Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-22

Church. This led to three years engage
ment to sing at that church. 1t was a
salarled position.
The French Method Didn't Suit
"When that engagement closed I was
taken abroad to Paris and for three months
I studied under the tuition of Duprez But
the French method was not found to suit
my voice Bv the advice of Prince Ponia-
towski, himself a musician and a warm
friend, 1 went to Italy. There I studied
hard with the celebrated Signor Lamperti at
Milan. Nine months afterward made my
debut at Messina, and have been singing
ever since. 1t has simply been a touring
from one great city to another and from one
country to another.
'After Messina came Sicily and Malta
and Florence, where created Mignon and
sang Son,na7sb1aa Then London, where in
1872 made my English debut as Sorslorn-
bxla Then went back and sang throughout
Italy. But have been a student all my
life, and am studying now as hard as ever l
did when a child.
But tell the young Americans that all
the later work and progress has been the
more rapid from the fact of the groundwork
having been thorough. From those very
masters studied in early life have chosen
many roles-other works have had writ
ten for me, and these 1 study, long and
hard, until / have created them Tor the
public.
A Life of Endless Study.
'Handels great oratorios have been a
special study I gave long study to The
part of Iphigeaia in TphIgenis in Tauris, by
Gluck, and to Beethoven's great mass and
Mendelssohn's or&torios. Dvorak wrote
for me The Specter's Bride and Ludmila,'
and Redemption was also written for me
bv Gounod, and 1 gave long study to them.
'Mors ct Vita and 'Stabet Mater created
Besides being one of the oratorio singers
of England, and taking part in the Handel
festivals, which occur every three years, I
have the following repertoire: Faust
Les Huguenots' 'Rigoletto,' Puritani,'
Lucia, Trovatore,' 'Otello,' Iohengrin,'
The Flying Dutchman, 'Tanhaueser,
Nozzle de Figaro and Don Giovanni
Cannot you see what endless confinement
to study? o, L have a great amount of
it all"
The prima donna has given you her
secret of success-the birthright of voice
and the endless study of her art
Albani looks as you see her in the pict-
Urea face tull of the light of kindness,
deep blue, smiling eyes, a sensitive mouth.
q full brow, and over all a certain exultant
glow of health and happiness Her hair is
dark brown, and she has small, beautiful
hands
Very Pleasing Presence.
Albani's is a sumptuous figure. There
is that indescribable stamp about her which
the French call presence. She conveys to
the stranger an impression of height, but
the word which seems best to fit her is
''graciousness''- is gracious in every
gesture. For in reality she is not tall
woman, and is otherwise an easily recog-
nized "Canadienne" in type.
Albani likes heavy brocade to wear, en-
broideries and fringes of jet, rich laces and
diamonds. She is watchful Of her health.
She said to me:
81 take care never to do what is bad for
my throat and general health. And what
is bad for the throat? Nuts and sweets and
indigestible substances. Veal is not good
for singers. avoid taking colds BY keep
ing warm and out of draughts Claret is
good for the throat and for the health too;
that is why drink it.
She signed her conversation" with me,
to give young musicians a pleasure; and
you see her signature as it appears in her
notes to the Queen of England and on the
list OF her many charities. VIKING.