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Bori sang in Pelleas and Melisande, which is perhaps the most artistically perfect presentation in the Metropolitan's repertoire; again Jeritza, in Fedora; then the "novelty" of the opening week, a double bill consisting of Cornelius' Der Barbier von Bagdad and Ravel's L'Heure Espagnole, this latter with Lucrezia Bori; last of all Ponselle. amid that gorgeous exoticism L' Africaine...
...During the first week two 'novelties' will be given in a double bill LHeure Espagnole by Maurice Ravel, with Lucrezia Bori; followed by Der Barbier von Bagdad by Peter Cornelius. . . . During the second week the first Metropolitan performance will be given of Gasparo Spontini's opera, La Vestale...
...many countries. To extract maximum benefits from the shore-stops, it was planned to divide the tourist-students into small squads, each accompanied by the guide-instructors of his choice. In the ship's hold were to be 70 automobiles. One excursion scheduled was a 600-mile run from Bagdad through the Arabian desert...
...From Bagdad, the travelers will go to Palestine, thence to Europe, where the exact itinerary has not as yet been planned. Dr. Smith has declared that all graduates who might be interested in accompanying him can reach him at Old Lyme, Connecticut...
...government known; and its success is undoubtedly determined in ratio to the political consciousness of the people. When, however, representative government is introduced into backward countries whose populace is for the most part ignorant and whose leaders are often corrupt, it becomes nothing short of a farce. At Bagdad, capital of Iraq, officials decided to postpone a general election for the first national parliament. The circumstances were unique; The population of the country-man, woman and child-is not more than 3,000,000; of these, only male subjects 20 years of age may vote. When the register...