The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-06


 careful study of the music of these people, and she has succeeded in in | terpreting it in a manner that is more l than effective. it is magical. Ihe haunting and piaintive strains or their folk music is not less ingra- tiating than those measures Whlcn T bring out all the fire, spirit ana . abandon of race which is nearer ; the primitive race than any now on ; the face of the globe claiming civil ized instincts. The Gypsey has al- ways remained more or less a char acter of the imagination rather than
 reality. Madame Bogslav proves
 her by interpretation why this is- A
 race of wanderers, removed from the local environment of men and meth ods, they are each a land unto them selves Instead of Queen to a na- ton, there is a Queen to tribe. They are colorful, highly emotional, picturesque and supremely artistic In a barbaric manner and style. Their 1 music is insp1rational. and mentally | intoxicating when properly rendered.
 This may make it popular in these prohibition days.
 1 Of all the music presented in New York and every other city every l season, month, week. day or even l hour, 1t Is passing strange that one i form is entirely ignored. It is the operetta We have in vaudeville many delightful little p1aylets. We have in ma gazines many excellent short stories and we have verses Of like character, but nowhere the short opera. In New York the American Singers Opera Company is presenting 15.~l,+ the Gilbert and Sullivan group, de i Koven, Herbert and others, but ex- cept in one or two isolated cases such as Maid Mistress, we do not hear them any more in little operas. And yet 1t was this form in which l they were born and received their first notice. New York happily, is more fortunate this year than 1t has
 been. The Theatre Parisien, a new
 playhouse where the French lan-
 guase Is used in presenting dramatic
 and lyrical productions some excellent
 short operas are being done. "Chon-
 chette' was one, and it wax as de-
 lightful as it was unique. This week 1 another short musical play Is being
 presented in combination with the
 comedy. And the treat is consider.
 able. Richard G. Herndon. the man. ager Of this theatre, is an American , impressario with intelligence, ant he has sensed the value of this form : of musical art and his lead may bt
 followed by others. The lack of thi: } style of musical entertainment is in : defensab1e from every point, and i is remarkable that no studied effor has been made to bring the subjec : properly before music lovers of tn, l l country. Grand opera IS almost pro hibitive to all save the elect of tn 5 larger cities. but these little operet tas may be given without undue ex 3 pense throughout the United States Madame Marguerite, Sylva, tn , most colorful Carmen" of recen years, believes that the United State
 is losing the great advantage it de 5 rived musically during the war. l T ! is recalled that this country met tn e musical demand as it met every othe T demand during ths trying days. Nov ] that the world victory has been wo Q it appears that we have fallen agai !! into musical lethargy. "We deserv | only that which we fight for," Ma o dame Sylva milita1tly declares. Thi 7. may be due to the fact that she 1 . married to a famous United State
 l : L. Smith. "If the great advantag 0 which this country gained by present ing her musical best Is not followe e up, all will bs lost. And if it is, tn fault will lie not with those who hay
 established American musical su . premacy here and elsewhere, but b 1T those who should give this encoul c agement and support" It is a ma L ter of universal regret that this beat n tifu1 voice of this beautiful woma s has been temporarily silenced whil s she acts for the inevitable movies ~ But her change of activities will d
 much to convince the general publ that in Sylva the dramatic stage hs !" lost one of it's greatest emotional ac
 tresses while the operatic stage WE :. proportionatly benefited. In point N fact it is generally cried out that tt 'e opera stage has no actresses wi