The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-12-29
RICHMOND GRAND OPERA FESTIVAL.

Henry w. Savage's English Grand
Opera Company, With 40 Singers
and an Orchestra of Forty, 10 be
Heard in Four Elaborate Productions
Thursday, Friday and Saturday,
January 5th, 9th and 9TH.
Music lovers in Richmond and surround
ing cities will have their first opportunity
to hear the celebrated Savage English
Grand Opera Company in a repertory OF
tour elaborate grand opera productions
at the Academy of Music. Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday, Jan. 9TH, 9th and 7th,
with popular" matinee on Saturday.
This famous organization isnOw making
a Southern and cross-continentt tour, and
comes to Richmond following the Wash
ingtOn and Baltimore engagements. The
approaching opera festival will afford
the chief musical event of the year in this
part of the State.
The Company has not been heard out
| side of a dozen principal cities during its
nine years history until this season.
With his array of English singing artists,
! full grand opera orchestra OF forty musi-
clans and chorus of nearly seventy voices,
Mr.. Savage has the largest and best Eng
|
1t numbers over $50 people and has it's
own chartered train of II cars to carry
| the immense equipment of scenery, cos
tunes, properties and electric effects, re-
quired for each opera.
TO accommodate these superb produc-
lions in Richmond, Manager Rex, OF the
Academy. will be compelled co make
numerous alterations in the stage and
remove three rows of seats from the Or
chestra to provide space for the mu-
| sicians
The repertOry for the engagement, with
the dates and arrangements OF perform
ances, will be as follows:
For the opening performance Thursday
evening, Jan. ). Wagner's .'LOhengrln:
the most popular opera in the world, will
be given an elaborate production. The
great overture will start at eight sharp.
This inspiring composition by the Ger
founded ST 5ttffr rl, with its absorbing story
motives and rich harmonies that are
given expression in the beautiful WED
ding March," Elsas ''Dream Song" and
the classic ''Swan Song will be sung in
it's entirety by this superb English sing
ing organization.
Friday evening, Jan. "a special pro-
duction of Bizet's ford Spanish opera of
Carmen" This tuneful and brilliant
dramatic music play will afford the first
opportunity in this section to hear the
gifted American contralto, Marion Ivell,
who has proved a sensation in the role
OF the cigarette girl of Seville the past
two seasons. Miss Ivell has been twice
offered an opportunity to sing at the
Opera Comique in Paris, and is announced
to make her Partisan debut next season.
| For no fi,oo
day, Jan. 7th, there will be a complete
production Of Verdi's "Il Trovatore, !" the
most popular of all Italian operas, with
all it's famous arias, it's inspiring anvil
Chorus and beautiful ''Miserere." sung
in it's entirety
For the farewell performance Saturday
evening, January 7th, Wagner's ''Tann-
haeuser March, " minstrel singing contest,
Evening Star" song, and other famous
sonOrous melodies, will be given in it's
entirety. The immortal overture, one of
the greatest from the pen of any master
composer will begin promptly at eight
o'clock on that evening.
Part OF Manager Savages plan to pop
ularize Grand Opera in the vernaeular is
to give elaborate and complete produc-
lions at prices within the reach of all.
Accordingly, the scale Of prices will re-
main the same as wherever this company
is heard, ranging from two dollars to
fifty cents For the popular" matinee
OF I'll Trovatore,' however, on Satur-
day, Jan. It'll, Manager Savage has con-
sented to make the prices from $50 to
80 cents
The Japs may fight the Russians,
p. On land or on the sea:
But the girls OF this here country,
Fight for Rocky Mountain Tea
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