Word: kneisel
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Dates: during 1885-1885
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...soloists were Mme. Lilian Norton and Mr. Franz Kneisel. Mme. Norton suffered from a slight cold and the consequent huskiness at times marred the effect of her singing. Her voice is sweet and full, and her artistic perception generally good. The Mozart arias were very acceptably rendered. Mme. Norton failed to catch the spirit of the Lassen song according to our previously conceived idea of it, but that by Forster was sung with much more feeling, and was marred only by the huskiness before mentioned. In response to a recall, she gave Gurlitt's "Messenger," in which she was even...