Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1911-09-13
FESTIVAL NEXT.
After the Fairs Then the Music
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The fairs over, the music festival at
Bangor and Portland will be the next
great event in Maine, and magnificent
treat is promised music-lovers, for an
planned, introducing all new artists, with
but one exception, the list being headed
by the world-famous prima donna, Mary
Garden, whose name and fame have been
occupying the attention Of musical critics
and patrons Of dramatic art all over the
world during the past few years.
The festival dates this year are Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday, Oct. IL, 10 and
IA, to be followed by the Portland festival
on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of
the following week, and Director Chap
man has expressed as his opinion that this
years. galaxy Of musical favorites will
eclipse all efforts Of past seasons.
Thursday night, Oct. II, will serve to
introduce Alma Gluck, about whose voice
and charming personality much has been
written. She will need no introduction
to regular festival patrons, for all will
remember her work on the opening night
of last years festival. Thursday night will
be her only appearance. She will be sup
ported by Mildred Potter, one Of the few
really great contraltos OF the concert
stage.
Lambert Murphy, who has been engaged
to sing at the Metropolitan opera house
next season, possesses true tenor voice Of
rare purity OF tone and unusual quality.
Royal Dadmun is one Of the greatest
bassos in New York. He has voice OF
unusual range, and sings with fine enunci-
alton and artistic phrasing. He is sure
to be one Of the festival favorites.
The principal choral work at this con-
cert will be the dramatic cantata by
Dubois, 1.-THE Last Seven Words of
Christ" with soprano, tenor and baritone
solos and chorus. There will be also some
delightful new choral numbers by Elgar
and Nevin.
The second nights concert will present
Lois Elwell, the soprano, and Lila Or
mond. The first matinee will be an
orchestral program, and by special request
this will be popular program.
Excerpts from favorite operas will be
given, including choruses from Lucrezia
Borgia and Martha, Max Meyers Wood
Queen and others; solos from Madame
Butterfly, Aida, Pagliacci, Romeo and
Juliet and others. This will be the only
appearance of Lila Ormond.
Margaret Abbott, the contralto, will
sing in Bangor, and Ethelynde Smith will
sing in Portland. On the second nights
program, Ernest J. Hill, who has an ex-
ceptionally fine tenor voice, will sing at
this concert also. The orchestral num-
bers will include The New World Sym
pony, by Dvorak, and Les Preludes and
Polonaise, by Llstz.
Mary Garden will appear on the third
evening, and by special request she will
sing arias from That's, Natoma and Faust
the latter song in costume for the first
time on any stage. The chorus will sing
the bell chorus from PagIiacci, the
chorus from the third act OF Die Meister-
singer, and other numbers of lighter style.
The orchestra this year will be excep-
tionally fine. 1t will be composed of the
Boston opera house orchestra under the
able concert master, Pierre Hentott.
The auction sale will take place at City
hall, Bangor, Wednesday, Sept. n, at 3 p.
m. Course tickets will be on sale at
Andrews music house, Bangor, Sept. %.
No course tickets will be reserved
unless money accompanies order. No
orders for course tickets will be filed
after Friday, Oct. 8. Single tickets
will be on sale at Andrews from Sat-
urday morning, Oct. 7, until noon Of
Thursday, Oct. II, after that at the audi
forum. Hours at Andrews, Q to II a. M,
2 to p. m. Ticket agent, w. I. Brown,
p. o. box 5s5, Bangor, to whom all oorre-
spondence respecting tickets should be ad-
dressed.