Word: azara
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...been for the Rofa incident, the public would scarcely have known that the sporting little schooners were racing. Even the five big schooners - Atlantic, Azara, Elena, Guinevere, Zodiac - racing for the King Alfonso Cup, were nearly wiped off U. S. sport pages by Tunney-Heeney, baseball, Olympics...
Atlantic, Azara, Elena, Guienerve, Zodiac. Pleasant names. They belong to big racing schooners. John Pierpont Morgan on board his own black yacht the Corsair watched them as they lolled pleasantly among darting little put-puts, just off Sandy Hook. For two-and-a-half hours they lolled and jockeyed now and then; finally along came a breath of breeze and the five big schooners moved toward Santander, Spain, 3,055 miles across the sea. They were racing for the King Alfonso...
...performance of Professor Paine's grand opera, "Azara," which was sung in Symphony Hall last night by the Cecilia Society, was an unqualified success. Great credit is due to Mr. B. J. Lang for his energy in conducting the entire work of presenting the opera...
...action first used by Wagner; but the opera does not carry out the more radical Wagnerian reforms. The melody often reminds one of the more recent Italian school; but the treatment shows all the advantages of the German vigor coupled with great originality. The duct sung by Gontran and Azara in the second act, and the definance-song of Malek, are two of the most conspicuous portions of the masterly work...
...cast of characters: Azara, a Moorish princess, Miss A. B. Rice Odo, a page, Miss B. C. Child Rainuls, King of Provence, Mr. H. F. Merrill Gontran, his son, Mr. George Deane Malek, a Moorish chief, Mr. S. Townsend Ayman, a vassal Mr. E. Cartwright Garsie, an attendant, Mrs. Rebecca Howe Colas, Miss Adelaide Griggs A Huntsman, Mr. J. A. Rattigan