Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-05-27
STATE FESTIVAL
Lovers of Music Will
Meet at Burlington
THIS SUMMER
Large Number Of Musical Ar
fists Are Engaged
THIS SUMMER
ESPECIAL TO THE TELEGRAM.)


Burlington, Vermont, May 27.-
The second annual State Festival OF
Music to be held at Burlington this
summer marks a wonderful advance
in Musical progress and enthusiasm
here in our state.
Mr.. Chapman will bring to Bur
lington the same great artists, the
same grand orchestra as will be heard
ia the other New England states and
it is hoped that the singers and
chOruses from other cities of this state
will feel an interest to give the finest
Festival on record.
Some of the artists were heard in
Vermont last year. but this only
serves to increase their powers Of at
traction, and it has been with the ex-
pressed wish of chorus and pubic that
Mr.. Chapman has made contracts Jh
the following great artists.
Sketches Of the lives OF some of
them have already been printed. We
give now a report Of Madame Suzanne
Adams the new star and prima donna
soprano Of the Grau Opera company,
will make her first appearance in
| Vermont at this Festival.
Madame Suzanne Adams who has
the enviable distinction Of being TIE
youngest Of oelshrsted prina donnas
now before the public, was born In
Cambridge, Mass. At an early age
she showed evidence Of the marvellous
gift which was soon to make her ia.
nous. At the age OF fifteen she was
sent toParis and began studying under
the supervision of Jaques Bouhy the
most successful teacher of the present
day.
The directors o. the Paris Grand
Opera having heard her sing, forGn-
with engaged her for three years, dur
ing which time she sang the role OF
Juliette, Marguerite, and Gilda Gin
Rigoletto), and many Others, winning
golden opinions and extraordinary sue
cess with the French public.
After the Paris contract had been
fulfilled, Madame Adams was heard
by Maurice Grau, the King of Impres.
arios, who signed a contract with her
for four years to sing at Covent Gar
den Opera in London and also ia
America. Madame Adams made her
debut in Chicago in November, 1898,
and since that time has sung with the
Grand Opera in all the principal cities
in America, returning always in the
spring to London to sing at Covert
Garden.
Madame Adams has been especially
favored by Royalty, and has quite
collection of valuable gifts which were
presented to her on the many occa-
sions when she sang before her late
Ma iesty Queen Victoria, both at Wind
sor Castle and buckingham Palace.
Madame Adams has sung at every
State Concert in London since 1898, a
record which is not held by any other
living singer. On three occasions
Madame Adams had the honor OF
singing in private before Her late Maj
esty, the Queen, at Windsor, who was
enchanted with her lovely fresh voice
and modest bearing of the young
singer.
Madame Adams voice is soprano
of lovely flute-like quality, most ap'
pealing in timbre; her execution is
quite faultless, the most difficult rou-
ladies', runs and trills being rendered
with the phenomenal facility which
adds to their etfec, ivenesS and charm.
She sings the florid music of"Queen
Marguerite" in the "Huguenots' in a
way which even aroused the enthusi-
asm of so severe critic as Philip
Hale OF Boston, where, by-the-by,
Madame Adams opened the season in
1901, singing in Faust and the Queen
in the "Huguenots" on two success
sive evenings.
In appearance Madame Adams is
singularly fortunate, her girlish figure
lovely eyes and hair, making her an
ideal Marguerite or Juliette.
| Madame Adams has been chosen to
create the leading role in Villiers
Stanford's new opera "Much Ado
About Nothing" which is to be pro-
duced for the first time at Covent
Garden, London, this month. She is
also to sing the leading role in Lalo' s
"Roi D'ys'' and "Mimi' in "La Bo.
heme" by Puccini, a role which is
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