The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-01
|SEMBRICH THRILLS
GREAT AUDIENCE
REPRESENTATIVE NORTH DA-
koTA AUDIENCE PACKED THE
GRAND LAST NIGHT TO HEAR
THE WONDERFUL SOPRANO =
sHoWERED WITH FLOWERS.

WINE Marceila Sembrich was the
artist for the twenty seventh artists
recital under the auspices OF the Far
go College conservatory. When Sem
brich stepped upon the stage of the
Grand theatre Tuesday night, she
found not only everys seat from the
back of the gallery to the front row
or. the parquette occupied, but a num-
Der of people filed chairs on the stage
and large number were content to
merely have standing room
The vast audience not only repre-
scented music lovers in Fargo, but
there were large numbers from cities
and towns tributary. The event was
worthy OF the vast audience, for Ma
dame Sembrich gave i recital which
In artistic value overtopped anything
ever heard here before. She proved
herself more indisputably than ever,
one OF the greatest interpreters living
today. Frank LaForge accompanied.
Madame Sembrich won her audi
ence with her first number the aria
Ernani Involami, from Verdfs Ernani,
and after that throughout a long pro-
grammc of wonderful songs, the mu-
sic hungry listeners besought with
such insistent and genuinely sympa-
thetic applause that the celebrated
singer smilingly repeated several of
her numbers, and in two or three In
stances added others unprogrammed.
The charming personality of Ma
dame Sembrich which unites so ex-l
quisitely with the adaptability of her
voice and expression to light joyous
melodies, was displayed at it's best in
a long list of short songs chosen for
her programme. 1t is true that her
singing Of the Ernani aria was won
derful -nusically-so wonderful that
her hearers besought successfully
for a repetition of a portion of it-but
it was IN such songs a. Arne's The
Lass With the Delicate Air, La FORCES
To a Messenger, and Foote's, There
Sits Bird, that the ginger was more
generally pleasing and for which she
was more generously awarded.
An unlocked for pleasure for Sem
brich, and for the audience, came inn
medfately following the great singers
first song. She had been recalled and
recalled and as If from the inner re-
cesses of the floor there suddenly APP
peared sixteen sweet little girls all
tremendously arrayed in white. They
the boxes to the stage where they
literally captured Sembrich and held
her prisoner until they had showered
her with flowers. The tiny tots cir
cled around and around the singer
each tossing out flowers about her
from small baskets which they car
rier. One girl carried a mammoth
bouquet of American beauties, which
was received by Sembrich with con-
spicious graciousness and those ma
tural smiles of hers were profusely be-
slowed upon Ter little friends and
quite a number were favored with
kisses and caresses The audience
went wild with enthusiasm and fully
entered into the spirit of the feature
which disclosed the sweetness of Sem
brich. The idea was one conceived by
and carried out by Professor Boehmer
and the little tots he narshaled to his
aid were Jessie Lewis, Eleanor Ami
| don, Harriet Lewis, Harriet Rupert,
Mildred Stanahan, Doris Lowell, Max
inc Mcdonald, Doris Mcintyre, Ade-
laide Porter, Levette Cline, Gwenneth
Wasem, Alice Hoover, Margaret Hodg-
| son, Helen Loomis, Margaret Free
4 II
little scene will not soon be forgot
| ten
Francis Rogers, baritone, who assist
ed Nine. Sembrich, made his deepest
| impression with Governs Border Bal
lad, an Interpretation Of Walter
SCOTS poem of that name. The firm,
military movement OF this song was
one to which Mr.. Rogers voice was
! peculiarly fitted, fitness which was
| likewise noticeable in Edward Cor
mans setting for Kipling's Soaring
Down to Rio. Mr.. Rogers was
pleasing in an aria from Massenet's
Herodiade, which was his longest and
most difficult number. His singing of
Rubinstein's Du Dist vie cine Blume,
was finished andt thoroughly enjoyable.
was finished and thoroughly enjoyable.
were particularly. pleasing in two
duets, Mozart'ss Der Liebe hoIdes
Glueck Magic Flute) and La eli darem
la Mano (Don Giovanni), by the same
composer. The voices blended per-
lfectly, and there was just enough of
the banter in each of the songs to
sponded to applause with Drink to Me
Only With Thine Eyes
Frank La Forge, who accompanied
Nine Sembrich and who played two
programmed numbers, shared in the
/ applause in a most remarkable man
ner. Mr.. La Forge was study
throughout the concert. Whether in
his accompaniment or in his own
numbers there was peculiar oblivion
to everything about him except his
! instrument and the singer. He played
entirely from memory and especially
lin his accompaniment for Nine Sem
brich supplemented the delicacy of
his playing with something that SEEM
ed to be an inspiration to the singer.