New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-01
Of THE WEEK IN THE PLAYHOOSES
BALLET
NEARS COMPLETION
Operate Stars Of Prime Magni.
tude to Assist Great
Dancer.

Max Rabinof, managing director a,
the Paylowa ballet, has nearly es,,.
pleted the organization Of the gr,,,
opera company which is TO Civ. Dor.
formances in conjunction With Am,
Pavlowa and her company during u.
coming season. The entire chorus al
orchestra Of the former Boston Op.,
Company have been engaged and viii
enter upon rehearsals soon. The Ar.
tistic and technical staff has been com.
pleted and more than half Of the prip.
cipal artists engaged. All that is necs..
sary to complete the organization /,
the contamination OF engagements a,
stars now pending. Those for who,s
services arrangements have alreaS,
been made are as follows: Soprano,
and mezzo-sopranos, Maria Gay, Mar.
Kouznetzova, Amelita Galli-Curci, MAJ.
gle Teyte and Louisa Villain; tenor
Giovanni Zenatello, Ippolito Laz,sro
and Ricardo Martin; barytones and
bassos, George Baklanof, Gsudio Ns,.
sueto and Thomas Chalmers; ec,.
ductors, Roberto Moranzoni, Ell
Kuper and Adolph Schmid; stage Ii.
rector, Ryszard Ordynski; technical Ii.
rector, Robert F. Brunton; chorus d.
rector, Amedeo Barbier. Negotiaton,
are now under way with many other
grand opera notables, including one Of
the most famous prima donnas Of the
time, whose engagement Mr. RsbinOs
expects to be able TO announce il
few days.
In the ballet portion Of the organi.
zation Miss Paylowa will have the en-.
tire company with which she toured
during the last season, including Ivan
Cuisine, Alexander Volnine, Stephans
PlaskCvietzka, Stasia Kuhn and Others.
The combined grand opera forces and
ballet company will make a total Of
more than 200 persons, said to be the
largest organization Of its kind ,hs.
has ever gone on tour in America. All
OF the scenic and costume productions
of the Boston Opera Company have
been bought for this new combination,
and these alone will require a special
train of baggage cars for their trans.
portation. For members Of the opera
and ballet companies another train Of
two sections will be required, so tia,
the entire railroad equipment will IN.
clude more than twenty cars and
coaches.
An extensive repertory will be o.
fered, the novelties being Auber's The
Dumb Girl Of Portici," Josef HolbrOoks
new opera, The Enchanted Garden
and Montemezzi's THE Love Of Three
Kings" The repertory will also in.
clude such established fayorites as
"Othello," Carmen" LA GioeOnds'
"Rigoletto," "Cavalleria Rustieans'
"Pagliacci," Faust" Hamlet, Romeo
and Juliet" and others. Both the opera
and ballet companies will appear at sll
performances.
Long engagements are being arranged
in Chicago, New York and Boston, with
shorter visits to a few other prlneipa!
cities. The organization will open at
the Auditorium in CHICAGO early in De-
tober. On their way from that city 10
New York they will stop for four per-
formances at Toronto, where prominent
citizens have arranged 10 raise a fund
to defray the expenses s35,0OO-o,
that engagement All boxoifice receipts
above that amount will be donated 70
the Canadian Patriotic Fund. Musical
enthusiasts and public spirited citizens
in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati
Columbus, indianapolis, Detroit, ~
Paul and other cities are also endeayor'
ing to arrange for visits OF the Paw,
Iowa ballet and its pre-emlnent grand
opera company 70 those cities.