Word: traviatas
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...studio of Station WEAF, Manhattan-sat a score of notables in evening garb. In the broadcasting room stood John McCormack. In front of him was a microphone. He sang Adeste Fideles with quartet and orchestra, the Berceuse from Jocelyn. Then Miss Lucrezia Bori rendered LaPaloma, airs from La Traviata; then the two sang a duet from the same opera. Both were nervous at first, lacking the stimulant of a physical audience ; they warmed to their work, their voices were perfectly reproduced, even to the finest nuances of shading. Between numbers, the announcer's metallic voice jargoned, reminded the throng...
...these truths were demonstrated afresh during the first week of the San Carlo season at the Jolson Theatre in Manhattan. Gallo provided the stuff that was expected of him, including Rigoletto, Tosca, La Traviata, Cavalleria Rusticana, Pagliacci. Consequently, there was a stiletto scene on the stage almost every night. But the performers' dagger-technique was sadly wanting in fire and dash. Manipulation of throat lozenges evidently was considered of superior importance to the handling of cold steel...
October's prospective five are: Andre Chenier, Manon, Traviata, Romeo and Juliet, Rigoletto...
John McCormack went upon the stage of the Manhattan Opera House and unleashed his great tenor in The Snowy Breasted Pearl from Traviata. Four thousand people in the house quivered with ecstasy. Four thousand people in the street 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...
...Matinee--Snow-Maiden Rimaky-Korsakow Wednesday Evening--The Barber of Seville Rossini Thursday--Siegfried Wagner Friday--Carmen Bizet With Miss Garden Saturday Matinee--Boris Godunow Moussorgsky With Mr. Chaliapin Saturday Evening--Faust Gounod The Second Week Monday--Mefistofele Boito With Mr. Chaliapin Tuesday--Snow-Maiden Rimsky-Korsakow Wednesday Matinee--Traviata Verdi Wednesday Evening--Carmen Bizet With Miss Garden Thursday--Boris Godonow Moussorgsky With Mr. Chaliapin Friday--Manon Massenet Saturday Matinee--Le Jongleur de Notre Dame Massenet and 'II Maestro di Capella Paer Saturday Evening--Otello Verdi