Hatsue Yuasa

(1862-1937),[3] former student of Liszt, acknowledged Wagner interpreter and wife of the journalist Bruno Petzold [de].

[11] The various concert critics expressed their amazement at the ability of a singer from Japan to interpret Western opera music, and often referred to the outward appearance of Yuasa.

We wished our female singers of the same age her accomplished singing, her breathed pianissimo and the moving expression in all shades of human feeling.

[12]In 1926, the journal Neue Zeitschrift für Musik praised the "kimono dressed graceful appearance" as well as the "perfect vocal artistry" of the singer.

And then the little doll starts to sing, with erotic but droll loving lip movements and a velvety soft voice.

[17] In 1933 she appeared in the movie Spiegel, which was produced by Nicholas Kaufmann and was based on a script by Wilhelm Prager [de].

The director of the short film, which showed Japanese life, was her compatriot, the musician Kishi Kōichi (composer) (1909–1937).

[19] She gave numerous concerts in Berlin, so in January 1942, when she sang songs by Gluck and Johannes Brahms in the Beethovensaal; at the piano sat Michael Raucheisen.