CALVE AND GASPARRI.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 927, 21 September 1910, Page 8

CALVE AND GASPARRI.

A BRILLIANT CONCERT. ' ■ Galve'svthiird' concert:' at;, the Operi' Bouse last evening; will live long in-tKe'-,^enkiiMS,-kp{l ;.tbp^vWbo;' l for-; tiihlte'enough';t6*' bb "present.ln .-the ;role of Carmen, the-• careless, saucy Spanish : gipsy; 'girl,;. Calve was; on Saturday, . very! "di Iferent * f roni ■ the.' passionate . ..Santuzza, - "the rejected of 'Turiddu, in' ''Cavalleria. -Rusticaiia," list .evening. '^The 'celebrated duo from, Mascagni's masterpiece was •''the. out- ; standing feature of, the .concert. : : In ; its stago sotting, with the .prima donna and Signor Gasparri; (Turiddu), in cos-:, tiime, it'was an • excerpt, from • grand opera, without tliG 'orcliostra' ib is true, but-surpassing; in' the''magnificence of tho acting and iiv the brilliance, of the singing-: anything; thit'iWellingtqn con-cert-goerS 'haye 'ever heard before, 'noi' is, it all-likely • anco will over be heard :;inV: Wellington',' again —for' some time, at: any rate. Sung; ih' v ;ltalianj , ' : the ; issue '■l)et\yeenth6 • two was, ''pettectly, telligible -to i ; . the -.; .-audience. ; : Gesture, phrasingj' dramatic intensity; supplied ;a, free' translation of Turiddu's perfidy, Saiituzza's despair,' were writ la^ge^uppi"the' I ■Bpl6ndid''coil7. test of conflicting , pa-ssions. It' was magnificent.' • ; " ' . . Turning - : .t-6 ; .' tho • impressions ; ; ijr tho .more formal ' part_ 'of .the programme, ;ione.'; is ' filled with' a; sense., of complete satisfaction.'" ,: lV>r: her -.first Uiimber, Madanie selected}.. as a bracket, the fine aria "Divinities du Styx," ,fromAlceste'' |(Gluck), }arid : . Gounod'':; charming ''Au : Printemps," . adding—it ■was, iMvit'abjethat .'she: should' - have, to : sing ■ again—-the dainty. Freiidli chansonette,' "Ma -■ Lisetto." .Her' second braicket ' included Boito's, dramatic, setting,-; from . "Mefistofele,"' ;of :''La Mort;:'du' Margueritei";, and.:, the v. gay; chanson -v O " Egyptienno " ' (Vidal). Jladame had perforco •to • sing two. more—Yradier's "Rosella," . and • the old French' Provencal; song 1 'Magelli,;' the : latter sung ;• without accompaniment.; •: •• • , yiV-; :• j% ; '.i \-.>y ■. ■vj - ' Signor;Gasparri, every:'fibro-of,.whose, : being thrills with the"uf{&fSt}. of his singing,' ■ opened- with .two '.'-rinnibcjrs from Puwini's "La Bohome"—the Racoonto', "Clie Gelida," and the Presentazione,,;'!QuestaevMimi''— adding; ITirindelli's "O Prima'vera." His next bracket included tlw 'recitative and aria "D'ici; je.-ivbis.'la ■mer'l'/. Xfroni: Meyer-l beer's ','L'Africaine").: and Tirindelii's'. song "Di.Te." : After insistent recalls, ho adde<l - the,.' old, Neapolitan'; song; "Maria, Maria." - - Very popular with: the audience: also was Mons. Jacqiues Pmtcl, tho clever .piamst,; of./.the' party; . ,'His;.-;items in-, -cliuded": Mendelskihn's.; .brilliant; "Rondo; ,Capriccioso,'.' •'Chopin's-; ■ celebrated -, "A Flat Polonaise." . .and fino :'VRhap^M:'Nb^ i lli";'iiff'?additicin;;;to. 'whicli.'he,. filled .'the exacting tolo of ;ac(»mpanisVto'Tfia'danie, Calve and Signor. Gasparri. . -. Messrs. J. and N. Tait have arranged for a farewell;' popular concert -at the Town Hall to-morrow; evening, when' popular prices will bo -charged;