The Washington times., 1906-10-14
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who have been focusing their attention
upon the Washington premiere of
Madam Butterfly" for fully nine
months. All OF the rehearsals OF the
male principals In London and of the
leading prima donnas who were brought
1 10 New York from abroad have been
! successfully completed, and the entire
I organization OF nearly I'D persons, in
/ cludlng the well-trained chorus and the
/ orchestra of sixty musicians, arrived
/ IN Washington last night
/ The orchestra IS a faulness one in
point Of both individual worth and en-
semble values. II is a thoroughly ade-
quate organization. in the recruiting Of
which Mr.. Savage selected his strings.
brasses and wood-winds from the vari-
Gus musical centers Of this country and
/ only drew upon Europe for its conduc-
tors and conceTtmaHter First among
these famous conductors is Walter
RothweIl. of London who learned the
art of conducting IN Hamburg under
the great Mailer. another fne direc-
tor is Herr Alfred Felth from the Royal
opera, Berlin. and the third is Herr
Cornelis Dopper, of Amsterdam. Pietro
Marino. pupil Of Ysaye and the leading
first violin of MascagnTs Orchestra.
when it visited America. has been speci-
ally selected by Nr. ROthwen as the
concert master Of this fine body Of in
s-rumentallsts.
Pucclnl has no previous work 20 his
credit in which the orchestratlOn Is so
finely spun or so brilliant His Mad
am Butterfly shows a deeper power or
expression and even more skillful mas
terry over the orchestra with a height-
ened sense Of what Is beautiful IN
NH "a
strength lies in the fact that his melody
while of the most seductive character.
IS likewise repIete with scnsibility and
significance. On account OF the exact
ing nature OF the roles Mr.. Savage real
lied that they could not be Interpreted
night after night by the same artists
and for that reason has engaged three
complete sets of principals for the eight
consecutive Washington performances
which include matinees Thursday and
Saturday,
The opera VIII be taken 20 Baltimore
next week fOr eiEnt performances al
FoTd's, then 20 Boston for two weeks
with an aggregate GI sixteen perform
anCes and Immediately after that 20
New York. on the opening night IN
Washington tomorrow SignOr Tito
Ricordl, OF Milan, head Of The great
Italian musical house which has pub
lIshcd all the Verdi and Puccini operas.
will occupy a box with a party or dis
tinEuisled fellOw-COuntrymen- RlcOrdi
stages all the Pucsini operas in Europe
ard came 10 this country 10 assist in
the preparation Of Mr. SaEage's first
presentation of Madame Butterfly IN
English. I'm Europe where the opera
has created a furores 1t is 70 DE seen
in six opera centeTs simultaneously I
this winter IL viii be continued at
Budapest Milan. and London, where
81 was staged 10y Ricordi who will
hurry back 90 the Continent 20 super
intend the first French production OF
the opera az the Opera Comique in /
Paris in November with Nile. Margue- /
rite Carre. wife of Director Albert I
Carre, in the leading prima donna role |
After that it's German and Austrian ]
premieres viii be made under his d. /
rectlUI at Berlin and Vienna.
Two of the six pglma donnas engaged I
TO alternate In the roles Of Cho-ChO-San (
and Suzuki are foreigners who VIII /
make their debuJs ln this country ia /
Washington this week and the other /
four are AmeTicaH-bOrn singers who /
have been meeting with success abroad. /
ONLY one OF tl- slN-Mrs. Adelaide I
Norwood Braudt-has been heard in the :
United States. She is native OF Bal
timOre, who was received with success 3
in Mr. Savage's English Grand Opera .
Company and went abroad two years
ago 90 study in Berlin under the direC-
ton OF Nine Lehman IN preparation .
for her debut AT BayreuCh. The other
three American singers have never bern .
heard in their own country. although .
they have been greeted with unusual +.
success abroad They are Miss Rend
Efyieuue Miss Harriet Behnee, and .
Miss Estellc bloomfield. Miss Nivieune,
who is a Duluth girl, was born Ia .
Oklahoma is a pupil OF Victor Maurel. 4
and has been singing In grand opera +.
at Milan. She was discovered by PuC- (.
cinl, who. with RiCOTdi, put her through /
"a special performance at La Scala and /.
then recommended her 10 Manager Saw
age for the American performance. Miss
Behnre, who is % be heard In the role .
90 =
20 alternate with ner in that part, are
both natives Of New Ork. The former .
was sent abroad 10y the late Wiuiam .
SleinWaV and has become a faYOTiIg in .
the German court theaters at Berlin.
Dresden. BTeSlau, Leipsic. and Han
over, Miss Bloomfield has also been
singing in GuEma1y at the Dresden
Manager Savage's two foreign prIma
dounas are Frau Eliza SZamosy, Of Hun
gary, and Mile. Louise Jansen. OF Z
Denmark. The latter is well known on .
the Continent as the TaVuTlJe pupil or T.
the great MaIeFna. who was the first
and perhaps the greatest interpreter OF F.
Waguerian roles. Jansen has also
gained fame in Europe as a Hagneriau
interpreter. and is great faVoTlte IN f.
France, where she created the roles or .
Elsa in "LOhenSrin' and Isolde IN IT'S f
tan and Isolde" when those music dra- .
mas We're first given in France. She
made her debut in 1891 in the former
role at the Grand opera at Lyons,
where she has been singing steadily for
ten years
Frau Szamosy who was selected by
Manager Savage upon the recommenda-
tion of PucCiui. created the title role OF .
Madam Butterfly on the occasion OF
its first Hungarian production IN the
royal opera at Budapest and was then
declared by the composer 10 be ideal
in the part. Her father is the cele-
hrated physician of the university OF
Budapest She was a musical prodigy
at the piano as a child and sang IOr
Carmen sylvia. the poet Queen OF Rou-
mania who took her under her patron
age and insisted on vocal e0ucallon
for the little girl. SzamOsy was theh
placed under the direction OF Person,
late intendant of the Royal opera at
Rprjin. and before twenty had regular
engagement at the Stock Theater, Iselp-
sig where she was successful In Nag-
merriam roles and dramatic parts IKE
s.C,armen." In Leipzig she created the
title role in AIassauet's La nave
raTsse =" and after a tour of German
cities made her Hungarian DEBUT three
wears ago, scoring such pronouncea sue
cess that she was placed under lous
contract with the Royal Opera at Buda-
pest. ,,,,f,.,, ,,,,,+s
used in the Puccini production OF
MADAM Butterfly" have been imported
from Japan for Mr.. Savage uHder the
5irention of Prof 5. Sawada, teacher or
annlied ;.rts at Columbia University,