A Brilliant Success

All day yesterday visitors begau to put in a appearance in Ann Arbor for the parpose of attending the now juatly celebrated annual May Festival. Every train brought its quota of ladies and gentlemen, a large delegation couiins in from the south, from Cincinnati aud points north of that oity. The warm weather and frequent rains have resnlted in the campus being in its prettiest condition, and these rains seem desined to keep on falling, as rain has always fallen at eaoh of the preceding festivals, in copious abundance. Of oourse the greatest interest in the apparance of Mlle, Emma Calve in tonight's concert, but there is not a concert in the wbole program of flve that is not worth the while of a lovei of music to go miles to hear. The tbree pievions festivals all had singers of note as the ruain attraction - the first year Emma Juch, next Nórdica, and last year the deceased Frau LohseKlafsky. Each aucceeding festival has been on a larger scale than its predecessor and this one eolipses them all. Every seat in University hall has been taken and there promises to be au audience of 3,500 in the hall tonight. Last night the hall was filled with a large and brilliant assemblage and the concert was from start to finish au enthusiastio sucoess. The first number on the program was the "Chorus Triumphale" sung by the Choral Union of 300 voices accompauied by the orchestra and organ, and condncted by the composer Prof. Albert A. Stanley. It was acoorded a most cordial reception by the audience which must have proved very grateful tü Ann Arbor's great musician. A sympbonio poem "Les Prelude" by the orohestra conducted by Mr. Eniil Mollenhauer was the uext number and with the overture "1812," was a direct departure from the ordinary run of orchestra music that is usually placed on a program. J. H. McKinley met with a generous reception in his tenor solo, an aria from "The Queen of Sheba." Miss Jennie Mae Spencer, contralto, with her pleasiug stage presence was at once a favorite and charmed her audieuce with her sympathetic rendering of the recitative and aria from "Donna Caritea." Signor Campanari was euffering from a severe cold but he easily carried avvay the bonors of the evening in his number the monologue from "Falstaff. " He was accoided a rousing encore and responded to it with the "Torreador" soug. Mrs. Francés Dnnton-Wood followed Campanari, in the beautiful aria "A Patria Mea," and received a most cordial reception by reason of her clear aud bell like tones. The beautifully uiagnificent "Stabat Mater" by JRossini, sung by the soloists and Choral Union and accompanied by the orchestra was the feature of the evening and the soloists added to the jgood impression they had already made while the chorus sung in a manner which showed the perfect training they had received at the hands of Prof. Stanley and which disarmed all criticism. The concert this afternoon is an orobestral one with a solo the aria "Be thou faithnl unto death" by Mr. MoKinley. At the concert tonight all the principal singers in the Festival will take part. Calve will sing three numbers, the fourth scène from "Hamlet" known as the "Mad Scène," an aria from "Carmen" and an aria from "La Perle du Brazil," with flute obligato by Charles K. North. Heinrich Meyn, Mrs. Katherine Bloodgood, Barron Berthold and the Boston Festival orchestra of 50 pieces are also on the program. Tomorrow afternoon is an orcbestial matinee and at the last concert in the evening "Arnrinius" by Max Bruch will be reudered with Mrs. Katharine Bloodgood as priestess, Barron Berthold as Sieginnnd, and Gardner Lamson as Arminius. L. L. Renwick will be the organist and Prof. Stanley will wield the conductor's baton.