St. Paul daily globe., 1885-12-20

The following are a few brief extracts from
the prominent papers of the country relative
| to Nevadas present tour: at
The Philadelphia Press says she sung her
| 'Shadow song SO beautifully that the audi
! ence Notwithstanding it was the last piece
delayed to recall her thrice. 'Her voice, ?"
says the Press, ''is as wonderfully flexible,
melodiOus and sympathetic as ever
| The San Francisco Call says: ''She gives a
most brilliant exhibition of lyric pyrotechnics,
until you are ablaze with admiration of her
| high musical culture, and then follows it with
simple composition in the close, gliding,
| legato style. when her pure, clear, expressive
| tones penetrate the heart
The New York Tribune says: sThere is no
| occasion to modify the high opinion we ex-
| pressed when she first appeared in La Som
nambula.' She is among the finest of living
vocalists.''
The Washington Republican says: ''Without
attempting an alaysis it can be safely said
that in delicate shading and sympathetic ten
derneSs no singer since Jenny Lind has ap-
preached Emma Nevada
Thew ashington Post says:'There is a fresh
ness in Nevada's singing which Patti can
never hope to regain
The Philadelphia North American says:
"Nevada has developed from an accomplished
vocalist to great singer"
! The New YorkWorld says: MADAME Nevada
was in superb voice and looked and sung like
DlrQ. her costumes were as marvellous as
her singing
The San Francisco Examiner says: "She
| shakes out long trils with perfect freedom
and accuracy, and manages her pianissmOs
with fine skill and unchanging purity of tone.
Her execution is, in short, irreproachable,
| and there can be no shadow of disappoint-
ment in her singing. The quality of her voice
| is also delightful. The intricate variations of
| the Carnival of Venice, its roulades, and
trills, and chromatics, were all given with a
| crisp and even touch that made each note
stand out as each pearl on single string
| The San Francisco Alta says: 1.-THE chro-
matte scales that she sings with such mar
veous eXactitude appeared several times in
gay, graceful measures, and trills that come
| so easily that they seem natural, not ac-
quired are also used plentifully. The waltz
was light and delicate. and effective, as well
as exceedingly difficult, and it was brilliantly
| sung"
| The Boston Globe says: MADAM Nevada
made marvellous music in Music hall last
| evening. She was the center of attraction,
| and easily kept the audience spell-b bound.
! Her magnificent voice, used with consum-
mate grace, was as charming as ever. She
was recalled three times after her last song,
| and that the audience, after d concert over
| two hours in length, should demand a repe-
tition before they would go, was indeed a
remarkable tribute to a marvellous singer. -"
New York Telegram: "Nevada last year
astonished US by the wonderful bird-like IA
| cility with which she accomplished the most
difficult feats of vocal pyrotechnics. She re-
turns now with her mastery of colorateur un-
impaired but with added beauty of voice,
earnestness of manner. and dramatic fervor
of expression"
The following instructing personal testi-
mony is from the Minneapolis Journal of
Thursday last:
Mrs. Dorilus Morrison of Minneapolis re-
1afas q incident
which came under her own observation at
one of her concerts in Florence. Italy. Mrs.
Morrison says the enthusiasm of the audience
during the entire evening over Nevada's sing
ing was something marvellous and at the con-
clusion of her last number she was recalled
ten times. The orchestra then put by their
instruments and the gas in the theater was
turned down; but the people still refused to
go and would not be appeased until Nevada
had appeared again in the dim light, and was
greeted with salvo after salvo of bravos and
| cheers. The effect which this little canta-
trices produces upon her audiences in what
ever country she sings is something remark
able.