Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-11-22
The kneII Concert.

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Angeles are not so numerous as l.
lead one TO overlook the Kuell con
cert last night. We are so oftel
obliged to write perfunctory prais
Of local musical enterprises that i
is equal to the luxury of feast t,
us TO be able to give rein to oui
appreciation of u most notable
musical event. We were pleased
to note that Turn -Verein Hall, IL
auditorium and gallery, wai
crowded to its utmost capacity by
an audience which embraced all oi
our people who cherish esthetic
sympathies.
Having enjoyed the privilege ol
| attending several rehearsals OF
special features of the program me,
the HERALD had prepared its read
ers for signal treat. 1t is a pleas.
ant and notable circumstance that
our little town of sixteen thousand
! people contains more amateur and
professional ability than some
Eastern cities of ten times our pop
ulatiop, rs was demonstrated at
the Kuell concert.
The exercises opened with the
overture from "Somnambula," with
a full orchestra, under the direc-
ton of Prof. Conterno who, by the
way, is an ex United States band
master that at one time ranked
high in Grafulla's band. This was
by no means the orchestral gem of
the evening, being much over
shadowed by later efforts which
had evidently been more fully re-
hearsed. But, at the worst, it would
not have done discredit to q metro
politan city.
A unique and pleasing episode of
the evening was the performance
of Abts quartette might" by se-
lect four from Prof. Ruthard's Turn
Verein school. The boys acquitted
Themselves well.
We have heretofore had occasion
to note the quite marked sensation
Miss Mamie Perry has lately cre-
ated in our local musical circles.
1t is about two years since we first
heard this young lady sing at
public concert. She was then a
timid and awkward schoolgirl,
with the stage fright strongly
weighing her down ard moth
Ing but crude but sweet
and powerful soprano voice
of remarkable promise to rec
ommend her to an audience.
She has since blossomed into tall
and distingue looking young lady;
and, under the tuition of able
teachers, notably, of late, under
that of that thorough artistic, Mad
anne Mara, she has developed
positively phenomenal soprano
voice, though, of course, it is vet
but in the infancy of its develop
ment. She was cast in the solo.
"Casta Diva" most ambitious
role, which only Miss Perry's nat
ural gifts, and the careful tuition of
Madame Maria, would have justi-
fed. Any prima donna who can
sing "CaAta Diva,u the favorite
role of Grlsi and Patti, takes the
cultivated world by storm. We
therefore awaited with considera-
BILE suspense Miss Perry's debut in
this famous role. We can saw
without exaggeraiion that Caroline
Richings, who has essayed TO sing
this gem before the most cultivated
audiences In the United States.
cannot do it half as well as Miss
Perry did it last night. OF course
our local soprano has faults. In
the runs she crowds the notes to-
gether little, but she has a glor-
Gus organ and musical aptitude
which has accomplished wonders
in the past two years, In response
to rapturous encore, Miss Perry
sang another solo.
We will dismiss the vocal fea-
lures of the concert before noticing
the instrumental. The sextettes
from Lucia di Lammermoor and
Ernani had been in rehearsal for
some weeks past. They were rem
dered last night with great eclat.
In the sextette from Lucia Miss
Mamie Perry sang the soprano role
Of Lucia, Mr.. f. B. Tanning the
tenor role of Edgardo, Mr.. Hassel.
man the baritone role of Enrico,
Mr.. Arevalo the secondary tenor
role of Arturo, Professor Ruthard
assumed the basso cast of Raimon.
do, and Madame Maria consecruted
her delicious mezzo soprano voice
to making the most of Alisa. The
performance was, without aues.
tion, In every feature, q musical
gem. Each of the well known pre-
fessional and amateur favorites
named had given special attention
to what was expected, and the re-
suit justly extorted enthu.
siastic plaudIts. We never
heard the mellow tenor
notes of flaming to greater ad-
vantage, Hasselman, Arevalo and
Ruthard were In capital voice and
training, while the vocalization of
the ladies was simply charming. A
subtle and admiralty poised orcbes-
trail harmony ran through the
whole sextette, and an artistic tri-
umph was achieved which would
have been cordially recognized in
Steinway Hall, Now York.
The sextette from Ernani was
another exquisite feature of the
evening. The principal role ia tho