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THU OMAHA SUNT) AT BEE: NOVEMBER 25, 1917.
Splendid Repertoire Announced for -h.
Fourth Engagement of ,Sai Carlo Go.
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Tenor John McCormack
Sings to Capacity Crowd
That the popularity of John Mc
Cormack, the famous Irish tenor, who
will be heard here at the Auditorium
Friday evening, January 18, is gain
ing in volume each succeeding sea
son was demonstrated last Sunday
night when he sang to a capacity au-
Mience of something over 5,000 at the
New Yors HippCdrome.
It was Mr. McCormacVs second
appearance on the concert stage in
New York this year. He opened the
season there at Carnegie hall earlier
in the month drawing an audience
that completely filled every nook and
cranny, at which time he turned over
the entire proceeds of the concert,
amounting to morMhan $11,000 to
the families of the old 69th,"now the
165tlj regiment.
In commenting on the wonderful
personal magnetism of Mr. McCor
mack, the New York Times says:
"John McCormack, following his
recent return to opera, was welcomed
back to the concert platform by a
vast Outpouring of his older and
Parcela Craft
By HENRIETTA M. REES.
FENING one week from
tomorrow night at the Au
ditorium, with Ponchielli
masterpiece, "L,a Giocon-
da," the fourth annual en
gagement of the San
o
Carlo Grand Opera company promis
es to outshine in artistic excellence
any yet held in Omaha.. There are
many reasons for this impression,
first among which is the remarkably
fine repertoire worked out. The first
offering, "Gioconda," is in four acts
and many more beautiful scenes. The
work is " replete with enchanting
scenic effects, while its brilliant mu
sic and its raoidlv shifting i
sustain an unflagging interest in thcOw'11 appear here to the .same role,
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porirayai oi tne master passions
love and jealousy. The opera con
tains "many shades and expressions.
The fearful times of the Inquisition,
the Venetian Council of Ten, are
told amid the charming surroundings
of the city of Venice., The loves and
hates of the southern nation are por
trayed with telling effect in "Giocon
U,' "and the sacrifices of. warm
blooded people are all found in the
opera. Some few years back a pro
duction of this big ' work was an
nounced here by anbther organiza
tion which, however, like many
others, suffered total collapse before
it arrived. The San Carlo managers
added the brilliant work to an al
ready extensive repertoire this sea
son, producing it 'with immense suc
cess in New York, MontreatAPitts-
- burgh, Cleveland and other places.
, 1 Gioconda Big Cist. , r
Gioconda" calls for a big cast, as
well as for large orchestral and
choral features, and these have all
been provided bf Impresario Gallo
' in his untiring aim to make his or
ganization the country's most reliable
operatic bulwark. That he is fast
succeeding is attested by the immense
audiences that jammed the beautiful j
Forty-fourth. Street theater, New j
York, for three week( recently and
upon each occasion of the 24 per
formances involved hundreds, and
sometimes thousands were turned
t away. . '".
Second on the repertoire list is
Verdi's beautiful three-act work. "La
Traviata," from Dumas' "CamilleV
i a work in which richness of musical
texture ; and poignant tragedy of
, theme unite. Verdi's genius has made
this opera a memorable and lasting
monument to his creative powers.
Otherwise known as the story of
"Camille," the work proved one of
the great Bernhardt successes and
recently when sung with such sensa
tional success by Miss Marcella Craft,
with the San Carloans in New. York,
it created a furore. Present 'in the
audiences was Miss Barrymore, the
well-known actress and movie queen,
who, since Miss Craft's metropolitan
triumph, has been spurred to the idea
of reviving the Dumas drama and
will do so shortly at the .Empire
theater, New. York, under the Frott
man management.
f Jeweys of the Madona.
Perhaps, in the minds of those who
seek operatic novelties, Wolf-Ferrari's
v Neapolitan , wor'', "Jewel of
the Madonna," will prove quite as at
tractive as either of the two afore
mentioned operas. The work is in
many respects a notable one, and
.. proved one of the superb successes
of the Chicago opera season last year;
The leading role, "Maiella," as sunj
' by Elizabeth Amsden, then a star
' member of the Chicago organization,
but now a regular soprano with the
JSan Carlo forces, created a furore in
the Windy City, and the opera occu- j
pies a prominent place in, that city's
operatic offerings again this season. 1
Miss Amsden, it is now announced,
the opera the composer has sought
to express the vital facts of life in the
environment of the Neapolitan under
world through the medium of opera.
It is said he succeeded in all that he
set out to do. The score goes be
yond the florid exuberance of Puccini;
it transcends the heroics of Richard
"Strauss . and overwhelms the exotic
hypersensitiveness of Debussy, Wolf
Eerrari leaves nothing in doubt. The
opera has proven a most brilliant
achievement and is likely to stand out
long as the high watermark ef mod
ern operatic effort. A, splendid cast
will sing the work here for the first
time, including, besides Miss inisden,
Signor Agostjni, Joseph Royer, the
company's new French baritone, and
Marta Metis, the new contralto.
"II Trovatore," whose tunes and
melodies are hummed and sung
"round the world, but which still
proves the greatest drawing card of
all operatic literature, will close the
San Carlo engagement oit Wednesday
evening, with Salazar in the cast, and
Luisa Pardee, the dramatic soprano,
as Leonora. -
Blackstone Orchestra Wins
Empress Garden Favor
It is believed by Manager Philbin
of the Empress Garden that more
people are talking about the Black
stone orchestra which has been spe
cially engaged for dancing and con
cert work, at this amusement center
than any other amusement in the
city. It is almost an impossibility to
watch the gay dancers and hear the
syncopated music without dancing a
few times, even if you are almost out
of, the habit. A new entertainer, Miss
Jane Belmont, will be on the program
for the current week, and is promised
to be a whirlwind character artist
that will prove a treat to patrons
Miss Alma Huntley will remain by
popular request, and her pleasing
manner of rendering songs combined
with her trained voice is indeed en
joyable. Tuesday will again be the
atrical night and Thursday is for am
ateurs. .A special Sunday Liberty
dinner will be served today. The
cafeteria is growing in iavor every
day as the constantly increasing
crowds testify.
in? Recitals at Fontenelle i
AH h Talmndus elrlk thrntn to upend
thtr ChrtatinM in Loi Angeleii. Norm and
Contanr will tmvol acroa the continent
and will be met by Natalie, who la ae&re
tnry to Roitcoe Arburkle. ' Thla city Look!
upon them ' their very own, nywajr.
. Wednesday and Thursday
Under the auspices of George
Crook Women's Relief corps, No. 88,
two recitals will be given next Wed
nesday and Thursday, nights by Wil
mot Goodwin, baritone, at the Motel
Fontenelle. Florence Austin, violin
ist, and Lee Cronican, pianist, will
assist Mr, Goodwin will sing about
12 numbers on each program, these
numbers being of great variety, rang
ing from "pickaninny" songs to the
compositions of the great music mas
ters. Smlllnf George Walsh will aoon be In
"The Pride of New York," William Farnum
In "The Heart of a Hon" and Jewel Car
men In "A Soul for Sale." June Caprice la
alao announced In "tJnknown 374."
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v Here Gifts Are in Keeping With
the New Christmas Spirit
This is the first Christmas during the period of war.
: A tremendous influence brings to us 'a realization
of the serious obligations of money and of the privilege
of spending it wisely. . ,
CHRISTMAS CARDS AND INEXPENSIVE USEFUL
GIFTS WILL BE THE RULE WITH ALL THOUGHT
FUL GIVERS.
' BUY EARLY, BECAUSE SELECTIONS ARE NOW
AT THEIR BEST.
THIS WILL BE A BOOK YEAR FOR
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ofa child and should be thoughtfully bought with an idea
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Make Your Reservations Early
For the San Carlo Grand Opera
faithful admirers, of whom those
seated on the Hippodrome stage
alone would have filled some smaller
halls. The tenor sang "Star Spangled
Banner" as he appeared in the midst
of this throng, and the house rose
to greet the song but would not in
terrupt the singer by joining in, wait
ing until he finished the stanza, when
there was great applause. Mr. Mc
Cormack gave with accustomed di
rectness of style and pure diction two
airs from Handel's oratorios of
"Samson and Joshua," lyrics in Eng
lish from Schubert, Goldmark, and
Brahms, and later his Irish folksongs
and pieces by Frank Tours and the
Americans, Mrs. Beach, Arthur Foote
and Edwin Schneider, his accompan
ist." '
' It will be remembered that the
largest audience ever gathered in the
Auditorium here was last January
when Mr. McCormack sang,x there
being over 6,600 admissions.
A duo of big-time headliners,
George Marck's Jungle Players and
Mrs. Gene' Hughes in a brand new
playlet and no less a notable than
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Pop Anson as a special feature are ! vaudeville cjreuits with a musical pot
announced at the Orpheum for the
week of December 2. George
Marck's Jungle Players constitute a
unique, company, seven of its mem
bers being human beings, the other
four being lions. Mrs. Gene Hughes
and company will present a satiri
cal comedy entitled "Gown." Cap
tain Adrian C. "Pop" Anson, the fa
mous captain of the White Sox, with
his two daughters; are doing the-big
pourri.
The national music school whichf support
ers of American music have been dreamint
r,t . future oossibflity is building itseli I
in wonderful way through th "nationa l
i .:,.. nmtff whirV in resiiltinflr from the
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efforts of the war and navy . commissions
on training camp activities to mako singing
a parj of the military progjam in the
training camps of the American forces.
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I Neapolitans to Delight Diners
I Duo of Neapolitan Singers has been engaged
I to sing at the Henshaw Cafe commencing "
1 evening at6 o'clock.. I
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I wonderful artists; also the popular favorite Margaret
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A special program for 'Thanksgiving arranged by 1
Harrison's Society Orchestra, featuring Charles Quinn,
the Boy Violinist, and other high class artists. . Do not I
miss this treat. Best, Jazz music west of New York. . I
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Presenting, U pon a Metropolitan Scale of Splendor, These. Operas:
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EACH OPERA TO BE SUNG BY AN ENTIRELY CHANGE) CAST OF PRINCIPALS
Prices-Single Tickets to Any)Perfbrmance-50c to $2.00. Box Seats, $2.00.
I IlP T)nli flV sPnMI TQ rT?fitQ These tickets, which have become so popular with Omaha
-I flO lUllUf yJOUOUtb 1 bVtXOlO opera-goers, admit the purchaser by the additional payment
of 10c, 25c, 50c or 75c for each opera, according to location of seats. They can be secured at Green's Pharmacy, 16th
and Howard streets; Sheet Music Dept., Hospe's Music Store; Schmoller & Mueller Piano Co. ; Auditorium Box Office, or
, from any member of the Opera Boosters' Committee now. RESERVED SEAT SALE NOW AT AUDITORIUM BOX
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