A GREAT DRAMATIC SINGER.
'' D£ CISNEROS IN OPERA
i Examples of Mrtio. "De Cisrieros' contralto tritimpfis are the parts of Dalila, Oi'feo and Arsaca ; but m high mezzo she has earned brilliant fame. as Ortrud m "Lohengrin,"' Leonora m "Favorita," Brunhild m ''Die' Walkiure." and Kundry m "Parsifal." V ' , 'As a s_cond cdfttribiljtion to ! her imitjue place on; the op^eratio stage, . Mme. -de Cisneros luy. . mag^iificjent dramatic talent. Her splendid, stage presehqey' Avith" ! her dark ' ; leoriihe : ' beauty," adds Vohdcrful effect - to ;'the* passionate in*.flection of voice .and .play, ' of- feature Wuiich proclaim her. .a great actress as well as a greq"t 'singer. The draipatic erriotion AVhlch she 'cah .ns^ire iri operati6 bi* cdrice-t ifnusic " is ' ! no' less* marvellous than-- the delight aroused by the' melloAv purity of her voice. ■ ' , An art m costuming, which ariiounts tb absolute' gen iu_,'. is another gift Avhich has ' been bestoAved on Mme. de Cis'rieros. Those .who' remember the . spleiidor of her robing and . -her jeAyels"* as "Dalila," m Sairit-Saens' great opera, Avill recall how finely they aided her m" .producing her > v inipressivo effe"ct v ofqueenly Oriental passion. ; - ."Dalila" AA'as the Rart Avhich above all others caused her felloAv.-arti.sts / to t fall a^' her feet m something likei adoration: ■ When this stiblifrie opera Avas produced m Sydney Melba burst into, tears, exclaiming,, "She is. the greatest Dalila iri the world.". . This sincere tribute from so' great a sister "ster was regarded by Mriie. -de 'Oi-iierbs '"as ihe proudest compliment' she: had ■ cA 7 er received m the whole, of lier. brilliant operatic career.! In ' her '.'Oi-trud^" played at Coyerit Gtirderi, the critifcs nailed her' as a 'geriius in 'dramatic -poAven __s the scheming sorceress 'in '"•Lohengrin" she held, the audience m the grip of her 'malevQl^nt .itjtenpity, wi^i a 'Vei ; y peiv fectiori ot "art. ' ''.', '
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12748, 27 April 1912, Page 2 (Supplement)
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301A GREAT DRAMATIC SINGER. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12748, 27 April 1912, Page 2 (Supplement)
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