Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-07-19
FILLED MANY A.
BIG ENGAGEMENT
Venetian TDubadouTs Played
In Honor Of king Ed;
wards VISIT.
AND ON THE ROYAL, YACHT.

S'gnOr Vapte, Director; sIspor Mora,
Tenor; Mile. Luis Rsrtrame, So
prano; signer Melee ceIIist, and
slSnor George, vloIlnlst, NotatNes
In the Music World.
engagements that members Of the
venetian Tropbadours have filled are
OF such, interest all Of such import.
ance in the musicaloworld that a story
OF several Of the members is given
mere to show something of the work
lthey have done and suggest a bit of
The character of the work that win be
presented on their Chauta6qua engage.
ment at this place.
Signor Eugene vante,. director, was
graduated from the Royal Art Acad.
envy OF Venice. and took krst prize on
the Venetian Gondolier Water Excur.
sion on the occasion Of King Edwards
visit to that city. He was a yer1
young man. Just graduated, and II was
his starting point. 900
Among the most important engage
ments at which he has played might
be mentioned his appearance at the
wellknown Gallery Humbert the First
at Naples in Italy. This was by fuyal
command, and at that time the ma.
Jority OF the present personnel of the
company was with him. He was again
asked to perform at the seating Of the
new Cabinet at the Quirinal at Rome.
and achieved tremendous success
Later he gave Twenty-Five concerts at
the beautiful Roman Palace Garden.
He also filled other engagements on
the weekly water excursions in Venice
and along the picturesque Adriatic
lakes, the most important being the
one on the royal yacht Savoy. o
Played At Lakewood Inn.
Following his trip to America he
appeared at the famous Jersey resort,
Lakewood Inn, at Lakewood, N. j.:
then at the Kaiser Karton, Sea Gate.
N. Y, for eighteen weeks Of conseeu.
tive success; then sixteen weeks at
the famous Ricadonna Hotel, Brighton
Beach, N. Y. and was especially en-.
gagged for the entire season Of 1911
at the well-known hotel, the Waldorf
Astoria, in New York City.
Signcr Mara, the celebrated tenor
with the Troubadours, was first
heard Of in Naples, when merely a
youth. he having been discovered in
the chorus Of the cast of Aida aud
l. Pagliacci. Signor Lombardi, the
conductor of the theatre at that time,
at once discovered the gift Of this
young man. and took him under his
paternal wings. After he had accom-
plished the modern school method Of
singing, he was five years later seen,
as the title role in the very same
opera in which he had appeared years
before in the chorus.
Following his success there he came
to America and was at once placed
with the late Manhattan Opera House,
New York City, in which place he
scored in the operas, Aida, TraviatA,
Lucia di Lammermoor and several
others. Following the closing Of that
opera house, Mr. Oscar Hammerstein
made Sjgnor Mara an offer to stake
him to London, but he, having secured
other prominent engagements o In
America, declined tc accept that offer.
Mile. Pertrame, Soprano.
Mile. Luis B@trame, the soprano
with the TroubadourA although Of
Italian parents, speTt most Of her time
In Paris and scored the success OF
her life, at the well-known Opera
CoahiQue Theatre, Paris. in The Huge
not; Faust9 l.. PGfitani,. La Boheme
aid other well-known operas. In
America she has been with the Acad.
envy Opera Company, the Aborn Opera
Company and the Sayage-Italian.
American Open Cohpany in Canada.
, Signor Mele, the cellist with the
Troubadours, Is considered the best
among the very few good players Of
that difficult Instrument. signor Tcs
canini. who. in hb day was considered
the best the world knew Of, heard
Signor Mele in New York and was
astonished al his bow movements and
OR the easy mapoer IN which he com
mands his instrument He 10 from
Milan, the birthplace Of the best mu |
siciahs the world knows. In America
he has filled some very notable en- |
gagements. ARong them was his en-. |
gagement with Nile. Adeline Patti on |
her farewell tour Of the country a few |
years age 0 %
Signor George, the violin soloIst Of |
the Troubadours, travelled with Mile.
Tetrazzini on her concert tour two
years ago. Q
He has had iullo charge Of a large
orchestra that has played fer twsntD
two weeks at the Fort Lowry Hotel.
Brooklyn Beach; Ney York.
He is American born but OF Italian
he has studied abroad fer
several FEARS under the tutorship Of
Gignor Zanibon, the famous violinist
Of Palace Italian. in Venice, Italy.