The evening world., 1912-01-11
BOnci EUOkes
/ nprecedente
I Demonstration
in Carnegie Hall
at His Recital That Re-
call the Early Appear
ances of Tetrazzini at
Mr.. ammerstein's
I Manhattan Opera
House.
Y SYLVESTER RAWLNG.
LESSANDRO BONCf. the eminent
italian Tenor. gave a recital Mt

A LFsSANDRO BONC1. the eminent
"a italian tenor. gave a recital at
Carnegie Hall yesterday afternoon
that aroused enthusiasm such as is
rarely. n ever. nowadays vouchsafed to
an exponent OF the art Of bel canto.
Nothing like the demonstration has been
Eoen since. at Mr.. Hamrnersteln's Man.
haitian Opera House. Louisa Tetrazzlni
1rst disclosed to us her marvellous
voice above the stan In Lucia" l.
Traviata" and "Rigoletto." Interrupted
at inoppsrtune times from the Begin
Ming. recalled again and again through
out his programme. the applause at the
end became a riot. In vain Mr.. Bone!
protested In pantomime that he could
do no more. uselessly he waved his
hands indicated that the audience
should go home. II just wouldn't. The
whole house rose to him. cried Bis
ana "Brava!' shouted individual cries
tina were meaningless In the din. and
compelled him to add two extra num-
bsrs to his generous programme. Even
after hat only the appearance OF the
.tage hands and the turning down OF
he lights broke UP the assembly.
The last number on Mr.. Bonci's pro-
Cramme was the "Cieio Mar" from
'Glocohda." Immediately preceding II
was L~eoncavallo's "Mattinata." which
he sans splendldly. That started the tu-
mutt. vociferously and without the
slightest consideration for the artist OF
HE powers. the audience demanded that
the song be repeated. Very properly.
with the "Cielo c Mar before him. he
refused. Finally he was permitted to
Eng the Ponchielli aria. which he rem
dercd 50 superbly that the deluge fol-
After five minutes OF vain pro-
Resting he sang the "Donne Q Mobile
In his inlmitably fine way. which served
4 only to ado TO his troubles. Then. after
another. five minutes or more of pande-
monlum, he sang Rudolfo's aria from
La Boheme." That selection was made
for him by the audience. for after he
had begun a repetition Of the "Rigo-
Lotto" aria he was forced to stop II.
In these last three operate excerpts
1ir. Bone was at his best. He sang
with a plenitude of voice. = wealth
OF tone and a variety OF expression
tina. he has never excelled. At the be-
ginning when he presented Pergoles!s
Sc tn manu- his voice seemed tired.
The impression was not removed WINE
he sang Haydn's I'll pensisr" and
Gluck's 30 del Mo dolce ardor." There
was a suggestion Of not always cor
roct !%ntonation and n newly developed
tremolo. But with Carissimi's wit
tor.a. vittor.a!' Mr.. Bonci came into
his own. That he sang with rare
beauty. There followed three songs In
English. Dawning." by Cadman;
AT Parting by Rogers, and i Love
Thee So by Reginald Dekoven. In
which his pronunciation was sometimes
perfect and at others not so good.
An aria from Cimarosa's "Matrimonio
Ssureto'' and songs by Feliclen David.
!, Cham,nade. Massenet, Montefiore and
n lGAscagni made up the printed pro-
sramme. To those were added sew
erai more songs, including 'Nark
Mark, the Lark In English. Mr..
onci's accompanied at the piano was
Robert E.. Francini.