Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-03-24
GALL|-CUBC|, NOTED
SONG BIRD,
HEARD BY HUNDREDS
PACKED AUDITORIUM HEARS
FAMOUS COlORATuRA ARTIST
IN RECITAL AT HIGH SCHOOL
LAST EVENING.
Galli.Curci has come and gone.

Galli.Curci has come and gone.
The event that raised Ottawa's
musical standard to par with cit
les double and treble it's size. has pass
ed into history Today a thousand
lovers of the classical in artistry are
rejoicing that they were given an op-
portunity to hear the petite little Ital-
ian song bird in the fines: recital ev-
er rendered from local platform,
That Galli-Curci charmed goes with
out saying AS her clear flute-like
notes swelled thru the spacious audi
torium the audience was so enthralled
by the sweetness of her tone. that all
feared to breath aloud lest they trans.
gress upon the beauty of her song. At
the conclusion of each number thund-
erous applause resounded thru the
school building and repeatedly the ar
tist was compelled to respond to en-.
cores, thing which she did with a
graciousness that made it appear as
as tho the pleasure was hers and
not the audiences.
Eery seat in the auditorium was TAX
en-. giving Ottawa new record for at.
tendance figures at top" prices. Ev-
cry seat bore So lakeland the un-
animous decision was that two dollars
worth was had in two encores "The
Last Rose of Summer and Home,
Sweet, Home while all the rest of
the beautiful numbers were thrown in
as good measure.
So perfectly was her control, and so
true her voice, that in the numbers
with the flute obligato 1t was next to
impossible for her auditors to distin.
guish which was voice and which was
instrumental. Her range was nothing
short of astounding as she covered the
scores with the flute accompanist.
In the rendition of the "The Last
Rose of Summer and Home, Sweet
Home she played her own accom-,
panimcnt In the last solo 1t was dis
tinctly noticeable that the audience
held its head bit higher than was
Its usual wont, feeling seemed 70
4 DO abroad that there were many VINO
entertained doubts as to whether or
not their Adams Apple" was goiag to
stay in place or jump out their
mouths Dotted thru the auditorium
could be seen hendkerchiefs dabbing
at eyes and when the song was over,
applause as spontaneous as 1t was up
roarous greeted the artist as fare
well tribute to her ability to entrance
and delight her hearers.
SO much has been written, and well
written of the perfection OF Gall Cn"-
els technique, the purity of her tones,
the amazing quality and range of her
voice, the gracious sweetness and cap
tivating simplicity of her manner that
It seems useless further to elaborate
and hopeless to describe. No one, we
will venture to say among the largest
audience ever gathered together IN OF
tawa for similar entertainment nut
has carried away the lasting remem-
brance of the pleasure thus gained by
| listening to one who Is conceded to
be the rising star in the musical firm
ament of today
Nor would we omit mention " Mr.
! Berenguer's artistic rendering OF
both his flute solo and obligatos, nor
also the artistic paniment OF
Mr. Samuels, which is always essen
tial to the highest success OF any
musical program.
The program consisted OF French,
Italian. Spanish and German numbers
In native tongue. and was as follows
Program.
(a) Caro- mio ben tGiordani; (b) PEI
la gloria tBonocini)
(a) Vol che sapete tLe Nozze al
Figaro (MozarU (b) Tarantolla Ma
politana (Rossini) (In Italian)
Bell Son Qakme) Ntalian) lDeli
bes) with Flute Obligato).
(a) Menuet de Martini, th) Les
ouinze ans de Rosette, (c) Au bord dt
In Fontaine Pastourelles du XVIII
Steele avec accompaniments Dc
(Weckerlin); Id Chapson dc Solve)t
(Grieg), eO Bourboname (Manon Les
cauD tAuber) lin French).
(a) pastorale G'ransella); (b) Men
uet (Debussy), (c) Danse de la Pou
nee (Debussy) Mr.. Berenguer.
= (a) Little Dory (SeppilliD; (b) Mai
den's Wish Chopin, (cl Las Carce
lares Tin SPANISH (ChapD.
Mad Scene tLucia) tDonizettl
with Flute Oblgato),
Assisting GalliCurci were Manue
Berenguer nutist and Homer Samuel
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