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Leading Tenor Metropolitan Opera Company
“Creates Furore” as Soloist with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
March 24 and 25
resplendent in his performance yesterday afternoon. His numbers were ‘Depart, Fair Vision,’ from Massenet’s ‘Manon,’ which he gave with great beauty of tone and with impressive feeling, and ‘Celeste Aida,’ from Verdi’s ‘Aida.’ The singer at once won the esteem of his audience, who gave him an uproarious reception. After a prolonged applause Mr. Althouse responded with two encores, a dramatic ballad by A. Walter Kramer and the aria, ‘Vesti la giubba,’ from ‘Pagliacci.’ ” — Cincinnati Commercial Tribune, Mar. 25, 1922.
“One of the season’s most brilliant concerts was that given by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra with Paul Althouse, as the assisting artist. He sang two arias, the ‘Depart, Fair Vision,’ from Massenet’s ‘Manon’ and ‘Celeste Aida’ and as encores responded with the ‘Vest¡ la giubba,’ from ‘Pagliacci’ and A. Walter Kramer’s ‘The Great Awakening.’
“Mr. Althouse has one of the finest dramatic voices in America today. Extremely powerful, it is under splendid control and does not lose its quality in soft passages. Besides which he has a diction which is a joy to hear.”— Cincinnati Post, Mar. 25, 1922.
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“Mr. Paul Althouse, tenor, was the soloist who received an ovation from his hearers whom he mightily pleased. His is a well-developed tenor voice of fine quality and even registers. It is sufficiently forceful to sing with effect such operatic airs as ‘Celeste Aida’ and the air from ‘Pagliacci’ given as an encore.
"Mr. Althouse has a delightful platform manner, an engaging and unstudied personality which, as a concert singer, goes far, even had he no other qualities to favor him. His is more than the average voice, conducted with warmth and intelligence and respect for operatic traditions, which also is far above the average.”—■Cincinnati Times-Star, Mar. 25, 1922.
Letter by A. F. Thiele, Manager of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
March 27, 1922,
Haen3sl & Jones, Aeolian Hall,
Hew York City, JT. Y.
Gentlemen!
■Paul Althouse, tenor, appeared for the first time in Cincinnati witn the Cincinnati Symphory Orchestra under the direction of Eugene Ysaye on Friday afternoon and Saturday evening and made a colossal success. His -beautiful singing aroused tremendous enthusiasm and he was obliged to sing two encores after hi3 seoond number which is an unusual procedure at a Symphony Concert.
“Yesterday’s concert afforded the climax of the season from the viewpoint of program construction. as well as performance, and because of the presence of a soloist whose virtuosity may not be disputed.
“Notwithstanding the magnificent concert by the orchestra forees, courtesy demands that critical comment first should be made of Paul Althouse. noted American tenor, who made his Cincinnati debut yesterday. Here is a soloist who possesses all the qualifications that a singer should possess, magnetic personality, a superb vocal organ, and sound musicianship. Robust in style and delivering his musical message in a manner essentially dramatic. Althouse has a voice that is at once so sweet in quality, and so warm and flexible that it is a veritable spell that he casts. Rich, and crystal pure throughout its compass, his tone has that agreeable penetrating quality- that makes his singing peculiarly convincing and effective. There is never any doubt about his conception of the work he has in hand, for even in the most powerful crashes of heavily scored orchestral accompaniment his voice stands forth in bold relief.
“His first number was the aria. ‘Depart. Fair Vision,’ from Massenet’s ‘Manon.’ The artist’s dear French diction was masterly, and his interpretation extremely poetic.
It is doubtful if the ‘Celeste Aida’ aria by Verdi ever has been more effectively rendered than it was by Althouse y-esteraay. Seldom has it been sung so well. The furore that he created necessitated two encores, the first of which was ‘The Great Awakening.’ For a second encore Mr. Althouse sang the ever effective aria from ‘Pagliacci.’ ” — Cincinnati Enquirer,
Mar. 25, 1922.
I am much pleased over the success he ha*s here and I hope that we may have him again season.
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“The appearance of Paul Althouse, tenor, as soloist, proved to be one of the conspicuous musical events of the winter. Althouse’s voice is a ringing tenor of extraordinary richness and beauty of quality, matched by a bigness of volume and artistic finish of production. Mr. Althouse has earned a wide reputation as a dramatic singer, qualities which shone
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MANAGEMENT:
HAENSEL & JONES
Aeolian Hall