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HEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN. ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, APRIL 20. Wl3.
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Southern Cities Send
Hosts to Atlanta for
Grand Opera Festival
Macon
M ACON, April 19.—Many Macon
society people expect to attend
the grand opera in Atlanta.
Mrs. H. M. Wortham. Mrs. J. O.
Stevens and Sam Dunlap will be the
guestB of Mrs. Illah Dunlap Little.
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Outz, Mrs. J. M.
Johnston. Mrs. J. W. Shinholser, Mrs.
H. W. Walker, Miss Ida Holt, Miss
Jeanie Craig, Miss Clara Bancroft,
Miss Helen Barnes, Misa Kathleen
Harper, Mrs. Robert W. Barnes, Mrs.
Mlnter Wimberly, Mr. and Mrs. Al
bert Bach, Mr. and Mrs. Roland Ell's,
Miss Ida Guttenberger, Mrs. Herbert
H. Haley, Mrs. Vanhoose Glover, Mr.
and Mrs. E. N, Lewis, Mr, and Mrs.
Monroe Ogden, Miss LoulBe Single-
ton and Miss Mary West Craige are
others who will attend one or more
of the operas.
Cartersville
C ARTERSVILLE, April 19.—Car-
tersvllD will be well represented
in Atlanta next week at grand
opera.
Mrs. Lillie Harris will be the truest
of Mrs. Jessie McGarrtty.
Miss Jessie Daves will be with
Misses Helen and Margaret Brown,
at Agnes Scott.
Others to attend are Mr. ar.d Mrs.
J. A. Miller. Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Au
burn, Messrs. Joseph and John Cal
houn, Mrs. Lila Morgan, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Munford, Mr. and Mrs.
Bradley Howard.
j “Charleston
C HARLESTON, S. C., April 19.—
Mrs. Oscar E. Johnson and Miss
Lillie Roach, of this city, will
enjoy grand opera week in Atlanta.
Mrs. Johnson is now the guest of Mrs.
De Los Hill, of Atlanta, planning to
remain for the opera. Mias Roach
while in Atlanta, is the guest of
Mrs. F. C. Roach.
Charleston sent about a dozen visi
tors to Atlanta last year for grand
opera week, and many of these are
now considering again enjoying the
rare pleasure the occasion affords.
I Misse» Bessie and Cora Atkinson, Mr.
Eddie Cohen, Mr. Everett Atkinson,
I Mr. Hill Morris, Mr. Louis Snellings,
Mr. Frank Austin, Miss Ree Jarboe,
Miss Willie May Richardson and
Misses Louise and Halite McHenry.
Frances Smith, of Brunswick, Mr.
and Mrs. George Reid and Mrs.
John Callaway will stop at 614 North
Boulevard. ,
Miss Gertie Treanor will be at the
Piedmont.
Mrs. Joe Pottle, son and t\v
daughters, Hattie and Hary, will stop
at the Kimball.
Mrs. John Allen and daughter, Isa-
bell, will stop at the Kimball.
Miss Julia Troutman will be at the
Marion.
Mrs. H. D. Allen and daughter,
Jessie, will visit Mrs. Mattie Bivins
at 66 West Fifth Street.
Mrs. Ed Treanor and daughter,
Sapelo, will stop at 178 Washington
Street.
Stories of the Operas Told in
Brief and Stars Who Will Sing
Cordele j! Tifton
C ORDELE, April 19.—A number
from Cordele who will attend
grand opera in Atlanta are:
Mrs. O. M. Heard, Mr. and Mrs.
J. K. Livingston, who will be at th"
Piedmont hotel.
Mrs. H. C. Wheeler, will be enter
tained by her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. D. Benson.
Miss Lamar Byals will be the guest
of Miss Cherry Beman, at Agnes
Scott College, Decatur.
Mrs. Julius Heard, of Vienna, will
Join the Cordele party, and will also
be a guest at the Piedmont.
Dalton
D ALTON, April 19.—Among the
compliments to Miss Linda
Felker, of Monroe, the house
guest of Mrs. F. K. McCutchen, this
week, were the six o'clock dinner, at
which her hostess entertained, the
afternoon bridge and "42” parties at
which Mrs. G. M. Felker was hos
tess.
Friday evening at the Auditorium
of the City Park school more than
a score of the prominent young peo
ple of the city presented “A Day at
the Union Station.” for the benefit
or the building fund of the First
Fresbyterian Church.
Athens
R OME, April 19.—Among these
who will go to Atlanta during
grand opera week are:
Miss Lena Knowles, Miss Leticia
Johnson. Mrs. J. Lindsay Johnson,
Mr. Glover McGhee, Miss Martha
Long, Mrs. Barry Wright, Miss Susie
Bowie, Mrs. W. P. Harbin. Mrs. How
ard Hull, Miss Alida Printup, Mrs.
J. H. Harrison, Mrs. R W. Graves,
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Lindsey, Miss
Bessie nieore. Miss Lucile Watters,
Crampton Watters, Louis Wrigh-,
Mrs. F, E. Valsslere and many others.
A THENS, April 19.—Among those
who will attend grand opera
from Athens will be:
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Phinizv, with
Mr. and Mrs. Ransom Wright.
Miss Rosa Smith, with Miss Barili.
Airs. T. H. McHattan, with her sis
ter, Mrs. Fleming Winecoff.
Mrs. Blanton Fortson as the guest
of Mrs. Harvey Phillips.
Miss Ruth Tribble, with Mrs. S. K.
Dick.
Aliss Cora Brown, with her par
ents, Gov. and Mrs. Joseph M.
Brown.
Airs. Sarah Cobb Baxter, with Mrs.
Mude Barker Cobb.
Miss Mary Lyndon, with Mrs. Thos.
A. Burke on West Peachtree Street.
Miss Eleanor Lustrat, with her sU-
ter, Mrs. Fleming Winecoff.
Miss Callle Lumpkin, with Mrs. J
H. Lumpkin.
At the Georgian Terrace will be
Mr. Carlisle Cobb, Aliases Mary and
Susie Gerdine, Air. and Airs. J. T
Dudley, Miss Louise Kvtle, M'ss
Eunice Reed, Mrs. I. H. Goss, Mrs,
E. B. Ivey and Alias Eugenia Ivev.
Miss Louise Walker, of Lucy Cobb,
will also attend.
A sheville, n. c., April 19.—
Western North Carolina, espec
ially Ashville will be well rep
resented in Atlanta during grand
opera week.
Air. and Mrs. George H. Smathers
and daughter. Miss Ellen Smathers
leave Sunday night for Atlanta. They
will be Joined there by Mrs. Henry
Bartlett, of Alontgomery, Ala., '.he
daughter of Mrs. Smathers.
| Waycross
WAYCROSS. April 19.—Quite a
number of Waycross people will at
tend grand opera this season. Those
planning to go from here include Sen
ator and Mrs. George W. Deen and
daughter, .Miss Esther Deen: Colonel
and Mrs. Leon A. Wilson, Mrs. James
Sinclair, Airs. W. W. Lambdin, Airs.
J. L. Walker and daughter. Miss An
nie Laurie Walker.
M ARIETTA. April 19.—Amont.
those from Alarietta who will
attend grand opera In Atlanta
are Mrs. A. V. Cortelyou, Mrs. Henry
Wyatt, Sr., Mrs. C. M. Crosby, Mrs.
r, c. M. Lovell, Mrs. G. D. Anderson,
Mrs Raiph W. Nostheutt, Miss Mable
I 'ortelyou. Miss Virginia Crosby, Mies
Nell Atkins, Miss Margaret Reynolds,
Aliss Louise Schillings, Aliss Edna
Schillings Miss Julia Schillings, Miss
Irene Schillings. Mr. A. A. Irwin and
Air. Paul Lovejoy.
Miss Vivian Seals Birmingham will
be’ the guest of Airs. Henry Wyatt,
Jr.
Oxford
O XFORD, April 19.—More than a
score of Oxford people will attend
grand opera in Atlanta next
week Most of them, however, will
attend the Saturday m*tlnee only-
\fl93 Anne Sue Bonnell, Miss Sara
Yranham, Mrs. Bonnell Stone and
Miss Emma Louise Stone tvill be
guests of Mrs. H. E W. Palmer.
Air. H. J. Pearce, Jr., and Mr. W.
W. Irvin will visit Mr. W. A. Lo-
ga Mlss Sue' Means will visit Mrs.
Paul Campbell.
Mrs. J. G. Stipe will be the guest
of Mrs. Martha Boynton.
Miss Mary Hill Moore will visit
Mrs. MftTtha Boynton.
Mr T B Magath will be the guest
of Mr. Dr. Hal M. Davison.
S AVANNAH. April 19.—The fol
lowing will be in Atlanta next
week for the grand opera sea
son :
Mr. and Mrs. T. Mayhew Cunning
ham, with Mrs. Robert Alston.
Mrs. C. B. Malone, with Mrs. Flem
ing du Bignon.
Mr. and Mrs. Mills B. Lane, with
Mr. and Mrs. Clark Howell.
Miss Helen Rowland, with Mr. and
Mrs. O. C. Drew.
Misses Laleah and Debbrah Ad
ams, with Mr. and Mrs. Cam Dorsey.
Mrs. Julian de Bruyn Keps, with
Miss Woodberry.
Miss Mildred Cuckenheimer, with
Miss Montag.
Mrs. J. J. Gaudry, Miss Phoebe El
liott, Miss Louise Reese, Miss Cath
erine Candler, Miss Rosalind Wood.
Miss Nellie Harty and others will
attend.
Thomasville
T homasville, April 19.—Mrs. j.
Hansell Merrill left last night
for Atlanta, where she will be
the guest of Mrs. Thad Hammond
during the season of grand opera.
Miss Nanine Timberlake, of Staun
ton, Va., who has been the popular
guest for some weeks of her sister,
Mrs. Hansell Watt, will stop next
week in Atlanta, en route home, to
attend grand opera.
Miss Ethel Spence will spend next
week in Atlanta for grand opera, and
will be with Miss Woodberry on
Peachtree Street.
Miss Nell Pringle will be among
the Thomasville people who will
spend the latter part of next week
in Atlanta for grand opera. It is
probable that Mr. and Mrs. George
Cox may go up at the same time.
T IFTON. April 19.—Miss Hattie
Cobb left Friday at noon for
Atlanta, where she will be the
guest of Mrs. J. H. Johnson during
grand opera week. From Atlanta Miss
Cobb goes to Canton, Acworth and
Locust Grove for a several weeks’
visit.
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f Anniston
A nniston, aia„ April 19.—Sev
oral will go from this city to
grand opera in Atlanta next
week.
Mrs. James Keith, Miss Katherine
Keith and Mrs. W. L. McCaa, who
will stop at the Piedmont.
Mrs. W. W. Brown. Mrs. C. M.
Woodruff and Miss Hannah Reynolds,
will be at other hotels.
Miss Julia Hilley Casen, will be the
guest of Miss Margaret Houser at
Agnes Scott.
Chattanooga j
C HATTANOOGA. April 19.—Many
prominent people from here will
attend grand opera.
Mrs. S. H. Campbell will be the
guest of Mrs. Jerome Simmons.
Mrs. C. C. Nottingham, who is now
visiting Miss Sally Eugenia Brown,
w’ill be Joined by Mr. Nottingham
and they will be entertained by Mr.
C. Woolford.
Mrs. Z. C. Patten, Sr., and sister,
Mrs. S. R. Read, will spend the weeit
in Atlanta for grand opera, leaving
Monday.
Miss Elizabeth Lead will be the
guest of Misses Margaret and Helen
Brown.
Miss Dorothea Snodgrass will be
with Miss Margaret McCallie, at
Agnes Scott College.
Mrs. N. H. Grady will be with Miss
Margaret Bonner.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Spears and Miss
Gertrude Alexander will be in At
tendance.
Mr. and Mrs. George D. Lancas
ter will be guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Owens.
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Birmingham
B irmingham, Aorii 19.—Mr. ani
Mrs. Felix Drennan, of Birming
ham will spend opera week in
Atlanta.
Other Birmingham people who will
he here for opera are Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Berry*. They will be the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Bullow Camp
bell.
D ALTON, April 19.—A number of
Dalton people are planning to
go to Atlanta next week to at
tend grand opera.
Miss Irene Hunt will be the guest
of Mr. and Mrs. K. R. Showaiter.
Mrs. C. M. Hollingsworth and Miss
Marie Hollingsworth will be guests
of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Fuller.
Mrs. W. M. Hardwick will visit Mr.
and Mrs. F. J. Parmalee.
Mrs. W. D. King and Miss Lavinia
King will be guests of Mr. and Mrs.
S. T. Maddox.
Others from Dalton will include
Mrs. Paul Trammell. Mrs. G. M. Can
non, Jr., Dr. and Mrs. M. M. Puck-
ette. Miss Louise Sutherland, Mrs.
W. R. Cannon, Mrs. J. P. Herndon.
Mrs. Neal Hamilton and Mrs. H. i.
Smith.
A ugusta. April 19.—Mrs. a. j.
Kirkpatrick and Mrs. W. C.
Boykin, of Augusta, will be
guests of Governor and Mrs. Joseph
M. Brown for grand opera. Other
Augusta ladies going for the week
are:
Mrs. T. C. Jowitt, Mrs. James A.
Anderson. Mrs. L. Burrus and
Mrs. R. T. Barksdale.
| West Point
W EST POINT. April 19.—West
Point will be well represented
at grand opera In Atlanta next
week.
Mrs. W. C. Lanier and Mrs. J. C.
Lanier will be the guests of Mr*.
Shutze on West Peachtree Street.
Mrs. William Huff, Miss Martha
Horsley. Mrs. Jamie Hudmond, and
Mr. and Mrs. John Horsley will be
entertained by Mrs. Frank Boland.
Mr. Walter P. Thomas will be with
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis W. Thomas on
Peachtree Road.
Mrs. A. D. Furguson, Mrs. Hey man
Hagedorn, Mr. D. L. Adams, Miss
Emma Adams, Miss Marguerite
Adams, Miss Mary Willie Askew,
Mr. and Mis. J. A. Avery, Miss Mat-
tie Lou Scott, Miss Mary Scott, and
Messrs. Phil and Lanier Branson at
the Piedmont Hotel.
Madison
M adison, ga., April i9.—Mrs.
M. F. Brooks will be with M.s.
M. O. Jackson during the week
of grand opera In Atlanta. Others at
tending will be Mr. and Mrs < or-
nelius Vason, Mrs. V\. E. Adams,
M ILLEDGEVILLE, April 19-
Several of Milledgeville’s so
ciety folk will' go to Atlanta
for grand opera next week.
Mlases Elizabeth Jones, Leila La
mar and Mrs. W. L. Ritchie will stop
at the Aragon.
Air. and Mrs. T. M. Hall with Mits
GREENVILLE. S. C.. April 19 —
Among the Greenville party that will
go to Atlanta for opera week will be
Mrs. William Priestly Conyers. A
large party will go from Greenville.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Trapler Hayne
have issued cards of Invijation to the
marriage of their daughter, Adelp, to
Mr. John Gordon Scott, the ceremony
to take place April 29, at Christ
Church.
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j Nashville j
NASHVILLE, April 19.—Nashville
society will be prominently repre
sented at the most important musical
and social event of the South, the ap
pearance of the Metropolitan grand
opera in Atlanta.
Among those to go ptp Mrs. Wal
ker Edwards, Mr. and Mrs. John B.
McFerrin and Mrs. John Arnold Bell,
who have reserved a box for the week.
They will be at the Georgian Ter
race as will be Mrs. E. W. Cole, Mrs.
Whiteford R. Cole. Mrs. George W.
Hale and Mr. Dempsey Weaver who
have also taken a box for the week.
Others who will be there for the
week are Mies Alice R. Smith, Mrs.
Claude Waller, Mrs. Joseph Thomp
son, Mrs. Walter Keith. Mrs W. D.
Haggard, and Miss Elizabeth Price.
Reservations have been secured at
the Terrace, while Miss Madge Hall
and Mrs. Grafton Greene, wife of
Judge Grafton Green of the Tennes
see Supreme Court, will be at the
Piedmont.
A T LAST! To-morrow night the
opera 9eason begins, and it
promises to be the most suc
cessful we have yet had. The pro
gram for the week and a very brief
outline of each opera follows:
Monday Evening, April 21, 8 o'clock
Puccini’s Opera
MANON LESCAUT
(In Italian)
Manon Lucrezla Borl
Lescaut Antonio Scottl
Dee Grleux Enrico Caruso
Ceronte Andrea de Segurola
Edmondo Angelo Bada
L’Oste Paolo Ananlan
Maestro Di Bade ..... .Albert Reiss
Un Muslco Marla Duchene
Sergente Vincenzo Reschlglian
Lamplonajo Pietro Audlsio
Comandante Glullo Rossi
Conductor: Giuseppe Sturani.
“Manon Lescaut.” the third of Puc
cini’s operas; first performance In
America in 1894. Text based on Pre-
vost’s “Manon Lescaut,” arranged in
four acts.
First act opens before an »nnn
where students are Binging and wait
ing for girls to come from w >rk.
Des Grieux enters but does not Join
them. Manon and Lescaut, her broth
er, alight from a coach and Des
Grieux accosts her. She is on her
way to a convent but promise* *o
meet him later. Geronte, another ad
mirer of Manon, plans to carry her
off, Edmondo, a student, overhears his
plan®; advises Des Grieux to take
Manon away, which he does; Lescaut
and Geronte follow.
Second act reveals Manon as the
sweetheart of Geronte. She is in his
Paris apartments, but is sad as she
remembers Des Grieux. A dance fol
lows, and in Geronte’s absence Dos
Grieux appears. In midst of their
loving interview Geronte returns, pro
tends to give them their freedom, and
leaves. Her brother urged them to
fly, but as they attempt to do so the
door is locked by Geronte’s orders.
Manon is arrested and taken away
and Des Grieux attempts to follow.
The third act opens in a square At
Havre. Manon, in prison, tells Les
caut and Des Grieux through the bars
that she is to be exiled to America
Their attempt at rescue is thwarted
and Manon is escorted by guards to
a vessel. Des Grieux tries to walk
by her side but the sergeant pushes
him away, the captains of the
vessel sympathize with him and
smuggle him aboard.
The fourth act reveals a desert
place near New Orleans. Manon and
Des Grieux are wandering about ex
hausted, and seeking shelter. D. j s
Grieux seek® water and is absent u
long time. Manon thinks he has de
serted her and lays down to die. Des
Grieux returns with the water too
late and Manon dies in his arms.
Tuesday Afternoon, April 22, at 2
o'clock
Verdi’s Opera
LA TRAVIATA
(In Italian)
Violetta Frieda Hempel
Flora Bervolse Jeane Maubourg
•Annina Marie Mattfeld
Alfredo UmSerto Macnez
George Germont. . . Pasquale Amato
Gastone Angelo Bada
Barone Douphol.Vlncenzr Reachigllan
Marcheae d’Oblgny.. Bernard Begue
Dottore Grenvil Paolo Anaman
Divertlsement by the Corps de Ballet
Conductor: Giuseppe Sturani.
“La Traviata,” an opera by Verdi in
three acts; was first produced at Ven
ice, March 6, 1853.
First act opens with a gay party
at Violetta’s house where a supper is
being given. Among the guests abo it
is Alfred Germont, a young man pas
sionately in love with Violetta. The
strength of his passion influences her
to cherish a similar sentiment for
him.
Second act ehpwE her living In se
clusion with her sweetheart in a
country house near Paris. She has
sold her property in the city to sup
port herself. Alfred discovers this
and refuses to receive her bounty.
He sets out for Paris to recover the
property. His father visits Violetta
during his absence, and pleads with
her to forsake Alfred for his own
account as well as to save his family
from disgrace. The father’s grief
touches her; she consents and returns
to Paris, to resume her old life. Flora
Belvoix, one of her associates, gives a
ball where Alfred meets her again
and overwhelms her with reproaches,
finally renouncing her by flinging her
miniature at her feet in the presence
of the guests. Violetta, hurt by her
degradation, goes home to die and too
late Alfred learns the real sacrifice
she has made for him. He tried to
comfort her, but she dies forgiving
and blessing him.
Wednesday Evening, April 23, at 8
o’clock
Walter Damrosch’s Opera
CYRANO
(In English)
Cyrano Pasquale Amato
Roxane Frances Alda
Duenna Marie Mattfeld
Lise Rosina Van Dyck
Mother Superior ....Maria Duchene
Christian Riccardo Martin
Ragueneau Albert Reiss
De Guiche Putnam Griswold
Le Bret William Hlnshaw
A Muskeeter Basil Ruysdael
Montfleury Lambert Murphy
A Monk Antonio Plni-Gorsi
Conductor: Alfred Hertz.
Cyrano; opera in four acts with li
bretto by W. J. Henderson; music
by Walter Damrosch.
First act is in a Parisian hotel, dur
ing the reign of Louis XIII; a coterie
of ladies and their admirers have
met to applaud the verses of Mont
fleury. Waiting for the play to begin,
Le Bret receives the confidences of
Christian, Baron de Neuvillette. a fel
low’ member of the Gascony Cadets
Le Bret learns Christian is in love
with Roxane. Le Bret tells him Rox
ane is a cousin of Cyrano, swords
man, wit and poet. Cyrano wagers
that- he will stop the performance of
Montfleury. Roxane comes in on the
arm of De Guiche. The curtain rises
and Montfleuiy begins to sing. Cyra
no rises and bids him to remove him
self and Montfleury retires. De
Guiche challenges Cyrano to a duel
which Cyrano wine. Cyrano then ad
mits to Le Bret that, despite his big
nose, he dares to love Roxane. Rox
ane asks him to meet her. Le Bret
tells Cyrano that De Guiche is waiting
outside to attack him. Cyrano goes
forth and disperses his foe®.
Second act. Cyrano goes* to Rague-
neaus’ pastry shop and drives out
all of the occupants. Roxane enters
and confesses that she loves Chris
tian and begs of Cyrano to protect
him. Cyrano, suppressing his grief,
promises. Cyrano tells Christian that
he is Roxane’s brother, and that she
in in love with him (Christian), and
that she expects a letter. Christian
tells Cyrano he “is a fool in une of
words,” and Cyrano suggests that
they woo Roxane together, to which
Christian agrees.
Act three, Christian, thinking he
can better his cause by direct love-
making induces Cvrano to retire. Rox
ane sits with Christian on the foun
tain seat but, displeased with his love-
making. leaves him. Cyrano induces
her to go back and, Impersonating
Christian. wMns Roxane’s love and the
coveted kiss for him. Christian climbs
tho balcony to obtain it. As Roxane
enters the house, a monk gives her
a letter from De Guiche asking a
meeting. Roxane pretends it Is a
message asking that the monk marry
her to Christian without delay. Cyra
no detains De Guiche without while
the ceremony is being performed. Do
Guiche. furious, order* the Gascony
Cadets to Arras and bids Christian
to join his company at once. Cyrano
promisee to protect Christian and see
that he writes every day.
Act four; Christian extorts from
Cyrano the confession that he has
written two letters every day to Rox
ane and tells Christian that she has
come to chare his fate. They endeav
or to persuade her to leave, but in
vain. Roxane praises Christian for
his letters and Christian accuses Cy
rano of having written “not my love,
but your own," and bid® him tell her
so that she may choose between them.
He rushes off to the battle which is
beginning. While Roxane repeats to
Cyrano what she told Christian men
enter bearing the body of Christian.
Roxane sinks down beside him and
draws forth the letter. Cyrano, see
ing that his own letter has become
Christian’s dying words, rushes up the
ramparts with a cry of “Now wel
come death!” Cyrano fall® wounded,
while Roxane is borne off fainting to
a convent. Roxane is informed that
two fugitives from Arras have al
ready been sheltered within their
walls Cyrano staggers to a seat In
the garden and at dark Roxane And®
him. Cyrano bids her think of Chris
tian whose glory now’ is hers. Rox
ane draws forth the letter. Cyrano
pretends to read it but she sees that
he is reciting the letter from mem
ory and recalls his voice as that which
sang of love to her. The truth becom
ing apparent to her, she taxes Cyrano
with being her true lover, but he de
nies everything. Cyrano is fast bleed
ing to death. Roxane accuses her
self of having wrecked his life w’hen
he staggers to his feet in the moon
light, and, sjjvord in hand, reveals his
chivalrous soul in a dying invocation.
Thursday Afternoon, April 24, at 2
o'clock
Ponchlelll'a Opera
LA GIOCONDA
(In Italian)
La Gioconda Emmy Destlnn
Laura Adorno Loulae Homer
Alvise Badero... Andrea de Segurola
La Cleca . Marla Duchene
Enzo Grlmaldo Enrico Caruso
?® rnaba Dint, Gllly
?“*"• Bernard Benue
Un Cantor*.. . Vincenzo Reechifllian
'«P<> Pierto Audlilo
Act I. Dlvertleement. "La Furlana."
Act III, Dance of the Hours, by the
Corps de Ballet.
Conductor: Arturo Toscanini.
“La Gioconda,” opera in four acts;
scene is laid in Venice in the seven
teenth century.
First Act. called “The Lion’s
Mouth, ’ opens in the courtyard of
the Dural Palace on the occasion of
a great festivity. The crowd goes
to see the sports and Baraaba, the
Inquisition’s spy, is left alone. He
sings his love for Gioconda. who
approaches leading her blind mother,
La Cleca, to a neighboring church.
Barnaba seizes her and forces his pro
testation of love upon her so violent
ly that the mother makes an outcry.
The crowd returns with winner of
the regatta in triumph, making sport
of Tuane, the loser, who is persuad
ed by Barnaba that his defeat was
the result of La Cieca's spells. Enzo.
a noble whom Gioconda loves, ap
pears with I-a Gioconda and rescues
La Cleca, The crowd turns against
him, Just as Aloise, one of the In
quisition chiefs, appears w ith his wife,
Laura. La Cleca gives Laura tier
rosary as a mark of gratitude. Laura
recognizes Enzo to whom she was
once affianced and whom she still
loves. Barnaba tells him that his love
for Laura is no secret and that she
will be on his ship at nightfall. Barn-
aba's purpose being to get Enzo out
of the way so he may have Gioconda
himself. A spy warns Aloise that
Enzo is about to elope w’ith Laura.
Second Act. “The Roses;” place; on
board Enzo’s vessel. Barnaba ap
proaches in his boat singing. Enzo.
on his vessel, sings his love for Laura,
who approaches in another boat. The
jealous Gioconda attempts to slab her
‘Laura’ but refrains, when Laura lifts
the rosary which La Cieca had given
her.
Barnaba and Aloise approach, but
Gioconda gets Laura away before
their arrival. A dramatic scene en
sue® between Enzo and Gioconda and
Enzo sets his vessel afire knowing
the Venetian galleys surround him.
Third Act, “The House of Gold,”
Aloise determines to poison Laura
during a fete and notified her that
she must drink the poison he places
before her. Gioconda enters, gives
Laura a narcotic, transferring the
poison to her own phial. Aloise re
turns, sees the empty bottle and
thinks his revenge is complete. The
scene'changes to a brilliant fete. Enzo
appears, believing Barnaba’s story
that Laura is dead. He discloses his
love for her and is threatened with
Aloise’s vengeance.
Fourth Act. “The, Orfano Canal.”
opens in the vestibule of a ruined pal
ace, Gloconda’s home. Two street sin
gers enter bringing the sleeping
Laura. Gioconda is tempted to take
her life. Enzo comes in and, suppos
ing Laura dead, he is about to take
Gloconda’s life in revenge when Laura
aw’akes and reveals to him who has
saved her. Gioconda pretending to
keep her word to Barnaba, stabs her
self, with the words, “I have sworn
to be thine.”
Friday Evening, April 25. at 8 o’clock
Offenbach’s Fantastic Opera
THE TALES OF HOFFMANN
(In French)
Olympia Frieda Hempel
Glulietta Marie Duchene
Antonia Lucrezla Borl
Nlclaus Jeanne Maubourg
Hoffmann Carl Jorn
Dapertutto Dlnh Gllly
Coppelius Leon Rothler
Miracle Leon Rothler
8palanzanl and
Schlemll Andrea de Segurola
Llndorff Basil Ruysdael
Creapei Giutlo Rosal
Cochenllle and Franz. . Albert Reiss
Pltlchinacclo Angelo Bada
Natanael Petro Audlsio
Hermann Paolo Ananlan
Luther Bernard Begue
Conductor: Giuseppe Sturani.
“The Tales of Hoffmann.” This lyric |
opera i® arranged in a prologue, and
three scenes. It was first produced I
in Paris In 1880. The libretto is by
Jules Barbier, being baRed on the fa
mous tales of Hoffmann. The pro
logue reveals that the wealthy Lln
dorff In love with the singer, Stella,
with whom Hoffmann has also loved.
When they meet their love is renewed
and an appointment is made. Lln
dorff plans to make Hoffmann drurjt
so as to disgust Stella with him.
While intoxicated Hoffmann tells his
friends the story of his three love ad
ventures. In the first scene Hoffmann
is in love with the automaton, Olym
pia, which is exhibited by Coppelius
as his daughter. Hoffmann is so en
tranced that he bogs Coppelius to
reveal him tlie secret. The second
scene shows beautiful Glulietta en
tertaining her admirers in Venice, the
favorite being Schlemll, (the man
w’ithout a shadow.) His enemy Dap
ertutto, who owns Schlemfi’s shadow’,
connives with Glulietta who Induces
Hoffmann to exchange his shadow for
her love. She then violates her prom
ise and betrays him to his enemies.
In the third scene the inamorata Is
Antonia, the daughter of Crespo’,
whose mother has been a. famous
singer and whose death was occa
sioned by Dr. Miracle, who resem
bles the character of Svengali. As
Antonia is In failing health her father
forbids her to sing. Hoffmann fall®
in love w’ith her, but Crespel. fearing
he will encourage her to sing, op
poses his suit. Thus a quarrel ensues
between Crespel and Dr. Miracle and
the spirit of the mother is summoned.
The spirit requests Antonia to sing.
She attempts it and dies and thus
Hoffmann loses his bride.
These are the stories which Hoff
mann relates. In the epilogue he
sings a song to Stella, and 1® left
with his bottle—“all I have to em
brace.” The famous barcarole (“Fair
night, 0, night of love”) is sung by
Antonia and Hoffmann.
Saturday Afternoon, April 26, at 2
o’clock
Donizetti’s Opera
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR
(In Italian)
Lucia Frieda Mempel
Alisa Marie Mattfeld
Eduardo Umberto Macnez
Lord Enrico Aahton.Pasquale Amato
Ralmondo Gulllo Rosal
Arturo Angelo Bada
Normanno Pietro Audlilo
Conductor: Qlueeppe Sturrnf.
An opera In three acts.
The subject is from Sir Walter
Scott’s novel, “The Bride of Lambcr-
moor.” Ashton, brother of Lucy, has
arranged a marriage between her and
Arturo in order to save himself from
ruin. Edgardo is deeply in love with
Lucy but during his absence his let
ters are intercepted by Ashton who
tails her of Edgardo’s infidelity. Lucy,
overcome with grief, consents to a
marriage with Lord Buoklow. As
the ceremony is about to take place
Edgardo appears, and tramples the
forged proof under his feet, hurling
an imprecation upon the house ol
Lammermoor. On leaving he is fo’-
lowed by Ashton and their quarrel
ends in a challenge. Lucy, in ha?
grief, becomes insane and stabs Artu
ro. When she returns to reason and
realizes what she has done she ia
overcome and death soon puts on end
to her wretchedness. Edgardo a wag
ing the duel in the church yard, hears
the bells toll and learns from the ser
vants of Lucy's death. He kills him
self among the graves of hi® ances
tors.
Saturday Evening, April 26, at 8
o’clock
Puccini’s Opera
TOSCA
(In Italian)
Florla Toaca Emmy'Dectinn
Mario Cavaradoeal.... Enrico Caruso
II Barone Scarpla Antonio Scottl
Cesare Angelottl Glullo Rossi
II Sagrestano.. . .Antonio Plnl-Corsi
Spoletta Angelo Bada
Sclarrone Bernard Begue
Un Carcerlere ...Paolo Ananlan
Un Paetore Jeanne Maubourg
Conductor: Arturo Toecanlni.
This beautiful work is one of Puc
cini’s greatest opera®; it Is in three
acts; text by Giocasa; first produced
in Rome in 1890 and in New York
the following year.
The story is intensely dramatic.
‘There is no overture, three gloomy
chords are sounded and the curtain
rises. CavaradoKsl, a painter, is at
work in the church, and Angelottl, a
prisoner, seeks refuge there. A love
scene follows between the painter and
Tosca. Scarpia. the chief of police,
tracks Angelottl to the church and
finds evidence of the prisoner’s re
cent presence. Angelotti’s sister, who
ha.s left a dress as her brother’s dis
guise, in her hurry drops her fan.
Tosca suspects Cavaradossl had left
with some women. The second act
Cavaradossl is found at Tosca’s villa,
and is arrested by Scarpla iai the
hope of finding Angelottl. In desper
ation. Tosca reveals Angelotti’s hiding
place, and her sweetheart Is impris
oned. Angelottl is found but kills
himself. Scarpia presents the alter
native to Tosca of Cavaradossl's in
stant death or her own dishonor. A
mock execution is planned and Tosca
agreed if Scarpla will allow her and
her sweetheart to leave the following
morning.
While Scarpia is signing the agree
ment Tosca stabs him. In the last
act Tosca visits Cavaradossl and tells
him of the mock execution. The
soldiers, however, kill him. At the
same time Scarpia’s guards appear in
search of Tosca for slaying their mas
ter. As Tosca sees them and becomes
aware of their purpose she leaps to
her death from the prison ramparts.
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