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...Franciscans decided that they would become the first U. S. composer and librettist to have an opera which was their joint work produced in Europe. They were aided by "Doc" Leahy, of the old San Francisco Tivoli, in their eventually successful efforts to have their opera, Fay-Yen-Fah, produced by the Monte Carlo Casino Opera Company. Last week these two young men were "showered with real orchids" as their opera had its U. S. premiere in San Francisco...
...first time in the history of music a full-length opera composed by an American, on a libretto written by an American, was produced in Europe. Fay-Yen-Fah ws the work, Monte Carlo the scene, Composer Joseph Redding, Poet Templeton Crocker (both of California) the Americans. In the Monte Carlo Opera House, which is not large, sat Mrs. Clans A. Spreckels of San Francisco, Lily Langtry, Yvonne-Printemps, the Duke of Connaught, the Count and Countess Vignal, Jean de Reszke, Lady Waterlow, Princess Radziwill and some 400 others. They listened to a score which is modern without eccentricity, melodious...
...coming year will be inaugurated at the dinner tonight: president, Richard Stockton Emmet '19, of South Salem, N. Y.; vice-president, John Gardner Coolidge, Jr., '20, of Boston; secretary, Eric Alan McCouch '20, of Philadelphia, Pa.; treasurer, Dexter Clarkson Hawkins '20, of New York City; librarian, Mon Fah Chung '20, of Honolulu, Hawaii...
Vice-president, John Gardner Coolidge, Jr., '20, of Boston; secretary, Eric Alan McCouch '20, of Philadelphia, Pa.; treasurer, Dexter Clarkson Hawkins '20, of New York City; librarian, Mon Fah Chung '20, of Honolulu, Hawaii...
Librarian. Mon Fah Chung '20, of Honolulu, Hawaii; and Vaugala Siva Ram 1G, of Madras, India...