The Washington herald., 1907-12-22
Music and Musicians.

! The third concert OF the Boston SYM
phony Orchestra viii be given in the New
| National Theater on Tuesday afternoon,
January :. The soloist viii be the dis
! t!nguished pianist, Nine. Teresa Carreno.
/ Last Sunday in the parlors OF the Uni
versity Of Music and Dramatic Art was
/ given the second Of a series Of young peo-
I pies musicales, At this meeting. which
was attended by many young music
lovers. Miss Duncan played a Beethoven
sonata which pleased greatly. Master
Breeskin. a young violinist, scored a sue
cess with his de Beriots Concerto. Nine.
Won Unschuld Will give the next young
4 peoples musicale on January e.
Mr.. Oscar Franklin Comstock's fifty
second studio recital took place last Mon
day and proved a delightful occasion. ex-
/ cept FOR the absence, on account Of i'll
ness. of Mr.. r. Barton Easily. The song
cycle by Clutsam, The Hesperides.' was
repeated by request, Mr.. Comstock sing
ing 8Ir. Easbys part.
Miss Harnden, Miss Bane, and Mr..
Fletcher formed the rest of the quartet.
:
tets showed the result Of much careful
training.
Miss Helen Calhoun played with Mr..
Comstock Arensky's suite for two pianos
with fine ensemble and expression. Mr..
Comstock's contribution to the programme
was a group Of songs. consisting of
''Verrath." by Brahms; Am Bache," by
Dvorak; "a Rose once Crew." by Won
Hammer, and When All the World Is
Young" by Noyes.
Mrs. Josef Kaspar left Washington yes
terday to spend the holidays in New
York. where she has gone to be in at
tendance at the opera
Following the concert Of the Philadel-
pa!a Orchestra Tuesday evening, Mr..
Pohlig was the host at an informal din
ner. his guests being Mr.. Josef Hofmann.
Mr Josef Kaspar. and Miss Francesca
Kaspar. Miss Kaspar will be the soloist
with the Philadelphia Orchestra on Feb
ruary 13 at Wilmington. Del
Director Henry Russell announces a
repertoire OF grand opera TO be given by
the Belasco Theater for one week, COM
mencing on Monday night January 1S.
No seat at the Belasco Theater will be
over 50.
The san Carlo Grand Opera Company
has a repertoire Of sixteen operas. They
are: Faust and Carmen" in French;
''Lohengrin," in German; Aida" Don
Giovanni" "Cavalleria," Ia Gioconda,'
Marta" 81 Pagliacci." La Traviata.
I'll Trovatore,' ''Rigoletto," Don Pas
quale,' 'Barbiere,' "Ugonotti, and
Lucia" in Italian.
Among the artists of the San Carlo
Grand Opera Company, the most promi-
nent are Nine. Lillian Nordica, the lyric
soprano; Miss Alice Nielsen. Nine. Jane
Noria, dramatic soprano, Of the grand
opera of Paris; Mile. Tina de Sana, a
young Italian singer. lyric soprano, who
created the part Of Santuzza, IN Mas
cagni's masterpiece, 'Cavalleria." and
which she has sung in the principal opera
houses in Italy; Mile. Rosa Olitzka the /
Polish meZzo soprano. formerly with. the
Metropolitan: Nine Maria Claesssns, I
contralto. of Ia Scala. Milan, and Buenos
Ayres. grand opera; Senior Florencio !
Constantine, the great Spanish tenor, |
famous on both continents: Carlo Dani !
lyric tenor. formerly with the MetropoIi- !
tan Opera House; Dramatic Tenor L. |
d 'Aubigne who is known the world over
as the best San Jose. of Carmen"
Giuseppi Oppezzo, dramatic tenor of
Bologna; Victor Maurel. the barytore: !
Ramon Blanchart, barytoae OF the The |
ater Royal, OF Madrid; Rodolfo Fornar, |
barytOne for many years with La Scala |
Milan; Adamo Galeprin. another famous |
Italian barytone discovered by Director |
Russell; Andrea de Segurola, bass. whose |
creation Of Mephistopheles, in Faust" !
made him famous in America: Giulio |
Rossi, bass, of La Scala. Milan; Lingo /
Tavscchia, basso. who sang at the Met !
ropolitan Opera House under Ar. Grau's