Los Angeles daily herald., 1873-10-19
Madame bishops Second Concert.

A brilliantly filled auditorium greet
ed Madame Bishop last evening. The
programme was performed in its en-
tirety with the exception that the
Dd qaei Di was left out, and the
QuontO AmOre and the Vuddsi Via di
0uu were introduced Mr.. Frank
Glider played better even than on his
first appearance. He seemed more at
home, and played as if he felt that his
wonderful ability was recognized. He
opened the concert with WOtienhdu3,fs
"Concert March, and it seemed i'm
possible for the audience to hear
enough of him. On receiving third
encore in the second part, he played
transcription Of "America" finishing
with Yankee Doodle with the right
hand, and the National Melody with
the left. No one can conceive the i'm.
mense mechanical difficulty of the
arrangement. Mr.. Glider played it
without notes, and more than ever
gave proof of the marvellous delicacy
of his execution and his extraordinary
manipulation.
l.. G. Gottschalk possesses one Of
those deep, mellow voices that are so
rare, and which he has enriched with
thorough cultivation. Whether it was
part of his original method, or whether
he has imbibed Madame Bishops spe-
cial school, he sings with exquisite
clearness and good expression. His
rendition of The Vagabond was full of
pathOs, and even better was his duet
with Madame Bishop. like Muller,
the great baritone Of the Fabbri
troupe, it would be fairer to class his
voice as a "bassO cantante," inasmuch
as the demands of ''Trovatore," ''BallO
i'm Maschera," ''Traviata," and many
other modern works, necessitate II
higher register than either Muller,
Mancusi, Gottschalk, and many other
distinguished artists apparently pos
sess. 1t may, however, be doing Mr..
G0ttschalk an Injustice to class his
voice with either that of Mancusi or
Muller. The last named artist required
the transposition of "Eri tu," as
well as of al Balen" and "Di
Provenza;" but in any ease Yer
dis baritone music is hardly a fair test.
Mr.. Gottschalk received quite an
ovation, and must have felt very pleas
ed at his reception and success Mr..
Wilkic was in far better voice and
would still be singing, perhaps, if he
had responded to the demands made
upon him by his audience. Specially
worthy of notice, was his Goodbye
Sweetheart, and Tell Me Mary. The
Solo Profugo, with Mr.. Gottschalk,
was also very good.
Az for Madame Bishop, it seems that
everything has been said which can be
said. Praise may become almost full
some, and yet this delightful artist de-
mands every word of warm hearty
eulOgy that the pen can form or the
mind create. The most wonderful part
of Madame Bishops singing, is the
preservation of her voice. There is
not another lady in the world, now
singing in public, who has sung SO
much or travelled so far as Anna Bish-
Op Schultz. Her My bud in heaven,
was delicious. Robert toi que .j'dime,
was enthusiastically encored, as indeed
was everything she sang. The au-
dience were positively greedy, and to-
ward the last many were ashamed to
demand encOres, from their knOwl-
edge of the exertiOn which they were
entailing on their favOrite. No two
Sucn auulenceS nave ever Sreeteu any
artist in succession, in Los Angeles.
The third and last Concert takes place
on Monday evening next, and doubt
less still larger audience will assem-
BILE to honor Madame Bishop and her
associates. 1t is to be regretted that
Monday is the last Concert, as
a testimonial in the shape of
benefit to Madame Bishop would
certainly he literally responded to.
Los Angeles has bad name amongst
the low classes of professional peripa-
tetic strOllers, who occasionally annoy
the town; but no really good artist
can ever come here without fully ap-
preciating practically the enthusiasm
Of its music and dramatic-lOving pop
ulatiOn. Seats can be reserved on
Monday, at Brodrick's book store.