New-York tribune., 1911-04-23
|LONDON'S OPERA SEASON
"ThaiS" and "The Girl of the
Golden West" Among Novelties.
F. C. WHITNEY'S VENTURE
Mr.. Jerome's New Play-Pict-
ures at the Academy-Beer-
b0hm's Cartoons.
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London, April 22.-Covent Garden,
more or less redecorated. has been
opened for what promises to be
brilliant season of opera, worthy OF cor
onation year. Nine. Tetrazzini has re-
appeared in "Lakme," supported by John
Mccormack and Edmund Burue, and
was welcomed by a fairly fashionable
audience, Notwithstanding the weekend
substitutes. Italian and French operas
alternate during the earlier weeks,
Samson ct Dalila" being followed by
"Rigoletto" and "Pelleas ct Melisande."
Massenets "Thais" and Puccinfs THE
Girl Of the Golden West" which are al
ready familiar to American audiences,
will be novelties here. and the Russian
imperial ballet is reserved for the clos
ing weeks Of the season. Nine. Tet-
razzinl is without rival with London
audiences. and Bassi. who will be heard
In half a dozen operas, will be one or the
principal stars. The King and Queen
will be at Covent Garden as often as
possible, and the social support, apart
from the coronation gala night. will be
more trustworthy than II has been in re-
cent years.
+. C.. whitney, undeterred ny the SUI
perior traditions of the regular opera.
has ventured to compete directly with 1t
on the opening night. He has produced
Baron Trenck" at the Waldorf Theatre,
which he has renamed the Whitney, and
has recruited Coy from the old guard at
the Savoy and unemployed musical com
edy artists for the presentation Of Felix
Albinis comic opera. Among these
artists are Walter Passmorc. r. Bar
rington, Walter Hyde and Caroline
Hatchard. The story is dramatic and
the incidents are picturesque. but II Is
not yet certain whether the success Of
"The Chocolate Soldier" Will be re-
peated.
The ground has been cleared for the
production OF all the new plays. except
Jerome *. Jerome's "The Master Of Mrs.
Chilvers" which comes on at the Royalty
next week. 1t has been tried at Glas-
gov and other towns. and has interested
the advocates Of the suffrage cause. The
husband and wife are rival candidate,
at a by-election to Parliament, and the
woman wins the seat, but loses her hap
piness at home. The author apparently
keep them out Of Parliament, on the
ground that they cannot he spared from
the nursery and the housckecper's pan
try.
The hanging committee of the Acad-
cmy is overloa ding the walls with por-
traits, landscapes and subject pictures
for the exhibitors opening next week.
Among the statues will be Sir George
Frampton's Peter Pan group. which
J. NJ. Barrie has ordered for Kensington
Gardens. and Bertram Mackennars S
model of the Gainsborough statue for
Sudbury and "A memorial to General Bul-
Ter for Winchester Cathedral. There VIII
be several busts of King Edward and one
Of the late Lord Derby for Lancashire.
one Of the principal portraits will be
that Of Lord Fisher. by Sir Hubert von
Ucrkomer. and among the other sub
iects by various hands will be Sir Ed
ward POINTER. the Duke of Grafton. the
Marchioncss Of Ailesbury, Lady Arid
and Miss Beecham. sister of the mu-
sician. Charles Sims is contributing a
pair of sportive exhibition works.
There is u large assemblage Of victims
Of satire to-day at the Leicester Cal
Ieries. where Max Beerbohm exhibits us
cartoons of prominent figures In politics,
art. letters and society. Lord Rosebery.
MI. Balfour, Winston Churchill and Lord
Hugh Cecil arc among the celebrities
dryly hit off, and scores Of artists, au-
thors and leaders Of society are targets
cf his good natured ridicule. Mr.. Roose-
welt IL numbered among the victims.
since there is souvenir of his European
tour and strenuous debates with royalty.
4 week of notable weddings closes to-
dav with the marriage of Lord Hoth-
fields heir, Sackville Tuition, with Cicely
Hill at ST. Paurs, Knightsbridge. There
will he thirty fashionable weddings Oh
Tuesday, With the marriage Of the Rus
sian Ambassadors daughter by double
ceremony still in reserve.
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