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ordered to pay 10a. a week and costa.TESTIMONIAL OCNOERT TO MADAME KATE THAYER.When an artiste of such acknowledged excellence a* Madame Kate Tbayor takes her farewell of an Adelaide audience the occaiion is ono which, calls for open expression of regret from all who have a iovc of high-class musical art. and who may have had the opportunity of listening to one of the most accom-plifchtd singers and talented musicians that we ha%e e\er had in our midst. Madame Thayer's residence dn Adelaide has extended over such a period that we bad got into the babit of regarding hrr as one of the ohief ligbjts of our mubical circle; but the time has arrived wbeD, like Mona. Meilhan, Sigpor Giorza, and other skilled artistes who have resided here for a few months, Madame KatpThayer has to seek afresh field of enterprise. The ladj‘a talents arc so well known, and have been so well recognised by all sections of the community, that it v^puld be needless for oa to dilate upon them ; it ia sufficient to say that we lose in her one of the rocst finished and skilful vocal artistes that has over visited the colonies. On Friday evening a farewell concert in her honor was.given at the Town Hall, when Hia Excellency the Governor and Lady Robinson were present, the Marquis of Normanby, Commodore Ei*kine, and other distinguished viitcis. The hall was comfortably filled, and the programme was successfully carried cut, revtral of the leading members of the musical profession assisting, in addition to • some of our best amateurs. The programme was as follows .—Grand duo for two pianos—“ William Tell Rosini (Ascber), Herr Stance and Mr. W. R. Pybua; ballad, •• Forgive and forget” (Wellings), Mr. N. P. Lenaban ; song, “ Divided ” (Sir W. F. C. RobinsoD)—composed ^expressly for this occasion by Dis Excellency the Governor— Madame Kate Thayer; mandolinota (Pala-dilbe), Signor F. Ziliani: unpublished song. “Leaf by leaf the roses fade” (Clara Ross). Mira Play ford; aria, Eri tu Un BaUo in Maacbera—(Verdi), Mr. R. Warwick Gainor; romacce, Counais tu le pays,” Mignon” fTbomaM, Mra. Brett; Duet, “Parigi o cara, Traviata,” (Verdi), Madame Thayer arid Signor Ziliani; pianoforte solo, Sonata (Brethovcn), Mr. W. R. Pybus; cavatiaa. Bel Itaggio lusinghier,” Semiramide” (Bcsini), Miss Helen Gordon r concerto lor violin. Norma” (Gieuxtomps) played on one string), Signor Squarise; Carnival de Venice” (Sir Julius Benedict), Madame Kate Thayer; recitative and: romaoza, O veccbio cor che bafcti,” I due Foscari” (Verdi), Mr. Hugo Fischer; grand duo for pianos. L’Appasaionata” (Mocfarren), Mrs, Brind and Miss Hase; soDg, Soave Immasine” (Mcrcadante), Mrs. Brett; ballad. The lost chord” (Sullivan), Mr. H. G. Nash; grand quartette, Rlgoletto (Verdi), Madame Kate Thayer. Miss Helen Gordon. Signor Ziliani, andNr. Hugo Fischer. In the first port the principal interest was centred in Madame Thayer’s rendition of His Excellency’s aong, the words of which, appro-nriate to auch an occasion, were written by Madame Tasca. The air was plesingand tundful, and given with such feeling and tasteful expression by the singer tu to elicit a pronounced enoore, to which Madame Thayer responded with Eckert’s Swiss song. In the second part she sang the Cardinal do Venice” in the most brilliant style, and encores were the order of the e v*niog. Messrs. Pybus and Stange ably officiated aa the musical direct010.
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Adelaide Express and Telegraph
Adelaide, South Australia, AU
Sat, Dec 08, 1883
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