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About Evelyn Scotney
- Evelyn Scotney (11 July 1896 – 5 August 1967) was an Australian coloratura soprano of great renown in the period from 1913 to the late 1920s.
- Her range extended to E in altissimo.
- In her time she was considered by some to be the world's greatest soprano.
- She was compared very favourably with Amelita Galli-Curci, Luisa Tetrazzini and others.
- Her recording of "Caro nome" from Verdi's Rigoletto was described by a critic as "one of the best soprano records in existence", and her recording of The Blue Danube and other Strauss vocal waltzes was described as "absolutely perfect coloratura singing".
- She appears in The Record of Singing.
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