Jacoby: the famous contralto of the Conried Metropolitan Grand Opera Co.

              JACOBY The Famous Contralto OF THE Conried Metropolitan Grand Opera Co.


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Josephine S. Jacoby 
Introductory



T
HIS is literlly an all-star combination.  The distinguished artists composing the quartet have all won imperishable fame by their achievements in concert and opera, and are, by common consent, among the most cultured singers before the public.  Together they form a company that has no superior on the grand opera stage for technical facility, wealth of expression, and artistic ability in blending sentiment and music.  They have all been chosen with special reference to their fitness for fine concerted work, and the management feels that it is more than usually fortunate in being able to offer this superb company among its many attractions for 1907-08.





Mrs. Josephine S. Jacoby
 
CONTRALTO


Miss Florence Hinkle
 
SOPRANO


Mr. John Young
 
TENOR


Mr. Frederick Wheeler
 
BASS-BARITONE


Mr. Paul Eisler
 
PIANIST





Josephine S. Jacoby 
Contralto



T
HE wonderful genius of Josephine Jacoby has been instantly recognized wherever she has appeared before the public.  Her rich contralto voice, her engaging personality and her rare histrionic ability have never failed to rouse her audiences to the highest pitch of enthusiasm.  The gifts and graces which nature and training have showered upon her have combined to make her what she is, the idol of the music-loving people of America.  She comes to the lyceum field fresh from her greatest triumphs as a member of the Conreid Grand Opera Company, in which she has achieved a success such as comes only to artists of the foremost rank.  Today her place is secure among the greatest singers of the world, and her welcome at every performance is a magnificent ovation.  Yet Mrs. Jacoby received all her musical education in New York, where she was born.  She enjoys the distinction of being the only notable grand opera star who has never studied aborad, and who, in fact, has never been in Europe.  She made her debut in concert eight years ago at the Metropolitan Opera House, with the late Anton Seidl, and made such a pronounced hit that she was simply overwhelmed with engagements.  Since that time she has been singing with unvarying success in concert and opera, visiting every large city in the United States, and appearing with all the leading orchestras, including the Boston Symphony, the New York Philharmonic, the New York Symphony, the Theodore Thomas, Chicago, the Pittsburg Symphony, etc. Mrs. Jacoby has made a specialty of the role of 
Delilah
 in Saint-Saëns 
Samson and Delilah
—a role so well suited to her sonorous, trumpet-like voice and her dramatic power that it has contributed in no small degree to her fame.  To hear her rendition of the great aria is to easily understand the adulation which all the American cities have lavished upon this eminent artist.







Miss Florence Hinkle 
Soprano


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B
EAUTIFUL, vivacious and thoroughly charming, with a voice of wonderful flute-like quality, Miss Florence Hinkle easily takes rank with the most popular sopranos of the day.  She has already taken the New York and New England cities by storm, singing her way into the hearts of multitudes, and establishing a fame that must soon be world-wide.  For purity of tone and exquisite finish in every note and phrase, Miss Hinkle has few equals.  Her appearance is all in her favor, so sweetly dignified is she in every pose.  She has a quiet self-possession and a crystalline voice that has something of the charm of a rippling stream of water — clear, cool, delicious.  When she first went to New York, unknown, she was immediately engaged for the position previously held by that matchless oratorio singer, Anita Rio, in the West End Collegiate Church, and this position she has held with the greatest distinction.  Miss Hinkle's studies were pursued under such well-known masters as Armour Galloway, Oscar Saenger, and George Henschel, all of whom have been most enthusiastic in developing the astonishing natural gifts of the young soprano.  Mme. Etelka Gerster, the famous prima donna, heard her sing, and unhesitatingly pronounced her voice the most beautiful she had heard in America.  Miss Hinkle's voice is a rich, velvety soprano, full of vibrancy and with an intonation that enchants by its flawlessness and purity.  Moreover she possesses a temperament such as will lead to the realization of ambitions of a truly lofty character.





Mr. John Young 
Tenor


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M
R. JOHN YOUNG is always a delightful surprise to those who hear him for the first time.  He gains immediate favor with the most apathetic audiences.  He possesses every requisite of the great singer, a voice of remarkable beauty, excellent style and enunciation, and a dramatic power and intensity which is fully equal to that of any vocalist now before the footlights.  No more fitting associate for the great artist whose name is at the head of this admirable company could have been found than this brilliant tenor.  Born in New York, Mr. Young studied under such well known masters as Oscar Saenger (of whom Mrs. Jacoby is herself a pupil) and James Sauvage.  He has just been re-engaged for the tenth consecutive year as tenor in the Second Collegiate Church of New York, and at the beginning of the present year he accepted similar service at the Temple Beth-El, one of the largest Jewish Synagogues in New York.  For the last four years he has been the soloist at the Sunday afternoon musical services of the Church of the Ascension, under the direction of Mr. Heinroth.  At these services all the standard oratorios are given.  Mr. Young has appeared with about forty well-known musical societies, including the Oratorio Society, the Liederkranz, Beethoven Männerchor, Rubinstein Club, People's Choral Union, etc.  His artistic work furnishes one of the most enjoyable features at the concerts of the Jacoby Company.





Mr. Frederick Wheeler 
Bass-Baritone


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T
HERE is no singer that has come before the public in many a long day who is so satisfying in his marvelous vocal feats as Mr. Frederick Wheeler.  His magnificent voice, which is a bass-baritone, together with great temperament, artistic taste and scholarly interpretation, has won for him some of the most sought-for laurels in the concert field of America, and placed him in a leading position among our young American baritones.  For the last six years Mr. Wheeler has been recognized as one of the most able church singers of New York City.  He succeeded Mr. Gwilym Miles, the celebrated baritone, in the position of soloist of the Second Collegiate Reformed Church, which he held for four years, and later was engaged as soloist of St. Bartholomew's Church, the most desirable post in America.  Mr. Wheeler was engaged for the first production in this country of Elgar's 
The Apostles,
 given by the New York Oratorio Society, and his success in the interpretation of the part of 
Jesus
 in this oratorio was so decided that he immediately was engaged for the second performance of the same work, given later by the same society.  He also was a big card in one of the important concerts of the People's Choral Union of New York, under the direction of Dr. Frank Damrosch, and was the soloist at both performances of 
The Messiah,
 sung by the New York Oratorio Society at Christmas time last year.  Mr. Wheeler's uniform success in these engagements has established an enviable reputation for him and made a constantly increasing demand for his services by the leading societies of the country.





Mrs. Josephine S. Jacoby 
Press Comments



Mrs. Jacoby came as a stranger before a Brooklyn audience, but has good reason to feel gratified with her success.  She has a beautiful clear voice, of unusual richness and power, and her rendition of the scene from Bruch's 
Achilleus
 was marked by a refinement of expression and artistic delicacy that gained for her the hearty approval of the audience and won an emphatic recall.—


Brooklyn Times.




Mrs. Josephine Jacoby sang the solos with unusual feeling and expression, and her subsequent solo, a song by Meyer-Helmund, brought forth a veritable thunder of applause from the great audience, which she responded to by singing an encore.—


New York Musical Courier.




The principal soloist was Mrs. Josephine S. Jacoby, a brilliant star in the artists' heaven.  Her voice is rich, beautiful and resonant, which, together with her charming appearance, won at once the hearts of the audience.—


New Haven Herald.




Mrs. Jacoby sang the aria from 
Samson and Delilah
 in a strong, rich voice, which she managed with skill.—


New York Times.




Josephine S. Jacoby, who sang with such marked success, is a handsome young contralto with a beautiful voice.  She delivered the stirring measures of the great aria, really a duo, from 
Samson and Delilah
 with genuine dramatic emphasis.—


New York Commercial Advertiser.




Of Mrs. Jacoby all the people who heard her are talking in terms of greatest praise.  She really electrified them.  Not only is the quality of her rich contralto magnificent, but she sings with such ease and self-possession, and with such an entire absence of effort, that the effect of her work is doubled.  Mrs. Jacoby made an unqualified success.—


Montreal Herald.




She possesses a rarely beautiful voice, a contralto in quality, but of very extended range.  She sings with marked intelligence, thoroughly musical instinct and musical seriousness.  In addition to her musical and vocal ability, she is a remarkably handsome young woman, unaffected in style, but whose stage presence is most prepossessing.—


Buffalo News.




Hers is a genuine contralto voice, and not one of the many mezzos we have had parading as contraltos.  The timbre is true contralto throughout, and the quality rich, sonorous, eminently sympathetic and sensuous at times.  The success of this artist was pronounced, particularly among the most musical of the audience, who have a keen desire to hear what is so seldom heard—a contralto who can sing with technical facility.—


Worcester Correspondent of Musical World.




Her execution and musical temperament speak for themselves.  Her voice has a ringing quality that suggests a well played trumpet, and it belongs to the orchestra.—


Worcester Spy.




Her voice is a lovely, deep contralto, full of richness and passion.—


Columbus (O.) State Journal.





SPECIMEN PROGRAM





1


Quartet,
 Over Hill, Over Dale
Orlando Morgan
From song cycle, 
In Fairyland


2


Baritone Solo
 {Thora


Stephen Adams





or, Over the Desert


Lawrence Kellie




3


Soprano Solo,
 Provencal Song


Dell' Acqua




4


Trio—Soprano, Tenor and Baritone,

Randegger
The Mariners


5


Contralto Solo,
 Page's Song
Meyerbeer

From 
The Huguenots



6


Tenor Solo
 {The Message


Blumenthal





or, Come into the Garden, Maud


Balse




7


*
Duet for Contralto and Baritone,
Love On
Pinsuti

or, It Was a Lover and his Lass


8


Piano Solo,
 Selected





9


Contralto Solo,
 English Group





10


Quartet
 {Good Night, from 
Martha
, or, Sextet, from 
Lucia,
 arranged for four voices





* The duet by contralto and baritone will be alternated with soprano and tenor selection, A Night in Venice 
Arditi


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Miss Florence Hinkle 
Press Comments



Miss Florence Hinkle, the young Philadelphia soprano, sang Verdi's Aria, 
O Don Fatale,
 with good feeling; also three small songs.  Her voice is round and smooth, and her interpretation excellent.  She received an encore after her third song, and responded with a catchy little love song.—


Philadelphia Press.




Miss Hinkle completely won the audience, and so pleased was it with her singing that she was in danger of being thoroughly tired by the number of encores to which she was forced to respond.  Her voice is a remarkably sympathetic, clear soprano and her enunciation is as near perfect as can be.—


Hoboken Observer.




Not for years have the music-loving people of the town listened to a voice like that of Miss Hinkle.—


Providence Evening Tribune.




Miss Hinkle was by far the best vocalist selected for an Amphion concert in half a dozen years at least.  Her first number was 
Elsa's Dream,
 from Lohengrin, and when she won the applause of last night's audience she won the applause of opera goers who have heard Eames and Nordica and other noted singers at the Metropolitan.  It made no difference who had sung it before, Miss Hinkle's interpretation of the Wagnerian piece was at once enjoyable; it was more than enjoyable, for it was the song not only of a good voice, but of a thinking singer.—


Jersey City Journal.




Miss Hinkle proved to be one of the most delightful singers ever heard in this city.  With a voice of exquisite musical quality, strong and clear, a perfect enunciation, and a charming stage presence, this young girl is certainly destined to high honors in the musical world.  Miss Hinkle soon became a pronounced favorite and her sweet voice carried every word to nook and corner of the building and it seemed down into the very being of her audience.  It has been many a day since a sweeter soprano has been heard in Easton.—


Easton Sunday Call.




Miss Florence Hinkle sang the soprano solos with splendid effect.  She has all the qualities of a great singer; remarkable purity, beauty and volume of tone, coupled with distinctness of enunciation, and she makes a most happy impression by her manner and appearance before the audience.—


Easton Sunday Call.




Miss Florence Hinkle, of Philadelphia, who is soprano of the West End Collegiate Church, New York, was a general favorite.  She has a sweet and brilliant voice, fully capable of all demands of song, oratorio and opera should she choose, recently singing the soprano role in 
The Messiah
 in Easton, and soon to sing in 
Hiawatha.
  Her rollicking old English woodland carol and 
Love's Echo
 called forth an encore upon a still prettier birthday song.  Her ease and good-natured presence are examplary.—


Washington Star.




Miss Hinkle's first selection was Elsa's dream from Wagner's 
Lohengrin.
  She is a superb Wagner student.  Her voice is of rare purity and her high notes were beautifully clear.  For the time being she was really Elsa, falsely accused of the murder of her brother, Godfrey, and was singing to the assembled nobles of a dream in which Lohengrin appeared to her as her champion.—


Pittsfield Evening Journal.




Possessing a pure soprano, of ample power and agreeable quality, she has made her tones so flexible and has acquired such agility and smoothness by careful study, that as an artful vocalist she quickly commends herself to critical hearers.  In passages calling for technical facility she exhibited a surety, ease and neatness that were very gratifying, and in Nevin's fine lyric she revealed a feeling for the significance and an artistic ability in blending sentiment and music that only an intelligent and cultured singer, whose emotional resources are under firm control, manifests.—


Newark Evening News.





Mr. John Young 
Press Comments



He created a warm place in the hearts of Nashua's music lovers on his initial appearance.—


Nashua (N. H.) Telegraph.




Although it was Mr. Young's first appearance before a Gloucester audience his first selection won the hearts of the audience, not only his tones being pure and clear, but his enunciation was especially distinct.  Mr. Young also sang 
Onaway, Awake Beloved,
 from 
Hiawatha's Wedding Feast,
 his audience sitting enraptured during its rendition.—


Gloucester (Mass.) Daily Times.




Undoubtedly the best appreciated work of the evening was done by Mr. Young, whose beautiful voice delighted every auditor.  He was here two seasons ago, but confirmed the impression that in Mr. Young there is a consummate artist.  His cantabile work is true and most delightful.  The voice can be ranked as the most beautiful lyric tenor ever heard in Trenton.—


Trenton (N. J.) True American.




John Young, the tenor, brought intelligence and fine feeling to his work.—


New York Times.






Mr. John Young 
Press Comments



John Young, the tenor soloist, made a distinctly favorable impression.  His voice is pure, of good vibratory qualities and ample range.  Mr. Young sang 
If With All Your Hearts,
 from Mendelssohn's 
Elijah,
 with a great deal of earnestness and with more sentiment than is commonly put into oratorio selections.  His interpretation was impressive.  He is liberally gifted with temperament and musical insight and knows well the art of singing.—


Rochester (N. Y.) Democrat-Chronicle.




John Young, tenor, of New York, made a distinctly favorable impression by his beautiful voice and the dignity of his singing.—


Buffalo (N. Y.) Express.




John Young, tenor, renewed and added to his reputation as a singer.  All his songs were given with true artistic taste, and one felt that his vocal organ was under the most perfect control.  His voice is a light, high tenor, and within its limitations leaves nothing to be desired.—


Trenton (N. J.) True American.




Mr. Young, the tenor, did good work and by his verile singing of 
Thou Shalt Break Them
 he roused the audience to real enthusiasm.  He sings with expressive and intelligent phrasing.  His great charms are his purity of tone, delicate shading and perfect articulation.—


New Brunswick (N. J.) Daily Times.




John Young, of New York, is a tenor with a voice of excellent quality, of good range and under admirable control.  He established himself a favorite immediately the audience heard him begin his impressive delivery of the Handel recitation, 
Deeper and Deeper Still,
 and noted with pleased appreciation his charming singing of the accompanying aria, 
Waft Her, Angels.
  Mr. Young's high notes are clear and ringing and are produced easily, without any straining for effect or volume.—


Waterbury (Conn.) Republican.




Mr. Young sang with feeling, sureness, and wonderfully clear enunciation.—


The North American, Phil.





Mr. Frederick Wheeler 
Press Comments



Frederick Wheeler, the baritone soloist, was a most satisfying artist.  His singing of the aria from 
La Gioconda
 was a decidedly well done bit of work.  He was in splendid voice and showed forth in the most brilliant light his command of the art of song.—


Scranton (Pa.) Times.




The soloist was Frederick Wheeler, of New York.  He has a magnificent voice, splendidly trained, and he surely won the hearts of his appreciative listeners.—


Scranton (Pa.) Truth.




Frederick Wheeler has gained much in style and has not lost the singing qualities of a manly voice, first heard in the 
Apostles
 a few years ago.—


New York Evening Sun.




The exacting work of narration done in recitative fell to Frederick Wheeler, bass baritone, and was splendidly done.—


Albany (N. Y.) Journal.




Mr. Frederick Wheeler's two songs, 
Drink to Me Only
 and 
The Two Grenadiers,
 were admirably suited to his rich and powerful baritone.  He delivered them with the discretion and intelligence of a cultured artist.—


Allentown (Pa.) Chronicle-News.




Frederick Wheeler was one of the successes at the Festival.  He is a young man possessing a large bass voice, that retains its full quality in its upper as well as the middle and lower registers.—


Lowell (Mass.) Telegram.




Mr. Frederick Wheeler, baritone, so captivated the audience that he was honored with three recalls.  Mr. Wheeler has a voice of wonderful power and compass, and afforded great pleasure to his listeners.—


Utica (N. Y.) Press.




Frederick Wheeler made his first appearance here and literally captured his audience.  He has great dramatic action and his enunciation was particularly fine.  Mr. Wheeler sang three songs which were gems.—


Concord (N. H.) Patriot.




Mr. Wheeler sang a group of songs—
The Rose
 by Johnson, Huhn's 
Song of Glennan,
 and Damrosch's 
Danny Deever.
  Kipling's popular poem brought forth, as usual, a great outburst of applause.  Mr. Wheeler sang it with unusual breadth of expression, which was indeed a revelation.—


Elizabeth (N. J.) Daily Journal.




Christ's utterances were sung exceedingly well by Mr. Wheeler.—


New York Mail and Express.




The words of our Saviour were sympathetically done in the unusual bass voice of Mr. Frederick Wheeler.—


New York Evening Sun.




Mr. Frederick Wheeler repeated his former conspicuously fine singing of the part of Christ.—


New York Herald.




He is endowed well by nature vocally, and gave a praiseworthy performance of his part.—


New York Press.






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