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Musical Courier 1892-12-21: Vol 25 Iss 668, 1892
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1Caroline Ostberg.
2Prima Donna Assoluta, Royal Opera, Stockholm, Sweden.
4An artist has just arrived in this country whose prominence in Europe as a vocalist surpasses that of most living singers. Mrs. Caroline Ostberg, the prima donna of the Royal Opera House, Stockholm, Sweden, in which city she was born, is known in her native country as the leading artist in her particular line, and her visit to this country is due to the fact that pending the construction of a new opera house no operatic performances are given this season in Stockholm.
6Caroline Ostberg began to sing when she was very young, having developed early as a student of the vocal art. As soon as admission could be gained she became a student in the Royal Academy of Music at Stockholm, and at once attracted the attention of Julius Günther, the very teacher who instructed Jenny Lind, and such was the impression she created upon him that he soon assumed personal supervision of her instruction.
8In Stockholm and throughout Sweden it has for some time been recognized that since the days of Jenny Lind no operatic artist in Sweden has attained the artistic position and eminence now occupied by Mrs. Ostberg.
10Her début at the opera was made in Weber's "Der Freischutz," in which she sang the rôle of "Ännchen," the method, culture and delivery of her voice creating such a tremendous sensation that she was at once engaged under a three years' contract.
12Immediately after the expiration of the time, the subject of our sketch married and retired from the stage, but an irresistible longing to return to the scene of her triumphs continued to control her, and when a private performance was announced under royal auspices of Von Suppe's "Boccaccio," Mrs. Ostberg was cast for the leading rôle, and made such a pronounced sensation that her return to grand opera was only a question of a few months.
14She sang with unceasing success at the Royal Opera the rôles of "Elvira," "Leonore" in Fidelio," "Norma," "Queen of the Night," "Agathe," "Martha;" the "Queen" in the "Huguenots," "Jessonda," "Elizabeth" in "Tannhäuser," "Margaretha" and "Helena" in Boito's "Mefistofele," "Leonora" in "Trovatore," and in fact all great dramatic rôles. The portrait on the opposite page represents Ostberg as "Aida," one of the parts she sang with the greatest success.
16As to her voice, it is of large compass, a soprano of volume and under complete control. The results of the highest artistic attainments are at once observed in everything she sings, and even the most difficult passage work is controlled by the most perfect system of technic. At the same time, like all true artists, she possesses the quality of repose and no signs of effort are at any time visible. As a dramatic artist she has achieved such renown that at the present time no singer can be cast in any of the above rôles at the Royal Opera in Stockholm when Ostberg resides there.
18On December 1 Mrs. Ostberg received from the King of Sweden the distinguished Order of "Litteris et Artibus," the greatest distinction in Sweden in the field of art and literature. It was after the production of one of the operas in which she appeared that King Oscar said to her: "It is rarely the case that I have presented this distinction to one who deserved it so well. Except yourself, there is only one other person possessing it, and that is Christine Nilsson."
20The public appearances of Mrs. Ostberg in New York will be duly chronicled in THE MUSICAL COURIER. No doubt she will create as great a furore in this country as in her native land.
22Mr. Nunez's New Work.
24"The MUSICAL ARCANUM" (copyrighted 1892, all rights reserved) is the name of the new and original book that we begin to publish to-day written by the well-known pianist-composer, Gonzalo de J. Nunez. We have secured from Mr. Nunez the right of publication.
26Mr. Nunez has made a deep impression with his new system of musical notation and has decided to start a musical academy for the introduction of his new methods and the new musical laws revealed in the "Musical Arcanum." Full particulars will be found in the advertising columns.
28Seidl at Harlem.
30A large audience greeted Seidl and his Metropolitan Orchestra at the concert given under the auspices of the Y. W. C. A. on Monday evening, December 12. As there is no large hall in this part of the city the concert had to be given in the spacious Calvary M. E. Church. While the acoustic properties of this auditorium are excellent, the various groups of instruments could not be placed to the best advantage, the pulpit interfering. The excellent musicians, however, at once regained their tonal balance and mutual rapport. That the program—by no means a light one—was well arranged may be inferred from the continued applause. The soloists were Gertrude Stein, contralto; Clifford Schmidt, violin; Victor Herbert, violoncello. Mrs. Josiah Lombard and the other ladies of the Young Women's Christian Association deserve credit for having brought to Harlem a concert of such dimensions.
32Cyril Tyler Sings.—Cyril Tyler, the boy soprano, gave two concerts last week at Chickering Hall, Wednesday evening and Saturday matinée. He is a sweet faced boy, who sings with remarkable flexibility and musical feeling, though the latter is exaggerated in sentiment. He gave David's "Charmant Oiseau," with flute obligato of Mr. Carrano, and other pieces. Nahan Franko, Miss Fannie Myers, Jessie Shay and S. C. Engel assisted.
34Mr. Sinzig's Second Brahms Matinee.—Mr. Ferdinand Sinzig, whose native ardor and enthusiasm for the recondite beauties of Brahms' music, was so encouraged by the success of his first matinée that he gave a second and still more successful affair last Monday afternoon at his studio, 246 West Forty-third street, with the Schmidt-Herbert Quartet. Mr. Sinzig played the great F minor quintet, and with Victor Herbert the seldom given 'cello sonata, op. 38, E minor.
36The solo numbers were the F sharp minor capriccio, op. 76, No. 1, and the B minor rhapsody, both of which soli Mr. Sinzig played with full appreciation of their musical worth.
38Maud Powell.—Miss Maud Powell, the celebrated violinist, has just returned from a tour in the New England States, where she has been playing with Mrs. Lillian Norrica. Miss Power has met with wonderful success on this tour and will now remain in this vicinity for a short time to fill engagements, after which she will be heard in the large cities of the West, prior to making a spring tour under the management of Mr. Louis Blumenberg.
40To Aid Working Girls.—A notable musical event took place at Chickering Hall on the afternoon of December 15 under distinguished social patronage. The artists engaged were the Dudley Buck Quartet, Miss Hettie Bradley, soprano; Miss Avice Boxall, harpist, and Leonora von Stosch, violinist. A fine program was presented. The quartet sung with their usual finish and fine harmony. Miss Bradley, who is a pupil of Max Maretzek, sung brilliantly and was heard in the polacca "Je Suis Titania," from "Mignon," and in "The Holy City," by Stephen Adams. Miss Boxall played "Winter," "The Bells of Aberdovey" and variations on Welsh national melodies. The concert netted $800 for the building fund of the Working Girls' Club.
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