The Washington herald., 1913-02-02
Everything from Grand Opera to Bl
EXCEPTIONAL MUSICAL
PROGRAMME THIS WEEK
Grand Opera at Chase's-Namara-
Toye and Xavex- Seharwenka in
Recital-Concert at Columbia.


pearance in Washington this season
when the Chicago Grand Opera Com
pany will present Puccini's '-Tosca" at
Chase's Theater on Friday afternoon
of this week with an all-star cast.
Miss Garden Will, of course. have the
title role. which she sang In Paris last
/ summer for the first time. and in which
she created a sensation. The Amer
lean prima donna has added new lau-
rels to her operatic crown by her vivid
Interpretation OF this most dramatic
role. and her conception OF the famous
Sardou heroine is replete with the per-
sonal characteristics and magnetic
personality of the diva which distin-
guishes all her work. 1t is by far one
Of the best accomplishments which
Miss Garden has effected, and in both
/ Boston and Chicago her every appear
ance IN the role has resulted in crowd
ed houses.
Supporting Miss Garden will be Leon
Campagnola, Mario Sammarco. Con-
stantin Nicolay, Vittorio Trevisan,
Ventrini, Fossetta, Preisch, and Min
ME Egener
CIeofonte Campaninni will WELD the
baton. and Fernand Almanz will have
charge OF the stage direction.
/
| scharwenka I'm Recital.
Nine. Namara-Toye, the gifted young
L soprano. and Mr.. Xaver Scharwenka, the
eminent composer and pianist. will ap-
pear here in joint recital in the fourth
| subscription concert Of the series. under
Miss Cryder's management, at the Co
Iumbia Theater, Friday, February :. at
4:3G Mime. Namara-Toye is the daughter
| of W. a. Banks of Los Angeles, head
of the Fruit Trust. She inherits her
| remarkable voice from her mother. who
was known before her marriage as the
Forest City Nightingale. Reports from
Europe hail Namara-Toye as the
| greatest young singer Of the age. Her
| voice is of a rich warm tone, very bril-
liant and flexible.
| During the past winter abroad. no salon
was complete without Namara-Toye;
| she has refused many offers with the
great European opera houses to devote
her talent during the coming season eX-
| clusively to concert work. not in the
sense in which II Is generally given, but
in a more operatic way. that is, giving
programmes in a great measure drawn
from her extensive repertoire Of the
standard and modern French and
Italian operas To the army Of piano
students and piano teachers in America,
the revisit of Xaver Scharwenka IS
dOubly welcome
Above all else, this famous composer
pianist is ever able to help the per
| picked 10 grasp the meaning Of the
much abused word, Interpretation He
is rated with the few great versatile
pianoforte virtuosO. When Scharwenka
plays Beethoven, one gets the genuine
Teutonic atmosphere with its depth and
| retrospection: when he plays Chopin.
he is himself. a true son of Poland, the
hon 4
| perforus a Saint-Saens concerto, all the
elegance and grace of the Gallo disciple
are revealed. No one ever hesitates TO
accept the Scharwenka renditions as any
thing but authentic.
| Nine. Julia CuIp in Concert.
Tuesday afternoon, at the Columbia
! Theater. one of the greatest Of singers
\ will make her initial bow to a Wash
ington audience, under the Immediate
| MANAGEMENT of T. Arthur Smith. She Is
Nine Julia Culp, lieder singer VINO.
in Europe particularly in Germany and
/ England, stands unriyaled singer
and interpreter of every school OF sing
| ing. She landed in this country less than
a month ago, and since then her ap-
| pearances have been one succession of
| triumphs that leave no doubt as to her
| enthusiastic reception here. The Tues
/ day programme will be made up of some
| OF the best-knOwn neders OF SchuoerI
| and Brahms. TO say nothing OF other
! choice compositions from the world Of
| Tchaikowsky. Lowe. and List
| The makeup of the programme will
| be as follows:
| I'm Abendroth." "Cngeduld.' Der
| Neugierige,'' Gretchen am Sptnnrade,"
and Ave Maria tSchubertl; Vision
| Pendant le bal CTchaikowsky), Der
| ARA" and Madchen sind vie der Wind
| Uowe). KS Muss Elm wunderbares sein'
| and "Angeolin'' Liszt, Won SwiEer
| Iiebe'' ''Standchen," "Nachtingal.
| Der Schmied," and ''Wiengenlied"