The San Francisco call., 1910-06-19
MARGARET ANGLIN
EXPECTED today
VIII Listen This Afternoon to
Rehearsal of Music for
"Antigone"
Paris Opera GOers Disappointed
at Failure to See Famous
Russian Dancer
By WALTER ANTHONY


Margaret Anglin is expected to ar
rive in this city at > O'Clock this after
noon. She viii be met by DR.. J. Fred
Wolfe and viii so at once to listen to
q rehearsal of the music which viii be
a feature of the production Of Anti
gone" at the Greek theater on the night
of June 80.
Doctor Wolfe already has held four
vehearsals with his orchestra of 50 mu-
sicians and his chorus of SO voices. and
. the Mendelssohn music which viii be
. used is being mastered in splendid
style.
Mendelssohn has in his "Antigone"
= music poured a modern spirit in clas-
sic vessel. He has employed the SIM
splest and severest forms in his musical
5setting TO the tragedy, but lie has
zsounded real depths of great effective
Fpess and emotional power. The self
/ tcontained mastery that characterized
5 kAIendelssohn is found in full measure
IN his music to Antigone, the compos
ftng OF which was to him most con
! genial task. Indeed. il is of record
that after the success that attended
'Hfts music TO ''Oedipus'' and 'Antigone,"
4 l9fendelssohn refused the commission TO
& write incidental music to "Eumenides.
4 lie said that he was not temperament
3 sOhn there is never found those sudden,
gusty bursts of passion and fire that
j mark the works of more emOtive
: genius. Mendelssohn was thus quail
s 6ed peculiarly to write the incidental
music 10 q Sophocles play, for of
: Sophocles some poet has said 'he
sSharmed less by power than by
3Singly grace"
=. The musical work which Will frame
?. Sophocles' drama begins with a short
Instrumental prelude in the key of c
ilinor. The movement is slow and the
opening chords suggest Mendelssohn's
''Ruy Bias" overture. A short subject
treated as a fugue succeeds and the
,. 'Jhythm becomes more lively and agi-
rated. The movement dies softly TO al
70 most silence and on q broad concord
b. the scene between Antigone and Is
'rlene begins. An atmosphere Of lofty
. and chaste beauty has been estab-
liehed. and from that moment the ac-
tTcn Of the play is served by the incl
- dental music as an illuminating COM
suentarv of individual charm and corre-
lsted interest.
the first chorus. Orb Of Helios.'' is
2 Vigorous martial movement, and the
hrst chorus closes with bit Of frank
hut wonderfully expressive program
..ufnsfc arc0rnDanEing the words
%Thebes All shaking.
There is a chorus Of 60 voices being
.rehearsed bE Wolfe 10 take care OF
--11lo choral portions Of the production
and George Riddell. who is superin
tending the rehearsals Of the acting
principalS promises that a historic
performance viii he given. Already
the work is attracting much eastern
attention. Margaret Anglin in the role
Of Autigone should reveal a side Of her
srt which has had~b partial eXposi- 4
tion IN the works Of the modern play 4
wrights whose masterpieces have been 4
none too great for her acting genius to /
compass.
The Paris correspondent Of Musical 1
America writes:
The Russian ballet made its reap
pearance in the opera house here last +
night. Mines. GheltZer, La Pouvka, /
Fokina and OrlOn scored distin guished i
successes. The directors of the opera
are keenly disappointed because Anna !
Pavlowa is not to be here this season. !
The manager Of the Palace in London
preferred TO pay a heavy fine and re
tain her services. Many Of the sub
scribers 10 the opera are canceling
their subscriptions owing to the fact
that PaViOwa viii not appear"
Nine. Pavlowa is the artist whom
VIII 7. Greenbaum has secured for
next season. when she viii appear, as
sisted by Michael MOrdkin, said to be
the greatest male dancer in Russia
Accompany the duo of dancers on
their western tour will be eight other
principals. q large corps de ballet from
the St. Petersburg royal opera and a
symphony orchestra selected from the
r1nstrUmentalists of the Metropolitan
opera house, New York. At the con-
.clUsioQ Of the coast tour the Russian /
sartists viii appear at the Metropolitan
tas part OF the regular opera seasons
attractions, and later viii probably be |
seen at the New theater.
Signor de Grassi and his talented wife |
recently spent a forenoon with Arthur /
iF-oote. the noted American composer, at |
llis studio in Boston. Foote accompa- |
Inied Nine de Grassi in several Of her I
husbands songs, and was particularly /
enthusiastic over De Grassi's setting of /
n he spng cycle from the Rubaiyat After /
q summer spent coaching with Ysaye /
on his repertoire, De Grassi will be /
beard in violin recitals during the Lon /
don season. Thence they return to |
Berlin, which viii be, for a year at
least their home.
An interesting and delightful recital |
was given last Thursday evening at the 1
california conservatory by Georg Kru-
ger. pianist and George Walker, basso.
II was we'll attended.