The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-11


: nIficence OF his voice, AS In tho case
of Braslau we wondered whence II
| came, for he is not OF imposing
physique. There have been many
!! tenors OF renown 20 sing here. Bonci,
| Kari Jorn, Martin. Althouse have all
! SING on this same platform. But we
assert without fear Of contradiction
/ that Martinell is greater than them
all. and easily the most superb tenor
! that has ever appeared IN Richmond.
! His voice has the pure lyric quality OF
the italian school. with ample range
| and almost unbelievable volume, al
ways under perfect control and
| handled with astounding ease. AS
tho closing notes Of the aria died
away, the effect was immediate A
storm of applause burst forth from
his charmed hearers and kept up I'M
ceasingly until he came back and sung
Just what we all wished for-the tune
full aria from Rigoletto--'La Donna
r. Mobile" Never was Il SO brilliant
" rendered here before, Even this
did not satisfy the audience and ne
had TO give a second encore, this time
singing, with Mr.. HHgomann at tho
piano. a charming and pretty little
thing. Nina" by Tanara.
THE Dance OF tho Hours" the
lifting, rhythm!cal ballet music Of
=. PonohIellis. was played exuuisitely by
the orchestra and roundly applauded.
sirnor Amato then demonstrated
, his good nature and friendship for
Richmond and incidentally an tntui-
ton for what was most desired when
= he sang with all his power and skill
> tho beautiful and far-famed Pro
1 loRue" TO Leoncavallos II Pag1iacct. &"
A signal demonstration preceded and
/ followed this reelection and, in re-
Spouse 10 tho latter. he appeared once
, 81 tor ats,N.a -
sang tho fascinating "Tarantelle" of
Rossini. This artist win be long, long
: rem en- hered by ell of his hearers, who
will not no content until he IN brought
, back next year,
Orchestra's Excellent Effort,
a Following the tntermtsston, the
] orchestra Interpreted beautifully
Masseret's "6cenes PittoresQues.' Miss
D Braslau than came on for her extra
number a grotp OF three Russian
Q aongs She contributed quite pleas
I ing innovation and incidentally added
: much to our understanding and en-
j joyment of them by preliminary ex-
n planatory reference to each. They
q were ali wonderful and perfectly sung.
8 So wonderful that she was forced TO
D give an enoore. which to the delight
az every member OF the audience hap
4 pened TO be the "Tfebanera" from
Carmen" sung to her own delicious
accompaniment
Martinelli next made hts second
appearance in Ride, PaEliacoi" the
sob song from Pae1iaeci, and tho Inn
preston created as hts first appear
anoe was intensified by his dramatic
rendition of tho we'll known aria,
= Again ne swept tho huge audience off
$ It's feet by hts superb voice and art
Q and he Acknowledged the compliment
by another operate aria II we mis-
take not from Ia Gioconda," equally
as beautiful as the first Forcing from
him q third number. he gave It gan
ero,isly and exquisitely with Mr..
. Hageunanns always excellent pijuo
A accompaniment. Festivals may come
and festivals go. but never will the
memory of Martinellfs voice fade
from the memory Of those who came,
aasv, heard and were conquered By us
!noomparabie beauty.
Miss Brasiau Again Appears.
Miss Braslau, magnanimous little
= artist that she Is, here appeared Tor
! the third and last time IN the familiar
{ reoitat!ve and aria. "Che farosen2a
; Turydice" from Gluck's "Orfeo and
Eurydice" Every bit as fresh ana
buoyant as in her first number sho
; Gang superbly the glorious music OF
Gluok and by It's rendition enshrined
itself anew in the actions of an aud
ionce that has IN the past worshipped
no less than Schumann-Heink and
Louise Homer.
= And enjoyable and inspiring as this
rare tenst Of music was. the end had
to como, The program seemed In
ffniteIy shorter than the time It reat-
iy consumed and at quarter past
\ eleven the orchestra brought it to n
fitting conclusion with the martial,
i stirring strains OF Elgar's "Pomp and
Circumstance" Regretfully the large
assemblage departed FOR home. their
memories indelfhly impressed with
: the r,agnihcence of three of the
; worlds greatest vocalists one of the
! foremost orohestras OF this country,
and tho self-eacrifce and Corpora
: Hon OF two singers who had stepped
: in ana saved tina day for the disap-
; pointed and chagrtnned board OF
managers OF the Wednesday Club.
} In en- irtermission between two of
the numbers Professor Baker was high
iy honored by the presentation from
tho member of the chorus OF o beau
J tful gold watch. Both the leader and
the chorus have done themselves proud
! this season. The female contingent Is
! proportionately larger than usual. Tho
) male members were notioeshly few In
. number. The character OF tho visiting
artists WIFI ircrease, ms It always has.
from year 10 year. And It IL earnestly
70 be hoped that, commensurate with
} this Improvement, that next years. en-
rollment will show larger proportion
} OF the city's vocal talent than ever be-
. fore.
, The club, II is understood. from q
: financial standpoint. has come out with
n slight rrHd!t balance, This IS In
, deed gratifying, ArtisticaIiy II has In 9,
! dub!tabiy excelled any previous season
D olive Kline Julia Culp. Brasiau. Amato
, and Mertinellil Such n galaxy Of stars
a surely has never been assembled hero
9 before. And Braslau. Amato and Mar
tinelH In one evening Aptly was II
7 termed Artists Night" But magnifi-
cent az these concerts have been, let
g us push forward more xealously than
syer befnre and strive next season for
= an even greater array OF talent and
b music. with a highly improved audi
torinfn OF vastly increased seating ca
5.Setty, ~ II too, tnuqh Ia hopa. that we
: may Tn With osr Southern naiEhhor
and have right here In Richmond The
Matrorcfftan company In . whole week