The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-10-28
GREAT MAN
AND ARTIST
Campanari, Great Baritone
Singer As He Is
AT HOME ON THE STAGE
His Two Dreams of Life and
Their Accomplishment
AT HOME ON THE STAGE
HIS PROGRAM TONIGHT.
PART !.

PART II.
a-Die Mainacht . J. Brahms
b-Re degIi Alui .... Schubert
c-My Heart and | .. Korbay
d-Saiior .......... Rubenstein
PART III.
a-contempIation ........ seppiIIi
b-serenata ---...-..---.... sePPiIli
c-Ai CaFnpi OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. LeVa
abba d'amore ...........- kronis
e-Serenata . LeVa.
Mr.. Joseph Campanari the great bari
tone who sings tonight at the Toler. is
q man, through and through When
seen by a reporter for the Eagle yes
j., terday he appeared as The man he is
and not as the artist. bur he has the
soul of an artist and the intellect OF a
wise man. His stature is small and his
physique very symmetrical In his room
ne dresses neatly in a sack coat, not
with the lackness Of a so-called genius
nor yet with the precision of a stage
god His clear brown eyes are mag
netic. His hair of shiny black waves is
combed straight back from his forehead.
and, when asked Mr.. Campanari said
he conbed it that way because he had
done so when a boy Two small feet
support his solidly built body. He wears
No. 6+2 ladies' size shoe and has them
hand made. low collar with broad
open front wish four-in-hand tie com
pletes his clothing but the description
of the man is not complete until one
thing is told that shows to how great
degree this great singer is a sensible
man. He has his white shirts made
with collar and cuffs attached.
Why" he explained. in English-Ital-
ian accents, 4 couldn't fool with this
button in behind and then this one here
IN front; then have it slip UP into my
neck II would make me collapse"
All these small personalities of signor
Canapaneri were learned from the bari
tone himself who gave them with as
little affectation as any truly great man
would.
fMr. Campanar. did you become great
because you were a geniuse"
No, no. l was not born with a great
voice; 1 worked for it, II is not the
great voice that makes the great singer,
7 1t is the soul He must be born with an
artistic temperament He must have the
power over his listeners When I go
upon the stage TO sing the people won
Ger. After the first song they say: Wei
he's pretty fine. but I work them up.
begin very softly and then higher and
higher, and higher until therei" And
the singer hit his right fist into the
palm Of the other hand.
What is this magnetsm2"
1T is something Of the soul It is
the same as when I see many beautiful
girls going before me They are ali besl-
tiful. but OF a sudden the one stands be
fore me. IL is not love that draws me
TO her. ! may gain her, and if ! DO
don't any longer lay awake nights think
ing Of her. The idea is gone.
An artist should not make himself
common. He should not try TO mix with
other people. We think different and
feel different, and like the one girl who
has drawn YOU TO her, when you once
know her she is no longer an ideal So
with the artist. I never care to meet
a great artist whom I have heard. Not
that 1 am not proud OF meeting them,
but it destroys the ideal 1t was like
this when I saw Salvini For three
nights / lay awake after seeing him play
Othello. I saw him three days later and
went up and talked with him. That
quick, the ideal I had formed was gone.
I met Dewey, and instead Of the
great hero he was a little, modest man.
Have ! great pride. you ask2 No. 1
do not care for great fame I know
that when I have lost my voice the pub
lie win not care the snap Of finger for
me. 1 do care TO please my audience.
just as You in giving something TO
someone would wish il TO make them
happy. Moreover. my success and as
all artists. my name and reputation are
at stake. If / should make one two.
three failures. no one would care 70
hear me. So it is that after ] havs got
ten through a nights performance I am
exhausted, wrecked. The straiB on the
soul. not the voice. is great However,
] am never the least Bit nervous on
going onto the stage.
In speaking Of his ambition and desire
for fame. Mr.. Campanar said
I have two dreams one OF these.
when I WAS a box was to 90 on the
stage. Now that I am on the stage my
dream is to be a farmer Not TO work.
No Noi-wfo- have fine farm and TO
have music in thee evening and invite
all my friends 10 see me. 10 get up early
IN the morning with the dogs and go
hunting; &c see the COWS and chickens IN
the yard I viii not forget those who
have been good 10 me when l was just
struggling along.
Did you have such hard time
Hard time, Struggles. O. my boy,
terrible ones. When ] was not Yet TWEEN
~ years old my brother Leandro -
ne lived here twenty or twenty-five
years ago He had an awful struggle
here FOR tie place was only a village,
and I guess he vas the first musician
In the town. He vas a violinist AZ Milan
when Perces Bell, your Mrs. Russells