Emma Celia Terry Concert

“The present week is prolific in concerts. Last night, in Steinway Hall, Miss Emma Celia Terry made her debut. She is a pupil of Madame de Lussan, on whose ability as an instructor she reflects much credit. Miss Terry’s voice is a pure equable soprano, of the bird-like quality, which seems peculiar to the better class of American voices. It has received fair cultivation, and was last night displayed to advantage in an air from Donizetti’s ‘Linda,’ and in ‘Home, Sweet Home.’ Miss Terry, we understand, intends studying in Italy; and under the felicitous influences of that land of music, there is no doubt that her voice will develop, her style mature, and that she will become a welcome addition to the already creditable list lof American prima donnas.”

"The pressure upon our columns makes aught but a passing reference to Miss TERRY’S concert, at Steinway Hall, last evening, impossible. Miss TERRY is a young person of promise, with a light soprano voice, of good quality, and rather limited power. Her singing afforded pleasure, last night, but it was that of a lady at the outset of an artistic career. The solo notable features of the entertainment were the performances of Mr. S. B. MILLS on the piano, and the clean, brilliant and expressive violin execution of Mlle. FERNANDE TEDESCA. Mr. FRITSCH and Mme. DE LUSSAN were the other performers.”

“Miss Terry’s concert, given on Tuesday evening at Steinway Hall, was a pleasant occasion for the friends of that young lady, for it gave her the opportunity of showing that she possesses a voice of much power and sweetness, and one that will warrant the expense and labor of the European training that is to be given to it. Miss Terry has much to learn concerning the art of vocalization, but the foundation of a good voice is there, and that is half the battle. Added to this, she possesses the attribute of personal beauty, which is certainly one that serves a vocalist well in her public career, for it is one that the public never overlooks.”