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Biography
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Lorna Sydney
Effective period / Period of releases: 1950 - 1959
Australian mezzo-soprano [sometimes billed as a contralto]Went to Vienna in 1937 for study and made her first appearance in Europe. Arrested by the Nazi Gestapo June 1940. Returned to Australia in April 1947 for concerts with the ABC.