la J:he World of Music and Art $Vo Opera Companies PRINCIPALS IN COMMONWEALTH ENGLISH OPERA COMPANY Feature of Random Art Notes Opening Season At Home and Abroad Engagement of Sah Carlo Forces at Manhattan Opera House Will Follow Debut of Memorial to an American Artist, the Gallery New Company Erected at Newport Honoring the Late Howard Gushing By Katharine Wright tenors; Alice Gentle, Stella De Mette, Musical New York is awakening from May Barron and Alice Homer, mezzo- By Royal Cortissoz MacMonnies and Mr. Robert Burnsids summer lethargy. Plans for the sopranos; Vincente Ballester, Mario Exhibitions of Potter. It raised the Jts Valla, Arnold pictures have long necessary funds, orchestras are well under way, and Mr. Becker and Nicola been familiar in Newport, but the Art and when the decision was nade te is already putting the Na¬ d'Amico, barytones; Pietro de Biasi Association there now make the memorial an art Bodaniky and Natale has for the first gaii*ry Mr. tional Symphony through preliminary Cervi, bassos; Gaetano time a reaily satisfactory gallery. On Delano and bis partner, Chester Aid«« «aces. Or.e or two concert managers Merola, Fulgcnzio Guerricri and Dirk its own property there has been erected rich, contributed the design. have issued statements regarding the Foeh, conductors. a little in The building is of stone and stucco The building; memory of the late activities of their artista. repertoire for the opening week, Howard Gardiner Cushing which is and is «bout forty feet wide and fifty On September 20 the San Carlo beginning September 20, includas "Car¬ not only an addition to the architec¬ feet deep. The circular entrance porch will a season men," Opera Company begin of "Rigoletto," "Aída," "Cavalleria tural charm of Newport but a land¬ has six columns ef black marble with at the Manhattan with of four weeks Opera Rusticana," "Pagliacci," "La Bo¬ mark in a movement wkich we hope capitals gilt brenze and bears a This is an adult hème" and "II T*ovatore" modest House. organization, for the six may have further and widespread re¬ dome. From this porch the «quipped with artists of experience. nights, in the order named, and "Ma¬ sults. This building owes its existence visitor enters a small gallery in which ex¬ dama a In the past this company has given Butterfly" for the Saturday mat¬ to the initiative of a ffroup of Cush- number of painting9 by Mr. Gush¬ cellent performances. The quality of inee. ing's friends who fermed themselves ing have been permanently placed. Be¬ for the sea- the singers engaged coming But before the older company starts into a committee to promote some ap¬ yond this lies the main exhibition room, as the list of an¬ its ton, as well operas season a new operatic organization, propriate memorial to the man and his in which a loan collection of twenty- nounced, arouses pleasurable anticipa¬ the Commonwealth Opera Company, is work. The committee was composed of five or thirty canvases was assembled tion. to be heard from, beginning to-morrow Mrs. Henry Clews, Mrs. Victor Sor- last month for the formal opening of Anns Fitziu, who has appeared in evening at the Lexington Theater. This chan. Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, Mr. the édifiée. The show was entirely «ja. York City with both the Metro¬ is an undertaking by passionato believ¬ William Adams Delano, Mr. Frederic American in character, embracing politan Opera Company and the Chi¬ ers in opera in English, with th*> gen¬ works by such artists associated with cago Opera Association in the past, eral slogan "By Americans, of Ameri¬ Newport as the eighteenth century invitation of Fortune has accepted the cans and fer Americans." One or two Scotti Opera Co. John Smibert, later men like Sully and Gsllo to sing as a guest artist. familiar names appear among the sing¬ Trumbull, and modern painters like Miss Fitziu will be heard for the ers engaged. Both Mme. Lois Ewell Will Tour From John La Farge. Samuel Colman and Jyit time here as Elsa in "Lohengrin" and Miss Edith Helena have been heard F. P. Vinton. The scope of the memo¬ and will also appear in "Pagliacci," in other opera companies, where the Coast to Coast rial, primarily one to Cashing, but in "Bohème," "Tosca" and other operas ton»ue was English and the prices wer« planned also for a broad usefulness, «)f her repertoire with the Chicago low. Joseph Sheehan is not unknown. Stf.rtir.p- a csast-to-coast tour, the was thus happily indicated. forces- While waiting in a receptive mood for .Scotti Grand Opera Company, headed Over the door there runs this in¬ Other guest artists added to the San the organization to prove its worth, this by Antonio Scotti, barytsne, of the scription: "This building was erected Carlo roster since the last announce¬ circular «¡nt out by th« management Metropolitan Opera Company, will by the friends of Howard Gardiner ment made include Ernest Brenot, a invites consideration and comment: leave for South Bend, Ind., nest Sun¬ Cashing, who remember with affection tenor from the Théâtre the of new French "What promises to be an important day, September 12. joy his companionship and his lyrique, Paris; Sylvia Tell, former pre¬ stride forward in the movement for Ihii i.i the fourth tour of this or¬ power to make them see as he saw the of the beautiful of miere danseuse Chicago Opera, bringing opera to as large a circle as ganization. A feature of the trip will things life." The word3 end Regina Vicarino, coloratura so¬ is now reached the be p. week'-' season in San by photoplay is the Francisco, Continued on prano, formerly of the Manhattan and newly organized National Common¬ wherr- the company will give seven sub¬ pare eight set!; tion pcriormar.ces at the Exposi¬ Boston Opera companies. wealth English Opera Company, whose tion Auditorium. The complete list of artist3 for the season of standard works, with seats Other cities to be visited on this Music Notes Manhattan engagement also includes ranging in from 50 cents to transcontinental tour, covering- four¬ price $1.60, teen s:at"s. will be Marie Rappold, Quenna Mario, Nobuko is announced to in the fall. Milwaukee, Wis.; Mme. Bettina Free- begin early Duiuth, Minn.; (¡rand Forks and Fargo. Margaret Matzenauer will sing Ears, Myrna Sharlow, One of the objects of the enterprise N. LV; Great Falls, Mont., and at the Ocean Grove Auditorium to¬ D'Arclee and Madeleine Spokane morrow Bisn. Louisa nearest the hearts of these who are Seattle, Wash.; Vancouver, B. C; Port- evening, at 8:15. Manuel Ian ;, Ore.; Salt Lake Xeltie, sopranos; Salazar, it is to give an Citv, Utah; sponsoring opportunity i'-nvcr. Col.; Salina, Kan.; St. Louis, Walter Damrosch, conductor of the Giuseppe Agostini, Eugenio Cibelli, to young artists as well as older ones M Corallo and Frank Pollack, ..; Peoria, II!.; Toledo, Ohio, and New York Symphony Orchestra, has Giuseppe who have the necessary qualifications closing in Montreal, Cunada, on Octo¬ decided to include in the Italian pro¬ INSTRUCTION but who, for lack of sufficient outlet in ber 30. gram of next season's historical cycle MUSICAL All the a this country, have either their favorite artists of the com- work by Francisco Malipiero, who re¬ sought pany, mostly Americans, have been re- cently won the Berkshire chamber The National Conservatory careers abroad, where opera companies of mere names and reputations. eti raged, i !.. lis' follows; Sopranos, music prize. are more numerous, or devoted their "The chorus of the opera consists of Florence Raston, Ruth Miller,Francesca The composition tn be performed Ann.". was of Music of America energies to other musical fields. men and women in all walks of ¡'eral.;', Koselle and Marie Sun- chosen by Mr. Damrosch from a young delius; mezzo-sopranos and number of works submitted The onlv 8chonl of Music lrr the U. S. the of the or¬ interested in music and eontralto3, by Signor chartered by Cotigreas. "Though headquarterB life, desirous Jeanne '¡m'i.m and Mary Kent; tensrs, Malipiero when Mr. Damrosch was in JEANNETTE M. THL'RHER, Founder. ganization have been established in of training themselves for such par¬ Mario Chamice, Orvillc Harrold, Morgan Italy. It is "Impressieni rial Vero." Artistic Adel" Margultes. Ro¬ New at the ticipation. Between 200 and 200 are King to-ii u.ul Giordano Paltrinieri; written in the form of a suite in three Faculty: York, Lexington Theater, Greek "The Bells mualdo Sapio. Leopold Lichtenborg, in a of ar¬ of them em¬ barytones, Evans, Mario Lau¬ parts: Speak.' "The Cy¬ Henry T. Flack, and others. conjunction with number already enrolled, many ren-;. Miilo Pieso und Antonio presses and the Winds" and "A known of Scotti; Holi¬ Thirty-aixth Year Open» October 4th. tistic and patriotic societies ployees banking and industrial ! a¦. -,.... Paolo Ananian, Louis d'Angelo day." Mr. Damresch has secured the Enroll Sept. 2?th to Oct. 2d, inc. as the National Commonwealth Cen¬ houses, who have taken part in the rr.d Giovanni Martino; conductor. Malipiero werk for first performance W. N. Carlo in this Address 3«c, 12« 70th St., T. City ter, the opera company is planned on musical activities carried on in these denee, Toronto, Detroit, Cleveland, Peroni; assistant conductor, country. Buffalo, Wilfrid P#e!letier; stage manager, lines of country-wids usefulness. Not places. Erie, Stamford, Oxford and Armando Atnini. Mr. Scotti has also Rosa Raisa will at the New York. , appear Hippo¬ only does it aim to give the "Those active in the affairs of the or¬ entrnged Mis-, Loria a drome on November 7.