The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-09
Queen OF SONG
HAS HER WH|NS
NINE. TErRtzzINi MUST KNOW
SHE Is WANTED BEFORE SIZE
WILL SING
PROUD OF HER VOICE
RISKS 1T In OPEN AIR IN ORDER
TO PLEASE CHILDREN AND
DOES NOT DIsDAfS
PoPCLAR SONGS

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NEW YORK, Feb. s.--Although
to sail for Europe at an carly cate.
she wifi remain in tifts country 1tsst
long enough to gi,e a short series Of
concerts. Nine. Tetrazzini has been
heard in few American cities, and
the demand of music overs in the
less favored centres Of population has
led to the tour Full arrang emSatS
haze not yet been com pieted, but
Nine. Tetrazzlni win sing in Rich
mond. Va, Thursday. February 10.
Ie.razzini should set the Vrgnians
wild with delight. The capital of slie
Old Dominion and the former capital
of the Geafrtieriey is ftrrturs all over
the country for It's Discrimination,
whether 1t lie In music. the drama or
the other arts. Indeed, RIchmond &C
cupies famous place In the history
Of the drama in this county. mat
ter which was explained at length to
's'ne. Tets azzini before she would
consent to sing there. OF course the
great soprano asks very high fee to
appear anywhere. End IL Is said that
she Will receive at least 1000 for her
appearance in Richmond but In spite
consent to sing wherever her man
ayers choose to send her. She mast
be assured first of al that the people
wish to hear her and then Tetra2zini,
all smiles and dinpies, is couIpia is
ance itself.
Tetlazzsni does not possess the ar
tistic temperament in the degree for
which less famous singers are noto-
r!ous. She sings for the love OF sing
ing at times. as, for instance. when
she sang outdoors in San Francisco to
delight the children of that city on
Christmas LAY. Few singers would
care 10 risk their voices In the open
air, and for the incom parable TetEaz-
xinf to do so astonished the musical
world. But she Ii almost childls7iy
proud OF her glorious voice and de-
lights in the pleasure she affords her
hearers. Her voice Is God given, she
declares, and Is not a gift to be
boarded.
Wherever she has gone Nine. Tet-
rnzzini has captured the hearts of her
audience from her entrance. She Is
plump. but Of good figure, beautiful
in the full Italian sense, and. delights
in wearing gorgeous gowns. Her Ia
and madame is well aware that she
presents magnificent appearance
when she IN arrayod In It.
But her voice!
Melba has been called the flute
voiced singer: Sembrich. the golden
throated soprano: Patti. the hird-iike
son gster. and Tetrazzint 10 likened to
them all. Her voice has all the
warmth and richness Of PATHS. the
faultlessness and purity Of Melba's
tones and. the brilliancy of Sem brich's
golden notes.
When New York FIRST heard her at
che Manhattan Opera House 1t needed
no critic to tell the people the new
queen OF song had arrived. She cap
tured the city in one night and es-
tablished the fame OF Oscar Ham
merstein As an impressar1o who had
to be reckoned with.
Wherever she has gone her success
has been complete. London was at
her feet from the first and in San
Francisco there u only one singer in
the world-Tstraxxini.
Nine. Tetrax1ini needs no sensa-
tional operas to carry her to fame.
Her greatest successes have been In
such old time favorites as Lucia"
and "Rigoletto." although she u
equally at home In the more modern
music dramas Nor does rho scorn
folk songs and popular melodies.
When she was informed that San
Francisco had been awarded the
Panama Exposition she burst into
the joyous refrain Of "Yip-I-Addy-I-
Aye" with . decided accent on the
ZIP"
President Fallierez, Of France,
heard Nine. Tetrazsini at q royal per-
Torrance In England at the recent
coronation Of King George ". and
was 20 delighted that he broke
through the etiquette prescribed for
such occasions and applauded. Later
when he asked for performances In
his country. T~.raxxini cheerfully
agr~rds only sttpnlatinE &het5 the
operas selected be italian. This. OF
coures 10 against all custom and
against the rule OF the government
subsidized Paris opera Accordingly
special bill had to be passed by the
French Chamber Of Deputies to per-
NIT It, This was done and Paris en-
Tetraxzini and her magnificent voice.
Tetraxxini was born in Florence, In
1873. and comes OF . family OF must
clans. She studied In Florence only
sir months and then besap her must ssl-
cal career.
Six years ago. she was In San Fran
cisco. III and In financial straits. Her
venture In opera had proved unsuc-
cesSfua and her chorus was 30 hard
pressed tEat no performance could he
given unti. she theatre manager
bought shoaA and the needed cos
lures.
The captured the town with her
flrst production. "Rigoietto" In these
ok wears. she hes advanced from the
ssienco Of struggling genius to the
urd!snuted Tee der In song.
Tho seats for the Tetrnzysni con
cert are now on sale st the Coriey
Company In Fast Broad street.
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