The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-04-20

Dear Dark Head" and HAS Sorrow
Thy Young Days Shadcd?" were
among the songs he sang, to (bettsr
| than all the applause he goU a run
hiny accompaniment Of what now
was Laughter and again was tears.
While Mr. Mccormack continues to
, mold this great sifh we may overlook
MS absence from the opera to which
once. 1t seemed. alone he belonged.
Donald Mebeath. young man
not Yet ~ age whom Mr. Nc
Cornach discovered In Australia,
showed skill and promise as "a violin
ist which the audience acknowledged
generously. and Vincent OBtien WIS
a skillful accompanist VI the piano.
One Of the record audiences OF the
season attended the gala" Sunday
night sc nicer, at the netrop3i,,sn
Opera House. There was a Verdi
wagner programme. and an excep.
tionally strong and alluring list Of
soloists, Including Mines. Aida, Des-
tim. Duchene and hatfield and
Messrs. Amato. CrIstalli, Jorn, Reiss
and Schlesel. The orchestra vas
under tho direction Of Richard Hags.
man.
The first half Of the concert was
devoted TO Verdi and comprised the
overture to "Forsa del Destino:"
letto." sung BY Mr.. Cristaili: Ave
Maria" from "Oteiio." by Nine. Aida;
Fri tu." from "Bailo il Maschero,"
BY Mr.. Anato; "su QueR ali rosee."
from III Trovntore." by Nine. Destinn.
and the quartet from 'Rigoietto" BY
Mines. Aida and Duchene and Messrs.
Cr1stalli and Amato.
Al the opening Of the second half,
devoted to Wagner. the orchestra
played the overture 70 "rannhauset."
ana the other numbers wero the
quintet from die Meistersineer,
sung by Mines. Destinn and Matt
reid and Mcssrs. Jorn, Reiss ana
SchIegel; Lohengrin's Narrative, BY
Mr. Jorn. and Senta's Ballad and the
spinning Chorus. by Mines. Destinn
ana hatfield and the women's
chorus. The performance In every
respect was an admirable one.
Lois Ewell did not appear at the
last Sunday concert, which also was
.ne close OF the season. at the Gen.
Jury Opera House last night. Neither,
Tor that matter. did Morgan Kings I,
Ton. VINO was tho chief tenor Of the |
company last autumn when Milton |
and Sargent Aborn began their sea
son OF opera in English. Other IA.
miliar names. too. were missed from
inc programme: but Misc Ewell IL
become the Geraldine Farrar of the
toorn organization and Der absence.
specially. could not fall to be no.
Iced. However. there was a large
audience that heard Helen Stanley,
Bertha Shalek. Ivy Scott, Lena Ma
'on. Mary Carson. Kathleen Howard.
Mary Jordan, Jayne Herbert, Louise
daussmann. Orville Harold, Henry
Taylor. Thomas Chalmers. Louis
angelo. Alfred Kaufman, Jean
rheslof and, well. nearly the whole
'oster. In solos and concerted mum.
,ers. All three conductors, Mr.. Sssn.
irei. MI Nicosia and Mr.. Pasternack.
ook peHt. and Edward Collins was
ne accompanied at the plano. Orvilie
Harold distinguished himself esno.
ially by his beautiful singing of Ro.
!olfo's narrative from La Boheme."
rhe sextet from Lucia" doubled
q force minus one. Mr.. Thsslof, also
made q hit.
II was something OF a pity that
'ietro Florida conducting the Italian
Orchestra at ite SECOND
nd last concert Of the season Al
.eolian Hall yesterday Afternoon.
nose Beethoven's "Eroica" avn.
hony for the principal number. Ths
implied purpose Of the orSanixa tion |
, to exploit italian music. Whv.
nen, challenge comparison with the
'oston Symphony. and our own