Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 June 1917 — Leonora Allen, Soprano, Coming [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Leonora Allen, Soprano, Coming

MISS ALLEN of the Lindquest-Allen-Van Vliet Company, who will sing here the last day of the Chautauqua, has toured the country several times as soloist with the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra and has sung In concerts with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, the Mendelssohn Club and the Apollo Club of Chicago. The Minneapolis Tribune said: “Leonora Allen was the soloist in the ‘Elijah’ performance. Her singing was full of dramatic expression, and her art continues to be admired more and more after her many appearances here. She is a young singed who combines a beautiful voice with excellent musical taste.” ’ ' v ;C' The Chicago Tribune said: “Miss Allen is possessed of a voice 6t more than usual beauty and sympathy, easily produced and gratifying and round in tone form. She sings freely and confidently, enunciates so that every word Is Intelligible and acts with a calmness and composure that are exceptional.”— Comment by Critic Dunn on Miss Alien'll Singing in “Romeo and Juliet.” The Lindquest-Allen-Van Vliet Company includes Van Vliet, the Dutch cellist, who first won fame a few years ago in concerts with Tetrazzini and Mary Garden. ‘ It also Includes Albert Lindquest, Chicago’s twenty-five-year-<Hd tenor, and Miss Mudge, one of Chicago’s best pianists and accompanists. They will he here the last day of the Chautauqua. \ . •“ * • <. . ■ - • . .1