El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-03
SONG BIRDS Of
WORLD COMING
Ell Paso to Entertain Voices
Worth Millions Satur-
day; Grand Opera.

Ei Paso will entertain song birds
whose voices are valued at millions
of dollars Saturday, when 200 grand
opera singers ballet dancers, chorus
singers prima dOnnas and master
singers viii be here for the Two per
formanees of the Boston Grand Opera
company. including PavloWa and her
wonderful Russian ballet
Leave Dallas At ! 4. VI
The Grand Opera company viii leave
Dallas at I o'clock Saturday morning
on a special train Of Il cars Tor the
direct run to lei Paso. This VIII re
the largest special train ever operated
over the Texas & Pacific and the offi-
cials of the road are making special
efforts to bring the special through 10
El Paso in record time. II is expected
that the special viii reach FL Paso
Saturday in time for the matinee per
Torrance of Madam Butterfly which
will begin at ? o'clock and which viii
also include PavlOwa's famous snow
flake" dance.
Personnel of Company.
The personnel of the company IN
cludes q principals. 80 ballet dancers.
So chorus singers, 40 in the orchestra
and the executive starr Az oil lhe
available rooms at the local hotels have
been engaged for the famous singers
and dancers, Pavlowa having engaged
n suite for the day at the Paso del
NOrte and the other prima donnas have
had rooms and suites arranged for their
comfort during their stay in III Paso.
Manager l. r. McClintock. OF the Texas
Grand, where the company Will appear
Saturday afternoon and evening. has
arranged rooms for the members of the
! company.
To Los Angeles.
The opera company will leave here
for the west Saturday night following
hn
Torrance. They will 20 to Los Angeles
from El PasO for series Of per-
fOrmances.
Praise For Opera.
James G. McNary has received the
following letter from assistant district
/ manager Luke c. Bradley. Of the stone
q Webster corporation in Houston re-
garding the Grand Opera company.
Z The letter reads as follows:
According TO the Ell Paso papers
the Boston Grand opera company
IN conjunction with the Pavlowa
imperial ballet Russo will appear
in FL Paso and I notice that you
are. in very large measure,
responsible for bringing this about.
They have just finished giving
three performances in Houston;
Madame Butterfly La Boheme'
and "T Pagliacci-and 1 thought
YOU might be interested in knowing
that everything was fully up to eX-
pectations and advance promises.
Took Houston BY STERN.
Madam Tamaki Miura, the dimin-
utive and charming Japanese artist.
as "CiO-CiO-San" in Madame But
= terfly" took Houston by storm. 1t
was truly a wonderful rendition,
and you can with full assurance
promise the people a rare treat. 1t
is unquestionably the most perfect
; Madame Butterfly" ever presented
TO the American public.
Great Ballots.
az PaEliacci." your other selec-
ton. with Zenatello and Madam
( Felice Lyme is also a remarkable
production and shares honors with
Madame Butterfly"
The artistic atmosphere of the
! above productions would not Be
entirely complete without Pavlowa
and ballet; and both "Snowflakes"
! and "Coppelia" are fully in keeping
with her great reputation
| hope you viii meet with every
! success in this entertainment