The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-16

OPERATE ENGAGEMENT EXTRA
ORDINARY.


ORDINARY.
The Gordon Shay company Thursday
night at the Crawford. No grand oper.
company has been formed in this country
in recent years which can be compared
TO the Gordon-Shay Grand Opera COM
pany. which viii present Gounod i'm
mortal Faust next Thursday night at
the crawford Grand. This is a wide as
sertion yet not one whit exaggerated
or elaborated.
J. Saunders Gordon, the celebrated i'm
pressario, under whose direction the com
pany was organized ana is conducted,
has had a wide experience with artists
of the lyric stage. In forming his pres
ent great company he was fully eosni-
zant that in these latter days artists can
not travel on past regulations. no matter
how great. and succeed. With this stellar
IDEA in his mind. he has surrounded him
self with an aggregation of artists whose
intrinsic merit cannot be gainsaid.
the company that VIII present Gounod's
Faust next Thursday night. is. with
the exception of the Metropolitan Opera
company OF New York unrivaley on the
current lyric stage.
Miss Rose Cecilia Shay is an American
girl who was born in Summerset. Ohio,
so few years ago that if we we're to
enumerate them our veracity might be
questioned Despite that fact she has
had wide experience Tecla Nigna. the
famous teacher of the Cincinnati College
of Music made the plain statement that
MISS Shay's voice was by long odds the
best be had ever trained-a statement
that was afterwards confirmed and en-
dorsed by the elder Leoni the great mas
ter of Milan. Italy. Miss shay made her
debut at la Scala only a few seasons
back, and her success was immediate and
I'm no small sense startling She has
fun mezzo-soprano voice of remarkable
sweetness and beauty II has been the
concensus OF opinion among the many
critics who hav passed critiques on 1t
this season that no woman since the DAYS
Of Emma Abbott has come before the
American public with an altogether more
charming and artistic organ. In addition
TO this wonderful talent Miss Shay is
a wonderful woman. Of marked beauty
and personal magnetism.
Madame Helene Noldi. another soprano
Of the company. is woman Of almost
equal charm of presence and a world
wide reputation Of the great artist. For
the past several seasons she has been
identified with the Scalchi and Metropol-
itan opera companies.
Miss Pauline Johnson. yet another So
prano Of tho company. was last season
identified with the American Grand Op-
era company. ana also sang with eminent
success with the National Grand Opera
company.
Eloisc Bishop. the frst contrslto of the
company. made her early successes with
the American Grand Opera company and
also with The Boston Ideals She has
voice Of great strength ana sweetness.
The Faust" of next Thursday evening
viii be young tenor who has already
met with remarkable success he is a
handsome lad and forms q pleasing con
trast 70 the beautiful Margarita. Johs
Dunsmore. the first basso ~ the com
paRy. is q master of his art BE has
from time 70 time been Identified with
the Bostonians. the Ia Scala and the
ROYAL opera companies Of Melbourne.
Australia Achine Alberti the famous
baritone Of she company has in previous
seasons been Identified with The Nctro0oi-
itcn. the Mapieson. the Scaichit. the
Royal Italian. also Nine. Nevadas Con-
cert company. He is an artist az the
FIRST water and as Valentino has won
FOR hlmsef almost endless praise. He IS
too well known 4 singer to require other
Jhan very brief reference here. Guiseppi
Treppi. The conductor of the orchestra (
first became famous as the musical oirec- /
tor % ,hc kru,ls theatre of Berlin. Tn
tl engsgsd by Trnpresarso Gordon he was 7
idenunsd win The castle square and /
u Oyie Carte opera companies HIS abu- (
ity as s-eat conductor is very gsner- /
ally coneeded in the best musical circles /
OF the world. and 8; is due 10 this ability 4
nat Alr. Gordon has been enabled 10 (
effect such superb enss miles.
No such company OF world renown Tyre
artists has yer visited Wichita and 1t win 4
be strange indeed If a great throng Of /
do not turn out The CON
paay consists OF fifteen people. cs-EgiaS