The evening world., 1915-12-24
Opera Once More
At the Manhattan
By Canlpanini
BY Sylvester Rdpling.

HPERAT1C circles were In q bub-
" BILE Of gossip last night over tho
report that Cleofonte Campanini
Ia TO bring his Chicago Opera Com
pany to the Manhattan Opera House
on Jan. "a for an engagement OF two
weeks. II is understood that II the
venture Ii successful the season will
be prolonged for several weeks. MT.
Ham merstein Is said to have volun-
teered his private support OF the en-
terprise and to have declared that
when he resumes the active manage
ment OF the Manhattan, which no
owns, next September, he will well
come eagerly operate organizations
such as MIR. Campaninis to his house,
The Court of Appeals has not yet
passed upon the Metropolitan Opera
Company's case against Mr.. Hammer
stain. Is the former opera war to be
revived? Another interesting thing
IL that Serge de Diaghilen's Ballet
Russo begins q two weeks engage
mont at the Century Theatre on Jan.
IL. Lively weeks these promise TO bel
Saint Saens's "Samson ct Daltla"
was repeated at the metropolitan
Opera House last night, with Caruso.
Margarote Matzenauer, Amato, Ro-
thier and Carl Schlegel in tho princi-
nal characters, Miss Gall leading
the ballet and Mr.. Polacco conduct
ing. II was the best performance
since the opera was revived this sea-
son. Incidentally, Mr.. Caruso began
the Christmas celebration in the
house by presenting to the members
OF the stan gold coins bearing. on one
side, a bust Of himself. and on the
other Euterpe with a Tyre.
"Prince Igor" Alexander p. Boro-
din's Russian opera. announced for last
sea son but postponed. is to get its first
performance in America at the Metro
politan Opera House next Thursday
night. The third act holds a spec
tacular Tartar ballet Mr.. Gatu-
Cesazza has provided n sumptuous
setting and the opera has been dill
gently rehearsed by Mr.. Polacco. In
tho cast will appear Frances Aida,
Amato. Botta and Didur. The bills
on Monday. Die Walkuere" on
Wednesday, "Parsifal" on Friday af-
ternoon, "Madama Butterfly" on Fri
day evening. The Masked Ball. for
the New Years matinee and La Be-
heme," the first of a dozen Saturday
night popular subscription perform
ances, on New Years night. Fritz
Kreisler, the Austrian violinist, will
play at Sunday nights popular con-
cert.
KITTY Cheatham will give her nrst
annual holiday recital. always a de-
light TO music lovers, at the Lyceum
Theatre on Monday afternoon at
o'clock precisely. Besides her own
arrangement Of children's songs from
Pierne's children at Bethlehem" she
will sing children's songs by Max
Roger and Schumann. new songs by
John Alden Carpenter and William
willelte, a group of folk songs from
France. Holland. Russia. Japan, Eng
land and Scotland. and old negro
songs harmonized by II. T. Burleigh.
Flora Macdonald will be the accom-
PIANIST
Anna Pavlowa and her associate
artists of the Boston Grand Opera
Company win join with Sousa and his
band in providing a Christmas festi-
val at the Hippodrome on Sunday
night. Mile. Pavlowa will appear
twice. In TsohaikowsKy's "Pasdes
Deux" and in Glazounow's "Bacch-
anale." The artists will include Ia
maxi Miura, the little Japanese
prima donna, her first concert ap-
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formerly Of the metropolitan Opera
Company.
Cecil Burleigh, composer-violinist
OF the University of Montana, will
give n recital OF his own compositions
at tho Mcdowell Club on Tuesday
evening. Clarence Mayer OF the Wes-
leyan College OF Music, will be at the
plano.
"The Divine Birth" a Christmas
cantata. will BIO given at noon on
Tuesday In st. Paurs Chapel with
George Care, tenor, and r. Norman
Jolliffe. bass and Edmund Jaques.
organist- choirmaster.
Ruth 81, Denis, the Oriental dancer
who has not appeared here for six
years. will give four special matinees
next week at the Hudson Theatre, ap-
pearing on Monday. Tuesday. Thurs
day and Friday. During her absence
Miss st. Denis has created many new
dances which she will present. One
Of the features will be THE Spirit OF
the Sea-" another The Peacock and
Garden of Kama" arranged from
Lawrence Hopes Indian poems.