Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-21
Omaha to Haze Grand Opera This Week

A genuine purpose to provide grand
opera for the people, at prices thai
are popular with everyone, seems re.
vcaled in the announcements OF the
San Carlo Grand Opera company
which, under the local management OF
Lueius Pryor, comes to the Auditor
ium on Thursday next for three day
period. The San Carlo company is
Just what il pretends to be; no more
no less. AS an institution it stands
upon its own feet, erect in the pride
OF worthily earned success. 1t is man.
aged by Fortune Gallo upon the safe
and sane basis OF being a business
enterprise. His singers are paid the
salaries which they can eaHl, and their
regulations are based upon the effect
they actually project across the foot
lights. There is spirit OF honesty
and sincerity in tho whole organiza-
ton that has made for it thousands Of
friends in the cities visited, and that
is sure 70 make it a great many more.
The San Carlo has come to be a
national institution. Every singing
teacher and singing pupil in Omaha
should really attend these perform
ances as part OF his or her musical
| education. There are four Of them
Thursday, Aida" Friday Faust
Saturday afternoon, Tales OF Hofi-
man. evening; those twins OF the
song world. "Cavalleria Rusticana'
and "Pagliacci' The local promoter
has provided rates which bring the
performances within the compass OF
everybody's pocket book. Opera de-
voices seeking novelties are reminded
that, while the list OF works to be per
formed is OF the more popular char
aeter, the San Carlo management is
quite within its province when it
elects to produce these standard
operas rather than those so-called
modern compositions that would have
no special appeal for the majority OF
opera patrons The box Office, Signor
Gallo knows only too well, has the
last word in grand opera affairs, and
ii is because of the futile attempt to
stage novelties and so-calied present
day operas that most companies, have
been obliged to abandon their season
thus early, or have suffered total
collapse by reason of light patronage.
Verdi's spectacular opera aida"
the opening opera Thursday evening,
is promised upon an unusual plane of
traditional beauty, and competent
cast Of principals will be heard. These
include Nine. Mary Kaestner, Nine.
Maddalena Carrcno, the company's
new mezzo; Senior Manual Salazar,
the Spanish tenor; Signor Giuseppe
Battistini, new italian baritone, and
the two sterling bassos Of the COM
pany-Signors Pieuo DeBiasi and
Natalie Cervi. Chevalier Carlo Peroni
will conduct. Tuesday evenings
Faust" in five acts complete, will be
given with an entirely changed cast,
save that DeBiasi will be heard in his
great role OF Mcphistopheles. A
beautiful presentation of the tuncful
and popular Gounod opera is prom
ised.
Saturdays matinee production OF
Offenbach's light and scintillating
opera, Tales of Hoffman," offers
much to the music patrons, because
The work calls for an especially large
and brilliant cast, and in it Mines.
vaccari, the coloratura; Stella De
Mettc and Maddalena Carrcno, both
eading contraltos; Alice Homer, dra-
matte; Messrs. Sciarctti, tenor; Bat
istini, baritone; Cervi. basso; Dele
nolle, baritone, and De Biasi, basso,
will participate. 1t will indeed be a
yala performance.
The double bill in the evening. as
lung by two especially selected casts.