Word: aria
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...opening concert in Symphony Hall last Friday in all except two numbers,-Brahm's Variations on a theme by Haydn, and Strauss Dance of the Seven Veils from "Salome". The numbers which Mr. Monteux will play tonight for the first time are Rachmaninov, Symphony No. 2; Saint-Saens, aria from "Sampson and Delilah"; and Verdi, aria from "San Carlos...
...first scene everything went well. The soprano does not appear in that scene. Walska appeared, radiantly beautiful, in the second scene. Her voice was thin and nervous. The great aria, caro nome, came, prodigious in its demands upon the strength, purity and agility of the upper soprano voice. Walska's voice faltered badly. At the final top note she emitted a series of faint squeaks and there was silence-no tone came. The audience began to laugh. The fiasco was ghastly. Then, as throughout the rest of the opera, it was evident that Walska's top tones were...
...program will be as follows: Tchaikowsky Symphony No. 6 in B minor Adagio; Allegro non troppo Allegro con grazia Allegro molto vivace Finale; Adagio lamentoso Wagner Aria, "Gerechter Gott" from "Rienzi" Groty-Mottl Three Dance Numbers from "Cephale et Procris" I. Tambourin II. Menuet ("The Nymphs of Diana") III. Gigue. Saint-Saens Aria, "Mon Coeur s'ouvre a ta voix" from "Samson and Delilah" Weber Overture to "Oberon...
Tschaikowsky's endlessly played Symphonic Pathetique appears not at all. Debussy is represented only by an aria from L'Enfant Prodigue, and by none of his orchestra pieces. Nor do we find the Fifth Symphony of Beethoven. The seventh was the only one of his symphonies played. These omissions are sinful. But many will find them a trifle refreshing...
...last Symphony Hall concert of the Harvard Glee Club was a distinct success. For the second time Frieda Hempel was the assisting artist. Her selections, with the exception of an aria from "Der Freischutz", were purely romantic--full of sentiment, even sentimentality. Yet as sung by Miss Hempel these songs were ever a delight; especially so her rendering of the Swiss "Canari Jaloux", and a "Lullaby" by Humperdinck...