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  Latter Years.--Sketch of the Great Singer Farinelli.--The Old Age of Hasse and Faustina CATARINA GABRIELLI


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  eminent.--Opinions of the Critics.--Her Relative Standing in the Operatic Profession.--Her Performances of _Semi-ramide


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  eminent.--Opinions of the Critics.--Her Relative Standing in the Operatic Profession.--Her Performances of _Semiramide


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id: 16427
title: The Splendid Folly
author: Pedler, Margaret
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  Diana lay long awake that night, her thoughts centred round the man who Olga Lermontof paused a moment before replying to Diana''s query. Diana acquiesced, and Miss de Gervais turned to Baroni with a rather "Look here, Diana," said Jerry, getting rather red. Olga came in and stood for a moment looking at Diana. face of Max Errington, and with the recollection of Diana''s hesitancy Diana, roused from her thoughts, looked up to see Max Errington in her eyes that somehow reminded Diana of Max Errington. "No. I mean, keep me the little Diana I love--don''t let me lose her in Joan''s eyes travelled from Diana''s small, set face to Jerry''s pleasant "Well, wait till Max comes back," advised Diana, "We shall know more "But, I say, Diana, I can''t, you know--not while Max is away. Diana smiled a little at the suggestion that Max might be the son of a


id: 15385
title: A Cathedral Singer
author: Allen, James Lane
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  "We teachers of art schools in engaging models have to take from human your model, then, a woman with a great countenance; the fighting face of For one instant her fighting look came back and her eyes, Some of them worked with faces brightened by thoughts of devoted mothers He gave the man an unfavorable look as though of a mind to take his true "It''s a very good way to do," said the man. He stood looking down at the lad, in whose eyes upturned face of the lad and the look in his eyes as he asked the back until his eyes looked up into hers; his mother must be the first to The choir-master looked across the small room at his pupil, who, upon As he now withdrew his arms, he sat looking into her eyes with his face like some great characters in human life which need so little to make


id: 15446
author: Brower, Harriette
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  studied and worked, I would be able one day to sing in such a way as to Italian operas required little or no action, only beautiful singing. master vocal art, the singer must have so developed his voice that it is "Young singers ask me what vowels to use in vocal practice. how necessary it is for the singer to do daily work on the voice, I To ask such a natural born singer how she studies and works, is like singer with a good natural voice, who takes her tones correctly, who How many of our great singers began their musical studies of the voice." The singer illustrated the idea with a short musical think if they have a good natural voice and take singing lessons, that in the middle of her voice--always the best way--and sings a whole tone vocal art, the singer must have so developed his voice that it is under

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  Vocal Mastery Talks with Master Singers and Teachers, Comprising Interviews with Caruso, Farrar, Maurel, Lehmann, and Others


id: 17495
title: The Stolen Singer
author: Bellinger, Martha Idell Fletcher
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  "Good night, Van Camp," said Jones; then he added cordially: "By the way, Swimming slowly, with Agatha''s hand at times on his shoulder, James Hand''s coat was over Jim, and as Agatha herself felt Almost at the last moment Mr. Chamberlain had joined them, Aleck''s liking for the man and his "Stay, wait a minute," said Aleck, seized with a new thought. "Why, my dear Miss Agatha, Susan will come round in time. "In the first place," Agatha went on, "I must tell you that Mrs. Stoddard is coming to help nurse Mr. Hambleton. "Mr. Hand will learn," said Agatha; and was about to add "Like the rest Agatha, looking at her new friend''s vivid face, saw that Mr. Van Camp "Tell him he may come in for a few minutes, Mr. Hand," directed Agatha. "I''ve thought of that," said Jim. As the two men talked, Agatha and MÃ©lanie, both dressed in white,


id: 17465
title: Great Singers, Second Series Malibran To Titiens
author: Ferris, George T. (George Titus)
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  Tenors, Nourrit and Duprez, and of the Great Barytone, Ronconi.--Mme. Viardot and the Music of Meyerbeer.--Her Creation of the Part of _Fides_ of her uneven, rebellious voice, a most magnificent singer, Mme. Schröder-Devrient did not care to be, though nature, as I have heard tall blonde beauty, with a fresh, charming voice, but utterly Mme. Schrôder-Devrient''s inferior in all the requirements of the great In the following year (1833), Mme. Schröder-Devrient sang under Mr. Bunn at the Covent Garden Theatre, appearing in several of Weber''s and The Childhood of a Great Artist.--Giulietta Grisi''s Early Musical The Childhood of a Great Artist.--Giulietta Grisi''s Early Musical London Public.--Character of Grisi''s Singing and Acting.--Anecdotes of London Public.--Character of Grisi''s Singing and Acting.--Anecdotes of Italian Opera in Paris, and he came to London to hear the new singer--in Voice and Person.--A Great Excitement over her Second Appearance Voice and Person.--A Great Excitement over her Second Appearance


id: 17464
title: Great Singers, First Series Faustina Bordoni To Henrietta Sontag
author: Ferris, George T. (George Titus)
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  Mme. Mara.--Mrs. Billington''s Greatness in English Opera.--She sings in Italy in 1794-''99.--Her Great Power on the Italian Stage.--Marriage with of Mme. Mara''s Early Life.--Her Great Triumphs on the English Latter Years.--Sketch of the Great Singer Farinelli.--The Old Age of Latter Years.--Sketch of the Great Singer Farinelli.--The Old Age of He was to appear for the first time with Senesino, another great singer, Mount Edgcumbe''s Opinion of her Singing.--Her Rivalry with Mme. Mara.--Mrs. Billington''s Greatness in English Opera.--She sings in Italy voice at this time had not attained the volume and power of after-years, this, especially from the character of the English opera, of which Mrs. Billington was so brilliant an exponent; for this was rather musical voices of the two singers were admirably fitted for the music of the the French opera, in 1808, it was to the great regret of musical London. his time, possessing a powerful and well-toned voice, great execution as


id: 26593
title: The Place of Honeymoons
author: MacGrath, Harold
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  "I haven''t laughed from the heart in a very long time," he said, returning "My dear Mr. Courtlandt, you are the last man in all the wide world I wish woman was right: it had taken him a long time to come to the conclusion "You will excuse me, Herr Rosen," said Nora, as she laid her hand upon the "Abby, old man, how are you?" said Courtlandt, smiling warmly and holding "I should like to meet Mr. Harrigan." Courtlandt returned his gaze to the "That''s Courtlandt," said Abbott, when his friend was gone. "Nora, Molly, I want you to meet Mr. Courtlandt. "Mr. Courtlandt can''t keep his eyes off of Nora." Slyly from the corner of her eye Nora looked at Courtlandt, who was at "You never told me you knew Courtlandt," said Harrigan, speaking to The man who thinks he''s going to get Nora by walking


id: 22244
title: Miss Pat at Artemis Lodge
author: Ginther, Pemberton
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  Judith or Elinor could move, the door was flung open and Patricia, Elinor and Judith asked a great many questions and Patricia threw in a Miss Pat, that you''re quite good-looking--not so lovely as Elinor, but "I am Rosamond Merton," she said, "and I know that you are Patricia "Dear Miss Pat," she said softly, slipping her arm into Patricia''s as "You certainly have charmed this Rosamond Merton, Miss Pat," she said "Is Miss Merton in?" she asked, looking beyond Patricia into the vacant "Oh, they''re quite good friends," said Patricia, as she lighted her Rosamond was looking much better when Patricia went to her, and she Elinor promised for Bruce and after a little chat Patricia left, feeling Rosamond looked up smiling at Patricia. It was very hard for Patricia to go over to Rosamond''s room after Miss Pat," she said earnestly, and Patricia made room for her on the


id: 33358
title: Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists
author: Cooke, James Francis
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  singers and, later, in teaching voice for many years, formed a machine company, a man whose acquaintance with great singers of the time famous singers in the great opera house with the minutest attention, My advice to the voice students of America is to hear great singers. The American student with a really good voice and a really fine vocal work that many native Italian singers with realty fine voices are when a new singer comes to me and wants to sing _Tosca_ or some rôle the case at one time in America that a singer with a great reputation Opera House in New York was so great that at the time I made my début opera singer in the great opera houses of the world rarely sings more The opera singer naturally gets tired of singing a few rôles the voice and trains the singer technically to do great things.


id: 36215
title: Famous Prima Donnas
author: Strang, Lewis Clinton
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  appeared in light opera, in extravaganza, in musical comedy, and in the seasons with this organization Miss Earle acted Della Fox''s famous part to England, where they remained two years, Miss Russell appearing in two During the season of 1897-98 Miss Russell appeared with Della Fox and in charm to lead a burlesque company to great success." Miss Templeton After Miss Celeste returned to New York, she studied singing for a time, acting as understudy to Miss Fox, whose rôle she played many times. next season she returned to Miss Russell''s company, making so effective Next Miss Fox created the principal soubrette rôle in Mr. Hopper''s opera has not appeared in opera for some time, for during the season of Miss D''Arville became connected with the New York Casino, appearing in On her return to New York, Miss Hall again appeared at the Bijou, on May


id: 38023
title: Memoirs of an American Prima Donna
author: Kellogg, Clara Louise
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  Clara Louise Kellogg came from New England stock of English heritage. singing was Louisa Pine, who sang in New York in second-rate English occasion and invited the officers and their friends, in spite of Mrs. Jeff Davis, who tried her best to prevent the ball-room from being given those days, he was a sort of little god in New York, where he lived in America to sing in the French Opera in New Orleans where, for many people know that Miss Cushman had studied singing and had a very fine The public went to the opera houses to hear popular singers and course of time we all came home to America; and the night after my "Miss Kellogg," he said, "if you think that, I don''t believe you know Liverpool, a man came on board asking for Miss Clara Louise Kellogg. At the time I went to him I had been singing for twenty years.


id: 39392
title: The Secrets of a Savoyard
author: Lytton, Henry A.
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  the public who love and follow the operas, and when the roll comes to be "To-night there is no need for the Lyttons to turn in their graves." Mr. Carte, though always a man of few words, gave me to understand that he Shortly after he left the Gilbert and Sullivan operas, he went on The very next day Mr. Carte, unknown to me at the time, came down to Bath. generous praise--D''Oyly Carte and I rehearse a love scene--A The Savoy audiences in the old days, of course, were like no other for several of the plays not by Gilbert and Sullivan produced by Mr. D''Oyly Carte. stage, and it was my good fortune to play leading comedy parts under "I don''t like that man singing that song," he said once, just Everybody who plays in Gilbert and Sullivan makes it a point of honour


id: 40844
title: The Diva''s Ruby
author: Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)
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  ''I should like to believe that,'' Margaret said, without looking at in another, I''d like you to get there right away,'' said Mr. Van Torp. fingers, laid it in the palm of his other hand, and held it under Mr. Van Torp''s eyes, looking at him with an inquiring expression. ask where the man was, but it was some time before she could make Mr. Van Torp understand what she meant. ''That''s very kind of you, Mr. Logotheti,'' said Van Torp, answering the ''Now you know why I won''t promise what you asked,'' said Van Torp in ''Indeed he is, poor man,'' said Margaret, a good deal surprised at Van Mr. Van Torp looked from Mrs. Rushmore to Margaret, and tried to see ''I don''t know how I looked,'' said Van Torp gravely. ''Are you going on Mr. Van Torp''s yacht?'' asked Lady Maud suddenly.


id: 32835
title: Geraldine Farrar: The Story of an American Singer
author: Farrar, Geraldine
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  _Miss Farrar and her First Singing Teacher, Mrs. Long_ 8 Long, the best-known singing teacher in Boston at that time, and this These two concerts were followed by further careful study under Mrs. Long, and then at last came the eventful night when I made my real début Company, from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, visited Boston opera artists in the world, at the Metropolitan in New York. Berlin to study, but I never expect to sing in opera here." "Would you like to sing for the Intendant of the Royal Opera?" she The Intendant of the Royal Opera at that time was Count von Hochberg, a [Illustration: THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE, BERLIN] The night of October 15, 1901, was my début at the Royal Opera, Berlin. letting an American girl sing in Italian in the sacred Royal Opera exorbitant figure to sing three performances of the new opera in


id: 32980
title: Confessions of an Opera Singer
author: Howard, Kathleen
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  evening I went to the opera and wondered at the great stairway and at The only time I ever saw him upset was one day after the Opera class. "We spent a long time in the life-class room--nude, (not us but the there was a great deal of stage setting for very little play. opened my eyes to the new order of singing actors, and the old method many "trial performances" at the opera house as the contract calls for, I sang my first part in a small provincial German opera house, at foreigner speaking no German, and a woman looking for rooms all by the opera, I think they were glad to use my good stage appearance, and opera, and I had to speak German for the first time before an audience come winging to you the next time you step out on the stage to sing the


id: 32979
title: Interpreters
author: Van Vechten, Carl
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  itinerant opera company to sing in an ill-rehearsed performance of two in America Mme. Fremstad appeared in the rôle, singing it, indeed, more human in song, grander and more noble in opera, than that of Mme. Tetrazzini, but the public as a whole prefers to hear the latter, the only other opera Mme. Fremstad had ever sung in French was _Carmen_, The singer told me that she went to work on this opera with fear in her But it was in the closing scene of the drama that Mme. Fremstad, like the poet and the composer, achieved her most effective On the occasion of Mme. Sembrich''s farewell to the American opera stage she appeared as Flora Previous to this time Miss Garden had never sung this opera in Before she appeared as Mélisande in New York, Miss Garden was a little Feodor Chaliapine, the Russian bass singer, appeared in New York at the


id: 33168
title: Famous Singers of To-day and Yesterday
author: Lahee, Henry Charles
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  in that year the first public performance of regular opera took place in the same year she visited London, singing alternately with Mrs. Billington. Rossini, the celebrated composer, married an opera singer, Isabella the greatest singers for many years, was the daughter of an Italian Like so many of the great singers of his time, Rubini first gained his the following year, the first prizes for singing and comic opera. Ronconi sang for many years in London, in all the great comic operas. Opera in Paris, but she also sang frequently in London, Berlin, St. Petersburg, and other cities of Europe. In the following year appeared two singers of high rank, Maria and the company met with great success, singing not only in opera, but The year 1862 produced a singer of great ability, Ilma di Murska, a In 1881, Nilsson sang in opera for the last time, but continued to sing


id: 38153
author: Wagnalls, Mabel
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  training his voice, studying music, memorizing operas, overcoming orchestra, like the dim visions of a dying man, that first love-theme so This is the great theme of the opera, the center-stone of the musical The peaceful love-music greets our ears as we look upon the next scene, effect of dream-music by having the chorus sing behind the scenes with love-music like a beacon-light on a turbulent sea. distressing thought agitates the music like the passing of a great ship The great theme of the opera is the Huguenot hymn, a thrilling song of The opening of the second act is like a musical mirage--tone-phantasies swinging theme in which all the voices move together like a great his voice greeting her like familiar music. love-music, followed by the somber theme of revenge like a shadow after like a buried diamond, the great love-theme of the opera.

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  Stars of the Opera A Description of Operas & a Series of Personal Interviews with Marcela Sembrich, Emma Eames, Emma Calvé, Lillian Nordica, Lilli Lehmann, Geraldine Farrar & Nellie Melba


id: 59724
title: The Baritone''s Parish; or, "All Things to All Men"
author: Ludlow, James M. (James Meeker)
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  "Yes," said the doctor, "I was pleased with the man''s voice. "Doctor," said Vox, suddenly poising the spoon as if it were a baton, "I wish I had your faith, doctor," said Vox, putting his arm around "Well," said Vox, drawing a long breath, and letting it out in a the line of the hymn you gave out to-night, doctor;" and Vox sang: "Yes," said Vox, "I''ve heard Joe Jefferson say that he couldn''t act Vox looked in amazement at the singer--a half-drunken youngish man "You''ve enough rye in you for to-night," said Vox. "See here, Vox," said the doctor, "I am going home alone to-night. "It''s a hard sight, sir," said Sweezy, "but bless you, Mr. Vox, the "Undoubtedly it is so," said Vox, and, seeing the man''s perplexity, man then, Mr. Vox, only a beast; and, if you will believe me, I was not "That," said Vox, "is the greatest compliment a man can have.


id: 58876
title: Judith Moore; or, Fashioning a Pipe
author: Wood, Joanna E. (Joanna Ellen)
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  "I met a young man in the woods, Mrs. Morris," said Judith, going up to "I wonder," Andrew said that morning to his aunt, Miss Hannah Myers, "I As Mrs. Morris had told Judith, Miss Myers was of U. bit?" Judith one day said to Andrew, wistfully, when he was laughing at Judith "from the minute I set eyes on her," as Miss Myers said. Miss Myers did not go back to the house, and Mrs. Morris and Judith Judith and Mrs. Morris were to visit Miss Myers two days later. Little had been said about Andrew, but enough to show Judith that he "Sarah Myers thinks a powerful sight of Andrew Cutler," said Mrs. Morris. The Misses Green were out in force as Judith and Mrs. Morris went by. "Come and look at the horses," said Andrew. breast; Judith''s eyes had been very sweet when she said "Good-night."


