New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-04-14
The First ParlOr Concert.

can, and the benefit should accrue to ii.
The First ParlOr Concert.
Odd Fellows Hall ON Friday night was
| nearly filled with the audience drawn to-
gether by very interesting programme
aud the seductive hope of winning the
| piano which Mr.. Chase, with his accustomed
| layishness, determined to thrust upon some
| one Of his many subscribers. The affair
| passed off very pleasantly, and at the ap-
| propriate time a. committee of four or five
well-known gentlemen was chosen to man
age the drawing. We recognized Mr.. Race
as the spokesman of the committee. assisted
by Mr.. s. NJ. Todd. Judge Braughn and
Others These gentlemen took charge OF
| the box containing the numbers correspond
| ing with those disposed of, and after shak-
| ing them up to the satisfaction of the audi
ence, an 'unsophisticated young miss"
| chosen from the audience, walked up to the
| stage, put her hand in the box, with averted
face, and drew out No S45. On referring
to his book Mr.. Chase announced Miss Flora
A. Scott, residing at No. 2OS St. Charles
street, as the fortunate holder OF that
ticket.
| We congratulate Miss Flora, and at the
same time condole with those hundreds of
other misses whose tickets remained I'M
| drawn.
The first piece on the programme was a
trio from J. Lombardi sung by Nine.
Zeiss-Dennis, Mr.. Meteye and Professor
Huff1en. 1t was we'll rendered. though it
did not seem to create much enthusiasm.
Messrs. Specht and Weber followed with
duet for violin and piano. We do not
think Mr.. Specht anything very remarkable
as violinist In this, as in the solo from
Anna Bolena, there seemed GOODNESS in
his performance, though he showed con-
siderable delicacy. The solo was too long.
We have heard him before, when he APP
peared to much better advantage. Mr..
Weber played all the Accomplishments dur
ing the evening, and generally in very
satisfactory manner.
Mr.. Chase was well received by his
friends, and gave them serenade entitled
Longing which seemed to please them So
much that they insisted on recalling him to
receive their compliments.
Mme Zeiss Dennis then sang a ballad
of MiIlard's known as waiting" 1t was
written for a soprano, aud we think this
lady makes mistake in singing pieces
which take her voice out of its natural
range. As a contralto she is the best We
have in New Orleans, but her upper voice
is not musical, and therefore unpleasant.
We were delighted with her in the duet
with Miss Liberman, where she is confined
to purely contralto music. Her voice in
that register is rich and thrilling, and gives
evidence of the finest culture but we can
not fairly say as much of her high notes.
Mr.. Van Hufflen is always fine. He has
a rich, smooth, musical voice of great
power and compass, and sings with an
artistic exactness and truth rarely met with.
He is in every way an artist. AS an actor
and singer Of dramatic music, we have
never heard his superior, and the New Or
leans public may well congratulate them
selves on having gentleman of his ability
and culture located in their midst as a
teacher Of the divine art of singing. The
gems of the evening were the two solos
sung by him-the first, a romance, giving
him an opportunity of displaying the power
and sentiment of his voice; the second ia
Ceneventola," by Rossini, comic piece,
sung with all the amusing action required
by it. This last was enthusiastically en-
cored, to which Mr.. Van Hutflen responded
with a little kissing song, to which he
played his own accompaniment.
| Miss ihf n hos a nurn sweat sOnra no
voice, of good quality, and one which, with
careful study, may be developed into some
thing really fine.
She lacked confidence, and was disposed
to sing out of time, but on the whole, she
was entitled to the warm applause bestowed
upon her.
Mr.. Meteye only lacks the gift of a fine
voice to make him first class artist. AS it
is, we would rather hear him than any anna
teur tenor in New Orleans. There is deli
cate sentiment characterzing all his per-
formances which is sure to please the criti-
cal, and which goes tar toward compensat-
ing for his lack of power. We admired his
solo very much, and also the style in which
he carried his part in the opening trio and
closing quartette
Mr. Chase did not seem to create much
enthusiasm with the ballad mot Yet"
This gentleman, though often before the
public as singer, never appears exactly at
home on the stage He always seems to lack
unity of action with the person at the piano,
as though he would say, eff anything goes
wrong it is the fay It of the pianist" We
do not think he is an artist, but as ballad
singer, he often appears to good advantage.
He should not have sung Immediately after
Mr.. Meteye. The contrast in style was too
marked.
Asa whole, the concert was success,
and we hope the next may be as good.
Benefit of MIR. Dumestre.
| To ,nor-ow pipht Mr. Dumestre the first