The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-28

hardly necessary to assume that the
composer IS holding him I'D 10 unseen
" and Isnoble ridicuie. Don Quixote
without the srotesque element Is not
Don QusX0te; bat there IS something OF
his character set forth II this music
ms performance was a remarkable
triumph over enormous technical diff
cuitieE, Of superb eTiiliancy and pre-
eiston where brilliancy aud precision
we've The hardest "a obtain Mr. Ger
icke accomplished wonders at every
point. Mr.. KrasseIt and Mr. zach
played the 'cello and viola obligatos. re-
spectiveiy, also Of great difficulty, and
played them beautifully.
The other numbers of the programme,
II which no S0l0ist appeared. were
pieces more or less well known-S1ns-
tana's overture 10 his comic opera
The Sold Bride" Cesar Frsnck's SYM
Dhonic poem, The Wild Huntsman q"
and BeethOven's Seyeuth symphony
The overture was played with splendid
elasticity.
Pater hartmann. well known for his
oratorios. ..Petrus" aud ..Franciseus. .
has lately completed a. Rome new
oratorio, The Last SunperE
ErTieo CsrUso the great tenor who
is making such a faV0ra bic impress
sion ~ New York, ana whose reception
there has been phenomenal is the sui
3eot Of q short sketch in a recent num-
Der Of Success. The article says:
Come on, come on. Now for a gay
supper. Suca was the chOrused
greeting If q cre--d of young men and
women 10 Enri " Carus0 one night in
1856, as he started 10 leave the reatTo
Beilini, al Naples, after a perform
ance.
Il am not going to supper tonight. ="
was the reply. in anything but syTa-
pathetic tones.
What, you are not going 10 drop
Us that way was the estonished re-
joinder, the disappointment being
keener because the gay singer Caruso
lad always paid FOR these midnight ca
rouses
Yes, I'm going home tonight" and
CSruso called q carriage and left the
bevy Of parasites agape.
Such was the turning point in the
life of Caruso, now called one of The
greatest tenors Of the time, as he told
il to me recently at the Hotel Males
tic, in New York city.
The secret Of this sudden turning
from life of pleasure was an awaken
ing TO the value Of his voice. and the
danger that dissipation might ruin Is
and his life. It had been more than
year since Caruso's debut at the Teatro
NuovO of Naples, in L AMIGO Fran
cescO." 1t was sweet 10 him to return
to the life of triumph and adulation
which had been his from the age Of 10
10 that Of 10. He was then the most
admired aud most soUght-for boy So
pIsnO in the province of Naples. No
fiesta or church celebration was COM
plete without that boy, Curaso." and
the bassOs and tenOrs often stipulated
that he be secured TO sing with them.
Then followed three years Of humil
i2GSS silence, when the marvelously
sweet voice changed and failed, and
the usual fate of boy prOdigieS seemed
probable. Then came the joyous thrill
Of reaWakened song, when at eighteen,
rich tenor tones began TO be possible
for the dark-haiTed youth. Hard work
with the master NeTgine, brought out
and developed the new treasure, and,
in 1885, his successful debut was made
as a tenor. Military service had been
shifted to .. younger brother, since En-
rico's earnings We're necessary for the
family maintenance. Nothing was in
the way OF happy, easy, artistic life
on the shores Of the beautiful bay
He sang at Caserta before making his
He was called To Palermo. and even to
Cairo. Egypt. Gay companions every
where urged him to spend freely and
enjoy largely. The 'son Of VesuTius
as CarUso still calls himself, for his
family originated at Nocera. and he
was born at Naples in 1873, had fire in
mis- blood and brain, and there was no
lack Of kindling wine, women, and
song. The press, like the public, was
hattering. but occasionally there came
another note "Caruso was not at the
best last night" Caruso is not up to
his standard" 'If Caruso would only
care for himself, he might become a
great artist some day" Friends re-
nonstrated all in vain. Love Of pleas
IRE and self-conhdence of youth threw
off impatiently every suggestion of re-
form.
One day a newspaper warning came
into his hands in a more thoughtful
moment, and brought realization OF
his danger. With realization came re-
solve, and there was character behind