The bee., 1906-04-05

The most brilliant society auc
operate event in tbs musical history
of Louisville will be the Wagnel
Opera Festival of three days, begin.
ming Thursday, April IL, when Mr.
Henry w. Savage's combined Par
rifal and English Grand Opera Com,
pany and orchestra of fifty musici
ans will be at Maculey's Theatre tol
four performances.
Opera lovers In Louisville and
surrounding cities have been looking
forward to this rare occasion eveI
since the first announcement that
Manager Savage would send his
splendid organization to us. The
company is famous as the largest
and most expensive aggregation OF
artists, musicians and productions
that has ever attempted cross.
continent tour. The singing forces
alone number over loo people. To
convey the enormous equipment OF
scenery, costumes, mechanical and
electric effects, special Grand
Opera tram of fourteen coaches and
seventy-foot baggage cars is requir-
ed.
The company itself is a combina-
tion of Mr.. Savage's "Parsifal'' and
English Opera companies of last
season, there being over score OF
prima donnas, tenors, baritones and
BASES in addition to the great sing
ing chorus of nearly 100 voices.
The repertory of operas is the most
pretentIous ever offered by a COM
pany of native artists. Wagner's
sonorous music-dramas have become
the most popular of all the great
masterworks, and two of them are
to be heard. The Opera Festival will
open with grand performance of
Wagner's symbolic and mystic
music-drama 1.-The Valkyrie, I"
followed by "Lohengrin," with its
romance of the Holy Grail Knight
whe rescues the Princess Elsa, it's
beautiful Wedding March" ana
other great harmonis under Wagne-
rian conductor Elliott Schenck.
"Lohcngrin' is specially reserved
for the Friday evenings bill.
One of the choicest offerings of
the engagement will be Saturday
night, when "Tannhauser, with Its
immoral overture, seductive Venus
berg music: sung by Venus and the
Minstrel knight, the inspiring "Pil-
grims Chorus great aria Tor the
beautiful Elizabeth, ana poetic
Song to the Evening Star" for VOL
fran, Will be given
"The valkyrie' will be the Satur-
day matinee offering.
The performances Will be arrang-
ed as follows:
Thursdays evening, April IL, Pre-
Jude at 7:3O-''The valkyrie.
Friday. evening, April IL, Over
ture & D. M Lohengrin."
Saturday matinee, April IA. Pre-
at :30-"The Valkyrie.'
Saturday evening, April IA, Over
ture at s p. m.-'Tannhauser
Each opera will be staged with the
same elaborate attention that has
made the Savage productions
famous, and the casts will be made
up of the best EnglIsh-singlng art
lists on the stage.
1t has always been a part of Man
ages Savages educational plan in
popularizing Grand Opera in Eng
lish, to give his performances at
prices no higher than those paid for
other hIgh-class theatrical attract
IONS, is that all CLASSES of music
lovers may enjoy the entire series of
operas. Accordingly the scale of
prices will range from 81 to $3.50.
Season tickets for all performances
are now on sale at Montenegro
Riehm Music Co permitting pat
rons to select their seats for all four
performances in advance of the
regular sale that opens on Monday,
April 9th, at the theater.
Mail and out-of-town orders con-
tanning remittances payable to John
Il. Maculey,, manager Maculey's
Theater, Louisville, KY, when ac-
companied by self-addressed and
stamped envelope to expendit de-
livery, will be filled as near as pos
sible to location desired. Excursion
rates have been announced on all
railroads within a radius of 100
miles of Louisville during the opera
season.
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