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From:  thomas mark montgomery <thomas8@t...>
thomas mark montgomery <thomas8@t...>
Date:  Tue Oct 10, 2000  10:53 pm
Subject:  Late Bloomers



I did not know that about Schiotz. He is one of my favorite singers, a
great artist, and his book is a must-read for every serious singer.

Mark Montgomery

> << Off the top of my head--Claire Watson, Seth McCoy, Elisabeth Grummer...
> Emma Calve got off to a slow start, and Rasponi includes Giulietta Simionato
> and Germana di Giulio as "late bloomers."
> >>
>
> And from some of our parents' generation, the Danish tenor Axel Shoetz. I
> think he was a banker until his thirties, and then World War II interrupted
> aspects of his life, although Danish people told me a number of years ago
> that he had made the Nazis very angry by singing nationalistic songs.


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