St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-10-11
The Campanini- Whitney Con-
cert a Superb
Event.
Local Lovers of the Divine
Art Were Completely =
Thrilled.
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Anu SementS for the Enter
tainment of the
People.
The Condensed News Of the
City for Busy Read q
ePS.

AT o'clock last night a well-bred
crowd of ST. Paurs first people
thronged the doorways of the Peoples
church and the adjacent sidewalks and
struggled for admission through the
closed doors. The bright lights from
interior poured out of every window,
but the doors we're barred hard and
fast. There was no explanation,
but the crowd was too thoroughbred to
do aught but wonder. Finally few
moments after the doors opened, and in
ten minutes the large auditorium was
well filled with as intelligent and critical
an audience as S..Paul can furnish. Man.
ager Murdoch was very wrOth with the
church authorities, and explained that
as he was a little late ON arriving, the
building was not opened until the rent
was assured. The audience noticed i'm
mediately that a Steinway piano
half covered by an immense sign, Occu-
pied the stage. There was no Decker
to be seen. 1t appears that the Stein
way people scored victory. While the
ampanini-Whitney Concert company
was under contract to use the Decker, it
bad also contracted with Murdoch to
use the piano he furnished. He fur
nished a Steinway, and that was the
end of it. The Steinway was used, and
Dyer Bros. and Murdoch were on
top. Barring the opening incident,
for which the church authorities were
wholly to blame, the concert passed Off
successfully and was superb musical
event. Campanini, Whitney and De
We're were greeted with prolonged
ovation each, and richly deserved it.
Miss Poole was far from well. but
bravely endeavored to sing her difficult
cavatina. against the advice of her ply
stefan. She changed her final number
and sang ballad very acceptably.
Three numbers of the programme
passed before the audience was reused
to any degree of enthusiasm, but the
appearance of Mr.. Whitney, to sing the
fourth number, was the signal for the
awakening. His magnificent basso,
rich, full and deep, swelled out and
filled the church like the diapasOn of
some grand organ, and he was given the
first encore; Signorina De We're leapedl
into instant popularity. With pleasing
HldUuClloLIo, anu SiLLCu WIN a :.
ably clear, sweet and flexible soprano,
she will ever be a favOrite on the opera
concert stage. Her vocalizatiOn is per-
feet. Such runs, trills, cadenzas, ar
peggiOtureS were never surpassed in the
city. and, when the accompaniment was,
held while she seemed to be putting her
throat through its capabilities, the au-
dience held its breath until the time
came to break into rapturous applause.
Campanini has been heard before in
st. Paul, but never to advantage. Last
night he seemed for the first time really
himself The 'Salve Dimora' from
Faust brought out all the sweetness of
his wonderful voice, as its strength and
compass had already developed. The
great tenor has bad facial expression,
and it is really pleasanter to shut ones
eyes and listen; but do so, and the flood
of melody that pours from that gifted
Italian is amazing.
Signor Duzenzi, tenor, and SignOr
Bologna, bassO, are the pOSsesSOrs of
fine voices, and appeared to advantage
in a duo, together, which opened the
programme, and again in the SeXtette,
which concluded it. Throughout, it
was remarkably fine concert, and
fitting initial number for the Star