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HEARRT’S SUNDAY AMERICAN. ATLANTA
SUNDAY, APRIL 20, 1913.
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what it brings in dollar* tire In
separable in America. Do you sec
what I mean? He take* It that he
could not be an artist, or oven a
hop*-to*be artlat. and get only two
dollars for singing 'J'aust.' But T
was glad to get It; not for the two
dollars part of it. I never thought
of that
"The American does not take his
music seriously; for It 1* not part
of American life. The other even
ing I sang Manon' In Philadelphia.
The opera la In five acts, and a
friend of mine who tea* In the lob
by after the fourth act noticed a
gentleman walking up and down,
evidently watting until the opera
was over. My friend asked him If
he did not want to go in and seo
the fifth act.
Different In Italy.
" 'Oil, no/ answered the gentle
man. Td prefer waiting here. By
the way/ he added, ‘what Is the
opera to-night, and who is singing'’'
"Now do you notice he said he'd
prefer' not going In, and also that
>>e did no*, even know the name of
the opera being given, or what ar
tl#t* were elnglng? In Italy, no
matter If the town In which the
opera was being given that night
was big or little, even the children
could nave known the name of the
opera and the artists who would In
•erpret. And Invite anyone to see
merely one act—alt. they would
have overwhelmed you with grntl-
rud« for the opportunity!
"And that one Incident of the
other evening makes it apparent
that music Is not yet In the program
of life In America.
“Tak'ng music, seriously Is part
of us In Italy, and that makes a
vary greet difference In results
Suppose an American boy has s
good voice, and someone discovers
It. The boy Is poor, has no money.
Perhaps, say In one case out of ten
thousand, someope may pny for Ms
rnltlon for a little while. But in
nine thousand nine hundred and
ninety-nine eases the person who
discovers this good voice says. 'Ah.
what a great pity that the boy is
poor and cannot afford to have his
voice trained! He might he a greet
artist some day. Yes. It Is a plt.v
he Is poor, and must continue to
work In the drygoods store.'
"In Italy let It he discovered that
it boy has a good voice and Is poor,
right away the community is arous
ed This person gives a little, that
person some, another person a lit
tle. so the boy may study A great
teacher fakes hire In hand and gives
him lessons either for a very, very
small figure, or for nothing at nil.
The voice Is the hoy’s; but he cul
tivation of It belongs to tliai par
ticular part of Italy In which he
lives. The community share In
the honor and the responsibility of
giving that votae to the world. The
gift of song that Ood gave the boy
Is not permitted to languish and to
die lust because the boy Is poor.
He may live In a very Uttle village
but his voice belongs to the world,
and the village takes it that tlx
world should Heat It. And the vtl-
lago makes it ]*o»*tb><.
Almost a Religion.
“Tllft'. my friend, Is taking music
seriously, making of It almost a re
ligion.
"There are many good voices In
Italy; but not all are cast by For
tune to be great. Many too are the
good voices In America; but to few
of them come temperament and the
capacity for hard work. Both are
needed. If one should arrive. Nor la
there any necessity. In my opinion,
for an American to go abroad for
teachers. There are splendid teach
ers here. And If few good voices
are produced the teach) rs are not to
blame. Work, work, work,—that la
what the American must learn to
do to b© an artist. A great voice Is
not it question >f geography: where
one I* bom has nothing at all to do
with it. But wc of the other side
work harder and work longer to
gain results than you of America.
“And when your singers go
abroad to study, and then come
back with voices bettered. Immedi
ately they think the foreign teach
er has accomplished the big result
for them. But it is not so. You
•ee they have worked harder than
they would have in America They
have reasoned in this way, 1 have
spent money to come abroad ahd
study. There la no reason why I
should be here unless I study hard
Hind the harder 1 study the quick
ar I arrive at results and the speed
tar I get home again. Bo 1 shall
work very hard and study very
hard.”
“Now, If they would have stayed
right here In America, where, «s T
say. tba teachers ar© every bit as
good as on tho other side, and they
would study and work as hard as
they would tn Europe—well, the re
sult would be precisely the same.”
There is no reason why America
• 'a* not develop groat musicians, Ca
ruso thinks. This talk of the lack
of atmosphere, he says. Is bosh. In
the Interview reported he said:
“A true artist makes his own at*
mospharc. Bom© of the most beau
tiful music In the world was writ
ten In garr«t*! M
H# Citss the Trinity.
"A great singer/* he went on,
should have three things,—voice,
intelligence, and temperament. All
three auo neces-ary to preatno.--:
no two alone will do. And intelli
gence is a tremendous help. 1 have
known mediocre voices that, used
with rare intelligence, really seetn-
♦*d great. Having something up
here,” anti he put his Angers on his
throat “Then you must have some*
thing here too," and his hand went
to hip heart ‘‘to complete the trin
ity that makes for greatnes*.
“Twenty-tlvs years from now you
\\ ill know more about music in
America, and will appreciate It
more. And your women will come
forward faster than your men. For
why? Because a woman works
harder at what she does than a
man. A man will do only enough
to pass muster. « nly enough to gain
the pat on the back, to be told lie
Is all right; but the woman will
work harder than that, and won’t
be content to stop where the man
does. H< r capacity for work is
greater lhan the man's—and yi this
she it helped too by her tempera
ment. Hhe is not so easily satisfied
with conditions ** the man. nor so
**a*iygoing. Hh-\ more than he, up-
THIS SEASON
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upon whoso slighi shoulders hang the
cares of seeing that every star gets a
proper share of plaudits. It Is Mr.
Guard who arranges for the an
nouncement of secret marriages and
the subsequent denial thereof; who
secs that milady’s pearls vanish from
her dressing room every so often, and
who whispers to the reporters, confi
dentially, that they were swallowed
by the tenor’s pet Pomeranian and
found only by the application of the
X-ray or whatever medical invention
happens to be uppermost in the pub
lic mind at the time of writing. Per
haps this Is n rather long tribute ti
Mr Guard, but he has written s<
much of others that it is time he had
a bit of publicity himself.
be like meeting old friends when the
first curtain goes up.
THE remainder of the 800 persons
• it takes to serve grand opera will
arrive to-morrow, two special trains
bringing them from New York. The
first will bear a carload or so of back
drops and wings, the stage roach
from which Manon makes her en
trance. the gondola for tho barcarolle
scene in “Tales,’’ the graves of the
lovers for “Lucia” and—In a spe
cial compartment—the nos© of M.
Cyrano <lr Bergerac, tenderly packed
In excelsior until time for Signor
Amato to stick It on. Besides these
will he a thousand or ao sets of
doublets and hose, a hundred or so
swords of various vintages. 244 sets
of wings, blonde, brunette and auburn,
nnd n couple of hundred musical in
stnimenta. ranging from the piccolo
to the double bass. Not to mention
the chorus, tho ballet, the stage
hands and the chap who sells libret
to* In the foyei
The second train will arrive two
hours afterward, containing two doz-
n assorted vocalists In various lan
guages. And when this train Is emp
tied Into the Terraco the babel of
tongue© will begin. The corridors,
the tea room and the little club down
stairs will sound like a Congress of
nations os dering lunch at a 20-minute
stop.
Anti the women! Bather a change
here, f >r women do not stick to one
company like the man. Emmy Des-
tinn. UiOlw Homer and Frances Alda
are the only real stars who have been
heard before, nnd Mme. Homer in
the only one of the trio hoard in At
lanta every season. But there are
new ones to make up. Lucresia Hori.
the little Spanish soprano, and Frieda
Hem pal, hailed as a really great colo
ratura. are cast for great roles. At
lanta wAh't have a chance to miss
Farrar arid Gadaki and dainty Alma
Gluck. And of course the cast of
small parts will he about the same
as usual, with the funny little Reiss,
and Angelo Bad.* and Bernard Begue.
with Marie Mattfteld and Roslna Van-
Dyok and the rest. The wonderful
Toscanini is coming to conduct “Olo-
conda” and its delicious ballet music,
and “Tosca;" Bturanl will handle the
baton In most of the others, and jo
vial old Hertz-with the polished dome
and the black whiskers will conduct
In Daiarosch’a “Cyrano.”
^2 l \ ERAI. uivi friends this Near, of
^ course' There’S Scotti, who has
>nl\ one season, and even
then he came along just to have a
g< mi time Geraldine Farrar isn't on
the hill tliLs >ear. Amato is coming
iignin. too. this time to sing the one
great purt -the title role—in "fyra-
r,o.’ Hugh Martin, of Kentucky,
known on the hills us Signor Ric-
cardo Mar-tan. with the accent on
the “tan.' is coming again for sev
eral appearances, and his friends
won’t think him overshadowed even
by the great 4'uruso himself, though
any old tenor would have a hard time
getting his name on the top line with
the Italian in the case. Carl Jorn.
the German tenor. is here to
slug Hoffman
<1 Umberto Mac-
tenor never heard In
GiUv the Algerian baritone
voice that's almost a tenor.
The operas themselves? Ah, it i«
u line program arranged for this
season, all things considered Atlanta
has too little opera to care for many
repetitions and the list of great works
is b; no means a long one, so Gatti-
Catmzza had his troubles. But at
last it was d©.idea to omit German
opera entirely, take up one or tw'o
of the lighter works in the Metro
politan repertoire and repeat “Gio-
eonda" and “Tosca." There will be
four night performances and three
matinees, giving the society folk two
nights for dinners long drawn out.
And Caruso is booked for one mat
inee. so mothers who can’t leave the
baby at night may have At least one
opportunity to hear him.
The opening night wTU introduce
u new star and an opera Unknown in
the South. Lucrezia Bori is cast
for the title role in “Manon Lescaut,"
one of the earlier works of Puccini,
whose “Tosca" is also on the bill, and
whose “Butterfly." "La Boheme” and
"Girl of the Golden Wan" are famil
iar to Atlantans. The theme Is the
same as in Massenet’s “Manon,” but
the musical treatment It very differ
ent. It has been sung In New York
several times this season with great
success.
For Tuesday afternoon Verdi's
“Traviata” has been chosen, with
Frieda Hempel. Maonez and Amato
as the principals. This old opera, a
musical treatment of Dumas’ “Ca
mille." has been heard In Atlanta be
fore, but naver l>> a company of the
■lass. Us brilliant arias should
splendid opportunity to Mile.
**1. whose soprano is said to
Tettruzzin/s and Bembrich’a in
aster* of coloratura pas-
elty is offered in the new Walter j
Damrosch opera, “Cyrano.” It has
been sung only a few times since Its
premier In New York a few months
ago; it is by an American composer
and It is the only opera ever sung in
English by the MetVopolitan in At
lanta. Amato, the baritone, has the
title role; Frances Alda, whose Des-
riemnna is so well remembered, will
sing Roxana, and Martin has the fine
tenor part of Christian. The story
closely follows the drama by Ros
tand made famous abroad by Coque-
lln and Bernhardt and In America by
Richard Mansfield.
For Thursday afternoon the most
ornate and spectacular work of the
season, “La Gloconda," will be given.
This was hoard here two years ago
as a night performance, with Martin,
Destlnn and Amato in the principal
parts. It will be sung this season oy
Destinh, Caruso. Gluy and Homer,
and Toscanini will conduct. The bal
let, “Dance of the Hours." will be
given at this performance, the most
pretentious ballet of the week.
On Friday night Offenbach's light
opera — almost opera-bouffe-—“The
“Tales of Hoffman." will be given,
has been presented in Atlanta iwdce
in English, but never by the Metro
politan. It was revived several years
ago by the H&mmerstein company
and hfp been exceedingly popular
aince then. It will be the only opera
rung in French in the present en
gagement. Carl Jorn will sing Hoff
man. Oilly the baritone role, and
Frieda Hempel. Marie Duchene and
Lucrezia Bori the three women's roles
usually sung by one soprano. It will
be an opportunity for hearing several
of the new' stars, and promises to bo
one of the most popular numbers on
the bill. It contains me famous
“Barcarolle," the Venetian boat song,
which sets the audience swaying to
its rhythm, and a particularly fine
baritone solo.
"Lucia," the Donizetti opera whose
sextet has been butchered by ama
teurs, minstrels and trombone quar
tets for half a century, is selected for
Saturday's matinee. Frieda Hempel
will set off the vocal fireworks which
begin In the first act and burst out
at intervals until the last man in the
chorus is dead or dying. Amato and
Macnez will be heard also.
Tosca,” the most dramatic and
logically written of all the program,
will close the w’eek of music. Instead
of Farrar, who was heard in the title
part in the first season. Emmy Des-
dossi. sung three years ago b> Mar
tin n will appeal, and this year Ca
ruso will sing the fine role of Cavaru-
tin. Scotti. who won his greatest
renown in the role of SCurpiu. will
ditch:
GIDDY
EiNMY
DE/S'TIKH
J DANKEr M AITPOTUBG
have the part again, and Toscanini
will conduct.
From every standpoint the fourth
season of Atlanta opera promises to
eclipse its predecessors. The advance
sule Indicates that scarce a desirable
seat will be left; the hotels show lists
of reservations extending over the en
tire South, the society set has ar
ranged a series of teas, dinners and
dances beyond former years in bril-
!* nc j; , Th ? Metropolitan Is sending
its greatest singers, and even Ca
ruso Is for the second time breaking
his rule and singing three times
one week.
And the succeaz of lint-class grand
opera in Atlanta Is all the more re
markable when It Is remembered that
in no other city outside Its home has
the Metropolitan ever cleared a do!
lar of profit, except In occasional
brief trips to Philadelphia or Boston
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