The age-herald., 1897-11-07

1 tAat way and snsaehed him up to fame, l the railway porte.s nf Mars illes, his 1 naive town, Supporting him for a time l so Campanini left his blacksmiths forge | to take singing lessons. The baritone 1 Callini, himself a pupil of Lamperti, | chanced to hsar Campanini at rehear- l sal and told Lampert of his marvel l lous voice. When the Maestro heard | him he was so charmed that he offered i to teach Campanini a year and half
 without payment Campanini then sang i in Cento, IPDuco in Rigoletto to the l Gilda Of Albani who was also pupil l of Lamperti. This was in 1873 During | that winter Tlbernni. a tenor at La I Selala, became i'll. Campanini was sug- l gested for the place. Three days pc. fore the performance he complained oA l hoarsness.
 Iamperti knew it was nervousness; | The physician who was called III ss4u s, u l eff he doss not sing now he never WILL | Campanini went on with the rehearsals l The night of the performance haHlp .,.a U | himself was so nervous he paced the street in front of La selala.
 Before the first act was over the all | dience rose with enthusiasm at lhe Sl4A l us. of Campanini
 l Lamperti and Donizetti were great | friends. Donizetti was the handsomest man in Milan, Lamperti the ugllest' On | one occasion Donizetto called 10 take Madame Iamperi out to game or biIuards. When she came down stairs he was sitting at a table in the porter | lodge hurriedly writing on sheet ol music paper. Wait moment, ne called out, until I finish. the last aetsol 'L'Elisr d'Amore."
 nrising to her to see the ups and doWis in the circumstances of many or ShS Ameiiean girls who were pupils Of Lam nerei They were always expecting re-
 influences from America. No matter how poor an American girl might be, or how much she had to scrimp herself Tor a whf.e a remittance was sure to come later on. They called America me Land of Remfstanees."
 There was "a time when a talented pu- pil of Lampsrti could always secure m opera,tic engagement through him, TOT he inpresario would cometo him for ar lists, but all changed even before ms death, because of the comp-tltion or American and Russian singers, who are not onlz paid, but actually pay for the privillge of appearing at the various opera houseis.
 In Italy sums are charged according TO the relative inportancs of the opera houses by the firms who control the rights of many of the operas gwen theie The sums thus paid by an opera house is called tsolpaIitit shrdlu cmfWy eta is called "lo spartito" Often singer who aspirss to appear in a certain op- era will go to an impresario and say: .sYou have So-and-So cast for that opera. Let me sing the part. l will pay 10 Spartito.'
 Mir. Hammerstein says thst Anna Held had nothing to do with his temporary assignment MT. Ziegfeld went so far as 10 say that if Anna Held was out Of the cast of La Poupela," MT. Hammer stein might as well lahrow his opera out of the back door, MT. Hammerstein thought to the contrary. It became Jnaittar of iua1ifisrPnpn 1O him. When Anna Held did not appear in the cast a large number of the audience left the Lyric Theatre, and called for return of their money. With such proceedings and the stage hands demanding to be paid, and. the orchestra and the chorus to be cut, this condition of affairs was obliged to assume large and interesting complications. The statement sent out by the dispatches that MT. Hammer stein has spent a great deal of money on La Poupee," and it has not been financially successful, tells the whole story.
 De Wolf Hopper, John Phillip Sousa, and Charles Klein met in Boston last week and the plans of the latter for thar new opera, '"The Charlatan," were finally approved. The work is to be completed during the next few months. Arrange ments have been made to produce it at the Knickerbocker theater next season.
 Otis Slxinner's new play, 'sPrince Ru- dolph," has proved successful
 The secretary of the navy at Wash ington has revoked his permit fer the marine band to play at the Chicago horse show, because of protests from Chi- cago musicians unions. Walter Thomas great success as Will fred Varney in Secret Service" has hpo,, li1ot tod 1xy Brule, in the Paris production of the play.
 Stamslaus C. de Saissone. who has sued Nat Goodwin for $15,000 for an alleged play manuscript unreturned, has also sued Minnie Sel.gman and Robert Cut ting Jr., for $5000 covering three more plays alleged to be in their possession. Charles Coghlan will begin his starring tour this month, presenting a new play of the George the XIV. period. Sir Henry Irving has had a chair of i'm structon in dramatic training indorsed l in his honor in the School of Expression, Boston, at which Sir Henry and Ellen Terry once read sele ctionS of Hamlet. Madam Modjeska will probably at the close of the season, open a dramatic school in New York.
 Margaret Mather has in contemplation | revival of Miss"
 John Templeton, once well known manager and the father of Fay Temple | ton, is in New York, engagedin writing plays and doing general literary work. ANNIE KENDRICK WALKER. Deafness Cannot Be Cured.
 
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