| Show 4 AMERICAN SINGERS t BY EVAN BYN iS t ti t i f HE AMERICAN AMERICA SINGED is de d THE 1 to the front The last few f W years y rs have hav made this y evident iden Truly great singer r unions among the tae rare things gs of this 1 crol and every nsw nw n w one that ap Ta rs r is s hailed in n the great t rv i c with a c to that ot of u ing a new panet Hence we u uI IJ j the name stars tais which the i rat rai f 1 song ng birds are styled And Andi i Ugh lg 11 Comparatively few fe j of those these tw t are really reay discovered in Amer Ameri i d a the he land laud of the free tree and the toe ol tit the brave is found to be theY thea the Ute a 1 e Y and of oi more than a proportion proportions s i 1 rge be ge number r of them years yean ago ugo Ennia Euma Louise Kel Keli Kela I i farey a arty and Pareppa Rosa stood or o 11 that thai was excellent in singing r D k 1 ra hut but ince since their day every i ar 11 0 two to has ha Europe r ing Hb ii new U V brilliant American star nii li Hauk made n ade Carmen an ideal r ov n alve v as known Emma Ne NeUI Nex Nes s UI x l t rit ut n t Paris will wild with her heru u It uL ui but out almost perfect rendi rend 1 3 J fr r the gentle Italian roles All Allt AllS J t S time vordi a under the name of ij n Norton Nort n was gradually de def del f l n g into the first and greatest v one rian singer our land laud has pro prole le L 1 i About ten years ago she con conI conr r I ll Germany with her magnificent U rt of Brunhilde a role ti all Ill fancied none but women of ofU U tt r powerful rul iv Ie terman could ever eYer maste And th h n r only the rare few w that possessed JP up i genius Chosen by the mas mast t l for the part the complete completes comPleter s r s c oi of o her can an best Tae lie re reZ Z d when we know that today with rl rival al opera house being built bunt in Mu afu lu lub rt j h b the Hit capital of Bavaria for tor the ial al production there t ere of Wagners jr at t works Nordica Is s of all the great sent for to t be a the Brunhilde Iso le and Elsa Following close in Incas cas wake comes Emma Eames certainly an ideal Elsa with h r voice of transcendent traD beauty beruty and andreat reat refinement nt of character Sus Susin Sussan san sa in Adams and Susan Strong have haveth 1 th 1 done muck much sud successful work too toon n opera during the past two or three cars ars ca s and Sybil Sanderson and Marie MarieM M andt are two e of at our r singers singer al alt t in Paris though less r n at home homet homeN N It t all ail U great singers si gers hav havee adopted per as the vehicle of t their triumphs tc e oratorio festival and concert lis Us have been n preferred by a very ery 1 r e cv v n of the highest highut rank Of or these ly Charlotte stands in int t 1 first place with perhaps one LIl LIlL Lili L i j a as a rival Emma b twenty years ago held the irv anh position One peculiarity It e Maronda is fa that she ahe has forced e v eg g lion as a star without leav lev r y hi hr native shores even for study orJi ord a too did most mo t of ot her studying n i tM old Boston as did Frames Barnes mes in her hernY art irly career ar er But they both went 1 F livia i to seek recognition reco lUon This Ma M MI Mar r I has h s not yet done New York Yorkton ton and the great festivals in th the thet stern t rn states chiefly have haye been her herr r II i 1 of t f conquest Emma Juch now kiT ea i 1 but with a voice vi ice unimpaired as ae ulso dO 1 entirely American trained As ls A fI r look to the time when our own ii ar r i r vill ill prove it has hats the best beat fadl facil 3 s in m n the world for foiT producing artists it t pays ra s the most liberally for art artt artis it t is interesting Int to follow the thet i t rd tendencies of all an that is good goodr r 1 I great t It ign l often that Salt I at 1 hes the th tone qt a real star stag starr r ry r r Not Sot as often as our t s J i t between the th great east and ande e ct t or our musical mUI caf tendencies de den dee Tf n p e Indeed it may m well be feared jt t those thousands thousand of young yo n sing uni ord nl music musk lovers lov who need heed n an ania ani i ia hl a Ji d r falsely trained 1 to fancy faucy sir I 3 s I fuh Fu it as we hear inthe in the Bostonians B i r 11 and other musically third i t organizations r who favor us with tali r L while chile hile the fact ic ie that while they g v neat n and interesting productions o l and unimportant operas not ere c r if I F them could get g t a place in first ass ls musical organizations f is teeming with the tile material i ui I ore re than ordinarily fine voices ni vi vv r t e need to listen to the rare great r more than any other one thing I cl i t these voices for a singer iver ter excels his or her ideals The TheAt Thet At t ua le has attracted but a few of rr lr rP fn to our midst and the memory 1 Patti Pan Nordica Melba arid and a few tHer who were In their companies rr re f our chief heritage musically It Itt t 11 we will soon Join hands with 1 sister states who have given glyen the IM one or more real star sing I 3 If so we must place our Ideals I Ah h and ind never mis an opportunity of ofa fl C a j ins in one when within reach So Sorl o 0 rl I so I only can we do our part In r America the land of song and Ci t ps great |
