The San Francisco call., 1910-10-23
FAREWELL CONCERT
TO BE GIVEN TODAY
SIgnOr ScOtti and Nine. de Pas
quail Will Be Heard at
Columbia Theater
Exceptional Selections Have
Been Chosen for Goodby TO
Local Music Lovers
BY WALTER ANTHONY

the columbia theater. and If reports
from Paris last season are to be re-
lied upon it viii be worth while TO
make q visit 70 the Columbia just TO
hear Scotti's Interpretation of lagos
Credoh from ''Otello." At the Thea
ire du Chatelet. when the Metropolitan
opera company showed the Frenchmen
' IN their own capital what grand opera
IN America was like. Scotti is credited
with having created a sensation. His
art Of suggestion. which goes deeper
than mere facial expression and nuance
Of voice and takes hold of the spiritual
essence OF his song, is in its highest
power in works like the ''Credo.''-
Nine. de PasQuai maintains her SINH
larfty 10 Sembrich by a wide variety Of
selections, indicating her catholicity Of
taste and the versatility of her art.
Bellini and Henschel represent eN
tremes in the art of song scarcely less
distant than Donizetti's melody and
Brahms, yet she sings over these
stretches with freedom and assurance.
This afternoons program is as follows:
Creoo' from ''Otello'' lo''--...........-....Ver Verdi
Sicnor scotti.
oPheha's aria tpad scene from Hamlet.
Nine. de Fasquali. H'---'
honan1s ''Vi raVvisO.' from La sonnambgle"
sienor Scott. i'e''iDi
sones-ts Amo --------------- Tito Mattel
90 sP,iPs N1e =. p.soai; Henschel
Duet-''Msrriage Of igaro'......... Mozart
Nine: De Pssquah snd Signor scotti.
Nine. de Pssouali
Aris-'I Re di Lahore Cby requestl Massenet
Dy.+-..Do, p..ass; Sig6or soOtti -,
Nine. de PssausM and Signor Scott.
The aria from II Guarany." which
Nine. de PasQuali Will sing. excites
pleasant recollections. though it has
rarely been heard here The complete
opera was presented in san Francisco
many years ago--just how many 1 am
sad 10 say 1 do not remember A
tenor Gianinni. and a soprano, Eir-
Einia Damerini headed the company
The tenor made a hit that was only
slightly less forcible than that which
TetreZzini later registered here He
renaained in san Francisco for a few
special performances at the Tivoli and
the town went wild bout him. Then
he started on his way TO Europe and
when he came back to America it cost
$ % hear him in concert with Patti.
Miss Minnie Allen is the prima donna
Of the Three Twins" company She
has not. she tells me. occupied her
place very long. but. of course, hopes
TO- Of the stage her name is Mrs.
M.lStach. her husband being Sothern
and Martowe's business representa- tive
=.
a sort of rough soubrette,' until I
was taken i'll Among other things
that 7 did in order TO regain my health
va to take singing lessons. These L
took for the breathing exercises. which
are the foundation of good singing. I
took the lessons primarily for my
health and 10 develop my lungs. which
the doctors with disturbin frankness
assured me were weak It's awful to
blame your singing to sickness and it
reminds one Of the critic who said
Of the tenor voice. its a disease but
the fact is that IS I learned the art of
breathing / found that I learned the
art of singing. Chest expansion
brought corresponding result of vocal
freedom"
The lesson. / think is a good one.
Good ART is good health. Emaciation
and disease are not concomitants OF
healthy eXpressiveness. There is too
much Difference paid to the poet whose
long hair, sunken eyes and hollow
cheeks bespeak in the minds of many
an eSoteric fire, which, consuming his
body. sends up clouds of erotic verse.
] like the idea that good singing comes
from healthy lungs; that good verse
comes from healthy minds, good pic
tures from steady hands and good
plays from normal observers.
My struggle with Illness" said Miss
Allen. had this effect: It turned my
hair premsturcly gray"
1T appears TO be auburn to me-"
said l.
But the roots we're gray.
Which proves that art may be en-
p'oyed with discretion.
The second of Greenbaum's attrac-
tions for this season will be Nine Jo-
hanna Gadski who has recently re-
turned from her engagement AT the
in, CO
says report. she added fame to her fame
and was one of the stars Of the oc-
casion. Her present tour will be brief
rs she is bound TO be back in New York
soon 10 assume her position as prin-
cipal Wagnerian soprano at the Metro
politan opera house
Her opening concert will be given
in this city at the Columbia theater
Sunday afternoon, Noxember 6. A sec
ond recital viii be given Thursday
night. November 10, and her farewell
appearance In town is scheduled for
sunday afternoon, November 13
Greenbaum says that mail orders for
reservations will be taken care of If
they are addressed TO him at Sherman,
clay & cos store. Prices will range
from $3.50 70 81.
Edwin Schneider is the pianist with
Gadski.
lle- recent concert given sDy-lEe pu-
pills Of the California conservatory of
music was an interesting event, ana
was participated in by Miss Miriam
Kanter, Miss Irma Salomon, Miss Ethel
Eastwood, Miss Littlejohn, Miss Jane
Oliver, Mrs. Butler, whose work repre-
sented the tutelage of Mrs. Kramer
and George. Kruger, teachers in that
institution.
Miss Eula Howard. q Mansfeldt pu-
pill and a pianist of sterling stamp, left
here last Wednesday night to start on
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