Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-13
Music Notes


- of one week here in the Mason
opera house Monday, February 21, an
nounces the following repertoire:
Monday-"La Gioconda," Madame FL
vira Bosettl, sigs. Maurini and Maggi.
Tuesday-''n Trovatore." Madame
Adaberto, Dolores Frau and Sig. Scala
brini.
Wednesday matinee-'La Gioconda."
Wednesday night--"Lucia,' Isabelle
de FTate and Sig. Nadal.
Thursday Madame Butterfly" with
Marina Calvi.
Friday-"Faust," Ester Adaberto and
Sigs. Maurino and Maggi.
Saturday evening" Cavalleria Rusti-
fly"
Saturday evening-"Cavelleria Rusti
cana" and "IPagliacci," with Scala
brini and Angelo Antolo.
Many of these singers are already
familiar figures upon the local operate
stage and they will be assured of
warm welcome from old friends, while
the new sololsts, of whom Mr.. Barry
speaks in the most confident manner
as to voice and dramatic power, will
have a fair chance to win laurels and
friends from the appreciative audience
which is assured Signor Lambardfs
attraction.
OF the new singers, interest will CEN
ter perhaps in Nine. Calvi, for whose
Butterfly the most generous praise has
been given in eastern productions.
Isabelle de Frate, one of the younger
stars, is a colorature singer for whom
high praise is offered.
Attilio Maurini, lyric tenor will make
his first bow to a Los Angeles audience
this year, as will Giovanni Nadal.
OF the baritones in the company,
Giuseppe Maggi is promised to be one
of the best, and with the ever ready
and versatile Antola the baritone roles
should be adequately filled.
The list of operas to be sung seems
very short and 1t is doubtful If local
playgoers, remembering the magnif-
icent production of La Boheme" given
by this company last year, Will be
content to do without 1t this season.
Carmen" too, finds no place on this
list of operas, although Dolores Frau
last year gave a.telling rendition of the
name part, and with Antolo and some
one of the new tenors there are op-
portunities for an exceptional cast
The productions which Signor Lam
bardi offered last year are pleasantly
remembered and If singers and casts
are up to the same satisfactory stan
dard so well maintained last year the
company may be assured of constant
and enthusiastic patronage and the
audiences of good, honest singing, many
examples of rare dramatic feeling and
chorus and stageing generally ade-
quate.
With grand opera so rare pleasure
for Los Angeles theatergoers, 1t seems
that one week is to be all too short
for the satisfaction of music hungry
clientele, and it would be welcome
news indeed to learn of an extension
of the engagement or of the verit1ca-
tion of rumors regarding a return en-
gagement of longer duration.
Through the hearty cooperation Of
the many friends of young Ralph Gins
burg and those who enjoy seeing Los
Angeles genius assisted, his debut
concert next Thursday evening prom
ises to be one of the most successful
of local concerts.
Owing to the severe illness of Bruce
Gordon Kingsley. the well known lee
ture- -recitalist. the school children's
concert has been postponed for two
weeks and is now scheduled for Feb
ruary "a in Simpson auditorium.
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The fifth Symphony orchestra con-
cert of the season will have for soloist
Nine Tilly Koenen, Dutch contralto
March IL is the date selected for the
concert. Nine. Koenen will sing in
recital at Simpson auditorium March g.
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The Orpheus club is planning sew
eral surprises for the recital in March
It is expected that some Easter music
will be included on the program.
The FIonzaley quartet, the only
chamber music organization to visit
the coast this season, will be here in
March. The players are now meeting
with exceptional success in the music
centers of the east, booking many re-
turn engagements
Fitzpatrick & Norwood of San Fran
cisco are announcing a return engage
ment of Ludwig Wuellner and his ac-
companist. C. v. Bos The tour will
begin in May. No local announcement
has vet been made, but DR.. Wuellner's
success here earlier in the season ar
CUES we'll for mere of his enjoyable
recitals.
The same managers will control the
western tour of the Pasmore Trio
These ensemble players will appear
before the Friday Morning club this
week. Plans for concerts for the gen
eral public have not been announced.
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The Matinee Musical club will meet
Thursday afternoon, February II, at
the home of Mrs. F. l.. Allen, 2127 West
Twenty ninth place. The hostess will
be assisted by Miss Ella Holmes.
Rossni and Goddard are the COM
posers to be studied. A paper on
'.Musical Life in ITALY, will be read
by Mrs. ]. H Ballagh.
s.
The eighty-third organ recital by
Archibald Sessions will be given at
Christ church Wednesday afternoon,
February is. at 4 o'clock. Mrs.
Bertha Vaughn, soprano, will as
sist. The program will be: Sonata
in e fiat (Buck) Allegro-Andante,
Scherzo- Allegro Maestoso; Chromatic
Prelude Op. 8, No. 5 (Fannie Dillon);
Etude, for pedals alone (Eug. de
Bricqueville); Lamentation, Op. DO
(Guilman); soprano, with Verdure
Clad from the Creation" (Haydn);
Toccata in e major (Homer N. Bart
lett).
In a notice of ten years ago the Times
of Berlin spoke of Ralph Wylie as "a
man of the finest natural endowments
and the highest academic training"
Mr.. Wylie will speak at Symphony hall
Saturday evening on 1.-THE Psychology
of Violin Playing" After service on
the faculty of Illinois State university
and of Kansas university Mr.. Wylie
went on tour with the first recital pro-