The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-11-17
Holmes ~ConcefSeries
Opened Thurs. Scoring
Brilliant Success
Performers, Music one
Program Enjoyed
By Large Audience
BY M


A combination of talented per-
formers, exquisite music, perfect
accompaniment and a large ap-
preciative audience assured COM
plete success for the first Holmes
!, county concert starring Tomiko
Kanazawa, lyric soprano and Ga
/ Dor Carelli, tenor, at the grammar
school auditorium in Lexington
last Thursday.
Miss Kanazawa and M. Careili
appeared first in a duet enacting
a scene from la Traviata" by
Verdi. MIR. Carelli, as Alfredo,
the hero and Miss Kanazawa as
Violetta, sang the most famous OF
operate drinking songs, We'll
Drink To The Beauty" Singing
"Rapturous Moment" Alfredo
confesses he has loved her since
they first met.
In "Folliel Folliel" Violetta
realizes that Alfredo is sincere.
is profoundly moved and tells him
that his love is folly, that she is
unworthy, and that he must for
get her.
The scene closes as Violetts
sings the brilliant aria, "Sempre
! Liberia"
Lowell Dean Meistr, piano ac-
companist during the entire con.
cert, performed next giving ar
expressive rendition of Clair De
Lune" by Debussy and a con.
vincing rendition of Ritual Fire
Dance" by De Falla.
In a scene from Madame But.
terfly" by Puccini, Miss Kanaza.
wa and Mr.. Carelli sang "Oh
Kindly Heavens" one of the mos
beautiful soprano and tenor duets
in operate literature. In this
scene the wedding of Lieutenant
Pinkerton and Cio-Cio San <But,
terfly), has just taken place. But.
terfly has forsaken her faith ane
relatives to marry the American
Lieutenant Pinkerton consoles hi:
bride and sings of his love anc
their future happiness. They sing
together as the scene builds UP
to its finale.
After a brief intermission, Mr.
Carelli appeared alone singing
~Serenade" by osselli, "The Song
of Songs by Moya, ~Turi-Turi-
Tura' by De Crescenzo and Il
Have So Iattle To Give" by Thay-
er.
Miss Kanazaa then sang Les
Files De Czadiz" by Delibes, Ave
Maria" by Schubert, "Ch Dear
What Can The Matter Be?" by
Bax and "A Heart That's Free
by Robyn.
The concert was brought to a
thrilling Climax with MISS Kama
zHwa and Mr.. CarelIi singing
duets 'One Kiss" from New Moon
by Romberg, Only Make Be
liey'e" from Showboat and Smoke
Gets In Your Eyes" from Roberta
by,Kern and italian Street Song
from Naughty Marietta by Her
bert
Nest OF the concert goers, / feel
sure, consider their time at their
first concert this seasen well
spent The talented performers
showed generosity and sports
manShlp each coming back for one
or more encores. The program Sc
iectlons were exceedingly well
chosen providing hours of bliss
full musical entertainment. The
listeners eagerly anticipated each
selection, listened attentivelv
through its duration, and respond
eo thunderously at its conclusion.
Officers of the Holmes County
Municipal Concert association are
Mrs. j. G. Herbert, president; Mr.
A. S. Povall, first vice president:
Wilburn Hooker, second vice pre-
sident; Mrs. David Miles, third
vice president; Mrs. T. A. Lail.
program chairman; Mrs. R. w.
Gulledge, concert chairman; Mrs.
Doty Porter, assistant concert
chairman; Mrs. r. M. Gwin, sec
rotary and Chatwin M. Jackson,
treasurer.
Members of the board of direc-
tors r Miss Hazel Brannon, T.
A. Lail. L. P. johnson, w. E. Thur
! mond, Herman Flowers, and Mrs.
Homer Davis, all Of Lexington.
and Mrs. H. c. Waterer Tchula,
and Miss Georgia Mcintyre. Du-
rant.
Announcements as to the next
two concerts will be made at a
later date, according to Mrs. j. G.
Herbert, president.
! St. Mays