ANGELA PARSELLES is a musician who sings; she is also a singer who is musical. For her, the voice is the servant of heart and mind, something much more than a mere vehicle for vulgar exhibitionism. On June 22, 1YA relayed from the Auckland Town Hall the first group of a request programme, comprising some early Italian songs. These were sung with the right combination of warmth and detachment, the warmth implied in the polished phrasing, and in the sympathetic and clear enunciation. Pergolesi’s "Tre giornis," which usually receives perfunctory treatment from sopranos, was infused with new life, but the opening Monteverdi "Lascatemi. morire" set the . standard. Miss Parselles’ voice is not altogether free from wobble and ‘she has an uccasional tendency to pusn her chest notes up too far, with a consequent deterioration in quality and intonation. These faults, however, hardly detract from the enjoyment of singing imaginatively expressed through sincere musicianship.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 367, 5 July 1946, Page 15
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