Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-05-08
NEW PATHWAY
OPEN IN u. S. TO
OPERATE FAME
Stars Regain Lost Voices in
Study at Modern Music
School.
TRANSFER ALLEGIANCE

NEW YORK, May S.-Euterpe the
muse of melody, has moved her shrine
from France to America, from Paris to
New York.
Worshipers at her shrine have for
saken old world teachers for a rising
generation of music masters in the new
world
Where once the world in seeking per-
fected song and melody turned it's face
toward the opera halls of Paris, Vienna,
and Berlin, there is now a new pathway
leading to Manhattan Isle.
Zee est La guerre" said the French.
1t explains this new wandering of
Euterpe.
The war revolutionized grand opera
Save for the rumbling roll of war
drums and the clarion call Of bugles
such music was forgotten abroad when
the old world rocked in mortal strug-
gle.
In the cities behind the shellwrecked
trenches there came a new music to ease
the snffering-to allay the fear.
A music of delirium-a tragic attempt
TO drawn war sorrows in an intox-
ication Of shallow song.
Lovers of grand opera turned their
faces to the west seeking consolation in
the new world
The songbirds, the coloratures, the sill
YER toned tenors the deep-voiced bassos
came to America from every capital in
the old world to renew their studies in
opera.
These lovers of song for melody's
sake remained in America throughout
the war, and when peace came the old
world prepared for their return But
A Ara A,I
No longer did students turA to Paris,
Vienna or Berlin for instruction in oper-
attic technique.
The stars of the opera remained in
America-and, behold, the old world 3
students crossed the seas to seek the
new shrinei
NEW MASTERS
CREATED IN L. :.
Meanwhile, new generation of music
masters had been created in America.
They were masters of a new technique
Men who combined knowledge Of the
throat with love Of music, physicians and
psychologists
These teachers, led by Dr. Daniel A.
Sullivan OF New York discarded the
teachings Of the old world and have now
revolutionized the art of operate instruc-
ton.
New York from the hidden recesses Of
Europe one after another Of yesterdays
operate celebrities in successful attempts
20 return TO stardom.
With voices strained and torn by mis-
use and abuse, these stars of generation
ago have gone 10 the new generations
school Of music and are. entering a new
era of celebrity.
George Baklanon. famous Russian
tenor in the Chicago Opera Company.
was among the first to seek the new IN
struction.
Ten years ago singer with the Bos-
ton Opera Company. Baklanoff never at
tanned the heights Of stardom. His voice
broke at last and he returned 20 Russia.
But In 1918 he followed the new lure
from America.
Two months in the East Thirty eighth
street studio OF Or. Sullivan and new
Raklanoff was rc9dv - thrill audiences
with the magic iow Of his melody.
He Joined the Chicago Opera Company
and created a sensation I'm the most dir
ficult roles.
He is now in Europe on his FIRST world
tour.
ALICE NIELSEN
BACK IN OPERA.
Alice Nielsen, the Metropolitan opera
soprano. thrilled audiences decade ago
In the Fortune Teller" and rose to star
dom as prima donna in the Boston
Opera Company.
. Her voice suddenly began 10 fail
She stepped down to star again in