Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-04-05
1.-THE MESSIAH" "SOLSI1S
HAls 9EEN SELECTED
Frederick SA dck, Basso, Of Chi
cago, Last vt to be Engag.
ed. Is q n Amongst
Singers n Norio.
EVENING SHOULDA
AN ARTS SUCCESS
Prof. Sperat Working Faithfully
With Chorus of 125 Singers and
an Orchestra of Thirty.

Frederick S0uthwick, basso, OF
Chicago, is the last soloist to be en-
gagged by the committee having the
management of 1.-The Messiah" which
is to be given in Decorah on the eve.
ming of April oath. Mr.. Southwick
sung for several years in the Joyce
Memorial church OF minneapolis
and is a young singer whose big
splendid voice is fast making him n
leader amongst singers in oratorio.
He is now managed by the Culbert-
son bureau of Chicago. This bureau
controls probably the best musical
artists in the Central West, and have
sent us some of our very best talent.
They handle no inferior people. Any
singer to come under the CulbertsOn
management must possess extraor-
binary ability. They assure US that
Mr.. Southwick's beautiful voice pla-
ces him amongst the foremost ora-
torio singers of today.
Miss Harriet Case, who has been
engaged to sing the soprano role.
was connected with the Cosmopolitan
School Of Music in Chicago for sey.
eral seasons, and during that time
was heard very frequently in church
and oratorio, as also in concert, both
as soloist and in ensemble engage
ments with the Chicago Cycle Quar-
tet, of which she was the soprano.
Three years ago, Miss Case re-
ceived so fiatterlng an offer from tine
Iowa State Teachers College at Ce-
dar Falls, Iowa, as teacher of voice.
that she accepted, and since then
has gained great following, and has
occurred there most excellent results.
Frederick CarDerry, tenor, has wor
distinction in c.atorio and concert
fields as a thorough musician who is
we'll qualified to give the ideal inter-
pretation to the great oratorios. Fur
ther than this, Mr.. Carberry has en-
joyed unsolicited and unusual de-
mand for appearances with non-musi-
cal clubs as a musical artist who can
also be classed as an entertainer be-
cause of the appealing quality of his
work. The tenor voice cOmDined
with magnetic personality seems TO
please all kinds OF audiences, and
Mr.. Carberry has had no difficulty i'll
pleasing the largest miscellaneous
audiences as we'll as the most exact
ing music critics.
He has appeared with the Thomas
Orchestra of Chicago and in oratorio
with the Apollo Club as well as with
other leading musical societies Of the
Central West. The Chicago Tribune
speaks of him as "a tenor of talent"
and that she sang the tenor solos in
excellent voice with good taste AMI
cOmmendable vocal smoothness.
Fredrikka Falk-Trulson, contralto,
has a beautiful rich voice, and is es-
pecially happy in oratorio., "Tho
Messiah" contains some wonderfully
expressive things for the contralto.
Madame TrulsOn is devoting her life
to this class of work.
Probably no such quartet OF SOLO
lists has ever before appeared in ora
torio in Decorah as will grace the
stage here on this occasion. Prof.
& Carlo A. Sperati is working faithfully
with the chorus Of about 125 local
singers and the orchestra of 80, and
is putting on the finishing touches.
Taken all in all, the evening should
be an artistic success.