Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-05-09
MARY HOWE AT SPRINGFIELD.
she Easily Carries Off the Hsnors nj
the May Festival.

~ 'Nsy ENabNhis
The May festival held at Springfield
Mass this week, on Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday was great success. The at.
tendance was large, aud the artistic excel.
lence OF very high order. Mary Howe
was the centre of attraction, her appear
ance being at the concerts Of Monday and
Tuesday. She sang on Monday afternoon
the scena from Lucia di Lammermoor'
and the Carnival Of Venice" Both mum
oers were greeted with ardent applause,
and the Republican said that her perfect
ly pure and brilliant tone, that exquisite
mechanism which she plays as if it we're a
new and miraculous flute, compelled such
applause her second appearance was on
Tuesday evening The hall was backed
aud this was the Republicans critioue of
the Brattleboro girls singing:
90. The Indian he'll song from the opera OF
lakme' by Dtlib,-s, which was her rst i,ie,,,. h
also the most brilliant and artistic OF ali tbos..
pieces OF vocal display in which she excrls Mis-
n pi lang Win that amazing facility and grace
Whlch characterize her, and her sharp IN I'd TN.
house fairly out Of the composure which bslnngs
10 Springfield audience. The anplauss ,yas -
Tremendous ,. and 80 indispensable that even four
returns 10 bow ana smile did not suffice and sht.
returned and repeated portion NJ the song On
nrf second appearance she sang Another spnv ~
tue, scho2i OF today. Thou brilliant bird sc
l.
pier and sweeter character than che D1libss snns
and less elaborate il was beautifully narfnrn,.5
s ahu 9IoumSht encore as Persistent as before so
that ilnaly the singer yielded and sang again h.r
brother l.ucien Howe, accompanying her on IN.
piano. The song chosen was a lovely captilsnn
Ror,b ha'' NJ ~ eouvre from an opera by
the young singers voice, that of axDr,Ssion II
was poetic, tender and enchanting and 81 All
rap.t isuMe sang thls VIII be recalled with the
present Miss Howe restricts her public sin'Tins ~
a ciass OF music In which she is so accommodated
bar III aus arr no doubt wise in not bringing
nt her present stage. But this little song indist
that more may be- expected from her. ~
or Miss Howe's performance at this con.
cert the Union critic saws;
We have already nearly exhausted TN. pn,,,,-,.
~, su l. ia mentioning Miss Mary Howe's WORK
Iast evening she was almost incomparabls Her
rendering OF "Isakme" by D6lib.-s hrr,,',h, ~
audience 10 pitch of enthusiasm "a brh 80 ~
She r.tnpn.d % S uynanlite when she had finished
piausr' anu was finally compelled 10 r,.rs.at ~.
last part Of her song" 'r'0' '"e
The Boston Beacon, in its nor;ca ~ a..
APollo cub concert in that city last week
Wednesday evening, praises Miss Howe's
voice IN the warmest way, but criticizes its
French training and use 10
Mlss move Is endowed with rar,. trsasrr.. 20
voice IL has beautiful timbre' more snbStaI,
disnlas. ~ usual III voices adapted for exetutiy,.
stan Vim II reaches the highest notes above the
Hs 'sail WIN crystalline purity and toncb,.s th
lowest Of its compass with round ais, inc,r's .ne
ia ~ s 70 manage, true in intonation. and cana
say ri tbs .g oest achievements Indeed one NAV
say tnat would not be easy TO find sonestr.sS
OF noIr llmpid, easy and graceful sxscntIon ess
ibi1 uehterous command OF the fancy toncbss'
cares always raylsh an audience and provoke en.
SoIes, but her voice is not used acOoriin, 80 H.,
Morth nor will 1t be- while subjected m ~. 70 us
~ d.su AUG narrow training OF the Marchesi msth
Fr' ana applied constantly to the deletsr;o,,s
sounds" 10 Phlehru aud nasal
A.. Inc Beacon writer evidently has not heard
MISS howe's voice on its other side tba
interpretation of selections of tender and
uelcate meaning-in which the Republican
'ri''c discovers 50 much excellence,