Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-02-10
OPERA SOPRANO
SUPPLIES REAL
MUSICAL TREAT
Florence Macbeth Wins Local
Audience With Voice
and Charm.

Indianapolis music lovers enjoyed one
of the real treats Of the season last night
when Florence Macbeth, coloratura So
prano Of the Chicago Grand Opera Com
pany, gave a program In Caleb Mills
Hall. From the first notes of Handels
What's Sweeter Than a New Blown
Rose" to the last tender tone of Doro-
thy Forster's "Mifawny," the dainty
slip of a girl, with her piquapt, winsome
charm, her compelling dramatic power
and her golden glorious wealth of voice,
that poured from her throat with the
ease Of the canary's song, held her audi
ence spellbound.
Unlike the robust, statuesque type Of
opera singer, Miss Macbeth is tres Pc
tite." She is blonde, blue eyed and has
a radiant smile. She wore a quaint frock
of silver net over silver cloth edged with
marabou. fashioned with a drop shoulder
chiffon drapery and hanging back panel.
silver net Juliet cap finished with
clusters Of rosebuds completed an at
tractive picture.
He program embraced varied types
Of numbers, from the operate miracles
Of the "Polonaise' from "Mignon"
(Thomas) TO the wistful simplicity IL
Annie Laurie" If one could choose
favorite from among such a brilliant
sheaf Of offerings, the Norwegian Echo
song KUN Kyra" (Thrane) might be
named From a full round tone, her
limpid voice fairly melted into n silver
thread and as the clear tones mounted
higher and higher her eager audience
held Its breath loath to lose a bit OF
the echo as it died away.
The little lady sang the Mignon aria
with brilliancy and polse, thrills and
chromaucs almost dazzling in their per-
lection.
Interesting, too. were the sketches Miss
Macbeth gave OF her French numbers.
including II regardait mon Bouquet"
(Monslgny), LIE Papillon" (Fourdrain),
Isl les Fleurs Avaient des Yeux" MAS
senet and lie Tasse" GODDARD. Each
song was dramatized by the skIlful
singer, her flexible voice Interpreting the
slightest shade Of expression with such
hawless artistry, that the audience saw
the fitting butterfly, heard the rebuke Of
the mother and breathed the scent Of
the flowers.
Her last group was from English and
American composers. embracing Curran's
dainty -Ho Mrs. Piper" the tuneful
"Pterrot" (Roberts, by the Fountain,
Ware and Leonis dashiug) Tally Ho."
She lifted trilled and fairly danced
through the gay little numbers, all OF
them being OF the bright airy lyric type
peculiarly adapted to the c0Ioratura
voice. The close Of each number brought
round after round Of lnsistent applause
from her delighted listeners. As extras
she sang the Cuckoo Clock" "Anuie
Laurie and Dorothy Fors.ers tender
"Mifawny."
Mention also must be made Of the skill
fully executed group Of piano numbers
by Miss Macbeth accompauist George
Roberts. He played IAN Episode"
(Geislerl, Hungarian" (MacDoweln "A
Nocturne" (Woodman) and Godard'a
lie Cavalier PhantasuQue." The young
artist displayed nice technique aud
effective interpretive power As an ac-
companist he is almost perfect IN that
he makes the instrumental settings
merely soft changing background for
the singers beautiful voice pictures.
This was the last OF a series Of con-
certs given under the auspices Of the In
dianapohs Federation Of Public School
Teachers directed by ETle Marine
Haryey-M "a W.