New-York tribune., 1918-01-28
Music
Big Audience Hears Chicago
Opera Company Artists in
Concert at Hippodrome

The first of the series of con-
ccrts by artists of the Chicago
Opera Company took place last
night at the Hippodromc before
a large audience, The artists TAX
ing part were Juan Nadal, Carolina
Lazzari, Rosa Raisa and George Bak-
lanoff. The last named artist took the
place of Ricardo Stracciari, who was
said to be i'll. Mr.. Stracciari was billed on
the programme to sing the Prologue
from "Paglacci" and the gallery was
evidently Of the opinion that the Pro-
logue ought to be sung. Mr.. Baklanoff
sang the Ncau dor from Faust"
and then the gallery took hand, APP
p1lauding madly and calling for Pa
gllaccl:" The tumult continued for at
least fifteen minutes. even after Miss
Rosa Raisa had appeared and begun
to sing. Miss Raisa pluckilS stuck to
her guns and gave her air from Verdi's
"Sicilian Vespers" so effectively that
she had shortly won over even the OBJ
streperous gallery.
Mr.. Nadal sang "Salve Dinora" in
rather small but we'll controlled voice.
and Miss Lazzari "Che faro senza Fury
dice" with admirable legato. Miss
iLdLLdIl pOSSCSScS I'LL CACclCUL Gull
tralto voice, which is rather better in
it's medium and upper registers than
in its lower.
A large audience was also present at
the Metropolitan's concert Miss
Muzio being i'll, Nine. Florence Eastcn
took her place. singing "Un bel di"
from "Butterf1y" and a group Of songs.
Mr.. De Luca sang Massenet's "Pro-
10, - Il ,,,,t
Largo al factotum." and Efrcn Zim
balist played the Hubay minor violin
concerto and a group of short pieces.
The orchestra. under the direction of
Richard Hageman, played the Leonorc
Overture No. 3 and Godard's Scenes
Poetiques."
In the ballroom of the Hotel des
Artistes last night Sacha Votichenko
fought the whole Of the present war
with his trusty tympanon (taking the
of his own composition. He was VIC
torious and the occasion was brilliant
one.
Yvonne Garrick threaded her way
among the numerous floral tributes
which adorned the stage and explained
that M. Votichenko's instrument was
the gift Of Louis NV to one of the
musicians ancestors. NJ Votichenko
appeared next, and after good deal Of
and captured several trenches. Then
a band of Red Cross nurses came up
singing "La Marse;llaise," and peace
was restored.
Carolina White followed with group
Of songs, Beverly Sitereaves and David
Bispham gave dramatic recitations,
with occasional musical accompani-
ments, and finally the history of human
society from barbarism to civilization
mime, in which Flore Revalles. Nine.
Yorska, Kitty Gordon, Mrs. j. Stuart
Blackton and others took part. Bou-
quets plucked from among the decora-
tionS Of the stage served as tributes to
the assisting artists. The proceeds
were donated to the Save -a-Home Fund
Ethel Leginska was the soloist at
the regular Sunday afternoon concert
Of the Symphony Society yesterday in
Aeolian Hall. She played the Beethoven
concerto in G with a firm design and
clear articulation, which quite belied
the familiar extravaganza of her "con
cert manner" The "Stevensonia" suite,
by Edward Burlingame Hill, Of Boston,
which was scheduled for this concert
was postponed, and instead the Mother
Goose" and "Nutcracker" suites Of
Ravel and TchaiAowsky were played
Haydn's O'clock Symphony" opened the
programme.
In Carnegie Hall the Philharmonic
Orchestra gave an call Wagner" pro-
eramme, Marcia van Dresser singing
Senta's ballad and the Wesendonck
songs in English. The music which
Theodore Thomas used to beg people to
listen to proved itself again as much as
h@orc the war the most popular which
Il conductor can put on his programme.
In the Princess Theatre. in the after
noon. John Kuehne and Olga Barabni
kuehne sang and played an interesting
programme of music. old and new. Mr.
Kuehne sang several groups OF songs
with an agreeable. though insufiiciently
flexible, voice. among them some of his
own ingratiatiug lyrics.