The sun., 1905-11-05
EMMA ALBANI TO RETIRE.
The British Public Abandons an Old Fa-
yortte--Succcssfu Americans.


yortte--Succcssfu Americans.
Emma Alban has at last announced that
she is to retire from the stage after career
extending over 80 many years that only
Adelina Patti may be said TO rival her.
She made hcr first appearance in opera
in 1870 at Mc lsina.
She was pupil OF the older Lamperti,
who selected her name for her. The tradi-
tion that she took her name from her native
town did much to encourage singers in
the malignant habit Of naming themselves
after their hirthplaces. Lamperti really
selected the name quite at random, and the
sin ger was born at Chambyl near Montreal,
her real name being Marie Cecilia Emma
Lajeunesse.
Nine. Albani years ago married Count
Gye of the English operate family. She
retained her great popularity in England
until a few months ago. She had of course
sung only in concert during recent years,
although it was not such long time ago
that she appeared az Isolde at Covent Gar
den to the Tristan Of Jean de Resale.
She sang in New York in opera for the
last time in 1891, and her Scntd is about
the only agreeable memory of that season.
She has frequently returned here, but to
sing only In concert in Canada.
She never found it difficult, until last
spring, to get three engagements a week
in England for POO guneas, or more than
81 600 an appearance. Sometimes she APP
peared in oratorio, sometimes in concert.
I'D rather pay Alban 200 guineas, said
British musical manager to the agent
Of a younger artist who was seeking an
engagement on lower terms, "and l don't
care if the audience can't hear her. She
is the one the public likes
Galli-Mar6, the first Carmen, il dead.
The second famous French exponent of the
character is living now in New York. This
is Nine. Anna Arnaud.
Aino Ackt6 has been having busy sum-
mer. Before producing Puccini's "Tosca"
at Helsingfors she had the credit of edectlng
a rescue from drowning.
Her summer home Is AT Turkholm near
Helsngfors. There one dav she saw the
tive-year-old daughter of the manager of
her estate slip into the Baltic ocean The
tide had carried the little girl far ont into
the water before she was overtaken by the
singer who had Immediately sprung after
her into the water.
Both would have been carried out to sea
but for the fishermen who heard Nine.
AcktG's cries and came TO the rescue.
Signor Nigna conducted the performance
OF Puccini's opera "Tosca," in which Nine
AcktG made such a success as the heroine
The youthful Parvis, who has been for Il
season at the Metropolitan, sang the role of
.Scdrpi1 and the record Of eight represen-
Nine. Ackte's countrymen are devoted
to her, and her annual appearance there
takes on the nature Of n national holiday
She has young sister named Lima who is
studying at the CunServatoire and l. be-
lieved to have brilliant future as a COlOra-
ture soprano. She is now but seventeen
and has no idea of making debut for some
time to come.
Two American girls have recently won
genuine SUCCESS in Europe One of them
is Eleanor de Cisneros, now appearing with
the Italian company at Covent Garden.
After singing in Italian only for several
wears Nine de Cisneros recently went to
Vienna and appeared there ip the Imperial
Opera House. She sang AEucead and other
contraltO roles in German with such success
that she might have been engaged as Edith
Walders successor in Vienna had she not
preferred to sing exclusively in Italian,
She used to lie Eleanor Br0adloot when
she sang small parts at the MetropoIl tan,
and before she had married Cuban, whose
name she took afterward
Julia Allen is the other American girl
who has really succeeded in Italy. She has
just passed through New York on her way
to Mexico with a company of Italian artists,
who are to give "A season there.
Like the majority of American singers,
Miss Allen has a high, hrli1nt soprano
voice and sings the colature rolcs. For two
years she has been in Italy 1t seems only
a short time ago that she made her first pro-
fessional appearance with n sumner opera
company at the Grand Opera House as
Micdeld in Carmen" She is rcmem' cred
as the only bright spot of that occasion.
Nine. Sembrich has Eeen SINGING in con-
cert in Berlin and recently gave there
her first song recital. Although she has
occasionally sung groups of IiC3Cr at var
ious concerts in Germany, she had never
given a programme exclusively of song
until the audience gathered to the number of
several thousands io the Philharmonic
Hall to hear her.
Nine. Melha has been singing in London
and will come to this country first in De-
cemher She will ms;e few appearances
in concert before sci ling for the winter in
uout harm California