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THE DE MTJRSKA CONCERTS
Mademoiselle de Unnka re-appeared in
Melbourne on Saturday last at a concert
given in the Town-halL This was the first
of the "farewell series;''"' The chief interest I
dOn stated in:thi8^amety, that IT tiatked'
, the beginning of the $3 of Wstafr in Mel- .
I bqwi*.; fpr"4ti.iwt^ no* ahe .'Am,
1 ppen the very best of all singers: h*re, nor
i that she haa given us greater variety of selec
| tioa j the tarttb# .
j fjjfc -'ail the
' gfjjl* p$:
estgeUence, but. ithe concert -singer always.
There ate left only some three or four con-: j
! certs more, and thenwe Bh&U have seen the
: Hut, of the mostfcifted atifl, hi£hly.plea«lng
v^caijat |ws Jet v$jteflthis ^'oiEl&e!
! world., The l^who occupies* froijt place
: amongst the moat highly-gifted singers of
: the day has chosen toviait Melbourne, and
, has. met thus far with the hank refcomition
j w^ch a cultured, audience extends jto' a
.talent entirely unique; but such a high
i strain aa has been pnt upon the general
| audience cannot last for ever, and therefore,
jaB a prliha donna of worldwide -fame,
' anda &ncejrt .singer only, tead'epapjseUe de
jMurska announces the few appearances
| which are to be her last. There are some
, other prime donne, not more than half, a
; 4oeen., .who occupy the saiftp rank;as Qma ^e
'Mursha, >ut ,they Beek pay and pa&opage;
anywhere between the regions of St Petere.
| burs and New York, and are not likely to
! visit ob; therefore, I think that the great artist
I who has fansted her art-talent and her busi
ness affairs to. oar intelligent, appreciation
! deserves the success which she has had and
; will have to the end.
I tter^rst concert in Melbourne on hgr
i return from Adelaide gave us the " Shadow
| Dance " fromDinorah, thearia " Non mi dir,"
i from ''DonGiovannif"andthe"polacca"from
| " I Pnritani." The second reintroduced!® her
jhearere the "Mail Scene "fr?^"Lucia di
i Lammermoor," the«ria " Jfi tradi," supg by
| Donna Elvira in Mozart's " Don Giovanni,"
' and the chief aria foe the soprano voice from
i Hfcrold's opera-too little known here-"Le
Pit aux, Glares." On Jlademoiselle de
: Murska's.performance in these selections I
i need net enlarge. I have only to. note that
: her' voice sinee her return from Adelaide is
! letter than jOver it was heard here before.
,ljii the. last-named , selection she .chose Mr.
; John Hilfc K.SH ILAifiC., to accompany her
in the violin obligato part, which Franz Abfc
'has so well adapted to that beantiful aifc
'The artistic success of these two perform
; ances ,was perfect. , .
j On Thursday night the third concert was
igiyen in the precence of the latest attend
; oncfl jjjfnc^Ttiejr tfffini ftom'^delaulc), $in4 the
8electionsoR~ thii occasion consisted pf the
I "Ave Maria" of Bach and Gounod, distributed
1 asfollowa, nattely-the airior voioe toMade
' moisejlellitaa de Murska, the violinobligatp
part to Mr. John )BtilV and ihe Bach'prelude
No. 1. which ,jfqnns the inenoforte accom
paniment to the air, was given to Mr. Alfred
! Anderson. This was followed in the second
Ipart of the concert by Sir Henry Bishop's
i beantiful composition "Let, Here the gentle
| Lark,4' with flute obligato accompaniment,
] plajedby Signor Giammona, and the concert
i was brought to an end with' tV$ first cayatina
for the .soprano voice in VII Tiovatore,"
| namely, "Tacea Ja notte." Amongst the list
I of pietofes ih which Mademoiselle de Muraka's
i superior style hks created the deiepest im
:preision-a list which has now grown to,
j great length-I think this "Ave Maria " that
i I have Just named, will take a prominent
place* There !s nothing florid1 nor highly
j ornate about it. It is, as the reader knows,
I a simpla but quite original melody of a grave
'measure, requiring a fr'rly .high soprano
I voice to sing it in its original setting-so that
lit affords no oppprtunityfor the display of
; brilUant vocalisation whereby to tickle the
'general ear, and yet the .effect produced
| by her performance of it is of that
deep and impressive kind;;,which speaks
,of solid approval, 0f judgtnent satisfied
!«B well as of quickei^d syinpathy. And
i besides; this, it 'is something morethau
i a eolo peifoimaooe. Each >part is a solo
j perfoimance in itself.' The fulness of Meet
< imparted fey the obnUdtioiui arp^gio' mbve'
: naent of the accompaniment was maintained
!at its jwt: medium tbrooghoat the ^nlue
' piece by lb. AHred Anderson, the pianist,
whose read'ng and ezecutlon of the Bach
I prelude were h:gbljr commendable. In this
' errangement the atff's fitit gWen eolo by the
violin, and Mr. John HilFplayed it as poly a
: capable ailist can, play-it, ^vhen be is re
I solv^dto appew at feis best »nder;wnaitii>n8
! of high resporsibitity. The^ir has never been
I in Melbou»fle siopepooc Mari>j
I rati produoed it with pasaionate intonation on
his vlo^n come ago at the Town-heU,
! and wH!e yet l^i j^ilftg' taton left-his
| t , De
I vpio^joiiffhwg^ajrnig^t rtook up
tkei)«i» and. thev»icl»l tiie/p«rt>«peciall}
^ilttento bpimoc'eb with &itMad!when both
together treie^9|i|^ ^tti
1 have j^ie
audicu«j ^ve-? mB^ioel, As a conoerttd nam
b«r it wis the-«a(t»6 art^ticklly finished Had
njfst highly Bucfc^irSIJrt fcave btan
given e<vice M^e»M>tiseUe first
made her appearance stood gat o^. Tuo j
audience thought ao bigbly of it that it «4a I
I rrdem»nded>nd w»s repoitfd.
[ ^'felehop^ibng, ""toVtierethiGentln Lirt;
is,#; mfflfltwpteoe !of ;ttm«(r\u ocwptwiuon,
> whether in xcBpitfktO the i^inc^pali^eme for
blgbljr Arti^Oiorn^M^iigu^w.^MteBnt
aWma
* ?" 4»<«9»4>Mes 6f
Ml iJ :
,! } irj'>
u'.iiffKvui Stfft »» rr-i .. ' »'
it disclosed the feet that a hot wind and a
. thunderstorm daring the day had somewhat
v. The audience at these concerts npver seem
I to be tirefl of tberaagnlfldenfc flate perform
I estates bt Sigiibr Gikmniona; who grows in their
favour upon eachfreafeperfance. I do not'
'mention the other Mrlormers. this week,
bemWe tbeptoewdone nothing de»er?lne of
<spedaLp^Pe>, ,
. ANPABfEB.
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