The sun., 1893-11-19
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The Patti concert. SO long postponed. really
| did take place yesterday afternoon and proved
| q very charming affair. which was thoroughly
| enjoyed by thousands OF people. The top gal
lerJ looked like n picture OF the cherublc host.
| Tor one could only discern q ass OF heads and
faces. rising. tier after tier. to farthest
heights above. Two or three excitable be-
ings performed caryatid acts and actually
stood upon their seats holding hands and hend
against the ceiling Of Carnegie Hall. Enthu-
siasm was not confined, however. to these
higher ranks. The audience was in n recep-
tive and Iubilant mood. giving moderate ap-
probation to every conner upon tho stage and
| welcoming Nine. Patti with heartincss, II not
with absolute rapture. Home. Sweet Home"
was brought out rather earlier in the pro-
eramme than usual. as the encore to the
| first aria. Una voce." from II Barbere."
This was arranged with the forethought
which SO deeply characterizes this for
tnnate singer a capacity for ludicious plan
ming which has done much to smooth her
pathway in life and crown her with success
she did not intend to sing after the opera-the
third III act Of Faust matter how much peo.
throat: but only succeeded r. becoming wildly
eloakeh and hooded. and ready to go home to
dinner. With her cape mnffiing her mouth and
chin against the assaults of the bright Novem-
rt,ss oi all TSr5s that have been used in rntts
retains It's % suatS Il was not e srsst ssF
once forced her yoice. The falling of.
from n any & "ns " ON h and hef 'Ss
ana ana # is because there is less voice, rather
than that any blemsh is upon the quality oft
the public. She Is now surrounded by "A mum or
OF OF artists better in many respects than some
may esst 18th be 'e 'hansiWi nEn that Nine. Fnbtrs
the oontralto. and not another. even 1t fabbri
s9es eush her voice and to
called artists Is that when they lind certain
method or trick OF expression brings down
saasea". hus Il Is that they either lear
down upon chest tones until thew seem like
than ieHitmate s tones a.e OF the human voice. % or
they drive expression to the limits OF over
straining and vulgarity in their attempts to
There was one auiist there yesterday whose
sinGg SINGING Glons was worth the nrce, 9f admls.
and Of honest achievement and whose voice Is
iuil FULL, OF absolute and soulful beauty. He is
faults and without mannerisms. His vocal
apparatus seems always, to be growing
stronger. g more pliahle. and continually more
pleasant surprise too was offered us in the
% extremely re- CONGREGATIONS and tasteful singing
Lely, u tenOT. viii tHe true
timbre OF q light tenor who ade a satisfactory
FGmst. and did some good ballad singing also.
tolerably good in performance. Nine. Patti
does not make an idea! Marguerite. but it was
ssngrossSine sag ss to see what she would do and
manly hero. IL a trile unimpassionod. OF
the sort which Christine Nilsson used to
desnise because one OF them whispered to
her at the height OF the love duett. Mais.
prenez garde-ne derangez pas mos boucles."
Norara was q harmless undnngerous n8ces-
sary MeDh,s'ophe es. and Miss Engel In ost in
com Detent and humorless .Hdrtha.
oil poor singers