East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-11-03
MADAME SCOTNEY IS
TRULY GREAT singer

Some are born great while others
have greatness thrust upon them. To
be born great and then have great
ness thrust upon one is seldom dup
Heated In the present day, but such
was the fate or fortune Of Nine. Ev-
elyn Scetney OF Australia, now OF the
Boston Opera Company. who appears
at the high school Thursday evening.
As n girl in Melbourne, Australia,
Nine scotney, TO quote her own
words, never dreamed Of becoming a
Grand opera singer. Her first ambl-
tlon In music was the plano, but that
was not TO be. One night at Mel
bourne, while the great Melba was
sitting in the audience. Nine. Scotney
sang at concert Melba was delight
cd; took her TO Europe and insisted
on coaching her personally. Later
through the influence OF the prima
Gonna. she became a pupil Of Mar
chesl and Tosti.
While pursuing her studies in Paris
and London, Nine. scotney turned her
attention to the concert stage, appear
ing with great success. It was at a
private recital in London that Director
Henry Russell OF the Boston opera
company herd her and made her an
offer to come to America.
Nine. scotney's first appearance In
Boston was in a small part in "Tha-
is" A few days later at concert
she sang the Mad Scene from Lucia"
OF this the Boston Post writes: mime.
Scotney sang her way into the hearts
OF music lovers in her first appear
ance at the Boston Opera company
concert in the Mad Scene from Lu-
cIa.' She rose upon the wave OF pop
ular favor. and all who heard her
pronounced her a new star In the op-
cratic armament" Her amazing sue
cess caused. Director Russell TO arr
range a special performance OF "Lu-
ella" with Nine. scotney in the title
role directly after Tetrazzinis appear
ance or this performance the crit
les wrote, Last night Nine. Scotney
appeared for the first time in a stel-
lar operate role and with extra ordi-
nary success: she aroused great en-
thusiasm. the audience giving her un-
stinted applause. After the Mad
Scene she received no less than nine
curtain calls. II was a night that
should prove memorable for the gift
ed young soprano. Although pitting
her voice against that OF the great
Constantine. she sang as easily as
though at her, own piano. Her voice
was as clear as crystal. extraordinar-
lily brilliant with that charming-like
hardness that denotes a great color
ature singer"
The Monday morning papers con-
tinued the ovation. zone Of the
greatest coloratura soprano voices in
the world" wrote one critic; "a real
ly great soprano" wrote another;
more perfect than Tetrazzini'' wrote
the third How we'll she acquitted
herself as Gilda in "Rigoletto" is
shown by the newspapers. 'last night
the young singer appeared with two
of the greatest artists in the world.
Maurice Renaud and Constantine, and
in the opinion of everybody in the
house she was worthy OF her asso-
clates. When the moment came for
the familiar, thrice blessed Caro-,
nome her tones became purer and
full and liquid in their quality. Tn
tone floated and a beautiful voice OF
great prominence was heard" Time
and time again the great Renaud and
Scotney were called upon 10 respond !
to the thunderous applause. Even
this was not enough. So back flew
the rich red draperies. once more
back fell the big flap in the drop-cur-
tain for the fifteenth time. When
Nine. Scotney came out alone, smiling
like a little girl enjoying her first sue
cess in the school hall-the hurricane
reached its climax, a new star had
been cast for title roles"