Rosina Buckman [SEP] voice type
Rosina Buckman
Rosina Buckman (16 March 1881 – 30 December 1948) was a New Zealand soprano, and a professor of singing at the Royal Academy of Music. She was born in Blenheim, and studied in England at the Birmingham School of Music. She then returned to New Zealand, toured Australia and debut in London with "La boheme" at Covent Garden. She continued performing into the 1920s, and recorded prolifically.
References.
- Encyclopedia of New Zealand
Contrariness … What if I were young again” (Rosina Buckman). From act two, “Oh! dear, if I had known” (Buckman & Ranalow), “The first thing to do is get rid of the body” (Buckman, Pounds & Ranalow) and “When the sun is setting” (Buckman & Ranalow). The recordings were issued by His Master’s Voice as “Overture” (parts 1 & 2, D. 445), “When rocked on the billows” (D.