The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-18
MORE OPERA SINGERS ARRIVE.
HAAHERSTEIN YARNS HIS TENOR
AWAY FROM THE PARK.


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VINO Seeks to Rival Caruso, on 80. Louis.
Linn Cavaliert, one Of the beauties that
are to belong this year TO Mr.. COnried's COM
pany at the Metropolitan. arrived yester-
day or La Savoie. Mile. Cavalier wears
her hair in the fashion OF Cleo de Merode,
but is different from that former beauty
Of the ballet in that her raven looks are
wavy. She is at the Hotel Savoy.
When l decided to be a singer in grand
opera" she told The Sun reporter Last
night, "Ihired the entire time Of an Italian
singing teacher. He gave up all his pupils
and devoted himself to me. After my
debut / went 70 Paris and studied with
Jean de Reszke. have sung every season
for the last eight years in Russia. The
oremos critic there said that my MINT
was a violet, my AGnon a lily and my Vio-
Letd a rose."
Nile. Cavalier, who is accompanied by
her brother. will make her first appearance
as Fedora on the second night % the opera
season.
On the same steamer was Charles Rousse-
liere, the new French tenor. who is to appear
as Romeo on the opening night Of the sea-
son. He has never been here before and
is the first French tenor that has been in the
company for a season. He is rather short,
a little over 10. and LonksIike p man Of great
physical strength.
-Of course, l am very strong" he said.
Il used To be a bricklsyer before | became
a tenor, and that gave me a muscle and
constitution ! shall never lose"
Other passengers on La SavoIe were Pol
P~lancon. Fernand SoubeyTan, also "A tenor
and a pupil Of Jean de Reszke, and Charles
Simard, a new French barytone.
Katharine Fleischer-Edel the new Wag-
merriam soprano, was a passenger yesterday
or the America. Nine. Fleischer-Edel
comes from the Stadt Theatre in Hamburg.
where she has sung for several years. She
is a native of Mannheim and was educated
unsteady in Cologne. She made her debut
at Dresden as Hdnsel in the original per-
Torrance of -Hansel und Gretel" and
shortly afterward went TO Hamburg, where
she has remained ever since. She has had
the distinction OF singing in Paris in French
and made "A great success there a. Mar
guerte in LA Damnation de Faust" She
il the wife of IN engineer. Her first APP
pearance at the Metropolitan will no made
as Elisabeth.
Allessandro Bonci, the Italian tenor and
in Europe the great rival Of Enrico Caruso.
arrived in New York yesterday on the st.
Louis. He comes to sing at Oscar Ham,
merstein's new opera house. He will made
his debut at the Manhattan Opera House on
December 3 in Il Puritani."
Mr.. Hammerstein, who met Signor Bonci,
said afterward that ne had warned Bonci
to keep away from the Central Park monkey
house.
Il sing only in Italian" Bonci told The
Sun reporter last night. although l have
learned Faust in French. l am an Italian
tenor, however. and shall always devote
myself chiefly to the operas Of my own coun-
try
Signor Bonci. who is only IS, is especially
famous in Europe as a singer and ia re-
garded as the most eminent exponent Of tho
art known as bel canto."
Vittorio ATimondi. the basso who sang at
the outset Of his career at the Metropolitan
and has since acquired fame in Europe, was
also on the st. Louis.
Regina Pinkert, who will share the color
ature roles with Nine. Melba: Gianina
Russ. an Italian dramatic soprano. and
Nine. Bresslar-G ianoli, the mezzo-soprano
who came here two years ago and made a
great success with the French singers from
New Orleans. were also recruits for Mr..
Hammerstein's company.