Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-22
Music Notes
By Florence Bosard Lawrence

The singers and instrumentalists at
Levy's cafe introduced an entirely new
list of musical selections for thoir bill
yesterday afternoon. New gowns for
the women members of the company
served to.-give variety also, and it is
certain that the program will prove
popular one.
Miss Edith Helena, whose beautiful
voice has already attracted a large
following, won added laurels yester-
day when she sang the Cara Nona"
aria from "Rigoletto," following with
the beautiful Carmen music, i'll
which she infused much dramatic fire.
Her personal charm is ever evident,
and in the Lange Flower song, which
she gave as an imitation of violin solo
with harp accompaniment, she showed
the lovely lyric quality of her voice,
achieving the cantabile effect which IS
supposed to belong quite exclusively to
violin music, yet adding to 1t the
shading and phrasing which only the
human voice can give. At the close of
this song yesterday Miss Helena let
her voice rise and rise until finally on
the concluding note she sang the q
above high with full, round, pow
erful tone, which fairly brought her
hearers to their feet.
Miss Dare of the team of Dare and
w dlIOTut WHlSl1iilB pIilllel bOlillelo' 0Ni5
effectively the popular song Rings on
My Fingers" and the entire act of
these two clever young women is much
improved over that of last week. Sig
nor Galgano, the harpist, played
brilliant concert waltz, as well as his
duet with Miss Helena, and Carl
Bravo, the tenor, offers delightful rem
ditions of the Spirito Gentll. from
"Favorita"; Tosti's Good Bye" and
an aria from 1.-The Barber of Seville"
Miss Ward was i'll yesterday and un-
able to appear.
The program is entertaining and the
| artists never fail to delight their hear
ers. Last evening Miss Helena sang
the Barcarolle from "The Love Tales
of Hoffman" and she promises the in
| termeZZo from Mascagn1's "CaVallefla
Rusticana" in the near future.
III Trovatore" is the bill for tonight
at the Mason, where the Lambardi
grand opera company is singing.
While I'll Trovatore" is grand opera,
it Is also popular grand opera, and that
is what Verdi intended it should be.
It's melodies are known in every civ
ilized land and to all classes of peo-
pie. With the possible exception of
Faust" no story in grand opera is
so we'll known as that of Manrico, the
troubadour. The burning of the un-
happy gypsy, mother OF Azucena, LOT
witch is the beginning of the series of
dark tragedies that mark the progress
of the tale. The scene is Biscay and
| Arragon, and the time in the fifteenth
| century.
| The gypsy is believed to have be-
witched one of the two sons of the
| Count di Luna, and for that is eXe-
| cuted at the stake. Her death is wit
messed by Azucena, her daughter who
for revenge steals the younger of the
counts two children. intending to
throw it upon her mothers funeral
pyre, but by mistake commits her own
baby to the flames. When she discov-
ers her error she takes the noblemans s
child for her own and it grows up and
appears in the story as it's hero. Man
rico.
Manrico and his elder brother, now
the Count di Luna, ignorant of their
relationship, love the Duchess Leonora
| She favors Manrico and a duel results
in which the troubadour is the victor
Manrico and his duchess repair to the
| fortress Of Casteller, which place is
| Immediately besieged by the count
| Azucena falls into Count di Luna's s
| hands and is ordered burned. when the
troubadour comes to her rescue. For
| tune is against him and he, too, is
taken and thrown into prison with his