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Wouldn't "Rearguard" have been a more appropriate title for our satellite project? JOHN JAXON-DEELMAN Los Angeles...
Henry Cade was pushing 30, apparently only mildly restless in his second-drawer job at Vinnaver & Jaxon. Then he got his break: the syndicate rights to a rising young columnist named Wally Pohl. In return for the rights to "Pohl's Apart," V. & J. made Henry a full partner. Then Henry realized that "you could no more want a little success than you could want a little love ... To want less than everything was to get nothing...
Carmen did her turn first, did it well, won the praise of connoisseurs for the gratifying performance of Soprano Lorna Doone Jaxon, the general excellence of the ensembles. Aïda seemed depressed by the idea of her own popularity, sagged a little, but Rigoletto stepped along, vigorously, evenly. Then came Boheme, tender, lush; Cavalleria, primitive, sententious; Pagliacci, glittering, theatrical; Butterfly, effusive, incidental; and Trovatore fittingly climactic...
...attraction announced at the Castle Square Theatre for the coming week will make a notable event in the season's happenings, as Director Jaxon has arranged a revival of Balfe's old time favorite opera "Satanella." This tuneful work has not been heard here for a quarter of a century and there is every reason to anticipate as great a success for it as that which has always attended the same composer's "Bohemian Girl...
...Castle Square Opera Company makes its second Wagnerian production the coming week, the selection of "Tannhauser" having been made by Director Jaxon with a view to gratifying the wishes of thousands of Castly Square patrons who are eager to have a further hearing of the Wagner repertoire. As was done in the "Lohengrin" production, the organization will be largely augmented to meet the demands of the opera as regards the chorus and orchestra, and some singers, new to the company, will be heard in some of the roles...