The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-03-25


OFF the stage. Possibly intensity is adj
ded to this feeling by III knowledge
tina. the artist in public is accessible
to anybody who can pay to hear him.
II IS only 10 the privileged few that the
grand opera singers are revealed as
they exist in reality. They are OF
course. in public life somewhat the
same that they are in private, as the
traits of personality are not to be
Wholly concealed any more han phys
zeal peculisrities are. but there are
always interesting points OF difference.
Jean de Reszke gives up nearly every
pleasure in life to the preservatlc9 OF
his voice during the time he IS singing
Practically he is "A prisoner in the
rooms of his hotel for the New York
season. He sings at least twice week
and naturally sees nobody on the day
he is to appear. Nor does ne leave
the house. unless it be to visit the phy-
stefan who takes care of his throat
Sometimes he and his brother take
walk. but their priRCipal physical eX-
ercise is confined to their rooms, where
ti.eir skill in lifting heavy Weights-for
which chairs, tables and other art-
cles of furniture usually serve-aston-
ishes their friends. Jean can tear
pack of cards in two without appar-
ent exertion, and Edouard is just as
powerful
Both are admirable mimics. Jean can
initiate with irresistible humor his as
s0ciates IN the opera company, and en-
joymept of this power is never dimin-
ished by the presence of malice. Ed
Guard stopped singing in concert be-
cause Jean once, for his benefit, imi-
tated his manner when he appeared on
the platform in evening dress bearing
a Oh of music in his white-g owed
hands At the piano. either brother
en- delight his hearers for hours with
limitations Of the voices, manners or
Interpretation of singers. National pc
culiarities particularly appeal TO Jean.
He is irresistibly comic when initiating
the wcltzing of an American college
student he saw the steamer, or the
vocal peculiarities of a singer in a
music hall here and in London. 1t is
Jean who. in spite of his greater fame,
is the more devoted musician of the
two De Reszkes. His principal interest
outside of his arts is in his racing sta
bic. maintained at his home in Poland,
and he takes his pleasure in vacation
chiefly out of this feature of his coun-
try home. But he spends much of his
-acation time at the piano, studying
roles he is never likely TO sing, re-
freshing himself in his old repertoire
or trying new music that happens TO
come under his notice. EdOuarC is, on
the other hand, much more likely TO
be found q the billiard table Tt would
be hard To say which of the two is
more popular among their colleagues.
III but the tenors are devoted to Jean
de Reszke, while even the basses pre-
tend to love EdOusrd.
Albert Saleza. who spelt his name
with "a final RI before he became a
famous tenor, has seven brothers who
sing, and at least one of them has
better voice, according to the tenOr's
story, than he himself. But this
brother is so unmusical by nature that
he has never been able to make use of
his gift Albert had lived in Burgess
in the lower Pyrenees, until he reached
the age of 20, and had never thought
that an operate career law before him
or even that he lad voice good
enough to make anything of the kini
possible. a friend volunteered to pay
Tor his musical education if he wanted
10 go TO Paris to study He accepted
the offer, and when ne went to Paris
spoke the patOis of his cwn land SO
perSistentiy that he had to study the
French of Paris.FMOTe than any of the
otter singers OF renov-n today, is he
child of nature. He insists, in New
York, that the place in which he
dwells shall be flooded with sunlight
il may have other characteristics hut
the sun must shine through the win
dows. Persons have seen him on the
streets standing perfectly still or walk
ing backward and forward within
small space. They may have Won
dered at this performance. But his
friends know that be is enjoying the
sunlight that HAPPENS to fall with es-
pecial warmth on SOM particular spot
Nine Marcella Sembrich has been
called plump compendium Of music
and that phrase describes fairly
enough tie musical temperament of
this greet singer. Her whole life has
been deN oted to music, and she might
have become famous in two other
branches had she not elected to become
T. a singer At the age Of 10 years she
had already mastered the violin and
mao occasionally appeared in u1bIic a g
a youthful phenomenon of the piano
tOrte- When she discovered her voice
and the professors told her that she
might some day be the successor @
the Sfc.1s Patti, it was her musical
genius that helped her on. for Mime.
orich IN reality spent less than
Two years in actual study With q sing
1Ig teacher Jean de ReszKe's instrJc-
tim dlu not continue much IOnEe~
what she subsequently acquired came
ION her own work. Nine. Sem briCb
now spends half her leisure time at
me piano ausic Is not only her pro-
fession. but her diversion She is fire.
1uently alone. and at these times she
is always to be found at the pfano In
the Conservatory Of Music at 81 Pet
ersburg there is a Scholsr shin called
after her This was founded on the
receipts from concert that Mime
Sem5rich gave Eve years ago. The
were piano numbers and the others
were divided between the violin and
the voice. Nine Sembricn was the
only performer. Since that ti'ae she
has never touched the violin in public.
and rarely plays at all although her
instrument. a rare Amati. is kent al
ways in condition MD.e- Sembrich
ShunS the social 2tte1tiOns paid To
celebrities, accepting them only when
she must. Her first advice to every
student of singing who comes to her
is Ia learn some instrument well as
f6at knowledge is of the gravcst as
Slstance to a singer She has sung
now since 1891, and unlike many other
great singers. served no obscure an
premiership. She was famous all over
the world after she had been heard
FOR a year in Dresden. She is now
g nd IS at the height. of her powers
Mile Emma Calve is particular about
me title prefiXed To her name because
she IS almost the only woman among
trtists OF her class who has never been
married. She likes to have that facr
impressed on the pubic by being called
Mile. She has been i'm bad health
Tor two years. She has become inter-
ssted ~ the teachings Of Buddhism
and determined that a pilgrimage to
India you'd do more than anything
else TO restore her health. Doctors
Tod her that a certain course of treat