Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-13
Musical World

& NEW venture In the local neld is
a the Metropolitan Opera school,
"A which. under the direction of
Bruce Gordon Kingsley, win open to-
morrow in the studios of the school in
the Blanchard building. and which Is
to be operated in connection with the
Metropolitan opera house OF New York.
In pursuance of the recently avowed
policy of the Metropolitan directorate
to further the cause of operate art IN
America, a chain of operate schools
is being established in the principal
cities throughout the country on
plan similar to that of University ex-
tension, with headquarters in New
York, and Mr.. Kingsley is at the head
of the Los Angeles branch.
It is Mr.. Kingsleys purpose to teach
stage management and the minutia of
stage movement and gesture according
to New York and European traditions.
Lecture recitals will be held where the
public as well as students will be well
come, and where one may become
familiar with music, Interpretation, his
tory, philosophy, ETC., of the great
operatic masterpieces. A course on the
operas of Wagner, from "Tannhauser'
down to "Parsifal," will be among the
first offerings.
Piano and composition departments
other features of the school.
The prospectus will include in the de-
partment of opera, courses in voice cul-
ture, expression, stage management and
opera, and among the operate works
which may be studied are; Auber, Fra
Diavolo," "Masaniello;" Balfe, the
bohemian Girl" 1.-THE Rose of Castile;"
Beethoven, "Egmont, "Fidelio;" Bizet,
Carmen" 1.-THE Pearl Fishers" Boiel-
dieu, La Dame Blanche;" Donizetti,
Lucia di Lammermoor," THE Elixir
of Love-" Flotow, Martha" "Stra-
della" Gounod, Faust" Romeo and
Juliet" Hunperdinck, "Dornroeschen,
"Hanse1 and Gretel;" Masse, Paul
and Virginia" 1.-THE Topaz Queen"
LeoncavalIo, II Pagliacci;" MascaSfli,
aCavalleria Rusticana," Iris" Mas
senet, 'sLe Cid" "Manon;" Moszkow-
ski. '.Boabdil;" Mozart. Don Giovan-
MI 1.-THE Magic Flute" Nicolai, THE
Merry Wives of Windsor" Planquette.
.The Chimes of Normandy; Ponchielll,
sLa Gioconda;" Puccini, la Boheme,"
MADAME Butterfly" "Tosca;" Rossini,
Tell" Strauss, r., "Feuersnot," Cum
tram" Tschaikowsky, ''Eugen Onegin,'
'.Mazeppa," THE Nutcracker;" Thomas,
sMignon," Raymond" Verdi, AIDA
ssu Trovatore," la Traviata, "Rigo-
letto;" Wagner, die Meistersinger,
'Lohengrin,' "Parsifal," "Rienzi,
''Tannhauser," THE Flying Dutch,
man." 1.-THE Ring of the Nibelung,
'sTristan and Isolde;" Weber, Der
Freischuetz," "Euryanthe," "Oberon.
For all students desiring to take part
in the opera performances there VIII
be given a detailed and comprehensive
training in stage direction
The piano course will include tech
mic, Interpretation, sight reading and
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the student will have the advantage
of masterpiece classes, where. among
the works to be performed and ex-
planned, will be Bach's preludes, fugues.
chromatic fantasia: Beethoven's SON
atlas, rondos; Chopin's ballades, noe
turnes, polonaises, valses; Liszt's ct
udes transcendantes, Hungarian rhap-
sodies; Mendelssohn's capriccios lieder,
and Schun1anns carnival, noveletten.
There will be special classes on Scam
dinavian, Russian and American music
as represented by Grieg, Tschaikowsky,
Mcdowell and others.
Each lecture recital will include a
concert, subjects for some of the
events being:
Music, Poetry and Philosophy; 1.-THE
Real Meaning of ParsifaP and the
Ring; English, French, German
and italian Operas; 1.-THE History of
Music from the Times of the Ancient
Greeks to the Present Day; Famous
Symphonies"
Archibald Sessions, organist of
Christ church, has returned from Eu-
rope and Is being warmly welcomed
by former friends. Mr.. Sessions has
arranged programs for his fourth sea-
son of organ recitals during his alb
sence as we'll as having studied both
organ and piano.
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Krauss are ex-
pected to return this week from Coro-
nado.
Jackson s.. Gregg. tenor of Temple
BAPTIST choir. with Mrs Gregg, has
gone east for vacation of two months.
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With a program in Simpson audito-
rum the evening of September 10 the
Fidelia Mannerchor will open the
three days fest" of the local German
singing societies which is to be con-
tinued in Chutes park September 20
and 81.
Prof j. A. Jahn director. has ar
ranged the following program for the
opening concert:
improvisation on German Folk
Songs" Bruce Gordon Kingsley; male
chorus, ITO Art" Wagner; violin,
"Reverie," Vieuxtemps: "Zigeunerwei-
sen" (Sarasate). Oscar Selling; male
choruses "a capella) (a) "Zieh'
hinaus" (Dregert); (b) "Untreue,"
folksong; (c) "Schoener Rhein" (Mohr);
(a> Inconsistencies" (WolG; (b) I'm
der the Juniper Tree" (Hollander); Co
WHITTIER" (schuhertl. Miss Margaret