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Show MELBA PRAISED'BY MINNEAPOLIS PRESS Melba sang In Minneapolis last MorMay evening. The papers of that city simply went into raptures in describing the event next day. After referring In large headings head-ings to the effect that she "sings like an angel, does Melba, the divine.' and "greatest songstress retains her marvelous marvel-ous voice In all Its wondrous excellence," the Tribune goes on to say: "Madame Melba's singing of the mad scene from 'Lucia,' with flute obllgato, was marvelous in its rendering. The qualities of the Instrument and the voice were absolutely the same, and only perfect per-fect sympathy between the two artists could result in such exactitude of the phrasing and coloring as was reached last evening. "Here, Indeed, the words of Manuel Garcia, the greatest of living teachers and judges of voices in the world, recurs to mind: 'Melba .has no equal. There is no comparison between the voices of Jennie Jen-nie Lind and this great woman. Her voice is like a stream of brilliant gold, smooth and glorious, and still as round and soft as velvet. The mad song from "Lucia" I have never heard equaled in my eighty years' experience as a teacher.' teach-er.' " It is pleasing to say that the great singer sing-er will ive Jhis "mad scene" as one of her numbers in the Tabernacle next Friday Fri-day evening. The sale of seats for the event has assumed large proportions at the Clayton Music company. |