The Washington herald., 1912-11-10
7wo Ne,v Produc fions n te
Washington Debuf This Week
aThe FREELY pith Emma 7rsntiai, Comes 10 The Ma.
fioHat, and Philip Barfholonae,s New Farce
Win Be Seen at the BeLasco.
.1EayuLIA caIANDLER MAMH.

At tAsSeldss of the .last ect sof the
s zirsny." st. tie Academy Of Huae. in
= H61timcse last Friday night was con-
1uctDd TO the dressing room o. Arthur
. HaHsnerstein's diminutive star, where !
found hR just the Trsntini OF the nsw
comedy opera In which Mr.. Hammer.
stein 10 this season preventing her. tor
: there seems NO dividing line between
: Nina. The Fireny." md Emma Irsu-
tini.- the, Tiny mite Of humanity 70 whom
/: God gave not only n voice which has
/. OF. the greatest coaQraturs sopranos IN
the world. but the Temperament whioh
!. furnishes an inexhaustfbls supply OF
color. vivacity. magnetism. paQuAncy. and
: charm to her acting.
After her delightfdily naiye greeting
: commented on the fact that she seemed
. not to have stepped from her role OF
I the street singer of the opera even IN
(. her dressing room.
why. no." she exclaimed In the
/, liquid voice of the South. whose intona-
tion expressed surprise At my remarksL
s.They are the ,sames{Nin and Tren-
| tint! Did you not knoy that the man who
wrote the story Of fThe Fireny knew
me. He made It around me. And the
man who wrote the music. he also knew
me and so he colored his score to suit
my voice. Y like best vivacious parts. It
was great funmaking. Victor Herbsres
Naughty Marietta in which APP
peared the past two seasons. but The
FREELY gives me . chance to display
not only my voice. but my histrionic tai
ents Is well. Nina and Trentini. they
are almost the same"
The man who wrote the story referred
to by the tiny diva 10 ono Hauerbach.;
and the composer Of the music which she
80 enjoys Is Rudolf Friml., and Trentini
Is right in her declaration that the little
singer in the new opera IL just herself.
Like The Fireny' Trentini was poor
in this worlds goods, but endowed with
the voice divine. Like the little Italian
Nina created by Mr.. Hauerbach, Mr..
the ladder Of fame in o church choir. for
it was while singing in her native Map
tove. Italy, that some wealthy towns
people had the good judgment to dis
cern an operatic career in the choir
girls voice. A fund was raised and the
little song-bird was sent away to study
under the famous lombard In two
years her master declared her ready for
the operatic stage. She was but four
teen years Of age when a place was Sc
cured for her at the La Scala, Milan.
It was in Milan (after spending four
years singing obscure parts. but working
indefatigably all the while) that Nine.
MeIha heard the little mite, who IL all
voice and vivacity. 1t 30 happened that
Oscar Hammerstein was at that time
securing Europe for talent, and that
Melba had signed q contract with the !
great impresario to appear at the Man |
haitian Opera House which was to open
the following season. Conquered herself |
by the beauty Of the voice Of the little |
Trentini, Melba wired Mr.. Hammerstein \
that she had ''ind' for him. Hammer
stein obeyed her summons and In Just |
three hours after he heard Trentini he |
had a five-year contract with her.
During two seasons under the man. |
agement Of Oscar Hammerstein, Tren-
tint sang important roles in Carmen"
bal Masque," Louise" "Musette," la
Boheme.'' the doll in THE Tales Of Hofr-
man." That's" ''Peleas and Melisande,"
and Media in '.Paeliacci."
Arthur Hammerstein. who is present. \
Ing Emma Trentini in this first opera by \
Rudolph Friril, THE Firefly," which |
opens a weeks engagement at the Ma |
tional Theater tomorrow night, Is the |
second son of the distinguished grand |
opera impresario. The son seems intent |
on following in the footsteps of his noted |
father. and from his record II seems that |
he has succeeded. Anyway. It was Ar
thur Hammerstein who discovered Tren-
tini's versatility, and highest possibilities
1t came about in this city when Cava-
lieri. who was appearing in THE Tales
of Hoffman," fell iii one afternoon and
word was sent to Mr.. Hammerstein that
she would be unable to go on as in the
evening performance. There was no un-
derstudy, and Mr.. Hammerstein was
placed in great predicament He
thought of Trentini, but she was already j