El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-18

Because the quaint and likeable songs
/ are a part Of the audience; the arias
are not
The voice OF the artist is lyrical,
rich in quality when in a minor strain;
fragile in its upper range. She has a
pleasing forte in singing folk songs
ana airs
In the caro- Nome" aria from-Rigo-
letto. Miss BucHler was accompanied
by Mrs. James G. McNary. In the
Song" from GOunOd's Romeo
and Juliet she was accompanied by
Mrs. W r Brown. Her first chaplet
of songs we're accompanied by Mrs.
McNary; her second by Mrs. Brown
The first chaplet consisted OF spirit
Flower by Campbell Upton; Day Is
Gone by Margaret r Long: a
Memory by Edna r Park: and The
Bird of the Wilderness" by Horsmann.
As an encore TO this series. the last Of
which was especially pleasing. she
sang An Old Fashioned Town by W
H Squire
The second chaplet consisted of I'm
Jour. une Mutt by Victor Harris;
.Melisande in the Wood" by Alma
Goetz; Come TO the Garden Love" by
Mary Salter; and The star" by
James Rogers Her encores were
Just a Little Love. Little kiss and
"a Perfect Day" by Carrie Jacob Bond.
The latter two were self accompanied
Miss Buckler has an interesting
stage presence, is an extremely hand
some young woman. and combines
with her singing the subtle underplay
Of an experienced actress Her long
stay in France has given a peculiar
foreign strain TO her voice; the pecu-
liarity is not a quality Of the voice
but the diction-
The artist of the evening was ably
assisted by SCR. Italo Picchi, one time
Of the opera in Milan. and by David
H0lguin. a pupil of Caesar Thompson
of the conservatory OF Brussels. Bel
GUM. SCR. Picchi sang with the re-
maTkabls artistry which makes him a
delight 70 any program. making his
initial number in the aria sDormire
SOT' from Verdis Don Carlos" and
singing as an encore the ''Nabucco"
aria by Verdi, with its remarkable
fugal passages in the piano, testing
both the skill of voice and the fine
ness Of contrast between the absolute
pitch Of the instrument and the sub
tonalities Of the voice
His second appearance upon the
program presented SCR. Picchi in
VerdTs 20 To Palermo. terra Adorata"
from 4 Vespri Siciliana.- and il was
sung marveIOusly we'll Then came as
an encore an aria from Meyerbeer's
Robert lie Diable," which was sung
impressirely.
The violin numbers ty Mr.. HoIsuin
were received with much favor by the
audience The FlOllnlSI Is a young man
wei grounded in his technic. sincere'
in his interpretations. but somewhat
iTpsrsona1 in his color The fidelity
with which he played the "Gavotte- by
Gozzac could not do other than win the
cordial applause Of all who listened
1t was quaint and archaic and very
remote. On the other hand he demon
strated that he had good sturdy emo
lions thTObbing back OF the fingers
and the drawn tow in the Ave Maria"
by Schubert which he gave as his first
encore. The support lent by Mrs
Brown in this number was worthy of
laudarion.
As his second offering Mr.. Holguin
gave the Meditation" from That's by
Massenet- As an encore he played a
'Minuet' by Mozart. and again trans
nitted his listeners to remote and
stilted days when music dared TO be
formal and staid and dignihed: and
beautiful at the same time
In a large measure the success Of
the program was due to the sympa-
thetic accompaniment of Mrs. Brown.
IN her support to Mr.. Holguin and Miss