Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-13
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the music lovers and public-mindet
citizens to do their part.

the music lovers and publlc-minded
citizens to do their part.
When Cleofonte Campanini leads
his organization under the banner
of the Chicago Opera association to
Milwaukee on Monday, he will enter
upon his 18th season of grand opera
in America. When Oscar Hammer
stein began his first season at the
Manhattan in competition with the
Metropolitan opera house in New
York he brought Campanini to
America as a tower of strength to
match Toscanini. the first conductor
of the rival house. After the TOUR
seasons of the Manhattan company,
when the Metropolitan directors
brought Hammerstein out, they in
duced Campanini to take the entire
organization and its equipment to
Chicago, where it has continued for
seven successful seasons under his
guidance. Last winter he took this
Chicago-grown institution back to
the scene of his first American tri-
umphs-New York-and the entire
organization, stars, chorus, orchestra
and all, scored the most remarkable
success any visiting company has
ever made there. Evidence of this
is the alacrity with which New York
music lovers are subscribing for its
second season there opening next
January, for which the reservations
are so great that every performance
will be completely sold out by sub
scription before the regular box Of
flee sale opens.
The tour of the Chicago company,
just now beginning, brings it to the
Auditorium for two nights only, No
vember l and 2. Two sets of stars
are to appear: FermstaC, Paklanotf,
Ciccolini, Nicolay, Trevisan, Amazar,
Duan and Defrere in ''Tosca" the
first night, with Campanini conduct
ing, and Galli-Curri, Stracciari,
Carpi. Arimondi, Trevisan, Claes-
sens and Defrere in The Barber Of
Seville" the second night, with
Sturani conducting
Mime. Fremstad has peculiar
psychological method of learning an
operate role. She memories the
words first, as she must know what
it is all about" Then she fits the
words to the music With this
technical preliminary accomplished,
she studies the story of the opera
its libretto as a whole-and con-
siders the probable movements and
actions of her colleagues in the cast.
Inventing her own dramatic action
and welding it with the words and
music which she has learned, she
shapes the whole into harmonious
music drama. Then she is ready
for rehearsal with others of the
cast. At rehearsals she even OBJ
serves the orchestraton, having al
ready worked out general &C
quaintance with it through study of
the piano score, Thus she makes
every unit of the performance a
direct accessory to her personal in
depreciation. All of which explains
how the foremost critics of Europe
and America consider each perform
ance by Nine. Fremstad finished
work of art. 1t was such genius and
labor that made her the leading por-
trayer of the title role of "Tosca," in
which she will appear with the Chi
cago Opera company.
Jacques Thibaud, the brilliant vio-
linist, who is now engaged in his
third tour of America, has been
booked by the Bureau of Publicity
of the Omaha Commercial club and
will appear at the Omaha Auditor
ium Friday evening, November 8.
Admission will be only to members
of the Nebraska State Teachers as
ISOLATION, whose annual convention
is there in session.
Thibaud was soldier of the First
French Army during the present
war. His duties were of a hazard
Gus character and he acquitted him
self with credit. His injuries were
serious and his recovery slow He
is now under leave of absence. Thi-
baud is So years old, gained
Premir Prix at the Paris Conserva-
tory at the age of 10, made his first
tour of America at the age of Is,
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