The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-09

wife until death. And as soon ss our
concert tour ends we will celebrate our
marriage, which no doubt will surprise
the musical world.
Thus in less than half an hour the
verbal contract of Parepa and Carl1 Ro-
sa's marriage was sealed, and was the
only witness who ever knew the secret
of this mysterious alliance.
AS soon as / left Parepa that evening
/ went to see Brignoi, who was anx-
iously waiting for me, and told him
that l had just left Parepa, who had
told me all about his very rude conduct
in leaving his seat by her and going to
sit beside "a strange woman.
ut was the grossest insult" said
to him, land there is 40 reparation for
it. Your love affair has ended forever. !"
Brignoli, who was the most indie
pendent artist that 1 have ever known
and who always had a long string OF
love affairs, said, with no regret what
ever: my dear De Vivo, it is all for
the best, as was always afraid to mar
ny her owing to her very jealous dispo-
sition. But am sorry to lose her friend
ship as she is one of the best compan-
ions have in the profession, and you,
who are such favorite friend of hers.
must use your endeavors to make us
friends again.
II will try" said, latter awhile
But do you know that she has just told
me that she is engaged to Carlo Rosae
l took supper with them in her parlor-
vr,t af& %In.
concert tour is over.
He was most astonished man ON
hearing this news.
"Bravissimol Good for poor Carlo.
who was the object of her derision," he
said "And like him, as he is nice
little gentleman, and wish them hap
piness
Before I left him l advised him to
write her very friendly letter, with an
apology, wishing her happy life with
her little Carlo, and I promised that L
would do the best could to revive their
friendship Before the marriage met
Parepa and Brignoli in New York and
succeeded in persuading Parepa to re-
new her friendship with him; also
arranged tour of concerts and operas
for the months of April and May, 1867,
under the title of the Parepa and Brign-
oil Concert and Opera company, and
| the result of that was that Parepa's and
Brignoli's shares Of profits were $1S,-
| 900 each.
The unexpected marriage, 50 much
| talked about, was not a failure, as -
| great many people thought it would be,
| but was q happy one, and during their
| residence here, from 1867 until the
month Of April, 1879, Parepa and Rosa
| had only one quarrel 1t happened at
the Fifth Avenue hotel in September,
1869. while was manager of the first
season of the Parepa Rosa English Opera
company. They disagreed as to the
choice of operas. And as Parepa was his
senior by a few years and had had more
experience, she liked to boss him, and
thought on that question that she was
right, as she was the great attraction
and was superior to him in Judgment
But Carlo did not like to be bossed, and
he left her in angry mood and ran away
She sent her servant to my house to tell
me that Carlo had run away at O'Clock
| and at ~ ndu uOb TCluluS0 ehN " eot,SS
me to search for him.
I Travelled all over the city In cat
for three hours, and at last L found
him, at midnight, at the Twenty-thiro
street ferry. He was very reluctant to
come to the hotel, but l persuaded him
10 come with me and gave him good
lesson on how to behave to his wife. IN
our arrival at their apartments gave
both a very good lecture, by which
pacified both, and several kisses followed
and very nice supper, with bottle OF
champagne From that time on, while
they resided here, they never had q
word of discussion, but loved each other
to distraction.
Poor Parepa Rosal That noble woman
and divine singer died at the age of 81
at her ACCOMPLISHMENT, i'll January, 1874.
She left a fortune of $50, 600 to Carlo
Her only desire in life was motherhood,
and her ambition as an English woman
was to establish the Carlo Rosa English
Opera company and to see her husband
knighted. Both aspirations she failed Il
see accomplished. When l was her man
ager, in May, 1868, she begged me Il
teach Carlo the business of manages
and said she would make him goot
conductor She was an excellent musi
clan, and she made him study ever,
night for two or three hours the scor'
of the opera to be given the following
night, teaching him how to conduct it
and after two years of practice he sue
ceeded in becoming good conductor
Sir Augustus Harris, in 1890, tool
him as partner in the reorganization
of the Drury Lane italian Opera com
! pany. In April of that year he and Har
ris, with Mancinelli. who was thei
conductor, went to Paris to buy tn
score of II Pescatori di Perle, to pre-
duce as novelty in the summer seasol
following. He got a severe cold II
crossing the channel and died four day
afterward at the Grand hotel, Paris.
am proud to say that l made him
good manager, and he made his nam
great in England, but he did not sue
coed in adding $40 - the fortune mad