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...been supposed that the Metropolitan would choose for its opening Fedora, Maria Jeritza's latest triumphant impersonation. But Signer Gatti-Casazza, shrewd impressario, had planned otherwise. Verdi, well-tried veteran, was called into service and Aida was the safe and sane choice, with a familiar safe and sane cast. There was no Caruso, no Farrar, no Jeritza. There was instead a new conductor, one Tullio Serafin, carefully discriminating and strangely energetic after the somnolent Mr. Moranzoni...
...Manhattan Grand Opera Association flings wide the swinging doors of the Manhattan Opera House on Sept. 15, with a gala performance of Aida. The ranks of the company have been filled to overflowing with a chanting pilgrim band of Milanese, Neapolitan, Venetian, Roman artists who arrived on the steamer Conte Rosso. Among them are Mme. Clara Jacobo, Adriana Boccanera, Beatrice Melaragno, Frances Cairone, Gius- eppa La Puma, and Signori Giuseppe Radaelli, Rino Oldrati, Giuseppe Oliviero, Amadeo Taverna, Italo Picchi...
...this as it may, Maestro Mascagni remains discussed abroad. Inundated under wreaths, well-nigh buried in bouquets, he last week responded 100 times to the frenetic applause of a Vienna audience which heard him conduct Verdi's Aida. The performance was given in the huge amphitheatre, scene of numerous sporting events. On the stage were 2,000 musicians, singers, dancers-Italians; in the audience were 20,000 listeners-Austrians. Without imposing a defeat, the former scored a victory, orderly, harmonious. In this azione, were cast the finest singers of a honey-throated nation. Signora Poli-Randaccio was Aida, brought...
...program follows: 1.Triumphal March from "Aida" Verdi 2. Overture to "Rienzi" Wagner 3. Fantasia, "Pagliacei" Leocavallo 4. Songs by Harvard Glee Club Dr. Archibald T. Davison, Conductor a. Morning Hymn King b. Marching Brahms c. Mother Moscow Tchesnokov 5. Scenes Pittoresques Massanet a. Angelus b. Fete Boheme 6. Prelude Walter Piston '24 (Conducted by the composer) 7. First Hungarian Rhapsody Liszt 8. Songs by Harvard Glee Club a. My Bonnie Lass Morley b. In Harvest Time Merikanto c. The Foggy Dew Irish Folk Song Soloist--George Renwick d. The Hundred Pipers Scotch Folk Song e. Chorus from "The Gondoliers" Sullivan...
...usual. The program is announced as follows: Comp and Circumstance Nigar Waltz, "Vienna Blood" Strauss Overture to "William Bell" Rossini Songs by Wellesley Glee Club First Hungarian Rhapsody Lissi Barcarole from "The Tales of Hoffmann" Offenbach Procession to the Cathedral, "Lohengrin" Wagner Wellesley Fantasy H. C. Macdougall Fantasis, "Aida" Verdi Whispering of the Flowers Blon Second Regiment Connecticut Reeves