New Britain herald., 1926-01-30
AMERICAN GIRL 10 SING IN GERMANY Will Be Guest Prima Donna at
 Berlin and Hamburg

New York, Jan, 30 P- For the second time within two years, Dusa- lima Giannini, young American so- prano, this fall will appear as guest prima donna with the Berlin and Hamburg opera companies
 The singer will be visiting scenes of former triumphs In these cities, but she also will seek honors else where while abroad, for Vienna has invited her to appear In opera there
 Her invitations are considered un- usually significant in musical circles here, because Europe is not accus- toned to sending to America for opera subsequently, for one who has never appeared with the Metro politan Opera Company.
 Miss Giannini's career started three years ago, when Anna Case became ill and was unable to appear in the Schola Cantorum. Kurt Schindler. the conductor. with only few hours to find substitute, learned that Madame Sembrich had a twenty-year old pupil from Phila- delphia who was considered promis- ing.
 The result was Miss Giannini's ap- pearance with such triumph that she was placed on the concert stage year before her teacher had intend ed. Since then, the singer has ap- peared in many American cities. In the summer of 1924, she sang at Queens hall, London. where she was acclaimed.
 Concerts in Berlin and Hamburg resulted in even greater praise and brought her first invitations to sing leading roles with the two German opera companies.
 When the conductor of the Ham, burg company told me Aida was 10 be my first role, I saw success pass ing from my grasp" Miss Giannini said. "I was familiar with the opera, for l had given it much study, but l had never sung 1t with q company. l knew if I told him this all would be lost.
 First. I asked for a full rehears- al. but the conductor insisted this was unnecessary. Finally, an hours rehearsal with the orchestra was ob- tained on the ground that it would be embarrassing if the musicians, unfamiliar with my interpretation of the role, should fail to follow me.
 When I walked on the stage the night of the performance. 1 could feel the shock I was giving the company and the audience through my interpretation. As the slave girl l came out meekly and sang my part without the force, volume and self-assertion with which it had been presented by other singers.
 My interpretation was based on the fact that no one but myself was supposed 10 know I was the daugh- ter of king To those around I was a helpless slave, unhappy in the realization that the man whom I hopclessly loved was sent out to conquer my fathers country. Only in the Nile scene with my father and Radamcs, in which my identity is revealed, did I come out from my meekness and act as the princess and sing with full volume in the con- sciousness of my position. The thrill came when my interpretation was acclaimed '
 The soprano repeated the role in Berlin and was accorded thirty-six curtain calls in one of the greatest ovations ever given an American singer in Germany.
 Asked why she does not appear In opera in America, Miss Giannini re- piled that she wants to be free to establish her reputation on the con- cert stage here and abroad.
 "I am not yet ready to settle down with an opera company" she said "I prefer 10 appear only as a guest artist