Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-09


ANNOUNCEMENTS O D
COates-The Kelcey-Shannon Company in The
Moth and the Flame" 2 and s p. m.
Grnnd-"wha. Happened TO Jones'" s .. m.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 2:o and Sis p. m
GiiIiss-Gay Rhea In An American Widow" go
and s:15 p. m.
BERLIN, Nov. s.-Max Alvary. the pop
ular German operate tenor. who sang dur
ing many seasons n the United States. Is
dead. He expired at Tabarg, Th~uringia.
1t was announced three months ago that
Alvary was impoverished and suffering
from cancer OF the stomach at his home
in Thuringia. Business losses, two years
OF enforced idleness ard the cost OF med
ical attendance, 1t was said, had swept
away his fortune, even his life insurance
being mortgaged to save his home he had
been building for his wife and children.
1t was further asserted that friends in
this country subscribed to a fund in his
behalf, hoping to save for Alvary's wife
and Children the home he had planned for
them in happier days.
The death of Alvary. though his illness
had made his friends apprehensive for a
long time, comes as a shock to the musical
world. for he was one of the most romantic
and potential figures in the Wagnerian
WIN az q liiut NlcN the great IeEUldu
masters music Is receiving beiated but
enthusiastic recognition. Tit great tenor
sang S!egtried and Loheugrin in Kansas
CITY with the Damrosch company in ISIS.
ana his magnificent voice and splendid
fisure Will be recalled as conspicuous fea-
lures Of that memorable opera season. II
was as Siesfried that he made his greatest
success. rms distinction was based upon
the TACT that he was precisely fitted for
the role both vocally and physically, and
the further fact that the role Is beyond the
feacn oil most tenOFS. II ia nor likely thar
We shall ever have a greater Siegfried than
Aivary. The strenuous defamation of the
part calls for a voice OF big volume and
an organism that is Utmost unsusceptible
10 exhaustion. The character, TO be rep
resented in accordance with the music
drama conceptions of Wagner, demands a
competent dramatic artist, and this latter
cess.
serves when he was still very young. His
father designed u merchant career for the
boy. out be preferred architecture, and
excelied In this profession early in life
ana applied his skill in his later years in
PaahnlnS a home and its furnishings at
ihGrihSia. IL was when he went to Italy
70 study architecture that he was encour-
aged oy Lamperti to study for the concert
stage. He succeeded in music and studied
oratori9 in Germany. He married against
me wishes Of his parents, and the cutting
on OF ms was directly RESPONSE
bic for his attempting opera. He went 10
eiinar and needed only to secure a hear
IL Il dL IIt
opera In this city that he was discovered
ny the elder Damrosch, who broughts aim
10 America, where he made a tremendous
success IN Wasnerian roles. After his sue
Gsss mere he easily made a reputation in
Europe. which is an Inversion Of the usual
order OF singing careers. but a demonstra-
ton OF the fact that art ard genius are
not sectional after all.
How characteristic of the people OK the
artlstic world that this great tenor. who
commanded enormous salaries. should have |
suffered during his last days for lack of
PROVIDENCE. and should have left a family
measurabiy dependent upon the profession
he had SO highly honoredi
Mr.. Jefferson L%eerberger. manager Of the
international Opera Company, which will
sing at the Coates next week. arrived yes
terday to make arrangements for the KAN |
Sas CITY engagement. Mr.. Leerberger, who |
mas brought Patti. Nordica and other big
musical attractions to Kansas City. and
VINO was for a long time connected with
the Grand ferces. bespeaks a most hearty
Endorsement for his artists here. The sale
N 7 GEafE Will nnan |