Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-19
FINEST "CAvALLERIA"
IN YEARS IS HEARD
Double Bill Also Brings For
ward Caruso in "Pagliacci"
at Metropolitan
BIG AUDIENCE PRESENT


IBIG AUDIENCE PRESENT
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nct nonn nu SfitAMa-VTper1 ~ rr,on, one
! Tozzettl and q; Menasci Music by Patro
Opera Company Metropolitan Opera
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| Lola ........,.,.,,..,... Flora Perrin
!! aifio.. aifio..u,u.,..',,.',.''.'..'.rhomssh chaimers
Lucia. .;:..;..:...;;;,.....;; Marie Mattfeid
In PAGIIACCT-op.r, in two acts. Book
anced I'"c hv sy Tussnsnp tngnrsValo, r9 pY
Metropolitan opera House
Media Claudia Nfuzlo
Eanio. .................... Enrico Caruso
l,eppe .......''''''''' paeear.o AnndIsio
silvio. ........,. Mario laurent
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SStess dlrector-Richard Ordynski.
Technical directornESward s,edle
Stage manager-Armando F. Agninl.
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It Is reasonable presumption that
| The seasons largest audience. which
crowded the Me,ropo,,tan Opera House
| ,,st ayo,,,, - u,,.,,,,,, g. h..u
| -, 'd"'o P''''"'n'
Iaruso sing "Canio's Lament, Canned
| by multitudnous monographs, this ex-
:erpt from "I papliacci" has popularized
| ,ha ,o,,s... -, =. Na,,,.,,,.
'0uueS' ieeoiu eAtah'' Na'ui any
| when the great tenor In the flesh hurls
i his vociferous tones through vast au-
| litoriun, unti, Ito vary walls reverbera,e
| s,,,,,,. ,.,,-,, -, .-,,- ,....to-,
puoiiV oehsHs Is sliii iur' r'her iii'ehsi'eu'
| AS Stimulus for operate patronage the
| Caruso Canio is as yet unsurpassed.
| R,,,rp A. r,or,o,ico,,,, ,rsures ,,u
! -'''
uouse'
Last nights 'Pagliacc' cast was
almost Identical with the one which in.
terpreted the music drama here less
than a year ago That the audience
was quite as large-if not triie
larger--than on that precedent occasion
hxes the Identity or the operate mag
net. ~ is lIeoncaNallo niue opera
| ravailerla ltustlcana, Whlch tradi-
1 iionaIiy rounuS out the larnilar uouple
oai., .'at mas come 10 De popuiaIiy
saroeu as lncluehtal' YET II was MAS
cagnl masterpiece which carried OH the
prime artistic honors last evening"
Never since Oscar Hammerstein pulled
down the cleaning Harrah mansion"
and supplanted it with the largest tenn
pie or music In the land have the mood
ana spirit OF "Cavalleria' been SO sue
cessiulv caught py singers conductor
ana stage director the sultry, tragic az
nosphere OF the INTRODUCTION, the storm
OF Meuiterrahean passion Wnlcn Is SUP
eu,t,, -, tSa oaors ,no 80 VI ranI;zed hv
s,,naSh or,;sti, oo'orora,io, E,.an Tho
baclneyed intern,ozzn had vjrjIitv and
1 erfectiyenesa s,,cr as that r,,,ch .burdv-
4 y,,rdied" .niece" hos NOT disclosed here
\ T., ,'aor 'Co1a,,o.a Nyoran,oni ,aoa a.
L LEI, ,,,,ieoaat a,,,,orit,, Tro,,, ,,,i,;,,,
sIi e. nnts rira .an,i,nentai;t,, =, va hsnnI,,
har,shad Indona HE ;nt tcrnretotion nr
4 ~ 49,. ,n,ro r,aa ,,,astsr,y ona M
sn,o,, foc,or IN ,,ov,ry the caat 70 the
nitch of ;nsniration
,.
IL is sienincaht commentary Oh
american musical progress .nat three
vi the siciiian charac'ers were ih.ei
preted Dy IeiloW cltizehs-faui All
mousse lhomas Chaimers ana florence
\ iiaston' Ihe last named was promptly
A established as a dramatic soprano or
commanding talent. Something like ten
years ago she was heard in this city as
kundry in Henry w. Savage's English
production of "ParsifaL" Since that
time her art (due, it is said, to German
training) has triumphantly expanded.
She singsswith imaginative feeling. with
consoling richness of tone. with his
| trionc fire and with taste altogether
unclouded by overemphasis. Her San
a tuzza was a moving and eloquent por-
trait' recalling cave In the part more
than any other great diva
Mr.. Althouse, partially a Philadelphia
product. was Turiddu Of opulent vocal
assets and a discretionary acting sense.
1t was unfortunate that his make up so
little suggested the essentially Latin as
pect of the role, but that defect can be
iudiciouslv ranoirad Mr. rboIpars