Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-10-29

WORLDS ARTISTS
INCLUDED IN CASTS
Thousands Will Attend Art
and Musical Event From
City and Country.

TULSNS first grand opera season
l. opens tomorrow night. The four
act opera. Carmen" by Meilhac and
Havley, with music by Georges Bizet
will be presented by the Ellis Grand
Opera company at Convention hall
with Geraldine Farrar as Carmen. and
supported by cast OF artists includ-
ing Helen Stanley. Lucien Muratore.
COnstantin NlcOlay and Albertina
Rasch.
on Tuesday night the Ellis company
Will produce "ll Trovatore." IA four
act opera by Salvatore Cammarano.
with music by Giuseppe Verdi. In
this Marie Rappold viii take the part
of Lconora and will be supported by
one of the greatest casts of artists in
the world, including Louise Homer as
Azucena, Morgan Kingston as Man
rico. Giovanni Polese AS Count di
Luna and Alma Peterson as IneZ.
The opera was secured for Tulsa.
and oklahoma, through the efforts OF
members Of the Hyechka dub and the
Tulsa Chamber of Commerce and was
brought to this city as one OF only
nine In the United States, after a guar
antee of $4,000 had been posted by
the people of Tulsa.
Accompanying the cast of the two
operas Is one of the most noted opera
orchestras in the country, directed in
person by Cleofonte Campaninl. The
movement of this huge organization
from one of the cities fortunate
enough to secure presentation, ne
cessitates the use of a special train OF
IA coaches, which will arrive in Tulsa
Sunday morning at ISL over the Mis-
rsoufi, Kansas a Texas road, coming
from Fort Worth where the company
appeared in opera Friday night
Tulsa Eager Now.
Tulsa Is ready TO bow In homage
to the first grand opera OF her history
and many weeks of preparation have
been made to make of II the greatest
social and musical event in the history
of the state.
Acrady from all parts of Oklahoma
and many cities of other and adjoining
states patrons of the opera have begun
to arrive in Tulsa and the management
of all the leading hotels agree, that
while all reservations made in advance
will be carried out. there is a proba-
bility that Tulsa will never have re-
corded as many out-of-town visitors
as during the week of grand opera.
carefully prepared publicity
campaign and seat sale arrangement
has made the name of Tulsa stand
out throughout the country as ii has
never done before. as a result of the
appearance in this city OF such a
noted company and a cast OF the
worlds greatest stars.
At a meeting in the Chamber OF
Commerce rooms yesterday after
noon of the executive committee of
the grand opera. the following story
was told In connection with the ma
ton wide publicity that Tulsa had
secured by being selected as one OF
the nine cities in the United States in
which the company will appear. A
Tulsa oil magnate was In an exclu-
sive club in New York city and some
ono suggested the opera. He replied
that Tulsa was to hear FRrrar in
Carmen and Rappold in II Trovatore
This drew "a laugh from his friends,
and when he told them that a guar
antee of $4,000 had been posted by
the citizens OF this city to secure the
opera, his friends thought he had
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