Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-30
SECOND CONCERT PROVES
!. TO Be BRILLIANT Event
Artists Mt Wednesday Clubs Music
Festival Arc Again Given
Hearty Ovation.
FOLK SONGS SHARE HONORS
Rosa Ponscflc Completely Captivatcs
Vast Audience and Wins Approba-
ton With Voice That Has Almost
Unlimited Range and Sweetness.
FOLK SONGS SHARE HoNoRs
ny JOHN GEOnGE nApnIs.

torium last night popularity known as
artists Night" presented a program
and proved the coca sion for Il general
ovation to each OF the visiting artists.
enthusiasm was supreme and an
audience of extraordinary size fairly
dubbed over with prolonged applause
and insistcnt demands for encore num-
hers II may possibly be that previ-
D u ha!a ra'lh 70 iani
more reminiscent minds must recall
With the metropolitan opera House
Orchestra. conducted by Richard llagc-
man. with Rosa Ponsellc. soprano:
Emma Roberts. contral;o. and Eorrcs;
Lamont. tenor. all OF operate fame.
distinctive concert was assured. But
hardly any one anticipated 50 many
recalls that piano accomplishments
would be required. nor did the most
ncsday club suppose that folk
songs would share the honors with
operatic arias fet each Of the three
paniment ana Miss Roberts and Mr.
Lamont TO Accomplishments by thci!
fellow artists.
Rosa PonsclIe teai Stnr.
Rosa Ponselie took first place as the
real star of the concert. From her
first appearance upon the stage. look
ing the artist. every inch OF her from
Partisan ,iFtir 10 ccr!ssc fan which
age. she held the audience in her hhnd.
\ voice young. fresh, eAuberant Of
luscious quality and OF almost un-
limited range. from coloratura trils
70 contralto chcs, tones. she gave out
her songs IS il ;hcy were a part Of
her life.
IN actress by temperament. as by
choice, SHE invested each song with
an indeiinabic quality OF insight, lack
ing nothing OF the artist spirit. and
displaying the equipment which VIII
make her, DCyDD1 doubt, o. the
foremost intcrpretativc singers OF her
time. Her suicide aria from la
her ability. and she made it "a strik-
ing number Tonio's Lament
from Pagliacc..
Another Song We'll Sung.
Another programmed number. the BIRD
Song from pae liacc! was equally we'll
sung, and her tones flowed prodigally.
Her encore numbers embraced Mas
ecnet's Elegic, With orchestra. the
OF Home. Sweet Home" and lastly.
Coming Thro' the Rye with an
especially norid cadenza For her
closing number she save the aria
'One Fine Day and this. too. was
brilliant, with an exceptionally well
Marvellous Contraito Voice.
Miss Roberts. gowned in blue, an at
tractive. hgurc. disclosed contralto
voice Of quality sugss testing mezzo-
teristic tones of her range being. in
some respects. the least effective. Miss
Giueks "0 9fe and MY Hear, Us is
Weary" from Thomas Nadeshda. Her
songs were given with great poise. and
Win splendid smoo,hness and dignity
Her encore numbers were 'Carneva!'
of Fourdrain, with orchestra; negro
oa E Ken Ss1Fy Fl shs n whiea
she requested the audience TO join her
IN the, chorus. which was, done half
ferr!rg 10 hear her rather than them
selves.
Miss Roberts gave. with Mr.; Lamont:
duet from Trovatore, in which the con-
tralto displayed TO gerat advantage
much Of her dramatic ability. Miss
spcct that her voice is finely poised:
her tones of superb quality, all OF
Them them singing out 6rishiy and n eifee
herent TO many contralto artists OF
her standing.
Trained In Italy.
Forrest Lamont with an operate
training in Italy, sang in voice and
style true to his school His voice is
within his vocal resources Indeed. he
sang this oiymptian tone Twice in his
Trovatore. each time with a splendid
resonance and without the recourse 10
talsetto. which we so often hear at this
Mr.. Lamonts frs, aria. the che
Gielida," from Puccini's Bohcme. found
him with abundant volume and. reso
ance, but viii, an uncertainty OF tone
and an unsteadiness which vanished in
his other numbers. lie followed this
ci. interpreted in the Italian Spirit,
cXuberantly delivered. not only on his
part but, likewise, on the part of the
II was in his second programmed aria.
the "E Lucevan lc Stelle" (The Stars
Are ShininG) from Tosca that Mr.. La
mont reached the height of his vocal
powers. and this number won him am
sponded with the 'Di ouelle pira"
heard in Richmond. but which met in
slant favor.
Wave OF Applause Follows.
The wave of applause which follow
cd may have lasted for five minutes.
or longer. but il did not cease until
he had returned to the stage to sing.
first stanza of Drink to Nc Only With
Thine. Eyes" ! really believe that up
to this moment. the audience was
amainted w vaa thc En amGnt was
so many Italian arias had he sung
Mr.. Lamont, when lie responded to his
last recall shared with Miss Ponscllc
one of the most dramatic moments of
the evening.
Orchestra Wins Favor.
The orchestra under Mr.. HaGcman's
Beethovens noble "Leonore III. Over.
turc:" played with dignity and
foIinSsd MP The Lszt preudes"
to which the audience rose with en-.
thusiasm. the number evoking loud
applause An encore was given. a
The concert ended with the Tschaikow-
sky March Slav." which closes with