Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-02-05

Traubel to : certain extent, since she
has every right to be considered en-
tirely on her own merits. These
warrant her acclaim q one Of the
greatest singers Of the day and what
Is Of still more Importance ut this
time. the greatest American prima
donna.
What Miss Traubel has that Nine.
flagstad was never able to acquire
is q genial personality that wins her
friends at once. Vigorous and COM
handing in her presence. she radi-
ates . kindliness and warmth that
Is as necessary to q successful artist
as talent itself. She makes her pub
lie feel that she belongs to them.
that she sings for them and desires
that they like her. This attitude
taken In conjunction with a glorious,
free voice, gives her all the requi-
sites for popularity among her coun-
trymen.
Throughout its entire range. the
voice Is . magnificent one. It has
freshness, power, fexibility and color
not confined to . special portion Of
the vocal scale but present in every
note. 1t has q soaring and mex
haustible quality well fitted for the
roles she is filling in opera and 4
valuable asset In song singing. Since
such . wealth of talent should have
no haw In it, 1t is to be hoped that
the rather sharp and too clear tim
bre that creeps in toward the higher
register will be eliminated eventually
In favor Of the warm tone that she
commands elsewhere.
-Four OF Beethoven's seldom pro-
srammed songs were her first Offer
ing yesterday and she sang them
superbly, with feeling and under
standing. Mr.. Waters. In his pro-
gram notes, gave the English trans
lations by John Oxenford and J.
Collect. They proved to be 30 excel
lent that it seemed . pity Miss
Traubel did not use them for the
greater enjoyment of her audience.
While not comparable to the songs
Of the great specialists In this line,
"Gottes Macht und Vorsehung." Itch
liebe dich." "Freudvoll und Leidvoll"
and der Trommell Geruhret" are
beautiful works If wanting somewhat
in the suavity and sentiment Of
those Of Brahms or Schubert.
Singing from her heart, with the
mechanism of her vocal production
70 splendidly controlled rs to give
the impression Of perfect natural
ness, Miss Traubel made each num-
Der interesting, especially the last.
which was repeated. At each OF her
many recalls, the warmth OF her
personality was felt anew and her
graciousness made her willing to
give encores. The first was Sieg-
linde's song "Du Dist der LEM" from
die Walkuere" followed by the re-
peated die Trommen Geruhret."
DR.. Kinder had programmed for
the orchestra Bach's prelude and
Fugue in c minor" in Edgar T.
Paul's arrangement and the suite |
from Gretry's "Cephale ct Procris"
as opening numbers and later the
1.-TWO Etudes" by Scriabin tran
scribed by La Sale Spier and the
Song Of the Rhine Maidens" and
the "Immolation Scene" from Wag-
ner's "Gotterdammerung," the lat
ter sung by Miss Traubel.
All of these numbers are familiar
ones In the repertoire of the Or
chestra and in their performance
DR.. Kinder demonstrated his YER
satility in style and his power in
creating colorful effects. The Bach
work was especially Interesting for
1t contained another type OF writing
In this particular form from the