Evening star., 1925-01-27

ing and beauty of tone has never
been shown to greater advantage IN
Washington, where until now he has
appeared only in concerts.
Ivan 1vantZoff, a fellow country
man of Chaliapin's, was a fine VAL
entine. singing his two arias with
powerful tone volume and good
dramatic shading. Ralph Errolle,
American tenor, who won recognition
the last couple of seasons with the
st. Louis Give Opera in the Sum-
mer outdoor performances. and seems
to be successful in this, his first sea-
son with the Metropolitan Opera
Co. was delightful in the role of
Faust, singing his entire role with
artistry and making the duet in the
garden scene a thing of both drama
tic and musical beauty and not the
travesty on an emotional scene that
has so often made grand opera seem
ludicrous
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lyric voice was particularly lovely
in the Jewel Song and in her last
aria as the hapless Marguerite, for
whose soul the devil fought so cane
nily Ruth McIlwain, possessor of
rich, big voice and fine dramatic
poise, was satisfying as Martha
Polio PIeasex ms Sieb~I
Rose Polio, another local singer
whose contralto voice has become
quite popular in Washington pro-
grams, was somewhat nervous in her
role OF Stebel, the youth, but the
notes OF her Flower Song" We're well
phrasod and given with much fire
or Interpretation. The chorus showed
conscientious rehearsing and good
stage direction. Although Mr.. Tchern-
ikoH did not have his regular ballet
IN this production. the bit Of dancing
70 tne waltz music in the peasant
lalr scene was well done
Members of the opera company in
clude Grace Bacon, Louise BeitzeIl.
Esther Celander Marie Deal Rita
Denicke, Marie Detrlck, Margaret
Dolan, kathrin Engle, Clara Frank,
anna Garrett, Mary Frances Glenn,
MABEL Greene, Alma Hall, Gene Her
pert beula Howard. Harriet Hutch
lnson, Anna King, Jessie Lucas, Lucy
dickinson Marks, Adelaide Newman,
Ellsa Pearson. Elsie Phelps, ElizE
beth Picken. Nina Poizet, Agnes Rice,
Ethel Roddy, Margaret Sanders.
wilcox, Mary Wild, Isabel Wire.
Florence focum. Dorothy Agne.
Katharine Baird, Gertrude Borst,
Mazda Foster Marie Frey, Florence
Hanford, May Harris. Lois Hicks.
Althee Hornaday, Olive Houghton,
Gertrude Kaufman. Ruth Kobbe, Eula
McEachern, Helen Marshall, Elsa
Needham, Anne O'Conneu. Louise
Platt, Rose Ponorow, Mary Turner.
Edith Wasmuth, f. G. Arzberger, ].
A. Atcheson, Ernest j. Benin. G. c.
Callan, Salvatore Carta, Roy F.. Carty.
A. Clayton, r. c. Escherich, George
w. Fernstrom. Edward A. CASTOR.
George p. Grove. Carl II. Horne l.
L. Torn, Rigley Iseman. +. w. Jar
muth, j. NJ. S. Kaufman, Thomas \.
Leef, Edwin F. Ludwig, r. p Luce.
carr Mtllard, Mortimer Morehouse, p.
l. Ordwetn, John d. Powers, J. B.
Peat Peckham, Henry Redstone. Vic
tor russell, Henry w. Starr. l. B.
simon, l.. D. Tonkinson. Robert
Thomas K. w. Wall. w. II WhjtaN
side, Dorothy Burr, Marion Grimes
Ruby jerks, Ruth Lewis. Katherine
Power, Evelyn Smith, Philip Gordon.
William Hill, Hershey Kaplan. James
Kelly. lsac Simonds, Harry Sothrone
and Peggy Garrett
The acoustics of the large audi-
torium seem excellent, singers being
clearly heard even in the last rows
Col. Robert Harper, president of the
auditorium association and originator
or the idea of such a place for big
things musically and otherwise in
Washington, was extended q vote of
thanks, as were Mr.. and Mrs. (Peggy)
Albion, both of whom have given un-
ceasingly of mental and physical
effort for months to make last nights
performance the splendid success it
undoubt edly was