Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-07-20
To BE General and Musical
Director of Grand
Opera Tour.
HAS GREAT RECORD
Many Achievements in U.
S. and Abroad; in Pit
Each Evening.

When c. A. Ellis finally determined
TO organize the Ellis opera company
to give series OF performances OF
Carmen" and I'll Trovatore" in Tul-
sa and throughout the middle west
this fall. in the manner which has
characterized all his undertakings
from the beginning. he made up his
mind to leave nothing undone to give
the best opera possible. He engaged
the greatest singers in the world for
the principal parts. and then to top
off. he was fortunate enough to Sc
cure the services of Cleofonte Cam
panini as general and musical di-
rector.
No matter how great singers an
opera company may have: no matter
how fine scenery and how excellent
intrinsically the chorus and orchestra
may be. unless there is one great mas
ter mind controlling these various ell
ements and welding them into a per-
feet whole. the best artistic results
cannot be obtained. The engage
ment of Mr.. Campanini was the final
assurance that the performances of
the Ellis Opera company would be of
the very highest quality.
Always in Opera.
Cleofonte Campanini is one of the
few men actively engaged in music
today to whom may be applied the
term of genius" for genius Cam
panini undoubtedly is. For 35 years
and he is still a young man--Cam-
panini has been of the most notable
figures in the world of opera. A
younger brother of that marvellous
nj Va. fnf1tt ,it,f h.. rnat
conductor was concerned with opera
almost from childhood. A native of
Parma. he did his preliminary work
in the conservatory of that city and
was directing opera in the lesser
cities of Italy while he was still a stu
dent. long before he was 20 years old
AS an evidence of his genius. unlike
so many other musicians, he was not
content to rest on his early-won
laurels, but went to the Conservatory
of Milan, first as a student. then as
a member of the faculty and ulu-
m5ltely was appointed to the post of
conductor of La Scala in that city.
the youngest conductor that famous
opera house ever had.
Greatest Triumphs.
Distinguished as Mr.. Campanini's
triumphs in Europe have been, the
most wonderful pages in the story OF
his life must ever be connected with
the United States In 1906 when Os-
car HammerStein organized the Man
haitian Opera company in New York,
Campanini was engaged as general
and music director. The obstacles he
overcame in organizing this company
were nothing short of tremendous. In
a very brief time he was compelled
to whip into shape a green orchestra,
n green chorus and a combination Oh
singers that had never appeared t.,
gether before. All familiar with th.
musical history of this country for
the last ten years know how the work
done by Campanini at the Manhattan
Opera company fairly revolutionized
opera in America that his brilliant
achievements at the big opera hous.,
in West Thirty-fourth street compelled
the Metropolitan opera company to
get out of the rut into which it hao
fallen and give the admirable opera
such as ii does today.
With the final eclipse Of Hammer
STEMS enterprise. Mr.. Campanin
went to Chicago, where ne has since
been general director of the Chicago
Opera company and there his achieve
ments have been as brilliant as they
were in New York.
In Full Charge.
Mr.. Campanini will have absolute
and full control Of the entire musicai
and technical side of the Ellis Opera
company. From his station in the
orchestra he will direct all things
from the first rehearsal in Chicago to
the last performance of the tour. Di-
rectly after the end of the tour he
will begin his seasons work with the
Chicago Opera company in Chicago