The evening world., 1911-03-08
"Natoma" Sung
Again Before
Large Audience
Mary Garden Most Ad-
mirable in the Title
Part-A Little Surprise
in the Disclosure Of
Her Temperament Be-
hind the Scenes.
Ely SYLVESTER RA Wing.

vvATOMA," Victor Eerbert's Ameri-
Nm can grand opera. was cung again
~ at the Metropolitan Opera House
last night by Mr.. Dippel's Philadelphia
Chicago Opera Company before a very
large audience. After the second act
both MIR. Herbert and Mr.. Redding, the
author OF the book. who were discov-
cred In the audience. were made to take
q share In the lavish applause for Mary
Garden IN the title part. the Other prin-
cipal singers and Campanini. the con.
ductor. The performance was equal TO
that given at the premier In Phlade!-
ph4a a week ago last Saturday and to
the first presentation In New York a
week g last night. The cast con-
tasned Lillian Grenville as Barbara, John
Mccormack as Lieut.. a Merrill, HUI
berdeau as Don Francisco, Dufranne
as Father Pcralta. as Don
Alvarado, and Crabbe. Nicolay. Preisch,
Gabrielle Klink. Minnie E.gener and De-
sire Defrere. Natoma furnishes a new
avenue for the exhibit on OF Miss Gar
dcn's genius. II ranks with her best
charac terizations. She sings the part
splendidly. The dagger dance, IN which
Mrs. Garden Is most ably supported by
Mr.. Preisch. again was the principal
Incident OF the opera.
When the writer. after the second act,
made a call upon Miss Garden behind
the scenes he was surprised to md her
dressing room crowded with the children
who had appeared In the cast. They
were limos snothering her with demon
STATIONS CT affection, as she laughingly
protested. while she sought to clear n
pathway. 1t was n surprising little dis
closure OF ono OF the many phases OF
Miss Gardens complex character.
George Hamlin, the Chicago tenor.
was the soloist at the Philharmonic so.
cIety's concert at Carnegie Hall last
night. singing a group OF songs by
Strauss most effectively. Gustav Nah
Ter. still too ind!sposed to conduct. again
was represented By his concert master,
Theodore Spiering. who led the orches-
ira through Weber's Der Frelschutz''
overture. the Introduction to the third
act OF Schill!as's Der Pfeinertag.'
Schubert's unfinished symphony. Gla-
zounow's Los Printenpts,'' and
Strauss's TOD und verklarung" with
results satisfactory to the audience.
Macmillan Pilzer. a promising young
American v~!olinist whose accomplish
ments have been reviewed in this column
before. gave n recital at Mendelssohn
He'll last night In which ne showed a
marked growth both In technique and
feeling. His programme Included the
Haendel sonata in Il major. Edmund
Severn's concerto IN ID minor. its first
performance in public; Max Bruck'
concerto In u minor. and compositions
by Wieniawsk!, SHletana, MacFadyen,
Franz Drdla, ard Fabian Rehfeld. 'Bis
sincerity and earnestness. as well as his
tone won for him the approya! OF the
audience.
The ~sololsts OF the NTH musicale OIL
the RuDinStein Club. to DE given Al the
Waldor.-Astoria Hotel on Saturday
afternoon. Will be Rita Fornia, soprano
OF the Metropolitan opera House; Myror
w. Whitney. basso: Rosalie Miller
vtolinist. and Bidker Leete. pianist
After the musicale there will be q re,
ception and a collation..
Helen Waldo, the singer. whose pro
granimeS OF Child Life IN Song hav,
delighted young and grown up children
throughout the country. is to enter
tain the little ones Of the Hebrew
Orphan Asylum at No. 1873 Amsterdam
avenue on Friday afternoon.