The Indianapolis journal., 1903-10-07
BRILLIANT PROGRAMME.


make all the noise possible.
BRILLIANT PROGRAMME.
The programme was brilliant from be-
ginning to end. Nordica appeared twice and
her magnificent voice has never been heard
to such advantage in this city. She was
down on the programme to sing the Hun
garian aria from Erkel's ''Laslos," and
selection from Thomas's "Mignon," but by
request of some Of her local admirers, who
had written to her in regard to the change,
rendered. instead. two wagnerian numbers
as her principal Elizabeths
aria from 'Tannhauser'' and Isolde's won-
derful suicide scene from 'Tristram and
Isolde" Nordica is grand in all of the
music she interprets, but is grandest of all
when she sings from the Wagner operas.
Her pure sweet voice, her perfect enuncia-
ton and her remarkable emotional power,
that Is evident in all Of her interpretations,
served to hold the big audience entranced
and to bring forth from it many outbursts
of tremendous enthusiasm. Nordica is the
ideal prima donna Her handsome face
to the eye her marvellous tones are to
the ear. She is the peer of all singers now
before the American public, placed in the
midst of them all she would still outshine
them as the evening star outshines all
other stars in the heavens. After the first
Wagnerian number she responded to the
song. sung in German, with a sympathetic
piano accompaniment. The song was ex-
Quisite and 1t was exquisitely sung. She
gave two encore selections at the conclu-
sion of her second operatic number-a
tuneful English ballad and Rogers's tender
song, ''The Sweetest Flower That Blows"
The audience was loath to allow her to
leave the platform.
CONREID ORCHESTRA.
The Conreid Orchestra is most admir-
Il IA
the echo after nearly every number In its
personnel are many distinguished musi-
clans and they all acquitted themselves
most creditably last night. From the con-
cert master, Nahan Franko, down to the
little man at the kettle drums. who looked
like Charles Bigelow, the comic opera
comedian. the instrumentalists worked
hard and with most praiseworthy results.
The strings were of smooth tone and lacked
neither virility nor power; the wood wind
department was all that could have been
desired and the brass was even and sonor-
Gus. Cigars "Pomp, an inspiring grand
march, opened the programme and was fol-
lowed by fine rendition of Tschaikowsky's s
mighty overture, "1S12." The prelude to
act III of Massenets "Herodiate" and Hal
lens .Rhapsodie Norwegienne" were the
remaining numbers of the first half of the
programme. The feature of the second
part of the concert, in an instrumental
way, was beautiful Interpretation of the
Vorspiel from Wagner's "Parsifal." Two
compositions by Delibes-the Slavic Folk
Song, with variations. and the Dance of
the Automatons." from .'CopelliaL Ballet.
were well rendered, and after Nordica's 8
second appearance the concert came to a
conclusion with the rendition of Gold
markis ''Das Heimchen am Herd" and the
playing Of Duss's own intermeZzo, "Life's
Voyage" which reminded old theater- goers
of one of Ned Harrigan's waltz songs-such
as Maggie Murphys Home"
But II Duss is not a composer the gen.
eral verdict was that "he was all right in
other respects, and the great crowd went
away happy and feeling pretty much as
Duss himself felt-glad that it had come