The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-03
IN THE DOMAIN Of MUSIC
FORTHCOMING PRODUCTION OF
"ELIJAHp IS INTERESTING
MUSICAL CIRCLES
sEMBRIcH AND BENsAUDE
These Brilliant Grand Opera Artists
Will Delight a ST. Paul Au-
dience Feb. 27-Gad-
skis Career.

Inc forthcoming production of Men
}oelssohn's oratoria, Elijah" by the
St Paul Choral club is looked forward
TO with much interest not only by rnu-
slc1ans. but by the public generally The
SUCCESSFUL performance of this oratorio
means much, not only to the club itself,
Out TO the city. 1t means that a perna-
nent and independent choral organiza-
uon Will be an assured thing In ST Paul
Ii means that in the future music lovers
Will have an opportunity to hear fire.
quently a class of music that most sure
ly reaches the heart and that 1t is not
possible for them to hear unless there
is well organized and well trained local
chorus. The club-has been rehearsing
Elijah" since early in the fall under the
direction of Prof. G. H Normington.
Ihe oratorio will be given Tuesday even
ing, Feb. u, at the Peoples church The
solo1sts who have been engaged are all
well known artists. Gwilym Miles, the
famous Welsh baritone, sings the title
role. Mrs Jesslca De Wolf, when other
cities have delighted to praise this
season, is the soprano, and Mrs. Jane
Huntington Yale, the contralto. Mr.
Taylor. who has lately come from Eng
land, where he has been perfecting him
sell In oratorio work, Will sing the tenor
solos of Obadiah.
So dramatic is Elijah that 1t is
after the death of Mendelssohn said:
His Elijah is sublime. In my opinion
he never wrote anything finer; and as
suredly could not have written anything
loftier IN the future" 1t IS made up of
changing scenes full Of salient char
acteristics. The very beginning of the
oratorio strikes a new note. The over
ture Is pretaced by q brief recitative
Had Mendelssohn composed expressly
for an American audience that never set
ties down to listen until 1t hears the
human voice, one might have suspected
him of an innocent maneuver to procure
a hearing for the overture.
Reserved seats will be on sale at the
music store of W. j. Dyer & Bros,
and beginning Feb. Z, Thursday, for the
general public.
Nine. senbr1ch and the Grand Opera
company, which will give one grand
concert at the Peoples church, Feb. II,
under the direction of Mr.. C. L. Graft,
comprises brilliant artists Notably
among these, may be mentioned Maur-
izio Rensaude, baritone. This gentle
man not only possesses a fine baritone
voice, but is unequaled in dramatic art
by any grand opera baritone in the
world. He has made a grand success
In many operas in every part of the
world. His great success last season at
the Metropolitan opera house, New York
Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia and other
important cities Of this country, has
placed him in the front rank of grand
opera baritones. Possibly his greatest
achievement was his recent great sue
cess. at the Covelt Garden theater in
London in ''Boheme" (Which opera Ben
saude created in italy,, IN "Rigoletto,
Lucia" 1.-The Barber of Seville" and
oil
Bonci, Terrvina Melba, de Reszke, Plan
con and others. This great artists com
ing to St. Paul with the only Sembrich,
will indeed afford music lovers a rare
treat
Nine. Gadsld has just completed ten
years OF her artistic career, and is no
doubt looking back upon her progress
as proudly as are her friends. InJanuary,
1891, she was studying singing with Nine.
Anna Schroeder Chaloupka in her native
city, Stettin. She had been under this
teachers care for nine years, during
which time she had devoted herself chief
ly to tone production. Naturally enough
she knew many songs and had learned
one operatic role-that of Agathe In
Weber's "Freischutz." About Jan. g.
1891, she was asked to sing part at
the municipal theater. Local pride found
much qualification in her appearance,
and her success was so emphatic that
reports of it reached the ears of the mu-
steal powers in Berlin. Dr. Engel, direc-
tor of KolPs theater, engaged her at
once for his summer term. She learned
the part of Undine in Lortzing's opera
of that name, and with 1t effected her
formal entrance on the operate stage
In June She at once added Pamina in
1.-THE Magic Flute" and other operas to
her repertory, and remained at KrolIs
for three years, appearing in conjunction
with such singers as Sembrich, Lehman
and Klafslxy. The winter months were
spent in Mayence (where she met Herr
: H. TaUscher, who Is now her huSband)
Stettin and Bremen. Just as an engage
ment was offered by the Court opera
at Berlin, Mr.. Walter Damrosch heard
her and secured her services for his Ger
man opera company. Since then she has
devoted her services exclusively to the
United States and London, excepting in
the summer of 1899, when she sang the
part of Eva at all five of the perform
ances of die Meistersinger" in Bay
reuth.
A special song service will be given at
following programme has been prepared:
God Hath Appointed a Day." Tours;
brightest and Best Are the Sons,''
Buck; 1.-THE Lost Chord" Sullivan; Solo,
Mr.. Phillips, 'tIark, Hark, My Soul,''
Shelley.
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