The New York herald., 1921-12-31
Farrar in Louise
Sings Well at
the Metropolitan
Fertile Replaces Harold in
Chief Tenor Role of
Julien.
py w. j. HENDERSON.


Charpentier's Louise" was given at
the Metropolitan Opera House last
evening in the presence of large au-
dience. The work serves as medium
for the exercise OF the art Of Miss Ger
aldine Farrar In a field differing from
any other cultivated by her. 1t also
serves 20 enlarge the somephat meager
French repertoire of the house. 1t fur
ther makes itself useful by furnishing
healthful exercise to a large company
of minor singers who might otherwise
grow rusty for want OF movement.
Miss Gladys Axman as street
sweeper and Miss Mary Ellis as a
gamin, Vizio Righi and Giuseppe Ster-
zini as policemen and Miss Mary Mel
lish as vendor of seed pour les
pstits oiseaux" present little pictures
not often SEEN
Miss Farrar was in excellent voice and
sang the music OF Louise with much
beauty of tone and expressiveness. There
were some changes in the cast. Aure-
liano Fertile replaced Orville Harold as
Julien, and Leon Rothier instead OF Mr.
Whitehill was the Father. Nine. Berat,
who has been the mother of Louise for
many seasons, continued to berate her
The performance rs a whole moved
smoothly and with good results.
Society at the opera last night had an
international aspect with the presence
there OF General the Earl of Cavan, who
was member OF the party with Mrs.
Cornelius Vanderbilt. Lord Cavan is a
guest here Of Brlg.-Gen. and Mrs. Van
derbilt. The party. which occupied
boxes l and 3, included the Hon.
Charles and Mrs. Winn, Miss Grace
Vanderbilt, Miss Louisa Steedman VIII
son and Mr.. Richard T. Wilson.
The guests OF Mr.. Charles z. Samp-
son in box 81 were Rear-Admiral and
Mrs. Livingston Hunt, Mr.. and Mrs.
Francis McNeill Bacon and Miss Bell b.
Gurnee. In box 29 with Mrs. Richard
Gambrill were Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
Van N. Gambrill, Miss Mary Alice Bar
ney and Messrs. Francis Burke Roche,
William Forbes Morgan and Frederick
Voss.
With Mrs. George l. Rives in Box p
were Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Griswold
Burden, Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick NJ. God
win, Mr.. George Ledlie and Mr.. Arthur
A Gammell Of Providence. The party
with Mr.. CASTOR Liebert. Consul-Generai
OF France, in Box Il included Mrs.
Rutherftlrd stuyvesant and Miss Made
leine Liebert and Mrs. Newton, daugh-
ters of Mr.. Liebert,
Brig. Gen and Mrs. Charles II. Sher-
rill, Mr.. and Mrs. Snowden Fahnesto"'
and Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Harrah formed
the party in Box 12. With Mr.. Charles
+. Mathews In Box were Mr. and Mrs.
Henry White, Mrs. Henry S. Redmond
and Mr.. Stuyvesant Fish
In Box II, with Mrs. Hamilton Nick.
Twonlbly, were Mr.. and Mrs. James
Lowell Putnam and Mrs. Adolf Laden
burg. Mr.. and Mrs. ogden II. Ham
nlond, Mrs. Austen Gray and Mr.. Rod
erlck Terry, Jr. were in Box 25.
In box 80 with Mr.. and Mrs Williams
Blrd an were Mr.. and Mrs oliver Perrin
and Mr.. and Mrs Frederick It. Freling-
huysen. NJ and Mrs. Eliot Cross and
Miss Annette Tilford were with Mrs.
Henry Nj. Tilford in box "a. The party
in box . included Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver
G.. Jennings. Mr.. ana Mrs. Harry Pol
ham Robbins and Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
r. Scott.
M. and Mrs. Arthur ID. Weekes, Mr..
ana Mrs. T.. Reeve Merritt and DR.. and
Mrs. Preston Pope Satterwhte formed
a party in box t3. In box 80 with Mrs.
A. r. Lauterbach were DIR. and Mrs
Henry Clarke Coe and Mrs. Henry VIII.
lam Eaton.