Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-02-14
The LYONS Concert.

| a g0Ou aud1ence, ana thoroughly ap-
preciatve one, attended the Lyons Concert
last night When it is stated that last night
the largest audience for many months
filled the theater, and that musical enter
tainment in another hall and dramatic
performance in still another, were also
largely attended, it will be realized that ii
was highly complimentary to Miss Lyons,
| that in so small q community she should
| also draw an excellent audience on the
occasion of her first appearance. The pro-
| gramme as yesterday announced was faith
July observed. Mr. Mansfield, the pianist,
received hearty welcome from his
| old friends, who were gratitied TO
bear testimony to his marked adj
vancement His numbers were brill
iantly rendered, and left nothing
to be desired His selections We're in
tricate, and his rendering of them revealed
a perfection of execution and feeling of the
highest order Herr Jacob Muller who
| has been heard here frequently, was in
| splendid voice and his sonorouS tones he
used with lavish generosity. His baritone
is of the best quality. and managed with
admirable skill. Herr Vogt, the organist,
won instant recognition. His playing was
| inspiring and of the order that gratifies an
| exacting taste. Each one of the gentlemen
was warmly encored and required by their
auditors to give extra numbers. Mr..
Lyons, who played the violin, in the
opening number with Mansfeldt at
| the piano and Vogt at the organ.
| the three accompanying Miss Lyons
in Gounods Ava Maria played with
ease and modesty, and proved that non
| professional may find place and credit at
, times among the highly skilled, by firm
execution and truthful information. Miss
Mamie Lyons came before a strange audi
| ence and one that by expectation had been
F.; led to assume a severely critical attitude.
| Naturally the lady was somewhat nervous
something to be expected on first ap-
| pearance. She practiced none of the arts
of the stage, and in her manner there was
no eXertion made to warm the audience
! toward her. She has yet to learn, appa-
rently. the usefulness of those dramatic
! arts by which even the best of audiences
are influenced Possessed of fine stage
! presence, pleasing countenance and grace
/ full carriage, she might easily have won
! something of personal favor in that way
! had she pleased to do so. She stood. there
| fore to be judged by the simple merit of
| her tones 1t is to be said that she was
| highly successful The lady, evidently yet
| in her twenties convinced her hearers that
she is gifted with vocal powers, the posi-
bilities Of which will gain her, as she ad
vances, a secure place in lyric art. If there
| is To be mentioned any lack, ii is perhaps
| that of fervor and earnestneSS OF feel
| ing. But these are arts acquired III music
| precisely as they are in the drama as
sumptions that constitute the pith and core
! of dramatic. and quite as often of musical
successes. Her voice is full, rounded
mezZo-soprano with pure alto quality.
The range is over full TWO and half
octaves, from lower "F to upper b.
! Alhoni. the greatest of cOntraltos, had a
register extending from f " flat to " )"
sharp, nearly three octaves. Miss Lyons
i register, it will therefore be seen, is phe
nomenal Her voice is full, resonant and
unhesitating, and its vibrations are without
apparent effort There is noticeable q very
| happy union of registers in her voice. such
! an one as Is very rare. there being no sensi-
! bic passage from one TO the other i'll her
| scales. These qualities, combined with
| steadinesS of tone, and the ease with which
| she takes. at the extremes of her register
| an open tone. clear and distinct in enuncia-
ten, give promise of broad possibilities of
| q lyric character. The voice of the lady,
it may be further said, is chaSte i'll its pu
rity. There are no acidulous strains i'll it /;
it is fine vocal power of uniform quality;
me2zo body with great amplitude of
| power and susceptible Of working
, out great dramatic effects in vocali-
zation, and being possessed of great
i natural strength is capable of endurance
and severity Of discipline qualities in the
highest degree useful in proposed operate
career. The lady was recalled by warm
applause after her solo from - II Barbiere"
and presented with handsome floral gifts.
| She gave as an encore, with sweetness and
more of sensibility than in other numbers
the song IL Love but Thee The pro-
gramme was varied one, and afforded the
auditors an evening of vocal and instru-
mental music Ola high order and made the
| concert q success.