The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-04
Magnificent Development of a
Wichita Mans Voice.
N0RDICA DISCOVERS HIM
In St. LouiS--HiS Name Geo.
c. Carne--USed to Live Here,

resident Of this city. a member Of the
choir Of the First Presbyterian church
be was an empioye of the Consolidated
Tank company and moved from here to
Missouri, later to St. Louis The St
Louis Post-Dispatch tells OF his progress
as follows:
voice which Nine Lillian Nordica
can call one Of the most remarkable she
ever heard must indeed be a remarkable
voice; for Nine. Nordica has heard a
great many, and She is familiar with the
great voices even as the owners are IA
milIar with her own
Yet the voice of George c. Carrie. a
St Louis tenor. is one Of the most re-
markable Nine Nordica has ever heard.
She so announced when she recently. sang
with him, and she took occasion TO 90 to
him and say:
If you cultivate your voice and your
physique you should take leading place
upon the operate stage; but not vet
you are too young. Study and work. and
the Developments that comes only with
years and experience viii make YOU the
artist You have the voice. and probably
the temperament. The rest must come
with time and growth"
sons mat A4-1A 4lltQ -NOAu4td came
from remarkable throat Dr. Goldstein.
an expert upon the physiology of voice
production, says it is like that Of Ellen
Beach Yaw, whose high notes are IA
nous. Carrie is said to have an unus-
uaIy long inside throat and short. broad
vocal chords capable Of high vibration.
His iarynx is situated an unusually long
distance from the vault. or sounding
board. Of the pharynx. which gives his
notes very high pitch.
Alfred Ernst. a critic. writes: George
Carrie gives promise Of being one Of the
leading operate lyric tenors of The world.
He has q most remarkable voice. exceed
fngly high sweet and Of unusual volume.
re has learned an he can in this country
and should go abroad and study under
the most advanced masters the things
that VIII make him capable Of undertake
ing great things. These contemplate The
more serious side Of music If he were
given tho opportunity to get this Euro
pean experience he would greatly repay
the interest taken in him. At present he |
has more points IN favor of developing /
Pinto q great lyric tenor than any know" |
When Nine Nord;ca was in ST. Louis /
last she sang in q sextette with Carrie |
and was delighted with the unusual quail
ity Of his voice. and remarked upon his
great promise. She gave him encourage
meut TO take up an operate career.
NIr. Carries voice IS remarkable for its
great range in the high register. He
sings two Octaves with much ease and
takes high C with great ease and fire.
qucncy He SINGS from c to d fat. two
octaves and q half tone De Reszke. who
IS the greatest robust tenor in the world
today. lacks one full tone Of going as
high rs Carrie and avoids high c. but he
IS n consummate artist i'm an respects.
Carrie is q member of the executive
committee Of the Apollo club and n con
cert lyric singer Of local note, but 7 hope
TO see him a great operate star. He is
young ambitious His physique particu-
larly ITS him for the role of an operate
lyric tenor lie is slender and has the
right temperament but he has not yet
been awakened to his musical possibfi-
ties & few years in Europe under the
best musical instructors and a life in
the proper musical atmosphere would
make him an artist.
Carrie is q Canadian. lie was horn in
St Thomas. Ontario. about % years ago.
For several years he lived in Hannibal,
Mo. and came To St Louis 10 take ad-
vantage Of the better musical facilities TO
be found here. For two years he has
studied under Mr.. Homer Moore, and in
that time has made wonderful progress;
but. In my opinion he is now ready to
60 abroad and there study the broader
principles of music. acting and deciama-
ton I hope u see him do so for the
sake of music. St Louis art and himself
for I am confident II he carries out the
promise lie now gives ne VIII make
great name for himself.
Carrie is musical freak I'm the con-
formation Of his throat which gives him
the power to create and sustain his won
1crfuny high notes.
Homer Moore his instructor. says
Mr. Carrie came to me about two
years ago At that time he could sing.
and his voice was there. but was not J
developed The method used IN produc-
ng Carries voice was in the development /
~ tone qualities and building UP the
muscles Of his throat and chest In that
time hc has been unusually Industrious.
and has learned the lyric parts from the
1peras ''t5ioconda" Lucia Aida.
.Die Nfeistcrsiager' and "WaI1ure' and
'Trovatore Faust and "Lohengroin
,ompIete- His hest work. however. viii
be in such operas as William Tell.
The Flying Dutchman." Martha" and (
ne French and italian works Besides
as operate work ne has completely mas
erred the oratories Elijah. Messiah /
IND the Creation. as wei as many 3
songs. This Is an enormous amount OF {
work for So young a man 20 have ac- s
'omrlished
The range Of Mr.. Carries voice is encr {
nous. lie can Sing % high 6 IN ten q
rinutes without apparent fatigue. ard n
with exceeding power and clarity. This /
,ower is oue 10 the peculiar formation I G
scularlv adapted 10 the production OF d
Ssh notes. and are II such fine quality 9
lat he can sustain any amount Of &
trairsawithout any perceptible breaking Z
own. His IorynN IS small and his vocal Il
hort and of great strength and nexi- c
Slit &
Mr Carrie. believe. IS TO be the best 8
moteur dramatic tenor ever heard in 81. y
-ouis. and With study would he able q G;
AXE his place IN the GIau or other great 81
pera companies and hold his own. He s
iags easily in Italian. but the German IS r
trlfle heavy for him. Z
Dr. NJ A. Goldstein. author Of "Physi- a
logy and Voice Production writes: "
George Carrie has been endowed by e
allure with throat capable az prodoc- q
ne extremely high notes with the slight r
81 amount az fatigue. Loryngoscopic cx- a
IMITATION reveals the fact that the vocal 81
Aords Of the bass and contralto are / q