New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-28

men and women clapping and waving
their hands and crying Bravo, brava!'
and even the gods in the gallery tried
to whistle as loud as they could, and
you must not forget that the gods were
my personal friends There are no
street arabs like those of New York.
They had long before nicknamed me
The Little Chinese Grip because of my
black eyes and yellowish features.
Then | remember my father catch
ing me up IN his arms and kissing NE,
and my mother and all the members Of
the company petting me rs if ! had
done something wonderful indeed: but
1t was not more than | expected TO do
But there was 'Sonnambula' to come
before the evening was finished, and
they told nc there were more people
10 hear 'Sonnambula' than una Voce,
because many Of the audience had gone
out and brought in chance acquant-
Rnces."
Spent Years in Hard Study.
Fortunately she was not spoiled as
mere infant PRODIGY" but was pres.
emily withdrawn from the stage for
some years of study aud hard work
Ih the carry part or 1859 she Went on
short concert tour III the West
Indies with The piano virtuoso, Gott-
schaik, and then. IN the FALL made her
operate debut in New York. The date
the old Academy Of Music, in Four
toenth Street. and the opera was Lucia
di Lammermoor She sang, Of course,
The title role, which remained one Of
ner prime favorites ali her life. Her
success was Immediate and very great
During that season she was seen and
heard in a number of operas, and at
it's end the girl of sixteen was es-
teemed by the public and by the critics
10 be one OF the greatest artists in
the world at time when Alboni, Son
Tag and G5lsi were names to COM ure
with.
TIer first appearance in London was
made at Covent Garden Oh May -,
1851, as Amina III LA Sonnambu!a."
and her success there was even more
marked than it had been in New York.
She followed that performance with
Lucia. Nioletta. Zerlna Gin Don Clio
vanui"l, Martha and Rosina, and with
each new appearance she wor new
plaudits. After the close Of the opera
season SHE sang ct the Birmingham
festival. and then IN supplementary
opera seasons in Liverpool Manchester
and elsewhere. From that time until
1884 she sang every season at CoVent
Garden and in 1885 and 1887 sne was
d. Her Majosty's Opera.
Sang in All European Capitals
Beginning IN 1861 she frequently
was engaged for opera seasons in
Paris, Brussels. Berlin, Vienna, Mos
COW, st. Petersburg, and elsewhere, and
also in many cities in Italy and Spain.
IN New York she was heard for q
number of seasons under the manage
ment of Colonel Mapleson, st the old
Academy OF Music, in company witt.
Annie Louise Cary, Alwina Valleria
Sofia Scalchi, Etelka Gerstey, ltslo
CMnpanini, Antonio Galassl, Ravelli.
Foil. Del Puente, and other famous
singers. Her last appearance in this
country. was ~ farewell concert in
tho Madison Square Garden. During
her operate career she frequently was
heard IN concerts and al great mus
cal festivals.
Her repcrtory comprised more than
thirty operas, chiefly those of Mozart
Verdi, Rosyini, Donizetti, Bellini
Meyerbeer and GouIpd. While Lucia
Was perhaps her favorito role, she WAS
I'm al Barbloro") than with any other
and OF It Rossini rearranged much Of
the music specially TO SUIT hex voice
AS Eosina, rs Zerlina, and IS pinoral
she has never been surpassed, and ths
Same may be said, at least vocaliy
of Lucia, Martha. and Semiramiae. She
was the creator in England Of Annett;
III "Crlspinc e la Comare," La Catarin;
IL Grown Diamolds," Aida, Asmerald,