Word: tetrazzinis
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...Evening Standard, London journal, telegraphed to Florence to ask if Mme. Luisa Tetrazzini would sing from London to millions of intuned British radiophiles. The London newspaper also mentioned a few neat words about the remuneration; current rumor said it was the highest fee that she had ever received for a single performance...
Said Mme. Tetrazzini to The Evening Standard, "I shall come, nor shall any obstacle, even the Italian railways, be too great." Forthwith- that is to say, as soon as her trunks had been packed, accommodations reserved, her voice tested, the servants instructed, telegrams despatched, tickets bought and after a great deal more excitement and fussing had worn the edge off several days- she set out for the two-day trip to London...
...Pattis" The world of singers is finding as many "new Adelina Pattis" as the world of the pianoforte has discovered "Liszt pupils." Galli-Curci and Tetrazzini are shortly to be supplanted by a whole series of wearers of the great diva's mantle. They are announced from Italy, England, Russia...
...sighed with disappointment because they could not gain entrance. It was a sentimental occasion, for it was McCormack's first appearance on that stage since 1911, and the appearance more than twelve years earlier had been his first appearance in Manhattan. He had played Alfredo in Traviata with Tetrazzini and Sammarco, and his initial song had been The Snowy Breasted Pearl...
...pretty girls--two blondes and a brunette--in "the Mutual Man". The musical comedy dancing in this act holds one's interest. A short three act drama featuring Frederick Bunion as Abraham Lincoln furnishes amusement of a different sort, and the bill is completed by Bert Errol of the Tetrazzini voice and the gorgeous gowns, the attempts of a few members of the audience to ride a circus horse and the usual singing and acrobatic stunts...