The evening world., 1917-12-24
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alnri. naive mIa.u.syous or sincere.
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It0 MrllnIul.H ur enabled nor
io mol. .1o rounteas 'ffeo-
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calls fll rnr singing or real so
prano. wunB Mur M,tzonnucr may
never hop' o., uo aud should not
strive 10 boz vIIo sho " sp eminent
IN hcr own legitimate sphere.
Nevertheless h,r singing Of tho
Dove sono was beautiful achieve
mcnt rho lattcr duet by her and
Miss II"mpJ lacked something Of
sprightlIn,Ha because Of tho slow
tempo at which Mr. Bodanzky. who
conducted directed H. Geraldine
Farrar. victim or bronchitis, was
too much out of voice ~ givo snap
10 Chcrubino. and 10 would be un-
gallant to speak OF hor appearance,
Giuseppe do Luca was Figaro, tune
ful, sparkling ever resourceful. The
Count was Didur, who. while his
voice b. not ordained for Mozart. gave
an admirable impersonation A new
conner was Helen kandcrs. who made
a favorable impression m the small
part Of liarbarna. Kathleen Howard
was Marccllina ana the two attractive
bridesmaids were Phyllis White and
Giuscppiud Mazza. ltciSs. Leon
hardt, Malatcsta and Max Bloch COM
pletcd the cast.
That vivid, absorbing Oue-act
music drama OF Lconis, "L'Oracolo,"
San Francisco Chinese tragedy In
a nutshell, its first performance this
season. led a double bill at the Opera
House on Saturday night Scotu's
tho opium den keeper and Didurs The
Oracle were wonderfully done. Flor
encc Easton, for the first time. was
All Yoe, and Paul AlthousC. for the
first time. was Win-San- Luy, tlne
performances that did not wipe out
memories OF their predecessors. Borl.
who, FOR l time at least. cannot sing.
and Botha who is dead. Besides, In
the competent cast were Sophie Bras
lau. Rossi, Audisio and the admirable
child actor ella Bakos. "Pagliaccl"
followed. In a stirring performance
which brought out the best efforts OF
Martinelli, Claudia Muzio. Amato,
laurent and Audisio. Mr. Moran
zoni conducted both operas.
Iascha Ucifetz, the phenomenal
young Russian violinist, 1t was that
packed the opera house at last nights
concert, with hundreds turned away
His virtues have been exploited In
this column from the beginning. This
time 1t was I'm the Mcndolssohn con-
Corto that he elected to perform. But
there was new aspirant for public
favor IN Maria Conde, a Coloratura
soprano, frightened beyond measure
in the "Ah, non giungc" from LA
Somnambula." her first Offering
Later she sang the Hell song from
"Iakmc." Her voice has IL wide
range and she usese 1t with facility,
and she will he worth hearing again.
Jose Mardoncs won new laurels ny
his singing. and Richard llagcmnn
conducted the orchestra as effective
ly as his musicians played.
The Weekend music includcd the
first concert OF tie Orchestra So
ccty, Max Jacobs conductor. at