Evening star., 1915-12-13
ADJUSTMENTS.
Grand Opera Thursday.

+, The Boston Grand Opera Company,
combining some Of the greatest singers
| Of the world. in conjunction with the
famous Pavlowa and her Ballet Russo
will present Thursday evening, at the
opening Of their brief engagement in
this city, grand opera Of the highest
conception. which has long been denied
the National Capital. These notable or
ganizations are coming, It is said, as q
test or try-out, to see II Washington
may be counted upon hereafter for sup.
port that will justify its inclusion in
the circuit of cities being formed for q
season of grand opera yearly here
after.
| The present engagement is q costly
one, for in addition to the famous sing
ers and performers who will come, each
Of the operas is to be presented with
the elaborate scenery. settings and
costumes used in the Boston engage
ment. a notable departure. inasmuch as
1t has heretofore been the practice OF
grand opera companies to carry on the
road cheaper and less elaborate
equipment than is used in Boston, New
York and Chicago.
| Washingtonians who have civic pride
as well as the great host OF those whose
taste runs to higher music, seem to be
alive to the Importance of success in
the present engagement in such mag.
nitude as to leave no doubt of what
may be expected hereafter, thanks to
the public-spirited action of the Wash
ington committee which has given Its
guarantee against present failure.
| "LAmore del tre Re" ("The Love OF
the Three KingsD will be the opera for
Thursday evening. 1t is the Monte
mezzi opera, which gained internation-
al prestige in a single night for the
composer. Luisa VILLAIN, who created
| ha nf of ba o
miere at La Scala, Milan. one of the
greatest dramatic sopranos in opera
will sing the role here. In the cast
with her are Giovanni Zenatello. the
as one Of the greatest dramatic tenors
in the world; George Baklanoff, the
great singing actor Of Europe: Jose
Mardones. the eminent spanish basso;
Clement. Enrico Nava and Blanca So
| roya. with Roberto Moranzoni. con-
ductor. The ballet will be Snow
Flakes" from Tschaikowsky's Nut
| Cracker" ballet. with Anna Pavlowa,
Alexandra Volinine and the Pavlowa
Adolf Schmid, conductor.
Friday night, Puccini's Madame But
| terfly." with Tamaki Miura, the cele-
brated Japanese prima donna. as clio
Cho San; Ricardo Martin. accounted
the finest robusto tenor in America:
Thomas Chalmers. the great American
baritone: Elvira Leveronf, Paolo Anan-
ian, Romeo Bosacci, Maria Lara and
Georgia Puliti in the cast. and Agide
Jacchia, conductor. The Egyptian
Ballet" will present Pavlowa and Vol
mime and the Ballet Russo.
At the Saturday matinee. "Cavalleria
Rusticana" will be the offering with
Luisa VILLAIN. Fely Clement, Phyllis
Davis. Riecardo Martin and Georgia
Puliti in the cast, and Agide Jacchia,
conductor, followed by the mimo-chor-
geographic version of Gluck's "Elysian
Fields" from 'Orfeo ct Euridice," pre-
senting Maria Gay as Orfeo and Blanca
Saroya as Euridice, with Pavlowa, Vol
mime, the Ballet Russo and the entire
chorus, in "Ecole en- >Crinoline," by
Alice Barney Hemmick.
II Pagliacci'' will be the opera for
Saturday night, presenting Felice Lyme
| Giuseppe Gaudenzi, Thomas Chalmers
Romeo Boscacci and Georgia Puliti
with Roberto Moranzoni, conductor, to
be followed by the ballet, "Coppelia,'
complete in two acts, with Pavlowa
Volinine and the Ballet Russo.