The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-04
FIRST EVENING sun
CONCERT TRIUMPH
Pleased Audience Of 1000 Find
Arrangements at Garden
Perfect.
MILE. BORI THE SOLOIST
Shares HOnOrs With Brooklyn
Choral Union and Russian
Symphony Orchestra.

The first concert In THE EVENING Suns
1000 persons paid admission and took
seats at Madison Square Garden TO hear
Mile. Lucrezia Bori, the Russian
Symphony Orchestra ard the Brooklyn
Choral Union. The satisfaction Of the
1000 was evidenced by their ready and
continued applause. They did not want
Mile. Bori to stop at all. She was
gracious and repeated parts Of the arias
on her programme. but even then the
crowd was not satisfied until the Metro
poltans Spanish soprano had returned to
the platform and bowed and bowed again.
While the crowd was coming into the
Garden julius Hopp. the organizer of the
Wage Farmers Theatre League, said tina,
he had not expected any very great crow,
on the opening night. But before thu
orchestra began its first number Mr.. Hopr
admitted his mistake. Aside from the
advance sale there was a long lire at the
Madison avenue entrance to tn, Garden
waiting to buy tickets, most Of the buy
era holding In their hands THE EVENING
SUN coupons which enabled them to re
tickets at the extremely low price of rs
cents
Thous htful Ones Beneat.
These late Corners filed into the Garden
as fast as they could get their tickets
but meanwhile those VINO had bought the
tickets in advance nj one of the oifices
named In THE EVENING Sun were enjoy.
ing the beginning of the programme
All doubts OF the nervous as TO getting
into and out of the Garden without crusi
OF danger were stilled by the almost
perfect arrangements last night. All tn,
Entrances OF the Garden were used
an entrance for each part of the house
and at no time was there any incon
venience to the audience. II is expected
that at least 10000 persons will be m the
Garden on saturday and Sunday nights
but with the system shown last night
there need be no fear OF brushes.
The big amphitheatre wore new clothe.
for the occasion last night The ceiling
was deckcd In green. with white band,
marking the steel beams. The sam,
colors were run around the galleries anc
boxes, and marked OIL the orchestra plat
form. This platform was on IN,
Twenty-seventh street SIDE of the build
ing, erected over the boxes and arena
seats. instead OF in the middle of tn,
arena. Every one OF the 1000 In las
nights audience fa' ed the performers
in the boxes or arena seats. In thu
balcony or up in the gallery.
Colridxe Taylor Cantata.
The programme began with "Th,
Death OF MInnehaha" from Colridge
Taylors cantata "Hiawatha," sung b!
the Brooklyn Choral Union under tn
direction of T. Bath GLEASON. The or
chestra accompanied the choral society
/ The snioa NJ b.. psaf
Miss Marie Stoddart, soprano. and Jane
| Stanley. basso. '"ne number was sun,
without cuts and made up the first sec
ton of the programme II WAS receive,
with much favor.
~ the beginning OF the second section
OF the programme was the overture from
| Thomas's "M!gnon." which the orches tr,
followed with tn. largo movement from
Dvorak's New WORLD symphony. Thei
came three shorter numbers. Jaernfe e.
| Praludlum, the ballet music from Gin
| ka's Life for the Car" and the Dane
Of the Fairy Dolls from Tschaikowsky'
"Nutcracker' suite, In the last name,
Nine. Rossin! played the celesta
When Mile. Bori appeared and bowe
to each section in turn the applause wa
so great that II was necessary to wa!
a minute or two before beginning her hrs
number. which was the bird song froa
"Pagliacci" Mile. Bori did not seem 4
the least confused by the b!gness OF tn
amphitheatre and her voice al all time
easily carried TO every part OF the arens
II was one OF the largest crowds that IN
| soprano OF "L'Amore del Ire Rel ha
sung before In America, and there wa
no doubt that she made new friends Wit
every phrase
This part Of the programme ended wit
another orchestra number. Liszts Secon
Hungarian Rhapsody.