, 1874-01-24
EUPHROSYME PAREPA.RpSA.

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EUPAROSYNE PAREPA.R0SA.
parepa iB dead This simple announcement
Of the death OF tho grcat ariat which
camc by tic cable yesterday, will almoat
come With tho force Of personal loss to tho
thousands who llaye heard her sing. During
her American tours she sang before Il quarter Of
million Of people, residing il, twenty five cItica
between San Francisco and Boston. and no artist
of modern tmos has over SO ondoared horsolf to
all who lad tho pleasure Of l,earing hor. To tho
little fair-hared Hamburg violinist, who remains
behind il. cloud OF grief, thore will come uni
yerHal sympathy, and ouIy tho sind1ost aud
most aifcctionate of words will follow his ama-
bio and talented wife to her grave in her native
land.
The story Of l,or lifo il simple one, but 1t ia
full Of triumph aud, although Bho has died in hor
youthful prime, she leaves hehiud her great
namo in the WnlIla]n Of art. She was born Mt
Edinburgh, Scotlund, in 1889. Her father was q
Wallachia1l nobleman, Baron Georgtados do
Boyesku, Of bucharest. Hor mother, Mas
Seguin, waB Histor Of the great bas8o Of tina.
name, whose soil, paropa's cousin, is now on tho
English opera stage in this country, Tho Baron
died shortly after his marriage, leaving tho
Baroness with her infant Euphrosyne to SUP
port. She adopted tho lyric stage NJ profess
sou, and at oncc commenced tho musical eIuca-
ton Of her daughter, which proved to bo Nh easy
tusk. Tho child made great progress. md, at
the ago Of lG, in 1865, mado hor
first public appearance at hfalta, in
"Gonnambuiu.. With succeAs This auccess
WAS ropented at Naples, Geneva, Rome, Flor
ence. Madrid. and Lisbon. After singing for
two years OH tho Continent, she ,nado hor debut
in London in 1857, IN I'll puritani," in tho
samo company with Ronconi, Garaoni, and
Tagliatlco Her career in England lasted nine
years, III the course1 Of which period slo mar
ried an Euglial officer, whose doath loft hor Il
widow sixteen months after. III the autumn
OF 1865. SHE camo to tho United States, and 1nato
her debut iu concert in Now York Sept. IL Of
that yoar. In tho spring Of 1868 sho married
| Mr, Carl Rosa, with whom Bho has always lived
| and 1nbored happily.
| Europa first casno to Chicago in 1865, aud gave
| a eerios of five concerts, commencing Sopt. ~
ut tile Crosby Opora- House. It was hot sllc-
| cossful season in n financial point OF viow. The
whole troupe WIS unknown to tho public,
alth ougl it waa under tho management OF Bate
I mn,l, then a most successful lmprcsa1lo. anu
Carl Anscluotz, tho best conductor in America.
| had the musical direction. Carl fosa the vlo-
linist md Loyy, tho coinct-playcr, both great
artists. were in the troupe, but nosther of shom
wero known hore, and. with that reluctance to
hear strangers which is always characteristic Of
Chicago concert-goora. they atayoa away. In
addition to tllis it rainod incossa1itly during the
whole eeaaon, aud mud was nnklo-deep. Tie
rosut was that tho Opera House presented Il
dismal army of empty bonchos upon oacl
DALI hnfr t..
inp hor In tho future. Tho few who
did lear her ranidly spread abroad the news thal
groat artist had boon horo, md expectation
soou was on tiDtoo. Az u matter Of curiosity
We may add that tho first songs pasapa ovel
saug in Chicago were tho "Ernanl iayolenli.
"Tho Nghtiueale's Tril!," Gounod's "soro'
nale," and the familiar III Baeio."
Hor second visit was on tho It'll aud 18th o1
November, 1866 There was 10 trouble till
time. the Opora-Houso was crowded to ovor
| flowing with delighted audiences, aud such con
cers hayo rarely boon given, for tho roason tha
| 1t IL very raro that such troupe has been or
gauized. There woro Brlgnoli, tenor; FerTantl
prince OF buffos Fortuna, an excellent bari
tono Mills tho classical plani6t; and 1osa, til
vioIinist. Tile concorts wero given at
time when music was In al Its glory
They followed splendid season b,
Grover, and thoy just prooedod tho Nom
orablo performances Of "Tho African,
- in tue days Of Glioni, Irfro, Mara, and susinl
, pasopn, notwithstanding Nil tho strong compotl
tion, made name mud faule which she nnYo
, afterwards lost but which went On increasing
aud made hor the nosroat fayorito to the popula
hoart Of I'LL tlo prima donnas. Tho thrd yisi
WAS In A1Ay, 1857 This time sno came in 1taliu
opera, aud In tho troupe we're Pauline oa.'iss!