Word: donnas
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Miss Sophie Braslau, contralio, will be the soloist for the first concert on December 13. Miss Frieda Hempel, the well-known prima donna formerly with the Metropolitan Opera Company, will appear on February...
...cast is headed by Elsie Alder, well remembered from "Miss Springtime"--a prima donna who, wonderful to say, can act. Her singing is far above that usually heard in musical comedies. Mr. Rutherford, as Jack Garrison, fulfills his claim as a "red-blooded man." John Cherry redeems his initial appearance when he impersonates a "wild man." "Those three and four more" put him in a condition which at all times amused the audience. Charles Meakins, whose portly but sprightly figure has brought out laughs in "Miss Springtime" and "See-Saw," is his usual smiling self in "June Love...
...Glee Club. Soloists of the highest repute in the musical world will appear at each concert, performing both alone and in conjunction with the Glee Club. Albert Spaulding, the brilliant American violinist, will play at the first concert. In the February concert, Frieda Hempel, the famous prima donna formerly with the Metropolitan Opera Company, will appear. The final concert will be with Fritz Kreisler, whose performance with the club last year will not soon be forgotten by those who witnessed...
Sybil Vane, the Welsh prime donna, scores a hit with her four songs, one in Italian and three in English. She possesses an excellent soprane voice with considerable range to it, and receives much applause. Charles O'Donnell and Ethel Blair are uproariously funny in a comedy skit called "The Piano Mover"; the act is new and all their stunts are well-executed Gertrude Vanderbilt, "the only Vanderbilt on the stage" has a song and dance number that is as fresh as a sea breeze; with her catchy songs, jokes and personality she proves a great favorite. Others...
These concerts have been arranged on Thursday evenings in order to avoid and conflicts with any other undergraduate engagements. The first of these concerts will be given on December 16, in conjunction with Albert Spalding, the American violinist; the second on February 17, with Frieda, Hempel, the famous prima donna, formerly with the Metropolitan Opera Company, and for the third, on April 7, the club has again engaged Fritz Kreisler, whose concert with the club last year attracted so much attention...