The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-30

Tho Auditorium nrma mcnt will fair
Is blaze With Metropolitan stars to-
morrow night With Giuck. Amato.
Florence wickham. Ricardo Martin
and Herbert "'ithcrsDoon in the asccn-
dancy. the great Wednesday Club and
Petersburg chorus and josef Faster
nack's picked orchestra OF ffty of tho
best Metropolitan musicians MS accom-
panists even the morning stars that
first together sang" would be eclipsed.
With infinite pains President ]. q.
corlcy. of the Wednesday, club +; Arthur
scrivenor. who has trained the blend
CD choirs. and the manager Of the
metropolitan Opera House nave sue
cecded In selecting three programs
that are not only equally balanced in
their musical features. but which can
not be surpassed in range and inter
est TO The vast audiences which viii
greet these goidcn-throated singers.
The matinee program for Tuesday
has been selected with especial care
hundreds of the finest musical critics
and the best musicians and music
scholars Will attend this matinee and
il Is to these as we'll as to the lovers OF
simple music that the matinee program
Is dedicated
Stars Brought Here.
Last winter and the winter before,
numbers OF Richmond people went TO
Baltimore to hear Amato sing In "I n
Gioconda;" Gluck In "Orfeo," and RE
cardo Martin in MADAME Butterfly"
and not only these people bur hun
drcds OF others whose thirst for good
music is so rarely nuenched' will applaud
the magnificent effort of the Wednesday
Club directors In bringing TO Rich
mond five of the hest Metropolitan sing
crs and the entire Metropolitan orches-
ira under It's conductor, Josef FASTER
mack :t
Amato's Fri ill.," from "Rallo In
Maschora." Will thrill the great audi
cncc tomorrow evening as IL has never
been thrilled before. while his duo with
Madame Gluck from don Giovanni
offers an unsurpassed opportunity TO
show the timbre and sweetness and
dramatic ability OF two OF the best
singers on The Metropolitan stage.
If the opening concert Of tho May
Festival comprised only these tw num-
bcrs 1T would he n notable event, bur
the program Is rcpete with marvellous
music, both choral and orchestral, and
from the first TO the last number Will
sweep The audience into a seventh hca-
ven of tonal ecstasy.
The Artists.
While some of the metropolitan
singers have been heard by Richmond
people, who attended the productions
In Now York during the season Just
closed, brief sketch OF their work
may DO interesting 10 thousands hero
who are looking forward to lie May
Festival with intense interest,
Signor Pasuuale Amato, the most
famous baritone of ito-day. is 81 pol
1tan. thIrty-two years old. who made
his debut in the role OF The father in
q "'TrHvita" He created thc roles Of
Colaud In "Pcleas ct Melisande,' a
La Scala. and little later tho title
role In "CristofDro Colombo" lie has
been singing at tho Metropolitan Opera
1fouae for three years in "Parsifar'
md Tristan and Isolde" and this last
winter he added 10 his triumphs tho
role OF the sheriff in "The Girl OF tho
Golden West"
Nine. Alma Glucls Is the youngest
md most brilliant member of tho Met
+ ropolitan Opera Company singing so
prano roles besides being genuine
stage beauty. Her most successful
In PA gllacci and Ombra Fcllcc in
"Orfeo.''
4 Grcnf Tenor. III
RiccRrdo Martin. who has been, pro-
bounced by eminent music critics the
logical + successor Of Caruso MS tho
worlds greatest tenor, has sung The
leading tenor roles in a score OF op-
erHs. His great opportunity came with
tho Illness Of Car,lso last winter, when
Martin was called upon al moments
notice TO take Tho great tcnor's part
Perhaps he latest Of his lesser tri-
rmphs is tho fact that he, OF all tho
metropolitan singers. was chosen 10
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