Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-01-13
CALvE DRAWS A
BRILLIANT HOUSE
Great French Singer Met With
A Rare Ovation Last
Night.
LEADS APPLAUSE FOR CHOIR.


with the coming OF Calye last night,
the quintet Of the greatest female sing
ers the world has produced In the past
quarter OF a century, have now all been
heard In Salt Lake. Patti, Nordlca.
Media, and I1ames had preceded her IN
the Tabernacle, ana all left their mark
and impress In the memory Of our mus
ic lovers. The reception accorded Cave
exceeded that given several OF the oth-
ers, and without rejecting on any OF
the previous visits, II In simple truth
to say that Calve must rank In import
ance ahead NJ auy OF the more recent
events Patti and Nordica may have
had as royal an ovation hut It was
hardly more pronounced than the
bursts OF enthusiasm which greeted tho
French singers notable numbers. The
audience was far and away the most
brilliant. representative, and the larg-
est which any event OF recent years
has attracted to the great auditorium.
The receipts were about $500, nearly
81, 900 more than those drawn at the re-
cent Eames' concert.
Loudly as she had been heralded In
advance, and prolific as the promises
were Of her attalnments, 1t can be
truthfuly said that Calye more than
realized all OF them. To many, In fact
she was q most pleasant surprise, as
there had been something of feeling
thht when she abandoned the operate
Tor the concert stage II was sign that
sne mad attained me summit OF her
greatness, ana might nave Just hegun
10 TAKE the descent on me down grade
but her voice last night gave no mus
cation OF such tact her tone pro-
dilrtiOn remains nlfuost uprfpqf She Ia
'iassed as Inc WORLDS best instance or
what mezzo soprano should be,but her
lower nptes'her middle notes ana her up
per register are an SO warm, rich and
VelVety lhat she might almost ne called
eohttaito OF u hlgh soprano with
equal justice. ADDED 70 her vocal hc-
coHlpliNnWents' lnere ~ TIE lhdlVlnuhl
charm ana magneuc coquetry, the
Dreamy southern lhnguor when nave
nlaue her as FAMED as an actress az
she ~ as singer Tne combination OF
eucn sll's III VOICE ana " temperament
could only MAKE her what she is-one
'h tne nrst rank OF the WORRIES artists.
NilVe WAS mos, generous with her
,tsponses ias. night her opening num-
per was lhe oapho selection by Gounod,
ehu the reception she was accorded by
the audience ana the choir, all the
singers rising 20 thelr rect, must have
'hrilied her TO me heait' For an en-
.orc sne 'sponatu WIN me peautlIui
setehau" py 'iouhod WIN mute obH-
sato, III when mr. rich tones were
agaln given me FULLEST pay The fa-
nlinar ARA IRON Ihc rear OF braIil
wnicn VIC nave Nad Tor generation
from Emma AppoIt 10 Lucy Sates, had
me usual stormy reception, ana though
,hlNe occasionally sklpped rev OF the
hlgIi notes her rendlllon was almost
last erlue isih. She was called PACK
y thlrd ana ionrtn Time her renditions
pelhg comm Ihro tle rye To which
she hnpartel specially taking chic-
ness' ahn me SWihce RIVER, he ef-
,,ect ~ Wnlcn was ralher exaggerated
rvr ner ni'ai NUMBER she gave the
hapanera from 'hrlneh' when made
ner famous, not u, lhe costume, now
ever when hdu been so freely pro-
umlsed py her ADVERTISING managers
ne charln win when she gave this
huihper was most taxing, though IL
u.ueniap.y loses py ine absence or the
s'hse actIoh, ana pelng called back
m ,ls, snu again she gave Fetching
NIUE spanish song which was also