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WEDNESDAY. APRIL 26, 1916
Donuizetti’s Old Opera Still Holds Its Charm, Says Meltzer
.
Artist's Personal Magnetism and
Finished Singing Bring Her
Great Triumph.
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR,
Opera in three acts (in [talian).
~core by Gaetano Donizetti.
LUCI® ««.3os. i i Maria Barrientos
Alig@ iviyeeeey i Marie Mattfeld
rdgardo . ..... Giovanni Martinelli
Lord Ashton ..... Giuseppe de Luca
Raimondo ........... Leon Rothier
AVt seviiso s vassns s Artwro Bada
Normanno ......... Pietro Audisio
Conductor—Gaetano Ravagnoli,
By CHARLES HENRY MELTZER.
“Lacia d} Kammermooer,” the
melodic masterpiece of Donizetti,
was performed at the Auditorium
vesterday afternoon.
1f the composer of that work
could but have left the church in -
which, they say, his ashes are en
shrined at Bergamo, he might
have liked to know that, after a
whole century, he was popular in
Atlanta. % ’
Four thousand lovers of pure
music, of the florid kind, were
present. . When the chief artists
in the cast came to the end of the
unwearying Sextet, the audience
clapped and cat-called till the
whole wonderful number was
sung again. .
The “Mad Scene” gave the sié:-
nal for moie transports. But the
Lucia of the hour was not com
pelled to recommence that amaz
ing episode,
So ige has not quite stated the
favorite opera. And even if it
had, we should find tens of thou
sands eager, from historical and
sentimental reasons, to hear a
work their forerunners had raved
over,
Why not? There is room for
many stvles in opera. There are
some of us who swear hy modern
music. And there are others who
#till think “old songs are best.”
Mr. Gatti-Casazza, the manager
of the Metropolitan, dislikes Gallle
art. But Mme. Alda, his bewitch
ing wife, delights in it. Let no
one cost a stone ot nizetti while
there are ears to hiear the beau- '
fies of “Lucia.” Some things in it
may now be out of date. But only
deaf folk could deny the heavenly
charm of the Sextet and other
numbers in the opera.
One may love Donizetti with
out scorning Wagner, And viece
versa :
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The world takeg far less inter
terest than it used to do in the
causes which first led’ the “Bride
of Lammermoor” to forswear her
love for Sir Edgar Ravenwood
and then, after going mad, to die
of ghief. It is not much more
concerned in the fate of Edgar ’
the Edgardo of the opera-—or of
Lord Arthur (the librettist pames
him Arturo). So little did New
Yorkers care what happened to
Bdgar after Lucy (or Lucia) Jost |
her wits, that, till quite lately,
. they went home without even
asking why the management of
the Metropolitan omitted the last
scene-—-which shows how the sor
row-stricken hero kills himself
¢ In many ways the libretto is
preposterous. But “Lucia” does
not live by common sense. It lives
because of its abounding wealth
of melody-—"hand-orgag medko
dtes.” And if they be, that ‘
only proves that they delight the ‘
crowd as much as those whom
Maestro Polacco would describe l
as the art-loving aristorrats |
Those melodies themselves
again, depend for life on thelr I
Interpreters. It takes great voices
and good artists, too, to express
the charm that lies in Donizettl's )
work.
For lack of a fne coloratura
singer, “Lucia™ has, at times, beer
lald away. Then this or that great
artist made her appearance —and
on the instant, the old opera was
revived. Melba and Sembrich ‘
and later Tetrazzini stirred us
into new Interest in the opera i
When they sang in It “Lucia ¢ |
another chance. And the “tunes i
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. Mme. Frances Alda, in private life Mrs. Gatti-Casazza, who will have her greatest oppor
tunity in Atlanta in ““ Aida”’ Thursday afternoon. She scored a wonderful success here last year.
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which had been voted poor and
rackneyed became pearls of price.
In Mme. Maria Barrientos, the
Spanish soprano who imperson
ated Lucia for us at the Audito
rlum vesterday afternmoon, At
lanta heard for the grst
believe with joy—a loflh';m:u}
cessor to the great singers | have
named, i
She is not an artist of an ag
gressive type. She is very doll-_
cate. Some singers try to take
our ears by storm Mme. Bar
rientos, on the other hand, ap
peals and woos. The graces of
her art, her charm and taste, are
what one beging by liking and
soon ends by loving in the new
Lucia, Her volce is small and
light, yet warm and sweet.
Though very tenuous, it is always
true. Mme. Barrientos has it well
under control. No{ for a moment
do we feel alarmed as to what
will happen to it. . Not sos a mo
ment do we, tremble lest, in the
middle of some uitra-florid pas
sage, it should prove wanting.
To sme extent it may be a
“made volee.” That it is beauti
fully young and rare in quality
our ears aswite us. The volce it«
self is strangely virginal. Yet
Mme. Barrientos is no debutante,
theugh, till this season, New York
had not, heard her. For fifteen
years and more she has been a
favorite in Europe and In South
Ameriea, v
Moreover (and 1 am sure this is
not fanciful), there is something
in the volce—and in the art, or If
yvou will, in the personality—of
the Spanish soprand which will
unquektionably steal ilnto the
hearts of all Atlanta operagoers,
That something |» peculiarly fem.
inine and strangely Southern.
The success which Mme. Bar.
rientos scored In Atlanta yester
day afternoon was fully eafned.
1t began whnr' in the earlier
scenes with Edgardo, it was
found that though she had not a
“great” voide, the new Luela
could produce bewitching tones,
of exquisite tenderness. They
were mellow tones, despite their
want of velume, and they were
peautifully “coioted * There were
sloguent tones, which suggested
many moods. They seemed most
suited to the expression of pathos.
In the Sextet, perhaps, the
lightness of the Lucia's soprano
was a handicap. But what was
lacking in power was redeemegd
by art. And, though the Edgar
~do, Mr. Marunelll, at first sang
flat, the number, as has already
been recorded, aroused enthusi
asm.
The crowning triumoh of Mme.
Barrientos came with the “Mad
Scene,” in which the finished
style. the technical surety, the
personal graces and appealing
tones of the haroine proved irre
sistible. Ik the staccato passages
the singer’s voice seemed free and
musical. The absclute ease with
which ‘Mme. Barrientos rippled
through the florid eplsodes in that
“Mad Scene” added greatly to the
pleasure of the audience. And
twice at least the singer charmed
the musical by her command of
what is known as messa di voce—
the art of swelling and warming
tones.
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Mr. Martinelll, as Edgardo,
shared the success of the Luecia.
Excent at 'the beginning of the
Sextet, he was impecacble,
His singing was throughout de
lightful, and at the end, in which
he had things to himself, he
showed his talent as an actor,
Bince last year M. Martinell] has
made wonderful progress, both as
A singer and an artist :
In M. de Luca Atlanta made
the acquaintance of & new bari.
tone, M.'do Luca had no chance
of really giving the full measure
of his art in the character of Lord
Henry Ashton.. He proved, howy
ever, that he had a charming
voige, which had been beawtifully
tr-’f:d. We who have heard him
in New Ym} know, from experi
ence, that M, de Luca Is an ac
complished dctor and a‘singer of
exceptional ability
The cast, an excellent one, in«
cluded M. Rothier, who was more
than equal te his reputation,
Maestro Bavagnoll, a eonductor
who has rendered valuable serv
fren this season at the Metropol
ftan, directed the performance
with guirit and intelligence
THE- ATLANTA' GEORGIAN
A new Aida will be heard by At
lantans Thursday afternoon in the
person of Mme. Frances Alda, the
fine soprano who has sung so wel
in several Atlanta appearances. Those
who remember her Desdemona (one
of her famous roles), her Roxane in
Damrosch’s “Cyrano,” and especially
her Micaela in last season’s “Carmen,”
are anticipating the matinee with
more than ordinary interest,
Mme. Alda was one of the sensa
tional figures In Atlanta opera last
year, though she was cast in a part
in which a more temperamental and
self-conscious star soprano’ would
bave refused, for Migaela is asecond
ary role in the Bizet opera, tite Car
men having most of the spotlight.
But the role has two arlas of not
able beauty, especially the famous “I
Am Not Faint Hearted” In the smug
klers' camp scene, and when Alda
sang this the audience gave her an
ovation which had not been surpassed
even by the applavsesgiven Geral
dine Farrar, the Carmen., There was
curtain call after curtain gall for Alda
and when the opera was over it was
conceded to have been a dual tri
wmph. '
“Mme. Alda is the Piatsy Bolivar
of opera,” said one member of the
Metropolitan Wednesday, “As the
wife of the general manager, Mr.
Gatti-Casazza, she is given compara
tively few big opportunities, lest other
stars should rise up and deciare that
favoritism is rulning opera and true
talent Ras no chance”
The changes in the Atlanta pro
gram fortunately give Mme. Alda two
Appearances instead of the one first
scheduled. She is to sing Mimi in
Puceini’s “La Boheme” on Saturday
Mflll. It is her favorite part, she
sald Wednesday., When Farrar be
il In Boston last week and ean
ooled her engagement Mme, Alda
waAs In New York., Nhe was reached
by telephone, caught a train in an
hour, and sang in “La Boheme” that
right. She is accustomed to taking,
on & moment's notice, the place of
any sopranc who may develop a set
of nerves and, It was a matter of
course with her,
Bishop Candler Is
Clinging to Overcoat
The weather ;cnt;n‘t n a .
:uc k'l.cmnn' '!mm Warren A." Onlm
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.g'h bishop was downtown Wednesday
wrapped to the sars in & wrest coat of
wiiter vintage
AUDIENGE WILD
WHEN oEXTET
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Martinelli Proves His Steel in
. Difficult Arias and Duets
With Barrientos.
Continued From Page 1.
‘it has excellent carrying qualities is
evidenced by auditors in the rear
most seats, who told me thgy hea‘rd
everi/ note with ease .
l When the aria was ended, with that
wonderfully sustained note as its cli
max, Mme, 'Barrlentoa’ hearers paid
her the sincere compliment of walt
ing until the last sound had died
away. Then there was such a storm
of appiause as the Auditorium walls
had naf ec‘oed in many a month. Thc
prima donna smiled delightfully and
bowed ‘again and again., Then Ba
vagnoli, who was conducting, like the
artist he is, with every care for the
‘singer, swept his orchestra into the
‘aven more admirable aria, “Swift u‘
‘Thought.” Here Bariréntos had even
more opportunity for those "bmll
notes™ which have made her famous.
Then Martinelli, the Edgar, entered,
and they sang their series of fine
duets. When the act ended, the pair
were called before the curtain again
and again, g
Audience Goes Mad.
The second act, opening with the
wedding scene, wak splendidly sung.
Then the “great moment” for devotees
of “Lucia” arrived, the famous Sex
tet. It was sung by Martinelli, de
Luca, Barrientos, Rothier, Bada and
Audisio. When it closed, the audi
ence went mad. In vain the Kdgar
and the Enrico drew their swords and
began the action of the next scene. ’
Rothier signaled that Barirentos,
whose face was pillowed on the
basso’s chest, declined to sing again.
But the audience would not be denied.
It “broke yp the show” until at last
Barrientos nodded and Bavagnoli
again took up the familiar notes
which mark the opening of the Sex
tet. It was sung once more and then
the matinee crowd was satisfied to let
the opera go on,
l The third act, though.opening wita
A basso air splendidiy sung by Ro
thier and a chorus of exceptional
beauty, practically is all Barrientos.
It is here that Lucia, having slain her
husband, appears in delirilum and
sings the famous “Mad Scene.”
Such marvelous. scintillating runs
as Barrientos sang! She swept easily,
without apparent offort, into cadenza
which soared into the clouds and
down to earth again. The orchestra
was sllent as she showered her vocal
pearls. There were no words here,
for pot even the liquid Italian could
be sung to such roulades as these.
The diva sang as a mocking bird, rip
pling, staccato notes, free as air.
Toward the close, where she reached
the supreme height of her vocal “fire
works” a flute in the orchestra joined
the voice and they sang in union.
When the curtain fell the audience
rose in its seats and cheered. Bar
rientos was forced to acknowledge a
dozen calls by bowing before the cur
tain,
Martinelli True Artist.
While the Lucla must always be the
outstanding figure when this opera is
irecalled, due praise must be given
Glovanni Martinelll, the excellent
‘ tenor who became such a favorite last
!season. His scenes with Barrientos
in the first act and his part In the
sextet and the dialogue which fol
lows it were splendidly sung. But it
was not until the last act, when Ed
| gar is pouring out his soul at Lucia’s
| tomb, that the ténor had his best op
‘p«»rtunlty. This act was all Marti
jnelll, even as the third was all Bar
rientos. 1 have never heard Marti
néll' sing with such color and such
sSweetness as in the lovely afr, “Oh,
bell’ alma inamorata?”
De Luca, the new baritone, though
in/a role overshadowed by tenor and
soprano, made a most favorable im
pression. Hg is evidently a most fin
ished artist and his volce Is a beau
tiful one. His scenes are in the first
two acts, with several fine arlas and
duets with Lucia, and his fine bari
‘(uno fairly dgminated the sextet
Mme. Barrientos was not heard to
ldvnnuq in this, her volce being
hardly suited to combating such a
flood of sound. Angelo Bada, in the
brief role of Arthur, sang his one
aria beautifully, -
.
Joe Hill Hall Slated
.
For Macon Judgeship
MACON, April 28.--The appointmen:
of Joe Hlll Hall, for sixteen yoars & rep
resentative in the Georgla legislature
from Bibb County, and candidate for
Governor in 1912, as judgs of the City
Court of Macon to take the place of
Judge Robert Hodges, named for the
Court of Appeals to succesd Judge lich
ard P Russell, in regarded as a cortain.
ty here today
The appointment probably will be an
nounced by Governor Harris following
his return 10 Atlanta from his Memoriai
Day speaking appointment at Dublin to
day /
N. Y. /\mcrico'li’“s%
- Moty 0 -Operd
The New York American today
published the following : ;
ATLANTA, GA, April 25.—At
lanta is in the midst of its sev
enth season of grand opera, with
the Metropolitan Company and
recognized musicians from eveyy
part of the South already ac
claiming it by far the most suc- .
cessful from an artistic point of
view, .
The largest throng that ever at
tended an operatic performance in
the South saw the premiere Mon
day night, when Saint-Saens'
“Samson et Dalila’ was presented,
with Messrs. Caruso, Amato and
Rothier and Mme. Ober. X
+lt was the famous German con
tralto’s first attempt to sing the
part of Dalila since she joined the
Metropolitan Company, and her
debut in the role was little short
of a triumph. After her great aria
and duet with Caruso in the sec
ond act, she was asked to respond
to no less than a dozen curtain
calls.
The great tenor, too, was in
splendid voice and was given an
ovation. Amato, as always, sang
in faultless fashion.
Barrientos Makes Debut.
Mme. Barrientog made her At
lanta debut today at matinee in
“Laucia,” substituted at the last
moment for “Butterfly” on ac
count of the illness of Geraldine
Farrar. The audience was hard
ly smaller than on the opening
night, and was decidedly more
demonstrative. The brilllant col
oratura of the Spanish prima don
na swept the throng. The old
Donizetti score has been heard
here time and time again, the last
time with Frieda Hempel in t'he
soprano role. Despite this, Mme.
Barrientos suffered nothing, and
was hailed as the greatest of col
oraturas. She sings again tomor
row night in “La Sonnambula,”
the old Bellini favorite.
Thursday matinee Martinelli,
Alda, Ober and Amato will appear
in “Aida;" Friday evening Ca
ruso and Barrientos in “Martha;"
Saturday matinee Sembach, Go
ritz and Gadski in “Melstersing
er,” and Saturday night the sea
son will close with Caruso, Scottl
and Alda in “La Boheme.”
| Atlanta was mever so brilliant
~ soclally as this week. During the
annual engagement of the Metro
politan all of the clubs in the city,
as well as many private resi
dences, have been the scenes of
magnificent and sumptuous social
affairs,
At Capital City Club.
The largest event of Monday
evening was at the Capital City
Club when the Atlanta Music
Festival Association entertained
at a supper-dance the opera
stars and directors.
Edward H. Inman, president of
-the club, acted as official host, as
sisted by Mrs. Inman. Among the
guests at this table were Mr, Ca
ruso, Mr. and Mrs, Pasquali Am
ato, Mr. and Mrs. Gatti-Casazza,
Mr. Polacco, Miss Leonora
Sparks, Miss Marie Mattfield,
Miss Mason, Mr. Scott and other
members of the Metropolitan; Mr.
and Mrs. Willlam Lawson Peel,
Mr. and Mrs. John W, Grant, Mr.
and Mrs. Hughes dev. Mr.
<-and Mrs. Edwin Johnson, Mr, and
Mrs. Ulric Atkinson, Mr. and Mrs.
H. M. Atkinson and Joseph Brown
Connally. .
Governor and Mrs. John Mar
shall Slaton entertained a large
party in honor of Mr. and Mrs.
William Randolph Hearst, of New
York, and of Mrs. Del.os Blod
gett, of Washington, D. . The
other guests were Miss Blodgett,
of Washington, D. C.; Misses Ha
zel Bliss, Margaret Goodrich and
Virginia Ireland, of New York;
Mr. and Mrs, John E. Murphy,
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Richardson,
Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Mcßurney,
Mr. and Mrs. Preston Arkwright,
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Bryan and
Mrs. Allyn Campbell, of Chicago;
Colonel John Temple Graves, of
Washington, D, C.; E. T. Barham,
of Los Angeles; E. T Lamb, of
Norfolk, Va.; Robin Adair, John
Hardisty, Kenneth Mcßae and
Dr. E. G. Ballenger. »
Mr. and Mre. Edward Alsop en
tertalned Mr. and Mrs, Stewart
Witham, Miss Mignon MeCarty ,
and Prooks Morgan
Visitors Guests in Parties.
Mr. and Mrs. William Kiser en
tertained Mr. and Mrs. Robert ¥,
Maddox, Mr and Mrs. Joseph Ca
tins, Jr. Colonel and Mrs. Rob
ert Lowry, Dr, and Mrs. Phinizy
Calhoun .
Cator Woolford entertained Mr
and Mrs. W, B. Woolford, of Bal
timore, Miss Annle Kilby, Miss
Isoline Camphbell, Eugene V.
Havnes and Norman Cooledge
Mr. and Mrs. Marion Harpér
rotertained for Mr. and Mrs, Poss
Harver, of Philadeirhia, the other
guests being Mr. and Mrs, Wil
Uam Hawkine, Mr and Mrs. A B
Simms and Mr. and Mrs. Pdgar
Dunlap
Mre. B W. MeCerren, Mr, and
Mrs. George W. Nicolson, Mrs. W
W. Kilby, of Anniston: Mr Kil.
Han, of Richmond, and Mr. Beall
formed a party.
Mr and Mre John 8 Cohen had
with them Dr. and Mre. Willis
Westmoreland, Mr. and Mrs Wil
lHam Huntley. of Buffalo, N. Y,
and Mr. and Mre Leowis H. Dack
Occasional changes in of
fice is good policy. Let Pow
ers be Coroner awhile.
Dr. and Mrs. W. 8. Goldshith
entertained Mr. and Mrs, J. B.
Hockaday, Mr. and Mrs. E. T.
Lamb, of Norfolk, and Mr. and
Mrs, W. W. Hockaday, of Jack
sonville.
In Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Da
vis' party were Mr. and Mrs. R.
M. Walker, Miss Katherine Walk
‘er, Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Rambo
and Miss Susan Allston, of
Charleston. S. (~ who Is the guest
of Mrs. Hendy Davis.
Others Who Entertained.
! Mr. and Jrs. James A, Thomas
entertained ‘for Mrs. John C. La
tham, of Louisville, the guest of
Mr. and é\lrs. John B. Howe.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest E. Norris
entertained for their guest, Mrs.
Willlam Taylor Claiborne, of
Knoxville, others of the party be
ing Mr and Mrs. Frank Ferley,
Mr.. and Mrs, Jerome Beam, Mr.
and Mrs. H. B. Scott, Mrs. George
1, Morton, Mrs. A. W. Hill, Judge
B. H. Hill ahd Charles Trabue.
Mr. and Mrs, Chanles T. Nun
nally and Mr. and Mrs. George
Brine formed a party.
In another party were Misses
Marie Dinkind, Hallie Morton,
Helen Rhorer, Alfred Priddy, C'as
sells Young and (farl Ramspeck.
Others entertaining were Mr.
and Mrs. Warner Martin, Mr. and
Mrs. Thornton Marye, Mr. and
Mrs. William Speer, Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Collier, Mr. and Mrs. J. Rus~
sell Porter, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
S. Dean,' Mr. and Mrs. Philip
L'Engle, Mr. and Mrs. R. M, Cal
laway, Mr and Mrs., James T,
Williams, Dr. and Mrs. John H.
Powell, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wat
king, Mr. and Mrs, Luther Rosser,
Jr., Mr. and Mrs. A. BE. Bancker,
Mr. and Mrs. Haynes McFadden,
Mr. and Mrs. A, P. Coles, Mr. and
Mrs. E. H. Goodhart, Mr. and
Mrs. Ben Tye and Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Johnson..
At Druid Hills.
Wednesday night the Druid
Hills Golf Club will entertain
about a thousand guests follow
ing the performance of “La Son
nambula,” while the Piedmont
Driving Club and Capital City
Club beth will have bhig events
that night also.
Thursday the Druid Hills Golf
Club will have its annual dance
and this will be one among the
gayvest events of the entire sea
son. Following the performance
of “Martha” Fridav night there
will be a supper-dance at the*
Capital City Club, for which hun
dreds of reservations already have
been made,
Saturday night will conclude
the engagement of the Metropoli
tan in Atlanta. Following this
performance there will he adnal
supper-dance and grand fin of
the social program at the Capital
City Club. Besides these larger
events, scores of émaller tea
dances and more or less informal
affaire are being given. Alto
gether the week promises to be
the most brilliant from ,a sociai
standpoint that Atlanta has ever
known.
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Tonight
“I.LA SONNAMBULA"
(In Italian)
Count Rodolfo ...... Adamo Didur
Teresa . ..., ouvessoits Blore Povin
Amina ........... Maria Barrientos
Elvino .......... Giacomd Damacecn
lAsa i ... cinoivivony Bdith Masol
dlesgio. ...........».. Giulic Rbss
A Natary .......... Pietro Audisio
Conduetor ........ Giorgio Polacce
Ballet divertissements—Rosma Galli,
' danseuse, (Giuseppe Bonfiglio and
corps de ballet.
Operagoers so fort nate as to
have heard Maria Barrientos sing
in “"Laicia” will need no hint not
to miss “La Sonnambula”’ Wed
nesday night, for the old Bellini
opera was produced this yvear esm
pecially to give opportunity to the
voice which all Atlanta {s dis
cussing today. As Amina, the
sleep walker, Mme. Barrientos
has a number of beautiful airs,
and her truly marvelous colora
tura should have its best exposi
~ tion in the two great arias which
| mark the last act.
The music of “La Sonnambula”
} is light, tuneful and pleasing in
the extreme. It is brimming with
lilting choruses, and it gives in
dividual opportunity to several -
leading singers of the Metropoli
| tan. Adamo Didur, the basso,
has an especially fine air in the
first act, and Edith Mason, the
young American soprano, will
make her debut as [Lisa, who is
assigned several brilliant mo
ments, Giacomo Damacco, a new
Itallan tenor, will make his At
lanta debut, J
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