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... . yoi/7/vao tozey, ME&.O, P//7//ST. Current The Opera Season; Recent Activities of Musical INews via France the Chieago Co. Soon to Sing; Here Two Singers Who Have Made Their Mark During Only three weeks of its home season Old Guard Band and brought his family the First Quarter of the Season.A New M#GD£LE/A/t remain to the Chieago Opera Associa to America for the six or seven years tion. Already the first shipment of that he held that post. Pietro Cimini, the new Italian condnctor, also has French Publicatiou of Interest to Music Lovers paraphernalia has started on its way esvablished himself in favor. for New York, where the company Produetion* and Revivals will begin a season of six weeks on Two By Katharine Wright figure in a tragic drama. Miss Easton's January 24, to its tran3- important new productions preparatory made hy the this sea¬ The season at tlie star has risen. it continue to cpen to thc public and have been continental tour. Other shipments Chieago company May glver. to the son were "Jacquere," Gino Morinuzzi's now ahine. with the coffin. He stops, confused and will follow in rapid order, for the which House is in full swing. So far great success, special audi- will with all opera. inaugurated the season on . cars. kneels down. . . company carry fifty November 3 the apectacular element has predomi- Mr. De I.aca'a Roderigo ences composed of workmen, clerks and the appurtenances for 7, and 'Edino Ke." posthu- "Thus M. Valdo Barbey allows his twenty-eight moua one-act opera by R Leoncavallo. nated. There is much to the The other in a other employees oftcn remarlc- complete in its migration. dehght operatic figure work showing imagination full in Prior composed especially t'or . eye in "Mef.stofele," "Ii Carillon Ma- rich with opportunities for character able enthusiasm. play every episode, to the opening of thc home who created the title role wber but this is not the sole controlling fac- season two weeks were devoted to a' had gico" and "," all three elab- delineation is Mr. De Luca's "During tho Beasons of 1313 and tour of the ad- opera ita world premiere on 1' tor. . Roderigo . Valdo Barbey has preiiminary territory cember 13. Leoncavallo based his oritcly mounted with the sumptuous- Marquis de Posa, in "Don Carlos." His 1919 there were few symphony con¬ kept jacent to Chieago. covering Milwau¬ himself a- much as possible to local opera on the Gree'c tragedy, "OEdipUfl ness and attention to every detail of work in this both in certs. There was c.-.-' one kee. Springfield, Des Moines, Sioux Rex," opera, vocal and Skryabin color, From this point of view the set- City, Sioux Falla and St. Paul. The by Sophocles, and both piot and setting and eoetuming that ar" a fea- dramatic outshines that of cycle at Pctrograd, held under the di¬ score provide good material for Ruffo's distinction, ting of the last act, intended to evoke Chieago season opened on November art ture c: Mr. Gatti's reign. every member of the east. Here rection of Kousscvi: h Chamber 17, with the American premiere of gain an Italian city, Sienna or Urbino, Piga The performance 0f "Otel'o" on De¬ Mar.- familiar impe-sonatior.s, val- was a triumph of tho unexnecte ', for, music and intimate concerts were in 's "Jacquerie," and will cember 29 or Prvieto, is practicaliy successful. clc-e on introduced Charles Mar aable drawing cards from a box ofhce while may be the moit the priority, with a marked Saturday, January 2-2. The American Roderigo sym- tendency New York season at the Man- shall,,an tenor, in the title are still character in in the programs toward thc classics opens role. atandard, attracting the pub¬ pathetic the opera, yet his hattan Opera House. on the following lic. these are Miss is not the most and the works of thc old masters. At and Another important revival wa Among Geraldine conspicuous part. Mr. "Don Carlos"' To Monday, January .14, will continue of Farrar's Cio-Cio-San and Zaza. Un¬ De I.uca shows himself cno series of evening concerts all the for six weeks, w.ien the tour to the "Lohengnn." sung in Englis admirab'y Pacific Coast will follow. Christmas Eve. by Rosa Raisa. I rena til last week Mr. Caruso'3 Canio, versed in the best operatic traditions chamber music of Brahms was given. Van At the Be Heard Amelita Galli-Curci haa Gordon, Edward Johnson, Louis Jean, Sam3on and Eieazai were and his Roderigo is a descend- conservatory 'here was a cycle Again completed Kreidlcr, Edouard Cotrenil and Desire pil- worthy her series of and of then one of Chieago appearances Marinuzzi An¬ !ars of strength in the repertoire. ant of great operatic impersonations Bach, Mozart, and the goes her way on a concert tour until! Defrere, conducting. success of each was To-morrow she other Wagnerian opera, "The Va: Not being by any means a tenor of other d3ys. great. This fact Night rejoins the organization in New is also was the field to kyrie," scheduled for revival of prima dona whims and significant: Thero was a general York, leaving Mary Garden, this season. caprices, "Don Carlos" will have its second Yvonne Galf, Rosa Raisa and Ro*ma; but a most re »b!c and conscientious A New French Periodi'cal turaing of cxhausted m'nds from the Other revival^. were "The Jewels of hearing at the Metropolitan Opera Storchio. The latter arrived on these- the "Andrea artist, loa:li his Close on modern composers, even from the ro- Ci.wiTe-zraO''? i^v.'J£>B.z&oo& shorcs a few her Madonna," Chen r.' disappoint pub- the heels of the new English Houso to-morrow evening, when it will only days ago, first! "Lakme," "Talea of Hoflman" and Fal l7c, Mr. Caruso hia musical manl cists, to the peace of an art calnier, visil 30 America. She will be recalled kept engage- publicaiion, The Chesterian, open tho week of the season. as staff" Among the artista who r.ang in - eighth the creator of tha role of Cio-Cio- ment to "La more sedate, more n lily understood. AMONG THOSE WHO these operas, are Amelita Galli-( urc sing Juive," not wise- edited by G, Jean-Aubry, which each WiLL APPEAR I N The ca.-t. will include Mmes. San in "" when Puc- but too The success of concerts of organ and re- Ponselle, cini's Rosa Raisa, Florence Macbeth, Tito !y well, on Chr'stmas Eve, month -ontains edifying and entertain- CONCERT nauer, Sundelius and and opera had its premiere at . Ruffo and Carlo Ga>ffi. l:?iou3 music has been rn DURING THE WEEK Dalossy Raisa has denonstrated this season Schipa, when he was still s T'> r.g acutely ing matter by those in authority, comes the same Messrs. de Mme. Galli-( urci has been heard this plane. The most .n1"?-'- of Martinelli, Luca, Didur, more than ever before that she is a from an attack of intere '.a! neuralgia. cne from France, La Revue ting these Dua and Bada. reliable of season in "Lucia," "Sonnambula." Musicale, v.-e-e at the Gustafson, d'Angelo, mainstay the organization. "Lina de Thia piece of heroism, wh !e it gave1 edited by Henry Prunieres. given English church by M. M>ss Galli and Mr. will dance. Lucien Muratore, P'rench tenor, too, has rraviata," Chamounix," tbe Zilotti. Bach, Handel and Gabrieii Bonfiglio a period of marked "Barber of Seville," "Lakme" and he to ma'.icious r-j77-.Tr> already in The first number contains four arti- * C.rr«n. mnT Mr. Papi will conduct. activity during the "Romeo and Juliet." HSSSrS remainder of the season. were represented on the SLN DAY circulation as to the condition :' cles: "Louis Couperin," by Andre programs. I .Carnegie Hall, 3 p. m., concert by the Philharmonic Soeiety, Other operas of the week will be Joseph Ccotch of i. ;r,»n Muratoreplaces The most heard Hislop, tenor, and this '..nor in voice, no doubt caased his illness tc Pirro: "Sbendral et ia frequently music by a 8:16 p. m., concert by the National Symphony. Aeolian 3 Riccaido Martin have won French the new persi Mutique," by j Hall, p. m., as follows: popularity Muratore was take a more serious Maurice Russian composer was from the works concert the Xew York in "Pagliacci" and "." engaged to sing in "Mon turn, Barres; "L'Esthetique d'Al j by Symphony Soeiety. City College, 4 p. m., "" with Olga Car- na "Carmen" and oi the neo-classicist Glaz iui ff, Wednesday evening, rare and Dcrothy Francis, the V'anna," "Faust," keep him from the opera. hou beric Magnard," by Claude, and "Danses ] organ recital by Samuel A. Baldwin. Hippodrome, 8:15 p. m concert Mmes. Farrar, and among other French operas, Preceding his "The winter «casn:; of 1920 was a Sundelius, Ingram ^opranos; Gabriella Besanzoni, Philene some time to corr. c. Sacrees au Cambodge," by Felix Cardi.l hy Jtn Kubelik, violiniat, and Alfred Mirovitch, ptanist. and Messrs ralco. Rose arrival, several operas from the French particularly brilliant one in tan Metropoli- y Martinelli, Amato Lutiger-Gannon, Frances were sung under the able direction of However. Mr. Gatti has er :hed his There are inteiresting notes on current: Moscow, j Opera Hou3e, 6: 10 p. m., "Opera Concert." and Rothier. Mr, Wolff will conduct. Paperte and Carmen Pascova, among txrsonnel t here the Comm al of E lucation the mezzo have Henry Morin, but the major portion of w;'.h two m. --. Ben- musical events abroad and reviews of MONDAY.Carnegie Hall, sing recital "Oberon" sopranos, been well the operas, thus far organized a grand ries J hy Joseph Schwarz, barytone; 3:15 Thursday evening, with: received. produced, have jamino Glgli and Mario rts and new compoi itions. symphonic p. concert Ar* iro beer, drawn from the Italian school, '' , m., by Toscanini and tho La Scaia Mmes. Pon -. Gordcn '¦ ->i- was Orchestra. Aeolian Delaunois, Henry Morin, in charge of thc The first aiihoagh lesser :-:; grad Hall, 3 m.: an '-' ;. .¦¦ incli performance lighta, icrrespondent: p. cital :: 7.--' has been "' '.:' much loss p by Yolanda Moro; 8:15 p. m., viol .:¦ and Messrs. Kingston, section, the outstand- ;n tfme. Raisa and ') exce'ier.t account of Music Under the Bolshevists np S'othing :> Joseph Fuchs. Re ing figure among the new conductors. w wa given at l Opera in either letropolitan Opera House, 8:15 p. ¦... Italian Dua, Diaz, chiglian, Martino, Lau-; selected the gain, every aff >r Although by French Min- - opportunity re the war there was a musical opera, "Do;-, Carlos. renti, !.- irdl an i Ananiap. Mr. ister of their vocal c«ty. The repertoi remained the Beaux Arts for the post, MVin role play prowe ..'.<>- life of the "orm TUESDAY.Aeolian 3, luct. lived in New York as a to intensest in Pctrograd same as before I le revolution .the Hall, p. m., song recital by Marguerite d'Alvar boy, acquired Pag] »n an effective '.7 continue as shini 3:15 concert "Tristan and isolda" his preiiminary education in the and Moscow. Not ic^s than sixty sym- repertoire cf There was p. m., by the Beethoven Association. Friday even-j publii tiirougbout the remainder >f the sea- Chaliapine. Carnegie Haii, Fchoois of the upper Fifties wit and concerts were in each one 8:15 p. m., concert the ing, with Mmes. Matzenauer and Gor- Martin j Cai phonic given cap- but premiero at by Philadelphia Orchestra. result that he like ^ 'on. A third newcomer, Giuseppe Petrograd.Stra- don and Messrs. speaks English The corps de ballet, 'jrd°r the d rei ital, to say ncihing of concerts of cham¬ vinsky's "Nightingale," with settings WEDNESDAY.Aeolian Hall, 3 p. m., violin recitai Sembach, Whitehill native, and first studied music in M tion of An Ireas and Daniae, a barytone, from Italy, haa a. by Gustave Tinl :, and Gustafson. Mr. hattan with the ambition of Pavley Serge 0 ber music and recitals by foreign and by Golovine. The season of balletwas assisted by E. Robert Schmitz and others. Bodanzky will becom ng has ber. a feature tractad marked attention and made Carnegie Hall, 2:30 p. m., conduct. a cellist. His father came from Jewels of the Russian virtuosi. The revolution and r.rilliant, but there were no nov- concert by tho Philadelphia 3:15 France as bandmaster of Madonna," "Traviata," many friecds, not only by reason -of Orchestra; p. m., song recital by "Madama will be the famous v. Ia and other operas. hla the disasters of civil war seemed to elties, invariably Gtazounoff's "Ray- Frieda Hempcl, soprano. Metropolitan Opera House, French Butterfljr" the ] beautiful voice but because of the have monde" opera, Saturday matinee, with Mmes. Farrar. latelligence and dramatic paralyzed musical activities for! and Tschaikowsky's "Lake of "C'armen." power ofhisi some time to come. Swans" and Fornia and Eger-er and Messrs. Crimi impersonations. "Sieeping Beauty." THURSDAY.Aeolian Hall, 3 p. m., song recital by and "But this was not to be. In the au- "The Bolshevik revolution has been Royal Dadmun, bary¬ Scotti. Mr. Moranzoni will con-' Out of the rnass of tone; 8:15 p. m., song recital by George Meader, barytone. Princess duct. of the Week Impersonations turan of 1917 in there was a aa in ¦»ith which the of Pctrograd thorough-going the domaln of Theater, 3 p. m., song recital by Daisy contralto. Programs stage the Metro¬ Krey, complete ccssation of concerts for two music as in that of cocial 2:30 Carnegie "Mefistofel©" will bc sung on Satur- politan la jeopled each wei reorganiza- Hall, p. m., concert by the New York Symphony Soeiety; 8:15 for the -. weeks, but a fortnight after the tion. Teaching has a total day ovoning benefit of the Aeolian Hall, 3 p. m. Concert .-.-! reve Lraaapoii Mai Kmalitie have .- uidergone p. m., concert by the Boston Symphony Orchestra. byl r own i rs. ... . vik concerts reforra. Music are Waldorf-Astoria, Italian Hospital. The ca?t will include the New York Symphony Orchestra. s - coup-d'etat began r-.gain. schools 8:15 :- fiygt quart< r of devoting p. m., concert by the Philharmonic Soeiety. Mmes, A'. Albert mip n .Walter Metropolitan Opera ia, Perini and Coates, guest-conductor: '. an - At first the audiences were small, for themselves to developing hor.-profes- German Peralta, . r. Mia orei ;e Ea House, opera in English, "Oberon." Howard ar.d Messrs. Symphony No. 1.Brahms Br .b Loca. it n [uired courage to brave the streets' sional artists, cultivated amateurs FRIDAY.Aeolian Gigli, Mardones, erto In B mlnor for piano after dark with the continued rather than executanta. Hall, 3 p. m., piano recital by Ignaz Friedman; 8<15 Paltrinieri and Bada. Mr. Moranzoni Tschalkowaky A. 5:15 p. m. Concert by Artur possibili- Ra« hmanlnoff " p. m., song recital by Marion will - Toscai La Scala Orc! Sflgfl Ea«'.on's Su-7e<»S3 ties of fighting and machine guns. But! "ln appearance musica! life is flonr- Armstrong. Carnegie Hall, 8:15pm conduct. | Poei de l'Extase".Bcrlabine ¦. concert by the New York Symphony _ 1(153 Miss Laston ia one of the most one became accustomed to these condi- in but in Soeiety. Biltmore Hotel' 11 '-..-.. ¦. b in-j ishing Moscow, reality the a. fifth Carnegie Hall, 3 p. m. Concert by biuI m., musicale. -. ar.d and as tne took on a more condition of artists morning Metropolitan Opera House, German Museuni's Third Season of the Philharmonic talllgent artists is Soeiety: - highly gifted tions, city precarious. opera tn Pasao I nown aa'ho- ""'ore th