Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-01-13
SCHUMANN HE|NK
AND CHILDREN
AMERICANS
Song Bird Daughter of Aus
TRAN and Italian But is Her
self a Full Pledged Yankee.
and Proud Of 1T

My father was an Austrian, a.,
mother was an Italian. have spec
most Of my lie on German soil. hu
today am an American citizen. an,
all my eight children shall crery oaf
become American citizens said Nine
seAumanu-Heink The possessor OF th'
mes marvellous voice with which
this generation has been lowered. q
lew days ago. The great c~ontrult0
was born near Prague. Bohemia. at
"A little country military post called
Lieben, and her father WIS in the
poverty-sfrleken state II all Austrl-
an army Officers who have no income
from hereditary estates with which
q exc ont their scanty pay. But her
psrents were OF high rank and the
daughter WAS fittlugly educated At the
noted convent Of the rrsnline Nuns.
where her peculiarly liquid and melo-
dloys voice soon brought her into
prominence. Even In ~ untntorcd
state iha deep swelling notes We're
Tho lsfe ~ the choir and visitors Of
AaNtft fAtAttARA NAAtA AftttAi hAA VII AfN
ambitious solos with which the young
singer graced the convent chorus
THE attention she created soon re-
suited in schumann-Heink's depart
ure for Graz where she might have
the ~adsanta~e Of the instruction OF
Marietta Won T. Clnir. Three wears
were spent IN the hardest kind Of
study, mitlgated only By the approx
al 81 the teacher ana the enthusiast
tie praise of her ncQuaintnnces. The
girl was not seventeen and eager 70
show her talents on the operate
stage. Her father with an eye on
the h%ardships and starvatIon-strug-
giles OF the pitiably under-paid pro-
vincinl choruses. was bitterly opposed
10 the future primR donna's leaving
home. but he could not hold his
gifted young daughter IN leash. ~
heard that an alt0-sololst WIS badly
NEEDED az the Royal opera house IN
Dresden. and. against her fathers
viii she travelled to the saxon cap
ital whore the management gave her
q searching try-out. To the surprise
and delight 81 her friends and even
OF her father she was able to sign q
contract for three years IN his inn
portani home OF the musical art. The
future diva came TO the stage in I'll
T%royatore.' where her Interpretation
of the role OF Axucena was the be-
ginning 81 greater trinmphs. But the
Intoxicating glitter Of applause and
praise did moi distract the earnest
young ~Tongater from her higher ann
billions. Under tho skin eye ~ Mar
anne Aloysia Krcbs- Michasesi. the
splendid voice received three more
years OF scientific polishing IN Dress
den, and the schooling which had
been begun IN Graz was continued 20
exquisite perfection Of tone and coll
u.
The time was now ripe for more cx-
tended fields of glory. Bernhard poli-
mi. the director or the Hamburg
ssaat tHsater came 20 Dresden, sought
out an acquaintance with the singer
n finally persuaded her ia come 10
the North German city. where she
appeared with dazzling success undor
the name Of Ernestiuc Meink. Tho
story OF the ncxt ten years was one
Of comhats and trials In Frauiein
Hetnk's private life az well as tenn
porafy sei-hacks ard disappointments
IN the career which her intuitixe
hopes had carved out for The future
But from her long-remcmbered en
Eugement at tho Knoll thentcr In the
capital 81 the knisers, her fame was
spread aver an the earth. o her
captivating humor were Ia demand
from Dublin 10 Warsaw. ana from
Christiania 90 Naples. Especially !
noteworthy was the Ba3routh season
IA the winter of 1896. whom her
matches rendition of thc strenuous
and involved W~agurrian ROLES etherd
on lips Of critics and 100 the pages of
musical journals throughout the add
miring world.
Her reese ptiuu im Amcrico was ass
surtd bat it exceeded ia fefNor the
expectations ~ the most enthusiast
he ~ those Americans who had had
the good fortune "a hear the mag
nificeut cpntraito warbliugs on the
other slide. The great debt which
America owes 60 her ~pefsnunnfr and
charm Is Che r~nuHing 81 the dormant
of dead capabilities Yer musical Hp-
p~reciaton hH hrf unique concerts and
recitais ncsrrting Nhe glitter of
metropolitan grand opera. She hBs
again and aEHin toured the music
ally ignorant cuUutfg with uniform
accalmatiou and has cafried 10 thuu-
sands Of breasts u-udrcamed-nf spheres
% beauty and en3oymtnt The AMER
lean love 81 the humorous and the
burlesque vas touched by tho uinsomo
ana lithesome personality of thls
~s0nRStress
But 1T America reception uf Sehu- T
mann-Hcink was remarkable. Sehu-
mann-Heink's reception nf America
was even more 80. She Ten deeply $50
love with the g~uod-natufed people and
the free institutions anu embraced
American citizenship with her HOSE
heart. "Nilia Fldcs az signac =
J., Is ara abode ~ artistic happiness
and d delight a. the vatfarer The
great onea 81 10 musical world
gather here o. Worship ~ She shrine
and partakc ~ The hospitality pf the
hostess The musical are in American
has been deeply cnrinched hK her
coming q her pres nee.
Nine Sehumaun-He!rk sings la
the Elks theatcr January 20.
iIi- Woke.