The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-27

She went 60 the office Of NJ. Paravey
and laid her ultimatum before him. She
must know positively the date of her first
appearance. or she must be free to make
other arrangements. She said that hold
~, although her voice was tremulOus and
she wondered where in the world that
other debut was coming from. M lie Di-
fecJeur stared at her in aEtOnlshment and
tried 10 advise patience. But the resOlute
there with a purpose. In the end she OBJ
talned her release and was in the same
position as when she had left Nine. Mar
There was to be all the struggle over
AGAIN, thought to myself as u left the
opera Comique,' Nine. Games says when
she tells the story now. and i wondered
whether had not been foolish in giving
up chance when nothing else was in
sight have a habit of never losing
courage in myself however, and that
thought kept me from being as desperate
as might have been. 1 came back TO
my apartment to find my mother radiant
with delight She saw how gloomy
looked. but that did not depress her
During Nine, Games absence mes
senger had come from NJ. Gailhard Of the
Opera. He wanted to speak to the Amer
lean soprano about an engagement at the
theatre known officially as the National
Academy Of Music Of France. He hoped
that the young singer had no contract
that might interfere with this plan
She had not. although only a few hours
before she had been bound TO the Opera
ComiQue for q first appearance that was
indefinite i'm the future. Charles GounOd
for whom she had sung some of JuHette's
music, had suggested the beautiful Amer
lean as the best representative of the
heroine in the Shakespearean opera. 3Tme.
Patti. who had taken part ia tho first
performance OF GOunOds work Ut the
Opera. was about to leave. and Nine
Games was to be one OF her successors
n the part. Her debut was triumphant
and the rest IS operate history.
and suppose Nine. Games asks. II
had been willing 60 wait until the man
ager Of the Opera COmique was ready 10
let me appear, how different that debut
would have been. have never sung La
Iraviata, and never want to. Nor would
have been able to sing first with artists
Of such reputation as the two Do RESI-
kes. or under such brilliant auspices as
only debut at the opera makes posi-
How SchUmann-Heink Found Herself
Mime. Schumann-H eink made her debut
at the opera house I'm Dresden and then
Hamburg where she sang Tor years ur-
Ger the management Of Bernard POllini,
acting as the musical maid of all work.
LhaL IS the rate OF so many German sing
ers. She was Prince Orloff ia "Die Ffe-
dermaus' and Ortrud I'm "Lohengrin,'' and
she went to the dramatic performances
az the theatre when singing was needed.
One year while singing in Berlin Nine.
Sembrich urged the director Of Krolrs 70
send 10 Hamburg for this wonderful con-
tralto They were beginners together IN
heard her old friend for ten years after
she left the opera company there. They
mad met again when the Polish singer
went to Hamburg 20 give q concert
Nine. Schumann-H eink who was then
unknown outside of Hamburg. had begun
To feel that her talents were not apDre-
ciated there and that she had better
make an effort TO advance herself So she
went 20 Director Pollinl who never en-
joyed the reputation OF great generosity
20 MS arJsts. and told him that the time
had come for some greater material app
probation Of what she was doing.
You're not an opera singer" replied
the manager. ana you viii never be
heard Of as one. You're comic old
woman
Those last three words describe tech-
nlcaily the position Of the actress who
plays the part of the old woman in the
German comedies and Opercttas Nine
Schumann- Heink's contract was drawing
70 q close and she refused 70 renew 81
with Polliui. who tried TO persuade her
that she was making fatal mistake She
was not certain of that herself She had
a large family. was all bat unknown out-
SIDE the Stadt theatre aud had been able
10 exc out her meagre salary with the
sums her husband earned as an actor.
fut she determined 10 take the hazard.
she accepted the Berlin engagement on
her own responsibility and sang there
with Nine. SembriCh in Die I.ustiCen
Weber Won Windsor
Then her fame began TO spread. She
was invited 40 sing at Bayreuth Within
two years the ~Komische Ate" Of the
Hamburg theatre was Ernestino Schu-
mann- HeiDk. the greatest ContraltO OF her
day. Yet when she said gOod-bv 10 her
elgnt children az Hamburg and took ire
Tram Tor Berlin she was almost Sick ut
the thought that she might have made
She greatest mistake OF her lie. and she
was rot at an sure that She might rot
have to cpuie back 30 Hamhurg very soon
TO beg hlr former director for an engage
nienL as comic ola women.