The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-29
MRS. TRUMAN ALDRIcH IS TO Ac-
 COMPANY MIME. LANGENDoRFF. DINNERS AT COUNTRY CLUB.
 LUNcHEoNS AND CARDS YES- TERDAY-SOCIAL HAPPENINGS

It is not often that America (especial- ly our southern half of these United lstates) is lucky enough to hear a fresh, young, gloriously gifted operatic star in concert. Yet, such Birmingham is to have the pleasure of listening to on Decem- Der 1 at the Jefferson theatre. Frieda lLangendorfr is of German nationality and has sung with great success at the Royal opera in Berlin, the famous Wagner opera house in Bayreuth, and our own Metropolitan in New York. She has been flooded with lovely press notices, and delighted with offers from managers all over many lands for opera again this winter, but has elected to tour in con- cert this season. She is under the man. agement of R. E. Johnston (Nordica' 8 manager also) and tours the Pacific coast in January.
 Her voice is a mezzo-soprano of phe- nomenal range and tremendous fire and passion. Besides her very beauti- ful voice her warmth of feeling shows itself in her dramatic power and fervor, Some of her great roles are, Burnn- hilde Ortrud, Edra, Fidelio, Azueeua. She has a beautiful programme for Tuesday 
 night, and the public will seize eagerly this chance to hear her. Singers of her rank draw packed houses from our neigh boring cities, Nashville and Atlanta.
 The interest shown in the Frank Crox- ton recital recently under the auspices of the Music Study club shows the ap preciation of the Birmingham public for events of artistic moment.
 The associate membership ia the Treble CIef club is quite large The entertain 1nents given this season promise to be brilliant successes and those who are num- bered in the audiences that hear Madame Iangendorff and later MT. Charles Wash burne and Madame Nordica will feel many times repaid for the very small sum expended on the membership tickets.
 Mrs Truman H. Aldrich, Jr- will be the accompamist for Madame Langendorm Tuesday evening. This fact will add to the already promising features of the opening concert of the Treble Clef club under the direction of Mrs. Flournoy Rivers.
 Mrs. Aldrich has an enviable place in the category of Birmingham musicians. She is a superb artist and one to whom playing as little girl was as easy and as natural as her childish play. At z she was playing charming little pieces adapted to the execution by her childish hands At 10 years of age she was playing In concert and thus has her career developed, her life being almost measured by music masters. Her first serious study work was done with Mr. Benjamin Guckenberger in this city. Mir. Guckenberger's excellence as a teacher will be remembered by those who have kept in touch with his career and know that he has attained a position of dis tinction since leaving here. Off and on she has studied with Mrs Edna Gookel .Gussen.
 A few years ago she was a pupil of Sherwood in Chicago. She took part in recitals before large audiences and her brilliant playing delighted her critics. In New York she was a pupil of Rafael Joseffy and in Boston of Richard Platt, an exponent of Leschetizky.
 Last summer when Mrs. Aldrich decided