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Salem, Oregon, Thursday, May 10, 1956
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THE CAPITAL JOUSNAL'
Section 2 Page 5 .
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Robert Merrill
8y HAL BOYLE
NEW YORK -i It lakes just
15 cents and a few minutes to go
by subway from Brooklyn to the
Metropolitan Opera House in Man
Youngest Big
has produced.
Like most opera stairs Bob Is
proud to call himself "a longhair,"
but he doesn't let his hair fall
over his eves and hlinH him t
Baritone on Ihe Metropolitan
'But it wasn't until I had ten
full years of voice study that I
felt ready to appear before an
opera audience. It's dangerous for
a kid 1 1 go up into the big leagues
too fast. Opera is too dernanding."
Merrill now does about 30 opera
performances a year, 10 to 15
guest spots on television, about 20
concerts and spends three weeks
in Las Vegas, where he usually is
co-starred with of all people
"Satchmo" Armstrong, the jau
trumpeter.
To keep up this spartan schedule
Bob has to watch his weight like
a boxer, take long walks, exercise
twice a day.
He has 20 roles in his repertoire.
but if he had his way he would
sing only tevo or three roles but
do each of them ten times year.
"It is the onl way to approach
perfection m a role" he said.
"What is there better in living
than to Wl something you like
to do and then learn to do it as
well as you possibly, can so that
people identify it with you. A sing
er cannot become truly great in
many roles. He can hope to do so
in a .few after many years."
What is the.diffcrence between a
baritone and a tenor?
"That's easy" said Merrill
laughing "the tenor usually wins
the girl in the opera. The tenor
usually gets paid more money but
baritones have one consolation,
tSey usually last longer than
tenors."
But Boh. Is doinu all ri 'lit. His
Violinist Says
Wednesday's luncheon program of
the Salem Rotary club.
She spoke of the excellent recep
tion given the orchestra as It
played before large audiences la
Copenhagen, Oslo, Helsinki, Paris,
London and other large European
centers. The group played under
the direction of Boris Sirpo, Fort
land musician.
Sue was introduced by her fath
er, Dr. Ted Lathrop, Oregon City
surgeon, who is vitally Interested
in international relations. He spoke
of plans being developed for a tour
of South America and the possi
bility of travels in Asia. All in the
interest of bringing all peoples to
gether on a friendship basis.
again until I was IT
too hard too early.
"They try to go after a fast
buck too soon. For three years I
sang nothing but simple Italian
love songs before I "appeared be
fore an audience. I was working in
a belt factory for $10 a week. I
was paid $7 for singing four songs
at a weo'Cing reception. The $7
didn't impress me so much as the
fact I got a free dinner too."
"In those days I used to buy a
dime sandwich at a luncheon coun
ter, then go out and buy a SO cent
cigar just to have a feeling of
luxury.
MAT . TT 1 J
"This turned out to be a good
thing. I found out later that many
children ruin their voice by using
it too much nirmg me years when
the voice is changing. It should be
rested and allowed to strengthen."
An odd reversal takes place in
boys' voices as they mature. High
pitched aopranos usually turn into
baritones or even bassos. It is the
altos who become tenors.
Merrill has a theory that many
young singers, even after they
reach physical maturity, destroy
their voices by over-working them
Income is high in the six figure?!
music neipiui
bracket and 1 don t mean $1,000.00
To Relations
Music plays an important part In
the establishment of good interna
tional relations. Of this Miss Sue
Latlirop of Oregon City is convin
ced. The young violinist, who, as a
member of the Portland Little
Chamber orchestra, toured several
European countries last summer,
told of, her impressions during
hattan.
It tnnlr Dtharf Morrill 1A
other forms of music.
SILVERTON WOMEN ILL
S1LVKRTON Mrs. Merton De
Guire was entered at the Silverton
hospital, .Sunday, from her home
'I like almost any kind of music
except rock-n-roll" he said. "But
thnl I Wl i.
and often lonely years to make
me journey out at 27 ne came as
a ctnr Mo uni thn w,,,,.,,.. K :
! Bob was a boy soprano. He took
in North Silverton where she has
"MJ kilt JUUIIC3l UHI -
tone ever to make his debut at
up singing to neip cure him of
stuttering.
"It did help, too," he remarked.
"But I was still so shy about ap
pearing in public that I quit sing
ing at 12 and didn't take it up
been quite ill for some time. Mrs.
Gordon VanClcave was brought
from the Salem General hospital
Saturday by the Silverton South
Water street Nursing Home am
bulance, and is now being cared
for at the Silverton hospital.
we Metropolitan in a major role.
Good operatic baritones are al
most as scarce as penguins in
Florida. Merrill, son ot a Brooklyn
laborer, is one of the best America
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