New-York tribune., 1903-06-21
MUSICAL NOTES.
Nesc Singers for Neoo-York- Nine.
BIauUeIt an L0nd0n-The Clergy
and Sunday Music

Recent cable dispatches have announced the en-
gagement by Mr.. Conried of several singers includ-
ing Nine Calve with whom New Yorks operagoers
are familiar, and of two who are strangers, al
though of them is Ito the manner born" This
latter is Miss Edythe Walker. who will come back
10 her native city with clustering honors won at the
Court Opera in Vienna, when she appears at the
Metropolitan Opera House next season. Miss
Walker is a dramatic contralto, and her entire
career has been made IN Europe. She went from
New-York to Dresden some ten years ago to pursue
her studies at the Conservatory there In the
Saxon capital she enjoyed the instruction in singing
of Nine Aglaia Orgeni. and from her hands went
straight 10 the Court Opera in Vienna, where she
has been engaged since, with the exception Of
interim of four years. She has sung in many
German cities also and taken part, though not
tensively, of the London opera seasons.
Mile. AIno Ackte. the other singer engaged by Mr..
Conried. has been the principal dramatic singer Of
the Grand Opera Paris, for the last four years or
so. She halls Finland. and took unto herself
a foreign husband a few months ago. She sang the
soprano solo in NJ. saint-Saens's ODE LA Ecu
Celeste performed at the first official concert Of
the Exposition in 1900 and also heard at the
Coonne concerts and the opera in the course Of the
Exposition season She is artist Of decided
dramatic temperament. though somewhat stilted IN
pose and gesture. Her coming is not likely to dis
any of the prepossessons of the Metropolitan's
patrons, but may be looked forward to with pleas
ant expectations.
While welcoming announcements of the coming
new singers there will doubtless be many readers
of The Tribune who will look with pathetic inter
upon the portrait of one who filed not unim-
portant part in the recent history of the italian
branch of the Metropolitan institution and has now
gone TO the majority in the p!enitude OF his
powers and fame. Signor Cremonni. who took his
stage from the famous little town in which
he born died several weeks ago in Italy, but
his death not reported by cable Signor Gre
monin was a member of the Metropolitan company
in the of 1S0O-Gl. and heard here as
Faust in "Mefstofee." Cavaradossi in 'Tosca,
Turiddu in ''Cavalleria Rusticana.' Rodolfo in La
Boheme'' and the Duke in 'Rigoletto."
cisms Nine. Lillian Blauvelt's first appearance
at Covent Garden Marguerite in Gounod's
Faust on June 2:
The Standard:
Her voice nils the house, without necesstating
effort though she will do better still when more
acquainted with her surroundings. The Jewel Song
was sung with ease and effect, much so that
there were Sustained demands for its repetition
and Signor Mancinelli had weakly consented in the
ness and feeling marked her delivery Of the love
music in in the garden gard and on the whole the debu-
next appearance yin be received with satisfaction.
should come near to realizing all the passion and
pathos Of the character was not to be expected but
she is gifted with artistic sensbility. and promises
to make an acceptable Marguerite.
The Daily News:
Last night Nine Blauvelt often lost tone, a thing
q
plain that the conventional excuse OF nervousness
may well cover any trihing sins in her case.
otherwise there was much to admire in the new
Marguerite. Nine. Blauvelt has not sung often
enough on the stage, the heroine in Gounod's
opera to have acquired all the conventional tricks
OF the role and that absence of staginess gave
gestures in the king of Thule ballad, in the
Jewel Song, and in her love duet with Faust
admirable AS to her voice / was SURPRISED
10 md that ii easily filed Covent Garden The
atre; II is not big voice. and is not capable of
much variety of tone color but II is very pure and
individual In quality, and has liquid charm it's
own. II anything these qualities were emphasized
on the stage. and IL delightful hear the
music sung with such refinement and with little
striving after effect
The Morning Post:
Her appearance when Faust first eccosts her
pictured TO the life the simple minded maiden OF
the great German poet In the few phrases she
sings. and again in the Thule" ballad Nine Bau-
welt was evidently nervous and this affected her
voice. In the Jewel Song, however, she recovered:
il admirably sung. and the hearty applause
at the close evidently gave her confidence Her
nervousness did not entirely pass away but In the
scene outside the church and later she sang well
and displayed promise actress Altogether
she may be congratulated her debut and there
is every reason to believe that her impersonation
of Marguerite Will after she has become TO
the stage. prove q real success.
The Times:
Taking things as they were, there IS nothing to be
said that is not in praise OF her performances