Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-10-21
M,a,mo Ann. Ri,hop,

Madame Anna Bishop has been regarded,
during a quarter Of = century, as one Of the
reigning "Queens Of Song "-ranking with
the greatest vocalists Of the age-Sontag,
Pasta, Grisi, and Aboni-rather than sug-
costing comparison with the lesser lights Of
the modern lyric sphere. Adecade Of years
have passed since Madame Bishop first visit:
ed California, and the rare pleasures enjoyed
during her career on the Pacific shores are
still fresh in the memory Of the lovers OF the
divine art in San Francisco. From this city,
Madame Bishop proceeded to Melbourne and
Sydney, where she achieved brilliant success.
In producing q series Of operas In San Fran
cisco, at u great cost, she had suffered heavy
losses, but every dollar Of the Indebtedness
incurred here, was faithfully paid from the
large gains realised in her Australian cam.
paign. Madame Bishop subsequently visited
Valparaiso, Lima, Rio de Janeiro, and all
the principal cities Of South America. She
then passed two years6in, Europe, and,
returning to the United States. has
since been eoneertisingoa ii all parts
of the Union, and in Canada, Cuba, the
West India Islands and Mexico, finding a
rapturous receptions everywhere, and elicit
ing by her splendid efforts the warmest COM
mendations Of the press and the public.
Amid all the yicissitudes Of professional life,
and long journeyings around the world and
far and wide, Madame Bishop preserves the
freshness Of voice and the comeliness OF face
and figure which nature had so generously
bestowed upon her. Just before leaving New
York, she gave a number Of concerts in that
city, in Brooklyn, and at the fashionable
watering places Of the East. The New York
Herald, in a notice of one Of these entettain-
ments, remarks: MADAME Bishops success
was fattering even to an artist OF her great
attainments. That peculiar sympathetic and
velvet hute.like quality Of voice which con-
stitutes so great a charm, was apparent in
every piece she sang. One Of them, 80 popu-
lar with her audiences many years ago, was
given with that delightful piquancy and
fascination peculiar to herself. Mr.. Henry
d. Watson, a critic Of repute, writes, in the
New York Tribune: MADAME Anna Bishop
appears before the New York public
again, with a voice as fresh and beautiful as
when we heard her many years ago. In
deed, in point Of volume and purity, 1t is i'm
proved. Her style is thoroughly admirable,
free from that nauseating tremolo d~ishguring
many modern singers, and nothing in orna-
ment or elaboration is beyond her reach.
Equally excellent in Italian or English, and
without rival in the Interpretation OF English,
Scotch or Irish ballads. At each concert,
Madame Bishop is received with enthusiasm,
and whether in the elaborate cayatina "Casta
Diva" or the sweetly simple ballad by
Stephen Massett, Sunset" she receives
vociferous encores and wins the admiration
not only Of the public but the profession.
Mr.. Lascelles plays the piano dashingly, ac-
companies with the taste and skill OF a
thorough artist, and sings in two or three
voices most pleasingly and effectively" The
New York Evening Post adds the following
graceful tribute: "0ver the charming
voice and person Of Madame Anna Bishop,
the wing Of time has passed without leav-
ing n shadow. She produced an effect, last
evening, at Dodworth's Hall, not soon to
be forgotten, and both young and old joined
heartily in bestowing on her showers Of APP
plause and flowers. One might have sup
posed that she was q newly risen Goddess OF
Song. A new duet, "Sunset," was sung by
Madame Bishop and Mr.. Lascellcs, so artist
ically and sweetly, so delicately and pen,
sively, that the audience acted as il moved
BY magic on an enchanted isle" The Brook
lyn Daily Eagle says OF Mr.. Lascelles: H
vocalism may be regarded as extraordinary.
His y~oice-or rather combination Of voice
commences with bass at about G below the
staff runs from bass into tenor, and termin-
atcs in a clear ~falsetto, somewhere above b
fat in alto. His alienation Of tenor and
bass in RusselI's robin Ruff" was re-
markable, and pleased so we'll that he was
cncored, when he gave with good effect the
pretty song, 90 Mother Dear" Russell's
descriptive song, "The Ship on Fire." he
also sang very well, but his best vocal per-
formances were in the duets, and especially
in Massett's "Sunset" duet with Madame
Bishops. F. Golden Era.