Arizona republican., 1913-03-30

was sufficient to cause a sensation It i is said to be the finest ever heard on an opera stage. It is the first typically | Russian opera to be produced here ' Mr. w. J. Henderson of the Sun says: l No opera ever heard in this city 1 radiates more brilliant local color. No l lyric drama possesses in a larger de gree that enveloping spel called at mosphere. The nearer is transported
 to the strange and splendid northern i land: he sits at the foot of the tower
 of Ivan the Terrible; he bows his head , as he passes under the arch of the Gate of the Redeemer The presence of the spirit of the lana is palpable"
 This is a great achievement And i it is attained by simple and direct
 means. as great achievements in art
 usually are. despite the new proclama-
 tons of the cubists and futursts. Two
 principal factors operate in bringing | about the result The first is the mas ] terful use of the chorus to publish the l feelings of the Russian people. The l chorus becomes one of the chief fac I; tors in the drama. It's various and 1 conflicting moods, the moods of a re- 1 strained people naturally impeled hther and thther by emotions turbu- lent and uncontrolled and often in sue
 cessive moments diametrically opposed,
 are set forth in music of immense ex- pressional power.
 This music is combined with an or 1 chestral support of wonderful pictur- l eSuuenesS and delineatiVe detail Against these two massive parts of the ground plan are projected the highly | charact teristic utteranceS of the solo
 voices framed generally in a freely constructed ariosO sometimes sinking
 almost to a parlands and again rising
 to real melody.
 MT. William A. Brady has selected
 Lester Wallacks' famous old war play
 "Rosedale" for his annual allstarr re- Wallack's old part.
 ! "ROsedale" was first produced at the
 old Wallak's Theater in 1863. so it is . being revived on it's fiftieth birthday | It has however had many revivals the | last having been made in 1894 In addi-
 tion to Mr Cherry. MT Brady has en-
 gagged Miss Elsie Ferguson The first
 Lady in the Land, to play the part of II ROSa@Leigh
 While it has not yet been officially announced. the Metropolitan Opera | company has practically decided to give a preliminary and a post season o1 | popular priced opera at the MetrOpoli- tan next season. Eight weeks begin ming about the middle of Septembel and six or eight weeks more beginning | about the middle of April. The idea is | to use the minor artists of the grea organization and the full chorus ant | orchestra for these performances, ant in some instances special artists vii be engaged.
 The Metropolitan Opero Go. will no, Il take up these performances as an or ganization but they will be financed and directed by some of the most wealthy and influential directors O
 that organization.
 vi While it will be grand opera at pOpu.
 lar prices it will not be grand opera 1T \ English. although it is possible some ' works in English may be produced Il
 what are considered suitable works
 can be found.
 II It may be remembered that the ir.
 repressible oscar Hammerstein ha:
 been projecting a scheme of this kin( Il for some time and as two dollars vii
 be the highest price charged for sea II it would seem that the idea has de | veloped not so much because the Met | ropoltan directors hate high price: | less as because they hate Oscar more So far Oscars thoughts on the sub | ject have not been made public, bu
 when they are they will make goot | reading and if they give good opera a ' the Metropolitan for two dollars OSca ., is very apt to give better opera some