Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-01-27
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Advance Sale Which Opened
Today Indicates Good House
at Elks' Theater Monday
Night.


The advance sale Tor sehumRnn-
Heinz which began al Ntisuu'n this
morning was heavy and there is every
rec son 20 believe that tlo lannon's III
$50 viii Dee greeted by large aud ap-
preciutivo audience oil music lovers
upon Ecr appearance here loo the Elks'
thcutrr Monday evening The madame
VIII arrive in Albuquerque tomorrow
evening ana viii be- a guest 40 the Al-
Ntrodo with her accompanied, Mrs.
Hoffman, and her business manager.
because OF the brllli8ncy of the Ia
nous song bird Mrs. Houm8n's great
talent as an accompanied is rather
cast into shadow Madam Schu-
mann Hclnk and Mrs Hoffman are
cXircmos in character The Madame
Is large and musterfnl Mrs. Hoffman
is much smaller aud b. rather distant
and retiring
Referring 10 the big free concert
az which the MADAME. accompanied
by Mrs. HOFFMAN, entertained $1,000
people In the convention hall IN Dcn-
yer recently, the Denver Times Say
in part
II takes an kinds of people 60 make
a world, and vast number OF this
kind were present last night az the
| free Schumann- Heink concert in Con-
vcntion hall. Men Ia shabby clothes
came In and took thei- seats by pros
porous merchants; the woman whose
head was bound la 8hJWis gazcd at
tcntivciy at the latest lads iu millin-
| cry which crowned her Immediate
concert ncighbor; children chuttcred
ana tine hall was a hum until. from
somewhere Ia the gallery, murmur
Of applause sounded This was fol-
! lowed by shutting OF feet. the push
ing OF the crowd thar was forced 10
stand. and out of Il emerged a majes-
tic figure. brigh; as q dawn-struck
cloud.
For her free concert" Schumann-
Heink has arrayed herself more cX-
uuistely than FOR the formal occasion
! the evening before. She wore a gown
Of shell pink mcssallnc and princess
lace yelled in shimmcring bronze net
| heavily embroidered in sequine. 10
brooch of diamonds forming her only
| Jewel. The stage on which the singer
stood was banked with flowers and
palms and that no obstruction of View
should be suffered by those at the far
side. Mrs Hoffman dropped the plano
nd. thus assigning to herself a greater
expenditure Of energy.
Voice l. Powerful.
/ Was the voice OF Schumann- Heink
big enough 10 roach The Ear edge of
the ceiling from which fringe OF
human beings seemed 10 hans
one cleur note. winufng through the
stiffness reached tho firthegt listener
and u,ited attention into stiffness.
For the FIRST number Schumaun-
Hclnk chose lms1n and Dciah'
aria. my Heart al Thy Sweet Voice, o.
thus Initiating her program ON clas-
sic lines. which she Is certain the peo-
pie appreciate.
The applause proved her opinion
correct
Like the sudden empty.ng OF =
monster hail cloud IL fell ON the ears
OF the singer who bowed and smiled
and prepared 10 sing the ~chumann
liedor when directly In front of her
the photographers of the press let OF
a flash. For moment she started
then In her whole hearted way she
said. II guess my face wasn't fixed
for that"
The Schumaun number was a gem
and given unrestraincd approval which
2 careened wildly into tho opening
strains of the "Erl King" which Mrs
nonman plays with such mastery
tochniquo and dramatic effect The
story OF the frightened boy carried by
his father through ;he haunted for
est was given all the force and his
irionic value that Schumann- HEINZ
3 knows how to impart to "a tragedy
'sROsRry" l. Next.
4 group of English soRgs stnriin.
: with "Tho Rosary gave her tho sou
of her audience 90 work on. Thu
popular song. with Is half cloying
half religious sentiment had not beer
sung for us before Many a time We
lhave heard Il exc. uted, but Schu'
lmapn-Heink raises The Ncyin song q
a tie realm of masterpieces.
"The Fathers Lullaby" by Carl,
jacobs Bond. was palntye and pa
! thetically lovely. Chadwick's "Oh lie
| Night Speak" and the Dana wer'
given with buoyanc while the recita
tive and aria from g. Paul" PROVED
what "a magnificent Interpreter tn
writer's of Oratory .Hst when Schu
mann-Hoiuk went into opera,
"IAght," the "CD OF Rachel" an'
= the 'tmldR prayer 'h"lh cdpNN-
! the listeners of this marvellous singer
At $3.50 o'clock she stepped TO tn'
' front Of the platform, holding IN
= sneaf OF American beauty roses which
r presented To her NJ NE ending OF th'
= first verse of "rhc rosary" had roo
l. bed us of two-thirds at that song, an'
n smiling her frienduest smile, waye
an adleu TO her guests.
Outporing 4 Marvel.
Never has Denver witnessed sucl
i an outpourlng of people and their ap
n proval as on the last night whe
d schumann-H oink gave q new meanin
10 the purpose of are; a new signh
n oance TO H. alignment with the sprl
o OF democracy and the crowds who nll
X the Auditorium will carry With the
i the memory of woman whose watch
h word Is service" lnd whose pres
e once proclalms that though tint
3 means she has attained happiness
Al the conclusion of the conceI
b Madam schumann- link went to IN
q Brown. whore later -no received Ma
% yor specr aad was ur him presentc
X with e certificate ol honorary citlzen
u ship OF Denver.
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