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'THE , SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 9, I90S.
SCHUMANN-HEINK SINGS IN GRAND OPERA
GREAT ARTIST RENDERS ROLE OF AZUCENA IN "IL TROVATORE" IN GERMAN
NEW YORK, Feb. 1. (Special Corre
respondence.) It is a delight to be
able to say that the operatio sensa
tion of the week was the reappearance of
Madame Schumann-Heink In opera.- The
details of this appearance are as follows:
Mr. Hammerstein planned to have
"Wagnerian opera at the Manhattan this
season, and with that in view engaged
among others Madame Schumann-Helnk.
His plana worked around' differently and
made it impossible to bring forward Ger
man opera this year. Still, he was .so
anxious to have the great artist make, an
appearance on his stage that he asked
her to select one of her favorite roles in
Italian opera, in which he would have
the pleasure of presenting her properly.
Having filled already 63 concerts, and
with 60 more ahead of her, she had no
time to brush up a role in Italian: there
fore she sang in German the part of Azu
cena In "II Trovatore,'" with Zenatello as
Manrlco and Sammarco as the Duke.
Madame Schumann-Helnk's Azucena was
a remarkable piece of work," the manner
in which she portrayed the gypsy. Burn
ing, living, yearning for revenge, was an
achievement to be compared with the
greatest work that has ever been seen on
the operatic stage.
The great German singer is better
known in Wagnerian roles than in Ital
ian, and the former, while giving full op
rortunity for her wide talent, do not con
tain such melodramatic and emotional
elements as does the gypsy of the Verdi
opera. Her marvelous voice lent itself
wholly and gratefully to the music, and
her shadings and phraslngs were done
with such pklll and mustopnship as to be
hidden by the greatnessf the art itself.
This art is sufficient in Itself, but it is
greatly enhanced by her tremendous sln-c-ritv,
and as she carries her hearers
along she makes them feel the great liv
ing grief of this gypsy queen, and when
to these qualities Madame Schumann
Helnk adds her splendid singing, even
the actress hers-elf is forgotten. Mad
june Schumann-Helnk's art is one of rare
finish; her poses, especially of hands and
arms, and her pantomime in general Jus
tify the exalted position which she holds
among the greatest artists that live The
contralto was received with wild enthusi
asm, and was called before the curtain
many times.
There Is no singer who enjoys or re
ceive more affection from the American
rubllo than Madame Schumann-Heinle
This is no doubt due to the fact that she
gives so much and so spontaneously In
her dressing-room, after the opera. Mad
ame Schumann-Helnk said:
"I am the happiest girl in the world to
night. I am back again at the beginning
Ild you know that it was in this that I
made my debut in opera, when I was a
very young girl, and then I studied my
make-up from a famous gypsy queen who
lived in Hungary in a small place where
my father, an Austrian army officer, was
etationed? I was very much interested in
everything she did and in every move
ment she made until it got so that I felt
s though her wild blood was fours mg
through my veins. I have sung this role
at least 500 times in Europe, but never in
this country until tonight, and I want to"
please the public now more than ever .
bceauee now I am an Amer can citizen
arid I feel that my whole life centers
now in this, country. I believe I can now
do better work than I have ever done
before, because I am so free from care
and so happy, but probably next season
I shall spend the whole year in Europe,
because I have bo many engagements
there that it will take me that long to All
them But I shall not forget .Amer -
while there, for I have sent to Hambourg
to the St. Cecilia Club the dramatic can
tata 'Job' of Frederick Converse, which I
Pang at the Worcester Festival, with
wtich they were so flighted that they
will produce It In November, and I win
Ting the principal role. In order to make
t',,U entirely an American evening. I will
also sing a dramatic aria for contralto
and orchestra, also by Mr. Converse.
When Madame Schumann-Heink could
be brought back to talk about the opera,
Bh.Vamvery fond of the Italian roles
and I have sung many of them, in
cluding Amneris in "Aida," Ulrica ,n
Masked Ball.- and I have sung Car
men often, in German, of course, al
though I do sing and have sung in
Italian. My favorite role now is Erda
In Siegfried." I also take great
pleasure in the Ortrud of "henf
and after singing tonight, the Italian
opera, I cannot see why there are
singers who say that Wagner is a
greater strain on the voice than . the
Italian opera. If one sings anything
on a proper method, there is no reason
why the voice should be injured. Some
people have more robust voices than
nh nnd these can stand more of a
strain, but it is not Wagner who ruins
the voices it is simply that German
cit,re T-Afnoa to learn 'the Italian
r,,ti,od nH in that lies the safety."
Mnie. Schumann-Heink is very proud
of her son Henry, who is studying in
rhlrnn for the oDeratic stage.
'Henry will some day be a great
American basso, 1 Hope; but it is wo
hart that he cannot sing Manrico with
me. Ho should have been a tenor for
that, but I am happy that both he and
Hans are to be singers. Of course, it
is born in them, and I think it is just
as good to be a great sniger as to be
anything else. Mehtwar?
The most important musical event
of the week was the first presentation
in this country of Eugen Onegin. the
only operatic work of Tschaikowsky
known in this country. It has been
performed in London with very great
fuecess under Henry J. Wood, and the
motives which prompt Mr. Damrosch
to present this work are the same as
those which Induced him to give the
lirst performance in this country of
the same composers great pathetic
symphony and other important works,
This will mark the opening concert of
the second series of concerts by the
New York Symphony-Orchestra under
Mr. Damrosch.
The second of the Symphony Soci
ety's important announcements, and
which may be looked forward to with
a great deal of pleasant anticipation is
the Beethoven cycle. This, the first
chronological cycle of Bethoven's
works ever produced in New York,
will be given on the last six Sunday
afternoons of the season, and will of
fer a complete exposition of the three
periods of the master s activities as &
composer.. All the nine symphonies
. will be performed. The programmes
will also contain the following vocal
and Instrumental compositions: Trio
for two Oboes and English horn; Ro
mance in G for violin; Scene and Air,
'Ah.' perfldo!" Concerto for piano iri
( major; Overture "Leonore." No. 3;
Overture to "Coriolanus"; Sonata for
piano, "Les Adieux": Three Canons,
and the Benedictus from the Mass in
D.
These works will be so grouped
with the symphonies that each pro
gramme will be a complete exposition
of Beethoven's activities during a cer
tain period of his life. Besides the
New York Symphony Orchestra of 100
musicians, the Symphony Society will
have the co-operation of various solo
ists and the chorus of the New York
Oratorio Society.
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The Tschaikowsky opera was given
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manic banquet was like In ancient
Egypt, Greece and Rome.
Further exhibits will show "creations
of immortal masters. Buch as Careme
Dubois, and Bernard," and the most
modern achievements of the culinary
art. Other sections will be devoted to
the chemical, architectural, and
literary sides of the subject. There
will also be models of famous kitchens,
past, present, and to come, collections
of cooking Implements of all ages and
nations. One of the most useful fea
tures of the institution will be a room
'demonstrating what can be done in
army, hospital and charitable catering.
Here the visitor will be able to learn
how tasty and nourishing meals can
be prepared for large numbers of per
sons at a minimum of expense.
7?zi5- yZUEK
In concert form on Saturday night !
and Sunday afternoon with the follow
ing cast:
Madame Lerin, mezzo soprano, Landed
Proprietress.
Tatiana. soprano Mrs. Hlssam Te Moss
Olga, contralto Mrs. Taylor-Jones
Phlllplevna, a waiting-woman, mezzo
soprano. Eugene Onegin, baritone
Kmilo de GoBorza
Ln?ky, tenor Ellison Van Hoose
Prince Gremin, hts;h. bass.. Tom Daniels
A Captain, low bass
Saretzki, low bans
Triquet, a Frenchman, seoond tenor....
Paul Enj fault
GUlot. a man servant :
Peasants, ball-guests, landowners, officers
chorus of the New York Oratorio Society
The action takes place partly upon a
landed estate, and partly in St. Petersburg,
in the second decaue of the last century.
The opening scene is in the garden of
the Lerins country house. Madame
Lerin, seated under the trees, is busy
preserving her fruit; her daughters, Olga
and Tatlana, are seen at the open window
of the drawing-room. Their duet, "near
est Thou the Nightingale?" seems to
carry one back to the days of muslin
frocks. A quartet follows, in which
Madame Irin and the old nurse. Phllip
ievna, take part. The peasantry then ar
rive on the scene and the succeeding
chorus is quite national in character. At
Madame Lerln's Invitation, they start a
choral dance. The sisters come into the
garden, Tatlana advancing dreamily,
book in hand. Olga rallies her sister on
her romantic musings and sings her first
solo, "I have no mind for languor or for
sadness."
Lensky, their neighbor, who is in love
with Olga, now enters and asks permis
sion to introduce his friend, Eugene One
gin. When the young people are left
alone, Onegin entertains Tatlana in- a
formal recitative They wander Into the
garden, leaving Lensky and Olga, Lensky
then singing his impassioned love song,
"I love you, Olga." The old nurse comes
to announce that tea is served. Her
motberly eyes perceive the subtle change
that has come over Tatlana, who looks
with worshipful eyes upon the stranger,
Onegin. As the curtain falls the orches
tra, in a few expressive bars, suggests
the emotions newly awaneked in Tati
ana's heart.
In the second scene Tatlana Is alone
in her room, by moonlight. The nurse
comes to remind her that it is bedtime.
A long confidential recitative follows be
tween them. This scene Is perhaps the
most exquisite of the whole opera, re
sembling the similar scene in Shakes
peare's "Romeo and Juliet." The nurse
gone, Tatlana falls into a reverie, from
which she rouses to sing her charming
little song. "Nay, though I be undone,"
Ih which she tells of her love Tor Onegin.
She questions herself, how will he know
of it unless she tells him? She decides to
send him a love-letter, the orchestra,
meanwhile, delicately portraying all the
emotions which rise up in Tatiana's
breast. WThen the curse returns, Tatlana
begs her to deliver to Onegin the finished
letter The nurse Is loth to assist in
such rashness, but she knows not how
to refuse her Tatlana, and goes away
reluctantly. Tatlana, seated at her writ
ing table fall again into reverie.
At the opening of the third scene
(again the garden), a chorus ased - on
a folk-song is sung by the peasant girls,
who have . been gathering berries.
Tatlana enters, the . orchestra depicting
her scarcely hidden uneasiness. For she
has not seen Onegin since she sent her
love letter to him, and In the light of
after reflection her action has appeared
to ner in a dirrerent color. Her conduct
seems unmaidenly. Onegin appears. The
girl and her love letter are delicious
jokes to him. No such easy game for
Onegin. The decided unsophistication of
Tatiana, coupled with the absence of
excitement in the winning of such a girl,
who is only too anxious to be won, robs
her of any attraction for the smooth
Onegin. -He thanks her coldly for her
Impassioned love letter. He offers to be
a "brother," advises her on the acquire
ment of more maidenly . reserve, and
leaves' her crushed with disappointment
and burning with shame.
The fourth scene takes place In a brll-
liaiitly-llghted room of the cynical bore
Guests are present at a ball, in honor
of Tatiana's. birthday. The blase Onegin
has been dragged there by . Lensky, and
stands apart iir a mood of synical bore
dom. To relieve tne monotony, he
makes up his mind to flirt with Olga,
which, promises to be sport, inasmuch as
she Is now affianced to his friend Lensky.
He carries her off to dance, while Lensky
uoils with jealousy, Triquet, a typica
Frenchman, has an old-fashioned French
air here which relieves the continual
raise rhythm. A mazurka follows, and
Olga and Onegin are again seen flirting.
Lensky loses control of himself, demand
ing an explanation. Onegin retorts coolly
and Insolently; Olsa iS rebellious. Len
sky Insults his friend, then challenges
him to a duel. Onegin, at this, begins
to see the matter more charitably, but
his own plumed self-estimation compels
him to go out with Lensky. The birth
day party is disrupted.
There is a short orchestral prelude to
the fifth scene, which, on the stage,
shows a Winter landscape at dawn. Len
sky, awaiting the arrival of Onegin, sings
his wonderful aria, "My Days of Youth,
Where Have They Fled?" Full of real
pathos, this air is held to be one of the
most characteristic and best of
Tschalkowsky's inspirations. A conven
tional duel scene follows, in which Lei
sky is killed.
. Several years elapse before the sixth
scene, which occurs in the reception room
of a luxurious house in St. Petersburg.
A brilliant polonaise accompanies the
movements of the guests to and fro.
Onegin is there, standing alone in gloomy
reflection. His remorse is told in a long
recitative. He also tells of his futile
search for spiritual rest. Neither love
nor folly can now dispel the dejectedness
of his mind. The ball continues merrily,
all awaiting the coming of Princess
Germin, the belle of St. Petersburg society,
She comes, and Onegin sees in her s
stately woman of the world, admired
and acclaimed by all she who was once
Tatiana, simple, love-sick girl whose love
he once laughed at. She is the wife of
Prince Gremin, a respected member of
the norillity. a diplomat, very much de
voted to her. Onegin's coldness turns
to violent love.
The closing scene of the opera passes
in the boudoir of the princess. She is
reading a letter from Onegin, quite the
kind of note she once wrote to "him. Ta
tiana has been happy and contented with
her elderly prince, but the vision of
Onegin has aroused all the more potent
emotions of her youth; the reading of his
letter transforms her again into the love
fired girl of yore. At this critical mo
ment Onegin himself enters, fervidly de
claring his love. In a long duet, in which
the emotion is kept at high tension, ho
begs her to fly with him. During his
pleadings she struggles hard between the
calls of honor and of reawakened, all-
powerful love. This struggle with her
self continues, and then, when she has
finally confessed her yearning, with
supreme effort she breaks away from
him. Onegin, baffled and despondent,
cries out in his utter loneliness.
EMILIE FRANCES BAUER.
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Carlson Swedish grammar and reader.
1907.
LITERATURE.
Blaisdell Steps in English; composition-
rhetoric. 1906.
Brooke The history of early English lit-
Watching for Trains Is the Bugbear of. the Theatrical Proffession
MARGUERITE CLARK, of the) De
Wolf Hopper Company, tells of the
joys of traveling with a theatrical troupe.
She says:
"In the language of Mark Twain, 'I
can do anything quicker than wait for
a train.'
"The other morning we had an early
Jump, 6:10 A. M., and the depot a mile
from the hotel. It was a nice little
Pennsylvania town, but shy of some con
veniences. The streetcars run every 20
minutes to the station, and of course
everybody in the company figured on
catching the last car. It had picked up
over 50 of the company at other place
and when it reached our hotel they were
packed in like herrings; there were 11
more in our party and how ten of them
squoze in I can never tell; two rods on
the fender and there must have been half
a dozen hanging on to the back-board.
Well the car started, and I was left with
a 25-pound stachel and only 10 minutes
to catch the train. Frantically I ran back
Into the hotel to order a carriage, and
such a thing as a hack at 6 A. M. was im
possible. A few anxious moments passed
and I saw a wagon approaching loaded
with a cord of wood. Hailing the driver
I begged him to take me to the depot
and 1 would pay him a dollar.. 'Glad to
do it miss, but ther's no place for to
ait .and ye couldn't climb up on top o'
the wood." 'Two dollars,1 I exclaimed in
reply; 'get me there somehow." "Ye'd
only fall off and kill yeself and I couldn't
hold ye on my lap.' he replied. In my
frenzy, the only suggestions I could make
was money. 'Three dollars," 1 yelled.
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The big tip evidently gave him an in
spiration. In less than 10 seconds he had
pushed half the wood off the wagon into
the road, and lifting me by both hands,
swung me on top. The horses were game.
but to make a mile in now about 4 min
utes was not possible. However, nothing
could be done but try, and I mentally
prayed that the train might be late. As
we neared the depot I pushed the
promised fare into the good fellow's
hands. Then my eyes caught sight of the
platform and I could see that it was
crowded with our people. 'Oh, joy," I had
caught the train. In my happiness I dug
out a few more pieces of change and
forced them on the wagoner as he lifted
me to the ground. Then I heard a dozen
voices exclaim, 'the train is three hours
late." -
"I wish I could make trains behave.
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Shows Banquet Table of Ancient and
Modern Times.
BERLIN. Feb. 8. (Special.) Con
sidering how ancient and widespread
Is the habit of eating. It le strange that
till now no one should have thought
of founding a musenm of cookery. The
deficiency Is, however, to be made good
at Frankfort-on-Maln. The idea is be
ing carried out by the International
Association of Cooks, and Its execution
will cost $85,000. The museum is to
contain a historical section, in which,
by the aid of models, the visitor win be
given come idua of what an alder-
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Dining With the Monks.
New York Tribune.
A young Englishman with a title and a
healthy appetite recently went to spend
a fettdays at a monastery in Switzer
land. By chance he arrived on a Friday,
when the fare was especially frugal. He
had little to eat that day and went to
bed hungry. During the night, as is their
custom, one of the fathers went to the
cells with a benediction. "The Lord be
with you," which, of course, he said In
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visitor's cell he knocked and said, "Dom
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and healthful properties from the great source of life, the blood. So long as the circulation
remains pure this mucous membrane will be healthy, but when the blood becomes
infected with catarrhal impurities and poisons, the tissues become diseased, and Catarrh
with all its unpleasant symptoms gets a foot
hold in the system.
The polluted, impure condition of the
blood causes irritation and inflammation of the
different mucous surfaces, and the early stages
of Catarrh are characterized by such symp
toms as a tight, stuffy feeling in the head,
watery eyes, ringing noises in the ears, constant
" hawking and spitting," and often hoarseness
and difficult breathing. The annoyance of
even these early symptoms, together with the filthy character of the disease, makes Catarrh a
dreaded and disgusting trouble, but after the blood is more thoroughly steeped in the
impurity it becomes a general sjstemic disease, and develops into a serious disorder.
Every fibrous tissue becomes involved, the bronchial tubes are attacked, producing a
chronic cough, the soft bones and cartilages of the head are diseased and sometimes
destroyed, the stomach is affected, resulting in dyspepsia, and gradually the entire system
is upset. But Catarrh does still greater damage if allowed to remain in the system.
Frequently the kidneys and bladder are attacked, and the continual passage of impure blood
through the lungs affects these vital members, and then Catarrh terminates in Consumption.
Being a deep-seated blood disease Catarrh must be treated constitutionally, for it is
beyond the reach of local or surface treatment. Washes, sprays, inhalations, etc., are
perhaps cleanly, and in some cases antiseptic, and
for this reason desirable ; but such treatment does
not reach the cause and can never cure the disease.
S. S. Sf cures Catarrh by cleansing the blood of all
the impure catarrhal matter, and at the same
time builds up the system by its unequalled
tonic effects. It goes down into the circulation
and attacks the disease 'at its head and removes
every trace of the pollution that is causing the
trouble. In plain language, S. S. S. purifies the
blool so that the mucous linings are all supplied with healthy, life-giving properties instead
of being saturated with foul catarrhal matter. Then the inflamed and irritated membranes
heal, the discharge is checked, the head noises disappear, the stomach is toned up, and all
the symptoms of Catarrh pass away. If you are suffering with Catarrh begin the use of
S. S. S., and by removing the cause and building up your system, rid yourself of this
dangerous and far-reaching trouble. Literature about Catarrh and any medical advice
desired sent free. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC COMPANY, ATLANTA, GA.
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