The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-07-13
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tt~r Possession. Her ,pp~arsRre-
It-rr -..rrat sopranos ant. Their vsa,.

Gfaty. ought 10 h. On" II the wealthy ptima
duuna- - her country But iscau-r ,n"
sang almost exclusively N IN" Wager
op-ra.. she had lt'th' opportunity o" a.
,umulate n fortune like tho-. ~ some" other
singers II her day such o. Christine Nilsson
and I.lh Lehman. fOr instance
She wa for twenty-five wears "a member
~ the company ~ ia" Imperial Opera
House ~ Vienna. she sang In all ia. priu.
,Ipal opera houses Of Grrruanv and she
Wns. Of cnurSr. "a great Part 81 thc early
gIuri-s e Bayrp'h ~ u l. . surprise to
learn hat ~. must az Tins stage - her
career --ll her hums' and all IT, valuable
souvenirs II Ri,hdri Wagner aud traua
Il-yi and return to Vienna Co take up
teaching
She Is ~ drvo'c her time IN tho future
10 preparing singers for the operate stag.
She has a lsr-iui from the \I,aIua Opera
upu,. which mus amount go enough To-
sup-sprt her. ain, ugh y naturally docs
ro; suiic, 20 MAINTAIN her how" m "a"
-tvIc -hr wa IN tue nahi uf k'-'p.ig up
rrau Mai,rua came To- lhi- country Tor
the ..snnd tim. IN lSaI long after her artistic
p,Wcr- hal begun q, fail and wt"u -he had
,sr,Wu clurmuu-lv cprpul"ut ~" sang her"
IA ,puc,r- and IN a few sporadic Wagner
porf1r mar,,,- arrar gel hv Walter Damro~rh.
Then, were .tiIl Traces e her Old puwor
shown when she sang her" first a few times
tu concert wears before although - VA. ,ut
# a. question for her al tha, time q" mako
a career hcrr And m that TACT Lies 'h"
prnh,hl. cai-.. - her %cumparativ" =. y"r'y
to-day Lilli lsLInaun cantd th" greater
mar, 81 her FORUM. here and wa the first
go. b.. L. ~
Wnlir FRAU Mat"rua wa, ~ ih" golden
to,- Il n"r care-r a. Vienna. Their" was D."
t.rt man uuera IN hi. luutry and "a NORMAN
',r,,i for her u"tfurmauc" ut tl" Nagr"r~u'
b.r,iurs ~a- not iu demand pauliu" lnC,a
had made fame here, hTt N" did not come
- AN exclusively German priina donna
And she wa. uf crur-". NOT l'~t known
through her interpretations Of III" Wagner
women
Although Frau Ma'erna, IN addition
10 l.. Hug the first II IA" raTatN -pIianv
a. the Vienna opera when n Was a. III"
hriph, ~ IT, fame, sang AZ all uf the N
rartarf German opera houses. Vet h"f
rarniug~ we're not larg" In
aud Austria. WagnrTian SIng"rs io hot
receive Arg" salaries for what are called
sguc-''uc appearances
IT,. arti-t- who get. for instance. 81 Oo
a. a.urtranC-. which is M" Limit In Ger
many. dp up, sing RuHHhiid, Fisd or
IalId. Ihry -luK IIoicud. Gtfd ur ~urr-
.'r.r Italian heroine Those salaries ar"
given ,p 10. famous culuratur" SOPRANOS
IT,. uuuir aud ne manager pay 49, much
NOV. tf'.uiuu 80 ih" genera impression
Of rI- Wagner ur"rs~ that fr"V do NOT
,.r-.i,, u worth wnilr go have una singer
especially good - long a. No" ensemble"
satisfactory The G"ruau stars do
,rp..r e, the various tt.a' rr-. hut they
a.. up' receive brR" -,.m- Tor 'h"ir scr
Nt,,'-
At ia. Met ruuulitau -Nrtv year wnuted to
sing IN Berlin. wtpr. ~. had never APP
feared H"r aray"r entered into me-
g.'fatiou- with 'h" direction 'i ~" opera
I,u-" ih"r" l. raur'u- tNR' thI- 80
piano mos, popular i"'"~ az" Elsa FRA
at RI srh'h
o.. i,r.'pr - -" theatre '.,i ~" man
a,,r =. 70 bee would l' very glad =" "n-tg"
fi. 81. r.asu Tor Nv arI'%afauc"- a. $50
a I"'itru duvr ~" ",lfaIu"d 'ta' %"
,..I.II g'' all fU" good niger To- those
rr.,- 'Na' h" needed o. a lower tlgu'".
aru had. ird..d. iu hi~ employ r"gulnrlv
-.ug.r- Who would o." IuI'H a. satisfactory
I'D, rN. yuN.i, whu cam" 90 hear 'a" opera
and r.' lU" singer
Buf o. - fu." W"f" Loco. \ i'" H 'i
RYslru ry.fyfhlug d'i.ui'4i uu the woman
Who -tug amt ~" IgiIv cam" simply u"
hear N,r u wa-. f.'riHr" IS'~-lu." 'u nav
leo 'H. famous singer Il these Istrt- a arg"
-IIm iur q lunlt,i uumi-'r oi dll-'aran''~
Rur for 'l" Interpreters ~ 10" Nhgi'r
J ru u- 'n,r. Wa NO. such ui-rai cuiuI-i~iL'r
frlm tins ~ viii he uut-r-tCot rUN
Frau Natrrua mover zeal - what sn"
might IaN. ipu" Wttu Lvr reputation and
gr4f abilities n -ho had sung for '"n or
hi'...u wears Hot"
N'V cam" h'T'' 'ur a -''tl'- ~ concert
engagements At o.. great music festival
r tI,. seventh Regiment hrm,ry u l>>2
with NM Win. Al"mlrU ard Sara, 'h"
tenor and the l.trv me- hIt remained here
-u,h a -hnft TIM. that -'c mai" very li'l"
iuur~.Iur Wien Ernest Van bNek Wa
ir 'hl. rn.uir, 10" todd an amusing an'-c-
/ t,,. # titus Wit IF a." rhr,- III g'rs from
] '. Ni.r,, Df-ra UYu-. 10 'hi~ country
u.. 49,, yvr,,,. l,m. after IN first ap-
p.gr,r,. That Io had met with great sue
,-.- .tNuupN Ice Wa sorry ~ haN" 80
VIII. rl,, both r.,nr Scara and Nlt"rua
l,I Tan y,,y ,.iiIy tr.,,.si wv IN" cr'ios
,rilaH mad, httir impr---i, n ON 'hc public
Sro,,- friend learned from nt. first
l.,,., 80 I, b,I uaI. a real triumph.
I.t b.. u,. ..rrv u, have ~ add that li~
90. a., ,.,u.aytn. from fI. Dl.sra huu~r
t,I ,,...rtU.I,i nI-.I..lv nothing and
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