Talk:June Preston

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• "La celebre soprano June Preston en el Instituto Musical" [Celebrated soprano June Preston at the Musical Institute]. Diari de Tarragona (in Spanish). December 5, 1962. Retrieved January 7, 2022.

Spanish:

Con extraordinario exito dio su recital el pasado dia 3 del actual, la famosa soprano June Preston, correspondiendo al concierto 11, de los que para este curso, organiza el Instituto Musical.

La destacada personalidad de June Preston puede reflejarse en unas palabras muy expresivas y llenas de sentido artistico: avanzada escuela en la tecnica del canto, dominio de los recursos escenicos, simpatia, y poderosa artifice de esa admiracion que las grandes figuras saben conseguir de los publicos, que las escuchan.

Con estas excepcionales cualidades fue desgranando todas las obras que constituian el programa, a cuyas dotes aun podemos anadir su agradable timbre de voz con perfecto dominio de los altos y bajos en su respectiva cuerda; musicalidad maravillosa, sensibilidad, gracia y prestancia. En fin que su recital constituyo una demonstracion de alta calidad en esta especialidad artistica.

En la primera parte interpreto "Komm Susser Tod" J. S. Bach; "An Choloe" Mozart; "Warnung" idem; "Bodad de Figaro", idem; "All Mein gedamken" Strauss; "Zueignung" idem; "Vergebliches Standechen", de Brahms; "Standchen" idem y "Der Schimed", del mismo autor.

En la segunda parte: "The rim of the monn" Michel Head; "Velvet shoes" Randall Thompson; "Linstead macket", Arthur Benjamin; "The Hero", Menotti; "El arbol del olvido", Ginestera; "Cobla leonsesa" Sandoval, Cantiga de idem y "Copla bailable" idem.

No cabe decir que el pianista acompanante Pedro Vallribera, ya conocido por el publico tarraconense, demostro, otra vez, sus grandes cualidades pianisticas resolviendo con gran habilidad todos los escollos del acompanamiento. Fue un excelente colaborador del exito del concierto.

June Preston y Pedro Vallribera fueron muy sinceramente aplaudidos, e interpretaron fuera de programa: "Spirituals negros" cantados con mucha gracia y esplendoroso dominio.

English:

With extraordinary success, the famous soprano June Preston gave her recital on the 3rd of the present day, corresponding to the 11th concert, of which the Musical Institute organized for this year.

The outstanding personality of June Preston can be reflected in some very expressive words full of artistic sense: advanced school in the technique of singing, mastery of the scenic resources, sympathy, and powerful architect of that admiration that great figures know how to get from the public who listen to them.

With these exceptional qualities, she was reeling off all the works that made up the program, to whose gifts we can still add her pleasant timbre of voice with perfect mastery of the highs and lows in their respective chords; wonderful musicality, sensitivity, grace and poise. In short, her recital constituted a demonstration of high quality in this artistic specialty.

In the first part I interpreted "Komm Susser Tod" J. S. Bach; "An Choloe" Mozart; "Warnung" idem; "Wedding of Figaro", idem; "All Mein gedamken" Strauss; "Zueignung" idem; "Vergebliches Standechen", by Brahms; "Standchen" idem and "Der Schimed", by the same author.

In the second part: "The rim of the monn" Michel Head; "Velvet shoes" Randall Thompson; "Linstead macket", Arthur Benjamin; "The Hero", Menotti; "The tree of oblivion", Ginestera; "Cobla leonsesa" Sandoval, Cantiga de idem and "Copla bailable" idem.

It cannot be said that the accompanying pianist Pedro Vallribera, already known by the Tarragona public, once again demonstrated his great pianistic qualities, solving with great skill all the pitfalls of accompaniment. He was an excellent contributor to the success of the concert.

June Preston and Pedro Vallribera were very sincerely applauded, and they performed off-program: "Black Spirituals", sung with great grace and splendorous mastery.

-- Silverseren^C 22:24, 7 January 2022 (UTC)

• "La Expresiva Soprano Norteamericana June Preston, Presentada Por La Asociacion De Cultura Musical" [Expressive American Soprano June Preston, Presented By The Music Culture Association]. El Noticiero Universal (in Spanish). December 1, 1962. Retrieved January 7, 2022.

Spanish:

Nunca reino tan buen humor en el Palacio de la Musica como en la noche de ayer. Todas las caras de los socios de la "Cultural" se mostraban risuenas, jubilosas. Ni un ceno de seriedad ni de tristeza. El regocijo parecia general. A que se debia tan inusitada actitud? Pues a la arrolladora simpatia de la artista que actuaba en escena: la soprano norteamericana June Preston, que acompana todas sus interpretaciones con los gustos mas expresivos, considerando la mimica complemento necesario del canto.

Pero no se crea que June Preston adopta en sus interpretaciones unas "poses" estudiadas, premenditadas, Nada de eso. Es que exterioriza asi lo que adente cuando canta, como propio de su intuicion, de su sensibilidad. Porque esta cantante norteamericana, que ha actuado con exito en conciertos y operas, especialmente en Centro y Sudamerica, posce unas dotes vocales privilegiadas y una capacidad de expresion muy amplia, como lo patentizo anoche a traves de un programa eclectico que incluia desde Bach, Mozart, Ricardo Strauss y Brahms, en la primera parte, hasta compositores modernos de las mas variadas caracteristicas: el ingles Michael Head, el noreamericano Randall Thompson, el italo-americano Menotti, el australiano Arthur Benjamin, el argentino Alberto Ginestera y el venezolano Miguel Sandoval.

Paginas de tan distintos estilos tu-...(unclear)...que le mosto su gratitud y admiracion de mode tambien elocuentemente expresivo.

English:

Never has such a good mood reigned in the Palacio de la Musica as last night. All the faces of the members of the "Cultural" were smiling, jubilant. Not a dream of seriousness or sadness. The rejoicing seemed general. What was the reason for such an unusual attitude? Well, to the overwhelming sympathy of the artist who acted on stage: the American soprano June Preston, who accompanies all her performances with the most expressive tastes, considering the necessary mimic complement of singing.

But do not think that June Preston adopts in her interpretations studied "poses", premeditations, None of that. It is thus that she externalizes what is coming when she sings, as typical of her intuition, of her sensitivity. Because this North American singer, who has performed successfully in concerts and operas, especially in Central and South America, possesses privileged vocal gifts and a very broad capacity for expression, as evidenced last night through an eclectic program that included from Bach, Mozart, Ricardo Strauss and Brahms, in the first part, to modern composers of the most varied characteristics: the English Michael Head, the North American Randall Thompson, the Italian-American Menotti, the Australian Arthur Benjamin, the Argentine Alberto Ginestera and the Venezuelan Miguel Sandoval.

Pages of such different styles you -... (unclear) ... that you showed your gratitude and admiration in a mode that was also eloquently expressive.

-- Silverseren^C 22:45, 7 January 2022 (UTC)

• L. G. M. (December 3, 1962). "La Boheme En El Liceo, Con Dos Repartos Diferentes" [La Boheme At The Liceo, With Two Different Cast]. Hoja del Lunes (in Spanish). Retrieved January 7, 2022.

Spanish:

June Preston. - Otra excelente cantanje, que fue presentada por primera vez en Barcelona por la Asociacion de Cultura Musical, en un concierto fuera de la serie de sus programadas sesiones. La alegria y cordial actuacion de la cantante, junto a su voz ductil, brillante, agil y limpida le granjearon las simpatias del auditorio, que le aplaudio en el transcurso de todo el recital, muy variado de estilos y tendencias, y siempre perfectamente interpretado. Pedro Vallribera fue el ajustado y pulero acompanante que sobradamente conocemos, compartiendo el exito con la cantante

English:

June Preston. - Another excellent song, which was presented for the first time in Barcelona by the Musical Culture Association, in a concert outside of the series of its programmed sessions. The joy and cordial performance of the singer, together with her ductile, bright, agile and limpid voice won her the sympathy of the audience, who applauded her throughout the entire recital, very varied in styles and trends, and always perfectly interpreted. Pedro Vallribera was the tight and fiery companion that we know all too well, sharing the success with the singer

--Silverseren^C 23:34, 7 January 2022 (UTC)

• "Soprano Preston Iniciara Temporada de Soc. Pro Arte" [Soprano Preston Starts Season of Soc. Pro Arte]. El Caribe (in Spanish). February 16, 1954. p. 12. Retrieved January 9, 2022.

Spanish:

La soprano norteamericana June Preston, del Metropolitan Opera House de New York y del teatro Colon de Buenos Aires. Ilega ayer tarde al pais con el fin de ofrecer varios conciertos en esta capital y en Santiago.

La senora Preston estuvo en el pais hace algunos dias, en viaje de descanso, y firmo contrato para varios conciertos con la sociedad Pro Arte, de esta ciudad.

Se informo que se incluidan elementos dominicanos en las presentaciones artisticas que se reslicen.

El pianista dominicano Manuel Rueda acompanara a la senorita Preston en sus presentaciones, la primera de las cuales sera en el teatro Olimpia, de esta capital, el 17 del corriente.

La senorita Preston acaba de regresar de una gira de conciertos por la zona del Caribe y America del Sur.

En el aeropuerto fue recibida por una comision de la sociedad Pro Arte.

English:

The American soprano June Preston, from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York and the Colon Theater in Buenos Aires. She arrived in the country yesterday afternoon in order to offer several concerts in this capital and in Santiago.

Mrs. Preston was in the country a few days ago, on a rest trip, and signed a contract for several concerts with the Pro Arte society in this city.

It was reported that Dominican elements are included in the artistic presentations that are resolved.

The Dominican pianist Manuel Rueda will accompany Miss Preston in her presentations, the first of which will be at the Olimpia Theater, in this capital, on the 17th of this year.

Miss Preston has just returned from a concert tour of the Caribbean and South America.

At the airport she was received by a commission from the Pro Arte society.

-- Silverseren^C 05:38, 11 January 2022 (UTC)

• "Grace a la courtoisie de S. E. le President Paul E. Magloire, le celebre Soprano lyrique June Preston, se fera entendre Dimanche soir au Kiosque Occide Jeanty" [Thanks to the courtesy of S. E. President Paul E. Magloire, the famous Lyric Soprano June Preston, will be heard on Sunday evening at the Kiosque Occide Jeanty]. Le Matin (in French). Retrieved January 10, 2022.

French:

Dimanche 14 Fevrier a 7 heures P.M. grace a la courtoisie de Son Encellence le President de la Republique Paul E. Magloire, le Public de Port-au-Prince aura l'occassion d'entendre et l'admirer au kiosque Occide Jeanty, (Place des Heros de l'Independance) la magnifique Soprano Lyrique de l'Opera de N.Y., June Preston, de renommee internationale.

Les performances de June Preston a travers les importantes villes du monde ont eu Lapluls grandes resonnance dans les cercles musicaux. Non seulement les Chefs d'orchestres, les chanteurs d'Opera et les impresario, mais aussi tous les critiques d'art sans exception ne tarissent pas d'eloges a son endroit.

Le Public de Port-au-Prince est cordialement invite a applaudir dimanche 14 Fevrier a 7 P.M., June Preston au Kiosque Occide Jeanty.

Note Biographique

La brillante carriere de la jeune soprano nord americaine, June Preston, agee de 34 ans a debute alors quelle n'etait qu'un enfant et lorsque le fameux conducteur des Compagnies d'Operas de Leipzig et de Berlin, Gustav Stern, venant de sa ville natale en Allemagne, arriva a Seattle, Washington, pour activer le developpement de l'Opera et de la Musique Vocale dans les Nord Ouest des Etata Unis.

Une reception fut offerte en l'honneur de illustre maestro Stern, par la mere de June Preston. Dans une ambiance decordialite et sans ceremonie, le maestro se mit au piano et executa quelques chansons populaires. Immediatement plusierra Invites 'entourerent et se mirent a chanter ensemble les dites partitions. Le maitre sarreta aussitot. Il desirait savoir a qui apportenait cette voix surprenante. Cetait celle de la charmante et tres jeune June Preston.

Le lundi de la semaine suivante, il commenca l'education de celleci, ce qui te porta a s'interesser au developpement de sa carriere comme chantuse de Concert et d'Opera Toutefois la carriere de June avait debute

English:

Sunday February 14 at 7:00 PM thanks to the courtesy of His Excellency the President of the Republic Paul E. Magloire, the Public of Port-au-Prince will have the opportunity to hear and admire her at the Occide Jeanty kiosk, (Place from the Heroes of Independence) the magnificent Lyric Soprano of the NY Opera, June Preston, of international renown.

June Preston's performances in major cities around the world have resounded Lapluls with great resonance in musical circles. Not only conductors, Opera singers and impresario, but also all art critics without exception are full of praise for her.

The Public of Port-au-Prince is cordially invited to applaud Sunday February 14 at 7 P.M., June Preston at the Kiosque Occide Jeanty.

Biographical Note

The brilliant career of the young North American soprano, 34-year-old June Preston began as a child and when the famous conductor of the Leipzig and Berlin Operas Companies, Gustav Stern, from his hometown in Germany, arrived in Seattle, Washington, to activate the development of Opera and Vocal Music in the Northwestern United States.

A reception was held in honor of illustrious Maestro Stern by June Preston's mother. In an atmosphere of cordiality and without ceremony, the maestro took to the piano and performed some popular songs. Immediately moreierra Invites' surrounded and began to sing the said scores together. The master stopped immediately. He wanted to know who brought this surprising voice to. It was that of the charming and very young June Preston.

On Monday of the following week, he began her education, which led you to take an interest in developing her career as a Concert and Opera singer. However, June's career had started

-- Silverseren^C 05:40, 11 January 2022 (UTC)

• Y Puga, Roberto Beltran (July 16, 1950). "Grandes Cualidades Demonstro June Preston en su Concierto del Viernes" [Great Qualities Demonstrated by June Preston at her Friday Concert]. Crónicas de Arte (in Spanish).

Spanish

Cuando gracias a gentil invitacion tube el placer de escuchar a la distinguida cantante norteamericana June Preston, pude apreciar sus grandes cualidades de artista, su bellisima y extensa voz, su correcta emision, su temperamento intenso, dotes que capacitan a la senora Preston para llegar a ser una gran artista de opera. Esto explica el entusiasmo que me llebo al concerto que, organizado por la Asociacion "Amigos de la Musica", tuvo lugar la noche de anteayer en el Teatro Degollado.

English

When, thanks to a kind invitation, I had the pleasure of listening to the distinguished North American singer June Preston, I was able to appreciate her great qualities as an artist, her beautiful and extensive voice, her correct delivery, her intense temperament, gifts that enable Mrs. Preston to become a great opera artist. This explains the enthusiasm that I took to the concert that, organized by the "Friends of Music" Association, took place the night before yesterday at the Degollado Theater.

Silverseren^C 20:51, 14 May 2022 (UTC)

Preston's marriage to Ravic

This content is cited to Variety with a proper citation including article title and page numbers. It's in the very last sentence of the article on page 11. It states, "Ravic is married to June Preston, soprano from St. Louis, who appeared in several performances here". As such, the content does not fail verification and that tag should not have been placed by Innisfree987.4meter4 (talk) 23:33, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

And yet Idoonie says her mother was never married to Ravic (and he is not her father). Do we have any actual marriage records or any documentation other than that one article's claim at the very end of it? One would think such a marriage of two notable people would have gotten coverage when it occurred, even if in brief (and presumably occurred prior to the company's trip?). Silverseren^C 23:39, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

It's also weird that none of the other coverage of the company's performance trip that Preston went on mentioned such a thing. Silverseren^C 23:40, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

Yes, I understand that. However, Variety is a widely respected independent publication and the fact is verified. I won't speculate as to why Idoonie's account is different than what a reliable respected published source say. It's possible she is correct, and the source is wrong. It's equally possible that her mother had an earlier marriage and divorce that she doesn't talk about. We don't always know our own family histories. Regardless, this clearly falls under verifiable information, and we shouldn't accept a COI editor's claims over an independent printed source with a good reputation per policy.4meter4 (talk) 23:49, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

Except that the information wasn't made by Variety. They possibly may have written it up, but the notation is pretty clear that the actual claimed information came from Bogota. It looks like they independently messaged Lubarsky, but everything else is based off of information from Bogota. And it's also weird that the statement is in the final sentence and it comes out of nowhere and has nothing to do with the information preceding it. Do we have any other evidence or indication anywhere else that it's accurate? Silverseren^C 00:06, 14 January 2022 (UTC)

Incorrect. Variety has staff reporters/correspondents in cities globally, and they mention cities when their staff reporter for that city is doing the reporting. The Bogota citation is letting the reader know its coming from the publication's Bogota correspondent.4meter4 (talk) 00:09, 14 January 2022 (UTC)

My mistake: at the top of the same page there is a separate shorter item about Ravic that makes no mention of his marriage and while I looked for where that column might continue, I did not think to look for a second story. In any case like Karenthewriter I’m unwatching now. Godspeed. Innisfree987 (talk) 00:15, 14 January 2022 (UTC)

She seems (also?) to have married a violinist, Saul Houben (see June Preston Pinterest page).--Smerus (talk) 12:08, 14 January 2022 (UTC)

What's the source? I couldn't locate it on the Pinterest link. We should add that marriage as well if it's from a reliable publication. Best.4meter4 (talk) 15:25, 14 January 2022 (UTC)

see here...also in her daughter's write up ofJP in IMDB....but these wouldn't count as WP sources.....--Smerus (talk) 16:18, 14 January 2022 (UTC)

I just noticed that an anon ip removed the marriage info from the article last April. Given the contested nature of the content by the subject's daughter, I have chosen a compromise rather than a direct revert. I moved the info into the footnotes section and merely stated that the source reported the marriage rather than making an outright claim of the marriage. That seems to be the most careful way to present the content and comply with the policies of Wikipedia:Conflict of interest, Wikipedia:Neutral point of view, and WP:CENSOR.4meter4 (talk) 17:53, 11 May 2022 (UTC)

Suggested edits from June Preston's daughter

Did you read the Hollywood Reporter obit? THAT is who she was not what is on wiki or do the wiki contributors know more than the Senior Editor at the Hollywood Reporter?

If anyone bothered to go to her Pinterest Boards online (opera and child star) which I have supplied to all which includes the full newspaper clippings, interviews, reviews, actual contracts and more, I would think her wiki page would be accurate but it is not. Most of the information on my mom is from a time where minimal documents have been digitized and it was abroad. The information in Wiki is from the very few references they could find online, but not entirely accurate because they have her in the US when she was clearly abroad, so whoever found the info. got the wrong person or bad source. I have ALL the saved reliable credited newspapers with articles, interviews, reviews of her all over the world, which are all posted and downloaded online for all to see and use.

June Preston Opera

June Preston Child Star

As YOU requested, this is what is inaccurate:

1)As a child star, she was promoted with heavy marketing and merchandising to position her as the next Shirley Temple. Actually, She was promoted as June Preston, not a second to Shirley Temple.This would be more accurate: Preston was born in Glendale, California. She made her screen debut at age 4 after being spotted on the RKO lot by an executive who requested an immediate screen test that landed her first role as Mrs. Blewett's Daughter in the 1934 film "Anne of Green Gables", and went on to do various other movies including Christmas in July, Have A Heart, In Love With Life, Maytime, Second Fiddle, History Is Made at Night, and Our Gang Follies. With her increasing popularity, she then went on to sign on with major merchandising contracts for various apparel lines including June Preston Frocks, JP Fairy Tale Frocks, a June Preston doll, suites, hats, shoes and toys, paint sets, paper cut out books, and more.

2) Raised in Temple, Texas, Preston began her film career after her photograph was shown to the casting office of RKO in 1934, and was cast in a small role in Anne of Green Gables.

Actually, She born and raised in Glendale, CA went to Sherman TX shortly before being "Spotted on the RKO Lot by an executive who requested an immediate screen test which led to a 7 year contract with RKO then another at age 9...

3)Preston then signed a contract with the studio and appeared in short films. (Actually they were not just short films only)

She also appeared in the 1934 MGM film Have a Heart. By 1936, she was promoted as an RKO "featured child player" and clothing model. She also had a small role in the film Our Gang Follies of 1938. For several years, a clothing line was produced under her name, including dresses named June Preston Frocks. Actually, she appears in films not just short films just look at the obit from the Hollywood Reporter, he had more information than even I did with her films through his database. "Featured child Player" was used as she was a feature in a movie such as Christmas in July, just means an actor. And, it was multiple apparel manufactures for Dresses, Coats, Hats, Shoes, a June Preston Doll, and toys

After her film career ended, she moved to West Seattle and attended James Madison Junior High and then West Seattle High School, graduating in 1947. Her high school would later, in 1989, induct her into their Hall of Fame.) Actually, her career didnt end, she left it to pursue an opera career because she was discovered by a famous Conductor Gustav Stern a German conductor and professor at Seattle University who coached her from age 15-16 and led her to worldwide fame (which is written in a 1975 book available to see on her Opera Pinterest board.

Preston studied music at Seattle University where she appeared in the university's 1947 production of Gilbert and Sullivan's H.M.S. Pinafore and was the soprano soloist in the university's performance of Giuseppe Verdi's Requiem in 1949. Actually, she began her studies in Junior High and within her University time period, Preston performed with the Seattle Civic Light Opera Company with which Stern conducted several operettas featuring Preston in the lead, such as Camille in "The Merry Widow", Marietta in "Naughty Marietta", Micaëla in "Carmen", Gianetta in "Gondoliers" "New Moon", and "Der Fledermaus". In that time Preston also performed in the Metropolitan Theater, Seattle Civic Auditorium under the baton of Gustav Stern (All seen on Opera Pinterest Board)

In 1950, she began a singing tour through Mexico, performing in Guadalajara at the Degollado Theater in July. Actually, Beginning at age 22, Preston was sponsored by CocaCola, McCann-Erickson, Gaseosas, Fridgidaire, and the US Embassy for Radio & TV tours in over 6 countries, Coca Cola publicized Preston as "The Golden Voice" and she was the exclusive artist for McCann-Erickson. In late 1949 Preston began touring in North America performing in top Opera Houses, 1950 onward she performed in top opera houses such as, the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires which has near-perfect acoustics, Teatro Nacional de Costa Rica, Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, Teatro Municipal in Santiago, Chile, Teatro Municipal, Rio de Janeiro, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona. As well as performing recitals for Presidents, and Diplomats. There were several US Embassy galas in honor of June Preston throughout Central and South America where she also performed as the featured guest. Preston was considered the "Established favorite in the lyric theaters in Central and South America."

In the summer of 1952 she toured with a company led by Argentine opera impresario Gregorio Ravic, which included Nicola Moscona, Jean Madeira, and Graciela Rivera, for four weeks of performances in cities in Colombia. Preston sang the role of Mimi in La bohème opposite the tenor Walter Fredericks as Rodolfo. Actually, In 1952, she joined the cast of the Metropolitan Opera on the "Stars of the Metropolitan Opera" tour in the lead roll of "Mimi" in La Bohème opposite Metropolitan star, Jan Peerce as Rodolfo as well as Walter Fredericks, Nicola Moscona, Stefan Ballarini, Uta Graf, and the great Salvatore Baccaloni. And on a separate tour that year, Preston performed in the lead as "Floria Tosca" in "Tosca", opposite Tenor Walter Fredericks, Salvatore Baccaloni and others of the Metropolitan Opera. This is all in print reliable sourced newspapers located on her Pinterest Opera Board

She was a member of the chorus of the San Francisco Opera for the 1952-1953 season and 1953-1954 season. Beginning a performance tour through the Caribbean in early 1954, she conducted a series of singing acts in February of that year starting in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Later in the month, she traveled to Roatán, Honduras and performed with pianist Manuel Rueda from the Dominican Republic. Actually, this is the worst inaccurate information, a Chorus girl? She was NOT a chorus girl in these years. She was NOT even in this country in the times you have on there, she was on tour abroad starting 1950-1960 (you can see all the newspaper clippings, programs, etc. for each of those years on her Pinterest Opera Page showing you she was not even in the US at this time. She was already an established Opera singer touring North/Central/South americas and then Europe on the BBC, Telephone Hour and sponsored by Coca Cola and exclusive artist for McCann Erickson etc. She did not do "Singing Acts" she performed Operas and Concert Recitals, My Lord, if you look at her Pinterest Opera Board all tours which are shown by BY YEAR, Newspaper Reviews, Interviews, programs, TV Shows etc. Important like that should be on her wiki page.

On 4 and 5 November 1961, at the Kiel Opera House in St. Louis, she was a soloist in the final movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 in concert with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. She subsequently began a tour of recitals in Europe. In October 1962, she sang at Op Gouden Wieken, a concert hall in The Hague. She gave a recital on 30 November 1962 in Barcelona at the Palau de la Música Catalana and a subsequent performance in Tarragona on 3 December 1962 . Actually, this is not bad but very minimal, it should read: In 1960 Preston returned to the US and made her debut at the St. Louis Symphony Hall as a guest star under the baton of Leopold Stokowski as the soloist singer for last movement finale of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. Other guest stars included, Isaac Stern, Leonard Bernstein, Leslie Chabay and Jean Madeira. Following was Preston European tour where she debut at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, and thereafter touring throughout Europe performing in the most prestigious Opera Houses in Europe such as Palais Garnier, Teatro alla Scala, Parnassos Concert Hall in Athens Greece, Teatro Municipal, Lisbon Portugal, El Palacio de la Música, Barcelona Spain, Teatre del Liceu, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Teatro Nacional de São Carlos, and many more. The majority of Preston's performances were overseas. (all this documentation full newspapers can be seen on her Pinterest Board)

And why not add the Walter Winchell column and the was a fan of hers? Such as his write up about her European tour (which is on her Pinterest Opera board under Walter Winchell) Walter Winchell Column: December 20 1962: Page 24. "June Preston, American opera-lark, is getting rave notice in Europe. From an Amsterdam critic: "A smash! Every area a jewel!" June shrugged off the stallers along Broadway and is booked solid around the world..."

In the late 80's, Preston was signed as a cover performer for Kate Smith patriotic songs. "Why this is on her wiki page is beyond me, She did this as a favor for a friend for a benefit, this is just stretching to find something to put on her page that clearly doesn't need to be, it was in print one time so that is why they put it on, but is this really relevant? no it's not.

?Notes: Ravic's company was known as the "Compañía de Ópera Estrellas del Metropolitan" (Stars of the Metropolitan) as several of the ensemble's leads were principal artists of the Metropolitan Opera (the "Met") who performed with this touring group while on summer break from the Met. However, it was not affiliated with the Met and also employed singers from other American opera companies. A 1952 Variety article reported that Preston was married to Ravic at this time. Actually my Mother was NOT married to this person, he was her manager until 1952 when she fired him. June Preston was married to one man, my father Saul Houben who died in 1982 and she NEVER remarried. So kindly take off that she was married to Ravic? it was a mistake printed in the paper as I see it myself. It was a mistake which happened frequently in those days.

And what about the top vocal coaches she studied with? The great Lotte Lehmann, Edwin McArthur who worked with her a year to prepare for her for European tour in 1961, and Richard Lert, Sir Thomas Beecham and what about the newspaper stating she was offered to join La Scala in Milan? Or She being signed as first soprano at Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires one of the top opera houses in the world, and signed with multiple Symphony Orchestras as soloist which is all seen on her Pinterest Board (actual contracts, newspaper articles stating this). There is much no one has bothered to actually read about her to fix this page.

I hope this is helpful to see the misinformation and lack of information? Maybe follow the obituary the credited and sourced Hollywood Reporter did on her in addition to all the sourced and credited newspaper articles, interviews, critics, reviews that can be seen and downloaded from her Pinterest Opera Page and Pinterest Movie Page may help.

I have copied this here, because it will get a larger audience here. Theroadislong (talk) 21:08, 17 May 2022 (UTC)

• Comment. It was clear from The Hollywood Reporter article that the person they obtained the information from was Sabrina Pires; the subject's daughter. She is also the same person arguing in the above thread. I do not believe that the obit was properly fact checked and that many of the claims of Ms. Pires about her mother have been parroted back by the reporter in the obit without doing due diligence to check the accuracy of the claims. We have already found numerous errors and misrepresentations by this person in other cases when checking against records in other published sources (such as the false claim that she performed with the Metropolitan Opera who has no record of her performing with the company at all in its complete performance archive; and the exagerations of the extent of her mothers film career which was in reality very minimal in terms of the actual screen time and spoken lines in films). In short, I would not trust the obit as a completely accurate portrayal nor do I consider the WP:COI comments above to be reliable. If we can verify the claims being made in a truly independent source (i.e. not from Sabrina Pires or from a source that is based on an interview with Pires) than I am fine with updating the article.4meter4 (talk) 00:49, 18 May 2022 (UTC)

• Neither of those were incorrect findings. The group that she toured with purposefully named themselves in relation to the Met and had several Met stars involved. Thinking it was a part of the Met was just a normal and completely understandable misconception. None of the film career has been found to be exaggerated, since all Sabrina said was that her mother was involved in those films based on the reliable source material she had available. And she has provided all of those sources for perusal. Furthermore, you keep reinstating a claim that she says was never true (and she would know whom her own mother was married to) and we can't find any corroborating evidence for the claim in the first place. Her marrying Ravic is the sort of thing that would have gotten additional coverage of even a mention outside of a single line at the end of a Bogota-transmitted article. And yet we can find nothing. No marriage documents, no coverage of a marriage occurring, no mention even of them being husband and wife outside of this one sentence. Can it be corroborated with any evidence whatsoever? Silverseren^C 01:11, 18 May 2022 (UTC)

• Variety is a highly respected publication and I trust its veracity far more than a WP:COI editor. The credence you are giving to the subject's daughter is concerning and contradicts policy at WP:COI. Further, the lack of "marriage records" could easily be because they were married in South America. We trust independent references (which Variety is) over individuals connected to the subject. Further, the marriage provides context to the subject's involvement with this tour. Hiding the marriage is deceptive and changes the way the events are perceived in a way that is unethical. There is a pattern of deceptively editing facts to make things appear more impressive than they are. I don't think this is unintentional. Lastly, the finding was categorically incorrect. She didn't work with or for the Met. Period. The confusion by the subject's daughter just reinforces the fact that she doesn't have enough distance from the subject to be an accurate reporter of her mother's career. I get the sense that her mother probably exaggerated her achievements (many working artists do) as a way to promote herself (PR is important for working artists), and that her daughter is repeating things she was told or overheard. That's just a guess on my part, but it all comes back to the need to not base our content on information from sources that lack sufficient independence to be considered reliable. Additionally, her daughter also lacks critical judgement in evaluating primary sources. Not everything in a concert program is necessarily accurate (PR/marketing is often used in programs to sell their product over necessarily being accurate or truthful). That's why the lack of quality secondary sources on this subject from a carer long perspective is so concerning. Additionally, we lack any reviews of Preston in a major opera production in a major opera house. How can someone be a "celebrated opera singer" when we can't find a review of her in a notable opera production (by this I mean an opera production which has been part academic discourse on opera in published literature in the field; any celebrated opera singer would be in multiple productions of this kind), have no record of any recordings, or verify from an independent ref that she actually performed at some of the opera houses provided by her daughter above? Frankly, its an anathema. 4meter4 (talk) 01:22, 18 May 2022 (UTC)

• And, as I have repeatedly pointed out, she has provided all of the sources for that. Dozens of them. You keep saying sources don't exist and seem to be purposefully not looking at any of the sources presented. The article already includes a number of reliable references to her performances at opera houses around the world. I don't know why you're so determined to view the article subject negatively, but it's clear you are putting forth no effort to actually improve the article despite readily available sources being given to do so. And instead are trying to actively push negative commentary about the article subject. Your neutrality is honestly something I seriously question, since we already know about Sabrina's COI on the subject. Silverseren^C 02:12, 18 May 2022 (UTC)

Sigh. Silver seren, respectfully I disagree with you that the sources verify the majority of her daughter's claims outside of what is currently in the article. Considering that I have added many sources to this article and content (from reliable references), I find your comment to be insulting and disingenuous and lacking in good faith. Further, critical reviews in local papers (while verifying her work) do not verify the significance of those performances. My point was we don't have any record of her in academic journal articles, major reference works on opera and opera singers, etc. You are missing what I am saying. I am pointing out the deficit of sources which evaluate Ms. Preston's career from a long term perspective. Piecing together a review here and a review here doesn't do the work of context; which is what historical/ biographical research is all about. With a lack of such literature it's hard to justify many of the claims made by Ms. Preston's daughter about the overall significance of her mother's career. Lastly, given that her mother is listed as part of the SFO chorus in published sources from the 1950s, her daughter's reaction to that content is illuminating to the problems currently at hand with WP:COI. It's not unusual for opera singers to perform in the opera chorus in their early career while also taking on roles elsewhere (and the SFO in those days had an unusual schedule where operas were staged closely together in what was akin to a bi-annual opera festival; making it very possible for artists to maintain a busy performing career elsewhere simultaneously). Angela Gheorghiu would be an example of a singer who did this. Best. 4meter4 (talk) 02:22, 18 May 2022 (UTC)

Regarding the significance of the roles, I would not take the daughter’s claims at face value. For instance, Stern conducted several operettas featuring Preston in the lead, such as Camille in "The Merry Widow", Marietta in "Naughty Marietta", Micaëla in "Carmen", Gianetta in "Gondoliers" "New Moon", and "Der Fledermaus" - Micaëla is definitely not a lead character in Carmen (she probably gets the least stage time of all female characters), so I doubt any RS printed this (also, it’s die Fledermaus). Tigraan^{Click here for my talk page ("private" contact)} 09:44, 18 May 2022 (UTC)

Tigraan I don't agree with that assessment of the role of Micaëla. Micaëla is the only female character with a long aria besides Carmen. "Je dis que rien m'epouvante" is six and a half minutes long, and when done well (which it so often isn't sadly), a show stopper. While Mercédès and Frasquita get more stage time, they don't have much solo singing to do in their musical numbers with Carmen (singing almost entirely as a trio; with less than two minutes of solo singing in the whole opera between them), and have no arias. I would consider Micaëla the second largest role for a woman in that opera. It's a more substantial part vocally than either Mercédès or Frasquita, and her character has more drama in relation to the opera's plot. Regardless, that opera would never be labeled/listed as an operetta so I agree that there is something wonky with that statement. Best.4meter4 (talk) 18:07, 18 May 2022 (UTC)

Filmography

I removed this section, it was unsourced, the roles were minor and largely uncredited and the editor who added them is partially blocked for sockpuppetry. Theroadislong (talk) 06:50, 20 May 2022 (UTC)