The Detroit times., 1912-09-30

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NINE. RACHAEL FREAsE-GREEN
To sing I'm Detroit with the Thomas
/ Symphony orchestra Nov. ID, opening
4 the Detroit Orchestral association
season.
In Berlin. She will come TO America,
in November, TO sing a few times IN
concerts, returning to Europe after
the holidays TO appear In opera, in
Berlin. She is said to be an unusual
! ly attractive woman, with a beautiful
voice and great dramatic talent. Sub
scriptions to the Orchestral associa-
ton season coming in to Secretary
N. ]. Corey, No. 38 Woodward-terrace,
would seem to promise very large and
brilliant audiences for the season OF
1928. Subscriptions may be made
to DR.. Corey. and requests for sea
son seats in certain locations up to-
Oct /, when the seat plan will be
opened to the general public.
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The Tuesday Musicale club will be
| gin activities for the coming year
Nov. 8, when the first OF a series Of
10 morning concerts will be given.
Many works of interest will be pres
ented during the season, among them
the famous Bach concerto for three
pianos with string accompaniment
several French compositions, a duet
! for harp and plano, which will be-
given on the Wagner centenary pro-
gram, with Albert Lockwood. pianist
Ann Arbor, as solist. The Tuesday
Musicale chorus will also give sever
al fine numbers. The program COM
mittee for 1928 consists of Mrs. Ed
win s, Sheriff., chairman. Miss Alice
May Harrah and Mrs. M. ID. Bent
ley.
Pilade Sinagra, who will sing the
role of Obadiah in Mendelssohns
Elijah" to be presented in the Detroit
opera house, Sunday afternoon, Nov
/, 10, is said to resemble Caruso in ap-
pearance. He sang the tenor role in
Puecini's The Girl -of the. Golden
West" when 1t was first produced In
English in this country. Mr.. Sin
lagra's greatest success has been with
the grand opera In st. Petersburg.
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George Shorthand Kempton, head OF
the piano department Of the Ganapol
School of Musical Art, will give a
recital In the Church of our Father,
Thursday evening, Oct 81, inaugural
ing series OF faculty concerts to be
given during the season. Mr.. Kemp
tons program will include the famous
Waldstein Sonata, Beethoven, and
some of the larger works OF Chopin.
The second recital, about Nov. l, will
be given by Henri MATHEWS, head OF
the violin department; the third will
occur the latter part Of November.
when Hugh RiDout, pianist, will APP
pear In recital; the fourth will be
given by Abram Ray Tyler, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ganapoi and Jacob Holskin
early in December. Mr.. Ganapol will
begin next week the organization of
mixed quartet classes, for the regular
practice of church anthems to meet
the practical needs of church singers.
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Nine. Schumann- Heink, who IL to
open the Detroit Philharmonic course
Oct. 20, was elected an honorary citi-
zen Of Caldwell, N. j., few days ago,
when she sang In that city for the
benefit OF the Grover Cleveland Birth
place Memorial fund. A number OF
Caldwell citizens organized to pre-
serve the Cleveland home and grounds
at that place and when Nine. Schu-
|mann-Heink was asked to contribute.
she offered to give this recital from
which a considerable sum was realiz-
ed. Nine. Schumann-Heink opened
her concert tour in Calgary, Canada.
Monday evening. The first Of
the leading singers of the Met
ropolitan Opera company to ar
rive in New York from summer va
cations was Nine. Alma Gluck. the
soprano, who Is to make her first ap-
pearance in Detroit, Nov. 26, in the
third OF the Philharmonic concerts.
Detroit concert-goers VIII be especial.
ly fortunate to hear Nine. Gluck this
season. as she will make only a short
concert tour. and a few operate ap-
pearances, returning to Europe about
the first Of the year to make a num-
Der of guest" operate appearances
The members OF the Boston Opera
company, together with Alice Nielsen,
soprano, who are TO appear In the
Philharmonic course also. will open
the Toronto Arena festival Monday
evening. Oct z.
Inaugurating a series OF recitals by
his advanced pupils, William LAWN.
will present Writ C. Rowland, BARI
tone, In a recital program, the last
week In October.
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John Dickinson, baritone, and Miss
Comfort HULL contralto. Detroit sing.
ers, are members or the Sheehan
English Opera company which has
started on long tour OF the United
states and Canada. Mr.. Dickinson
has been a member of the Sheehan
company for several seasons, and Is
now singing the leading baritone
roles in the operas produced by the
company He began studyingthe voice
with Mrs. N. J. Corey, of this city,
when he was 10 years old and Miss
Hull began her vocal work with Mrs.
Corey at the age Of ten.