| Show Good Voices Hard to Get I Cannot Persuade Young Y oun to Enter Comic Opera f fa cr ran who ho that ers ersT ersI T I M companies arc are In III want 11 r CO ami r I 1 tall ra singers only ony has every very err r of nf th tile the fa Fay tho the Now No Iio lC i There Is 1 a need of ot Rood I k i ie u cr C if Lt both and er e i I d woOlen women for parts of or almost ov a 11 sit sll In their ct men and aIR women of at tin Ifill w IV U d lilt ty want or certain party part hero irge numbers of ambitious ora om orain orai concert singers with wIh in 0 i or r L 1 t p i 1 1 for tor some profitable l f i rt I t of Ot their time tima mid talen 1 O v M 4 ne r think however of n rn romlo r opera That Is beneath f I I they the have established for fort or orl l t t I It u Is not flat beneath their dig digi I I i vrr to take lallo imposition In n II rv 1 or i 1 ir In I which the compensation Its I i f C ur eurs s eald ld a manager of oft v t irk ark theater r to toa a Sun SUII reporter p j o pet get attractive young oung men mento mento II to dins cing the parts parta i 1 leal 1111 at that 1 I brought over Oct I I MI 1 I j Jondon I 1 wanted gentle tearing charm chapM with coot It happens that many mallY of the tho I 1 J 1 m n theto musical plays playa fall fIl falle fIlI I e P 1 f j I once van tried to 10 get gett t I fill mi ono one of Parts be bt t jool ll well wIl although hn ho inn hail it r l f of nf f n 1 t voice Ho lb had lind too I f i few IV rehearsals showed 1 an flu ani 1 1 Ii i I c 1 i I i L man mall who ho had been 4 in comic operas of ot the oM oil oMi oilI i 11 wall AH not In tho ho least leut like It Its v I all H s hItler better than anybody ol e r f rI rf 1 n I I engaged him however I f i i he II 1 would have to 10 work off ort f pounds of stomach that wai WR WRt r to a 1 sentimental t fc I In III the nar navy narI i I 1 ged him n ilK nH a last resort feel ba LA b able later to tind i If I g t jf I I would t I I wanted antI I 1 saw sa M lots of ot them themY themI them That fellow Y to I y saw II ie f for four tour yours merely because became j I i 1 lAt find any other man half a 11 ai aTh The Th fellow also aln a ai i 1 i 1 of or ambition and ami tried trIet I k P hid hili hI fluh fieh down and look Ilko a asi ar ar si a l He 11 ia itS not a bit the th real r c fen t I J dont think he ho realized It Iti i 4 I Jot got JM 00 fl a week WIk ek for tor U 4 weeks In Ini I i n U merely because I get et i 1 vt of f men I wanted want d Whore did didt t I f tIl Why I tithe nine advertisements rd C l trade trado papers There Thero r I handsome young oun fellows bar barI I i rI md I tenors with good voices and andI I IF appearances 1 I wanted but did didi i i ire H to 1 sine In comic opera Not Noti i f HI It I had my 1 manager writ writs writt i t r cf r f these thee agencies that are ar sup cup cupI I j tir lin places for them and und asked aked I i y dM dId 1 I riOt not want to ting In my m rom com romI I They n ver did They The had start I it Jt L to make mal e a 1 reputation In grand 1 or concert conert and they tho did not In Ini I i to 10 make take money Of Ot course In Ini Int I i i t t there thc e are Me rarely two or I t h exceptional talent to i p gu 1111 cM rM In serious music mush but for hev h he would w have 1110 been nil all a II right t r preferred In u II church c I however to making fio or six fix I i as much In comic opera Tl I 1 I admit n that year Mr In and j V i out seven coven times a 11 week will vIII have hao I 1 ifert on any all an voice oleo but if tf a II man or ori oran i I i an lan has bac been taught to sing prop r aid ld 1 Knows how hov ho to cave navo the tho 01 I gt not to be ho fo co 0 much Injured M tu i idO 0 do for comic opera For a great i t r with Uh lIh a 1 rank among the tho first firsti i 1 f 1 z 7 n In Iii the profession It 11 might fg tg eSH it 1 I that tho the work would v i r I nIO too much murI but would it II itI iv I 1 ordinary concert tenor or so BO 1 fame tInO way ther th r aro are many 1 C s 10 I have hao vole voice ole to ba bo baS S ful In III comic comb opera but In nr lr r oratorio wiy wl never mak iian a n verj VP Pr modest living Y vt Vet VetI t I ro nl also o opposed to comic opera It Is II i to them In spite s A 1111 they have havo lately hat had i n II them thrill WM Wit wa I to realize that It would bo be boi i years year If It the Iho time over cr came carno be beh f 4 h 1 cult rank with the great r at sing a popular singer In the tha thai i r t It Is doubtful If It ho riled i re than A t year nar narI I I ii t If IC she sha ho cleared a n cent let II Icca than Ihan F I her comic opera last lut year ear ar 1 will Iii bo ho 1 0 able to keep on doing I t phe Fite Is a rich enough woma oma 1 Tint II her voles voice gets get Into condl t d I 1 then she he will iv be able to allow l i 1 Ih l luxury of singing In gran I M Tue ease Illse of M rt She Sho ho was wa not a young Oln in 1 any longer lon er and Rn It 11 was dIfficult n e 1 her hir but she he made money al a aI II 11 I she idie dill did realize that bhe che could do dous us vs will of ot cOmb l mk opera She SheT Sher T r 1 sang any an more frequently while th Ih operetta stage than she sho can cut do dot doI t I lilt alt tn times s She fht can Con gIve ho seven seen cong sont l n Hals t ds a 1 week Hek and al alro alco sing twice twIrl la In laV 11 V hI same came day If It FO co there ther thera sIs aR a of ourse no reason why sho clay Hla In comic opera Few F worn wont om t I i Ian an fl sing so M much however Sem ien n ich 1 h t I 1 reported to III have haI said cald that tha I uld ting Ing In tn operetta If the Im Imf f Marlo guaranteed her a 1 year three years Juit Jull to think of Mario Dressier Dreasler g her ber first appearance as Mar dar Mari darc nr i c if I It I In III She was Willi certain II att as going to tn bo tt b a 1 grand opera R r sho lio had stuck to that tha M was alro alco a P aRI 1 Pg RI g r In iti grand opera before iho ho wise wire 11 1 to tf 10 go where there wa was a ai 1 ar i 1 it held r for tor her talents Victor Ta Tail 1 a ai il t i did lilt not to ring ping In oper la I HI I the tho clo tIIS of hl his hili career UN 11 in 1 who ho had a II good enough v 1 at t the tho beginning hl t to tn make makl r 1 a place for In tn grand grandI M II I a 5 realized that there wan WM a bet bt beti i old for rr her Ir and Is consequently a ah aIt I III h It richer woman today tOlla toda than If die ihO I 1 1 I to n i secondary 8 place Ithaca In the tho 1 pira p m house hours Women omen like fit it who hll have Ime such careers i 1115 I music lt are willing to go 10 Into Inlo opera and 1 realize that lint they th ur lir urI aro I In lit dignity The choir sing r the beginner In the tho concert Held lI tint not do that lion however OUT They are arn rarely able ahll to earn cam camI Ill n re reI I i Jl lUtO 10 0 or OO for nn nt appearance i t out nut ut of lIt that tOmes come the tilO fee for COl the th i L it 11 t and traveling and andi I i Then TIlt the length of time timet t I their h lr vogue gul lasts law Is brief I know known I n 1 r popular baritone who ha hR lies sung MittS F deal l In concerts during durin 1110 i nt fire years Ial He lie Ii Is better now thaI thau q r wasp was 11 but his hi manager tell tells mo mc moI II I I th the hardest thing In the world to toft toJ tog ft J g I engagements for him now Tim The Timi i I pie ilp r ha have o R n enough h of him and w IV want TAn I new flew faces The Tho actor artor 1 nv has hAlt an advantage over I r concert singer that goes on tho the thoI I In full tull dress and tand re rl They appear every ff sason al alt alI I at t I In something now no and the tho per ki IIII U It not so likely to 10 bc bt beme me monotonous I dr nt deny that the th situation ov over r re hM hili Improved f r mitch during t r J laft t few fow f and It Is now itow po pM poM peele M le 11 to gd It for farce actor ator dr M v ery of ry much mitch helter and look vy i T ry much men mor like the Ih mart lcm n 1 than they th u used 1 to tn There Thera plenty of I StIll sUlL for forS S y Rood good voices nl and good looking girls p r yoUng funy that come along They uld tie be mere marc to go got o oI I t J mie para opera than play pIA lung for lor engagements that nr rr I me Tue or if Jf thor do d are aff not nearly near BO IO BOi J i ThU manager did not nat think that It Id py pay 11 In I mil all I BM as Ut their lr j 1 ay 0 If is II to exchange tho ho If loft loti for tho the stage Mas ringing In comic opera H Is I much work ork A d It II U Is jut just for lor that r reason iMin that wo woi 0 i At arp r ro tI scarce Haree Th of ot ofin I in a It mu Inu r hM r been changed For Jr j rf ry n wt ro good food enough lo In Inand 1 and rd on their own nut the th thI I I performers sero good enough to get PI out of ot them all nil that they hoy contained but that Is no longer true If It a slap slapstick stick comedian begins a coio song soni ho no sooner reaches tho the chorus chortis than 30 31 or 40 women begin b to sneak on In III tho background to Illustrate tho verse erse They The cavort and caper capor w ho he Kings lingl and then tji tP when he ho roaches roach 1 the chorus Or a wiry voiced soprano sl will begin to croon My dy 1 Goulash Girl CIrI or some celtic other melody rich In national color eulor when whon the some same cohort of oC In dif dlf different ferent tent costumes will wriggle out in 11 tho the red or yellow calcium and help the lady lally through brought the chorus horuN The tenor char will receive the same MinI attention and amI tho SOUblette will viiI have to have the tho Mine canto helping hand ThI kind of ot thing thin goes on until there thero are aro so 10 many man changes of ot cot co limo tume for tho the women that lint thy they ar art are all the tho time one farce two years 1151 1111 go lied had 18 IS change during tho the two acts acK Ret As these wert complete changes from 1 to the tho big bl hats bath on ott top of ot their head heads HI co h meant n a 1 lot of work for Cor forthe tho the girls It 11 waR wag WU no uncommon thing for tor of ot the tile girls to faint on one Olle evening when the opening of It If the pleas piece wait v 18 n played here luring during the till lalo late There Is III very er ot little In iii the hi charu nowadays for women who have not Aery nry flue fine voices and the tho certainty of graduating from It II III In a it abort chort time It U Is III J good training for tor them If It they the noon get ret out but bUI even the tho poor pay pa of If the tho choir loft In is better tho ho chorus now nov If a n woman can an get 10 a ft week In the chorus of u Ii heir choir It will go further than an at much on ott the The rewards of or If comic opera arc all for lilA thA less lew eminent of ot the stars of concert and anti oratorio |
