The sun., 1910-06-26
ALL The TALK IS OF OPERA
avn - IT mas BEEN FOR
CENT RIES.

ANH WV ~ WV NAAuNN NNMN
Hrie comments in the current
. = tn- NeV Music ReriC,r that
..a u.k b. about opora and opera
Np pu" appears 10 have any
.. az about the wonderful de-
r.. 100 other Holds " music. No
.., IT the remarkable new sym.
Mr H. or the extraordinary
lna or Mr. G. or the original
Mr. .. lou read only Of
rnw opera II the success %
T Manon l.escaut" IN Paris.
uuation Il Germany by singers
..r ,n,a 90. Milwaukee and NJ. Paul.
r.. ~ II Osterville is indeed right.
4. . wicked world and Il cares little
ugh for high ART. What IL chiefly
r.-.rr- - 20 find some new sensation.
. r'sr1ng that will bite upon ts faded
rasr' and from tho very beginning OF
'r 1Es musical Il seems the opera singer
ra. ..an able 10 AstOnish the public and
therefore % give II great delight.
Donsider the case Of EnFico Car,iso.
~ and foremost the world will never
cease % remember that this tenor vas
uorn IN an humble Italian village on the
shores u the Bay Of Naples. Some Of
those who hear him sing have oven passsd
through this village on thsir way to
Pompeu Others. = few others. may
Know that IL once played q momentAry
rari in history; but none of that sig.
nifes now. What doea signify IL that
this man. horn in this obsC,lre corner
~ a callous world. should have 90 got the
starr Of the majestic earth.
Every time people go CAruso walking
m the street clad in the choicest garments
n mid d-EuropeAn civilization they look
unon him with q certain awe and say
q themselves. That man was only a
reasant yet by the divine gift Of a voics
hs mas become a. a god tis something
N talk about indeed. for CAruso has
usen to such dizzy heights that only his
oun innate good nature could save him
. from a crashing fall.
Ne Is a child of nature, sportive.
responsible. care free: and something
- this leaks into the channels %
common gossip and people are also
astonished at il. They mutter. -He
takes no thought of the morrow. All
b has 70 do is 70 go and sing for two
.1rse hours In the evening and he
cam, a. much aS a hard working Govern
mont onplOyee guaranteed honest, gets
- t year
q, IL not quite certain that all our
nr -rphy will enable us 70 view with
rIutumity tn man who has no ned
'lk' thought for ths morrow Som,-
n " We have always felt that the opera
.rgar was this kind Of man He iycs
rr 10 eAercis' of his wonderful gift and
ve lr- daily los, IN amaze az the facility
F his exist 'acr. Thus the operate
80 whathDr ho BE- ClrLsp or SOM
,. rr, . a person dwelling IN a separate
Sphere. ~ course We never fail % take
rf' IccpuEt the fact that Caruso earns
sl.r' money .han any one else IN To-
i.rtr world That sets Carusp apart
even f.rm li8 fellows. just AZ Il set Caf.
far-lli apart a century and a half ago
Hence t,e unceasing mquiry INTO the
r".yit' histories of opera singers. Who
end what was she. Was she the daughter
,f coal miners II il true that she So
rgr'd enough money 90 pay for her mGsi,
od education by well. Of course. you
Auow what we mean? Or did an aged
-1nster actually hear her singing and
fer 20 send her 10 Europe 10 study?
I- ~ true that shs lives in palace In Italy
I. the summer? Does she really Ct
itt6 for singing What a wonderful
hing t is TO be gifted with a voice ike
that
But there IL something more Much Of
'se public astonishmsnt Gl'o,.; O?ora
singers is exciSsd not by the beainy bun
'rs size oi the voice Mr. Car,lso singing
0uei passages attracts lit.le = .sntion
T. s. whom he peaIs forth the clarion tones
NJ nls high B fat or his c the. the pOpu-
h"a really rises up and makes the roo'-
'r.e tremble The same n the case IN rs-
gard % bsrytoncs Tho mos. EXCUSES
laI canto makes hut i..le eTsct when
tered by a barytone yoi'e. hut lst Mr.
'1sto conclude number with a vibrant
high q and the applause is Tremendous
Nmong women il IL the dramatic a.
0-sros reverberating tone OT he colora-
'lrs singer = limitations of an instrument
,ss the sardonic Mr. Finck calls thsml
'har arouses general JOY. Always Il s the
rarormance Of a feat. never ths sxpres-
sInn II poetic ideal The public. heaven
h'ss Il. has no imagination II goes 20
20" 'heatre 10 be diverted: and the thrilling
'1nression Of poetic ideals ia not divert
tE ON the contrary Il is likely 20 he a
ssHo.ls and intense matter. suitable only
FOR winter evening assemblies 0f long
-ai men and bespectacled women
7. these times We are practical above
a rfngs We know the real meaning Of
. I' Is not to go singing along the road
.u or sunny weather with the spirit
.1" sunset In our hearts and little on
u. 40ks or IN our stomachs All that
-.r' ~ thing IL excessively foolish and
.rE ., EFF for stranded actors or half
' asE"t gypSier The true way 70 live is
p" r along the road In an autOmobile.
Hking about the wild flowers and
o ..p. shadows beside the limpid brooks
'.N me supreme itncneon Nhicn
~ our merit stopping place,
30 Il Fourchetts
unu when Ws 60 n the Opsra. 30
n"t- not the thsmAtio embodi-
4 lpNe by a master composer
.." manner in which our own and
.' a.dins intsrprsts IL with pens-
tone and with physical demon
p .r, q emotions too deep for aong.
.'.rnk ~ lilies II the valley and roses
.aots for a set of madhouss varia- /
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