The Portland daily press., 1900-04-21
Sehumann.IIeink, BlauVelt, Cam
panari and Davies.
Programme Which Even
Excels Previous Years.
Nineteen Hundred Festival Will
Be Best In History.

Mr.. William r. Chapman has virtual
ly completed his arrangements for the
festi walls in Portland and Bangor In o.
toter. He has engaged the famous con
tralto Schumann- Hsink. Madame Blau-
velt, who was heard with 20 much pleas
ure here two years age, Canpansri. the
famous tenor, Frangicou Davis, who
appeared In Elijah two years ago. Rich
ard Burmeister. the pianist, hssidss local
talent Including Miss katherine Kicker,
Miss henriettA Rice, Mr.. E. Elmonts
Giles and oshsrs to be announced later.
Mr.. Chapman has been able 20 provide
for 1.-THE great expense which this pre-
gramms involves by arranging for q
combination with festivals In Vermont
and New Hampshire and In Worcester.
Mr., Chapman seems to have outdone his
previous effort, this time. and that 10
saying q great deal for he has already
given the Maine people By far the high
est class musical entertainments they
have ever heard. Sketches of the leading
artists follow;
LILLIAN BLAUvELT.
Lillian Blauvelt comes from an old
Kuiokerbooksr family, and 10 native Of
Brooklyn, N. Y. She began the study
Of the violin when seven years old and
during the year following played In
many concerts. When later on 1t became
evident that she was the possessor Of a
remarkable vo!cs abe gave mp the violin,
and with some vocal study she became
the solo soprano at Plymouth church.
After studying two ysars with Mons.
Jacques Bouhy Of the Grand Opera, Parif,
Mime. Blauvelt sang for the following
two years in concert and opera In the
principal capitals Of Europe. She was
heard In 81. Petersburg and Moscow.
where the young American met with
very great success. gifts End souvenirs
being showersd upon her BY the euthusi-
astic Russians. Mime. Blauvelt returned
10 America seven years ago. ana sang In
the most important concerts throughout
the country under the direction OF Anton
Seidl, Walter Damrosoh, w. X. Chap
man, Frank Van der Stuoksn. Theodore
Thomas, Emil Paur, Arthur Niokisob,
and others. In 1897, after her success at
the Maine Festivals. she returned to Eur
ope where her success In England and Ger
many was simply enormous, costly gifts
having bestowed upon her BY Royalty,
Queen Victoria presented her with me-
dallion with the letters "v. R." In ru-
bles, surrounded with diamonds. From
Queen Marguerite Of Italy, she re-
ceived handsome and costly souvenirs
after her delightful singing in the Verdi
Raquiem." at the Royal Academic Santa
Caecilia In Rome. Mime. Blauvelt has re-
GENTLY sung principally in England, and
lately received an invitation to sing at
Buckingham Palace before the Prince
and Princess Viotoria of Wales, the
Duke and Duchess Of Connaught, Prince
and Princess Christian Of Schlsswig-
Holstein, and others. Again she was
commanded by Queen Victoria to appear
at Windsor Castle, where she sang with
the Royal orchestra, under the direction
Of Sir Walter Parratt, where abe was re-
qussted to sing Verdi's "Sicilian Yes.
ers'' and Ambrose Thomas's "Connais
tn 10 pays" After the concert costly
bracelet Of pearls was presented to her
with large CLASP, bearing the Qusen's
monogram and crown. Nine. Blauvslt