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mm ts th« > may cs by Dur- radam ■ Tos- entire PSSflll 'en at eason. Meli- ?ess la quired iredth event which in Pe- ilcians iposer HEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN. ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, APRIL 20. Wl3. 5 C of I ee le i *. • 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. 0 0 0 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. • • • 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. • * * 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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