Madame Nordica

The Bayreuth Festival this last year witnessed the triumph of au American singer. Madame Nórdica created a genuine sensation, and immediately established her reputation in Germany as a , great VVagner singer. Sho repeated her Bayreuth triumph in several of the most important musical centers of Germany, notably in Leipzig, that city which is the hotbed of old-fogyism. She was recalled time after time, and it Seemed as though the enthusiasm of the audience could not be kept within the bounds of reason. The engagement of this superb artist for the Festival is a very important step forward. She will sing the part of Margueritein the "Damnation of Faust." "Mme. Nórdica, as might be expected, took her place as first in the hearts of the people the instant she stepped upon the stage. There was no need for her to sung to piano accompaniment a pretty French song by Delibes. The ear of the listener, however, coincided with histor her eye at the conclusión of the aria; and the unanimous verdict in favor of the evening's prima donna was manifested in a storm of applause, as well as many and elegant floral tributes. "Thegreater triumphs of this singer came, however, in the second part of the programme, which was made up of excerpts from Gounod's 'Faust,' in which Mme. Nordica's singing of the'Jewel Song ' and her work in the duet with 'Faust' and the final trio were truly grand and inspiring. " - Boston Merald, Jan. 17, 1S9S. 'In the miscellaneous programme with which the concert began she sang with exquisite effect the aria from Qounod's 'Queen of Sheba,' the old English bailad, 'When Love is Kind,' IMibes's 'Filies de Cadix,' and in the garden scène from ' Faust ' that constituted the second part of the entertainment she was of course, the 'Marguerite '; andabetter 'Marguerite' it would be hard to flnd. It was the best singing of its kind that New York has heard this winter, and the audience was untlring in its