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Musical Courier 1910-02-16: Vol 60 Iss 7, 1910
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1FRANCES ALDA A TALENTED ARTIST.
3The young soprano who has been singing with the Metropolitan Opera Company this season and whose latest portrait is on this page, Frances Alda, is a native of New Zealand, who studied in Melbourne after her first studies in her native country and then became a pupil of Madame Marchesi, in Paris, and made her debut in the Opera Comique in "Manon," appearing at the same time with Clement. She was personally selected as Manon by Massenet, who devoted his time to special instructions. After her Paris work she was engaged for three seasons in Brussels at the De la Monnaie, where she created the parts in the "Damnation of Faust" and in "Mephistopheles," with Dalmore in the cast. Her Brussels engagement was followed by one at Covent Garden under Campanini, where she sang in "Rigoletto," with Caruso in the cast. After that Campanini telegraphed her to come to Italy, where she sang in Parma in "Rigoletto," with Bonci in the cast, and it was during this performance that Gatti-Casazza and Toscanini, hearing her, engaged her to create Louise at La Scala, where she made another hit and helped to revive "Mephistopheles," with Chaliapine in the cast. Boito, on this occasion, tendered her a photograph of himself, which she exhibits now with the utmost pleasure, on which he states: "With sincere admiration of your artistic triumph."
5These are all substantial instances not only of a successful artistic career, but in conjunction with the greatest artists of their times.
7From Italy she went to Buenos Aires for a season and returned to Paris for a three years' contract at the Grand Opera, and while under this engagement she received the contract for the Metropolitan Opera House here, Messager kindly releasing her.
9The opera repertory of Frances Alda consists of "Falstaff," "Otello," two operas specially engrafted upon her mind through the personal instructions of Toscanini: "Romeo and Juliet," "Manon," "Faust," "Damnation of Faust," "Traviata," "Rigoletto," "Mephistopheles," "Salome," "Herodiade."
11Mlle. Alda has been singing in concerts also and will be heard in a number of important concert events of this country. Arrangements are now being perfected for a tour of Mlle. Alda during the coming season for the purpose of being heard in works for the concert stage, French songs, Italian and French arias and a general concert repertory that will disclose the purity of her style, her control over legato, the nature of her musical intelligence and her general acquirements as a musical artist.
13DUBUQUE MUSIC.
14Dubuque, Ia., Feb. 13, 1910.
16Dubuque has had a great many delightful recitals principally by home talent during the past month. At the past two meetings of the Monday Club Lorena Smith has been the soloist, giving good satisfaction at both meetings.
18The Dubuque Choral Club has had delightful rehearsals under the able direction of Alpheus Dress. Their May Festival is already a subject of happy anticipation.
20Marjorie Husted, one of the young soprano soloists of Dubuque, married Mr. Shenck and will make her home in Seattle, Wash.
22The Dubuque High School Orchestra gives each year a concert of which Dubuquers are very proud. This year's concert was the best yet given and deserves more than passing mention. Winworth Williams, the director, sang two solos and two of the violinists, Miss Oldt and Mr. Brown, appeared in solos.
24Marguerite Flick delighted the Dubuque Women's Club by her sweet singing at the club's quarterly meeting.
26At the annual luncheon of the Dubuque Women's Club, Grace Updegraf Bergen was the soloist.
28Sunday afternoon, January 30, the Schroeder Orchestra gave a complimentary program for the Sisters of the Visitation Convent. The numbers were most delightfully given. The soloists were George Brown, violin; Oscar Huber, trombone; Miss Ernsdorff, reader, and Mrs. Heustis, soprano, the latter having been ill since before Christmas, and this was her first appearance since recovering her health.
30The Friday Music Club held its 154th recital at the Heustis studios on Wednesday evening, February 2. Marguerite Flick and Miss Jungerferman were the vocal soloists and both sang exquisitely. May B. Riley played the Moszkowski arrangement of "Carmen"; Miss Oldt (violinist) Drdla's "Idylle;" Grace Noyes the polonaise "Triumphale" by Friml, and Edith Groff Weber's "Rondo Brillante." The accompanists were Martha Zehntner and Grace Noyes.
32The coming of the Iowa State Music Teachers in June will bring the best teachers of the State to Dubuque.
34BERTHA LINCOLN HEUSTIS.
36MRS. MARC A. BLUMENBERG'S MUSICALE-TEA.
38Mrs. Marc A. Blumenberg gave her first musicale-tea and reception of the season Sunday afternoon of this week at the Ansonia. A large number of guests enjoyed the program, which proved an agreeable surprise to many, although among leading artists and composers in Europe and here her musical accomplishments are known. Accompanied at the piano by Coenraad V. Bos, the hostess, who possesses a very rich and beautifully trained soprano voice, which she uses with artistic taste and discretion, sang lieder by Schubert and Richard Strauss. Her first group included "An die Musik," "Liebesbotschaft," and "Rastlose Liebe." Lastly, Mrs. Blumenberg sang "Heimliche Aufforderung" and "Cecilie." Several of the opera artists present were most pronounced in their admiration of Mrs. Blumenberg's voice. Tea was served at small tables in a room adjoining the salon. This was handsomely adorned with palms and flowers.
40Among the guests were: Mr. and Mrs. Carl Schurz, Dr. Ludwig Wullner, M. Victor Maurel, Signor Gatti-Casazza, Signor and Signora Amato, Signor and Signor De Macchi, Mary Pacheco, Niessen Stone, Anne Stone, Mrs. Tiedemann, Frances Alda, Madame Doria, Mr. and Madame Jacques Coini, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Vivian, Mrs. Charles Henry Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Roland Hinton Perry, Marie Frances Berg, Mrs. Agostine Strickland, Mrs. Borden Carter, Mrs. Rollie Borden Low, Prof. and Mrs. W. R. Shepherd, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Chapman, Mr. S. H. Watts, Clarence Whitehill, Miss M. G. Morony, Armande Le Comte, Max Liebling, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Liebling, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur R. Mosler, Alfred Hunter Clarke, Mrs. Gardner Bartlett, Mrs. J. R. Mackerzie, Grace Ewing, Mr. and Mrs. Albert McGuckin, Mr. and Mrs. H. I. Bennett, Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Eider, Mr. and Mrs. Isidore Luckstone, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Saenger, Emma Trapper, Dr. and Mrs. N. J. Elsenheimer, Mr. M. H. Hanson, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Nolan, Hugh Allen, Charles Rector, A. F. Seligsberg, Mrs. Parry E. Wright, Mrs. A Guard, Lucius Henderson, Miss Edwards, James Middleton, Señor de Segurola, Leo Tektonius, Dr. Morris, Mr. McCall Lanham, Mr. and Mrs. Ditzler, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Wickes, Beatrice Fine, Mrs. Antonia Sawyer, Theo. G. Fischel, and Col. W. C. Cornwall.
42Epstein Trio Concert.
44The third chamber music concert by the Epstein Trio took place at the Hebrew Technical School for Girls, February 13, the program made up of Dvorák's "Dumky Trio," Rubinstein's trio in B flat and a group of French songs, sung by Gustave Borde. The interesting Dvorák Bohemian folk song trio, with its varied rhythms and originality, as well as the splendid Rubinstein music, received closest attention from an audience filling the hall. Both works require a pianist of large technical attainment, as well as one of emotional expression; needless to say this description fits Herman Epstein exactly, so the trios were notably clear and expressive. Gustave Borde sang the French songs with excellent baritone voice, and that fine style familiar to those who have this season frequently heard the French artists.
46Another series of performances of the music dramas in Wagner's "Ring des Nibelungen" will be given at the Metropolitan Opera House on the evenings of February 24 and February 26, March 2 and March 4. Another performance of "Parsifal" is to be given on the afternoon of Washington's Birthday, February 22.
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