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MUSICAL COURIER
January 18, 1923
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TENOR
Trans-Continental American Concert Tour Just Completed
Balance of Season Singing in Opera at Teatro Liceo, Barcelona Teatro Royale, Madrid Grand Opera, Paris The Opera, Monte Carlo
Photo by George Maillard Kesslere, B.P.
What California Papers Said of Charles Hackett:
As Soloist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra Dec. 30th and 31st.
Air D’Azeal” from "L’Enfant Prodigue,” and an outpouring of tonal and spiritual beauty not soon to be forgotten. The famous tenor was recalled again and again but a rigid program rule prevented an encore.
In Recital in San Francisco, December 13th.
Helen M. Bonnet in the San Francisco Bulletin—
When I arrived at the Auditorium, the large audience had for some time been under the spell of the magic of his voice in compositions of Handel, in old English numbers and modern French and English conceptions. I had the good fortune to be in time for his Almaviva “Cavatina” from the “Barber of Seville” with which he first endeared himself to San Francisco hearts when he sang here last year. Hackett’s voice is of pure lyric quality, with a magnificent virility. His achievements along artistic lines make America very proud of what one of its sons can do with the gift of voice. His diction, phrasing, superb tone placement, intelligent grasp of dramatic values and skill in conveying them place him among the elect of the world’s greatest tenors.
In Recital in San Diego, December 28th.
Don Short in San Diego Evening Tribune—
San Diego music lovers last night were afforded a rare treat in the singing of Charles Hackett, American tenor. Hackett’s appearance here justifies all claims. His voice is a tenor of unusual brilliance, capable of captivating softness. The tone is beauty itself. It shows flexibility, equal timbre and volume in all registers. By the time the program was over, the young artist had succeeded in convincing that he is a superb singer whose technique, mental and emotional qualities are well matched.
Carl Bronson in Los Angeles Herald—
The guest soloist was Charles Hackett, American tenor. His tonal radiance is brilliant and is imbued with a sympathetic charm which is most captivating. From Wachtel to Bonci we have had no better coloratura tenor, and this is to say that he is acquiring the height of flexibility. His singing of Mozart’s “II mio tesoro” from “Don Giovanni” was suavely Mozartian but did not show his dramatic qualities as did the Debussy “Recit et air D’Azeal” from his “L’Enfant Prodigue.” Hackett has gained all the necessary dramatic force without loss of any of his sympathetic qualities, and his reception yesterday can be noted as a genuine ovation. After his second number he received about eleven recalls. His voice is so beautifully built up of all of its attributes that it comes over with compelling freedom and satisfying ease.
Florence Pierce Reed in Los Angeles Evening Express—
Charles Hackett, American tenor, who was soloist, is a singer whom Americans may feel proud to class as representative. His voice is of clear, smooth quality, clean-cut in production and bears a high range of interesting proportions. One may comment especially on his phrasing, his art of massive breathing brought to the highest point of artistic worth, and his fine feeling exhibited in his arias. The program included the “II mio tesoro” from “Don Giovanni, supposed to be a 'test of vocal as well as artistic ability, and the Recitative and Air from “L’Enfant Prodigue” which requires the smooth flexible musical quality and volume of tone such as Mr. Hackett gave.
R. W. Borough in Los Angeles Record—
Charles Hackett, the solo artist, was in excellent voice. He achieved a lyric loveliness unsurpassed in the aria “II mio tesoro” from Mozart’s “Don Giovanni.” There was a thrilling mastery over the taxing technique of the Debussy “Recit et
Returning to America for Concert Tour, Season 1923-24
Manager: CHARLES L. WAGNER
D. F. McSweeney, Associate Manager 511 Fifth Avenue	New York