The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-03-13

Saws Musicians Are Hard to
:, Along With-Cases in Point.
81 D.rsr knew a bass singer who wasn't
n ,strI obliging and willing to be
a,.j and reproyed. Next to the bass
c,mqs the alto. She is a little
;rianpudent than the bass, a little
4 ,orcbv and Indifferent, but still
II sof can be found with her. But
.ror and soprano are often terrors,
EoTrano seeming to be the worse of
| guess it is natural, though,
!: fmalp scOld to be a little sharper
AMAZE.
OCCASIONAL tenors are almost invari-
nnceited, wiIlful and stubborn.
want to have their own way, and
Or fly into a passion if they can't
t. This difference in the depOrt-
Of singers is due, | suppose, to the
r. Of their parts. The base and alto
naturally subordinate to the tenor
smano 1t is the tenor and soprano
Get the encores. They are petted
cured and in some cases almost
l. Naturally get cOnceited in respect
Ell ability. Any correction or warn
l The part Of the director is almost
&de in the light Of an impertinence.
g@thng to show ones apprecia-
Gf what is well done, but the f1attery
Reeltei encOres pays the mischief
tenOr and sopranos, ami becomes a
Sce Of bane to directors.
case in point to Illustrate the will
IS Of singers is that of Parepa Rosa
FaFwelI hall, just before the great
was the director, and the piece pro-
B was The Creation As you know,
last chorus is quite moderate time,
srhansed with embellishing passages.
Particular part Parepa insisted on
Fns IN florid style about twice as
as IL was meant to be sung. In vain
Talel and argued with her, assuring
'lal ner way was not customary and
Tue cnoFus could not possibly follow
No. she was master of that particu-
parry and she would sing it as she
;F not at all. Finding her Obdurate
\ nVr mat l should not ask the chOrus
4 "a laSler time, and that if she per-
b b III carrying out her whim [ should
I ,le llme to suit her and CHANCE
= aIef her part was finished. She
e gaIe what l did. The solo parts
oil S1e was specially interested in
" SOOlu manage the rest to suit nv
Ivl - O5eak the time we did, making
! "AS va q hitch and all but spelling the
vi me same evening, a little f11r-
L. ~ !, s-e essayed to strike high c
ds,5 o .. written at all, and came
|Esr r1 t S,sanGiStlll-utterly broke down
b. g tT.aSht 1t was a just retribution
| aao,neF case when the nri,oo donna
ir ~, second best occurred when Twae
I'm 7 %,i nollman's Lay of the Meln-
vas t5o nI;, III 1877. Nine. Pappen-
MAS Ut as. prlma donna. The cornDo-
= c Sas entirely new, both to her and
sDvi Nj, w. AT the last rehearsal I was
thmng5 , ~ nave the whole thing car
prod fsa with full voice, Just as at the
assem rfilon' A large paid audience
ed n , on But Nine. Papnenhnino
rsDg sS'Iy her part as I wanted her
BY s m d" exc, excuse the WEAKNESS pro
bad b SuCn rehearsaIs. | knew that.
tines Iu singing Wagnerian onera
her so week 8 and glorying in it, and
motive, wb 6Gt no; she screened her
and insis Snich was mere cap1icions-
hers san anu no. on having her wav. All
!. br T sang an with full voice tin # co M.
utter %Ge would not move. I NM
e 50 tba4 d lew words of remon-
nd Da Sla5 the audience could hear
by Mr. ' Po, On. The next solo Dart
and FINN Hemmertz, who came ont
was T TaI and did his best. '"i The o onI
nina D da This was too M mn " @i fn,.
0trarinaeSsSs Ha a., Jealousy overcame
She Asked "a and, coming meekIy y' for
. that she car : would not repeat her
had his COZ could sing it as Mr., Rem M
quest and o obc course I complied With
Was ex r S4e sang everything else
donna. ''|C T9G. l had tanned the