Word: opera
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Today is the last day for joining the Harvard Opera Association. 700 men have already become members, but more are desired. The block of $1.50 seats has been definitely arranged; there will be also several $4 and $6 seats in better locations; these prices are greatly reduced for members. An account of the coming opera season will be found in another column...
...fifth season of Grand Opera in Boston under the direction of Mr. Henry Russell, will commence with a performance of "The Jewels of the Madonna," on Monday evening, November 24. The season will consist of eighteen weeks, including seventy-two performances, given on Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings, and Saturday afternoons. Messrs. Felix Weingartner, Andre-Caplet and Moranzoni have been re-engaged as principal conductors...
...list of operas chosen for the season includes, in addition to works already given, three not before presented by the Boston Opera Company: Wagner's "Die Meistersinger," Zandonai and D'Annunzio's "Francesca Da Rimini," and Fevrier and Maeterlinck's "Monna Vanna." The latter will have its first American presentation here early in December; Miss Garden will be the Monna Vanna, Mr. Muratore the Prinzivalle, and Mr. Marcoux the Guido. "Francesca Da Rimini" will have its world's premiere at the Boston Opera House in February or early March, and both composer and author have promised to be present...
...Back Bay 21994 North. Sta. (Information), Haymarket 3000 Porter Station (B. & A.), Camb. 2958 South Sta. (Information), Oxford 4060 Trinity Place (B. & A.), Tremont 21822 Theatres. Boston, Oxford 722 Castle Square, Tremont 5 Colonial, Oxford 411 Hollis, Oxford 131 Keith's, Oxford 1724 Majestic, Oxford 452 Opera House, Back Bay 4490 Park, Oxford 744 Plymouth, Oxford 2075 St. James, Back Bay 202 Shubert, Oxford 3022 Symphony Hall, Back Bay 1492 Tremont, Oxford 608 Boston Papers. Associated Press, Fort Hill 400 Boston Advertiser, Main 499 or 4258 Boston American, Main 5180 Boston Globe, Main 5721 Boston Herald, Oxford 3000 Boston Journal...
...major article of the number is fittingly an appreciation of Verdi, whose centenary occurs this month and whose contributions to the opera only the passing of the years begins to estimate properly. In a thoughtful and convincing article on "The Musician and the University," Mr. Echmann discuses the advantages to musicians of every type of a university training, and makes some timely suggestions to students interested in the critical and scientific side of music concerning possible fields for research, a phase of the art much cultivated in foreign universities but receiving little attention here. It is good to hear more...