Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-01-23
MARY HOWE AT HARTFORD.

Mary Howe's triumphant success at the
Metropolitan opera house in New York last
week Tuesday evening was repeated in
Hartford, Conn, on Friday evening when
she sung at a Musurgia club concert in che
Foot Guard armory in that city. The large
hall was packed 10 standing room and there
was perfect crush at the entrance as the
=; ir Of opening drew near. Here as every
Ol ere else Miss Howe's personal appear
th, captivated her audience no less than
singing, aud the applause which greeted
y was overwhelming The critic of the
n q st says that ''as the great singer appeared
)n the stage she was greeted with ap.
use and then a stiffness of admiration
mt over the audience as the beauty of
SIS Howe was realized Her first selec-
e.!n was Proch's theme and variations,
willie in the second part she sang the
Nightingale Song II the audience was
enthusiastic before, no word can he found
to express the excitement produced by the
superb singing Of this difficult arrange
ment.' Two encores were demanded and
graciously given-the echo Song" and
Comm thrO' the Rye" THE latter song
elected a remark from an old and respected
business man Of Hartford which compli-
mented the singers beauty as nothing else
could do. She was singing the line, "A the
lads they smile at me, when the old man
CALCULATED 4 would myself
Re critic Of the Times says that the
Proch Variations were "magniicently Civ
en-, while over the three selections last
named he grows enthusiastic
IN all three she came fully up To the reoulre.
ments OF the best art She was brilliant and tune
full In the first two she was arch and genuine In
the last. The ballad was in fact not the meanest
OF her performance. IL Is a brilliant, clear and
far-carrying voice. OF great hexibility and consid
cradle sweetness, with the violin quality In the
upper register, greater breadth and expression in
the upper medium some dimness ia the lower
medium notes. Of moderate volume and under
the finest management possible. Remarkable as
her voice is, her art is still more remarkable, and
one fairly p'ioices In this wonderful creature be-
ing an American prima donna"
In a letter written by prominent Hart
ford insurance man on the day after the
concert 70 a Brattleboro business friend he
says:
"Brattleboro has taken Hartford by storm
through her charming representative Miss MARY
Howe, at the Foot Guard armory last evening
lhs Oeautfui woman completely captured the
audience and the applause was simply terrific
The women were just as enthusiastic as the men
hence you may know how complete was her vic.
tory Great singers usually complptaly ipnor,. the
chorus, but her handsome treatment OF them 4
freely discussed to her advantage People well
verSed IN music pronounce her voice the finest
tNSi Ltaiu VI luih city bfutlleDOrO undoubtedly
is and certainly ought 70 be proud Of this lovely
singer"
Miss Howe sang last evening ct the Ce-
ella concert in Music hall, Boston The
Herald gives her a very favorable notice,
saying The success made by Miss Howe
must in justice be given first mention in
the brief commentator of last evening 5
program possible this morning The fair
singer from Brattleboro' captivated her
audience as she never had done before, and
the remarkable vocal gifts which she en-
Joys we're DISPLAYED with wonderfully ar
tistic results, which gained her the most en-
thusiastic applause" Miss Howe's selec-
tons we're new ones in her repertoire, be
ing in the first part go Dieu Brahma. -
from Bzet's Les Pescheurs de Perles, 3"
and in the second part double number.
"Solveig's Leid. by Grieg. and Schubert's
"Heidenroeslein.