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Sophie Braslau (1892-1935) was a contralto prominent in United States opera, starting with her debut in New York City's Metropolitan Opera in 1913 when she was just 21 years of age. [1] In her obituary The New York Times wrote, "The singer considered as her greatest triumph an experience during a rehearsal for a concert at Richmond, Va., where she had been sent to substitute for Mme. Louise Homer. After an introduction to the musicians in the empty auditorium, she sang an aria for rehearsal."

"I finished and there came a dead silence," she recalled later, "quickly followed by the strangest sound I had ever heard.  The musicians tapped their music stands with their bows or clapped their hands." In a few seconds it seemed as if pandemonium had let loose, and how happy I was! It was really the finest moment of my life. My mother was there, and it seemed to me that this was her triumph, for the evening concert was a great success and this was the first big joy she had experienced after her many years of devoted supervision."

(Many photographs of Mme. Homer can be seen in the LOC Bain Collection here.) There are currently nine photographs of Sophie Braslau in the LOC Bain Collection from c.1910-1915 here.)

I started a wikipedia entry for her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsianina_Redfeather_Blackstone

pennylrichardsca (now at ipernity) Pennylrichardsca (now at ipernity), Thanks for flagging this image as one of your top favorites in the LOC photostream. You wrote, "Seeing this photo made [me] start a wikipedia entry for Tsianina Redfeather... and then I thought I better make one for the librettist she worked with, Nelle Richmond Eberhart, too. So this one photo kept me busy for most of a day." We have appreciated your many regular contributions to identifying and tagging the photographs in the Bain News Service collection and are sorry to see you leave Flickr. Your selection now appears in the new set, [http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/sets/72157640980107725/] Happy Valentine's Day! -- Helena, on behalf of LOC

In the lower left corner, this image is dated 21/1/15.

xiphophilos Thank you for noticing this. We'll add the date to the catalog record.

Sophie Braslau, American contralto www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/15434393504/ www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/3066020126/

Sophie Braslau (1892-1935) was a contralto prominent in United States opera, starting with her debut in New York City's Metropolitan Opera in 1913 when she was just 21 years of age. [1] In her obituary The New York Times wrote, "The singer considered as her greatest triumph an experience during a rehearsal for a concert at Richmond, Va., where she had been sent to substitute for Mme. Louise Homer. After an introduction to the musicians in the empty auditorium, she sang an aria for rehearsal."

"I finished and there came a dead silence," she recalled later, "quickly followed by the strangest sound I had ever heard.  The musicians tapped their music stands with their bows or clapped their hands." In a few seconds it seemed as if pandemonium had let loose, and how happy I was! It was really the finest moment of my life. My mother was there, and it seemed to me that this was her triumph, for the evening concert was a great success and this was the first big joy she had experienced after her many years of devoted supervision."

(Many photographs of Mme. Homer can be seen in the LOC Bain Collection here.) There are currently nine photographs of Sophie Braslau in the LOC Bain Collection from c.1910-1915 here.)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Braslau

Pixel Wrangler: thank you for the fuller information. We will update all of our records.