The record-union., 1896-12-17

she uses her notes at their normal pow
er, has absolutely nothing remarkable
about her voice; it sounds an average
organ of the light soprano quality,
rather sweet, but showing the defect of
faulty placing in its throatiness
When. however, Miss Yaw begins to
sing mezza voce the quality of her voice
changes as il by magic, every note be-
comes clear, crystalline and exquisitely
sweet, and her execution Is q thing of
beauty, for it Is as clear-cut and fin
ished as some minute cameo wrought
by q master hand, every detail Of which
is perfect.
Her pianos and her pianissimos have
the same grace and sweetness that
marks the mezza voce, and the notes
above the compass of the average singer
were also sweet, true and delicious IN
quality"
The San Francisco Chronicle" said
on Tuesday: "She had been greatly her
aided over that phenomenal reach OF
voice, so specially, indeed. that there
was vague impression she had moth
ing else to recommend her to musical
people. She had the high note, SO high
that even musicians were in doubt as to
whether 1t was B fiat or the topmoSt Il.
But she had other merits that attracted
as much attention and drew the real ap-
plause. Miss Yaw's voice is exceptional
in quality. It is clear, true, brilliant
and withal not lacking In sympathy.
The training is very noticeable, and the
amount of trouble she must have taken
to get the flexdbility and to keep the
purity of those upper notes is still sug.
gested by the carefulness of the me-
chanical part of her singing. 1t Is main
ly mechanical: it is case Of beautafu
light voice developed for executive pur-
poses, and expression and feeling have
both been subordinated ITO those pur-
poses. But the result Is at least there
The runs on the high notes are singu-
larly clear; the staccato work is irresist-
IDLY effective. The daintiness Of her
singing, notably of Auber's Laughing
Song" an encore, into which she got
better expression than almost anything
else was as delightful as anything we
have heard"
H. M. Bosworta1, writing Wednesday
for the Examiner" said Of Miss Yaw:
"She at once began Dell Acque's VII
lanelle,' a bit of rather vocal gymnas-
tics, but very pretty, ending on top
E fiat, thrown off as nonchalantly and
easily as her preliminary mods had been
to the audience. A persistent and
unanimous recall was rewarded by
PATHS Laughing Sog,' sung most de-
lightfully in faultless style and very
dramatically. Miss Yaw was evidently
an immediate success. Another recall
produced a score or two of Comm
Through the Rye the first bit OF ver-
nacular she had yet given us. A MUIR
muir pervaded the audience for a FEW
minutes, which plainly showed that
Miss Yaw had won warm favor and that
everybody was satisfied that besides
possessing a remarkable vocal range
she could sing, do it in proper style, and,
above all, eloQuently."
One of these journals alleges that Miss
Yaw does not reach top e in her con-
cert. Tonight she will be able to show
to Sacramento audience that she does,
and that Enthusiastically. Miss Yaw will
be assisted by Macmillan Dick, an ac-
compHshed solo violinist, Of whom adj
the critics have had only praise, and by
Miss Georgdella Lay, solo pianist. pupil
Of Madame Zeisler, who is conceded to
be a brilliant artist, and especially
strong in feeling and sympathy with the
themes she interprets. In San Fran
cisco, Oakland and Los Angeles the con-
cert admissions were 81. Manager
Todd has written the Sacramento en-
gagement with sittings at 81 80, 81, 10
and 90 cents.
At the Clunie Opera-house Three
Hats rattling farce, characteristic
ally English, is played nightly, with
Nina Gleason in a boys part, the first
male role she has essayed here, and she
carries it off very cleverly-indeed. she
is as smart a Buttons as one might
wish to see Mr.. Gibney, Mr.. Stock
bridge and Mr.. Stewart have low COM
edy roles, into which they fit capitally,
and Miss Rainsford has a matronly
part to the foil of Miss Rankin as her
daughter, both we'll sustained. The lat
ter interpolates pleasing songs in one
Of the three acts. After the farce the
veriscope is shown. This is the last
week OF the WOnQeT mere. 4Qc 4s11A-
tern and machinery have been moved
back, with the result Of much larger
figures and stronger outlines and
shades, so that there Is distinct gain,
the only loss being in some distortion
due to the long focal distance taken.
But with all incompleteness attaching
to a brand new invention the veriscope
is wonder and SO full of suggestion
and giving such a clear view Of the
possible to be attained in this line,
that all those who have not seen the
veriscope exhibition should now hasten
to do So
Matt. Grau, business manager for tho
Grau Opera Company, to appear here
all of next week, Is in the city, making
final arrangements for presenting six
operas. He will remain until the ar
rival of the troupe.
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