St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-23
SHOOK THE BUILDING.
The Applause of MyrOn Whitney
at the Saengerfest.

az Viz 0aOsfsOHAOCes
The saengerfest closed in a blaze of
glory last evening at Minneapolis. All
the principals except Signorina deVere
were on the programme, which was
from beginning to end the most brill
liant OF the series. 1t opened with the
Oys,tare band k0f feaseS by BY e S
tralto aria, "Che Faro" by Miss
Campbell. The audience had not all
obtained their places during this num-
Der, and Miss Campbell suffered some
from that cause, but the main body of
the audience heard her at her best. A
strong contrast with the sweet, delicate
tones of the cOntraltO was the rolling
chorus. "The Altar of TRUTH" which
the entire saengerbund, accompanied
by Gilmore's band, sang as
the third number. The har-
mOny of the large chorus was
not better displayed during the work
than by the Saengerbnnd in this and
number seven, ''DaS Einsame ROSelein
in Thale." There was tremendous power
in the chorus which compensated for
the absence for the finer shades OF ex-
preston, which were at times percept-
IDLY lacking. Nine. Stone-Barton was
cordially received, and encOred when
she sang an Italian aria, Una VOce
POGO Fa," by Rossini. Like most of Ros-
Sini'S compositions, 1t contained startling
variations to which the soprano did JUS
tiee, but it was hardly as well suited to
her voice as the recall, a plaintive bit of
music pitched on moderate key, and
gradations of sound than by dashing
ohanUQS Tho anDparannp Of SiO Gam.
panini, who followed the execu-
ton of "Die Walknere" by the
band, was the signal for long
applause. The Italian master evil
IDENTIFY appreciated the reception
and stepped upon the stand with
jaunty air as if prepared to do his ut
most. His number was Ovinga. from
'.Iphigenla," which he rendered with
such sustained clearness that the
audience recalled MIN with an un-
deniable demand for more. he re-
sponded by CALAMITY leading out Miss
Campbell to share with him a Duet, in
which they both sustained their great
reputation as artists. The ova-
ton OF the evening, however, was
rendered Mr.. Whitney. who followed
the scene. 1.-The HuguenotS, by the
band, with bass aria from MoZart's
Magic Flute" After the performance
of CampanIni it was difficult for popu-
lar enthusiasm to rise higher, but when
the basso had sounded all the depths of
a grand voice, the audience imperiously
demanded more. In response Mr..
Whitney sang swinging drinking song
that touched both ends of the scale.
1t was not in the nature of
things for a human throat to do
more, but Mr.. Whitney with difficulty
evaded another encore, and retired, fol-
lowed by hand clapping and cheers
that shook the building. A quartette
from Rigoletto by Nine. Stone Barton,
Miss Campbell, Sig. Campanini and
Mr.. Whitney followed. and then Gil
more brought the saengerfest to close
with the national air, 'My Country,
Ills of Thee" with artillery ac-
compartment. The matine programme
was fine one also. The favorite num-
bers upon 1t were the old Toreador
song by Signor del Puente and the sew
eral fine choruses by the Orpheus So
ciety :of Chicago. the selection from
Ossian by the LiederkranZ, of La
Crosse, and THE German Board' by
the Mannerchor, of Winona.