MADAME CLARA BUTT.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 102, 23 January 1908, Page 6

MADAME CLARA BUTT.

■AN IMPRESSION.

(Br Sylvius.) ~■■■■ : . V" '' '• ■> .1 .', Jladamo Clara putt's deportnient ».on the concert, '.stage,, is something l ')*) admire" ! and rei' spect, So admirably ; ,~isv-stie'>.-proportioned physickllyithafr otfi doffs WitrSgfiin- an' jdea ol her immense, height until she conies' with her' .'husband};;,:Mrv, That gentleman.; is • six-ffioter, as' . ? * : : ill al .silmmer's day:"—but...ho becomes compara* tively-:iusignificant' wlien: wifa stands'' beside" him;She l enteK 1 'the ' stage alone, bending slightlyto'save;'he'r J ;Kair aa sho passes'through' ;i.he curtains"- at' thtf-bapk. The accompanist";' Xrthuf•-Godfrey-r-an-other six-footer—follows7a *couplo : of'"paces behindh and makes at once for 'the "piano in a liusiiiess-like wiy. l "Madaine walks forward with easy grace, clad in. a" ; 'perfect-fitting cream; dress .with a;long jtrain; r.which sho manages deftly. guite Iqw, her great dopth 'of chest "is| noted ; also {that her black-brown," wavy haif',is-partedin-'the. middle' and brushed 1 down' over "the : ears".' She straightens' after' the ,bbwj'.'fwalks "to the pianoforte," and : putS ; her'',bouquet 'dovrhi returns to the .centre of the'stage, places her hands deliberately behin'd. her back, waits For the introduction—then; C9mes_ the^'Bound of tho most remarkable.'voice on 'earth. During hir songs 1 she. sways f ever>'so'little—for anger ft'nd scorn tosseS; her; head back and looks daggers," : for tenderness'; shb tilts her chin and closes : her 'eyes,' and when pleading leans slightly .forward. ' *- .y'' l, 1 . Madame - Butt; is a' disciple, of'. the : ex» trembly natural.' My the platform'"methods" is, tbo. slight to''speak of mannerisms, but she does : not appear to have any—all I have described' is' free from tbo slightest suggestion of'the'sickly affectations of many concert artists. And when she sings any Hrace! of artificiality if swept away by her absolutely freo : and natural'methods. . She is'a'great singer,' in very truth! ; ' CLARA',, BUTT-RUMFORD'. CONCERTS.

Madame c Clara Butt, and Mr. Kennerlej> Ilumford will ; make''their- socond, appearance in the Wellington Town Hall .;this ■ evening, when they .will give another excellent programme. Madame Clara. Butt' -will sing "Divinities du Styx," from ..''A Ices to" Gluclc), "Break Break" (Lewis Carey), "The, Lest Chord" (Sullivan),' the last''two items being with organ obbTigato- (by Mr. J. Edward S.vkcs); and the duet', "Doar'Love of Mind" (Nadcshda) (Goring Thoimas), With Mr. Rum. tord. Mr." Kcnnwley Ilumford will since "Du bist wie eine Blume/' "Standchen," and "0 Death " (BrahmS),'! "Thy Beamin-* Eyea" (MacDowell), and "Four Jolly Sailormen." Mr. Carl Barro will contribute violin solos, and Mr. Frank Mcrrick' solos for the pianoforto. The managemteirt announce that a limited number of 3sV ■'tickets will bo issued for the organ 6eats at'-the doors from 7.45. Tickets will be sold at tho Mercer ■ Street entrance onlv. The plan'-and tickets will be at the Dresden, and ss. tibkots only at Abel's. The last, concert "takes 'place' on Saturday. The booking for the coiiccrts at Christehurch was rotaarkablc, a queufi being formed-'which extended right round the Post Office at the Cathedral Square. ."