The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-04-26
A NEW SOPRANO.
Nine. CarIetta Bluetta's First Con-



| The attraction OF Nine. Carletta Bluetta.
a singer unknown to San Francisco, failed
| to draw large audience to the concers al
| Metropolitan Temple yesterday evening.
! Apparently those present were delighted
with the music, for they avoided making
invdious distinctions by demanding al
encore 10 everything on the programme.
Nine. Carletta Bluetta proved herself tc
| be an artist of no mean ability. lei
really beautiful voice is marred by certain
| defects, as, for instance. painful ViDIato
but il is perfectly even throughout It's en-
tire extension, without any of the so-called
| changes of reg ster, and as an instrument
! her voice is often delicious in quality.
In the aria from "Tannhauser" Nine
Bluetta showed an occasional tendency to
| force her voice, which was unnecessary,
for it is round and ringing without any ef-
fort on her part. Apart from his. and
from a few defects in breathing, the aria
| was dramatically and well sung. Her en-
core, "Thou Art My Dear" was also a
| pleasure to listen to.
Would / We're a Warbling Bird" by
| Abet, showed Nine. Bluetta to be possessed
of an easy trIll, but it also showed that a
cantabile style Is better suited to her voice
| Bluettas artistic ability merited larger
audience. The duet 'Dost Thou Remem-
! ber," sung by Nine. Bluetta ana j. Nj.
! Sbawhan. evoked the warmest applause oil
| the evening.
The rest of the programme calls fol
little special mention. The Apollo Quar-
| tet was, as usual, good. A. II. KaytOn, some.
what moDotOnous and weak in his attack
| produced a pleasa ant tone from bis violin
| The clearness of enunciation of the tenor
| soloist, r. Santini, appeared to cover q
multitude Of sins in the eyes, or rather the
ears. of his audience, for be declaimed
rather than sang LA Donna Mobile,
taking the highest note IN IA pure falsetlo
In spite of his unartistic performance he
was encored.
The third concert of Alfred Wilkes
ballad and operate series was given yes
terday in the maple hall of the Palace
Hotel, Bernard Mollenhauer and j. NJ
| Robinson beng the two most apDauded
artists of the evening. The former played
violin solo. La Syphide." excellently
| The beautiful legat0 OF his encore was
also artistic. j. NJ. Robinson's fine barry
tone voice was heard to good advantage in
MolIoy's 1.-THE Position"
Mrs. A. E. Brune's upper notes were es-
pecialy pleasing in DenZa's Call Me
Back" Her lower ones. however, were
hardly audible. Alfred Wiikle sang a
| ccUtCH Ddlldu, UuL was ucdlu W ucltol
vantage in the prison scene from I'll
! Trovatore," with so-called organ accompan-
iment. The chorus went well. would have
gone better if the voices had been more
| evenly balanced.
| The quartet was good and the other per
formers gave satisfaction, though Miss
| Doyen's voice was not always quite true.
The ladies of the Church Of 81. Mary
the Virgin gave successful entertainment
yesterday evening in the Castle mansion,
at the corner of Suffer street and Van
Ness avenue, for the benefit Of the organ
fund. The concert took place In the west
drawing-roon, which was filled to over
flowing with an appreciative audience.
Among the performers were: Mrs. Fleiss-
ner Lewis. Professor G. Souvlet. Ugo
TaIbo. Miss NJ. L. Carr, Miss Ida Valerga,
G.. F. Graham. DR.. Hill and Professor
Samuel Adelsten.
The ladies of the reception committee
were: Mrs. F. Dillingham;, Mrs. Cheffens.
Miss James. Miss Krke. Mrs. Captain
Sawyer, Miss Theller. Miss Wood. Re-
freshments were provided, and al the Con-
clusion of the concert the fashionable
audience present danced to the music OF
Rusner's Hungarian orchestra.