Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-10-17
THEIR MARY HOWE"

ishes Even Her Friends in Her Marvellous
Singing in the Chapman Music Festivals
What the Burlington and Portland Critic:
Say OF Her
/ Miss Mary Howe has been winning
fresh distinction during the past three
weeks while singing at st. Johns, \.
b.. Portland and Bangor, Me, and
Burlington, in this state, in the series
of music festivals under Director
I Chapman. Her Brattleboro friends
are always happy in her triumphs, The
Burlington Free Press says of her APP.
pearance there Monday evening;
Maine has her Nordica. but the
Vermonters present showed that they
knew they had their Mary Howe, and
seemed 10th To let that singer with the
presence of a Brunhilda and the voice
of a forest bird 90. She too appeared
! twice, adding to her allotted numbers
the + Foss e Lui' and Sempre Liberia
from Traviata as encore Coming
Through the Rye, and that marvellous
display of vocal pyrotechnics with lutte
accompaniment from Fabian David 5
Perle du Brazil As a colorature sing
er Miss Howe has very few equals.
She has made an overwhelming sue
cess everywhere Vermont may we'll
be proud of her as Maine is of Cary or
Nordica, for she is indeed a credit to
her native state TO which she so Loyalty
clings. The public have received her
with marked enthusiasm and the crit
les of the press have given her many
words of praise, The orchestra is loud
in the expression of their enthusiasm
all NJ ~ b.. ha ii.
tiful Vermont prima donna, is one of
the greatest colorature sopranos of the
world. She has surprised and aston
ished even her friends by her marvellous
technique and absolutely true and per
feet vocalization. Signor Campanari,
who has known her for many years,
states his surprise at the improvement
and rare beauty of her voice and there
has been but one verdict from all crit
les, public and friends. since she be
gan this tour,
The Burlington News says: But
the star of the evening. Nermont's own
bright star in the galaxy Of superior
vocalists was Mary Howe. For several
years absent from this country during
which time she has been missed She
has returned to US with the vast wealth
Of European experience tempered with
1attering success, and leaving behind
the gratifying memory of being the
idol of the German people in whose
land music is as native as the air they
breathe. 1t is delightful to think that
ones own state has produced Mary
Howe. That thought was probably up
pcrmUst in the minds of all when she
stepped on the platform last night and
smilingly faced her auditors. y beau
tiful woman and superb artistic Is
Mary Howe Her numbers We're -
Foss f Lui. " and 'Sempre Liberia
from Traviata, sung in "A soprano OF
marvellous power and purity, guided
with astonishing ease, accuracy. and
brilliancy of expression. and soaring
into the upper registers as calmly and
gracefully as a bird takes its flight
The supreme test of enduring voice
power and perfect technique came in
the encore song: Dayid's "Perle du
Bresil. " In the latter she echoes the
flute with all the sad sweetness of that
instrument-and SO perfectly that a
Patti might have been proud of the
achievement. Again, she sang " Comm
Thro' the Rye" as only the great
artistic may sing it. making classic
bit of a ballad -
The Portland Argus Of October :,
after speaking Of her beautiful
personality and brilliant singing
said Individually her stage pres
ence is among the most attrac-
tive on the concert stage Miss Howe
is a finished colorature singer;
there is not the slightest doubt about
that. In porf of technique her sue
cess was complete, Her voice, "A phe-
nomenally high one. is light and tleX
ible and under good control. The
whole effect was one of remarkable
brilliancy. " Other Maine papers say
that 20 singer ever received a greater
ovation. OF her rendering of Proch's
Air and Variations, they say; THE
audience was spellbound during her
singing thought Of comparing the
singer with the great rrima donnas
who have been heard here before van
ished. for her hearers were listening 10
notes that carried them far away and
made them forget all others. Who of
the audience will fail to recall her
wondrous notes: Mary Howe's name
will hereafter occupy a special place
in the memory of all who heard her.
Her voice is Of unusually high range
and while her lower notes are clear
and strong, it is in the upper register
that she shows greatest power