The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-06
PRETTY SINGER ARRIVES
sAvILLE, WHO Is TO APPEAR AT
ENGLISH'S TONIGHT.
to Which She Is Passionately
Devoted.

Frances Saville, who will sing at the
Symphony concert this evening, at Eng
lish's Opera House. arrived in the city yes
terday morning from Nashville, Tenn. and
is at the Denison. This is her first visit
TO Indianapolis. although many people will
remember her as member OF the Grau
opera company three years ago. The fates
have been extremely kind to Saville In
their bestowal of rich gifts. She Is en-
dowed with rare physical beauty. She has
beautiful gray eyes, clear and limpid.
which change when she speaks from gray
to blue, or seem almost black at the men,
ton of her art, which she loves. Her
hair is brown, with a reddish tinge in the
light, and a bewitching dimple sets of
charming face. Her manner is cordial and
gracious. which completes list Of attrac-
tions that make Madame Seville altogether
charming.
She has sung since she was a little child.
In fact, she says she does not remember
when she did not sing. Her father was
Dane, and her mother Parisienne. They
came to America shortly after their mar
riage and settled in California. There little
Frances and her fourteen sisters and broth
ers were born. While she was still very
young her parents moved to Australia,
and it was there Frances remained until
she went to Paris to study under Marchesi
in 1891. When asked about her training,
she said her mother was her only teacher,
except the short time she spent with Mar
chest preparing her for grand-opera roles
Her mother was a fine singer, she says,
and her father a born violinist Saville's
mother was pupil of Garcia, which en-
abled her to bestow on the daughter the
same training she herself had received.
ct can't remember when 1 began to take
music lessons" said Frances Saville. "but
always music has been a part Of my daily
life. and mother. who taught us all,
made the task labor Of love-" She said
that from the time she was a little tot she
sang at concerts and recitals, and when
she was eleven she was a soloist In
church. 1.-THE thing which awakened
within me the consciousness of musical
possibilities she said. was my first really
important appearance, which was with the
great Santley in the oratorio. Elijah"
Santley heard her sing and Immediately
engaged her for the soprano part. She
was then little over sixteen years old
and was engaged as an amateur, but she
was so successful that he urged her to en-
ter the profession. Later Sir Charles Halle
and Norman Neruda went to Australia on
a concert tour At the first performance.
the singer Of the company having proved
failure Saville was urged to take her
place. This proved the turning point In
her career. Having the consciousness OF
her own powers. she went to Europe In 1881.
and I'm 1892 made her debut Or her DEBUT
she tells the story. The opera was Romeo
and Juliet" and it was as the young
heroine Of that most romantic or dramas
she elected to make her first appearance.
IT was I'm Brussels, and her triumph is a
matter Of history. After the performance
the Queen sent for her to come to the royal
box She was so nervous from the trying
ordeal that her first reply to the Queens
greeting was in rather hating French,
given with a decided English accent AT
once the Queen noticed her discontinue
and addressed her in her own tongue, ana
said: "We will continue the conversation
I'm English" Saville has met the Car OF
Russia. who presented her with brooch
hearing the imperial crown. which she now
nossesses. along with other tokens from
the Emperor of Austria, the Queen OF Italy
and other sovereigns of Europe. She speaks
of her art lovingly. Her greatest roles are
Juliet. Manon and Violetta in "Travlata
Her repertoire, however, Is large ana COW
ers not only.the Italian school, but includes
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