIN!
"ec HEN I arrive in different countries people \ \ / always seem surprised when they see me," said Madame Olga Coelho, Brazilian soprano and guitarist, in an interview with The Listener the other day. " They expect to see me arrive dressed in feathers." She mentioned, with a smile, her experience with an interviewer in Budapest. He was disappointed that she was not what he had expected, but remarked in his paper: "Instead of a redskin, the charming Brazilian singer is brunette and very modern and sophisticated." Madame Coelho has many times encountered ignorance about her country, especially in Europe. One interviewer in Germany asked what was her religion, and when she told him, Roman Catholic, he was
astonished. " Did you think I was a Protestant?" she asked. No, he replied, he thought she would be a pagan, and worship the sun and the moon. A life of travel is always interesting, but besides visiting many countries Madame Coelho has met many famous people; among them King Leopold, the Duchess of Kent, the Duke of Windsor (when he was Prince of Wales), Queen Mary, the Aga Khan, and Mussolini. She played the guitar and sang for Queen Mary, who was pleased with her South American songs. The Queen was surprised at her small hands, and tried to play, the guitar herself. Signor Coelho, her husband, helps her to find her songs. He \is a journalist and correspondent for the biggest chain of Brazilian newspapers.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 1, Issue 11, 8 September 1939, Page 9
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245HE EXPECTED A REDSKIN! New Zealand Listener, Volume 1, Issue 11, 8 September 1939, Page 9
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