Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-24
ALMA GLUCK IN
LENGTHY PROGRAM
Metropolitan Opera Singer
Charms Music Lovers in East
Orange Auditorium.

Fresh from a sojourn In Europe.
where she has been receiving add
tlonal tuition from Nine. Sembrich.
MISS Alma Gluck, one Of the younger
Metropolitan pfima donnas who is al
ready hailed as a soprano of highest
ability, readily sang her way into the
hearts of an audience which literally
stormed the auditorium of the East
Orange High School last night.
Her appearance in the suburban
city marked the third of the Sutor-
lous course of four musical evenings
being held in the Walnut street hall
TINS season. The program selected
was sufficiently varied to bring out
to the fullest extent her unusual in
terpretive powers and the wonderful
quality of her voice, combined with
magnetic personally, afforded music
lovers of the Oranges a genuine treat
A happy feature of the evening
was the charming smile of Miss
Gluck. That smile was contagious
aHair and quickly establish ed warm
bond of sympathetic understanding
between the beautiful singer and her
audience When her lips opened with
laughter that was most Wholesome.
revealing happiness and cheer that
permeated the singer and her song,
the audience made no attempt to re-
press its enthusiasm, and Miss Gluck
gave satisfying proof of her great
good nature by repeating several
numbers. A fitting climax to her
splendid program was the singing of
MY Laddie" in piquant fashion.
Inc audience was a truly repre-
sentative one, with Thomas a. Edison
and his wife in the front row, and
others of society and civic note
sprinkled through the capacity house
of music lovers. Mr.. Edison evinced
the keenest interest in the singer and
her work. In a Characteristic atti-
tude, with his right hand to his ear
to gather the full measure of dainty
melody that flowed over the foot
lights, he smiled an encouragement
to the prima donna. Miss GIuck util-
lzed the song gems of five languages
in her lengthy program, which with
encores totaled thirty numbers, an
unusually exhaustive test for a
vocalist. But the young woman was
equal to the task, and there was
scarcely a trace of fatigue as she
warbled with a liquid purity the
charming conceits in English and
French or attacked the cultural and
rounded German and Russian tones.
while her faultless enunciation gave
a roll and thrill to My Laddie"
that furnished the last word in the.
satisfied delight of her auditors.
The sturdy harmony of the group
of German songs, second in her rep
ertoire of the evening, was a striking
test of the singers volume and range
of voice, but she met the situation
| enthusiastically and by a dramatic
and intelligent Interpretation of the
song themes, won deserved applause
and furnished two encores. The Rus
| sian numbers, too, were n feature of
the selections, and Miss Glucks vocal
powers were at their best in these
numbers. Her singing of the old
English, $50. Sweet Is She" so bril-
| liantly pictured the audiences con-
ception of the artist herself, that it
vehemently demanded an encore.
Miss Gluck also gave hearty flavor
to the lullaby Chimes and From
the Land of the Sky-blue Water"
and was penalized by applause which
compelled encores of both gems of
melody.
Miss Gluck's program was as fol-
lows:
I.-(a) Air of Astoria" from the
opera I'll Telermaco," Chuck, arrang-
ed by Kurt SCHNEIDER: OBJ "Lusinghe
pin care" (c) 20 Sleep. Why Dost
/ Thou Leave, Me-" Handel; Cd so
! Sweet Is She old English, music
| anon. arranged by Arnold Dolmetch;
| (e) "Fingo per milo diletto," anon, ar
ranged by Pauline Viardot.
II.-(a) der Lindenbaum, Franz
Schubert: (b) "Fruehlingsnacht,"
Robert Schumann; (c) "Feldeinsam-
keit" John Brahms; I'D "Citronen-
falter i'm April" Hugo Wolf; (e)
"Meinem Kinde,' (D HEinkehr,"
Richard Strauss.
III.-(a) Brewery" Zimbalist; (b)
bohemian Cradle Song" Smetana;
(c) Peasant Song" Rachmaninoff;
Cd air from the opera 1.-THE Cars
Bride" (e) "Song of the Shepherd
Lehl," Rimsky-K orsakoff.
IV.-(a) LES trois sorcieres." (b)
"Priere," (c) "Chevaux de bois,"
Charpentier; Id From the Land of
the Sky-blue Water" Cadman; (e)
"Chimes," Worrill; 6) Red, Red
Rose" Cottenent.
Arthur Rosenstein was accompan-
isJ at the piano.