The Washington times., 1912-03-17
HERBERT'S OPERA
TO Be CONDUCTED
BY THE COMPOSER
Chicago Company Will APP
pear Here in aida"
and "Natoma."

From present indications large audi
ences will hear the two performances
Of the Chicago Grand Opera Company
at the Belasco Thcater next Saturday.
The two operas to be sung are Verdis
Aida" in the afternoon, and Victor
Herbert new American opera, ma
toma," at night. The former will be-
gin at o'clock, and the latter at 8
o'clock
The cast of Aida" will be headed by
Carmen Melis, the Boston Opera Com
pany soprano, in the role of the Ethop-
ian slave. The part of the Egyptian
princess, Amneris, will be sung by
Eleonora de CisneroS, American con-
tralto. Amadeo Bassi an Italian tenor,
will sing the part of the Egyptian war
rior, Radames Hector Dufranne, French
baritone, will be Amonasro. the Ethio-
plan king. Henri Scott, the American
basSo, will sing Ramfis, the high priest,
and Constantn Nicolay will be the
Egyptian king. In Aida" the inter-
national ballet, will appear, headed by
Rosina CALI. Ettore Perosio will con-
duct
''Natoma," which will be sung in
English, will be directed by Victor Her
bert. the composer. The role of the
Mary Garden, who created this part,
and for whom the opera was intended
from the start. George ITamlin, an
American tenor, ill be heard as the
American lieutenant whom Natoma
loves with hopeless affection. Jane Os-
born Hannah, an American soprano,
Will sing the role of Barbara. the Span
ish girl who is loved by the lieuten-
tone, will be Alvarado, the Spanish low
er of Barbara Hector Dufranne will
be the priest, Father Peralta. Others
tone, as Pico; Frank Preisch, as Cas-
tro, the half breed, and Constantin
Nicolay.
The fifth and last concert of the tenth
season of the Washington Symphony
Orchestra will be given at the Columbia
Theater on Tuesday afternoon, March
&C. at AS o'clock, under the direction
of Heinrich Hammer. Manager Scran-
ages faculty of engaging Soioists Of
merit will again be shown at this per
formance when Alois Trnka will appear
as the violin soloist. Mr.. Trnka's work
in his native Bohemia and Austria has
placed him among the foremost of
European violnists, and he has fully
lived up to his reputation by repeated
successes in all the large cities of this
country. He is an artist of the finished
order and in addition to exceptional
and beauty. He will be heard in Beet
hoven's Romance in G. opus 49, and
in Wienia Wsili's Souvenir de Moscou."
The orchestra will present as an OPEN
Ing NUMBER Beethoven symphony no.
3 In G minor. For concluding selection
Mr.. Hammer has selected the Norspiel
TO Die Meistersinger," Wagners only
comic opera, and one which occupied
the composer at intervals during twenty
years.
Director de Cortez Wolffupgen. of the
Washington Grand Opera Chorus, has
entered into negotiation with his New
York agent for the engagement of
Henry Scott, of the Chicago -Fhiladel-
phia Opera Company. to sing the part
of Mephsto in the coming performance
OF Faust. He also has been offered n
soprano who is now singing at the
schubert festival in Toronto, and who,
It is said mas a wonderful voice to sing
the part of Marguerite. Mr.. Wolff IN
ger will leave for New York shortly to
complete the entire cast, and also hear
some of Oscar Saenger's students. who
are anxious to sing in Washington in
some future performances of the opera
chorus.
Following are the members of the
chorus. Mrs. Benton c. Becker, Mrs.
NJ. D. Lindsay. Miss VALERIE Polio,
Mrs Norman VouSht. Miss M. II. Selah,
Miss Maria Halversoa, Miss A. E.
Harding, Miss Virginia Robinson, Miss
Ersie Catlet, Miss Elsie w. Vierbuchen.