NOTARIELLO

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 206, 26 May 1921, Page 6

NOTARIELLO

THIRD CONCERT. There was a well-defined, enthusiasm manifested by tho audience at the Grand Opera House last evening, wuen Notariello, the young Neapolitan tenow, made his third appearance. lhe programme was a notably good one. The tenor, who still exhibits here and there traces of the remnants of a cold, elected to sing as an opening number The Shepherd’s Story” from' Cilea’s Arlesiana, a plaintive ballad that was treated with a subdued emotionalism ending in a pretty falsetto passage of much delicacyAs an encore ho san? “Riinpiauto by Tosselli, the tragic story of 0™ wh° loved and lost under romantic circumstances. Another recall a ballad entitled "Torna a Sumento (D’Curtis). At his second a PP®” a “° o he sani* with tender solicitude that ap SaSaria, “Farewell, Mignon," from Ambroise Thomas’s Mignon. H artistic treatment of ttos ’nelodious number brought a hoarse “Brava!, from a group of the singer’s compatriots in a box, and was followed by the tion of a magnificent wreath of gilt bay leaves, in which was anterwoven a profusion of Italy’s bute from the Italian « / S /» Bav. As encores he sang Mattma , and a rhythmical “Serenata” by Mascagni So far we have only heard two operas in Wellington, namely, “Butterfly” and “La Boheme L evening the new tenor introduced a fine sonorous number from the 6ame . ,?° m ' poseris "Girl of the Golden West,” an operatic version of Belasco’s drama of the same name. The number was en. thusiastically received and brought, as .encores, the emotional f lt l n d "Lolita,” With its ear-haunting hit, and “O Sole Mia” (Capua). Lhe tGnCII , * still tender at the top of his re S lster > and resorted to the falsetto voice rather than risk the full voicq ». fin ales. Mr. Gordon Short and Miss Bay■lox played with distinction the first movement of the Grieg “Sonata in G a musicianly movement of vaned chaim thoroughly characteristic of the J\or weX master. Mr. Short played with elegant smoothness and tonal charm “Reve Angelique” of Rubinstein, R maninoff’s rushful “Harlequin and, when recalled, M'Dowell’s eternally beautiful “To a Water Lily. Wer he showed pronounced brilliancy .in Liszt paraphrase of Ventis R igoletto, a composition that calls for highly developed technique and temperamental grace. His encore was a Liszt study. Miss Ray Fox, who was playing remarkably well, sounded' the depths of sombre poetry that lie in Wiemawski s Legende,” and induced a fine sympathy of tone in Kreisler’s “Caprice Viennoisc. To the delight of the musical she played in the second part Bazzini s spritely “Dance of the Goblins,” with its springing bow and rapid harmonies, and came through with flying colours Her encore was the quaint, and, just a difficult “Tambourin Chinois” of Kreisler. Miss Elsie Kell, the cultured soprano sang with singular purity of tone the aria, “Ah, Tempt Me Not’" from Leoncavallos “I Pagliacci." Her other songs were “Little Bird Song” (Phillips). 'The Pipes of Pan” (from Moncktons The Arcadians"), and "Mignonette (Harris). Mr. Short’s accompaniments left nothing to be desired. Another concert is announced for thie evening. .