The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-28
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lief to the artist. They come for the
purpose of receiving education, and
they are more uniformly eager
to receive it and weigh it
carefully before storing it away as
q portion of their culture. | have found
the western audiences very keen. They
discern the delicate points with the
greatest facility and deprecate the
thing that rings false. Their ears are
unspoiled with the cant of fadism and
in this respect they are the better
able to discriminate in a natural way
between what is mere jugglery and
true art. Then again they are not
swayed by Drejudices, but are gener-
Gus and sacrifice personal feeling to
justice. That distinctively American
term, fair play must be a product of
these people.
UTAH AND SALT LAKE
II am to understand, 1 believe, that
Utah and Salt Lake is a music-loving
section. Your climate is magnificent,
much too magnificent for one who has
to guard their voice as do /. | looked
forward to coming here with anticipa-
ton. because of the historic associa-
lions, and l had intended awaiting my
self of some of this history. but l am
ever confronted with the knowledge
that 1 owe every valve of my tones to
those who come to hear me; therefore,
| am prisoner. l trust my audience
Will be pleased tomorrow night. One
of nv most earnest desires in connec-
ton with this visit has been the oppor-
tunity to sing in the tabernacle. Mad
anne Patti had told me a great deal
about that wonderful building 1 can
now go away and say that L have also
sung in what is, acoustically, the most
perfect auditorium in the world
IN SAN FRANCISCO.
While in San Francisco Nordica ia
vored her audiences with several COM
positions by American authors. notably
Mrs. Beech's' 'Ecstacy," LuckstoneS
Lullaby" Oscar Wells Spring Song"
Among her encOres on that occasion
were coquettish French song. written
in Spanish stvle by Delibes, and en-
titled Les Files du Cadiz,'' and
When Love Is Kind" Her concert
was concluded with the final duet from
''Siegfried." in costume. Baron Ber-
thold as Siegfried awakened Nordica-
who assumed the role of Brunnhilde-
from her fire sleep. This is the part
which was sung so successfully by Nor
dica in Bevreuth, but in which she
was unable to obtain hearing in New
York. Melba was preferred. and as it
turned out nothing could have been
more lucky for Nordica. Media failed
in New York. In San Francisco her
Interpretation of Brunnhilde was hailed
as a revelation. The critics pronounced
her performance the peer of any wom-
an on the lyric stage today, and none
were held equal to the task of sur
passing her physical and vocal express
sion of Wagner's intention. 1t was
limited yesterday that she might sing
tonight the astounding Hungarian
aria, Bachs Ave Maria" The Rigo-
letto quartette may also be given.
In response to Nordica's encore last
evening the choir rendered Stevens
Might Song" After Nordica's return
to the east she will embark for Paris,
and there join her husband, who is
singing in grand opera there. Her
season closes at the Covent Garden
in July, after which she may be seen
in America next season.