The sun., 1897-10-25

"Ihave sung in Russia for ten winters" Nine.
Sembrich said yesterday. and I was never
afraid at any time to take a walk every day,
however cold 1t was. The cold could stand
easily, and there was never any danger to my
voice. But New York, with the cold weather
one day and its warm weather the next, is too
dangerous for any singer unaccustomed to it
30 have tried to avoid risk by staying in my
room all the time Maybe shall go out when
It looks as though the weather was to continue
the same for several hours. But expect to re-
main indoors until I have made my debut"
Nine. Sembrich has N ade her rooms at the hotel
homelike In the customary prima donna fashion
with photographs and flowers. Royalty usually
predominates among the portraits, but Mime.
Sembrich has varied this scheme Of decoration
with some photographs Of moro personal ma.
ture. These include pictures of her two sturdy
young sons who are now busy at their studies
IN Dresden.
"They will never be musicians" their mother
says, without trace Of regret in her voice,
"for they seem to have no talents Of that kind.
They study n,iisic just as other children do but
neither one Of them has shown any gift for it."
This is n rather unusual exception to the laws
OF heredty, as their father is musician and is
professor at the conservatory in Dresden
when he is not travelling with his wife. Dr.
Wilhelm StenGler is his name, and there never
was prma donna's husband on these shores
who was enabled, by his beard and spectacles,
to present quite so serious an appearance.
Nine. S, ,mbrich is Pole by birth. and by
training cosmopolitan as the rest of her pro-
fesson. Sho speaks English with some fuency
and her accomplishments in the limo of Ian.
besides heL native tongue. Any one OF these is
likely to be drawn upon when the most ex-
English and clings to it. In view OF the amount
Of practice she has had. her skill in it is consd-
Nobody knows how much I regret not to re-
appear acre in opera, she said but am in hopes
i may be possible at some other time. hear
The Americans like concerts now, and maybe
opera. And the Wagner operas are nowadays
of SEVILLE and The Daughter OF the Regiment
sS"nSs 0Gd oe =, If the people got
fer 70 ' Sing seI the % Mozart eperas. hs hNso
the music Of, them better than any other
IL The hs Italian 0Ta GTs oyes sSs %hS ps
and think that among all the Italian roles
love that the best. But suppose that these
. Justice. ! often wonder where tie singers are
operas. and there are none who will be ole to
take the place Of the singers who have been
women to come from who will take the places
81 Lilli Lehmann. Theresa Malten and Rosa
sucher s There % is none in Germany. Certainly
Tho art OF singing seems to be dead there. IL
one can judge from the methods OF the young
Italian singers. One case shows striEingly the
way in which the art has declined. Only short
time before !cit Europe heard young woman
the Italian plima donnas. She is a charming
presence on the stage and n delightful actress.
ef IS not is nearly hs gone 80 her S
she ought TO be reaching tho best period
81 no is saaSess sS%S to S an Asrs s@a @
one thing, and the style of Italian music
written n do not Gem N hlie sin< ng. ts
~ a A nr nrt tun in
WI ch h learn some opcrns OF the cd rep'r-
toire, tmy 60 on he stage Then :, g. 'egn to
or tn m, the Wagner operas, and within few
Years their VOICES are gone. Blu above ~. IT is
their poor training. wasa pupil OF the o der
iamperti ana 'yhe he died one OF the best was
know what the best methods o The old singers
T., were. Adcna Patti, bove verybody else. Is a
I singer. She knows all about tho art that can
| pc Taught: Marchesi Is great teacher. and SO
is Artot-Padiln. But there are so few teach
| now that the absence of well-trained singers Is
J not surprising, One need think only of the work
that used 10 be necessary to see the difference
now. Formerly years Of study were necessary.
now within a few months girl thinks that she
voice. then SUCCESS is possible in the heavier
Is F.S' for ThSy e need ID no singing all that
he et womGn nn r.. who would sing Elsa, ilsabeth,
With the exception of occasional appearances
at Covcnt Garden, Mmc Sembrich has OF recent
efos or "StS % %nS on the Continent Three
spent IN ST. Petersburg. Then the rest of tho
year ya has, mas been divided amol Austria. Germany.
~ have sung before three Cars in Russia" 4"
MN me, m ssmbrich @ said and It was only week be.
before Alexander H.. He was in mourning then
% Tor the czarlnai and only few persons were
present. Then sang during the season while
dasiS hcspre III ib WAS niye and after his
arc tremendously enthusiastic over their favor
ties, and with them the older operas are more
popular than in almost any country but Italy
with country SO cold 1t is astonishing to find
sthepeonc. SO warm in their feelings and ad-
'mirationS, They are nearly as enthusiastic in
But OF all audiences there are none so gratifying
ss thpse OF Paris TO an artist. There ono can
teei ne sympathy Of the listeners for everything
that Is well done When phrase is especially
well sung there 10 an apprecIative mur.
mur through the house vhich brings with il a
1th AUDIENCE in the world. They see n TO
know as well as the artist that this or that
bawg Snng nes ms, been % unusually well DONE md they
wa nave not sung in Paris since the last
sInns o. ION: ~ is nnlOrlunate that the condi.
know 81 GERS ~ appe r. there often"
os EosIks' i an sung with him at Monte Carlo
Petersburg, and the French woman has nc
greater grabe GInlrer than Nine. Sembrich.
n, Ser anG ,S tFHe artiSl she said, in speaking
can create wonderful effects. Her Carmen ID
Wqnderiul, ana her ,OPheiiu very fine. But nc
that CalvG does They would never be Hccented
from anybOdy hut her. She cOntriycs TO give
Them power OF her own which, astonishing az
bhe Goes them. Melba is u woman with n re-
mhrkhbly beautiful voice with a siiyery ouality
Anu mon. a IHadI GIH,Sarnesi such as one seldom hears
Anohg nan MhEherian performances have never
Sh SSoh any mug lhat impressed mo SO much al
59ehers Isolde. 1t seemed to me perfect. al