St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-04-04
INTERNATIONAL GRAND OPER-
ATTIC co.
A Musical Event Rocked for 81. Johns
bury.

DuFy'
This superb organization is making
tour OF the Middle and New England
states and will stop en- route to Boston
and present one evening of grand opera
at Music Hall, Wednesday, April 10.
This company is composed of artists who
have been associated with the principal
grand opera companies OF the world and
are brought together at great expense
to tour this continent and England. The
repertoire includes selections and acts of
grand opera from such masterpieces as
Tannhauser, Faust, Norma, Aida, Trova-
tore, Pagliacci, Romeo and Juliet, Caval-
leria Rusticana, Lohengrin, etc. All the
acts will be magni6cently costumed, sung
in English, and the scenery con plete in
every detail.
The personnel of the company is Miss
Grace Lee Carroll and Miss Clara Doug
las Carroll, sopranos; Miss Ethel Du Ere,
contralto; Mr.. William Stephens, tenor;
Mr.. Arthur Randolph Seaton, baritone:
Signor Comincio Gnarro, director and
pianist.
Miss Clara Douglas Carroll and Miss
Grace Lee Carroll are sisters and were
born in St. Louis. They are descendants
OF Charles Carroll of Carrollton Zone OF
the signers of the Declaration of indie
pendence) also cousins of Robert E. Lee
OF Virginia and the H on. Stephen A. Doug
las OF Illinois. Thousands of dollars
have been spent on their education.
They graduated under that world-re-
nowned instructor, Madame Marchesi,
Paris, who SO successfully prepared Mel
ba, Calve, Games, and many Others OF
note. OF Miss Clara Carroll's singing
the ST. Louis Globe Democrat says: "She
has achieved widely recognized success on
the concert stage. In personal appear
ance the young singer is exceedingly pre-
| possessing. Her vocal endowments are
rare. She phrases finely and has ample
volume for exacting grand opera roles
a sympathetic, well sustained tone, with
absolute purity"
Miss Du Ere is daughter of the South,
and decided brunette. AS child she
sang with remarkable power and ex-
preston, and was the object of wonder
among her relatives and friends, most of
whom were musicians OF no ordinary
ability. With artistic temperament, and
an inherent taste for music and marked
talent for singing, she was sent to Paris,
where she became the pupil of Nine.
| Marchesi, who predicted for her great
success. That Nine. Marchesi's predic-
ton has come true is borne out by
the fact that she was engaged as prima
donna conlralto in Brussels, Belgium,
also by Emma Juch, and has been associ-
ated with some of the best musical Or
CARNATIONS of both Europe and this
| country.
Of Mr. Stephens, the Baltimore Herald
says: William Stephens made his ap-
pearance in Trovatore and won great
favor. His voice is that of pure tenor
in quality, with an abundance of reserve
force. His mezzo-voice is especially excel
lent, and in his use of it even the most
insignificant notes and sylables were
fully delivered and well heard. His great
est success was in his singing of the "Di
Quellapira" and the scene with Leonora
preceding it. For this he received well
mefited double recall"
The New Orleans Picayune says of
Arthur Seaton that, "as the herald in
Lohengrin. he calls for especial COM
mendation for his admirable musical dec
fanatic in the prelminaries of the COM
bat scene"
The musical Director and pianist, Sig
nor Comiucio Gnarro. is a thorough art
list. He graduated at the Royal Con-
servatory Of Naples, Italy, with the high,
est donors possible to obtain, and was
thereupon engaged by Madame Adelina
Patti, being selected from over fifty appli-
cants. He has also been director and
pianist with Minnie Hauk. Metropolitan
Guerra House, New York; Emma Nevada,
Sofia Scalchi, Hinrichs' Opera Company,
and last season with Madame Melba
and the Ellis Opera Company, and is
now under one years contract as direct
or OF the International Grand operate
Company.
The costumes of the company are de-
serving of praise, being rich. handsome,
and eff ctive and the concert will be one
Of h..