Word: sopranoes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Copenhagen, Maria Jeritza (Baroness von Popper), famed "golden" soprano of the Metropolitan, sang in Tosca twice, Carmen once, Tannhauser once. Contrary to their polite custom of appearing at only one performance in an operatic series, the King and Queen of Denmark, dressed in their bravest regalia, sat in their box every time Jeritza sang. The King gave the singer a decoration encased in a gold medallion and asked her to attend an intimate family party at the palace after her first performance. This Mme. von Popper did with dignity and delight...
...jury in Cleveland, Ohio, awarded Richardo Dellera, assistant conductor of the Metropolitan Opera, $1,000 damages from the Green Cab Co. He had sued for $25,000 because a taxicab driver had impaired his piano technique by slamming a door on his fingers, two years ago. Soprano Marion Talley testified that his fingers were in pretty bad shape...
...Also in Cleveland, the Metropolitan Opera Company exhibited its wares and Soprano Talley received the critics' superlatives that had been denied her during her Manhattan season...
...While automobiling, she skidded, broke an arm. But she had it put in splints, kept a concert engagement in London. Her name: Esther Dale, minor U. S. soprano...
...Harvard Alumni Orchestra and the Harvard Alumni Chorus will present a concert in Sanders Theatre on Monday evening at 8.15 o'clock. The orchestra is under the direction of Jacques Hoffman and will play three pieces, one in conjunction with the chorus and the assisting soloists. Miss Elizabeth Worcester, soprano, and H. J. Warren, baritone, will render several selections with the aid of Miss Mary Ingraham, accompanying planist. The Alumni chorus is under the supervision of Malcolm Lang...