The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-22
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cities Of the Dakotus have they begu,
to pour in.
Then there are the best people from
Winnipeg. Emu Claire. Winona. st
Cloud, Mankato. saltwater and tn.
many other towns of the state. Spe,
cha cars will be taken Ga the Dor
Patch air line, bringing a party Of col
lege men and girls from Mortified
The trains to Red Wing and Hasting.
n the interurban to Saltwater will
be held until after the opera for the
home bound crowds.
The extent to which the countr;
supports the opera nay be judged
from the fact hat $4,000 worth o,
order last veal Mail orders for
single amount were received from
Minneapolis, leaving about $4,000 t.
st. Paul.
Perhaps you are n of the favored
few who have been. luck enough to Sc.
cure n of the back boxes at $22i
for the season. Or. on the other hand
You make n of the music lovers
whose enthusiasm is larger Than his
pocketbook and, by buying a season
ticket YOU are able to see real grand
opera at the price. unprecedented In
America. of $3.50 an opera.
But grand opera Is expensive bust.
ness. Every opera that will be given
in st. Paul will cost at least So, 900.
There will he 5000 paid out in rail-
way fares. Mary Garden alone re.
eeives $500 for every night that she
sings: the other stars from $500 to
$1,000. New York has no director
that can compare with Campanini and
fllE. l'hipl rn .nv,yny,y, aust rny Co
him and the amount is $500 for
the season. Andrras DIPPED receives
$4,000 as manager. and Max Hirsch,
the icket manager, and Barnard Ur-
ilch, the assistant manager, are both
high priced men. who have in their
employ private secretaries and dozens
of stenographers In addition to the
salaries Of the carpenters and cleo.
tricians who travel with The company.
last year more than $500 was paid for
extra stage hands and electricians, and
these are not all of the regular eS-
penses.
Club Wa Greatly Benefited.
Saturday was the most beneficial
and educational as we'll as one of the
most enjoyable DAYS that the men,
beers Of the Ladies' Thursday Musical
club have had for some time. 1t was
the occasion OF the annual visit of Mrs.
Agnes Moore Fryberger of Mime
apolis and she presented in her usual
interesting manner an exposition of
two we'll known operas. Louise and
"Natoma,' with excellent musical as
sistancc by local talent. Both pro-
grams wore we'll received and in the
evening when Mrs. Frybcrger spoke
at the Methodist church a large COM
pany OF non-membcrs We're priv
LEGGED to enjoy the treat.
The evening program was on Ma
tumh" that much talked of new Amer
lean opera with music by Victor Her
The Red Mill" and Babes in Toy
land and libretto by Joseph Redding.
In commenting upon the new work
which made its premier las February
Mrs. trvberger said hat all critics
agreed that the libretto was poor. that
the music was only fair but hat the
orchcstration was of the best that has
ever been heard. The opera. how
ever, is important because this is an
age that is to be c%hronicled as the
great developer of American opera or
rather. opera developed upon Ameri-
can soil. and all students of music
should regard its study as most valu-
able in club work Mrs. Fryberger
then gave the ANALYSIS of the story
with the musical illustrations and the
program proved n OF thorough en-
joyment.
Miss Margaret Sargent presided at
the piano n received much applause
for her excellent work. She played
lists and rendered with perfect artis-
tic Interpretation several of the choic-
est numbers from the opera including
the Dagger Dance. Panuelo. Minuet,
and Prelude to Third Act. the latter
with violin obligatu by Prof. c. A.
Lampert. Mr.. Lampert did equally
fine work with tho violin. his first
numbers. the Barcarolle and Seren-
AIDE. being especially beautiful. Miss
Jane Smith presided at the organ in
the last number. the Nuns chorus,
which was sung by a chorus Of club
members with violin. piano and organ
accompaniment. The special voice
numbers were rendered with charm by
Mrs. w. L. Fuller. Mrs. F. Sovereign
smith. Terrence Quirk and w. w.
Norton.
The Opera "Louise."
me afternoon lecture at Mrs. Sar-
gents home vas on Louise which,
Mrs. Fryberger in her comments said,
was 20 music what the problem play
is to drama. Both the music and
WIZ written Oy GuStdEG
C~haipentier. ali eccentric French
socialist, born poor in Paris but ex-
reilentl% educated under Massenet. His
cccentricities were his characteristics
and in mentioning some OF them Mrs.
tryberger told of his conservatory for
poor girls built in Paris after he had
made 100000 from this opera and
again Of his ten years as a recluse lip-
ing in Monte Carlo with none but his
wife permitted to see him. For the
reason that Louise" has been so
widely rens,lred Al an immoral opera
Mrs. Fryberger explained the reason
why it is so. Louise in the story final
y leaves her parents to marry an ar
list without their consent and as IN
france there is 4 law which makes
1t marriage void if it is solemnized
!thout sic consent. this work has
sen branded by a great many critics
as unfit to be presented. The socialts-
nc IDEA predominates through the en-
tire sto:$ and crops out in every criti.
80! moment. The opera is replete
".th beautiful spectacular effects and
;'botnds in good choruses and dane
:hE. The scenes present many realis-
&c things of life. one including every
class Of people from the street who
in their conversation give evidence Of
the socialist belief that the wealth ~
the world should be equally divided
all.