The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-13
Anday
GiUeS Recipe
ofRich Life
BY JULIA BLANSHARD
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NEW YORK, Jan. 13.-"Develop
every single talent you have. IF
you excel at one thing. don't let
that stop you from finding express
sion in others. There probably are
many things you can do WE'LL"
That is the recipe for a happy life
suggested as New Years greeting
to Americans by distinguished Wis
itor, Madame Rosette Anday.
Madame Anday is the contralto
sprima donna from the Vienna state
opera. She is here for two months
Nconcert tour throughout America.
Young, vibrant, far-famed as the
outstanding European contralto
while yet under 25, Madame Anday
herself is excellent proof Of the
recipe she recommends. Her laugh
has the same richness as her voice.
Seated in a window nook sur
rounded by flowers, as the morning
sun struck her natural red hair and
her brown eyes with the ruddy hue
that goes with such lovely hair, she
made a radiant picture of health,
hapipness, success.
Violin Prodigy at
OF course Madame Rosette is
gifted far beyond the average per-
son. Before she was known for
her voice, she was a wonder
child on the VIOLIN" and for eight
years, from the time she was 6
suntil she was IA, she toured her
Town country and other parts Of
Europe. Her Stradivarius violin
was at her side as she talked TO
me. She still plays Tor her own
enjoyment, for her friends.
Il was having increasing diff
Guilty with my hands during long
concerts for they we're so small
they tired" she unconsciously held
up her hands as she explained how
she came to change from violin to
'singing. They are small as child's
shands, beautifully formed.
S Il have always sung. 1 never
ran through the house or the gar
den or went riding or out for
other pastime that I didn't sing,
she continued in English that she
apologies for, unnecessarily, but
she speaks five languages fiuently
and considers herself very bad in
English.
Successful From Start
Some family friend who had |
sbeen away for some time heard me |
one day and insisted that 1 go to
Budapest to study. So did, she !
smiled as if that finished the eX-
PLANTATION of why today she is far
famed for the superb quality, the
force of her rich voice.
3 She never has known the heart
ache of trying to break into opera.
She never had the gruelling expe-
rience of being a novice on trial.
Graduating from the conservatory,
she was offered a six years con-
tract to sing for the six months
each season with the Vienna State
Opera.
\ From the first night that she
appeared in Carmen, the music
loving audience took this native
daughter to their hearts. She has
been invited and sung in all the
European capitals.
Rinehart once chartered a spe-
cial train to deliver her back to
her opera in time, after she sang
for him in Berlin. In Paris she won
a medal last year for the marvellous
range of her voice as we'll as the
effortless way it pours forth in
song.
An Actress Musician
Singing she enjoys tremendously.
TO see her sing one would under
stand that. She is more than a bit
of an actress, as we'll as a magnifi-
cent contralto singer!
Some day I will be a painter
she calmly stated For with her
days filed with rehearsals and her
nights with performances, she still
has found time to take painting.
Four of her pictures have been ex-
hibited in Vienna. Her home in
Vienna, which is little Renais-
,sance palace, has many famous
paintings and other works of art
which she has collected.
She has learned her sweetest
notes from the birds, she told me,
seriously. From childhood she
has loved birds and insists she and
they understand each other.
Her friends testify that wild birds
mot only answer her, but come to
her, when she calls them in the
woods. SO well-known is this love
she has for the feathered kingdom
that she is affectionstely called
~Little Bird" by the Viennese.
Last year, when the season closed,
they called her back many times |
and finally presented her with an
exquisite golden bird for which they |
had all contributed. She has never
kept a pet bird. couldn't bear