El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-25
''NAVARRETEIS
4 TETRAZZINI"
Ell Pasoans Growing En-
thusiastic Over Prima
Donna's Lovely Voice.

AIDA Navarrete, the great prima
donna of the Navarrete Opera COM
pany, has been heard to splendid ad
vantage since she came to FL Paso,
but never to such advantage as in her
singing of -Sonambula," Sunday
night. The largest audience Of the
company's engagement was present
and the applause and comment were
enthusiastic Navarrete is 4 great
singer and the music lovers Of FL
Paso are beginning to appreciate the
quality OF her beautiful voice.
Tonight the company sings Trova-
tore" Tuesday night, 'Traviata;'
Wednesday night, "Sonam bula. and
this closes the present engagement
'-Navarrete is a coming Tetrazzini,
said Robert Martin. a discriminating
FL Paso music lover, with enthusiasm
When she is heard in New York and
san Francisco she IS going 10 create
a sensation. Many FL Pasoans regret
very much that they did not go 10
hear TetrazZini when she sang here,
unknown and unneraIGed, Few years
ago; those who did hear her have con-
graduated themselves ever since It
Is going to be the same in the case OF
Navarrete. She is going to be her
aided and soon, too. as one OF the
worlds great prima donnaS, ana h
Pasoans who take advantage OF q
chance TO hear her now, are going 70
be able to say to themselves that they
wonderful talent before the rest OF the
English speaking world discovered
her.
1T is a duty FL Pasoans owe TO
support this splendid organization OF
singers while they are here, and IL
he "A nj every
lover who will so. A real music lover
has only to hear Nayarrete sing once
to become enthusiastic. The company
is booked for but a short time longer
We should all make the rest OF tne
enga cement as successful financially
for the company as il has been artls-
tically and in enjoyment for the pa
irons"
The opera singers at the Texas
Grand theater are never disappoint-
ing They never fail to get b. with
their story either. one wishes that
AIDA Navarrete. the nightingale, the
thrush, o. TO speak locally, the CAM on
wren, would sing every opera. but
even without that most charming, sill
very voice, ike a rivulet dripping
over cool rocks and splashing on
ferny MOSES, that voice as light as
air and vetvety as the cooling OF
dove, that unIorgettabie voice-eVen
without NaVarrete the opera company
sings so well that one lives il old
Italy. It means TO forget war, forget
money campaigns, forget the price OF
bread, forget the weather and wander
through old cities Of an old country,
standing back in dark door ways to
hear the villain plot, following the
heroine as she trips up winding stairs,
carrying a candle and singing arias,
or to hold ones breath while Jealous
lovers quarrel and die.
Saturday night one had the chance
TO see and hear a SantuzZa that was
so fine and fiery and in such splendid
voice that while she sang. there was
nothing else in the world for those
who heard but Santuzza's love and
Santuzza's Jealousy and her broken
DAYS. And when the big tenor Alto
poured out his love and his adlos
the audience went wild with en-
thusiasm. Turiddu also was well sung
and spiritedly by G. Mainez, and n
RuanOva's work as Lola and Mama
Lucia was well done
Pagliacci. the second opera Of the
evening, is also short, direct and sim
ply told: it turns so quickly on Jeal-
ousy, the comedy changes in the
twinkling Of an eye to bitterest trag-
edy, that one feels IL as one feels real
life with a real sigh for the desperate
turn II takes
Pagliacci was splendidly sung and
the parts are ones that test Doth
voices and spirit Of opera singers. By
a certain restraint and quiet these
singers carry a high degree Of art
through every performance. Media IS
a very simple. quiet. sweet voiced
singer, Leovalli herself young. and
full of life. One will not soon forget
the Leovalli Media for its very quiet
In the scene where she tries TO keep
up the clown spirit. TO carry on their
little play within . play. dancing and
testing. but increasingly fearful OF
the jealousy Of her husband, the big
tenor, Galian, Media does some very
pretty acting. Galian, the big tenor,
was a favorite with the audience The
clown G. Mainez was wonderfully well
sung and his was a mastery perform