Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-15

to Portland, Ore. Borty-one out OF the
forfy.fve states will be traversed and q
little more than $4,000 miles will be COW
cred in the five months allotted to the
tour. About fifty concerts win be given
in all. Two q week will be the general
average. though there are some weeks In
which three will be given.
Madame Calve is travelling in her own
luxuriously equipped private car with
retinue OF servants and attendants. These
include a private secretary, a femme De
chambre. an expert coiffeur, q chauffeur
and two chefs and a waiter comprising
part of the household stan at the Chateau
dc Gabrielles her country place in the
department of the Arveyron in the south
of F'ancc. In a special baggage car are
carried two French motor ears IN which
madame spends several hours motoring
esch day that tho weather permits. No
great singer ever. Travelled surrounded by
quite so many of the creature comforts,
and yet Madame Calve is dissatisfied with
what She terms '.the turmoil and the
strife" of 1t all. and declares that IL is
extremely doubtful if she gill ever again
consent to make anything more than a
very short trip.
Travelling with her is her own specially
selected concert company. which includes
Mile. Renee Chemet. q violinlst with an
extensive reputation throughout EUROPE,
| and Camille Deoreus, accounted one of the
most facile Of all accompanies. The pro-
CRANES have been arranged with the idea
| in mind of giving not only Madame
Calve but all, the other. artists exceptional
opportunity for the display of their vir-
| tuosity.
1t is universally conceded that Madame
Emma Caive has the most sympathetic
Iyoice Of all the great singers. She makes
her listeners feel, vividly and keenly, the
emotions which she Is externalizing. This
| is true In her concert singing no less than
| In her operatc singing. for Calve is an
actress at heart. and the concert platform
is not the stifhy formal place to her that
| 1t is to most singers. Limited, as every
operate singer is in concert. to the use of
THE voice alone in conveying the composers
meaning, she makes her voice throb with
| intensest feeling and almost literally glow
with lambent flame. Now she woos with
soft mellow notes and now she thrills
with Wild outburst of exultation. And
| through it all she sings with f1awless and
Eerfect art considered from a purely tech
rical viewpoint 1t is this combination OF
| lyric perfection and temperament which
| have made Calve the most popular of all
| living singers
| Sings "Carmen" Selections
| LII arranging her cOICeTl pTOBrdIiS tIliS
year her management has included 9
selection from Bizets Carmen" the
opera in which she has always made heI
| greatest success, In each one. This selec-
ton will be the celebrated ''Habenera,
which Madame Calve sings as no other
artist sings it.. There will be selections
| from several of her other operate favor
| lite. also, SO that she will BE given ample
opportunity for the display of her won
derfully effective dramatic method.
There is a certain joyous feeling among
| the music lovers of Los Angeles over the
announcement of the coming of Madame
! Calve to the Shrine temple. f..
The principal cause of joyousness, how
ever among the music students of Los
| Angeles, is owing to the fact that the
| beautiful Shrine temple is of sufficient
capacity to allow all those who wish tc
| attend to do SO at reasonable cost.
AS is well known Madame Calve has
achieved permanent fame on the operate
| stage, where she created unbounded ad
miration in several leading operatic holes
| However, all her successes in this direc-
| ton were eclipsed with her exquisite per
4 fornance of Carmen in fact, there has
been more praise lavished on Madame
Calve by press and public during the last
decade than on any other artist. barring
| perhaps, Paderewski, and at this time al
this enthusiasm is remembered and those
j who have learned to admire Calve ON tht