Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-09-09
Advance Seat Sale for Car
men and II Trovatore
Gets Bigger.
FEW PERFORMANCES
Only Eighteen Appearances
All Told; This City
Fortunate.

The fact that Tulsa is one OF nine
cities In this country where the Ellis
Grand Opera company will appear is
sufficient indication that the p.opi-
OF OklahOu are In for a decided treat
on October 80 and 81 when Carmen"
and I'll Trovatore" will be presented
at Convention hall by the world $
greatest stars and supporting COM
panv Of more than one hundred pei-
formers and musicians.
The advance seat sale at the Cham
be- of Commerce Is near the $40, 900
mark At this rate all OF the four
thousand seats will be sold by tho
end of the present month. That this
will not be a remarkable record, saw
,or the fact that Tulsa Is the smallest
town In which the company is to ap-
poGr, Is indicated by the fact that in
some OF the cities all the tickets have
been solo for several weeks. In Mil
wlutee the advance sale had reached
$4,000 the first Of this week
Advance sales for the Tulsa season
are being conducted this month in l9
other cities in Oklahoma and judy
ing from tho alacrity with which they
are being purchased II behooves Tul-
sans to make their reservations with
out delsy.
Wake Up, Tulsa!
the field Of music for the season OF
l?lG-l9l7 Is the opera company which
has been organized for a limited num-
Der Of performances Of two operas,
chiefly in the middle west Mr. Ellis
iS we'll known to the musical public
Of this country. since its organization
"a 1881 he has been manager Of the
Boston symphony orchestra and no
small part Of its great success is due
70 q ha
past 25 years his name also has been
associated with the greatest artist.
who have appeared In America. For
that length II time he has had entire
charge Of the personal affairs T.!
Madame Mclba in America For 10
years he has had charge Of all the
American tours of Paderewski. For
the last half dozen years he has di-
rected the concert tours Of Geraldine
Farrar and Fritz Kreisler. Moreover,
he has Lad operate experiences. for
in the fall II 1897 ne organized the
Elds Opera company. which for three
years played en- ~ portant role in the
music OF this country and had as It's
singers such distinguished artists as
Madame Melba. Madame Ternini,
Madame Gadsk and Alvarez the IA
nous French tenor.
Great on Detail.
~ was tnc suggestion or many or
his friends through the middle west
that decided Mr.. ellis to form an
operate company to give a limited Sc
ries Of performances during the erG
of DrtCb' ana the early pasu { No.
Vcmbpr. &c mis- end he orgarizcn
sUch ccthpu.i Mr.. ellis mas nad
I | many yci,' the reputation II do
ing nOthitg IA p ckimplng mlcheI
d:d the r1r'uauJ which hc has or
Earized is e tho highest posi- ole Qual-
!ty. not only in the stars which take
the leading roles but in general en-
scmble, chorus, ballot. orchestra and
scenery. HIS plan is to give two
operas. Bizets Carmen" and Verdi
~ TrOvatore," generally speaking,
the two most popular works in the
operate repertoire. For the principal
roles Of these works ne has engaged
IL ost dlstlns uiShed artists
Ills schedule calls for a total OF IS
performances in nine cities and each
of these cities will have two perform,
unCes, one each OF Carmen" and III
TrovatOre" The tour begins in TUl do
October lG-17. Then comes MilwaI-
kee. October 1919, st Paul. October
2O-2I. Omaha, October 23-24 Kansas
city. October 1926; Fort Worth Oc-
tober 21-9S. Tulsa, October 30-31; st
7 ouis. November 1-2, and Cincinnati,
November 81. These cities will hear
mos remarkable performances uf
these operas, performances which
promise to be memorable in the an
nails Of music in this country.