The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-28
GADSK| To COME.
Great Prima Donna Will Sing at
First Baptist Church.
Follows David Bispham Who
Was Here in December.
TAKES A FRONT RANK.
Operatic Star Now on Her Fifth
American Tour.
Cologne Tage- Blatt Refers to
Diva as Sensational.

When the great David Bispham sang
his wonderful song recital last Deem
Der at the high school auditorium I'M
der the auspices of Dean Horace White
house. the memory of which recital is
still fresh in the minds of those who
availed themselves of their opportunity
to hear one Of the worlds greatest
singers, it was not thought that To-
peka would again SO be honored by
visit from another star of the operate,
and concert world.
Many regrets were felt and expressed
when the great baritone bowed fare
well to his audience which for two
hours he had held spellbound for one
and all felt that Topeka has too little
opportunity to hear such really great
artists
With the coming of Nine. Gadski on
February 2, local music lovers will be
given opportunity to hear the young
est, as well as the most popular, of
the great singers touring the country in
concert. Her coming will be beyond
all question as important event
unsteady as the present season will
offer. In Europe, as in this country,
she takes rank with the greatest of
operate sopranos her more recent ap
earances-particularly at the Wagner
festival in Misunderstanding brought her
unusual hono~s.
ski said the Cologne Tage-Blatt COM
| menting on her triumph as the Coun-
| tess in THE Marriage of Figaro" "She
| is the most sensational feature of the
| festival. She possesses an absolutely
| wonderful voice, which, in spite of it's
| true soprano timber, has a wide range
extending to the darker colors, but de-
| void at all times of shrillness or edge.
| Her method is splendid, her registers
! even, and her tones strung with I'M
\ varying uniformity
| Nine Gadskis hold on public favor is
| indicated by the fact that this is her
| fifth American tour in as many years
| a record which few singers could dupli-
cate After being three years away
| from the operate stage Gadski patch
| ed I'D her differences with Herr Conreid,
| the impreSario, and returned to the
Metropolitan opera house. Her success
l in the great Wagnerian roles, which
she sings as no other living prima
| donna can and with two of which she
| will conclude her program on Thurs
| day night, was so pronounced that it
was feared she could not be induced
to continue her concert work Loudon
Charlton was successful in his efforts
| to have her return to the concert stage
and to him the public is much indebt-
ed
No other prima donna of the pres
ent generation is quite like Nine Cad
I ski. She can lift ones emotions noun
tain high in an operate aria, or sing
some aforementioned folk song with
a heart ache of memory in every line.
In conversation she is as versatile as
in song.
In speaking of voices and musical
gifts she says, Many a great voice
has been ruined in childhood. First.
there is a tendency to sing too loudly
and later a restless desire to change
teachers
"I did not inherit my musical gift
My mother could not distinguish one
tune from another. When / was about
seven years old was sent to a; private
school in Berlin, where we lived.
Every morning the pupils assembled
in a big room to sing the opening ex-
ercises. To my intense delight I dis
covered that, although I was one of
the youngest children, my voice domi-
mated all the others. / tried to sing
louder and louder and became a sort
of show pupil. Before long one of
the teachers took me to sing for Frau
chroeder-Chapu1ka, one of the most
famous singers and teachers of the
day.
81 can see myself, solemnly POM
pous little girl, in stiff white frock,
with two yellow braids down to my
knees, determined to sing at the top
of my voice so as to sustain my repu-
tation with the great artist. Frau
Chapuika listened a few ments in
grim silence Then with horrible
sternness she cried: Stop! 1t is folly
course 1 burst into tears. Then she
put her hand on my head, and said
kindly: Child, do not cry. Thou
| must sing little now in order to sing
! much later on
-'She consented to take me a pu-
pill. and the study commenced with
her continued uninterruptedly for
| twelve years, until after 1 made my
debut
Nine. Gadski has a passion for ali-