New-York tribune., 1910-11-04
OPERA OPENS IN CHICAGO
First Season Under Local Back
ing and with Local Musicians.
"AI0A" THE FIRST OFFERING
Every Seat in Auditorium Filled
Last Night-Reservations
Guarantee Success.
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Chicago. Nov. 3-Chica COS first season of
grand opera. backed by Chicago capital
and with Chicago musicians in the chorus
and the orchestra. opened tonight at the
Auditorium Chicago proved it's civic 10y
atty. II not appreciation Of grand opera
by filing every seat tonight and rsserv-
ing enough for the future 70 give promise
OF successful season.
grand opera company for Chicago was
first projected year and a half ago me
plan was termed irnpracticable and it's pro
mOters visionary A year ago to-day, now
ever. the Chicago Grand Opera Company
signed a lease OF the Auditorium Theatre
as a permanent home OF grand opera
Eighty musicians constituted the orches-
ira tonight This number will be Increased
70 los for the production OF "SalOme ana
one or two other compositions
Fifty performances of standard operas
including several which never before have
been presented in Chicago. will make up
the season here
The opening offering tonight vas Alua-
In the cast were Eleanora de Cisneros'
Jeanne KoroIowicz Nicola ZsrOla Nazza-
reno de Angels. Mario SaulmarCo. Dante
Zucchi. Mabel Riegelman and Bernardo
Berardi.
we'll known Chicago critic says of the
performance:
In regard TO the performance there Is no
confusion of impressions, because there u
one overwhelming impression. that Oh tiie
conductor. CIeofonte Campanini- MI
Campsninf possesses that vital arusuc
raoufsite. personality He has the 1acuiIy
TO project himself in the tmpalpable medium
of tone across the footlights and INTO Ihe
minds and hearts Of mis- hearers
There we're symphonic qualities IN tnls
Interpretation Of Aida The opera and the
cast and complicated mechanism are a unit
to CampaninL He handles 1t with the same
precision that he displays in the depart
ment Of the orchestra considered sep
arately-
We have heard other interpretations ana
have been compelled by their temperamentai
fervor. We have encountered refinement
and a delicate sense for proportion more
rarely But never before have we found
these qualities of big impressive sweep and
| tremendous cIimaxes combined in such deli
! cate balance with that refinement that pur-
sues the melody as a thing Of fragrant
! beautv. lifting each accent with just the
right infection TO its fullest elOquence-
| The demand for seats was so great that
| the house might have been sold twice over
/ This condition is duplicated for the presen-
/ tation on Saturday afternoon Of DeOussy 2
| ''PeIleas ct MeIsande.' in which Mary Car
den will sing
/ The Auditorium Theatre has been rear
/ ranged for opera, and its seating capacity
/ reduced $50. TO provide eleven new boxes
| constituting the Diamond Horseshoe.
| The present seating capacity IS 5,f4'- me
expense of the fifty performances, includ'
ing the remOdeIIing Of the theatre. is placed
at s500.O0O. making an average OF slo"o Ioi
| each performance
| Ninety heads Of departments Of the Post
a. Telegraph Company in Chicago formed
| the largest single opera party to-nlght
| They were the guests Of Clarence n
1 Mackay, president OF the company VINO
/ also chairman of the executive comm CIe'
/ Of the Grand Opera Company Mr. MachdN
| +e1egraphed from New York yesterday re
/ serving one hundred seats on suoseqL S qLe-l
/ nights he plans TO entertain az the Opet]
| All other employees Of the Postal system u u
/ chicago, including tho corps OF mesSels7
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