The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-29
CALyEs HEALTH. CASH. PEARLS.
The Prima Donna Not 20 Sing for TWO
Months-IiIli Lehmann's Book.

Emma Calve ia really Ill this time, and
her physicians have told her that she must
cancel all her engagements for the next
two months, which will bring her PERIOD OF
dleness down to the time when she IA 70
sing at Covent Garden. Appendicitis Is
said 10 be the trouble.
Whether or not 1t was On the advice OF
Nine. de Thebes, the clairvoyant who mas
had so much to do in arranging the course
of her life, Nine. Calve has just invested
all her savings in an annuity. She is not
woman Of great fortune, in spite oil the
large sums paid her in this country
Here all that she possesses was mace
and so many of her appear noeS were pre-,
vented by illness that she really earned
much less than was commonly suppose !,
Maurice Grau used to say that he couIu
readily offer her fifty Appearances season
as il was practically certain that she woulu
disappcint at one-haf or one-thrd OF tne
number. Nine. Calve and her OLD lnPie-
sario are not on good terms now as nne
fancied that he showed her some snght oui
ing her last season here under his manage
ment. and she refused to speak 10 MIN on
the streets when they met abroad
She has some very valuable pearls among
them wonderful string which she pouRht
shortly before coming to TINS country tne
last time. She believed that they were the
property of the Inflated Queen DraRa
although her only ground for that belei
WINS the secrecy with which they we're SOLD
TO her. She was merely told by her jewel
Ter that he had an opportunity to secure
for her at a bargain some wonderfui pearls.
She paid for them $50 600. which was only
n small part of their real value. her other
most valued pearls are a collection which
she made for short necklace.
LilN Lehman has Just written book on
the character OF Lconore In -Fidelio, and
a history OF her own experience in the role
Is added Her first appearance in the work
was as Mdrcoliine to the Leonore of Marianne
Brandt.
She is now one of the musical colony Of
Berlin which includes Joachim. Richard
Strauss and more noted musicians than
any other city Of Europe The colony ls
TO be increased by the arrival Of two widely
known celebrities One of these Is Nine.
Sembrich who is to move to Berlin after a
long residence in Dresden.
She began her career as an opera singer
at Dresden and there she made her home
when not engaged in her professional la
bors elsewhere or taking her vacation IN
the mountains. That left her little time
there. but Dresden was still home to her.
Now she has taken house in Berlin, and
her servants have moved her possessi ons
there
Another inquire OF muslcaI Importance IN
Dresden has also forsaken the Saxon capital
for Berlin This ia Giovanni 1amperti,
teacher Of Nine. Senbrch who has always
made it a point TO reside in the same town
In which Nine. Sembrich makes her home.
Don. Pasquale- which had its renaissance
when the Donizetti centenary was cele-
brated. did not hold its place on the Ger
man operate stage, although one of the best
of the contemporary poets made special
translation Of the text for the German re-
vival In Italy although the simple htmor
oktheee buffo operas is far from the strenu-
oHs dramatic taste Of the day. the work
lasted longer. 1t is still given frequently
and was sung the other night at La Scala
where II had not been heard for years.
Rosario Storchio was the Norma and Cleo
fonte Campanini conducted. Our old
friend PM Corsi. once a buffo at the Metro
politan. was in the same part he used tc
sinp here