Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-12-06
WANRELL RECITAL
PROVES SUCCESS;
OPERA FEATURED
Well Balanced Program of Art
istic Merit Given BY Six
Singers


With a well-balanced program fea-
turing operate selections for concert
work, the recital given last night at
the hospitable home OF Rev. and Mrs.
W. ID. Westervelt. Waikiki, by Prof.
JOAQUIN S. Wanrell, assisted by sew
eral soloists, among them some OF
his pupils, proved the enjoyable and
ambitious musical event for which pre-
dictions were made.
| About $50 attended the concert,
nest of whom are keen local lovers
of music and follow with lively inter
est the development of worthy must
cal effort in Honolulu. Some of the
singers were new to Honolulu audi
ences. some we'll known. and all were
given the heartiest and most sincere
applause. many encorcs being called
for.
Prof. Wanrell, the Spanish basso-
baritone first heard here in grand
opera, has already made strong i'm
preston with his acknowledgements
voice, authoritative vocal methods
and equipment in repertoire, and he
added to this impression last evening.
His programmed solo numbers were
l~Simoh Bocanegra.s Prayer. by Verdi;
Gomez Saltwater Rosa" and Don
Carlo, also a Verdi composition. IN
each OF these he scored success, the
! flattering applause growing through
cut the evening.
Mrs. Harold L.. Lyon, rather re-
cent addition 10 Honolulu's music
circles. and e mezzo-soprano of worth,
sang effectively GennOd's la Reina
de Saba and made her greatest tri-
lumph in striking duet with Mr.
Nanfell, Pinzutti's "Amo."
Mr.. Clarence Waterman, who has
been heard too seldom in recent
years, gave baritone solo, la Son
ambula," by Bellini and in this and
In his encore number he showed a
very marked advance in vocal ability.
| Ills friends, and there were many in
| the audience, were very agreeably inn
pressed with the growing breadth and
beauty of his voice and his mastery
or the operate difficulties
Another Honolulan who gave an
iaereeable impression was Mrs. Louise
Churchin Rogers. who, as Louise
churchill, had. appeared in public a
few times here. Her soprano voice,
though still immature and with its
i possibilities largely undeveloped, is
sweet, of considerable range and a
pleasing quality.
Mrs. Riley H. Allen, coloratura So
tprano, needed no introduction to the
audience, her appearances in the lead
ing roles of Pinafore." Mistress
Mary" and other productions here be-
i ing remembered. She sang glitter
4 ing aria from The Barber Of Seville,
J tRossini) which is filled with vocal
adornments of cadenzas and the like.
Mrs. Alien and Mr.. Wanrell later clos
cd the program with the fine duet
number from Verdi's Rigoletto-"Tut-
te lie Feste Al Temple" which brought
as an encore another duet number.
! Mrs. Edith r. George. a mainlander
who is making an extended visit here,
1 displayed a mezzo-sopfano voice of
markedly fine quality in Gounod
Faust selection. She sings with
ease. poise and good use of we'll
placed vocal instrument BY Eappy
4 coincidence her husband, who came
here for flying visit, was present
last evening and heard her in a very
favorable debut before a Honolulu
audience.
As whole. music lovers adjudgeu
/ the recital to be among the notewor-
thy musical events OF the season Ho.
noluiu owes real gratitude to Rev and
Mrs. W. D. Westeryelt for their hospi.
tRlity and Their appreciative eneour.
lasement of musical talent in offerins
the use of their home. with its large