New-York tribune., 1919-04-28
Music
Nina Tarasova, Singer of Rus.
sian Folk Songs, Heard at
Maxine Elliott's Theatre

Nina Iarasova. young Russian
singer OF folksongs and ballads, who
appeared last night at the Maxine Ell
hott Theatre, possesses that rarest OF
, all qualities-personality. From the
top Of her head TO the soles OF her feet
the distance is not great. bat every
inch of it is crammed with life. She
IS sort Of Russian Yvette Guilbert
Handicapped though the larger part
OF the audience was by an utter lack
of knowledge Of the language in which
she sang, it Yet was carried away by
the extraordinary vitality and inter
pretive power Of the singer, and the
applause which followed each song was
such as is rarely heard in New York
recital.
Nine. Tarasova has a voice, but her
manner OF using ii would raise the hair
on the head Of any singing teacher.
She sings by main force, anyhow, any
way We shouldn't be surprised if IN
FIVE years she had torn her voice TO
pieces, but in the mean time she dis
plays an art, or, perhaps, rather a nat
artistic or pecuniary, of I hundred
singers who can produce pleasing tones,
but little else. She expresses passion.
humor, bodily vigor, high splaits, bot
tomless melancholy, with equA power.
4 shake of her bobbad red hair, and all
that is widest in Russian life rushes
up before her; droop OF the same
red head and she is a. despalr'ng as a
Russian grand duke about to be ushered
into the presence OF the delectahle Mr..
TrOtzhy.
Special mention ought to be made Of
her singing OF Let Me Love,N "Sleep,
Warriors" and AT the Well Nine
Tarasoya is a singer of Russian folk
songs such as we nave not met this
season, nor, perhaps, tor many before
Har aecompaniments were sympathetic
calIy played by Walter Gelae, and Gov
nelius Van Niiet, 'eeliist, played be
tween The grpups of songs Owing Ia
tbs nanarrlyal Of the programmes
Mr., siagmuHd snaeth read his tFaass-
tlens at the songs hefore eaeh sfnap'
Thers wars numhsr az alhef le-
ellals and eeneeffs during Tbs dag IN
lhe eYehing ~ The filhpeAfaWe Mise
lofelhY jafden, soprano iessf Hespns
hiati 'enaf, Ma@ tienna, 'eeilist anl
az afeheslfa conducted hy Nahan
FRANKIE appeared before q large audl
ehee Miss Iafden has al eNeelehl
natural voice, and Mf iiosenbali une
or the rteaf vuipes Of the century
used al times skilfuiy and 81 others
appalllhgN Miss Jardon sarg an aii
from "tayalleria Rusticana' and
song in Yiddish, and Mr. RosenbIatt
gave, among other things. his own
"Uvnusko lomar."
In the afternoon the Young Peoples
Symphony Orchestra, under the direction
of Arnold Volpe, gave IA concert at
Aeolian Hall. Its performance Of the
Beethoven Fifth Symphony. whilc
rough and at times rather confused
was vigorous. and it gave the Gold
mark "Sakuntala' overture very well
indeed. Hyman Rovinsky, young
pianist. who was the soloist in the
Grleg A minor concerto. showed no
particular reason for his appearance
Another afternoon concert took place
at the Princess Theatre, when Miss
Frances Sonin, who has appeared here
before this season. gave a song re-
catal in costume In Il group of mod
ern American songs she showed con-
siderable humor in her interpretations
Her art. however. is not important. She
was warmly greeted BY large audi
ence. G. V