Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-10

A bpOu local concerts, Mrs.
- Welpton topping off the series
HllG3ihl with her charming song recital on
- Thursday evening. 1t is very sell
dom that such work as Mrs. Welpton,s I.
heard even among the greatest song birds
quite lately 1t has been proven that opera
stars do not necessarily meet with success
IN the entirely different field OF concert
singing Apropos this subject. IL Is al
ways pleasant when one has risen I'm ana
crltlclseo world-famous person and been
censured Tor the same, to find that some
other critic with q name that is widely
known also aims a few caustic shafts
'Ihis from the Musical Leaders; "Honors
went TO Nine. Eames for her beauty
her hat and the delicious way she smiIed
each time she tumbled on the kew fsbe
retained the smile nearly all the aftor-
noonD She was apparently neitbor
In her best voice nor her best mood tharo-
Tore her contributions to her own nrogra =,
need not be commented upon. II her mr.
romance was up to her usual standard
then there is very little to be said for az
standard" Nun saidl Mr.. de Goeorza
is using The Bee criticism in the var,ous
musical journals
me appearance of Alice Nielsen AT tha
auditorium on December Is seems n he
iraught with some uncertainty. The c,tv
haroiy large enough to warrant two
pilnla uonnas upon succeeding dates. CaIva
SINGS al the Boyd on December 1s. She
~nl rather oVershadow Nielsen. The An
oiilh management is very DESTROYS of
S',iis ing lhe NIELSEN date. At the present
made. Nee"
NINE caves name opens long vista Of
ueHsh'iui memories. Her career has been
series OF triumphs. She is original. cree
tive and has never done anything in ~
traditional prima-donna fashion Tnstaas
OF having knowledge and lessons noundad
INTO her by outside agents she has all her
lie been endeavoring to give expression 70
the glory which God put within her
hleanora Duse has been a great influence
IN her work, though Calve never could
carry her methods to hnality because the
singing voice was her first thought Her
Sahtuzza was undoubtedly patterned after
Duse. Huneker in his ''Iconoclasts', a.
seribes the Italian actress in the role che
miserable, deserted girl, in lowly sicilian
village, with her qualms of conscience her
nausea, her hunted looks-here was Vere,a,s
heroine stripped Of all Mascagni's rustIins,
music the soul showing clear and naked
against the sordid background OF 'Cava-
leria Rusticana.' Realism run rampant.
isn't tG Nine. CalYe has two distinct
phases in her art Carmen represents
the sensuous animal realistic side OF her
genius. The cigarette girl is her greatest
creation and brought her enduring fame.
When she was rehearsing for her first an
pearanee in Carmen" at the Opera Com
ioue in Paris she cheerfully smashed every
tradition. The director and the stage man
ager held their heads over her, and finally
exclaimed; "oh, let her go ahead. she
knows nothing about the role ana win fnd
II out TO her grief at the first performance.
II viii be a good lesson for her" So much
for French foresight OF course her hrst
night was an ovation.
Strange that the woman who has in her
soul the tempests and passions of Carmen
should also give the most delicate and
beautiful Interpretation OF the pathetic
Character OF ophelia In Ambrose Thomas
setting OF Hamlet" Who can. forget her
Marguerite? Time worn. convention ridden
Faust" She made Of Il a new thing and