The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-24


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Dear Ed I'll YOU be 50
EserS Kind as til settle title arsu.
srnent have had about the opera
i season at the Metropo ftan which
I5pens next Mondas 1t is my drst
season arn$mostt anxiousSto win.
Il mean win the r8nnent lam sure
am Ugh t. SO please say I am. for,
i I've argued 1t SO long don't " ant to
i give IA :8,3 Now: ma ight q Here it
AS
IS the opera season to- be as artis
tic3as last years What IS To- be the
1.-THE Sreatest opera performance of:
the season low hould one dress II
Invited to parterre3 box? AZ SAYS
thes tenor. such as Faust, is the fea,
lsture of a performance. B says it. Isl
the soprano, AIarguerite. Which is
right Who IS the greatest musical
critic IN New Yorl52
shall be soGthanktui for2an an
swer. am just entering society and
want to start$right and talk or
opera knowingly. Don't you. thinllt
there Is everything IN starting right?s5R
Excuse my troubling you With all (
cerely, a 80 D! Nj.
New York, Nov. 3. 4 eo4
What a naive letter. What pos
:ers, however. this ingenious CORE
1spondent puts, as she stands on the
threshold OF society and her first
opera season. concerned about5ho to-
start right and wondering where She
viii bring up. Well, to answer her
conundTums.
The opera season of 1904 proni-
ses ito reach a higher artistic plane
than ever. There is no doubt$of this, i,
for. the fashionable Inodfstes say they Il
have more orders from their society," E
patrons Tor superb gowns han il they B,
received In any previous year, and
that the box tiers viii be unusually
winter ia
AS to what viii be the greatest op-
cratic performance of the season II
here is difference OF opinion. 1t: Il,
seems to be an even choice #hetweenI y
lltand satin, but rose MORE and 4
oailletted chiffon cut on the bias, with ],
hree rows of insertion pinned on the 4
sleeve and four tucks of aigrette,s|G.
land embroidered in ffounces and s.
leld In place by the tul1e vefl Of the {
rides shower bonque a gift from Z
he bridegroom, seems to have the
all. This may not be an absolutely 7
orrect descript ton, but from a hasty VI B
lance at the fashion columns and the 4
pera notes of the day one gets an
dea that something Ike this will be
he greatest operate performanceSthts
eason at the Metropolitan.
How should one dress in a box??,' mn
hats easy; in alomst any way that E
3 beyond ones means and IN any y
olor that viii kill the costume in | Al AZ
le next lodge "A WON an who can ac-s Eus
omplish that double play should go IIzz ca
ONE happy. " "
rs the tenor or soprano the chief st ~
traction in an opera 2" The tenor p a
ay watt over the footlights his most on
1lcet mezzo yoce con anore appas- ~ ~
onata strains. That's all right. The ss 5s
prano may MARBLE her most en-
lanting cadenzas and other vocal ga ga
in the key Of A, or even an az
e key Of x. or u il. she likes tn5
eat applause. Nevertheless the W sl
al feature of the evening takes pr1
ice when Mrs. K, wearing a couple ~ 8
new diamond tiaras and few
I'M acherss of rare gems, enters her
x. That is when the opera really dre
gins. M W..
THE arearte ", ,i ..s,1 Ri. LIS, 3oR
" York? ny my Ask that 5sS#a
estion from the Metropolitan stage
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