Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-01-12

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with her sweet voice that he wrote and
dedicated a poem to her honor. Every
where Roze appears she creates a
furore. We will have but one chance
to see her here, unless the programme
is changed.
On Friday night will also appear
MI. William Carleton, as Escamillo,
The Toreador, in Carmen" He pos
sesses a charming baritone voice and a
manly physique, both of which has
been profitable for tho past two years
in Europe, in English and Italian
opera, either Of which be is equal to,
and sings with significant success. He
makes a fine Count Arnheim, in the
Bohemian Girl" and unless this
part is given to Bragau, he will sing it
here on Saturday night. He has been
greeted everywhere in this, his native
country, with iattering recognition.
We are also to have as Michaela, in
Carmen" Friday night, Miss Laura
Schirmer, a gifted young American
lady, who makes a very favorable i'm
preston in the parts she carries, and
sing Airline, in the Bohemian Girl, y
most delightfully."-. She has a beau
tiful face and faultless physique,
a brilliant soprano voice, and executes
the most difficult music in the operatic
repertoire in the most artistic and
charming manner.
In William Tell" on Saturday, be-
sides Torriana, Carleton and Comfy,
mentioned above, we are to have as
Arnold, MIR. Arthur Byron, a young
Englishman, who possesses q robusto
tenor voice Of marvellous power, sweet
ness and brilliancy, He is said to
have been secured abroad through
great difficulty, and only after he had
been offered the heaviest amount ever
paid a tenor in this country. In the
same opera will also be Mr.. James
Peakes, the stage manager, who has
been identified with English opera
ever since its earliest successes in this
country.
Saturday nights prima donna is
Miss Abbie Darlington, a lovely and
very beautiful young lady from Fon
du Lac, Wisconsin. She was educated
ia Italy for Italian opera and her list
includes twenty-six standard Italian
operas, besides seven ~oratorios. She
sings in nine Of the present troupe's
list. Miss Darlington graduated at
the New England conservatory in
Boston several years ago, and was at
once offered $75 per week and ex-
penses for a season in concert. Desir-
ing to perfect herself in opera she de-
clined, and went to Milan, Italy, where
she became an earnest student and
where in due time she made a splendid
and most successful eperatic debut in
"Traviata,' being called before the
curtain nine times; subsequently at
Ravenna and Cervia the lady made a
great dramatic and lyric hit as Gilda
in "Rigoletto." At the close of this
engagement she was escorted from the
operahouse by a military band amidst
loud cheers by the throng, who called
out "Long live Jole Barbol" cher
Italian name) "the American nightiu-
gale" Until something over a year
ago she continued at Ravenna, singing
in Faust" "Trayiata," Lucia"
Martha" "Rigoletto" and Era Dis-
volo." After that she came to this
country and travelled one season. She
is a tall lady, of fine figure, large phys
ical powers. and possesses a high or
robust dramatic and very flexible So
prano voice throughout the entire
compass, of which the tones are pure
and even. Her trill is said to be per-
feet and truly beautiful, her phrasing
being faultless and e~nunciating every
word she utters clear and distinct, SO
that it can be fully understood. She
is pronounced a genuine artistic, who
makes no effort to conceal the proper
sound of words, who sings divinely,
and who has won a high position as a
songstress by true merit, earnest labor
and her exquisite gifts. She has
studied in a good school the art of
song, and understands how to use her
rich and powerful voice to the best
advantage.
The popular prejudice against pro.
prietary remedies has long since been
conquered by the marvellous success