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mated. and his reputation was finally s.tahlinhoa

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MSric;' TIE %n Prior r.t slSnCir T TaSIiSdGsG' H siEaSr
n: Massol; Ber,t,rarn. Carl Forncs. and Roberto.
ters Of MSSysr5cerfs Robert l. Di HSst II that Gaa svCr
appeared during this century, In it's italian YER
opera SiS%; ON Wick asS Sssse; given dhF2 Insaes, la saG sn sTs
s s1STs 81 rom 'ha his Us opening aria e the eliminating
Of R0Serfo was " one is%tIp,ios iftT ri@nss' SIa
matchiess voice and superb Acting carrying
everything before IT; and when the curtain fol
house greeted him, The London season was
now coming to q close; yet notwithstanding
igent was the demand for hearing Tamberiik in
Others that othello !" was produced on July is
w w,Lh III Srisi as y the D~sssdisTmsona which achieved .
OF that month for his appearance In the great
roic OF Etedkcr in conjunction With Nine. War
i havo been thus dlffuso In recording Signor
IamberiikS nrst season 10 London. and tho
which his debut was made, for tho simple reason
that this IVA the turning point in his profess
sional career, ana thcnceforth the path TO we'll
tainable was open and Within his grasp. 1t win
90 seon by the operas enumerated In which he
achieved the Same unqualified success, how
atversined was tho style and characteristics OF
fhe %Rsi9 a ss waS called SnS qPGn to 'ibn o,b ~ ,Ro clS
artist that no was, siFinosr Tamberlit was found
with equally brilliant success In either.
Tho career Of Tamberlik previous. to his ad-
Italy. was l his SirtR %SS % an Ddl' 1870 50 the y SS@ Of
his debut in London 50 years old, with a Truly
never been trined with or impaired By needless
absolutely younger in physique and voice than
me majority OF tenors. some years bis Junior.
fos ' the pri ss tho d;'mS, ns. being 81 ao RiitsG WiaS
q. good, tenor voice. at tho age Of II no
changed his mind. telling his parents that he
and singing with the renowned Msestri siGnorii
wSSensl he a WAS s sassEcd "t fp s sssdy yeaFs, w Sns
made his debut at, tho Theatre II Fondo in Ma
g Esn,d in ls4h l., the 49, oDsr. being II / 0s 2
lated to exhibit to advantage the future giant
tenor OF the ago.. nor did no achieve in 1t .
his voice had not then become settled in charao-
ter and quality, but was in q comparatively
tho grand Theatre San Carlo. With Better
success, but not satisfactory to his ambi.
fiSni FGr two Years rs. s ,,@Sq h no studied gSI.s!
took place in his vocal chords, and no b.
Old .eonfreres and maestros in the musical
world, a magnificent tenor robusto Of the highest
electric effect on the audience. forming the basis
OF his future grand reputation as "a
Barcelona DO and Madrid. nssT Spain. IN each Of
which eities he crested a Juror. In this
fused all offers from every impresario in Italy
until his previous described advent in Lon
s s%Sallli %na II fhe 1 4sssoP 81 B Bis Tsfu. si' %ss tEas n he
mSsn been he ns sasf rs at By { at sp sSs Thsstr I" # fondo
he iSarsS ySsrs sns 500 shs aftR yssr. ,%fsh
RFsiRttihs ss e co t9 = 1Esnfs Th2.i y t ts1 %a7ice iC Of
his maestro and friends, who told him that such
got 8 Soa an sng wSs saa% as sGSo 5p psT 3 month 9Po IN h his:
sing, just for spite Of his ,inpostor impresario,
would never pay tho hne o. 100000 francs.
and he kept his word. thus depriying his own
greatest tenor robusto Of the age.
In place of London hearing from Paris, and
taking Its cue from the latter city. as had pre-
viously been the invariable custom, 1t was Paris
that heard from London in the instance Of Tam
berlik, the news OF whose brilliant success was
tempting offers were made him., all of which no
declined, acceptingin preference an engagement
i r. tas iiPP sfftics 2p espit a s f. ps srsa;ed III IN H Taish
enthusiasm, remaining there for eighteen con-
secutive seasons the idol OF the operate public;
1t was here that he first sang In L Prophetic"
and other Of Meyerbeers operas, after hearing
him in which the great composer yainly endeay-
oIcu u lnuutt lam VI u D 7 dflS.t u Tic
he had an Masquerade objection. owing to his
dislike Of the language, the then recognized
s Saiisd. W %h iieRhE rendie aed + the slG Gltsaii npos shfi p ior
any artist. however great, unless Included in
the set" to achieys an honest success
In the mean time Tamborllk vibrated between
St Petersburg. Madrid. and London; 1t was
Duprez, in his decadence,. had been heard in
that role, and had disHPpointed public e%IReeta-
tenor tn satisfy thA ANi0Hnf dAmAnda nf the nnh-
lie; but Tamberlik, both as singer and actor,
fulfilled more than the most sanguine anticipa-
he could DO Induced to visit Paris. and then it
which he made his debut Lengthened denial
and long expectation had, perhaps, rendered tho
Partisan public UNUSUALLY eager to greet Tam.
IS arms. and he became the idol OF the day.
There was a freshness and vlgor about his voice
method q, Mario. Gardoni. casizolari, and others.
PsFisians, that Tanbsrlik at once asto9ishod
and delighted them. He was declared to no tho
s Singer s% a slineSins OF spIRt ssfsst Of es sSrpa SnG pf msris
which had never boon, previously awarded to
any, other lyric artist but Duprez when in tho
zenith Of his voice and popularity.
Tamberlik's Interpretation of OtheIlo, which
had been dead to the Parisinn. public since the
days Of Rubini, at once astonished and delighted
their faith on the dead swan OF BerRamo. and
the general patrons Of tho opera. while his
Arnoid in "William Tell" electrified the old-timo
worshippers OF Duprez and, Nourit, for they
delivered the ever patiently awaited ut DO
poitrine with effort, whlo Tamberlik not only
produced the high o from the chest with tho
EoId on to il without apparent sfort. rails.
Ing the public to the highest pitch Of on
Throughout that season and for several subse-
quent ones he was the undonbted reigning star
tenor o: the Paris-Italian Opera, 1t was con-
coded that he fully rlvalled ltubini in the deli
cIopsqnality Of his voice and its marvellous sym.
perfect method OF singing an ndagio move
ment and equal fexibility in tho most brilliant
ly sparkling succession of roulades; yet few were
aware that Rubinfs start ling high notes wero by
his wondrous falsetto voice and the facility no
had OF joining IL to his natural ono at any por-
ton OF tho register without. detection OF tho
changes facility which no other tenor who has
ever lived possessed-whil every note Of Tam
berlik's came clear from tho chest, and his sing
ing q mezza voce was delightful. Great as had
been his previous Parlsisa triumphs. u greater
success still was reserved for him when. In 1851,
he creAted tho role OF PoliutO: the thrilling
feryor OF voice and method he infused into tho
no u ~ the Thrtatian N mt w md hia upat,hlaaa