Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-01-25
A MUSICAL TREAT.
The scalohi Opera Company Delighted q
LARGE and Fashionable Audience.


A brilliant audience, representative
of the culture, rank and beauty of the
capital, assembled last evening in the
court house to hear the Scalchi concert
company. The court 0 was crowd
ed, showing that Santa Fe possesses the
culture that will appreciate a high-class
opera company. For two hours the au-
dience dwelt in the realm of music as
represented by the works of classic
masters such as Chopin, Gounod, Yer
di, Thomas, Bizet, Flotow and others.
Chevalier Lo Verde, pianist and COM
poser, had the opening lumber He
possesses a brilliant technique, but it
was his poetic feeling and execution
that earned him two encores by the APP
preciative audience. The renditions from
his own works were tender, dreamy ca
dences, broken with merry strains of
melody.
Signor Francheschetti, the Sicilian
barytone, possesses a strong, melodious
voice, and his expression was natural
and easy. The wedding morning song,
which he sang as an encore, probably
pleased the audience most.
Madame Pasquali was a favorite as
soon as she appeared, owing to her
charming stage presence. Her voice,
with it's sweet and liquid notes and its
rich timbre, thrilled the audience to out
bursts of enthusiasm. To say that
she sang like a nightingale Is not ex-
%aggerating it. AS one of her encores she
sang the Last Rose of Summer" in a
manner that enchanted her hearers.
Signor Pasquali shared the honors
with his beautiful wife. His tenor voice
is rich and sympathetic, and his equal
has probably never before been heard
in Santa Fe. His voice shows the result
of careful cultivation, and his interpre-
tation of Verdi vas m%asterful.
Madame Scalchi was greeted with en-
thusiastic applause. While she sang the
audience was held %spellbound in ST.
lence, and when SHE concluded rendered
her an ovation, to which she responded
by singing "Annie Laurie" grand in its
simplicity. Madame Scalchi has a most
powerful contralto voice, wonderful in
it's clearness, even in the lower regis
ters.
A duet by Madame de Pasquali and
Signor de Pasquali, from Verdi's IRA
viata," was rendered with precision and
feeling. The opening crescendo solo
parts were especially fine. AS an encore
they sang a melodious and pleasing duet
from "Cavalleriana Rusticana."
1t was in the chorus work, however,
that the four vocalists and the accom
panist earned their greatest applause.
and showed the power Of their voices
and musical training Ito greatest advan-
tage. A chorus from "Rigoletto'' was
rendered, and in conclusion of the con-
cert a chorus from Martha was sung
With such thrilling effect that for a time
the audience insisted upon an encore, to
which, however, no response was made.
AT first 1T seemed last evening a.
If there would be no concert owing to
Madame Scalchi and several others of
the company being i'll on account of the
altitude, and it was $50 when the con-
cert commenced.
The platform in the court room was
prettily decorated with palms and pot
ted plants, and above the archway an
American flag was arttstically draped.
Paul Wunschmann this afternoon en-
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at luncheon.
The public is indebted to the Elks,
under whose auspices the concert al
given, for the rich musical treat of last
evening. The committee in charge of
the affair consisted of Arthur Seligman,
James Seligman, r. c. Gortner, A. c..
Ireland and Alex. Read.