Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-12-05
Anna Case
Capfiuates \.
Big Audience

For the . second time within the
year, Anna Case, n of the three or
four great concert and-o pera-sngers
which America has produced, last
night held a Grand Forks audience
under the spell of her: art. Less than
eight months after her first. recitap
here, she wa brought back to us; to.
chafm. us with song and with; per
%sonality. The auditorium, where last
April she/sang t. a: pathetically small
I audience. was filled last night with;
those who were eagef| to feel b
glorifed touch, Of her, genius, and as
the last notes Of her own "AnheIoH'
; paid tribute TO her till she returned,
! not once, but twice to, sing an encore.
: She had captivated her audience, and
they were loath to leave.
A. creature - of exquisite moods,
through an ofswh;6h, flashes. al deep
AND stmad-cap imagination, she is an
a,rtistsof the heart rather than of
thealniHdas 1t is this imagination, en-
HANGING. q wonderful personality, that
makes her singing more than t he
mere utterance of words and notes.
Her ttfthnic is impeccable, but it is
not her. art. It is her foundation, of
course. but upon it she has built many
mansions OF pure delight and romance
and lovel:ness. To me, ner singing is
! beautiful and emotional in an appeal
ing way which no other singer has.
Il. has SO many qualities which n
! rarely finds combined in a single ar
tist,. such, for instance, as q flawless
technical equipment, a voice which the
gods gave her, an imagination which
makes her mistress of all moods, a
power Of INSTALLATION which an actor
would envy and a personality which
is more than magnetic.
She opened her program with a
group Of four songs, which prepared
the way for the beautiful things
which followed. First came Separa-
ziones; an old Italian number, followed
by Beethoven's Faithful Johnnie, Benz
berg's III ne.gs and Russells Sacred
Fire. For an encore she san Spross'
Robin, Robin, Sing Ne a Song"
In her second group, her talents
had full play. There was, for iP-
which her voice had much OF the
warmth and golden beauty of the
harp. In this group, too, we got that
delightful Debussy number, Mutt
d'toiles," another excellent Spross
number, That's the World in June
and the captivating fifteenth century
Swedish folk song which she g9ve for
an encore.
In the Handel Aria from Theodore
<hIISVtS W ID ILL LII oil, Las
Case revealed herself as an artist OF
the deeper moods. Here vas a num-
Der of rare beauty, enhanced by tho
art of the singer. It was an interpre.
tat:on thattwas rich in feeling and
5 restraint. It was greeted, of course
by an outburst of applause, and she
responded by singing the Rimsky-
Korsakow number, Song Of India
one of the most beautiful in her en-
tire program.
The closing group was composed o.
five numbers. In whiehsWere the poig'
nant Silver Ring" by Chaminade
which was given In anGinspFssng visual
ization. and .stAnhelosH which cam
from Miss. Cases own pen. She com
posedsthis nun9beSs during g presen
5concert tour, and IL yet ~ to com
from the press It sis,sa delightful
thing;, sung u the .isSpanish because
is the only langnage which will Civ
1t the proper atmosphere. Whel
published,s.ei t must be done in boil
4 Spanish and English Ebut Miss Gas
yesterday expressed the hope that al
those who sing It will 9doaso in Span
ish. Those tWhoSsing 1t cannot hop
to giye.it a better interpretation thal
its author gave it last night
Francesca LongQ, Who played tn
Accomplishments for Miss Case, adde'
considerably to the enjoyment Of tn
program.