Word: hempel
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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August Heckscher, 79½, zinc, steel and real estate potentate, philanthropist, is apt to die any minute now, thought Frieda Hempel, 42¾, retired soprano. So she filed application with the Manhattan Supreme Court for an order to have Mr. Heckscher testify immediately concerning his alleged agreement to pay her $48,000 a year for the rest of her life. She claims that she gave up an income of $200,000 a year on the concert stage to help Mr. Heckscher in his philanthropic work...
...sing in one performance. Last week, in honor of the American Legion visitors, The Barber of Seville was given with U. S. artists in all the principal roles. Those who pleased most were Madame Luella Melius, coloratura soprano, and Theodore Karle, tenor. Applaud- ing in the audience sat: Frieda Hempel, Ganna Walska, Madeleine Keltic, M. Fitzhugh, Charles Hackett, William Martin...
Divorced. Frieda Hempel, famed opera singer, from William D. Kahn, Manhattan patent broker, in Paris...
That the University Glee Club is right in maintaining its high musical standard in spite of what alumni Babbitts may say was again proved by the large and appreciative audience which greeted its appearance in Symphony Hall with Miss Frieda Hempel as soloist last night...
...Miss Hempel sang two groups. The first consisted of Lieder by Marx, Richard Strauss, and Hugo Wolf. These numbers tended toward the humorous, and while they were sung with charm it was in the second group that Miss Hempel again proved herself the sterling artist she is. This began with the Grand Aria from "Dinorah" in which the demented heroine chases her shadow vocally and competes with a flute. Miss Hempel easily won the competition. The chromatic octave which she ascended and descended twice in one breath was a noteworthy feat. The pathetic "Schwesterlein" of Brahms, the rollicking humour...