Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-04-03
Stories and Gossip
of the Stage.

note, In connection with the announcement
Of the grand opera in this city by Mslba
Tn. signor Giuseppe Campanari
will sustain, the role OF riga
Rise Of 70. the misunderstanding inter-
csmo.n.d- mediary between Rosina and
~ her lover, the Duke Almavi-
..m va in the performance Of
Signor Giuseppe Campanar1 is one of the
foremost baritones upon the Italian stage
q to-day. Born in Veneto, he showed a
The cello was his favorite instrument, and
he was for some time a member Of tho
orchestra Of La Scala, Milan. There he
earnest study he appeared in opera houses
of Italy and Spain.
The season of 1ss4-'s5 he came to this
Sig. Leandro campanari, the well known
v%:clinist. He made Boston his home and
he Joined. as 'cellist. the Boston symphony
Concerts conc 4su until 1s sssssy When 1 he DECIDED sa eha to re-
turn to the stage. He was the 'cellist Of
1850. He had already sung in oratorio
and concert in Boston and other towns.
as III Verdf's requiem at a Handel and
Haydn concert in 1889, at an Apollo con-
cert in 1883 He had also sung in opera
in Boston.
Joining the Heinrichs opera company. he
C"Pagliacci') in New York, jun Is. 1888.
As a member Of the Abbey. schoefel and
Gran company he made his debut in New
er parts sung by him were Ford. in "Fal-
stan." which he created in this country:
Valentine, Germont. .Rigoletto. the high
ito. Amonastro, etc: He created the part
of Chillingworth in Mr.. Damrosch's Scar
lie. Letter.. when the first act and the
forest scene were sung for the first time
in Carnegie hail. January S. 1885.
After the demonstration which she made
OF her theatrical gifts to-day at the Fifth
hereafter need have no fear that her tai
Mis-. Robin. this. her native. country. says
a New York critic. The En-
rlakess glish stage gave her the OPP
' aptitude in a special line Of
diences will derive very positive pleasure
from those attainments. For the PERFORM
ance she gave of the role of Ibsen's
Of rare artistic import.
powerful play had ever been lone in En-
Geabier. is a role not Unlike i%1 Iago In hts its
Intellectual disregard for the moral law.
Gifted with unusual powers. she exerts
tiers not into her calculations when she
marries. 1t IL for power alone.
In her Interpretation OF this consistent
= lcAASA AA4o4 Slol oSkC1 AllSS kODll BHO"eu
herself to be an actress of consummate fin
ish and power. Miss Robins has a delight
full voice. low and powerful. and a perfect
enunciation. Her facial play is varied and
eloquent, and her movements are free and
natural.
According to a telegram from New York,
Eugene Ysaye, the violin virtuoso, will be
the successor of Anton Seidl in this coun-
try as the director of Wagner and Beetho-
ven concerts. Sigmund Ber-
q Infa n cav fn- afI
~ has closed a contract with
Succeeds Ysaye by which the latter will
SeidI. 9rganizs an otchsStFa compris-
with others Of his own se!ec-
ton. and will conduct it on the lines fol-
lowed by the dead master.
The orchestra that Ysaye will form will
be called Ysaye's orchestra. Although
Ysaye is known In this country only as a
head of an orchestra in Brussels. He was
born at Liege. Belgium. and received his
first lessons on the violin from his father.
who was a distinguished musician. After
ward he graduated from the conservatory
of his native town. He was appointed high
professor OF the Royal conservatory at
ton.
Madame Melba recently gave an interest
ing account of her first public appearance.
II was quite a young girl in Australia -
she said. when, notwithstanding the per-
sistent encouragement Of my father, who
was averse to the idea of a singers career
for me. 1 engaged a hall, and sent around
a notice to all my friends. saying that 1
proposed to give an entertainment which
hoped they would patronize; However.
toned the little scheme to my father. and
he. furious at my clandestine enterprise.
begged every one of his acGuaintances to
uphold his parental authority by ignoring
the performance. But even then l wasn't
disheartened. and when the day came 1
drove of to the hall. and at the hour an
| nOllnced for the commencement pf my com
cert stepped on to the piatform-to find my
self face to face with an audience of two.
And nobody else came"
One Of the funniest stories about the late
signor Nicolini. Madame PATHS husband.
is told by Colonel Mapleson. During the
progress of the Chicago festival" he says.
81 saw SiGnor Nicolini armed with what
appeared to be a thedolite. and accompa-
MED by a gentleman who, 1 fancy. was a
great geometrician, looking intently and
On which the letters composing Madame
PATHS name seemed to him not quite one
third larger than the letters composing the
name Of Mdlle: Nevada. AT last, abandon
ing all idea of scientific measurement, he
procured a ladder and, boldly mounted
the steps. ascertained, by. means Of a foot
iously been observing from afar We're in
deed a trifie less tall than by contract they
should have BEEN"
Before her breakdown Julia Arthur had
definitely planned to go TO England next
month on the very slowest of slow boats,
and rest awhile before starting in again to
hard study! Il love gray old London" she
said recently. There were many things /
learned there-and unlearned. No one could
have been kinder to me than Sir Henry
Irving. but 1 was anxious to come to my
own country. ! love best to play here. 1
hope to have in my next seasons roper
tory Camille. Rosalind. Parthenia and
Bailey Aldrich's Mercedes I saw Bailey