The Washington times., 1920-02-01

N Will remember the interesting reVe-
= lations of Mile. Elvira Amazar, the
pretty young soprano OF the Chicago
Grand Opera Company who told the Fed
eral authorities In Chicago that she had
been imported into this country by the
Russian baritone Baklanoff contrary to
our morality laws.
Elvira Amazar is a charming little Rus
sian woman, turned twenty-five years OF
age, with golden hair, retrousse nose,
blue eyes and a dainty figure. She has
been closely associated with Baklanoff for
five years, as she admits, and the rights
Of his wife and seven children in Russia
did not disturb their perfect artistic COM
munion.
Mile Amazar says that the great genius
Bakianoff promised to marry her, but has
made no effort to do So In a moment OF
jealousy or despair she caused his arrest
at Chicago the other day by the Federal
authorities for bringing her to this coun-
try when he had a wife and seven children
living in Russia She had discovered that
this was wrong under the American law,
& DuL Su6 uduy pcIudpo, lOl 6ottShs sthdt IL was
also wrong for woman to come to this
country under the same circumstances.
She was, therefore, questioned herself on
a similar charge. Mr.. Georges Baklanoff,
the romantic baritone, denied that he had
imported this interesting feminine inspira-
ton contrary to the laws of the United
States.
"It is a jealous outbreak" the baritone
declared. "She loves me madly. Even
against the walls, bureau, anything at
all she can get Jealous"
Continuing her interesting revelations
of men and women and things behind the
scenes in grand opera circles, Mile. Anna
Ear said:
Grand opera is a land without law.
Like the painted scenery, it is all unreal
untrue to the standards of the rest Of the
world. The men, the women, the chorus
all are actors. They are Romeos and
Juliets in their stage parts, and they are
Romeos and Juliets after they have taken
off their costumes. They embrace, kiss
and sing madrigals 10 each other in grease
paint and costumes-and they Keep right
on embracing, kissing and singing madri-
gals to each other whether they have the
grease paint and the costumes on or not.
Grand opera is a land without law.
"Mr. de Koven, your great American
composer, complained that there is too
much foreign element in the opera in
America But we of Italy, France or Rus
sia are. not the only ones with tempera-
ment. Your own American singers very
soon learn the ways of the opera.
There is the charming American diva
of recent fame. Emma Eames. She is now
the wife OF Emilio de Gogorza. the great
Italian baritone. But before that she was
married to Julian Story, the distinguished
American painter. She breathed the at.
mosphere of the grand opera and she d.
vorced Mr.. Story.
"Once Nine. Eames spoke Of artistic
affinity In singing and said that Gogorza
possessed such temperament that her
finest singing was accomplished when her
tones came in reply to his.
"But there was a first Nine. de GogorZa.
| have heard that in a suit she told many
interesting things" mile. AmaZar, no
doubt, had in mind the following, which
appears in an affidavit made by the first
Nine. de Gogorza):
1--WE lived happily for ten years, and
until his concert tour with Emma Eames
there we're no differences between us and
nothing to indicate that we were not tem-
peramentally suited to each other.
1T is false that I am OF an extremely
Jealous and interfering disposition, or that
| assumed control and continued super
vision over all his professional engage
ments I attended to his business affairs
at his own direction. ! answered letters
according TO his wishes and by his direc-
tion. played accompaniments for him by
the hour at his request.
Il aided and inspired him In every way