He also gave song recitals and was a frequent visitor to the recording studio.
It's silly to say that song recitals require no acting ability.
You know immediately that this is not going to be a typical song recital.
"With song recitals, I bring the audience in to me."
He also made a transcontinental tour of America in 1910-11, giving song recitals.
But in a song recital a singer is far more exposed.
But can she adapt her voice to the more intimate demands of a song recital?
Perhaps the intimate art of the song recital, by its nature, will never be for mass audiences.
In recent seasons she has been increasingly devoted to the song recital.
The song recital remembers stories through the sounds of a single voice.