The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-07-24
A Musical
Wonder
8, WALTER l. BF%wER

AZ the opera houSC yOuAS udu
a and said: 81 am ARTURO Sta
I have made some success in
: as a tenor and concluded to
season in America before pre-
tng myself In Berlin"
4 ipdeedr' replied the manager.
mn stanellil have heard of your
4 success in Naples. DO you
!, 10 us under contract or are you
an free. I have not yet become
tdpnty known to be sought after"
spell, as yet scarcely twenty years
app for the manager. His voice
tenor but none of his notes were
and some of his lower ones were
,st down to baritone range. Hin
seemed not quite satisfied about
rstbing Presently he said:
IN nv contracts for the seasons
M are signed. If your voice was
Adtone l could use you very readi-
As 1t is l fear we cannot be of use
ach other"
nv me as a baritone" said the
n.
ne manager smiled. "Give me your
hess" he said. Sometimes singers
sne irritable, and brain irritation
aly results in throat irritation. l
have occasion to suddenly put in
nbstitute."
week later Signor Stanelli received
kephone message to call at the
IA house at once. When he was
bounced he was admitted readily,
Hinton told him that his baritone
Quarreled with his contralto and
used to sing with her. 1.-THE part
s low" he added, 'only in one or
places, and we can cut them out"
line new singer created a sensation.
voice, instead Of being high pitch
for baritone, was very low. Those
rs which the manager had suggest
cutting out were sung with vigor.
*htOn was astonished.
How In the world did you ever get
ID fexibility into your voiceT' he
he'd Stanelh after the opera.
Sanelh looked confused and said he
INIT know.
Il was not long after this that Hin
D was again in trouble; this time for
tenor. His principal man in a pre-
nded stabbing scene had really stuck
knife into a rival for the favor Of
TIA woman, but the public. He sent
b Stanelli and asked him IL he could
II bis voice up to a pitch that would
Fable him to take the part Stanelli
kn that he had sung the part with
h experiencing any trouble. He was
pa to be on hand for it the same
|Fening.
BE made as pronounced a success as
tenor as he had as a baritone. Only
portion Of the audience had heard
IN In his other role. These were
snewhat surprised. They did not
now what to think about a man being
hh tenor and baritone. The rest OF
. audience supposed that Stanelli
~ regular tenor.
As for Hinton, he could not believe
= own ears. He knew very well
nat the human voice has not so wide
nnge as appeared In this case, and
\ believed that there was some i'm
'sitiOn being practiced upon him. If
p then Stanelli was simply such a
under as the world had never seen
ktOre.
hintons company was in a constant
nte Of warfare. One night when
sanelh was singing baritone part in
4 Trovatore" a quarrel occurred be-
Heen the tenor and the soprano-they
ere singing lovers parts-and the
aoy slapped the tenor's face. He
WED that he would not sing another
0Ie with her, and the manager could
. move him. Turning to Stanelli.
linton said:
Can you finish the part for himr'
I think can"
We'll, II you can that WIN solve the
'ooiem for this performance. can
'sily supply your place In the role you
I'VE been singing"
stanelli went to his dressing room to
Ange his costume, sending his valet.
1lgl for the dress now required.
ois1 took 1t to him, and In due time
ahelli came forth robed for the trou-
adOurs part.
lnis success in singing two different
lu' requiring a tenor and baritone
see' further puzzled Hinton. After
/ performance he called Stanen into
ONCE and said to him:
SNnelh, wish your voice was on
y different bodies. would like to
Y you for two parts in the same
pea."
mat is not impossible" replied
sneih unconcernedly.
NOt impossible! What do you
sanTr
same the parts and win be on
"a IN two bodies"
.uen the singer told his secret to the
saager, and one evening the tenor
! baritone parts were taken by two
= who were the image of each other.
y: We're Arturio and Giovanni Sta
- twin brothers. But Luigi did not
-st MS master In his dressing room
= evening. for he was Giovanni
saeln and had sung the baritone
rs for his brother.
allurio and Giovanni StaneIli were
= a.