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...Hell to pay the Devil's bargain. . . . President and Mrs. Coolidge, and the better part of distinguished Washington, last week enjoyed an enactment of this old tale-the tale of Dr. Faustus, legendary German philosopher, modified from Poet Goethe's tragedy for Composer Gounod's opera and re-modified into English, for the opening night of the American Opera Co. at Poli's Theatre (see Music, p. 22, for a further account). President Coolidge had been pleased to greet all the singers at the White House earlier in the day. He stayed through their whole performance...
...Martin, tenor, onetime (1921) mainstay of the Harvard Glee Club, broke a precedent last week in Paris. They were the first natives of the U. S. ever to appear in leading roles at the National Opera. They sang well the roles of Marguerite and Faust, respectively, in Charles Francois Gounod's mighty Faust...
...program follows: Overture to "The Marriage of Figaro" Mozart Ballet Music Gluck-Mottl Tambourin--Gavotte--Chaconne Turkish March from "The Ruins of Athens" Beethoven Ride of the Valkyries from "The Valkyrie" Wagner Cortege from "The Queen of Sheba" Gounod Suite, "Namouna" Lalo "Children's Corner," Suite Debussy-Caplet "Espana," Rhapsody Chabrier Indian Sketches Gilbert Prelude--Invocation--Snake Dance Largo Handel Pomp and Circumstance Elgar
...Rodolfo, Tosti making great goggle eyes from the front row. It, too, had been the first Covent Garden performance after the War, when a shabby tweed audience replaced the pompous black. Yes, La Bohème was good. But so was Romeo et Juliette, which she had studied with Gounod himself-Gounod with his velvet skullcap and his velvet smoking jacket-Romeo et Juliette in which she had made her first successful London appearance with Jean de Reszke her Romeo, his brother Edouard the Friar. And there was Otello, fruit of Verdi's Indian-summer genius. She had sung...
...Hall tonight will be the appearance of the Boston Saxophone Orchestra, which will play three numbers. The following is the complete program. Triumphal March from "Aida" Verdi Overture, "Jubilee" Weber Fantasia, '"Eugen Onegin" Tchaikovsky Boston Saxophone Orchestra. (Abdon F. Laus, Conductor) a. March from "Tannhauser" Wagner b. Fantasia, "Faust" Gounod c. Carry Me Back to Old Virginny Bland-Laus Rumanian Rhapsody Euesco Dance of the Priestesses of Dagon, from "Samson and Delilah" Saint-Saens Ride of the Valkyries Wagner Boston Saxophone Orchestra a. The Lost Chord Sullivan-Laus b. Hawaiian Waltz, "Kilama Wai-lana" Lua-Kaili c. Indian Love Lyric...