The Portland daily press., 1892-04-11
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
Piano Recital.

Piano Recital.
The piano recital given by Miss Neatly
Stevens, Saturday evening, assisted by
Mrs. Kathinka Paulsen-White soprano,
under the auspices Of the Rossini Club,
drew musical audience that completely
filed Kotzschmar hall.
Miss Stevens, who made her first ap-
pearance in Portland, is a Chicago girl
who was educated at Vassar, went abroad
and studied with List, Won Bulow,
Kullak, Moszkowski and Scharwenka.
She has good stage presence, a pleasing
figure, is a bold and dashing player, and
from her display of technique, has evil
IDENTIFY been very hard student. But
Miss Stevens was placed at the disad-
vantage of appearing very soon after the
great genius Paderewski had thoroughly
aroused great audiences here by his
wonderful interpretations of the same
composers from whose works Miss
Stevens's selections were made and it is
not strange that she should be sufferer
by the comparison.
Perhaps her most satisfactory numbers
were the cradle song of Kroeger's, and
the Liszt tarantel1e. What Miss Stevens
seems to lack most is sentiment and that
is most essential FOR q thoroughly en-
ioyable rendering of some of the COM
posers whose names graoed Saturday
nights programme. Miss Stevens was
presented bouquet Of beautiful Boston
roses.
Mrs. White. the vocalist of the evening,
displayed voice of good power and
range, whose phrasing and execution
show capital teachers. But the quality
is not SO agreeable as many of our con-
cert soloists we could name. Her best
number was Delibe's Daughters of
Cadiz'' and for an encore she sang very
we'll what appeared to be Norwegian
song.
The piano used by Miss Stevens was a
Knabe grand and was tuned at the new
Piano Manufacturers Association inter-
national pitch, A 435, by Mr.. Stone.
Duff Opera Company.
The Pittsburg Press, where the Duff
Opera Company played lately, comments
upon the production as follows:
A better pleased audience than that
which left the Grand Opera house at II
o'clock last night could not have been
found il, the city; not but that the other
houses had good attractions, but GER
tainly they had none that would delight
the people more. The Duff Comic Opera
company has become so well known that
1t is sufficient to say that it is good. 1t
matters not what Mr.. Duff sends forth
upon the tides-it comes back to him
with unfailing credit. This season he
has added some strong people to his
company; he has dressed it in bright,
unique costumes and he has surrounded
it with scenery that is new. The Duff
company gave new opera to Plttsburg
last night, 1.-THE Queens Mate" 1t is
not new in the sense that it was recently
written by the charming composer,
:.ecocq, for it was not; but Pittsburg has
not seen it and it should. 1t is one of
the brightest, cleanest comic operas be-
fore the public. The music carries you
along with the people on the stage.
Be sure and get seats at Stockbridge's
now.
Sixty Concerts.
Manager Morrison of the Cecilian
Quartette has been offered an engage
ment of sixty concerts the coming season
for this popular quartette, composed of
Misses Brown, Knight, Morrison and
Mrs. Morrison. The offer is from one of
the largest bureaus in the country and
shows that the Cecilian Quartette is fast
becoming famous, not only in this but
other states in New England. The
Cecilians have many engagement yet to
fill this season in this state, among
which are the Buxton Center, High
School graduation concert; also concerts
IN Augusta, Rockland, Belfast and Ban
gor.
The Singers Club will give concert
at Pine street church with Misses Long
and Pennell, Messrs. Harry Merrill and
Nickerson, yocalists, and Miss Won
Stosch on the violin.
April 25th is the date on which the
Haydns will give Barret's Ancient
Mariner" with Mrs. Fellows, Miss Rice,
Mr.. Barnard and DR.. Nickerson, soloists.
The Haydn Quartette will give con-
cert at Westbrook April 21st, assisted by
Miss Eva Goodwin, violinist.
Tickets to the Stcckbridge extras and
Inatinees will be on sale this week only
at a discount.