The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-04-13

shrugged mis- shoulders when he was
asked If the success OF the chorus In
Boris had surprised him.
NO" ne answered shortly: u have
always known what they could do
1t was much the same reception thai
ne might have given to a question as &c
whether he knew that the sun rises In the
east.
The experience OF Settl enables him tc
analyze u voice so quickly and apparently
iDstinctlvely that everyone is amazed al
the speed and accuracy OF his judgment
Born I'm Italy, musician from cnila-
great opera houses In the world from
Bucnos Ayres to Barcelona He is also
something Of u litterateur. as VIII be seen
later Many years OF dSsociaIl0n hio 'b Seer %.er
affection and admiration for that maestro
and Gatti-Cazzaza also occupies a toI
place in Sctti's affections.
Settl was conducting the orchestra al
the khedive's opera house in Cairo
Epypt a post he had for years, when the
mana cement OF the Metropoltan opera
house was assumed by Gatt-Cazzaza
This was five years ago, one or Inc
first moves made by Mister Gatt-as
the chorus master calls him-and Macs,
tro 1oscanIui was to write to Signor Setti
and ask him II ne would not transfer Ms
services 10 New York,
'I was very glad to accept explained
the chorus master. with an ar Whlcu
seemed TO say that If Maestro Toscanini
TO cOnUQGt opera az tiiI i'i iS'N
ar the Sandwich islands, and signihed a
1nsi,r 10 have him associated with the
nn3nrnrIse he would come by the first
boat ,,, ,5 bord p,or,,
aro responsihle for the success or tnc
@horus In Boris" said Setti He pro
nnl,nced IL "Bor EES." II could NOT
have secured these results win q COLT, ,.a1S,
TO recommend them. The methous s,,,o o,
hiring singers now Is different from i what
II was some years ago, VI course NoiLc
non1es first but that Is only tne start
:, fo .iso necessary 10 have an equip
n,aut nj brains, SO that Wnen SlbgeI
must learn new opera the TASK Is uo'
Impossible. The singers must hi.ow Ja IT, =
nmnrcs or at least be able TO enuhclat
5i",incily In different Tongues: Al thc
Wetropoiitan Boris is sung IN llanhIi; 7;
7 do not mind saving that me orlEi'i,.i ~
italian was very bad as ~ "npN ~ ,,,rcos.
ih. hook that came to me- IL was n'Ses-
- @ 10 rev,ritc large part OF ~ into
better Italian. One hears Hluch %, SitS
iisi, opera that Is difficult TO sins' s,sSi UH'
Italian can be written 50 '""'
GUY ..lybo =" rcIransIated the Italian?' Sisnor
seq ~ ,;d :" hc answered. 1T had To De
n',, ,n, singers had had trouble with
shasc words the responsibility "ouI" nave
been mine; month To drill the
Boris chorus. Go"m.,ms i,,n,e had "Cyrano''
oo took days OF eSnrse, dnnns tnGrs
Svore rehearsals OF other operss W., W., ,,a li1s
were ,t,nn The most difficult languages
Im Ir'HS epera, era. slgnor setti says arc Ehsi'sh
ana traininc a chorus to sing new oner;. r;.
slsnor sett nrst goes through eServ ,he detali g9
himseli anu a,. ihe chorus together and
,ss he snS tS' nc OF pruaS5i 1@f S5f''S s%a
n,,s over E@'Gh Te then explained After this the
ine@, ,Ds in 5ssSnd sge%Ddf .snofs T@Sse the the
bassea ns @ second bas,eg 6ssS s1sS
and so on. un' "a familiar with his own
S' Of work. there are cntslpTeisioa ,hs TensnSe M
henfsals, ntc SettI IL not satisfied
st tho singers psSsbISn ba ibSE nma ARE ARE
vitality Interested ann t..
In the Boris" chorus are lZo sitiESs It,, !,
or whom seventy are carrnnns. The
hns n Of the chorus was Nh, hired saDs 1S here here
INr -, ont singers. arias and "tner
=" ,n,,s,c from the most famous operaS w