Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-05-15
|MUSICALFUTURE
|OFINDIANAPOLE
|, Is NOT DOUBTED
Great Reception Given CALI
Curci Guarantees Other
Big Concerts.
By WALTER d. HICKMAN.

L
The musical future Of indianapolis 10
no longer in doubt, following the mar
velous reception given Nine. Amelita
CALI Curci in concert at the Cadle Tater-
nacle.
The great diva has come and gone,
but the fact remains that Indianapolis
has a "home" large enough to accom-
modate the greatest artists and the home
is the Cadle Tabernacle. The second
great fact of the CALI Curci concert Is
that this city will support to the limit
the great singers Of the day.
Personally, ] never had any doubt but
that this city " ould support the best on
the operate and concert stage, IL given
an opportunity. l know that Indianapo-
lis is a music-loving c. ty, and that she Is
loyal to the best musi..
It is great undertaking to engage the
Cadle Tabernacle and bring a woman Of
the fame Of Cali Curci to this city. There
is grave danger of losing money and
then, there Is a chance to more than make
good.
CALI Curci' is one Of the greatest
artists Of her time We know that here
and indianapolis nearly filed the ten
thousand seating capacity Of the taber-
nacle to OVERLOOKING Saturday night for
the diya's concert.
CALI -Curci was in wonderful voice and
spirits. She enjoys big audiences and
large auditoriums. In my interview with
her she told me she was not afraid Of
great halls and big audiences. This Is
the first time that an opera singer has
appeared in the tabernacle and it must
be admitted that the people who were
we'll back in the rear Of the auditorium
could hear every word Of the singer. My
seat was more than half way back in
the center of the tabernacle and had no
trouble in following each word.
This Is apparent-the Cadle tabernacle
is an ideal place for concerts. Great good
Is being done when the tabernacle Is
used for such purposes.
Never has a singer appeared to such
a large audience in this city as the one
which greeted the diva at the taber-
nacle. / do not hesitate in stating that
this immense audience Is the best guar
antee in the world that Indianapolis
will support the biggest and the best,
which the musical and operate world
has to present.
And the diva more than satisfied her
audience
1 have covered many Of the worlds
most famous singers in their day and
never has an artist been as liberal with
encores as CALI Curci was at the taber-
nacle She kept her promise and sang
"Suwanee River" Loves Old Sweet
Song and other gems as encores. She
even sang a negro melody, "Lindy LOU"
an encore.
At this late hour it is not necessary to
go into detail regarding the singers
concert Her final number, The Shaad-
h Cd hos
to show off the wonderful high notes
Of this gifted singer. It was this num-
Der which revealed the real CALI Curci-
have heard nothing finer in my years
of experience Of sitting out In front.
Ovation after ovation was showered
upon her. 1t was the grand climax Of a
marvellous evening.
The audience made favorite out OF
"Chanson Indoue," known as The Song
of India" by Rimsky Korsakof. The
spell of this number held the audience
for many minutes.
Mr. Homer Samuels was at the piano
and Mr.. Manuel Berenguer was the
futist
Nine. aIli-Curci did not forget the
1900 members Of the Gypsy Smith Choir,
which occupied thei regular seats in
the choir loft for the concert. On two
different occasions she turned her back
on the audience and sang to the choir,
receiving a marvellous ovation.
Mrs Ona B. Talbot, who presented
the great diva in concert here. need not
fear for the musical future Of this city.
Mrs Talbot by her years of work here
knows, indianapolis. So she dared to
bring the great diva here for a concert
in the CadIe Tabernacle.