The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-15
FRIEDA HEMPEI1 WORLD FAMOUS PRIMA DONNA

as entrancing and ravShing as the great Patti herself!
 And this great critic was not alone in his idea of Miss Hempers art, for every critic that have ever read after has one thing only to say of her vo- calizing. and that is, that it Is per feet"
 Another critic some half a dozen years ago, when the lovely Miss Hem pei made her premier bow before the Diamond Horseshoe at the great Metropolitan Opera in New York, was , recorded as wondering if this new prodigy could effect anything with her voice that was not done by vittoris Achilci, who sang, in 1900. "Euridice,' in the first Italian opera, which mus ing" went awry, for nobody cared since few of us have any precious 1900 memories.
 Miss Hempel was not an experiment with MT. Gatti-Cassaza and the directors of the great Metropolitan Opera where only the most renowned and the most gifted singers in the world have the chance to appear. for Mir. Gatti and the others had heard of the beautiful sing CTS fame abroad--indeed had heard her when she thrilled her audiences in La Traviata." and her wonderful Mozart vocalizadon, her equally spectacular "Ernani involami." and dozens of other super displays of vocal tonality
 From the moment she stepped out upon the stage at the Metropolitan and uttered her first golden beautiful notes the au- dience was hers heart and soul and dur ing her seven years engagement at this great Temple of Music" a "Hempel" evening a 'Caruso' evening. a. "Farar'' evening, a "Ponselle' evening, or "Ro- maine" evening, all have corraled the beauty and talent of New York to sit in adoration at the feet of genius.
 Miss IIempel stands today an acknow- ledged Queen of Song her toanl, Inter pretative, musical and historic gifts being of rare order, as the critics see her. and she is proclaimed as one of the worlds greatest artists, beautiful to look at, delightful to listen to, a joy to the eye and ear alike.
 Miss Hempel in this her first concert tour has displayed the excellent taste she always displays by surrounding her self with a most attractive coterie of artists.
 At the piano will be Mir. Coenraad V. Eos, "the king of accompanists" as he
 
 forte and whose born qualities as an accompanst, have made him the peer of the greatest in all the world In addition to MT. Bos, Mis- Hempel in c.udes in her concert company August Rodeman, flutist, whost fame is known throughout the musical circles of Ameri- ca. As first flutist" in the Philadelphia Symphony Mir. Rodeman established him. self as great artist, when he occupied the same position with the Cincinnati Symphony, he added further laurels to his musical crown.
 Music lovers will be delighted to know that Miss Hempel will sing number of selections, with flute accompaniment and her bird-like notes will vie with those O. this tuneful instrument in daintiness, warmth, and beauty.
 Miss Hempel besides being great artist, has many other attractive angles to her character and it is always of inter- est to me to know how great celebrities view the stories that newspaper scribes write about them and so I wrote to Miss Hempel a short time ago and asked Ter to send me what she considered one or the most interesting ''interviews' which has eyer ben written about her.
 In reply she sent me very charming note, and said that she hoped I would like the "interview she was enclosing, which I am going to let you read so you as we'll as l can judge of the sort of thing that appealed to this great singer, in journalism
 The story is written by William Law renee, and it apepared in The Musical