The evening world., 1912-03-05
"OteLlO''
at the Opera.
BY SYLVESTER RAWLNG.

H@TELLO' was repeated at the
Metropolitan Orern Nouse last
night and Frances Aida again
charmed q large audience by her touch.
ing Improvisation Of Desdemona. sle-
xak's Otello was q more imposing hGure
than ever. II that were possible. and
scotti's Iago was 30 devilishly insinu-
atlng and malignant that one was made
to wonder whether. after all. Scarpia
Is his greatest Characterization. Bada's
Cassie. de Segurola's Lodovico and
Jeanne MaubourGs Emilia were excel.
lently acted and sung. and Audisto.
Reschiglian and Begue rounded out .
competent cast. Toscanini conducted .
fine performance. and Edward siedle's
setting Of the scenes. especially In the
FIRST act. was admirable.
sigismond stojowski. pianist. and
Arthur A~rgiewicz. v~iolinist. gave q sec
ond recital at the Mcdowell Club last
night before q large and interested
audience. The programme included
sonatas by Cesar Franck and Gabriel
Faure. Saint Saens's Introduction and
rondo capriccioso for violin. and plano
solos by Pierne. Dubois. Diemer and
GODDARD. The two then played together
admirably, and IA individually de-
served the applause he won.
Hans KronoA. the 'calist. assisted by
an orchestra Of thirty-nvs membsrs OF
the Symphony Society under Alsxandsr
s~aslavsky. gave o recital ~ Carnegie
Lyceum last evening under an imposing
list Of patrons that included Caruso.
Schumann-Heink and Walter Damrosch.
Mr.. Kronold's principal number was the
saint-Saens concerto In d minor. which
he played with taste and skili. He also
exploited compositions by Max Bruch
and Boellmann. The orchestra was
heard to advantage In compositions By
Schubert. Mendelssohn and Tschaikow.
sky. Mr.. saslavsky conducting we'll.
A programme Of the compositions oS
Fay Foster was presented At the Sd.
magundd Club last evening BY Miss
Foster. Miss Marsh. Mr.. Fleming. Mr..
Colson. and Mr.. Althouse. Poems By
r. c. Rose. Richard Watson Glider and
John Pengrave were among those illus
trated.
New York University - to gfvs .
series Of concerts to encourage SERIOUS
musical ~endeavor. with the ultimate oh.
ject of establishing . School Of Music
The first. . song recital By Reanaid
w~errenrath. assisted BY Helen Wright.
pianist. will take place In the Auditor
ium. ON University Heights. to-uiCh&.
In response 70 several inquiries - 10
| what 10 become Of John Mccormack. the
Irish tenor. VINO made . hit at Mr..
| Hammerste!n's Manhattan Opera House
when grand opera was presented there.
the writer MI. Mccormack
went to Australia last summer 40 ths
leading tenor In Nellie Meiba's Grand
Opera Company. He scored . great sue
cess. sharing honors with the Australian
diva In her own country. After the opera
season closed he w two concerts In
the Town Hall Of sydney. which SEATS
$500 people. to which hundreds failed TO
get admission. In Melbourne he waS
presented with a loving cup.
Mr.. Mccormack arrived at Vancouver
on Feb. . and since has been giving
concerts In Seattle. Los Angeles. San
Francisco and other cities on the Pacific
coast. His temperance In the East
will be made at the Brooklyn Academy
OF Music on Easter Sunday. April Z. Mr..
Mccormack has been engaged. with
Melba. for the opening OF the opera
season at Covent G..roen this spring.