Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-11
Musical World

ry, local manager. and Signor Lam
hardi, music lovers OF Los Angeles are
being offered a rare opportunity-that
of selecting the repertoire to be pre-
sented, and IL the public will make It's
wishes known to Mr. Berry, the pro-
gram will contain any of the following
operas:
La Sonnambula, Carmen, Don Pas
quale, LElsir d'Amore. La Favorita'
Lucia, Marta, Faust, Romeo and Ju-
liet, T. Pagliacci, Cavalleria Rusticana'
Manon, Huguenots. lie Nozze nj III
garo, La Gioconda, La Boheme, La
Tosca, Iris, Barber of Seville, Mlgnon'
Aida, Mask Ball, Rigoletto. La ira
viata, IL TroVatore, and The Red f1oso'
Outside of the German operas 10 ps
presented by the Metropolitan granu
opera company the operas availapie On
the Pacific coast will be second 10
none.
The Lambardi grand opera company
has been recruited with the greatesS
care and the array of singers Is IN.
posing, both in number and arllstio
strength. Beside the old favorites TO
return many newcomers of hlgn rep
utation have been engaged espe,cisai,ly Any
the coming tour Signor BaraVelil IL ,.,
vanni will have the entire directioh
of the chorus. Signors Jacchla Asiuss ns
and Edoarde Lebegott, dlreGSVis VI
the orchestra. The orchestra VIII nun nun
ber forty and will be the most coui-
nlate brought to the coast since the
Grau grand opera company. Inc
stage will be personally directed py
Impresario Lambard1, assisted py Hlc-
cardo Petrovich.
At a meeting of the directors OF tne
Los Angeles Symphony orchestTa N,oti a.
day. arrangements were completed TO
omen the thirteenth consecutive LOS
Angeles season of symphonic work Fiji
day afternoon. November 20. at rem
pie auditorium.
Emilio de Gogorza, the celebrated
baritone. who is announced as the
first soloist for the year, visited Los
Angeles three years ago with the EN-
ma Eames Concert company.
The second concert is to take place
Friday afternoon, December IS. and
the nToeram will take the form of
recital in celebration of Beethoven
and the anniversary of his birthday
The Lott-Krauss trio Will render
Beethoven's Triple Concerto, Op. bS,
with orchestral accompaniment.
The remaining dates and the princi-
paI symphony numbers will be an
nounced later. Eastern soloists VIII
probably be engaged for the greater
number of the remaining concerts.
The subscription ticket price will re-
main the same with special rates to
schools and students.
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There is room for few more num-
bers on the afternoon and evening
programs of the Elks' harvest festi-
val which Is to take place in Shrine
auditorium November 9, and anyone
desiring to take part should write or
phone to Mr.. Behymer at once.
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recital has been arranged. Assisted
by Nuncie Sabini Bittman, contralto,
and Mrs. M. Hennion Robinson, accom-
panist, the following numbers Will be
presented:
suite for violin and piano (a) presto; O.
adasio: (o) tempo giusto. lsinding) MIS- M.
Hennion Robinson and w. Kopta-
Song, Lend Me Thine Aid" (Saint-Saens)
Mrs. Nunce Sabini Bittman.
Violin solo. (al Romance" tsaint- saens,
90 Dvoraltp: 'yf ID, EEiose. tNeovera); (e) polo
naise de Concert" (I.aub) Wenzel Kopta
Andante con variations from the KreutzeT
sonate" (Beethoven) Mrs. NJ. Hennion Robin
son and w, Kopta-
king Duncans Daughters, tAllltsen)
Nuncie Sabini Bittman.
Second concerto (PaganinD (a) adagio; (o)
rondo glochette; (c) La Campanella, W. kopta'
The grand opera outlook in New
York for the season of 19OS-O9 Is rulI
of interest. Hammersteins company is
coming with Melba and Tetrazzini, IL
the peace pact of these two great art
istes holds good, and Paroli, formerly
with the I mbardi company, will be
one of his tenors.
The repertoire to be presented, ac-
cording to present plans, will INCLUDE
the following: Salome, That's, Pelleas
and Melisande, Louise. Countess de
Hoffman, Griselidis, Princesse d'Au-
bergs. Jongleur de Notre Dame, ana
Manon, Samson and Delilah. Les Pe-
cheur de Perles, Faust and Garment;
and the Italian operas: Othello, Fal-
staff, Aida, Huguenots, The North
Star, Dolores, Siberia, Andrea Che
nier, Lucia. Rigoletto, Traviata, Son
nambula, Daughter of the Regiment,
La Boheme. Tosca, Madame Butterfly,
Barber of Seville, Mask Ball, Trova-
tore. Ernani, Pagliacci and Rusticana.
The Metropolitan opera company's S
prospectus includes: Tiefand. Fidelio,
Sonnambula, Carmen, Meflstofele, La
Wally. The Pipe of Desire Can Ameri-
can opera) Don Pasquale, L'Elsir
d'Amore, Favorita, Lucia, Marta, The
Cricket on the Hearth (American).
Faust. Romeo and Juliet, Children OF
the King, Hansel and Gretel, La Ha-
banera, + Pagliacci, Cavalleria Rusti-
cana, Manon, Les Huguenots, Don
Giovanni, La Gioconda, La Boheme,
La Tosca, Madame Butterfly, lie Will,
Barber of Seville, Mignon, Aida, Mask
Ball, Falstaff, Rigoletto. Traviata, II
Trovatore, Lohengrin, Tannhauser,
Tristan and Isolde, Die Meistersinger-
Won Nurnberg. Das Rheingold, Die
Walkure, Siegfried, Gotterdammerung,
and-a revival of Parsifal.
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One of the pleasing features of the
musical situation is the coming to-
gether this year for the seventeenth
season of the Woman's Symphony or
chestra under the direction of Harley
Hamilton.
The first rehearsal was held Tues
day morning with forty-nine members
of last seasons fifty-hve ready for
work.
The Beethoven symphony was played
and greater interest and enthusiasm
shown than ever before.
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The musical department of the Y. M
c. A. was reorganized Monday night
for the coming winter. Vocal work
under direction of ]. p. DePuy is to be
divided into four sections. First, q
chorus of fifty voices, which 1t is ex-
pected will be augmented later to 100
and which will be available for the
social work connected with the organ
ization; second. the vocal classes
third, sight reading classes with Mr.
Whyback; fourth, chorus work in the
triangle department. Mr.. Mead will be
in charge of the orchestra work as
heretofore, and the organization starts
off with between thirty and thirty-tive
Instruments.
Messrs. Mead and DuPuy have beer
at the head of the music department OF
the Y. M. c. A. for twelve years.
Mr. Behyner has already over forty