KELLOGG. CLA.na LOUISE, b. Sumterville, S. C., 1842, but removed with her parents to New Haven, Conn., and afterwards to New York, where she prosecuted her musical education tinder Albites and other excellent teachers. She made her first appearance in Italian opera in the season of 1861-62, playing " Gilda" in Rigoletto with remarkable success for a debutante. Three years later she appeared in "Marguerite" in Gounod's Faust, and established her reputation as a leading vocalist. In 1867 she made ber appearance at her majesty's theater, London, under the management of col. Maple son, and'produced a profound impression. Indeed, it is doubtful if Miss Kellogg was ever so highly esteemed in her own country as in England. She returned to America in 1868, and during the next three years traveled through the states, appearing in the cities and large towns, meeting with the most cordial reception at the hands of critical audiences. Returning to London in 1872, she sang with Nilsson at Drury Lane theater, and with even more pronounced success than before, singing before the queen at Buckingham palace, and being generally complimented in the most flattering terms by the London critics and connoisseurs. From 1874 Miss Kellogg devoted herself to Eng
lish opera in America, and with marked success. She organized a strong company, which she rehearsed in a comprehensive repertoire, and traveled through the country, performing in the leading theaters. She first introduced to American audiences the operas of The Talisman and the Lily of Killarney. Miss Kellogg, while not to be com pared with the leading singers of her time—Nilsson, Lucca, Albani, and Patti—is a vocalist of decided natural gifts and acquired excellence. Possessing a voice of great power and remarkable compass, her execution is phenomenal in brilliancy and exact ness. :Miss Kellogg is, however, unsympathetic, and her voice exhibits a metallic quality which is to the ear. Her singing appeals rather to the intellect than to the heart, while she has few of the qualities which go to the composition of a great actress.