, 1875-01-17

/ - THE 1TAt1AN OPERA. : - =
The only event Of interest in the local musical
| world ID the season Of Italian opeta which COM
| mences at McVicker's Theatre Tomorrow: erer-
| ing. The repertoire. so far rs announced, il
"Ttaviata for: Aouday evening. with He'll
bron; .'Lucia ~ on Tuesday evening for Albanis
debut; "Faust on Wednesday, evening, with
Hailbron and " "Lolengrin on Thursday even
ing, with Atani as E1sd, which will bs thu first
performance of thus opsra in Chicago. As most
OF the artists are newcomers, Va hare prepared
abort biographical notices. OF the mora prominent
OF the strangers, which will servo ~ their intro
duction 10 our opsra goers in lieu Of any further
uotics:
Tho history Of Nile. Ab4si Emily Is JeunSase} il
oanarsHv known Eia W.. hnr, ~ FrLrrh ,~;i,r
parents, aud was educated ut tho Convent Of the
Sacred Heart, in Montreal. Her musica aledta vera
'ane became accomplished orgaulst. 8he first ap-
peared in opera 1t covens Garden ii 1874 with g1at
opsrsaoase r. strsioseh says Of her, .ccordinF ts
ths Arcao.an: She ia young, goodlookng, has Ane
.ois and sRss ;t I'LL s'f.s ts ha 4 been sid
point Il is very well for . few, muA:-
good ensemble; but .aiiencea want A M sttr.eon.
II am asEed r. Manager, where II your xttactiou7
II Il nseaess for me to point to my conlpany must
Asbani il thb best trina don1a In Europe after Tie-
jens. Patti, md Nilsson. Pat:i will not come and
here pri11a donna NUT be young and pretty; and
then 1t requires very judcioua management to make
her popular favoeite. Loox 1t the c4ss Of Lucca;
she is really great srtis but It viii never pay an
ager In this country to give her ldrga salary You
know tried her the close Of last season but could
not regain the lost ground.' Mue Mb4nia repartofy
"Lnci4, ngnon," :. h1gele.;o,n "Doh Giosanli''
IS natige Of Brussels. Sic entered Tho Royai Ccn-
setsatoy 1t the Of T. and ut the end Of the first
year carried ou the prizes AT the age Of 16 ahc began
etddying with Duprez and made her debut ut the
Dpara Eoiqus it, tha winter OF 1855 in .4Ia Grande
Tailta " written for her ty Massenet. She npsde
ga sscsss Is = nfh sopgTfa nd
she WAS received poh with popular aud Royal faror
She returned to Paris in 1871 where appeared IN
close of the she went to aan to study the Italian
style. Upon her return to Paris ale secured by
Maurice ssrskoseh, aud made her debut In 1873 a
T5oletta In u Traviata." III April of tho present
year aha made her English debut with succe4s ind
met with tbs success in New York this xinter.
OF sigror. oa,pt The tenor, Abpkt9,,s' Joti,,4az
says: "The query has been answered very satsfso-
tory in the engagement Of Signor Carlo Carp len
and unusually dne dramatic talents Managerial e:-
thnsiasu IL not always Trustworthy in such matters,
but this time it has not shos far o'sr the marx Sig
=" Aids" End the title ,roIH IN 'Fsust" In 10th Of
these lie approved hfm1eI gifted ginger aud
strong dramauc artist Els yecn ts sngularly pure
and even throughout its whole range, md the fact
that lie sang such that Of Faust without
departing from pure perfect chestoue Is sur
dcienty eloquent, Eis niezzo lacks that uQnid
thrill and sweetness which marked the voice Of Ca1-
parint and in the high notes do not ind the ring
Of the last years. tenora voicethe splendid sforza1do
e1octs with which he would electr.fy the audience.
But, in lsu Of these. hAva even healthy purity
Of tone up to the very top notes. With absolute
rol Of his resources n vhilh Campanini sometimes
taited3 ana of that Athro&tness" Of tone that
diahgurea q ths ass a6sctys rss-
aaRkA Of tia Litter artist" !
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Mknse ANEusto f4erixu u ! NATIVE II RAles1a. ltAy.