El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-11-17
GOOD MUSIC AT LAST BROUGHT
WITHIN REACH OF EVERYBODY


THIS WEEK e Paso viii enjoy another of the 4PoY'
concerts given in the arranged BY the Woman
club Liberty hail seats $500 persons and It should De ven
filled. Those holding tickets have the advantage
Of merely nominal price OF admission for each concert,
bit the onetme price IS low enough TO attract al
who for music and imposes burden on a7y purse
These po9" concerts offer cheap and good enterain-
ment to salaTed and wage workers and Their 1arles
something FL Paso has been wanting long time. NOW
that have them it remains to the people TO see that
they become permanent institution 4ney are nol gwen
for profit, but matter Of public service Iher con
nued VIII naturally bring about STEADY Nlasn-
ing Of entertainment opportunities IN Il Paso'
Next month the grand opera. The announcement
ought to appeal with particular force to 81 Pasos nga-
bora IN communities anywhere within 500 miles People
who get the opera habit do not hesitate to travel thou
sands Of miles for the SPECIAL purpose OF enjoying oPa
Nov the people Of the southwest have presented to them
for the first time grand opera at prices WITHIN me Feaeh
Of aI-eTen low tickets to the movies.
Five hundred seats for the FL Paso season, Christmas
week viii We available to ticket holders at only
s. per opera (here being four performances one
however being double bi On the ticket basis
the highest priced seats (reserTed) are only $50 per
Performance and other seats may be reserved at only
small premium on the general admission price
It would if the people OF southwestern com
uuuties far away Albuquerque and Santa Rosa Big
Spring and Sanderson, chihuahua and Parra Tucson and
Bsbee and Globe would be planning right now to come
to Fl Paso for the grand opera season. making their
rngements in advance and preparing to spend gay four
days IN the metropolis at the height OF the season Just
before Christmas There many ways to amuse oneself
here and the opera VIII be only part Of the proga0ut
important psrt.
People 20 clear the continent for the special
pupose of attending the opera In Europe they 60 from
one country TO another In times past many crossed the
attend the opera in the world capitals IN Bey-
reuth. Washington is 40 miles from Philadelphia 240
from New York, yet Wsshingtonans make up parties and
90 Philadelphia and New York for even single opera,
returning home after the performance.
The company which is to play and sing IN e Paso
is the company which gives long season in New YORK
other eastern cities year after year and which Is the
largest opera company travelling widely on tins continent
has artists Of high international reput and has received
enthusiastic praise everywhere.
The FL P2so season has been planned to give the great
est enjoyment to the greatest number Of people 1t Is
recognized that southwesteers with few exceptions have
had many opportunities hear grand opera, and
sequenty instead of introducing novelties this time the
company has been requested to give Of the old IA
vortes few Of the advanced musicians might pre-
fer hear operas less familiar but the great majority
VIII find their keenest delight IN Faust and Carmen RgO
letto, Cavallsria Rustieana, and I Pagiaeei-
The music Of all these operas is right familiar TO most
persons through phonograph records and concert perform
Consequently they VIII enjoy them the more By
Of their familiarity, and after they have heard
and the operas they VIII find their enjoyment Of the
phonograph records at home vastly increased.
Faust has Of the loEahest and most majestic
music IN the world vel absorbing story. Carmen
gorgeous and fun Of fire Rgoletto is melodious and
romantic CaTzlsria has the quick movement AID thrill
ing eazes Of good short story, while Pagacei is not
only good music but good drama with action that
never forget.
The Orpheus club Of e Paso is underwriting the grand
opera purely public enterprise and possibly az
considerable risk. but 1t is believed that e Paso and all
the southwest VIII grasp this unprecedented opportunity
and by generous patronage the pemsnsnce Of the
annual grand opera N Fl Pas0.