The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-07
CALVES NEU ROLE.
She Pro, es That La Vaiiiere Was Fat-News
OF the sopranos.

OF the sopranos.
Some OF the singers usually at the Metro
poli,an are making operate history abroad
this year Emma CalNe is one OF them.
She is preparing to sing the role OF Nile
de Ia Vail ere in La earn Cite, by Raynaldo
Hahn. of which so much has been written
and so little sung.
II seems that Nine Calve il not con-
sidcred by some OF her countrymen to be
the exact physical embodiment Of the hero
inc who was, according to tradition, slender
spiritual person in appearance. IL cid not
take Nine Cali 9 long, however, to smi sh
that tradition.
She has looked a, pictures and read books
that preserved the contemporary accounts
of the lady's looks. The soprano has til
unphantly proved from them tina, La
Vail err was fat at least, as fat as Nine.
Caht and not unlike her in appearance.
Having thus put her enies TO confusion,
Nine. Cal, & set to work To study the music.
and will soon appear in the work at the
GRO ComiQuo.
iLcienne B ejal is another French prima
donna who is acting in her own country
| this year She II back again at the Grand
ore a, whose traditions she represents
| so thoroughly that her faults in singing
are ignored Nine. Bleral thought this
wear that she would like to sing In Il
| Pa lidcci" whom that work was performed
| Tor Jean &c Reside.
But short skirts seemed little unro-
mantle to this majestic young woman
| and she gave up the ioeo at the suggestion
of the management. She - to have one
| cra'orio May Msgdalen"is sung at Monte
| Carlo in operate form, she will create"
the name part, a. the phrase OF the busi-
! naes nuts "
Milka Ternna. who Is 10 remain in Ger
| many this winter. had a very serious opera
! ton performed on her eye about two months
| ago in Munich. II Is said that she was
then threatened with blindness,
First reports If the result Of the opera
! ton were favorable. but later accounts
, have given her friends less cause for -ats-
faction. Positive news on the subject Is
| expected in few days.
During the past summer Nine. Ternina
! spent several weeks with Nine. Lehman
| at her summer home in the Salzkanmergut
| taking instruction in the practice and theory
! of zeal art. In this country, Nine. Ter
nina was always considered more accom-
! pished as a singer than Nine. Lehman
| ever was.
Rosa S,,cher, another German singer
, WHO has been heard here. Is teaching regu-
| larly in Berlin and making infrequent APP
| pearances in some Of the German opera
| houses. Her own career was so brief that
| ono Is compelled TO wonder on what grounds
! she "
| others how b st to Use the vi e.
! She will always bc remembered as the
| greatest of Isoides, and she sang the role
.for years at Bayreuth. Her powers had
! already declined sadly when she came here
| in 1891 with the Walter Damroscb Opera
| Company.
Arnalia Materna will also continue her
| attempts to make a living by teaching.
| Siegfrled Wagner went recently TO Vienna
| to conduct n concert given for her benefit.
1 l.l.4I. h..W
| family was willing to relieve her distress
| Rose Caron, one of tho noted French
singers. who has never been hear here,
| has just been made a professor of sing
ing at the Conscrvatohc III Paris. Her
| career was passed at the Grand Opera aud
| the opera Comique in Paris and AT the
| The Atre de Ia Monnaie in Brussels.
Sic sang d amatic roles in the Meyerbeer
| repertoire and wasted much Of her time
| appearing at the Opera in the COMPOSITIONS
! OF modern French COM osers She was,
| OF course, compelled to do that
| She was the Elsa In "Lohengrin' in 1901,
when the ope, was given first In Paris at
| the NJ ional Academy of Music. Unlike
| most singers, she grew thinner as she az ed.
Her voice see ned TO have reached the van
| ishing point Yeas ago
Among the, young women who have re-
Gently retired are Lola Beth. who is re-
| who is not Lola Be.th Is still under fJr y
but her voice Is said to be quite gone. Her
longest term was passed in Vienna, where
| she was succeeded by Frances Savile.
who remains the principal light soprano
OF the company at the Inn erial Opera
| House
Comma Bellincioni was for ten years the
most noted lyric soprano In Italy, But IL
was her acting rather than her singing which
was praised d, Inc vas At The original San
rs much praised in Carmen as in la
| Traviata."
Germany was enthusiastic over her and
so was Russia. In London she failed
altogether Her method OF singing, which
was young Italian In the highest degree.
Is considered responsible for her early loss
Of voice.. .