Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-10-08
SUCCESS OF OUR WASHINGTON CON.
TRALTO.
Miss whiting ct the Worcester Musical
Festival.

Miss whiting st the Worcester Musicsl
Festival.
Much interest has been felt in musical cir
cles here in the appearance OF our Washington
contralto, Miss Harriette Whiting, a, the great
musical festival at Worcester, Mass, where she
was placed in competition with singers Of
worldwide renown- She seems 10 have come
through the severe ordeal. however, with aying
colors. The Boston Trdreler SAYS Of her per-
Torrance:
The novelties IN the program wero the first
appearance In these concerts Of two Young
singers, Miss Harriette Whiting. contralto, and
Mr.. W. E. Bachelor, tenor. Miss Whiting sang
the aria Che faro from Gluck's 'orpheus'
In chaste and noble manner, showing a fine
method OF voice production. embracing purity,
equality and perfect intonation.
Miss winnings voice is q rare contralto
deep and full throughout the scale. strong in
the lower tones and free from those vulgar
SOUNDS termed chest tones that mar the ma
lority OF alto singers efforts Miss Whiting
has great possibilities before her in her public
career In response TO an enthusiastic encore
she gave the ballad Angus Mcdonald with
fine effect"
The Springfield Union saws: "Miss Whiting
appeared last night in the trio with Mrs. Law
son and Mrs. Sleeper-Ruggles- even under
the disadvantages Of the complications con-
nected with the music and the very peculiar
arrangement OF parts. she made herself felt
which many another might not have done This
afternoon her selection from ''Orpheus \" ..Che
faro, was rendered so truthfully, inteIligently
and with such depth of feeling that the encore
she received WAS highly merited Miss Whit
ing was also assigned part in Mozart's motel
NO. ), the closing number Of the concert, and
was satisfactory, singing against. or with
Madame Tavsry, Mr.. Bachelor and Mr. Beres-
ford, the chorus and orchestra OF this selec-
ton, as well as OF thUse who rendered il SO &C.
cePtably, why not hear them in Springfield
with the association chorus? Although this is
Miss Writings first appearance at a festival Of
such dimensions she is far from being a novice
having TOR the past season sung in the Appleton
quartet, Of which our and everybody else s
fayorite, Myron w. Whitney, is a member In
one respect Miss Writings musical course has
been lar from fowery, studying in America
and Europe, and her teachers were puzzled 10
know where TO place her, what to do with n
voice OF its range, being extremely low and
still high. The low notes in her selection from
"Orpheus" were taken with perfect ease, and
all who are familiar with the story of this pc
cuiar yet beautiful part will recall the fact that
when this work Of Gluck's was first brought
out in Vienna it was taken by a famous male
contralto, Galtano Guadagni, and at Paris, lie
eros, an accomplished tenor, assumed the char
acter.
ut is worth while, sometimes. to see and hear
q woman like Tavary make a mistake. This
afternoon she came in a number of bars before
Tune, evidently looking at q wrong page. and
her voice was heard, along with those of the
two young men, Miss Whiting very coolly await
ing the time for their entrance; but the woman
OF the operate stage very soon saw her error
and showed her vexation very much as a school
girl who discovers that her "answer" was all
wrong. Even on the stage they sometimes for
get and act naturally "