The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-08
WEDNESDAY
CLUB ARTISTS;
Announcements Contain List Of,
Many Brilliant
Names. @
Will BE HELD APRIL 25.26H
lIandcl's Great Oratorio, "lllsc
Messiah" Will be Sung il ]. Full
5in Richmond forsl'irst Time.

rhc eleventh annual musical festivai
~ tbo Wednesday Club will be held April
9th and .6th in the Academy OIL Music
ts AZ 4 meeting of the board of COVER
nors of the club, held last night atsthc
Commonwealth Club. the dates were
liked and the selection of artists was
made. Mr.. Walter G. Mercer was APP
5por.tcd general manager#of the festival.
The board of governors is composed OF
Messrs. George w. stevens, $. aNN. Tray
crs E a. Hocn, Henry S. 1lntzler, r.
II Mnyo, j. Stewart Bryan, T.. c. Mayo,
Henry l.. Cabell, +. Sitterding, L. q.
Norris, Henry Y. Mcloncy w. y. Duke,
waiter G. Mercer. Eugene Jones, LII
burn r. Myers, seldcn Wake z. r.
Harrison.
A Brilliant List.
me announcement of the board this
ycur now first made contains list Of
brilliant and well known artsts. me
names of many Of whom are familiar
here The Boston Festival Orchestra
will he engaged and with II the following
solo artists
5 Miss Anita Rio, soprano. iii
i'll Mrs. Shotwcll Piper soprano
5 Nine. Louise Homer, mczzo.soprano
Bcontralto
y Miss FLORENCE milford. contralto.
Mrs. Bertha Gushing Child, alto
Sig. jacques Bars, tenor.
Re Mr.. Holmes Cowper, tenor.
sig. Emilio de Gogorza. baritone.
Mr. Frederick Martin, basso
The character OF the music to be rem
5dcrcd requires this great variety OF ar
Itsts and they have been selected with
the view or their adaptation.
Hardcl's grcnt and Incompatible ora
torio, "Thc Messiah" will be sung IN
full for tho first time IN Richmond. Sc
lections from Vcrdis ever popular opera,
AIDA" requiring five sololsts so ar
ranged, as Mr.. Nlollcnhauer expresses 1T,
AS willt"givc you Il tremendously effcc-
6tlve and brilliant hour" will be given.
Thc Children's Chorus will, besides other
popular choruscs, sing the Fair Scene
from Martha, assisted BY the orchestra
ard uuartette of soloistS, including some.
lof tho most distinguished artists.
WHO TIl5I ARE.
Miss Rio has distinguished herself in
her Interpretation OF the soprano role In
Tho Messiah. since her appearance here
last year. singing tho entire work with
out the ,lso of tho vocal score. She Is
regarded as a; great orhtorio singer.
Mrs Shotwell-Piper Is n young artist
or elegaEt stage presence. who has
achieved much success wherever she has
sung. She is of Southern birth and cdu-
cation.
! Madame Homer is a member of the
metropolitan Opera Company. taking the
chief mezzo-snpranq contralto roles in
no RI aCr ri q "
adapted to that role in the opera Aida
Miss milford is new singer here, but
comes highly recommended by Mr.. George
Nv. Stewart manager of the Boston Fes-
tIval Orchestra, as being a really magnifi-
cent artist.
I Mrs. Bertha Cushing Child, who was
here a few years ago. was selected on
account Of her special fitness to sing
tho deep alto parts of The Messiah
having recently sung that part in Bos
ton with the Handel and Haydn Society,
with splendid success.
sig. jacques Bars is a tenor of tho
Metropolitan Opera Company, recon-
mended by Mr. Stewart for the tenor
role in 'Aida.'
X Holmes Cowpcr OF Chicago, tenor, re-
Gently sung that part in 1.-The Messiah"
at Boston with great satlsfaction; also
highly recommended by Mr.. Stewart
sig. dc Gogorzu '%as hire last year.
and acquitted hintsclf's6 handsomely that
universal request was made for his
return. Many competent Judges pace
him abreast, IL not ahead OF, the great
baritone, Campanarl.
q Mr.. Martin took the basso parts in the
concerts Of last year with such excellent
effect that his return will prove entirely
satisfactory.
DOG LICENSES