The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-12-08
ANELJCONCERT DELIGHTFUL
ONE Of THIS SEASONS BEST
STAR WINS AUDIENCE PROM THE
srARr-A GREAT SINGER AND
SINGS TO PLEASE THE HEARER
Encore Aiter Encore When He sings
Love Songs IN Sngnsh-crowa
Has Splendid Time
BY ErcdER @. RoELZLE

Tic y.OsYnE Cv,lCer> OF the knights OF
Columbus series was given ~ the Court
theatre and = proved 70 be one OF the
most enjoyable concerts that has oeen
lheard this season. The star OF the eve
ming was Renato Zaaelli. baritone or
the Metropolitan up"ra company. as
sisted by MISS Grac" Wagner, mezzo
SOPRANO, and Nj. So! .\.Verii at the
.piano. Mr.. ZaUc'N Won che audience
right from Tho star, and When the
audience - won then the singer can
readily please the NOS; critical.
OPENING tie program with a duet
rom 'Ntgnon" Mr.. HaHelii and MISS
Wagner proved q very "yceilent pair OF
singers and they showed that their
duets were not guess work n any way
but the results OF GIligent study and
rchearSals.
Several grOuS q songs uuS by each
artist and 4 group " plano numbers
with several opera arlas for good meas
urC made up the most enjoyable conSeTt
Of tie season and I Ito not iear any con-
,rad!rtton in this respect, In the Rus
sian group. Miss Wagner made the most
of songs that called for unusual Inter
'pretatiyc ability, In the song over
the Stepe" more so than In u other
her voice was ~ tcs best. II had color
and beauty % phrase aud after the Rus
ISLAM group Miss Wagner was recalled
several times and sang two cncoreS'
Ronors 60 zGnsn
The honors OF the evening went IL
Mr.. Zanelli by all means AID 4 more
satisfying artist has not as :et graced
the concert platform IN this city. Re-
Gently we had another artist sing the
aria Largo al t,4ototum' and while u
is not possible 70 compare the voices Il
can De said tina Mr.. ZanelI: sang x
with moro vim. Nirility OF ton and real
live Interpretation He was not ~ 4
4. loss TO know how to call his resources
into play and his ringing tones h.'ed
the auditorium. When have We had an
artist that sang the "Toreador' sons
with the zest and freshness % voice
that, Mr.. ZauellI displayed last evening:
have heard many artists sing tnis
role In opera and l mus. CONFESS tHat
none have thrilled an audience as much
a. his singing last evening. The PROOF
!oS this was given IN the round AFTER
round Of applause that was EXTENDED
b. the audience.
Mr., Xanel.l ray be q foreign aruse,
but that did not deter him N any way
from singing a large part OF his pro
gram in on" ow1 native tongue 80 ta%t
those who do not make 4 study OF music
might eriov the concert unlike the two
Sighhrow artists than we're here recently
that refused to sing anything n English
but made the audience 50 through Ond
OF tho heaviest ua!nter-stirg programs
that has ever been forced on any auds-
ence, from he purely musical +'and'
,po,rt ;ne,r wurk vas the last wUrd IN
art. hut that Guec not proIc that Wheel
ing music lovers Mere p.eaS-d--nV. Tar
from il and = the same ~urt!Sts were :"
return again ;usy would D. greeted by
an empty house. Tat - also the tH>t
whether the people ~ Wh"=. AZ approve
lof the Wy sOw" artists present thr'r
program. \ more apprcclht.v" aud."ac@
!. canno, be tpuud ia any CITY thaa right
hera and ~. know ;ue difference Grt"r"1
what IL the bcS: Or the worSt. AZ WEI
as the artists ;l,at come here.
sings IN English
Mr., Iaue.i. sanG eight numbers IN
Tnyli4l and the .ra"t that they are 81
love songs WAS al the more ent:ancing
TO hear them sung In his o"a ihrSh
studied EaE,.sh. with his italian dep,h
~ passion. and hH brought r"r'h many
,a,y ideas in interpretation. HIS work
was So we'll liked by ~" audience THAI
no vas recalled ;H:ue anu t.Irc again,
,.,ri' his repertoire was exhausted.
bravo. Mr.. Itu".t Toy i".uE a man
,b., IS i. 'aast willing - try and Stag
on~ language. 49, we'll ~ many OF us
who m.sa, ir> a, hard /" sing your
naive tor. n" correctly. You have won
a ,,lar.. -l., hearts q: the Wheeling
music ...y :.aI ;n"v WI welcome
YOU aga.u sad agN.n an! tim" that !VI
vi! conc :" Us.
NJ. A!nertt paved 4 group OF PIANO