Evening star., 1918-06-05
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Italian Children's Benefit.

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The concert at the National The.
ater yesterday afternoon for the
benefit of the children of the italian
war refugees served to introduce to
Washington music lovers a gifted
family, Signor F.. A. Giannini. his
daughters, Signorina Eufemia. for
whom the occasion was a debut. and
Signorina Dusolina Giannini and Master
vittorio Giannini. a violinist and also
a composer. Nine. Sara Sokolsky
Freid, pianist was the assisting ar
tist.
Director John Barrett, although not
a musical participant, was neverthe-
less an important factor as the auc-
, tioneer of prints and etchings do
mated in behalf of the fund. and
Prof. Vittorio Fallorsi gave a brief re-
cital of the conditions that called for
the benefit performance, Prof:
Fallorsi had expected to exhibit and
from his own private collection. but
this was made impossible by difficult
ties experienced in arranging for the
display of the pictures.
ally attractive in its selections from
famous operas and other classics.
with encores devoted solely to Amer
lean patriotic songs of the day. among
America" a poem by Philander John
son, set to music composed for the
occasion by young Victor Giannini.
which proved to be an enective dra-
matte composition.
Signorina Eufemia Giannini Is
gifted lyric soprano. Her voice. espe-
cially in the higher register. is clear.
musical and delightfully."- sweet and
Expressive and her phrasing thorough
ly artistic. In the duet with her
Boheme." she disclosed. even more than
in her solo "Romanza." from the same
opera, which preceded it. the splendid
possibilities of her voice so richly ana
exquisitely apparent In "Ah! fors
lui," from La Traviata," later num-
ber.
Signorina Dusolina was q glorious
surprise. Not even her manifest effort
to surrender the spotlight entirely to
tire debutante of the afternoon could
obscure one Of the richest, most pow
ertul and beautiful contralto voices
Washington has heard in years. and
yet the younger singer is<just in her
teens. Her future in the operatic
world is rich. indeed. with promise.
Master Vittorio Giannini is tall
ented violinist who also may look to
the future with confidence. His
Passing Serenade," an original COM
position. was unusually beautiful and
played with the assurance and skill
of the artist.
Sienor F. A. Giannini's pride in his
accomplished children might easily be
pardoned a personal trend. for 1t was
evident that he was desirous of sub
ordinating his own merits to their
splendid talents.
anist whose forte lies rather in deli
cate Interpretation. Her numbers in
cluded a Rachmaninoff Barcarolle.
Tschaikowsky's "Dounka,' '"The
Lark by Glinka Valakirev. and
Chopin's Fantazie.
en-, including Nine. FaIorsi. Miss Ruth
Hitchcock, Miss Frances Traver. Miss
Marguerite Samuels. Miss Katherine
Diggins, Miss Hamilton and Signora
Trifiistti, wearing the Italian ma
dience selling flowers, assisted by
Lieut.. Maj. Lieut.. Ernesto AMIGO.
Lieut.. Stefano AMIGO, Lieut.. Venzza nj
and Lieut.. Abetti. all of the Italian
army.
rnose in the audience included
Countess di Cellere. wife of the Ital-
ian ambassador, who vas accompa-
MED by number Of the members of
the staff Mrs. Henry +. Dimock.
lorsi also entertained box parties.
Others in the audience included Mrs.
Theodore W. Noyes. Miss Daisy Prem
tice. Mrs. Samuel A. Kimberly. Mrs.
John Crayke Simpson. Mr.. and Mrs.
Mrs. Arthur H. Smith, Mrs. Lester
Sisler. Mrs. Philander Johnson. Mrs.
Archibald McGlasson. Mrs. Ralph T.
Stone. Miss Florence Kirby. Mrs.
Draper, Mrs. William Mearns, Mr.. and
Mrs: Samuel Gompers, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. S. Clifford. Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
Garthe. Mrs. Clifford X. Bergman.
Mrs. William Kearny Carr and Mrs.
Wilton ]. Lambert.