▁the ▁beautiful ▁quality ▁of ▁the ▁singer ' s ▁lower ▁notes .. ▁her ▁performance ▁was ▁entirely ▁successful ". ▁ ▁Her ▁voice ▁and ▁record ings ▁ ▁During ▁her ▁prime , ▁E ames ▁possessed ▁an ▁op ul ently ▁beautiful , ▁arist ocr atic ▁and ▁expert ly ▁trained ▁sop rano ▁voice . ▁It ▁began ▁as ▁a ▁purely ▁ly ric ▁instrument ▁but ▁increased ▁in ▁size ▁over ▁time , ▁en abling ▁her ▁to ▁sing ▁parts ▁as ▁heavy ▁as ▁A ida , ▁Sieg lin de , ▁Sant uz za ▁and ▁T os ca ▁in ▁large ▁aud itor iums . ▁Music ▁critics ▁occasionally ▁took ▁her ▁to ▁task , ▁however , ▁for ▁the ▁cold ness ▁of ▁her ▁interpret ations ▁and ▁al o of ▁stage ▁manner . ▁ ▁E ames ▁was ▁reported ly ▁unh appy ▁with ▁the ▁way ▁that ▁she ▁sound ed ▁on ▁the ▁series ▁of ▁commercial ▁ 7 8 - r pm ▁record ings ▁she ▁made ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 5 - 1 9 1 1 ▁for ▁the ▁Victor ▁T alk ing ▁Machine ▁Company , ▁and ▁Victor ▁techn icians ▁were ▁equally ▁unh appy ▁with ▁her ▁imper ious ▁attitude ▁in ▁the ▁studio . ▁Victor ▁engineer ▁Harry ▁O . ▁So oy ▁acid ly ▁remarked ▁in ▁his ▁mem oir s ▁" M me . ▁E ames ▁last ▁recording ▁date ▁was ▁April ▁ 1 4 , ▁ 1 9 1 1 , ▁and ▁the ▁recording ▁staff ▁has ▁not ▁had ▁one ▁minute ’ s ▁un rest ▁because ▁she ▁does ▁not ▁make ▁any ▁more ▁records ▁for ▁the ▁V . ▁T . ▁M . ▁Co ." ▁In ▁