The evening world., 1918-03-07

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are driven to advance against the
foe. Disaster falls upon them. The
King finds his two sons murdered
each by the other.
Then a mysterious Queen appears.
The old dotard insists that she shail
marry him. Eventually they reach
the capital, acclaimed ny tho poPu-
lace. The A~strOlogcr demands MS
promised reward OF anything he may
ask, which happens to be the queen
for himself. me King Kills him. Inc
Cock flies down and Kills the lNlng'
The Queen disappears in a sudden
darkness. The people, from the pc
ginning, alternately glcclul and wali,
ing. slaves Of the fat "Old Father
not THE Little Father OF before
the present revolution. are lett
amazed, d%istraught and leaderless'
curtain falls. The Astrologer. III a
| Prologue before the curtain, sings 10
the audience Tho tales not true, but
there's a hint in II; a lesson 10 all OF
YOU good people In an Bpilogue
he sings my story's ended. Perhaps
the Queen and we're the only living
people in IL. The rest were-a de-
iirium, n dream" Absurd to h eN-
IRENE is the fairy tale; yet II one
will forget himself for an hour or
two. there's lots OF fun in II, and the
"provocation TO ~uproarious laughter Is
Irresistible.
Mr.. Gatti once more is 10 DO SON
graduated upon a splendid produc-
ton, Tho scenes and the costumes
are a riot Of crude Oriental color. and
the action is finely effective, thanks TO
the OF the various depart
ments. But, OF the new productions
Of the season. the composer this time
takes his rightful first place. The
music, ever descriptive, is OF In
effable charm. One might shut ones
eyes to the spectacle n revcl in IN
joyment through the ear. There were
"reminiscences Of Schubcrt's March
Militare.' OF Charpentier's Louise"
OF Wagner's "Meistcrsingor'" of-but
what matter? Rimsky Korsakoff. In
his absorption OF them, assimilatod
them. and they came out OF the cru
cible Of his brain new. original,
worthy. l was Of the opinion that
tho rhythms had been somewhat
disportcd for the benefit Of the dane
ers. but Mr.. Bohn says only in n very
few instances. Yet II may be taken
for granted that tho spectacle, the
pantomime and the dancing will
prove the chief attraction to future
likely to be crowded houses as they
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night.
The King was enacted by Adolf
BOlm with a fine effect. Nobody
would have suspected him OF being
III. Yet he was. The part was sung
admirably by Didur. Rosina Gall was
the mysterious Queen. dancing with
her usual commanding charm. Maria
B~arrientos was her singing repre-
sentative, at her best because for the
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small but exquisite voice was not
smothered by a bigger one. Queenie
Smith was Amelia, the Kings house,
keeper. Her opportunities were
mainly pantomimic, and she was
equal to all that was required OF her.
Sophie Braslan sang for her with i'm
pressivo tonal beauty. Otto Bartik
was the General, hts singing repre-
sentative being Basil Ruysdael. Mar
shall Hall mad for associate as the
Prince Pietro Audisio, and Nincenlo
Ioncelli and V~incenzio Regchigloan
represented a Knight. Marie Sundc-
Illus, who sang well as the Golden
Cock, had for associate only the me-
chanical bird. Rafael Disz. as the
A%BtroloRcr, put h singer before the
interpreter. Giuseppe Bouflglio, be-
cause he had n chance TO act as well
as TO sing. Mr.. AonteuK conducted
effectively.
There's an interesting story which
there isn't time to tell In detail now.
OF how Mr.. Gattl got the score from
Russia at this time. There were,
seemingly, insurmountable obstacles.
But Mr.. Gatti Interested Morris Gcst,
who has a brother in the Russian
Army, Simon Leonevitch Gest. Tho
latter's regiment was stationed In
Petrograd. lie got leave and nan
aged to reach Moscow. a long part Of
the way on foot, secured tho coveted
sheets, and succeeded In sending them
across TO New York.
Before "Coq DOR last night there
was a thrilling performance of Mas
cagni's "Cavallcria," mainly due to
the beautiful singing and the i'm
FASHIONED acting OF Florence Easton
as S~antaZza. But Hipolito Lazaro
was an effective Turridu, singing with
less nervousness and with more ar
tistic effect than he has accomplished
here. Then there was Thomas Chal-
mers's impressive Alto. Flora PERMITS
handsome Lola, Marie MattfCld's com
petent Lucia, and Giulio Sctti's fine
chorus to help, Mr.. Moranzoni con
Quoted with understanding and zeal, a
little too much Of the latter at times,
A vivifying community spirit ami
mated the festival concert given by
tho Music School settlement At Car
negis Hall last night, The stage
presented an unusual appearance,
with tier upon tier OF young girl
and children robed In white, Of young
men both in tho chorus and orches,
ira, almost n thousand in all. softly
illuminated by an original decorative