The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-13
:.NoUs PRIMA DONNA
-o,se OF THE LIFE OF EMMA
" eAMEs-sToRY-
!. sioo Elsa in "Lohenerin" in
s s.,.ton en- the Evening of
= November 4.

~ IN the prima donna of the
4 Sri Metropolitan Opera company,
IN ri~ w. .areor in this city at the An.
II N the evening Of November IN
n1u !, Elsa IN the grand opera Lon
u fot horn in Shanghai, China, Of
4, rN .,srts on August 10, 1867 Her
a .hcn ,awver Of distinction prac-
" w ,r+crnatlonal courts. She re-
II, ns ,s,o-,ca when . years of age.
N sN wss a musician Of talent. In
u rmma Eab>ss was taken TO bostoh
= music under Miss Munger. In
a flU -, 10 Paris and resumed her
h Ss y. Nine Marchesl. In addition
u Sss .,c she here studied aud
BET ~ French language. In 1851
n sdea .nera "Romeo ana Jnllettc,
Il sa s,so ior the first time at the sa aa,ad
I. b g,tsnpsIs Nine. Patti was ehSused
u ~ u La number Of performances.
I lnl. ssrreoeement closed other artists
y hD ~ In her place, but proved unac-
d en " WY :. the Partisan public ana IL was
(, w, Gounod himself ensaSeu Mss IS,
st@ y 1850 she made her first DEBUT
4 3nrl - ,oge nj the Paris grand opera be
ir W. mo most critical audiences IN
& re os EVA sncceedng to a role that had
Il r. u 49, ~ sung by the most celebrated sing
~ dsy. Associated with such artists
Nh,otiers De Res2ke, aud singing IN
" IN language. 1t was indeed an uruehl
iTdIn lsns american girl of u. Her
r. STss Immediate and Overwhelming,
II So nrsss was unanimous In proclaim
/ W v, Triumph. Never, perhaps. before
voung and unknown singer maaS
p,ys opera house spontaneously
\ ist h.r salary on the day following
Mndrmed her engagement Tor Two
s . ,ro years In Paris. during which
avg ,ssacted herself In the role of Mar
III lel ~ Sraust" and in several other
XVI No accepted a London engagement
w n, a. tbr Coyent Garden. her first
~. there being as Marguerite In
I..t :" on April Z, 1891 Here she gained
q i,ureis with every successive perform
" "a added TO her repertoire three new
~ r,ss in "Lohengrin" in Italian,
A.srs IN the opera of that name, for
INK mari she had been coached 10y
"a .a.,a himself and Desdemona in "Othel-
n was here that she was engaged by
Maurice Grau. a..
~ sesson Miss Games went TO the coun-
\, herss Of a friend. near Windsor, Eng
"a and was married from her friend 5
f.usa on August l, 1891, IN the picturesque
Ia Aurch Of Bray, to Mr., Julian story,
If(aA we'll kn0Wn painter, SUI VI NHS ui9'
E,gulshed poet-sculptor who for so many
IN. mad made his home in Rome, and
r,pison Of the great American jurlst and
,itp Of the supreme court Joseph Story.
Nme flames. or Nine Eames-StOry, as
HI lad then become, sailed for New York
IA the following October and. although
h, had signed for period Of three months
nm the Abbey Grau organization, her sue
~ gss so pronounced from the very be-
6nng that she remained to the end of
W ne season at a much increased salary.
FL the close Of her first American season
In returned to London and after another
ss,ou there went to Madrid, where the
ms lndorsed the American, English and
Y French verdict concerning Nine. Eames
Eeit gifts,
"a ID 1890 Nine. Eames returned TO America
rs one Of the principal prime dome OF
Tvs chosen to open the new Metropolitan
rn house This she did In company with
De Messrs, de Reszke, In the opera Of
a TLast"
a From that time until the present Nine
lanes has sung regularly In London during
he season. and In America during the
vnter months with the exception Of the
@ison Of 1896. when Ill health obliged
4 10 70 decline the flatterng offer made her
b Nessrs Abbey & Grau, She took adj,
ytnare Of this perod or enforced rest to
'iHdT new rohs. and 10 work at the Ger
n,t anenagS Mica the purpose of reallz-
" The tpMti6h nourshed since the he
panlng Of ner studies, of singing Wagner
4 d It's original tongue
Retorerlnc her health she resumed her
4 ,ltgement with Mr.. Grau and now at
" age Of % she masters the leading roles
N twenty grand operaS