Bisbee daily review., 1921-01-25
Mary Garden, First Woman To Be Giuen Charge Of Grand Opera,
 Outlines Her Plans For Season
Famous Star Says Her Ambition Is To Make Grand Opera And Her Self Beloved Throughout Nation; Promises
 Best Productions That Can Be Given In America

CHICAGO. Jan. 24.-The first wOm- an To have complete business and ar tistic charge of one of the big Amer jean grand opera companies. in short to be the dictator of the enterprise, Mary Garden outlined today what she thought opera should mean through out the United States. Miss Garden, known in Chicago and in numerous other American cities as -Our Mary, was appointed to the joint role Of a star. artistic director and business manager a the Chicago Opera Asso- citation early this month.
 Mary Gardens ambition is 10 make opera and herself as well loved by the people of the whole United States as she is by the people of Chicago.
 Enthusiasm. feIvOr. hard work. con stant supervision; strict economy and modern opera rather than the old. are only few things that 1iiss Garden promises to show the people of Amer ica that she has in her and is capable Of pToducing-
 Music, real music said Miss Gar den, -is being borne on the high tide of popularity. through the marvellous phOnograph and pianola, into the homes Of almost every family in this country. | hope to take advantage of this and by ihard work bring opera up 10 the place that it deserves in the hearts of the people. Wouldn't it be wonderful, ii by doing this will have made them love opera and me as well as the people of Chicago have convinced me that they love me?''
 Constant supervision, insiStence on having her every performances as perfect as it was possible to get it. through both the supporting company and the equipment, IS designed by Miss Garden, as probably the chiei reason that the Board or Directors of the Chicago Opera Company have seen lit to place her in the position that was held for years by Cleotonte Campanini.
 Favors Modern Opera
 ''The public ma.Aes opera possible and l think that the public deserves the very best that can be assembled added Miss Garden. Some artists have said that Garden gets every thing she wants. No wonder she is a success have fought, argued cEltlSlLcC ana llSlSleO OH my EcTlOIDt ance, receiving the best treatment possible because. l knew the public wanted this as well as l. I believed l was right and l fought for my own ideas. As a rule l realized them"
 Miss Garden is strongly Of the op- inion that the people of today want modern operas and she was instru mental in introducing the modern grand opera. she said that naturally she intends 10 carry out her ideas with the Chicago Opera Company along these lines.
 Il shall produce half French and half Italian operas" sine said. But aI least one American opera during a season should be produced and shall try for this. I do not believe in tran stations. They have proven failure. '
 You win remember that made my premiere in Paris in the dtle role of Louise" This was really one of the first 0f the modern operas to be pro duced IL was some few years later that interested Mir. Hammerstein in the production Of the modern operas in New York History tells you the