The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1895-11-08
KNOWN THE WORLD OVER.
IN, sister or 4. VI. and \. +. Cooke-ro
Return ~ Honolulu-A Pupil of the
Great Masters Her Record In the
Syats.S 49, 4 FavoriJc In Australia
From sydney Morning Herald.

prima donna at the Lyceum on
Thursday Afternoon, for no singer
who has visited Australia has eS-
saved a greater number of grand
! opera roles with the same COM
plete and long continued success.
Miss Annis Montague, whose ca
reer was broken by the untimely
death of her husband, Mr.. Charles
/ Turner. sails towards the end OF
next month for Honolulu. where
her mother. Mrs. Cooke, still flour
| iShes at the age of -, and where
no She has other relatives. Miss
Montague comes. indeed, of mus
Ill. family. Her grandmother
IRIS. Montague. who died al Balti-
more ut the great age of "a, was Il
fine singer. and Mrs. Cooke, who
was known throughout the Ha-
waiian Islands as The Singing
Missionary" retained her beauu
full voice so many years that at
the age of Is she sang a roulade,
closing in a trill with so much
brilliancy that Mr.. Charles Turn
er mistook her voice for that OF
his wife. Born in an atmosphere
of music. it is not surprising that
early in her teens Miss Montague
left Honolulu TO study singing in
Paris. Her first master there was
Wartell. the great tenor who
taught both Christine Nilsson and
Trebelli-Bettini. and her second
teacher was Bellari. q famous
Spanish tenor from Madrid. Her
debut was at a concert given by
the latter at the ROSSini Theatre.
Paris. as the outcome of her sue
cess at which Victor Masse-
whose opera. Paul and Virginia.
she was destined To introduce in
Australia-gave her free admis-
sion 10 all the Sundey concerts at
the Conservative. This was in
1874. when Miss Montague was
awarded the prize at a great pub
lie competition for the most per
feet execution and trill. the GER
tifcate accompanying which was
signed by Charles GounOd. AM
broiSe Thomas. CarvalhO. Halan-
zier. Begier and Vianesi-the last
named being the since famous con
ductOr of COyent Garden Opera
After this Miss Montague made
her professional debut at Booths
Theatre. New York. appearing in
the high soprano role OF the Queen
in Les HuguenOts.' with Marie
Roze as Valentine. Miss MOnta.
que sang in Italian opera for TWO
years 1S15-6i. one of her best
parts being that of Filina in
~NignOn." and she made 4 great
success as Lucia. with Joseph
Mas. the young English tenor
who would have rivalled Sims
Reeves had he lived. as Edgardo. [
In 1878 Miss Montague entered
upon a long engagement with the
Hesse- Kellogg American Opera /
Company. the foremost Operatic I
combination in the States. 1t
was then that the prima donna be I
gan 10 sing dramatic roles as well 4
as the tiOrid light soprano charac- I
tiers in which she had first made /
her name In 1850 the soprano 4
returned 10 her mothers house at 4
Honolulu for her marriage with 4
Mr.. Charles Turner. who followed 4
her there from America The
pair then paid their first visit 10
and founded the Mon
tague-Turner Opera Company.
which afterwards endured so
many years. Their debut was at
the Sydney Gaiety Theatre, with
a east which included Mr.. Edward
Farley as baritone. Miss Lambert
as cOntralto. and Mr.. Gordon as
bass. VI. Leon Caron conducted
this season. which lasted two
and during which, 10
crowded houses. Mariana and
= Bohemian Girl" each ran three
weeks The tenor and the so
pranO sang together every night
for four years with hardly break,
and early in 1885 they returned 10
New York and filed important
engagements with Madame Thur
ber's famous opera company.
With this company the pair ap-
peared as Elsa and Lohengrin in
New York Boston and Chicago