The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-29
YOUNG FMOR|TEs
REPLACE old ONES
NEW STARS APrEAR TO TAKE
Places FrHosE, WHO HAVE
LONG sHoNn5S GRAND
OFEMA.
INTERESTING CAREERS
So
WEDNESDAY ctyn .rHis YEAR
GIVE A SERIES OF PROGRAMS,
PARTICULARLY SELECTED TO
PLEASE ALL Music LOVERS.
INTERESTING CAREER:

Madame Gluck. Signor Anaaio,
blended choir of Wednesday Club and
Petersburg choruses and Josef Pas
tarnack, with the finest orchestra in
the United States. is the form OF en-
tertainment that Richmond people
have to look forward to on Monday
evening, when the "Wednesday Club
eele brates its eighteenth birthday at
the City Auditorium.
The result will be the most am
bilious and magnificent musical un-
dertakings ever yentnred upon in this
city, ana 1t is no secret that upon its
success hangs the promise OF grand
opera for Richmond next May
AZ the older member OF the Met
ropolitan- Opera Company drop of
into private life these younger men,
bers close UP the ranks. and. with
all the richness OF youth and the in
spiration OF the. lyric Muse. give the
jaded audiences at the Metropolitan
Opera House, New York. fresh thrills
OF wonder that the management has
been able TO keep such voices la the
background till the proper times
comes TO introduce them TO a public
always ciamoring for som ething bet
ter than the old.
1t was by an illness OF Scott that
Pasquaie Amato. now conceded to be
the greatest baritone on the operate
state. obtained his first chance to CON-
Quer a New York audience. Caruso' =
ten thousand dollar throat" last win
ter gave Riccardo Martin his oppor-
tunity to make good. and become the
favorite over all the young tenora in
the Metropolitan Company.
Melba gave Giuck her chance to
make good. and Gluck took such ad.
vantage Of II that the vast body of
the Metropolitan Opera House Is fill-
ed to its capacity on "Giuck even
ingx" Florence Wickham was an un-
derstudy for Shumann- Heink. and
Richmond people will have an oppor-
tunity for comparing the two voices
on Tuesday afternoon.
Herbert Witherspoon Is by long
odds the greatest basso In America.
and as Mephisto In Faust on Tuesday
evening he will have the opportunity
to read his title clear to this dis
tinction. His experience is perhaps
the most unique in the history of
singers. Beginning his career AS a
boy soprano. he speedily ran the ga
NUT OF vocal possibilities--aito. tenor
and baritone--until the richness Of his
great bass notes We're reached HIS
range. for bass voice, is tremendous
hts erurciation is clear and the sweet-
meas of his lower notes is the marvel
of his brother singers.
Diversified Programs.
These FIVE superlative members OF
the Metropolitan company have SEE
lected the programs for Monday and
Tuesday evenings, and the Tuesday
matinee, with View to emthraliing
the lovers of simple music as well as
ftife" frigithruws' uf m Ysfcuf rriticisnf. 'aT
The programs for the three, Son
certs to he given In the City Audi
toriam next Monday and Tuesday are
al follows:
Monday Evening.
Overture. Fra Diavolo tAuber)
Metropolitan opera house orchestra
fifty nstrumentalists. Josef Pasternacl
conducting.
Selections from "Iora Novissimo'
(Parker). with signor Pasquale Anna.
to as solist and the combined Wednes
day Club choir and Petersburg chorus
singing the choruses.
THE Ride OF the valkyries." Met,
ropolitan orchestra.
Madame Alma Gluck. premiere lyric
soprano, singing the famous irta from
Charpentter'S Louise"
SiGuor Amato Will render Verdi
"Eyi Tu" from "BailO Ia MasohsrA; =
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