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...Francisco. Because trouble is remembered longer than pleasure, men make calendars of their catastrophies. In Tokyo they say "since the Earthquake," in Johnstown "since the Flood," in San Francisco "since the Fire. . ." Marcel Journet, famed French basso, has sung in most of the capitals of the world and avoided most of the world's disasters, but he has not sung in Tokyo since the Quake, he has not sung in Johnstown since the Flood, nor, until last week, had he sung in San Francisco since the Fire. His great voice boomed there last week; other famed singers tuned their...
...Fields of the publishing-business present the first collection ever wilfully made of those maundering melodies Mandy Lee, Sivect Adeline, I've Been Working on the Railroad, Some Folks Say That a Nigger Won't Steal, et al. There is a foreword by Ring Lardner, alleged basso. There is whimsical but practical explanation of the broad technique essential to impromptu cantatas-"swipes," "seventh heaven," "amen corner," Russian depths and breath control. Most important are the actual scores of a dozen much-mangled tunes and the standard words, disputes over which have rent asunder the closest of harmonizers. Slipped...
...place called Ravinia, 21 miles north. Why anyone should want to be going to Ravinia puzzled a number of dolts, until they read how one Louis Eckstein was presenting operas there. The first was L'Amore dei Tre Re, with Martinelli, Bori and Virgilio Lazzari, "the best basso that has hung in Paris for 30 years...
...Feodor Chaliapin, famed basso, roar irritation, last week, as he summoned his concert manager, S. Hurok, instructing him to announce to the world that he, Chaliapin, would not sing with the Chicago Civic Opera Company next season? Perhaps not. But whatever Mr. Chaliapin's feelings, the announcement was made. He will appear in the usual limited number of performances at the Metropolitan Opera House, Manhattan, and tour from coast to coast in a new series of concerts. What caused Chaliapin's decision may have been anything. It may have been Director Samuel Insull, whose alleged mismanagements have been...
Among the stars taking part are Mary Garden, famous operatic soprano, who has been with the Chicago Opera Company since 1910, Georges Baklanoff, and Virgllio Lazzari, basso, who has been greeted enthusiastically by audiences during the Company's stay in Boston this winter. The conductor for the evening will be Georgio Polacco, who has acted as conducter in Brusselis, Lisbon, Warsaw, Petrograd and several other cities in Europe, South America, and the United States