MR SALVINI'S CONCERT.

Evening Star, Issue 9185, 14 July 1893, Page 2

MR SALVINI'S CONCERT.

Last night's concert, promoted by Mr Arthur Salvini, and held in the Princess's Theatre, may be described as not only a winter but also a wintry event, for it was no doubt the prevalence qf colds and other seasonable ailments that kept the multitude away, and every one of the solo singers was more or less affected by hoarseness; also a fit of depression seemed to have seized upon the audience, this being manifested in a general impassiveness of demeanor and a pretty well uuanimous distaste for encores. Singer after singer came forward and secured the bare compliment of a half-hearted recall, and the instrumentalists fared no better, till the very end of the programme, when those present wakened up to the fact that Mr Harry Smith's singing of 'The village blacksmith' was too meritorious to be dismissed with a mere formal acknowledgment, and, having encored the popular bantone, thereby inducing him to sing ' Home, boys, home, it was but the barest justice to similarly recognise Mr Salvini's excellent delivery of 'My cpieen,' wherefore that singer also had to reappear, and in doing so he was warmly thanked by a round of applause as soon as the prelude announced that he had chosen his favorite ballad, ' My pretty Jane,' as the encore song. Mr Salvini, though not in good voice, did full justice to these songs, and likewise acquitted himself with credit in 'The Macgregor's gathering,' in which bagpipe effects were introduced. His other solo was 'Tom Bowling.' Mrs W. Murphy deserves thanks for her tasteful singingof 'Callerou' and ' KiUarney,' and Miss Kose Blaney's interpretation of each of her songs—'Mary of Argyle' and 'O Erin my oountry'—was praiseworthy considering the disadvantages under which shewas laboring. MrH. Smith's first song was 'The pilgrim.' There were also a couple of duets on the programme, and two double quartets, but the siugero for the latter mustered two short, and Mr Harry Smith took their place. Miss Lily Cameron played all the accompaniments in an efficient manner, and also gave Kowalski's ' Marche Hongroise,' and Miss Nina Schlotel performed a solo and a half on the violin, her sQcond piece coining perforce to an abrupt conclusion owing to the breaking of a string. A sword dance by Mr J. M'Kechnic, jun., formed an agreeable variation to the music. The operetta ' Box and Cox,' by Messrs MacLauohlin (as Box), Mr Armour (as Cox), and Mr Eager (as Bouncer) brought the entertainment to a conclusion.