[ . 8 THE NiSW YORK HERALD, SUtNPAY, NOVEMBER l;3, 1921. A OPERA 0PENING VITHNEVV STARSj\ND NEW/~WORK FOR FIRST° WEEK . I! A mp.rirn n Ssrhnnl Galli-Curci in 'La Traviata' f Viennese and Italiari Sopranos Who Make 1'heir Debuts and Ame;rican Who Returns | i A If r J Wigs Helped I of Music in France George Arliss to Make Met Debui i ropolitan Ir^r Success First Yeair Become Star Koragold's "Die Tote Staiclt" With Viennese Sopranc Novelty of the 0[>ening Week. Story * Miss Ethel Host of New Yorlj As u Youth He Bewail Writing1 ^ '* ' Playlets to Fit of the >few Work. l; I Among' Thoso Receiving Awards for Singing. Headgear. By W. J. urvncocnw A Is an 'iui u. ui iuc House One or the ' wig innocent looking object. | upfia Metropolitan Opera, will beglr interesting developments ii devoid, it would the music world seem, of ail j to-morrow evening, when ]Vlme. Amelita Galli-Curci will emerge tho last year was th< tion unless to u hairdresser. YetinGptra8even A . as a member of tiie comp any, singing the melodious music ir establishment of t'.:o American tho homeliest and lowliest of objects at the may act us a spur to tho imagination. which Verdi sighs out the woes of Jfile. Violet ta Yahry, a somewha Palaco of FontalnbleauConservatoryWigs helped The first report of the school was mad<' George Arllss, star or emaciated sister of Camillc. Mmle. Galli-Curci's impersonation of th< "Tho Green Goddess," now In Its tenth yesterday to tho American executlvis month at the Bootli Theatre, to get cough haunted heroine has long b< en familiar to her numerous admlreri into the committee at tho home of Mrs. Gcorgt}' profession of acting and also in this citv. It remains to be seen whether the will be wors< only cough Montgomery Tuttle, 103 Kant Into his "side lino" of play writing. or the singing better in a new entoiiirago. When the star of the William Archer street. She is presidentSeventyfifthof th<5 advenutre To the more studious of play was 14 years old his patrons opera who always attend Saturday American committee which is worklnf» adventure play was 14 years old his matinees the production of young Erich KorugoltKs "Die Tote Stadt" ot with the French Government to cst&b. a young cousin and many other children were Invited. The Saturday afternoon will be the principal incident of the first week o:r m lt»h the for stu cousin asked if lie m conservatory American might bring along two boy the reason. dents. of a musical comedy star friendssonsand her Korngold, the sou of a music critic in Vienna, is now 22 years old Kighty-flve Americans, constitutlnff husband, who also was upon the stage. The cousin Biisnresfrri that ha«lnr» aneH the largest of students ever sent t< He came before the world as a juivenile prodigy of composition when i; body theatrical luminaries in Uio tho Franco at one party, mere child. As lately as October 7, 191S, Violet Ewart. an Australiai time to study art, children should give a play. This was pianist, played his suite "Fairy Fi<:tures" in Carnegie Hall. On February) the school from Juno 25 to attendedagreed upon, but when tho day of the 25. The work was carried ou t party arrived tho cousin was unabio 21. 1914. in Aeolian llail. Miss Adicle Margulles and Septemberto Leopold J.lchtenberj under the direction ot' the French attend. Tho sons of tho musical played hiss sonata in G lor ;ind violin, a work artificial comedy star, however, did come, and piano cruelly ir; V of Beaux-Arts and tho miuiicl f istry they that Arliss fill melodic, harmonic and ids out MinI suggested young rhythmic as, displaying mastery of form am; * v ipallty of Fontainbkau. The historic oleI in for his cousin in the play. bold in !. That was originality iustruinentatioc The trio of the scherzo is beautifu place was turned ever to the student! tho first appearance of , Arllsa in a he ant" the slow movement shows a' of in a by the French Government for their us« George play, but made mazing maturity feeling boy many more was the % before ho first seen Rut oli" Canz had first brought Koi ugold's music to our notice in a > throughout summer. Mrs. Tutth before plant "'liit' gave pers>nu! supervision to the school professionally the footlights. He reel al two or three seasons earli er than the of the was fascinated by the glimpse into the production sonata of tho Amcrlcar1 ' taking general charge land of make believe was To operagoers his name will be er new, students matriculated there. and the prime itirely mover in the formation of a little A pamphlet a of "Dio Tote is Tho work of the schoo. was carriet pany to The and containing newspi per opinions Stadt" on under the give plays. cousin com! personal direction of suet the two eons of tho were before tlte writer. The general comsenaus of Teutonic reviewers is thai as PaaJ stage prominent French officials, eluded. A stago was fitted up in theIn1 this opera is the young man's best work, that it makes remarkable ust Leon, director of Peaux-Arts: Francif' home of Mr. Arliss's parents in Londou of the material in the Casadesus, director of the Fontainbleai1 and a long line of there, psychological libretto and that it contains some school: Maurice Frngnand, Charles plays produced B'«> Costumes and stago settings were a admirable characterization. Let u 'j Marie Widor, organist and perpetua rarity, but tho young Thespians had fervently hope that we shall fim f > secretary of the Academic Francaiue. wigs in plenty.obtained from the tl1 The first season of tho Fontainbleai mu' this to be the case Certainly if at sical comedy star and her husband. It Opera Metropolitan school was most successful. A se'ectei' seemed a pity to the young actors to there is there i3 - characterization, mme. marie jeritza !. AMELITA GALLI CURCI group of representative American mush let the wigs go to waste, as Mr. Arllsa clans went to ' something that has been absent frotin OPENING NIGHT. who her metropout MAKES HER METROPOLITAN France, and every courtesj explained the other night whilo he makes ' was shown them the French Govern opera or very feeble since Verdi' 8 by made ur> for his first act entrance In MONDAY. debut in" die tote stadt 'BUT zji"LA TRAVIATA ment. The Governors of more thai1 "The Green Goddess." So "Falstaff." The of a the dead M/SMKtN they put Etory the open "L.i Travlata," with Mmc. c city} © thirty-six States added their persona 1 their hoads together and invented a is not easy to tell. The book pron: Curci, Messrs. Glgll and Do Luea.Galll1- recommendation to that of tho leadinf" new play to fit each new wig as it musicians of the students' local com r ises well for am i made its appearance. The practice thus stage presentation WEDNESDAY. p munities. New York was representee1 gained stood Mr. Arllsa in good etead «ontaina excellent matter mus i- students. The Frencl for "Lohengrin," with Mmes. Easton and Vivid Dream by twenty-one tiuringr tno ten years tnat no spent eal exposition, but it ia hard to corl- Matzenauer, Messrs. Harrold and Stars of Musical Says Government has announced that ar travelling through the British provinces WhltehiU. rangcnients will be made for tho aceom in in old plays dense into a Sunday morning narrs 100 repertoire, doctoring if Charles Frohman modatlon of students in 1922, am and in writing new ones. The tlve. The book by Paul Scbott i 3 THURSDAY. World Will Be the committee is planning for tho ex instinct thus early aroused "Lucia di aminatlon of all applicants by this storytelling founded on Rodenbach's "Bruges 1 4 Lammernioor." with Mme. W "W « « spe' boro much fruit Mr. Arliss haslater Xort." Galli-Curei, Messrs. Gigli, Danlae Her in Role cial music board. written more than half a dozen plays. and Marjones. neara in concerts Helped Awards and highest honors, ineludlns Mis first professional appearance was The hero is the victim of an in medals, diplomas and prizes, wcro made at the age of eighteen upon the FttlDAY. ferred honor curable grief for his dead wife. Ife Hiss Helen Was 1 upon special studentscon.bj boards of the old Elephant and Castle surrounds himself with "evcrythln "Tosca," Miss Karrar, Messrs. Mi < Elisabeth Schumann to Hayes Tutored tho French Governinent after the Theatre In the East End of London, and BcottL course. In singing the followingsummer the of J. A. Cave. He ^ that keeps her image fresh in hia * Martlnelli in flie Art management under of Acting by awards were made: went en only a3 a us extra memory. Heneo when there s SATURDAY. Sing at First Strauss Viral ni-iMt V.llial Waal V.>« "super," appear men were then called, and had no before his unhung mind a dancer wli o Matinee . "I>ie Tote Stadt," Mme. the Late Producer. York; Arthur Kreeokman, Chicago, 111. lines to He received six ahHi is the SubscriptionEvent. Airs. speak. of living image the dead he eon Jeritza, Messrs. S em bach and I Clara Oakes Usher. Hlainvllle. tngs a week, equivalent to 11.00. By ceives a mad passion for her. Shci Meadtr. Evening . "Faust." with Conn.; Miss Ruth Kellogg Walte, the end of the ho was getting Bo* year must take the place of the wife. Theia Mme. Easton, Messrs. Chanilee, Do Miss Helen Hayes, who plays the Airs. Kathleen MaoA'Ustcr, Chicago;eighteen shillings a week.four dollars ,. Luca and Kothier. THE first of throe subscription ton; Miss Dorothy Paca, Baltimore Md. coincs the dream, in which ho learn linderella like role of Mary Anna In .and had been given lines to speak. the true v Strauss, and Miss Enid Watklns, New York. character of Marietta, th; ) concerts by Rlchart^ Golden Days," tho comedy at the Second prizes: Miss Adair McRoe dancer. He beholds her In the theatr e rather and the vague acquaintance with "the conductor, iaiety Theatre that is taking every one Minneapolis, and Miss Loretta Prince1} Star Musical dancing and posing after the manncr plot" satisfies them. Conn. Multiple Their chief oc- Orchestra, will take place on ack to the of his or Hivglns, Norwich, of a Thais. He learns that his best cupation is to Philadelphia period her first Honorable mention was given tc Comedies Now Favored listening pretty tunes at the is a friend has fallen a victim to her wilesi. intoned by agreeable Tuesday evening Metropolitan weetheart, not bit afraid of being George Lindbloom, Cambridge, Mass. voices. utural on the Miss Constance Barker, N. H. star in Ho and the friend quarrel, for he be But nevertheless many operagoers Opera House. Miss Elisabeth stage. Sho does not try Newport That yie day of the single o and Miss Eve Dagley, Lexington. Ky. comedy is pretty well past has comes madly Jealous. take matters more seriously and for soprano, will bo the soloist. "act up" to a part but tries to imagine musical The vision leads Schumann, Fourteen awards were made in tlx been demonstrated by the success of to one tlioroughl;7 their sake there should bo some logic The Strauss, also ust how tho person she is portraying and six in the vio'tr star musical melodramatic but effec programme: Sprach piano department the multiple offerings theatrically In the use of texts. If some German Zarathustra; Salome's Tanz; five ,-ould feel and talk in real life. department. Altogether thirty-two stu which have succeeded in the last few tive incident. Marietta, jeering at operas are sung In English, all should "There never could be unother Maude dents received special diplomas from seasons nnd by the failure or the rani's love for the dead woman, per - be. If all German operas are given songs with orchestra; Tod und. Verk-1 idams," sho says, "because sho Is a director of the Beaux-Arts for the wc.rVtil. New York runs of the musicalmodest forms before him the ballet frori: in English then Italian and French 'acrung. I ype absolutely distinct in herself, accomplished In this first summer school productions which have depended for v I do not want "This is the first time In the wortd'i 011 one star, ' Meyerbeer's "Robert le Diable." iii should be. If Italian arc Dr. Strauss will give a concert of to be calledthereorothe their drawing power single operas sung Maudo that a nation has estab'ished * a of which a dead nun arises to become ii in his own chamber music on Friday oming Adams. She is hcrsell history supported by small cast Italian and French operas in nd 1 want to be I school for the students o: and a chorus. siren. This ridicule of the dead ox evening, at Town Hall. The myself. want to play exclusively principals -1 French, then German operas ought to m ^ "n FARRAR larrle rolos If I can because I adore,1 another friendly nation," Mrs. Tutth That this tendency Is still in the cites the hero's wrath. He bares hiis be in German. of Quartet, performed by programme;Dr. * Jlarrio.1 feel said "France seeks oui is indicated b\ the cast presented But, c2s floria TOSCA . the things he writes abou!'j yesterday. ascendant soul In his rage and betrays the fac11 course, there arises the difficulty Strauss, Bronislaw Huberman, Willem o strongly. But I don't want to be friendship through art. Every posolbli by Charles l)illin.?nain for "Goodengaged that he has been battling despcratcl; tached to a Russian work. Should thatat< Willeke and a viola player, to be tbought of as Imitating any one else, advantage which could give the student Morning Dearie" at tlv Globe Theatre. 1 Mr. "" . "io how a chance at work under the finest Frencl a dozen a with his brutal passion for itarictU not be sung in Russian? cello sonata, Willeke;announced;naMA«rtA lloll f/^r. tViA K^nnlit r»f tl.o matter wonderful. That Is nol[ Half years ago young he to the masters was offered them the Frenel of the and acting caused by her resemblance to the dea<'! it should. But violin sonata, Mr. Huberman; xarlous ( way sort of success 1 want tc by dancing, singing person Logically the lln Children's Village at Dobbs Kerry. Tide «nako. Government." ability of Miss Louise Groody would wife, but which, while it conquers him of an piano compositions. Dr. Strauss. will be first this season, Concert Calendar. guistlc limitations opera her appearance "When I had to create the role of the have been the one principal performer. iills him with horror. com1 Benedict's ..... pany have to be considered. Russian rhe list includes "Carnival of e Ifln child In 'Dear " But look at the others corralled. offended her ' The Philharmonic Society's programme Vcnico" variations and the "Blue Brutus,' continued "Mortally in vanity,' has to be sacrificed. At this point the TO-DAV. J llss Hayes, "I didn't believe I could Musical Programmes Shaw, one of the best light Oscar continues the official synopsis, for Thursday evening and Friday after- Danube Waltz" as arranged for voice t1 I Harland Dixon, eccentric dancer advocates of opera in English rise in noon at Hall is: Bach-Abert, Miss Carnegie Hall, 2, Helnald Werren- ilay It. worried and cried and wrote dians; conie, ' Carnegie by Hempel. At Picture Theatres or straightway takes up the"J/artettatheir might and say: "Then solve the "A rath, barytone. Aeolian Hall, 3, utters of resignation to the wno nas ocen considered wormy ' prelude, choral and fugue; Wagner, with the dead woman. Withconflicthei all in Walter Damrosch, Wagner lecture- P and tore them up. I was miserablecomany Fred Stone's rather ample shoes upon problem by giving operas our Siegfried Idyl;" Hadley, tone poem, At the second Biltmore Friday morn- ^ Tlie musical programme at the Capl occasion; Miss Ada Lewis, popular arts of strategy it will not be difllcull own tongue." the matter "The Ocean"; MS. performance, con- recital. Town llall, 2, Francia Veil, one night I cried myself to sleep Probably Ing mutdcule this week the soloists nill D j kMIcJ of the Harrlgan and Hart for her to ensnare this weak and " '»«' » U
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