New-York tribune., 1920-02-08

1t is requested that students musicians
and lovers Of music who wish to attend
these recitals will make their requests
for tickets early, as the supply is linz
tied.
Fortune Gallo has engaged Marcella
Craft and Alice Gentle as "guest art
lists" for the season of opera which the
San Carlo Opera Company will give
in San Francisco, beginning to-mor-
period Of four weeks, and in that in
terva Mr.. Gallo will produce twenty
one operas. Included in the list are re-
vivals of THE Masked Dall,' La Fora
del Destino," LA Gioconda," Romeo
and Juliet and "The Darber of Sc
Vile" At the close of the San Fran
cisco season Mr. Gallo will give
special performance Of Carmen at
the Greek Theater in Berkeley. and
Bizet's opera will be presented in the
same spectacular manner which marked
his production of Aida at Sheepshead
Bay last summer Mr.. Gallo will return
to New York on March / to assume the
artistic direction of the special per-
formance which will be. given at the
Metropolitan Opera House on March 30
for the benefit of the Oscar Hammer
stein Memorial Fund.
At meeting Of the directors of the
Symphony Society OF New York, held
January IS, announcement was made of
a bequest Of $4,000 by the late Miss
Mary Rhinelander Calender. for many
years a director of the society. for
sick and pension fund for the orchestra.
Harry Hardness Flagler, the pres
ident. announced that he would give
first prize of ST. 900 and second prize
of $500 for symphonic work for or
utes in length. The composer must be
an American citizen and the manu-
scripts are to be handed in at the Of
fee Of, the Symphony Society, 33 West
Forty-second Street, not later than Oc
tober l. The judges are to be Walter
Damrosch, Franz Kneisel, Leopold Sto-
kowsky. John Alden Carpenter and
George w. Chadwick.
Mrs. Oscar Hammerstein has been
elected vice-president of the National
Opera Club and the club has pledged
itself to help in raising subscriptions
for the Oscar Hammerstein memorial
fund. Governor Alfred II. Smith has
written Mrs. Hammerstein that he will
be pleased to head the honorary COM
mittee of the fund. Acceptances have
f. Hughes, Hon. Francis M. Hugo,
Secretary of State; Leopold Stokowski,
Pierre Monteux, Police Commissioner
Enright, Hon. F. H. La Guardia, presi-
dent Of the Board of Aldermen; Daniel
Frohman, William Wade Hinshaw,
David Belasco and Mischa Elman, who
made his first appearance in this coun-
try under the management of Mr.. Ham
merstein.
Hugo Riesenfeld announces that he
has engaged permanent chorus of
mixed voices for the Rivoli and Rialto
theaters and that it will make it's first
appearance at the Rialto Thsater to-
day. There will be a minimum Of
twenty mixed voices 1t will be en-
larged when occasion demands.
Mr.. Riesenfeid has been, experiment.
ing with chorus for many months
At the Rivoli it was tried out with fair
success in the presentation Of the pro-
logue to Iris" as an overture. There
was more approval when it appeared
with one of the scenes from Faust" at
the same theater. Lack OF training,
however, was one of the drawbacks.
The new, permanent chorus, however,
will be handled by the New School of
Opera and Ensemble (Josiah EURO,
directory and will be under the con-
stant supervision of Mr.. EURO.
According to the revised plans, John
Mccormack will sail from San Fran
cisco or Vancouver early in June for
a tour of the Commo nwealth of Aus
tralia and the Dominion Of New Zea-
land.
Opera in Brooklyn
"Cleopatra's Night" the new Amer
lean opera, and "Pagliacci,, as double
bill, will be sung on Tuesday evening
at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
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