The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-01-17
REPETTO
AND
FERRARI
With the COIIamarini RepettO
Co. at the Grand Tonight.

Musical people of this city ere re-
garding with pleasurable anticipation
the engagement of the stellar aggregation
OF artists comprising the Collamarini
Repetto Company which is to appear at
the Opera House this evening.
The company is composed OF signora
Italia Viltoria Repetto, Soprano, Signor
Estefonia Collamarini, Contralto, signor
Domenico Russo, Tenor, signor Giussepe
Ferrari, Baritone, Mons. Andre
Benoist, Pianist. Collamarini and Russo
are 80 well known as 10 require no
further mention the mere fact that these
great artists will be- with US is an as-
surance Of splendid performance.
Repetto is Lyric Soprano and as such
stands at the very mead OF her class.
She was given the name OF the Italian
Melba by the public Of Milan where she
achieved triumph. Since coming to-
America Repetto has substantiated all
| the good things said Of her in Italy.
Her Lucia is considered superior TO that
Of any Grand Opera prima donna who
has eSsayed that difficult role, the way
she does the mad scene is a revelation
and fairly takes the audience off it's feet.
Daring the late season OF Grand Opera
at the Grand Opera House it was neces-
sary for Impressario Maurice Grau TO
call this gifted Italian songbird TO his
aid, and the manner In which
she sang Muaette in La Boheme
stamped her as having no equal
in Grau's high.priced organization. Re-
petto could hardly miss being singer
for heredity and environment both have
bent her in that direction. Her father
aud two brothers have both won fame in
Italy as musical directors, fve other
members OF her family are now recog
nized artists in Europe and her eldest sis
ter REPErT0 TREsoLlNI will be re-
msmbered by the older generation as the
greatest exponent Of the Italian school
preceding Patti. Today her sister, our
Repetto, the dainty little song bird is no
less great for in enumerating the Lyric
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the very head. She made life long
study Of coloratura work, and her
perfection in singing amazing
cadenzas is readily understood.
Her voice is Of amazing hexibility
and gratifying certainty, never a note
slightsd nor the least departure from
perfect purity Of tone, aud the bird like
quality Of IL is fascinating.
Glussepi Ferrari the Diamlii; Bari
tone is one Of the greatest Artists that
Italy, the birthplace OF song. has ever
sent as. In quality of voice, purity Of
intonation and Ideal enunciation FeTrsri
is 10 a class all by himself. just
picture TO yourself great big baritc ne
with a bell-like elearDess which fills the
largest house and you have an idea OF
Ferari's organ.
HE voice has that mellow fexibility
coupled with ringing viRor which gives
such satisfaction that one could sit and
listen for hours 10 him.
In addition 10 being we'll equipped
vocally, Ferrari 10 also an excellent
actor. His Sir Henry Ashton in Lucia has
never been equalled in this country.
The program for this evening is the
lest that has ever been presented in
this city, the very gems Of the favorite
Italian Grand Operas being heard in one
evening, and being rendered as they are
BY artists sneh as RepettO, Collamarini
Russo and FerTari, the thinking music
lover can readily perceive the great treat
la store.
BenOist, the pianist, is spoken Of yerA
highly.