Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-03

for the stage than those which Sybil
Sanderson enjoyed. Her mother took
her, together with two sisters, to Paris
at an early age, where they received
the best education possible. Her voice
was light, pure and flexible. Its sur
passing excellence lay In the upper
register, her G. in alt being in itself
phenomenal production. She was q
finished actress Massenet also wrote
"Thais" for her. Saint-Saens intrusted
to her the creation of the title role OF
Phryne and in token of his delight at
her performance presented her with q
valuable necklace. She was popular IN
Paris and st. Petersburg, but was
failure in her own country and in Eng
land, Her great personal charm made
itself felt across the footlights and she
usually captivated the audience by her
sincerity in the role she was giving
Miss Sanderson married Cuban. He
died in a few years, and she followed
him soon after, dying in Paris.
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Ella Russell, who made her debut in
Provo, Italy, is a native of Cleveland,
o. Her voice Is an immense one-rich,
even and sympathetic. She has an i'm
posing stage presence, much beauty and
dignity. She travelled all over Europe
with success In concert singing and
made her debut at Covant Garden in
1885. She has returned twice to her
native land, but met with fair success,
and is little known west of Ohio. she
is married now, living In England, not
far from London town.
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Article in next Sundays Herald will
speak of Adelina Patti and Madame
Albani.
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been making wide sweeps throughout
the south and giving to the cities of
Charleston, Savannah, New Orleans and
Galveston the greatest musical festival
yet known in the history of those cities.
This organization comes under the
management of L. e. Behymer to the
Mason opera house for two nights and
a matinee May IA and 15. the only
three concerts to be given to the gen.
eral public in this city.
This is the largest musical organiza-
ton reaching this city since the COM
ing of the Conried opera company, and
in fact the most expensive orchestral
body of players travelling in America.
The programs are indeed attractive and
are practically all new, being the ones
which have landed this season the New
York symphony into the front rank Of
the orchestras of the world.
Connected with this splendid body of
players are Madame Hissom de Mosse,
New York soprano; Alexander Saslav-
sky violin soloist; Henry Bramsen,
cellist, and Signor Addimando, oboist.
On Thursday night will be given the
celebrated French-Italian night which
has attracted so many Of the music
lovers during last winters engagement
in New York. The popular novelty
program has been reserved for Friday
afternoon, May Is, and the engagement
will round out with a Russian-Slavic
night on Friday night, May Is. There
is to be special children's program
given at Shrine temple on the after
noon of May IA, reproduction of the
Damrosch children's program given in
Boston, New York and Philadelphia
which the critics pronounced the most
complete of its kind yet arranged in
the musical history of America.
There are so many new things to be
heard that each of these programs will
be practically series of new numbers
for Los Angeles. These programs are