The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-01-27
Grand, Artistic Success at Ha-
Waiian Opera House.
THE POPULAR TENOR WINS FAVOR
House Well Filled and
Audience Applaud. a as
Miss Axtell Wins More LaurelS
Each Number on Program
EnCored Repeatedly.

Notwithstanding the counter attrac-
ton at the Art League rooms and tho
promised complimentary concert tC
Miss Richards on Saturday night, the
| Hawaiian Opera House was we'll filled
! last night by Il fashionable audience
the occasion being a concert given IN
der the auspices of Donald de " Ora
| ham.
A treat was promised, but the effect
of the singing was the realization of a
dream. The program was made up of
selections adapted to the voices of the
respective singers, and each number
was capitally rendered Miss Axteil.
the contralto singer of Central Union
Church, was in excellent voice, and
her rendition of Gounod's Ave Maria"
won for her the hearts of the audi
ence and a merited encore. But Miss
AXtell was best heard later in the COLI
cert, when she sang parts of three bal
lads ''The Maiden and the Butter
fly was especially pleasing.
Mrs BreitSchuk Marquardt, who
is perhaps the greatest harp soloist in
the world, was on the program for
two numbers, but the audience insist
ed upon four, and the people were 10th
to give her up then. Her playing is
quite beyond criticism; her execution
is perfect, and the feeling which she
put in the selections was at all times
evident. For one encore she played Il
patrol which captivated her audience.
NJ
stage he received an ovation from his
many friends in the audience This
was Mr.. Gillig's first appearance i'll
public, and his debut was tremen-
dous success He betrayed the least
bit of nervousness in his first song, but
the cordial reception accorded him and
the generous applause which followed
his first number encouraged him. He
has rich baritone voice with excel
lent volume. Besides he has an ele
CANT stage presence which wins for
him the support of his hearers. He
was obliged to respond to encores after
each of his songs, and even then the
audience wanted more. His second
number, YOU" was a simple story
set to a pretty melody and Mr.. Gillig
did it ample justice.
The beneficiary, Donald de V. Ora
ham. is not unknown to HOnOluIulteS,
for he has been prominent in San
Francisco musical circles for years. He
has a sweet tenor voice, which he mas
tiers and imparts to his singing much
sympathetic feeling. The first number
on the program, "Trumpeter Won SAX
ingen, a German song, gave to the
audience an idea of Mr.. Graham's ca
liabilities, not only as a vocalist, but
as linguist. His second number (a)
"Reverie,' was in French, and was
sung with the same feeling and free
dom from harshness of pronunciation.
Evidently Mr.. Graham has a thorough
knowledge of the various languages in
which his songs are written, else those
in French or German would be char
acteriZed by that laborious effort so
noticeable in Americans who try 10
master either language.
In the rendition of the songs, Mr..
Graham sang, he left nothing to be
wished; as a finished artist he provid-
ed his audience with an entertainment
that created a desire for more and the
program was much too short in con-
sequence. Noel" as sung by Mr..
Graham, tells a prettier story than the
people here have been accustomed 10
and even after he had gracefully re-
sponded to an encore, the audience
wanted another verse or another
song.
AS a whole the concert was an ar
tistic success and it seemed to be the
wish of many of those present that
another one might be given before this