Winnie Fraser to broadcast again

Radio Record, Volume VI, Issue 7, 26 August 1932, Page 2

Winnie Fraser to broadcast again

An outstanding figure in music circles

OR some time now Winnie Fraser has been an. outstanding figure in New Zealand musie eal circles. Since her ree turn from study in the Old World she has fulfilled engagements for musical © sociee ties from one end of the Doe minion to the other, and has been enthusi- — astically ree ceived by. cone cert hall audiences. Madame Fraser is also a popular radio

performer, and listeners Will Welcome her from 8YA on Sunday, August 28. She is equally at home in classical ballads, operatic solos. or the lighter type of drawing-room songs. After studying some years in New Zealand, Madame Fraser went to the Old Country aud was taken.as a singing student by Sir Henry Wood, by whom she was coached in many of the oratorios in which she. has since sung with remarkable success. Later she went. to Vienna to study, and there gave some recitals, about which the musical critics spoke in most complimentary terms. She also travelled extensively on the Continent, and spent some time staying with friends in Hungary. In addition to being a highly cultured singer, she is also a very "interesting and clever lecturer. In London, Winnie Fraser was fortunate in attracting the attention

of Sir Henry Wood, who wished her to ‘remain in London for his season at the Queen’s Hall. Production was studied under Von Seer Muehler, in London, and also for a year in Vienna, under Profes» ‘sor Manzoni. ‘Der Tag," Vienna, wrote of her recital: "Music is probably more available to the masses in Vienna than in any other Huropean city, with result that a

Viennese atidience is instinctively critical, and has little use for the second-rate performance. But it is quick to realise real merit, and for this ‘reason a very warm reception was accorded to Madame Winnie B. Fraser. The fact that Madame Fraser sang entirely in English did not in any degree detract ‘from ‘the enthusiasm of the audience, which was insistent in its demands for encores, and was only persuaded to leave the hall at the close of the performance by a summary extinguish‘ing of lights) Madame Fraser has a beautiful voice, and made the fullest usé of it in a large repertoire including items from the modern German, English, and Russian ‘schools. Her -voice is a strong soprano, and her low notes are exceptionally fine. The last two numbers were Maori songs. In common with all native music, that of the Maoris has a charm of its own."