Salt Lake Telegram | 1915-03-14 | Page 54 | Lambardi is Broke at 70; Faces Judge

lAMBARDI IS BROKE J rA AT T 70 fl FACES JUDGE J. J A i J Ja Im I r m Si Sick ck at Heart Says Ruined Ruined Impresario ario Dreams Shattered SAN FRANCISCO March 13 Do Do not col ask me to talk I am too sick too sick too sick Ick ick in here said eald Mario Lam and he laid a l shaking hand over oyer his heart His Hier lead head was bowed and his lean len form trembled as he ho slowly passed through th the gesticulating crowd of singers chattering ch excited excitedly the other day In front gf pf the Gaiety theatre where Lambardi's gran grand opera company has haa gone one to pieces Nearly 70 years old his hiI long life crowded with Hh the tho triumphs and dis dis- disasters I asters of or his career as asan asan asan I an Impre Jo Mario Marlo Lambardi was compelled to stand before Police Judge Oppenheim to answer charges charses l by ty y one pi of his chorus who accused him of liar hav tog lug violated the state labor law A A. A I Kaplan aplan tho the chorus man says as a's that Lambardi misrepresented misrepresented- d the when he cn engaged ged Kaplan and other members of the who I now float find themselves stranded in San ban s Francisco isco Tho Tha principals of the tho corn cora ny ere are not In ln any ay special financial trouble but its it's rough lines on the chorus Hard Says Say L Yes s. s it is y voi-y hard bard very said Lam Lam- bardl bardi A P pall Ul of golden ld n romance opened Its portals as Marl Marlo stor story was as unfolded Thirty y years ago he ho went from Italy to Central America He was to then h build an ii architect under Jet commission sn a theatre Having ln built the he was s seized upon by the grand CTt passion of ot his the grand the tho entrancement entrance entrance- ment of o operatic production Opera Producing ng a Mania Manta For ho Says GaS that's just what whal It Is Isan isan an a sort c of black magic said friend who translated d for Cor him O Opera rn Production Is not a a business s It Is s a mania mC At 1 first and of of a truth when when things go o well veil It Is 19 I i the ih moat pleasant 1111 f form torm of ot i Intoxication in- in In dby man a You drink rink If you ou are successful from n CUI Into which the tho spirits of harmony hannon ride van vau- it gold success art anti and y have ha poured their commingled wines You dont don't see ece the real live world In for Cor you ou live ous another Common r region glon fabulous and and glori- glori life so o dull and gray Iray has fallen far from you ou and you dont don't think It Is forever For Lambardi It mantic The was waR especially ro- ro first fifteen years of his C career were passed In Central American Amerl- Amerl can in republics Bonal friend where he was the ho per per- personal and of oC all the thc no matter how fast the revo- revo Clime For 1 Opera and Lambardi everybody wanted had the thc secret of fiEra them the artists and music I liked ked Ho He went from they capital to and from capital capit triumph to triumph admired courted and 11 unique Mario the successful great t th the To singers aspiring ho he WIlS' WIlS WIlSn n a sort sorl of divinity Comes Cernes to San Francisco About Aboul and sixteen years ago a o h invaded Then followed repeated repealed his victories hip l first visit to San Jo Francisco His event vent lie He coming was a great brought n a splendid mong th them m company were sinKers and Ave like lIko Salu Salassa no who made tt found hits of a profound pro pro- acid kind AU All was wonderful except the husi- husi nus neu result Ah no that 1 was not nol Business results i l on thi this never side i were vere of KLod good good for Gre with nl e the Ho Rio Hond Rid and nd tho roV royal subsidies su SuPPort ot of wealthy presidents and ind patrons In the Latin LaUn countr es his genius Genlue for tor artistic en- en 4 k his lavish 1 way of oC giving the best music In ht the best way any wn possible sible served very well but well but In the thc land of the thc doH dollar mark mark no no no Lombard Lambardi lust lost lu t money moncy Instead of making It It nut But he wished to conquer fortune fortune- for COI the tho great Freal Mario I Lambardi am bar dl did not nol rest easy under defeat oven O If only n K partial defeat Again lie ire came camo to inn Han Francisco Like the brave and Idealistic Idealistic tic artist that he hc l is I lie he- chose to conic como with his grand overt opera to tho the ruins ruing of the thc city In 1906 only a u few months month after the great creat disaster There In th the thc old Central theatre under the corrugated Iron roof of what WhAl really rel was Va a big shed In the midst of tho the shattered city which wa was rebuilding Itself ulli gave hit his operas San Francisco loved love him for that It tl was wan fine It Il was wn noble noble- noble but alas again it ot goO good hush busi I ness I Yet every year ear or 01 two Lambardi came camo back And always It was the llio same tiamo stor story artistic success 1 s financial disappointment