The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-11-08
THE DEAD TENOR.
T4G LAya slGnoa RRloNoLI.
Some Interesting "Reminiscences of the
arest Singer-His Early Life, 3D.
RcstIuu snd Personal Traits
OF Character, Rte.

formal memorial of the great tenor. The |
narrators We're Mr.. G. d. Hess, the
manager; Castle, the tenor, sad Mr.. NJ
Ii. Morgan, local teacher Of singing,
who had been intimate with BrignoIi
for many years. The fourth was a
representa- e of the Daily News. Later
the scribe sought the aid of other al
mirers of the ". at singer, and from the
contributions of all the following 10 the
reSidiUu:
Br gnoli was educated FOR a pianist.
When his voice was discovered and he
made his debut in Paris, he had no es-
pecial success. Perhaps tsnOrs were
not 80 rare then a. now. BesideS there
were SJ.geli, Mario, and Sims Reeves,
who wore I zen III their prime. When
BrgnOli cane 10 America his irSt en-
gsgemant was in troupe III which
Amodiu, idiaidi aud PlcCOlOmlu2 were
mambers. Mr.. Hess asserts that the
frat time he lenri BriynOli wsS at The
Metropolitan theatre in Rochester, New
York, IN 1879. There WAS ViOiiniSt
upon tho stage, and he was in tho midst
Of his solo. Ia the fanGied security Of
bis PARKWAY dressing room the tenor
was rInnlng over MS rDul AIDES and Try
ing his voice FIR Tho solo that was to
follow. IL vas in splendid condition,
and in IN "Iuberanco of hi3 youth
tul spirit he 0ldtd with a bigh (Which
rang like silver. 10 came so easily and
ii held 80 purely That bs diminished It,
~ Vi.o" ~ ~" W. ~ W.. u4g,s
Sy,S', 800 Va "ali'5 o.H'hoa u
NC" 10 ''H7,'i NO 'tp"I't tiio 'h"IuuI
" 1pp' u.s. ptC unC ultl Homooouy
no realize yutL they were tor him. The
brautItu a. voice carried farther than he
S.""' h' ""ulehce cIughF ."."N "i
SlS .'..''' notes. ana al'ais As" -
Az Wv. ".'', a''V l,s,i e"ts oniS luf
.hoII H' ~ ''"ea' INC IKE q, "nlcu We
sithii ""' ~ 't h"di SSEath' inc quaIllf
49, 10 s's.n " os'@p''s"s" MS ioPu1t
VIZ ~ '..''I. oNoh pe'"le no h'u
PuI ~ =, ul"" w" A'ate'
NJ 70 II" " ".'',oIillI I'l"r IN hiS'on'
i III ',u .'co, us t'1,l heutt'
80, ,'.n ~, 49, N"n.on WIS hi""Ss me
So So "'''' u.s. un,Nail, lleJ 1eanty OF
M M 49, ~" vac MyHueF "i tho 'OWh'
ne 'a" -" "a WIN over NM AIter
Poit"l ,','Na '"o green room wa. nus oi
- E ""sp''uuS ht9 prou ny
81, t's'- 80 TtnU' .lay lHey III, 7i;"
tt''S -" - m.'"1ii'S ceuaeI' VI aunt
,"V',N '"','" VHo eIlisiic goo OF Lne
U'I''''..',' IS oven stated that "'ald
i nua'.''' m u'" hns hesitite TO So
to-, ',',S' Va h,,'9tHs tne pEy .sii
49,. u'' "'"!,''I' le' US nope
"''5 ,i".l ueaeIveu ms !"nie;
bis VT 'HII'sa'e Hunll'y oi
Ill, ~, , 'H y','o ai.u pn'",e 'I
I' t..,'. ~, ms 'S'9l e"'S' "' .hI
mc, .,.,, '".i nt iu3v ino con rHl
f,r ..,,,r. ' Nu.an - iunI'PenSa'Ie
mn. bo MN, ,a al ~, iii,
on. IL i,''u po'u!"I,v WIN
E',,...., mi, H. "uh! onch W
aftt 49,, &c SanS III MI p"rIS
sir,,... - , ",'u WIN al the HIeAt
ms ..,.Is ''I h;. h ne'o' ne earne'i
i'm, .,,, h;a nor .i'' ooSs auu LOT Sn'lie
e" n... ,, "'n ",niiiiSs we're az lLluch ~
g.. i, CO.. nno " '.',, uct"sI3iaIy more
e" ' - "h gItlst ne was Italian,
Paen.i' ~y io lanai and NJ LuSt", ION
Lasf ""'', a"Valure ana Don Giovanni
- 80, " i',. "s' re ulu hot nave
az Wy, 'miy rethaps uo%es or
p....,'.I is "" ,,..'i, uo the iiIillV,
- uu Vas olie vi tne hlnues'
tan o,o's '' fnSsu MS "h,,d'Sh reluc-
Uo, 49,. 'nv isoV'
-re. r',,.nln, "''( t,,'nI moro than q
Wa NINA nlJ JVS, &c.,. '' Hni'"sopuS
w " the ON ilotto: Let US I'VE
VII '' I'VE ,,,, ne would say; "N he
s,ify 'u, ,ol ne NE II no hoI my
din. ,,, , ,,', Wie me. must haT'
hi. ,i,5,,; ,,,', M ' ,, Ky Il 'o.,uS' III
iir, IN ,.'5 ~, 90 c',, no uS,u W naNo on on
bis ~. . ,,,,.,'I'.I -. '"o np'ei' ne II
No ,,',vvu h'til' anu tnore his
ias... ~, .r,,,. Nuu, Oastle leiatel Iha
IN. h,,, "a Az W. - uaPPel,tu 'u"t 'heS
n,ot'".e ue'orr taxing Inc Tram for THE
"v vE dawn Hw 70 na's io insisted on NJ,
resiuurant nn'I bSyi,,,, VS." ,,"'G ~, ,i;i ~
for the sake of a fnir sstarf The e,'i ba'
ali snrts or tI,in,r, ~ 81 -. " ','V
Rri,noi hast H.. az" t 49,, "q'oiase INA
GOOD drink il is too said T T,'SIi,\
namelv. chnn,na,,nc o1d -. 49, ,,',
The bill was nenTlv S30 for ibr t,,n 80
tie. who il modest In his 49, 80, ~
burspd his All ~ ,vitL rn,I,o. '0i, ".N
heart, but "BrirU as tbav c.ii,l
him. did not nindit '"oS '"'o'
Very likely thore waa a sort or roo,i,
Justice I'm il upon Cnstie for bp hay
many times indu pe! rrl,nnli vii, so,
hand of poker. Of which n, was yer,
fond, but which no ni.,'ad ,,..'' ~ ,y' ,
Upon "sn .,. 'o 10y =" foly , paa'y
CAST, 10 ,,i'd nloy v"i,o III "
"No, Briy," said rssrIs 81 dnn,, , ma'''
to-" "What.n ior Won not want t"S,
asked Briguoli," | like YOU very much
Brig, but duttlike To- win your money
you canuOt afford IT," "WhRt-a busi
ness Of yours Is il whether can afford.
to loose money? If choose to spend /
that way, what.a business of YOURS II
1T" After tlis there was no more Ia IA,
said, and Brignoli called ont to the M
tendart IS no carried his money for him
"Brlng me 10, | will may mixer vii Tas
tie"
Poker was an eypensive lnxurv 4,
Brguoli sometimes. Cast,e Net hin
once IN Springfield, Illinois. who,
Brignoi described tho urosnect in an
couraging terms. He said thar he had
nice room at the Capitol hotel, aud tina
he hal an e,,rarement tn dino ,'tt,h t ,''
fine gentlemen at Inc nr,nrinaI r,s,s,,
rant. Look out" said thn woridi
wise castle. ooh, nn,u suid priwroi'
"theSe really are Two nice ynnti,n,un
The next dnV Cu>tlo snr Nm, ,n,
punlnad H.. 60, 80, ~" ~,