El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-06-26
PERFORMANCE
ORDERED BY
The KING
Covent Garden to Be Scene
of a Brilliant Theatrical
Production.
WORLD FAMOUS MEN
AND WOMEN IN CAST

London. Eng, June 26.-The gala cor
onation performance at the Covent
| Garden opera house, commanded by
the king for this evening at $3.50. prom
ises to be brilliant both from the point
of view OF the music and from that Of
the renowned artists engaged. while
the scheme Of decoration has never
been surpassed in magnificence at this
theater.
The program opens with a scene
from the second act Of Verdi's Aida, y
representing the gates Of Thebes, and
it is cast as follows:
Aida, Nine. Destinn: Amneris, Nine.
Kirkby Lunn; II Rive, NJ Huberdeau;
Rhadames. signor Bassi; Amonasro, M.
Gilly; Ramfis. signor Sibiriakoff; pre-
miere danseuse, Mile. Opalfyens. Con-
ductor, signor Campanini
This is to be followed by act II OF
Gounods Romeo ct Juliette," the
scene being laid in garden on which
Juliette's balcony Jocks. The cast is:
Juliette. Nine. Melba; Romeo, M.
Franz; Gertrude, Nine. Berat; Ste
piano, Miss Booker; Gregorio, Mr..
Burke Conductor, Percy Pitt.
Rosinni's I'll Barbiere di SiTiglia' en-
sues, act III. the scene' Of which is
laid in Rosina's studio, being given by
the following artists:
Rosina. Nine. Tetrazzini; Bertha
Nine Berat; Bartolo signor Mala-
tesla: Almaviva, John Mccormack;
Figaro, signor Sammarco; Basilio, sig
nor Marcoux. Conductor, signor Pa
nizza
Tableau II. of the Russian ballet
La Pavilion dArmide,'' The panto-
mine of which is by NJ. Alexandra Be
nois and the music by NJ. Nicholas
Tcherepnin, will then be given with the
following cast:
Armide, Nine. Karsavina; Vicomte
de Beaugency, NJ. Bolm; LIE marquis,
NJ Cocchetti;: Armide's slave. NJ. Nj
WILL Scholar, Nijinska. Master OF
ceremonies, NJ Kussof. Conductor, M.
Teherepnin.
Bower of Roses.
The famous building has for this
occasion been transformed into bow
err of roses Over 100000 of these
blossoms. in all shades Of color. are
used in the scheme of decoration. Only
the royal box is draped. the others re-
lying purely on floral adornment-
A Rose Trophy.
A trophy consisting of the rose,
thistle, shamrock and harp tied to-
gether with a true lovers knot is fixed
on the proscenium curtain, and on the
sides are placed two nedallions with
the royal initials CO and IN" I'm
mediately above is hung the Union
Jack surmounted by the imperial
crown.
Each tier of the house is outlined in
deep pink roses. The ground floor is
arranged with q green silk trellis with
large pale pink roses clustering over
IT. The next tier is arranged quite
differently medanions of deep pink
roses being connected by festoons OF
pale roses. On the grand tier are
placed large medallions of deep pink
roses with the names of the various
sections of the empire worked in gold
flowers. New Zealand, Australia, South
Africa and Canada are separated by
gold cornucopia baskets of crimson
roses Connected by festoons OF pale pink
roses
At least a third of the house will be
occupied by his majesty's guests and
their suites, and the demand for the
remaining seats has been e0traordi-
nary Applications have numbered over
ten times the total of seats available
and offers, Of $4,000 to $4,000 for a single
box have been refused.