Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-12-27

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JEAN DE REsZKE.
here or who for business rather than
artistic reasons remain abroad. One
instance of these is Ignace Paderewski.
His tours here are more profitable than
those ever undertaken by any other
single performer, but they could not be
repeated annually, and an interval of
one or two seasons is always necessary
in order to make the returns from ev-
cry tour anything like 81 large as they
have been in the past. For the same
reason Mile. Calve. who sings practical
ly but two roles nowadays. must wait
ious to see her in Carmen" or Faust"
before she again returns. Similar mo-
tives explain the absence of the few
great artists who are hot to be before
the American public this year.
Among the worlds great singers to
be heard here during the winter are
Jean de Reszke Ernest Van Dyck, AL
bert SaleZa. EJouard de Reszke, Pol
Plancon, Antonio Scott, Giuseppe Cam
panari, Theodor Bertram. Marcella
Sembrich. Milka Ternina, Nellie Melba,
Lillian Nordica. Johanna Gadski and
Ernestine Schumann-iIeink. Lucienne
Rreval and Margaret MacIntyre, who
are to be heard for the first time in
this country in opera, are interesting
because of the national elements they
represent. Mile. Breval embOdies the
traditions of the National Academy OF
Music of France, which is the formal
title of the grand opera house In Paris.
Miss MacIntyre is English and Is the
first English woDlan to be heard III
grand opera here, for Nine. Albani
was born in this country.
Jean de Reszke's visit has particular
significance this year because 1t will
in all probability be his last. He Is
still much younger than the great
Mario, who sang until he was 81. But
NJ. de ResZke's year of retirement
which preceded his appearance last
spring in London did not improve his
vocal condition. and. although he is
today only 81 years old, he has Gvi-
Nlll - NhaI ~ SHS -
must some time have an end. II is
certainly true that 81 is a mature age
for Romeo, but for a tenor it Ia not
advanced when one considers that
Sims Reeves sang first in 1889 at the
age Of q and did not show signs Of
vocal weakness until he was more than
55. Another interesting incident OF the
Polish tenor's return this year Is the
compensation he is to receive. For
every performance he will get S2,45O,
the largest sum ever paid to a singer
here for Il appearance, and he will
sing twice a week during a season OF
at least 20 weeks. IN his last engage
ment he sang for $3.50 a perform.
ance. Previous to that year he had
received a fixed salary and a percent.
age of the RECEIPTS over a certain sum.
or his two associates, Albert Saleza
and Ernest Van Dyck, the former
may be said to be at the beginning Of
his career as one Of the great tenors
Of contemporary operate history, and
none seems so likely to take Nj. de
Reszke's place in the future. Ile is 80
and in the French repertory, such as
Romeo ct Juliette," Faust" and
Carmen" has already distinguished
himself over all the younger singers of
his time. The Wagner roles are still
uneXplored territory to him SO far az
his American career is concerned. al.
though ne has sung Siegmund In Par.
Is. But with such a tried singer Of
Wagner roles as Ernest Van Dyck near
him. there will be no need FOR the
French tenor to attempt that field Just
now. M. Van Dyck satisfies the dra.
matte requirements Of those roles, and
Jean de Reszke, If he continues in good
health, will be heard more frequently
In the Wagner operas than In the
other works which he has formerly
sung here. These three men are tho
greatest In their field that the Euro.
pean opera houses possess, and the
Polish singer is perhaps the greatest
tenor the stage has known. 1t Is In.
teresting, in view Of the degree to
which the United States monopolizes
the services of the great singers, that
M. de Reszke since he first sang here
ton wears ago has appearad In