The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-11-07
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For tho second Onerlng or It's
weeks stay iu the GRrriCk the San
Carlo company presented ponizettfs
Lucia di lamnermoor tuesday
evening
The score Of this opera Is one OF
the most familiar ~ tho Older norid
style ~ operas It's famous sextet 10
known To every body and. as usual.
10 had o. Dee repeated Tuesday even
iug. 60 satisfy the long continued ap-
plause with which IL was greeted ny
tho audience The mad scene, too.
ls perhaps as well known az any
popular air OF the land, and is al
wuFE listened 10 with considerable
awe b. those who still can be thrilled
us the human voice performing gym
nastics up and down the scale.
Mine Edvidge vaccari. whose sweet
/ soprano voice has been carefully de-
Volpped for coloratura work, waa the
/ Lucia 8nd shs sang the music 20 the
entire satisfaction or the audience,
Judging from the applause which fol-
! lowed her solo work. Mime Naccari
made an attractive Lucia, and she
/ managed the mad scene aria with
skin and synpathy.
Agostlni is "A good Edgar and vo-
/ cally easily encOmpassed the re-
1 quirements ~ the role. while Antola
sang Henry in place az Joseph Roy
er new French baritone Ia the
! company. who was announced. An
/ tola Is 4 thoro artist and everything
| he does ho does well
| Excellent work was offered IN the
| other roles ny Alice Hosmer,. natalie
! cervi. Pictro de Biasi and Luciano
Rossini The San Carlo company Is
| fortunate in possessing such accom-
| pilshed opera singers for the lesser
| balanced performance that actually
give more real pleasure 20 tho opera
\ lover than IN" spectacular one or
l two star affairs that too frequently
arc given g. tho American pubic.
The san Carlo company VIII give
/ Aida" Wednesday evening with
Mary KAestncr. Stella De Mette sala-
zer, Roger dc Riaagl; csryi and ,koss -
man was the afternoon Offering.
/ MarccliR craft viii be n special
| guest artist for the Faust per
/ formance Thursday evening. singing
/ Marguerite.
VIII -. Corbett. whose versatility
! las been prayen during tic past SOW
I crel weeks IN fhe Adams theater with
/ tho Chaser company was one ~ the
/ youngest leading men tho American
/ stage ever knew Mr.. Corbett Sc
I lected stage career when about IS
/ years ~ age and when he had reach
! was TanSed AZ "A leading man 10
appeared in an ~ the larger eastern
/ cities - leading man with stock or
I Kan zati0us and later went on the
/ road Zoo support % such stars "a Nlr-
1 Ginia Harmed, SAY irwin blanGhe
! Walsh and a number ~ others lie
! appeared IN Detroit with richard
! Mansfield In "Cyranno' with blanche
/ Walsh in THE Resurrection. VIII
! and with a number - other we'll
| known PLAYERS and plays
When Harry Lauder concludes his
/ present farewell tour 81 Amc r---1
| which VIII bring him 10 the Garrtck
I theater next week. he 10 going back
/ to England 10 devote bis time 20
spoaking ani singing o. the soldiers
ou the battle front. Then he ana
] fis wife viii retire ~ the estate In
Scotland which ne purchased last
! November for his son. Capt John
Z Lauder - The AfEylc aud sutherland
/ suFhlsnders. VINO was klled AZ At
raa Doc. "a. la j. largely The loss
/ ~ this sou which has caused Lauder
g. abandon his stage career al its
I zenith tauder's 70 was wrapped w
/ In this bUy his oily child lie never
tired OF talking ~ him. no said re-
peatedly that all the work az his life
! wss devoted 20 giving John every
advantage which he tho father. had
/ never enjoyed LADDERS tastes are
( extremely simple. To him a btt OF a
/ BONE. blazing fireplace. an old
( pair or slippers and a pipe far out
I shine the glofies or tho most palatial
/ thing that could be obtained by
! money or power. and h was r"adv
with tho fruition OF his hopes when
! the war changed everything Twice
/ when Capt John was iuvalided T! ONE
I with wounda the father rushed across
/ the Atlantic 90 bo with his son. and
! the happy pride he hid IN him was
/ perhaps best demonstrated by the
! words an address he made AZ n
/ big recruiting meeting on London
last 'rar
I 20 have only ono son. and am
| rrouf o. aaN that my boy Us sole
dior uf tlIr ffuuf serving hIs country
/ n Good shuuid spare him thru the
! r0nnict how happy VIZ all would be
! o. welcome him home. but whatever
\ betiie ON pleased and gretided To-
give my country one soldier.
Bench wcich ana his Rig show
} will com. 90 tho Gayety next week.
/ Welch wii be- featured in tho musi-
lal comedy sNits. The Love Arbor'
aud lizzie ~ the Movies Both are
/ said go hr allied with laughnble stu
ations ana 20 afford Welch emporium
tity e. display his talents FOR Hebrew
( and italian characte riIations. In Mr.
NEetch'a company VIII hN found tho
/ following wcll-known entertainers
rqt Nearncv Drank Murphy. Billy
4 Earl ElvotGrievcs and Frankie Mar
Tho Madison theater-Is showing
motion picture views OF the Shriner
! parade hol1 ON the streets OF Detroit
\ iast Friday After the parade moro
! TRAN 900 candidates were initiated
into Moelcm temple. Many we'll
/ known Detroiters appear IN the pic
/ ture.
The large orchestra OF ~ pieces
| which Harry Lauder Ia carrying on
| his farewell tour OF the country. IL
under the direction % Ivan Rudisill
/ we'll known 10 Detroit theatergocre
! from the fact that he was FOR more
/ than year musical director for the
] Regent theatsr IN this city Mr. Rudt-
l eIil made many friends during bfa