Evening star., 1923-02-03
HOPE FOR ANNUAL
OPERA OFFERING
Coming of Chicago Company
Here Yearly Desired
by Many.
MUCH INTEREST AROUSED
Brilliant Audience Promised at
Each of Three Presentations
Next Week.
MUCH INTEREST AROUSED

Grand opera-the one institution
which long has been needed in Wash
ington for the cultivation OF civic In
terests-is realized.
Backed by the city's residents who
have the development Of Washington
at heart the Chicago Civic Oper,t
Company will appear at Polls Thea
ter Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
nights and offers to Washington th
first grand opera In fourteen years
since the appearance of the Metro
politan Opera Company. But what i
moro important to the public in gen
eral is the opportunity TO make th
appearance Of this company, number
ing among it's members singers who
have carved inches in the musical hall
Of fame. an annual event.
Quick Response.
Interest in tho appearance Of Il.
opera company and IN the perpetua
tfon Of grand opera for Washington j.
80 great that Mrs. Wilson-Greene
under whose local management the
company will appear mad no difi
Guilty in securing the requisite mum
ber OF guarantors for the Washing
ton season. In fact. two more than
were actually needed voluntarily ap-
preached her and pledged their share
The amount involved Is $4,000. and
the number of guarantors is forty
two.
For years" said Mrs Wilson
Greene today. Il have been ap
preached by persons in various walks
OF Washington life and urged to
bring 10 Washington at least one
operate season. 1t always has beeL
my aim from the musical angle To
give Washington two seasons each
year--the Chicago opera in the winter
and the Metropolitan in the spring.
as il leaves New York for Atlanta.
The appearance here of the Chicago
Opera Company is not for the benefit
OF the pockets Of a few engaged IA
a commercial enterprise, it was en-
phasized by Mrs WiIson-Greene. "It
IS not for profit she declared. "and
the internal revenue bureau. seeing
the vast dement's which the company
brings 10 Washington. has exempted
the usual tax on the tickets
Brilliant Audience Promised.
An outstanding feature of the al
pearance here Of the opera company
Is not in the company itself, hut ii
the audience. No other city in the
United States can produce one sinli
lar to that which Will attend Aida
on the opening night High official.
of the government, the Army, NaE!
| and Marine Corps. members Of TIN
diplomatic corps. city authorities and
prominent members i'll washlngt"I
life all will make UP one Of the mos
brilliant groups that ever attends"
an opera. AUDIENCES have alwa%S
been the source of comment whe3
opera is discussed, and Washingtu!
here viii go far in the lead.
The company has been taken int"
the arms Of the residents OF Chicago
and its existence has been guarau-
teed for five years, with a sum a.
100000. It recently finished mos
successful season and tonight closes
a two-week visit to Boston, which has
! never been equaliud. according -
competent authorities. A three-weet
visit to that city next year has a..
ready been guaranteed. aida" wa
claimed by thos" ir a position to know
to have been IN, best that has ap-
peared in Boston IL fifty years. while
Mary Gardens ToSca. IL was declared
| has never been .audled on the ope
( ratio stage, netgurotchka' or "Thf
Snow Maiden" which will be given
here Wednesday night for the first
time. was praised IN like manner.
| Noted Singers.
An outstanding figure in the com
| declared, could hold his own were
! the illustrious Caruso alive today.
! He will sing in Aida" Another
/ leader is Rosa Eaisa, also in Aida.
WllIe IOSCH. TO be presented ueS-
| day night. has besides the famous
| Mary Garden, Georges Baklanoff. His
! triumph IN Boston caused Mrs. Will
! son-Greene TO request c. A. Shaw.
manager of the Chicago company, TO
/ have him sng his role of ScorVia
here, and the request was promptly
! granted. Edith Mason. Cyrena Van
| Gordon. Irere Pavloska and others
who have achieved operatic fame are
to offer "The SNOW Maiden 10 Wash
- fnl iTp n
Washington, in general. has rallied
ito the support Of this movement and but
| a few seats for each performance are
still to be taken. Every indication
| the opera. which will guarantee this
+! privilege 10 the city annually hereafter
! List of Gunrantors.
] The guarantors for the Washington
| season are: A. w. Mellon. Secretary OF
the Treasury: John W. Weeks, Secrc-
! OF Commerce; A. d. Lasker chairman
/ United States Shipping Board, Eugene
Meyer. jr.. chairman, War Finance
| Corporation Representative ]. II. Hines
| Corporations; Senator William b. Nc
Kinley, Illinois; Senator Lawrence G.
| Phipps, Colorado: Robert Woods Bliss.
third assistant secretary of state; Eliot
Treasury; Col Edward Clifford, as
sistant secretary of the Treasury; Sen
ator and Mrs. Medill Mccormick. I'LL
nois; Mrs. b. II. Warder. Mrs. r. +.
\ Hit, Mrs. Wilson Greene. Mrs. S. Il. Ell
kins. Mrs. Z. H. G. Slater. Mrs: Norman
Williams. Mrs. Eugene Hale, Frederick
| A. Delano, G. b. keferstein, attorney
Edwin L. Wilson, attorney: Milton f
Allies, president Riggs Bank; Edward
J, stellwagen, president Union Trust
Company; Mr. and Mrs. 9. Logan
| Payne, publisher, the Washington
! Times: Frank b. Noyes. The Wash
ington Evening Star: Edward B. Nc
Lean, the Washington Post: VIII
liam C. Colver, the Washington Daily
News: Frank S. Hight, the Willard
Hotel; Ernest l.. May. Bancroft Hotel.
r. S. Downs. the Washington Hotel:
G. Bryan Pitts, Hotel Hamilton and,
Lee House: Mr.. and Mrs. c. Heurich,
Z. F.. Colladay. president Board of
Trade; L. F. Droop, d sons Company.
Company. Donald Woodward, for
woodward &c Lothrop: julius Gar
flnkle, S. kann Sons Company, Frank
r. Jelleff, and Tom Moore, Moore's
Rialto Theater.