Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-22
Australian Diva Hopes to Pass
This, Way Again Before
1916 Goes Out

And / do want to come back---I
hope % come back IN November"
Nine. Nellie Melba; smiling and OBJ
yiously happy at the pleasure she had
Just Given big Honolulu audience.
said this last might just after she had
swept from the stage in response to
= last hIrst Of applause from the PEG.
PIE Who were 1oath 70 90 home.
They we're still standing IN pit and.
balcony, appinMding even as they put
ot Goals and operacloaks. and the
worId-famous diva was standing In the
little 3mpromptu dressing-room ar
ranged Tor her II one Of the wings of
The CpefS Houee stage. There she
was the gracious central figure at q
very informal reception A number
OF old friends and q number OF new
ones we're greeted and made. w. d.
Adams, manager of the Opera House,
intrOduced several Honoluians to the
prima donna, and to them she de-
cIared that she hopes TO be with Ho-
nOlalu audience before too man,
months have passed.
Isn't Il funny---aud isn't Il nice
that my latest tour should have begun
and ended In Honolulu" she said
And I want to say that this has been
q splendid audience tonight
II warmth OF appreciation and cor
diality Of greeting betoken the splen
didneo1 OF IN audience. then last
nights was indeed splendid. Nine
Melba has played often and often TO
audiences vastly greater In size but
none to whom her fiawless art her
beauty Of voice and her msisicianly
taste has made deeper appeal. Ipsad.
diticn, II was . very friendly audi
ence IN an informal sort OF way TO be
felt az once assthe prinna donna came
upon the stage tor her first number.
Probably the majority OF critics will
agree that Nine. Melba's singing last
night exeelled nat of her last preyi
GUS appearances here few months
ago. Il is idle 10 criticize the art and
the voice OF this great singer; new
excellence apparent last night seemed
q matter Of better spirits and higher
yiyaelty. Certainly as the evening
progressed her numbers were ever
fresher and often gayer. The Mad
Scene from Hamlet, Carpenters
"Depuis lie Jour- Bemberg's "Nymphs
ct Sylvanis" displayed the coloratura
art IN the wonderful throat Of mis-
tress OF vocal expression Each of
her numbers was gem In expression
and technical treatment.
Nine. Media was generous in en-
cores. The majority of them came in
the second half OF the program, where
songs. She began with John Ander-
son Ny 10, John and. included AN.
ME Laurie" Comm Thro' the Rye"
and then. In response to insistent
calls, Tostrs sGoodbye," which she
herself has made far more famous
than the composer ever did.
At the conclusion of the program;
after wonderfully sung s.Se Saran
Rose she sat down at the piano and
gave another Tosti number as the
final encore.
Several little incidents during the
evening added 70 its pleasure. Queen
Liliuokalani, sitting in lower box,
sent TO the singer bouquet Of orch.
ids, and numerous were the flowers
that went over the footlights. One
beautiful lei Of plumaria was worn by
the singer in the final numbers.
A number of Australians were in
the house and several times the ring.
ing 'Coo-ee-ee!" Of the bush and the
rahge was sent across the stage. The
first time Il occurred Nine. Media an
SEered with a melodious little GOO
ee!" like faint echo, and the audi
'ence applauded laughingiy. The sing
er wore as q corsage q rich satin hi.
discus and the same flower ornament.