The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-02-13
FROM A PROGRAM SELLER
TO QUEEN OF GRAND OPERA
Surprising Career of La CaVaferi the Most Beautiful
Woman in the World.


The most beautiful woman in the
world has now taken her place as
queen Of the Metropolitan opera house.
When Ia Cavalieu recently made
her debut as a member Of Herr Con.
rcid's famous constellation New York
endorsed the verdict of Rome, Milan.
Berlin. Paris. ST. Petersburg and vi.
emma that hers was q beauty such as
had seldom been seen before, and Ger
tainly never surpassed.
Better still. talent came with H. No
one ever heard Of Director Conrcid OF.
foring such undouhted beauties as
Cleo de Merode or Otoro 81 200 night
ly 10 display their charms in his opera
house. She who would shine there
must be able to charm the ear as well
as the eye.
More than any other artist now be
fore the public La Cavalicri combines
ability TO do the two things
For ten years La Cavalieril has
ranked IN a class by herself. and when
she passes the class will probably go,
for Dame Nature is seldom 80 goner-
GUS as TO give a great voice In addition
60 surprising lovelIness. There have
been at the Metropolitan opera house
other singers who were good TO look
upon. The statuesque lines of Emma
Eames, the naughty beauty of Breval.
the chic charm Of Alien and FRITZ
Schen, the ample pulchritude Of Nor
dica, the stateliness of Lehman and
the Teutonc attractions of the blonde
Gadslli, all Of these have made their
appeal 10 the eye.
But with La Cavalier the beauty is
not merely incidental. It is so ravish-
ing, so irrascible that none can with
hold acclaim.
Royal knees have bent before this
superb Italian woman, jewels have
been lavlshcd upon her. potentatcs
have offered their protection and
shouting multltudes of her own beau.
~ loving countrymon have acclaimed
her queen Of the Italian stage
Yet she has not been content TO
rest her reputation alone on her
beauty with as much ambition as
though she had been the most illfa-
vored Of women she has studied hard,
and has developed a repertoire that
includes many difllcult modern roles.
II Is not entirely surprising that hav-
ing this extraordinary attraction of
face and figure, La CavalieH should
have preferauce for the opera CO.
Quottos In which she can display her
beauties to the best advantage.
She is fond Of Carmen. the beautiful.
but vicious heroine OF Bizets opera;
she sings the butterfly Mimi in Puc-
cini's tuncful LA Boheme;" she is
brilliant Media in Leoncavallo's "Pag-
liacci;" and is also famous in "Toca,"
Fedora "Trayiata' and "Manon
Loscaut"
It will be noted that nearly all these
parts are those OF heroines who are
represented as having possessed won
darful beauty and coquetry.
In Europe La Cavalieri has made
such parts so distlnctively her own
that other singers shrink from risking
comparison
Like many other great artists, La
Cavalieri came up from the gutter
Not so many years ago she was a
barefoot girl running around the
streets of Rome, beautiful child, with
n passion for music.
Hers was the humble lot OF selling
programs to the patrons Of n Roman
theater one night young Carlo di Ru-
dini, son of the Italian premier, caught
"A glimpse of the girls face, and on
questioning, found that she possessed
the gift of song.
His interest aroused, he found out
her address, visited her family, and