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aso NNs Nnnfs'rensei l~san ~ teach
~" vas lr''~f rrcfatei fof This cSrenr
ihsn the msicfi,y N t'r'msn singers
Her ~ssr hiss attracted ai,nntlrn ~ nthss
Wor~1 N tho oresailr siagr shu havo
fet'-ntlv lrst their minhs Fanny MORAN.
nl'l~n vho dieI = year aso, vas mad fur
sufne time he'or~ her desth, and Iiedlne
Nletnann Raal~ had st~n, q lrns ,I're In
an inaii'ulion for tho treatment ~ nervous
and mentaI Diseases
Nine Ilanfa'aenfeia ~ f~~r had always
leer pfusp~toua and quiet enough. which
was IN marked contrast 10 the fnlafottunes
~ Fanny Moran Oldcn Both ~ thrm ~rre
ai their best whcn Anton Srldi was conductor
at tho Metropolitan
" vas c,iriouay enough Anton Seidl
who first told American operagorrs nbout
Bef'a Moreno, lie heard her ~ Munich
during the first year ~ her career and
named hor ~ n possible member ~ tha
German opera company that hc proposed
once 10 form. Mile Morena has grown
10 greater fame since that time and Milha
Tcrnina has said that no other singer In
Germany Ia 40 well able 10 assune the roles
that she has evidently given up forever.
Geraldine Farrar is at last to sing before
her own people, although she is TO remain
for another year at the Royal Opera House
In Berlin. Then her contract expires.
II will have been profitable one for her,
as her labors carry with the n "A life pension.
House been that the direction has allowed |
her n three years pension. which ordinarily |
accompanies only twenty years Of service.
II II remarkable for 80 young a woman
20 have earned this reward. but II IL quite
true that women 30 gifted and 40 beautiful
are not often found IN any German opera
houses, and the American soprano had the
most cordial support, even II she did occa-
sioranv have rows with the newspapers
especially when they insisted that the
Crown Prince was devoted to her.
Miss Farrar always attributed the hos
tity Of the critics to the jealousy Of her
colleagues, who resented the success of a
foreigner. 1t is one Of the rules Of the
theatre that nobody should be allowed
on the stage with the performers. Miss
mission from the intnndant to have her
mother. with her. The other singers re-
sented this partiality, and Miss Farrar says,
have never forgiven her.
Her success elsewhere has continued, and
OF all the young women now singing abroad
she seems most likely TO take a rlace among
oreratic stars. She has so far esrired
only to the lyric repertoire. her heaviest
role having been Leonora in I'll Trovatore.'
But such young singer would never have
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save for the stupidity OF German operatio
managers.
Yvonne de Treville. who is remembered
from the old Castle Snuare davs. is another
young prima donna of American opera who
finds her services very much in demand
She studied for year after leaving New
ork and since her reanpearance in Europe
has sung in most Of the large Continental
cities, and alwavs with success.
Fleonora de Cisneros, known as Eleanor
other American who is in the first rank Of
sin gers over in Europe. She is to be the
OF the Italian season, to begin next
month in London
Nellie Melha is going to sing there. too,
and then give concert tour before she
comes to this ooun try TO take her long rest in
California. She will also give few concerts
here. The Australian soprano ls going to
let her London house for while, but savssNe
s not engaged to marry Sir Richard Nevill,
whom siio HheI III AZ s'iaNd, where ITO was
attached to the Lieutenant Governors {
staff.
This London season OF opera is to en- gage
The services of Signor Caruso and the same
singers heard last year. Prices are cheaper ,
and the performances lack the social bril-
iancy OF the summer season at Covent
Garden.
Emma Nevada is one Of the prima donnas
who have begun to take pupils, and she
expresses great confidence in the success
If one of them. This is an American girl, 6
who will soon be ready to sing in public. 8
II Nine. Nevadas pupils sing nearly as
veil as she did there ought to be great J,
lemand for her services. 1t rarely happens
hat women who have sung so we'll ever
axe to teaching. Mime. Nevada's daughter
las lately revealed pretty talent as a {
ong composer.