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...this happened by way of celebration of the laying of the cornerstone of what is to be the "American Institute of Operatic Art" at Stony Point, N. Y., on the 145th anniversary of Mad Anthony Wayne's famous victory over the Redcoats on that spot. Max Rabinoff, impresario, is the guiding spirit of the enterprise, although the act of laying the stone was performed by William H. King, junior U. S. Senator from Utah, and although the principal address was delivered by H. W. L. Hubbard, critic for The Chicago Tribune...
...size. The theatre will be of Greek or open-air type. Seats will be provided for 600, but 12,000 to 15,000 more will be able to watch the performances from the adjacent grassy slopes. There will also be dormitories and a library of music and folklore. Maestro Rabinoff, who lives nearby, has already built the "largest scenic studio in the world" on the spot. Here have been painted several of those canvases which subsequently flapped so merrily in the backstage breezes of the Metropolitan...
...Ukranian National Chorus directed by Mr. Alexander Koschetz will give a concert in Sanders Theatre on Tuesday evening. November 20, at 8.15 o'clock The concert has been arranged through the courtesy of Mr. Max Rabinoff and under the management of Mr. A. R. Handley...
That enterprising impresario, Max Rabinoff, announced the establishment of the American Institute of Operatic Art at Stony Point, N. Y., historical spot where Mad Anthony Wayne did certain prodigies, which themselves, as related in school histories, have an operatic flavor. This new musical establishment, it is stated, will contain a great variety of beneficent marvels. Singers will be taught. Operas will be given, including American operas. Singers will be given opportunities to appear in actual performances and to get routine experience. American composers will be invited to bring their scores and have them tried out in rehearsal...
These assuredly are wonders. A greater wonder still is the resource and enterprise of Rabinoff, who has adventured widely in the fields of music, with the first American appearance of Pavlowa, with the Boston Opera Company, with the Ukrainian Chorus. Another most authentic wonder is the endless philanthropy of philanthropists, who always crop up for the endowment of high and worthy projects...