The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-14


which has been singing a weeks en-
gagement of the tuneful opera Giro
he-Giro1a" at the Thunderbolt Casino,
far surpassed expectations. There
were many who were pleased with the
manner in which the company gave
la Mascotte" two weeks ago, but
there are far greater possibilities for
the excellent voices in this company
in the opera with which it closed its
weeks engagement last night. In the
dual role of "Girohe- Girofa," Miss
Dina Juliens added to the many friends
she made here as "Bettina" in La
Mascotte.'' and as the week went on
she became more and more popular.
Her attractive appearance, winsome
manner and pleasing voice made for
her friends who will watch her career
in the future, feeling satisfied that
there are good possibilities ahead of
her. Miss Juliens is still quite young,
and with continuance of the -atten-
tive work which she appears to give
to her roles, and a care in pursuing
her vocal training she should attain
in course of time an excellence which
will bring her prominently before the
public. During the past week Mr..
George Belts has been interpolating in
the opera Dudley Bucks Creole Low
er'S Song" and has won most favor
able comment and criticism. The range
of this work is we'll suited to his full,
robust tenor voice, and he sings It
with clear, ringing flowing tone.
The consensus of opinion among the
inoI x,I,1
company is that there have been few
operas given in Savannah where the
tenor has had so pleasing a voice or
proved himself as acceptable in every
respect to his listeners as Mr.. Chas.
Flynn has done. In La Mascotte" he
had few opportunities, but In this last
opera he has done work which has
won him laudits from all sides. He
sings with pureness of tone seldom
heard among light opera singers; there
is no visible effort in his work; the
quality of his voice is smooth and
even; and he has a range which ena-
bles him to sing high c with perfect
ease. 1t is safe to venture the opinion
that it is the exception when a light
opera company even in New York pre-
Sents three voices which excel those of
Miss Juliens, Mr.. Belts and Mr..
Flynn. Certain it Is that it has been
many day since so evenly balanced
cast has sung a light opera in Sa-
vannah. and the many who have heard
the company, even though so few in
numbers, will look forward with antici-
pated pleasure to the return engage
ment which it is understood will be
sometime in August. Manager Nelson
of the Casino is to be congratulated
upon having given TO the patrons of
that resort and to the community at
large two such interesting weeks of en-
tertainmenI.
Albert Spalding, the 14-yeal old son
of ]. Walter Spalding of New York
city who has been studying music
abroad, has obtained diploma as pro-
fessor of the violin at the Bologna
Conservatory of Music. The Bologna
Conservatory of Music is acknowledged
to be the leading violin school of Italy
and pupils from all quarters Of the
globe gather there for an education in
the violin. Albert Spalding is the
youngest npupif who ever obtained a
diploma. There is nothing like it on
the records of that school of music
Young Spalding's examination was
very exacting one. 1t took place on
May 16. before a jury of six professors
The boy was not pupil of the con-
servatory. He was a pupil of Prof
Chit of Florence and had studied I'M
was shown no favors and passed on his
merits with forty-eight points out of
a possible fifty, it being necessary to
gain only thirty points to pass the ex-
animation. While abroad young Spald-
ing has worked very hard and enthu-
Siastically During last winter he
played in concerts at Rome and Flor
ence meeting with encouraging sue
cess.
At Mrs. w. Harry Teasdale's third
annual recital of her vocal pupils at
the Lawton Memorial on last Tues
day evening the manner in which Mrs.
J. L. Lightsey sang Donigettis's 20
Mo Fernando" proved a pleasant sur
prise to those who heard her. Mrs.
Lightsey has been giving a faithful
and diligent study to her music
throughout this past season, and the
good results clearly showed themselves
on this occasion.
Emperor William of Germany gives
an annual prize at Frankfort for the
best chorus work done among the va
rious singing societies of that place,
numbering in all $500 voices. He has
recently been attending the preliminary
contests, and made some very apt and
perhaps fitting, remarks on the sub
ject of works being attempted beyond
the capabilities of the singers. In this
connection he said: I'VE have already
reached in instrumental music the
acme of intricacy That may be Char
acteristic, j cheerfully admit; but 1t
is not beautiful. When, however, this
style is carried into song you forget
that the human voice has limit. What
this style of composition leads to is
proved by the fact that most of your
societies pitched their prize songs half
tones too high, because they were too
excited as to whether they would be