The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-19


has the following:
A Times reporter had q delightful chat
yesterday with Lillian BIauvelt- Penuie-
tom who sings tonight at the Lyceum
theatre with the Apollo club. Ihe ar
fist was seen at the residences OF fraulein
Sohoen-Rene, with whom she IL Wishing
during her stay In the city.
Mime. Blauvelt is the same beautlIui
and gracious woman, and, notwitn-
standing her triumphs abroad during Toe
past three years, is as modest ana IN
affected as ever. When asked II she was
loyal to her country, she replied:
Indeed am, but you know concert
singer must go where the Held 10 AND
there seems to be demand for me
day" --lnughingly-"wh 1 make my
fortune, 1 am going to build my castle
on the Hudson"
In speaking OF her success abroad che
said; "They have all been 80 kind 60 me
over there. have sung In all the large
cities. before royalty, and have received
such encouragement from them az;
sang at the first production OF 'hih-
washa,' which was conducted BY the
composer, Coleridge Taylor. MIR. Taylor
is an African. you know, and . really
wonderful man.
TALKED WITH THE QUEEN.
81 sang at buckingham palacs. too
aud the queen talked to me twenty min
utes about my voice and art and ex-
pressed herself as much plesaed with my
singing. She gave me beautiful medal
The queen requested me to sing the So
iIian Vespers,' one OF the numbers l am
to sing at the Minneapolis ooncert.
''Do you know, the Prince OF Wales,
who was present, paid me quite compli-
ment as to my linguistic abilities. sang
a French song and later, while seated be-
side Miss Susanne Adams and Marie bre-
ma, the prince came over and spoke TO
Miss Adams In English, addressed Miss
Brema in German, and then turned to
me and spoke In French, and answered
in the same language. In the English
court everything IL 80 formal, but the
Italian court Is delightfully."- homelike and
Queen Marguerite and Princess Helene,
who is now queen, were so lovely TO me.
"Queen Marguerite is q beautiful wom-
an, with a great mass OF real golden hair,
and the most charming manners. she
10 especially fond OF Brahmss songs and
would come to the piano and stand near
me as l sang, and talked as freely and
Informally as NE are talking now. She
had q long list Of songs written on the
bsck OF sheet or my music which she
asked me to learn and sing for her the
next time / came to Italy. She gave me
q large picture OF herself, with the GATE
written on 1t, of the first time she heard
me sing. She also gave me a beautiful
medal, which shall wear at your CON-
CERT.
When asked II she Intended to enter
opera, rs has been SO persistently ru-
mored, Mime. Blauvelt replied:
EXPECTS TO RETURN TO OPERA.
81 made my debut in opera and some
day shall probably go back to 1t, but
not just yet. You know, all the young
singers want TO rush into opera the tirtt
thing, and so there Is a scarcity OF good
concert and oratorio singers. The Held
Ia too large to abandon 1t yet. Besides, l
feel that my concert work will help me
In operatic work. for the voice has TO be
so well poised, the art so finished and all
the little details so carefully studied to
become n successful concert singer.
'In opera you have tee scenic effects,
the inspiration or the orchestra and your
fellow artists and the greater freedom OF
dramatic expression, SO that defects are
not so apparent. l have studied the lam
guages, dramatic art, and everything
necessary to become an operate singer"
Mime. Biauvels has already recsived
offers from the Opera Comique, Paris;
La Scala, Milan; Royal Opera house,
St. Petersburg anc Eerlin; the Maurice
Grau Opera company, and many others
to enter oDera,
my tour this year." she continued,
covers "a, 900 miles. Next year / shall
return TO America for only eight weeks
OF concert work, but Will go to Germany,
Italy, England, Scotland and Wales. Mr..
Pendlston and are going to visit Schu-
mann-Heink In Germany during the
coming summer. All the great artists
have shown me so much kindness and
announcement that my sojurn abroad is
delightful, but some day l shall stay
most of the time at home"