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

huBSId Only d lew LluueB uuu bOT u tluu'
tied number Of performances at the
Covent Garden season. He came here
a poor man and has . fortune now.
Both Mines. Sembrich and Melba,
the two greatest colature sopranos Of
their time are to be heard here. Nine.
Sembrich, who represents the art OF
song as 1t existed only in Adelina
Patti until her practical retirement be-
gan, will sing in song recitals and with
her own company in the It~alian'operas
with which her reputation is assOciat-
ed. The Polish soprano is the only wO-
man who occupies in a way the same
position before the public that Ignace
Paderewski does. Her song recitals
as given In New York and Boston last
winter require only her services and
an accompanist. As the profits Of
these performances amount to $1,000
on the average, she is to devote her
time to them and operate perform
ances in the cities not to be visited
by the opera company. Eminent with
her in the light colature operas Is Mel
lie Melba, who remained last winter
In Europe. She is the popular Margue-
rite and Juliette of audiences that are
satisfied with the natural beauty of
her flutelike voice and the brilliancy
of her vocalization in the ford music
Of these roles. Nine. Melba has.
through the possession Of these quail
ties in such a high degree, proved that
a oma may come to great fame on
the operate stage without the gift Of
histrionic ability. She has come to
fortune as well during the ten years
she has sung here. Nine. Melba
made her first appearance ID years ago
and came to New York in 1893. During
that first season she sang for 5000 a
performance. and this year her COM
pensation will be twice that sum.
Milka Ternina is one of he younger
artists for America, although her fame
in Germany has been established for
the last decade, and she came rather
inconspicuously to the United States
five years ago with n Of Walter
Damrosch's opera companies. Mile.
Ternina is regarded today as the great
est of the Wagnerian singers who are
to carry on the traditions Of the school
Of Lilli Lehman, Theresa Malten and
the great women who have left no sue.
cessors in their own country except
this soprano. She differs from them
in that her style Is less heroic and Wig.
orous, but she is superior to all in pos
sessing a method of song more finished
and artistic than any Of them ever
boosted. Mile. TerniOa is now ap
preaching the end of the thirties anc
is thus at the very height of her pow"
ers. Women as well trained as she
sing better at the age of 40 and there.
about than when they are younger,
and it requires indeed the full maturi.
ty of their talents to enable them to
do justice to the great dramatic roles
they interpret. Nine. flames has said
that she will not attempt Isolde until
she is 10, and that shows her concep-
ton Of the difficulties of the role. Mile.
Ternina Is a native Of Croatia. and her
first language was Italian. She has
lived in Germany since her musical
career began, and her education for
the lyric stage vas acquired from Ger
a teachers.
Nine. Schumann-Heink, ehe famous
Wagner'an contralto. returns under
particularly interesting circumstances.
as it is probable that she will not be
heard here after this season. Her large
family is kept In her home near Dres-
den, and she must be separated from
them during the greater part of every
year. She Is a member Of the company
at the Royal Opera House in Berlin and
has to be released on long leave Of alb
sence to come here for her American
tours. She has already told her friends
that she intends to remain in Germany
after this season and sing regularly in
Berlin.
The other notable figures in this CO.
hort Of great singers are Edouard de
Rcszke, Pol Plancon. Antonio Scott
and Giuseppe CAmpanari. These four
men lend themselves readily to classi.
tication. For natural beauty Of voice
Elouard de Reszle and Giuseppe Cam
panari would be named first, yet for
the highest finish and musicianship in
their art Pol Plancon and Antonio Scot
ii are more eminent.
OF the most distinguished American
singers, who are practically foreigners
so far as their way Of life goes and
come to their native land only to fill
their engagements and then return to
Europe. the most eminent will b.
missing this year. Nine. Emma Eames
Ii not In good health and will remain
at her home in Paris during the win
ter. Nine. Nordica Is to be heard
with the opera company, and 1t Is ra,h-
err against the tendency of operate
affairs that she is this year to receive
a higher compensation than she ever
did before. Nine. Nordica has sung
in opera since 1878, and it usually
happens that the earnings Of the wo.
men singers decline after a certain
period. Nine. Nordica took to tia
heavy Wagner roles, however. and be
gan five years ago an entirely new
career. which has brought her more
eminence than any Of her previous
efforts had. Her great success came
late. and it Is for that reason that she
is now receiving a larger salary than
she v e did before. Probably 100000
will be the extent of the profit from
her years work, and that Ia a sum
that ought to satisfy any singer, even
in the United States.