ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 36, 6 November 1907, Page 9

ENTERTAINMENTS.

MADAME ALIDA LOMAN.

• • A! Never question 'whufc'rtho. good'.igodsosond;/ Tako it and . bo _ grateful .\vubir.V.tJlie:ifeift/is; ilivino and delicious and- wholly charming. Obeying that unwritten.law, one Refrains from comparing ■JfiHlame ! -Alida'ljoma'iy i v. , ith other sweet singers who - liaYir charmed .and conquered here. Thc(.iczuptst.ionC!,)> compare' her with Dolo.rps-is, almost ■ Dolores is. incorf'^a^3ile < !. , !,jVKlioii(jt l . cMt-rasto ing these, delig;h,tMX' that 1 Recalls memories of Dolo'rps''iVY^onp she sings beeau'so !l slio' i c'aW' , ho moKe ing than can tli#fc ,npprfr,Qp JjjSlKto! goideli 'days .tho' suh shities aiui; the incense of's&'Mindr sceiiis ''tlio' iijrl'''-Ancf in.the clear, clarion .purity ; of .her (JjSpp^'hote'a; she suggests Iqo:„.She'sj)i4sthe; heart more than , the head, uadences of her. opulent melody>,fatt'. like ' a-' rain' of roses r'oij; Jji "ii.. a trumpets or Madi\'mo'j 'Loman. oponc j,'licr. season' in' r t'l)o , 'Tomi"'!Eiall last: night,. ancl;'..M\e 'tlnit)i?R(t';ife!;, alidic I nc& into; grateful She bound theni with ' iian'ds '<sr gold antl' fetters from fairyland,. and T tliey. camtulatcd without - song was essdritially 'a '"'song' 'of .^'m'slinjg,', 1 Thoro was ; of t loyp-lor-n- mel^ii^Kolyi' 1 or sighs over the.'.sqrFows singer had . ting in the lavishing breeze,' that. happy stories'to the flowers and/ the treeS'."' But here and there was-a-deeper note and a hint of sombw haunting echo in.the ear. As, for instance, in ■ Delibes'" " passed 'TJy Oh youth ■ gone"' Vf;'the •'SouV fof"'"6v^i" ! troubled" —which showed the : artiste' r iii'•■'ti mood that-melted/. i.Vi. i,,.Vi..

! . .It was an .extremely,,arduous programme that Madame thjrjtppu ■ numbers, apart, 'from- ' encores—;u'uT '-'Wire" >• emerged splendiyi^'tnllhiplraut?' !, 'Sh<!''MVowocl surprising versatility.'' tho rc- ' oitative and air from';'' The' Grcation"-('H3ydri) she brought out thei niagnificcnfrimelody with ■ rich dramatic foreii;, hqr ,i!ppeK registpr-.b.eing > clear and truo ujicL,.cl^rion T ]iJtRL. JjoiaJhis ! she passed to ''-Der/Nciigierigc'' (Solijqlim), •a charming little'lo'vo lSyj'-whfiie fentTersoft- > .ness fell as .swectlylJTofi'.llierijaPvOs words from one that is-lovcd.-iv fPhii^noxbfilliniber ■ was .Schubert's "AVifigenlied" i and it was ono..'of' 'tho unost.' ilelizlitful of 1 tho evening. 'Siujg\'i7i.;tt l e\ , the Sutherland, it noedgaV'rio;-fe)ilsM®i, not i even for tho iiiileanieib' "■The"'tWrJd-ol.l : ■ mother-love breathed —in—every—crooning i accent, and, as t!>o .fop.tJung lullabyr.pso,a.nd. i fell in gentle "Cftdeiitfe;'•fctiit'y cftfi.Mr^d I,? ii'p'"the rocking;.cradl.n-.aud -th.ei lids as they _saiik to sleep on "tirea eves'' It- was .ftuidxttaaiMudicnce insistently dcmanded'la -repetition-, graciously givenin iwVgairi,. iii'lHnydn's.quat'it* little number, smother bids .me-bind n> t hair," tho artist&.-ivas:.d(3lightJully.fdr.bll„aj,v;> ; wholly charming:, -salu-.thft D.utclj' GliUclrj it ° song, by Van ;liemios # Madame again* t ' ted an ring-a-rosy the-,4o)icioh|t- ) irresistible a woodland gr.ftiii, ,'and in, her song liko<,bi Iroltawy.U<f Voift,,vUoii.- ( . dage. 6ln'' CoW'ej!?fi--old,, , ifavQ)irit,e,:;.-..'j'-TJ)ei Swallows," andithe '-'L.v here the Gcntli).)^ark; l V(B.ishop)!,j l limpid upper note?/' \mo[ hp.iir'd 'to-deligktfoT aflvantago, anftpjwf',hoai|ors woro. charmed.,: Other numbers,-Jwi, the - programme. that revealed the gifts:-, "Regret?" . pdibos), - "Serenade^ .(Strauss), "In tjRO.-§smi,tliy'' (A. D. Lomap... ; Mndame's -April" (Novii))','''Last Night" and "A. , Sprijig, Morning" (Men(Jf;l?splin). ... : . •. • n Howi many ycai;| ; 'it. is ..since ..iierr BqnW. Schorck first, appeared, the .Smi'tjierii.) Cross one woultV -9«fn /jutitlVo'popular.. entreprgnpifr to 0 have lost, neitl{Ml J .ypu't.h, l j{or l , l cunni4igi r ,)an(J.j the audience ....pt nprim.,l generously for ';hi.3 )| .,#loft t^pi);.(^i^t!r; i,,' ; ra?-i; companiments. V ~ A j,'../ Madame LoiJan»l "by-. Mr. Eric Ai_Hloi\sp j !l/ I J);),'ssp,, I ,T l^di^tj: y (',GqQrsQ;. Pqoro, flautist. ' Tho season will" bo continued to-night. "Robbery. "lliider another large and enthusiastic'iVmlToiico.to'the Opera House last nigh"t.«' Thtf /s.C I I'M Wp 1 ift HFo 1A by tho vivid and lowed with tho' ! IrKuiesl/ ihfefe , RV;'' ; 'arid' : ' t-fte*-applause was ffetj"" , TliWfi'Wll" be another exhibition to-iiight; and a matinee on Saturday y ; • thSlvtuk 1 MYltif r,: " L ' 7 The current ~p Vpgi'ninn'io_J_at ilio 'TlieatrV Royal was repeated great success by Full^, , s''. , 3SMoH^tiiterSs' , Hha'lft?!!;o'' audience bniiig eirthusiastic tihl^ofighptlt:' i, ;Thol Burns-Squires lifograph:'picru"rcs ; werp .'rcprp'i' duced and 'wenti"'woli: r! - x "'- i-x