The sun., 1910-07-10
BERLIN THE SINGERS GOAL
PARIS LESS ATFRaCTnE TO
AWEREC.aN STCRENTS

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stcAi Sf seoding them - thAi country
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hAVe S0quiT~t isapor,Ancs. On the foS~a<r
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Ha-'sh. Nine, CahSer. a. Mrs., Morris
RlAck callS h-r~elf: MArN-sA Van pE-~s~C
| Frances Rn~e. FSor~acs kASson. who -
/ Amerscaa oaly hy aiSptscn thss> are
Sorne % the AmertNan sinEegs Who mate
tA-ir reputAiious in G>rnAny ard began
their work in the routine % the German
opera house~
Among thoss Who began - sing IN
| France there are Mary 0Ar3~n. Lillian
Gr~nVtlle. lvOnne DO Treville and Minnie
/ Tracev remaining of the small army q
I American sing~ss that AnnpAliy ussi 20
make their first Appearance nt the Opera
4 Coraicue a. Lak@s and Invariably 20
ea joy an unparalleled suoc~~s IN the hart
song Ioui~e HSSu,eS - p~rhsp~ the most
A.stin g,iish4i of the rSccat AfsS<scaa
singers whose training was al,osesher
French.
IoaS before this American teacher
transferrei has heAiauArtsrs to Rerhn
there hal b~eo an immigration thither
from this country. The fame of Paris
a. a plAce for studying singing for . lOn q
time d~p-ndsi largely upOn the p~r-
snrality Of two or thr~e motel profes>or
They have grown old and with the prog
rec % time ceased 90 play the same part
they did formerly in tA~ir professions
None has conse w 90 succeed them ard
,h.r~ has heeu no suftcicntly famous
y-sSonakty 70 take their rlAc~.
Then u is not possible 90 ind the same
opportunities for the singers once they
are really to b~gin a carver Thsre has
pubhc eve In Pari-. ami usually - the
Opera Comiqve There Vas Sybil san
derron and after her came Mary GArtea
| There have been fee American sin e~rS
q, the Opera. although many like ErnmA
EAmss aud ReS~ie Ahott made their first
AppeArAnc~S there With great succe~s
Miss SAnderson never - joyed success
anywhere outside % the Opera Corniqus
Her successor Miss Garden. has succeeded
IN conauerins her own country. although
anything hike . worh career for her is
a. much out Of the question ~ il was for
MiS- S&nderSon.
For q long time the QUESTION cf r~yer-
toire has also proved . drawback 10 the
career Offered % American singers IN q
Preach opera hoJzEs. Is !. cnly lately
that the operas 90 the Preach composers
have h~~a sung In other countries. The
American girl who weat 20 Rou~n or
MarSeilles and spent several years sing
ing -Sigurd.- la Femme Apprivoi-~.. :
-Heari V 81 80 vassAuS.' -SslAmmSd. =
lie Roi d'Ys' and the re~t ot the rep~r-
tore sung in the French provincial thea
tres found a. the end % three or -four
years that she hal not acquired much in
the wAy % exp~rieace
J Tho same sirl 4 che got into . German
ou~ra house ~ decent sure would find
q much larger neld for her activity She
| woulh - abb to sing most Of the ltAhAn
/ repertoire eN~rr' the older works, she
/ would have a chance to heAru tho~-. of the
1 Wagner opsrAs that suited her voice and
I after . tew years she would haNr Acpuirei
. very useful rAD~rtnir~
/ T.efuI for whats Why. Tor the Metro
| rohtan Opera Hous-. for which they arr
all aiming IL may he that there Will h'
q ht,l~ u~.l~-s lcrtyinR IN her acouisi-
/ ,iana and utorN or lers unnecessary Fras
/ FlNihs and sinilar national products:
hr she ~ill have had the chance Ia sinS
! Wagner Mozart Verdi and the young
Italians az we'll In frsnce and Italy
Mozart - unkn,~p ~hile the purely
national oT~ra. prrdominAie to a degree
eluAllsd only IN RusSia
Then the comp~nsat,on even for hagin-
ners ls greater in Germany than ~ is m
Francr Marguerite CarrN who 10 one ot
the foremost sopranos IN Pans and th-
wife ~ Ncr impresaro ~ the OpNra
Corigue. gets sicO wh~n"ver she sings.
| That 10 good enough for Franco. hut YOU
NAV imagine from thos~ figures ~hA, is
PAID to the smaller singers IN provincial
, theatres
4 In Germany. even. Segnnsrs m this
court operas NAV se, a salarv tha, Nill ~ith
economy enAhle them to hive, IompensA
NOn IN ,he stAdv - r,unic,pal oTNra houses
1. no, - socd ru, thcr'' IA a hv,nS IN Il,
which 10 wcr' than can 80 sAid 1T Nhat ths
unknNNn frcnca singers earn.
There - scATUely q sucCessiul American
anger among the men Who did uut heglr