Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-14
Opera Company Lists
"Lohensriin to Be Sung
Evening Of March %
Diplomats Showing Interest
in Prospective Entertain
ment Presenting Internal
tional Flavor.

The diplomatic corps is showing
unusual interest in the next perform
ance of the Washington Opera Co.,
~Lohengrin," which Will be sung on
March 30 at the Washington Audi
forum. The opera is the first Wag-
ner opera-In. fact, the first German
operate be sung by the Washington
company, and in honor u the aHalt
the German Ambassador Baron
Maltzen, and Baroness Maltzen nave
taken the presidential box. and a sec
ond box has been taken by officials
of the embassy to accommodate Il
party of Is who will attend.
The performance has an lnterna'
tional flavor due to the fact that the
score is German: the tenor. PAU
Althouse, of Dutch descent; the con
tralto. Ina BourSakaya. the baritone
Ivan Ivantzoff. and the conductor.
Jacques Samassoud. Russian: the So
prano, Anna Fitziu. American, and
The basso, Sigurd Nilsson. an Ameri-
can OF Swedish parents. and the gen
eral director. Edouard Albion. ma
tive OF Canada but NOW an American
citizen.
Other members OF the diplomatic
corps who arc patronesses OF the pei
formance are Nine. t;lano. Lad!
Howard. Nine " al!erhers. Nine.
Alfaro Nine. Simopoulos, Nine.
i'rochnik and Nine. Sega.
Among the other patronesses arc
Mrs. Harry s. New. Mrs. Curtis Wi
bur, Mrs. Herbert Hoover. Mrs.
James j. Davis. Mrs. Thomas +.
Bayard Mrs. William NJ. Butler Mrs.
William II. King, Mrs. Lawrence
rhipps. Mrs. David \. Reed, Mrs
Robert Nelson Stanfield, Mrs. James
l.. Watson, Mrs. Louisa a. F'rothing
ham, Mrs. Joseph {. Grew, Mrs. lie
land Harrison, Mrs. J. Walter Drake,
Mrs. Copley Armory. Mrs. Mimi
cerode Andrews, Mrs. James r.
Mrs. James NJ. Beck, Mrs. Edward
ID. White, Mrs. Rudolph &. Behrend.
Miss Margaret Woodrow Wilson, Mrs.
+. l.. Bolin, Mrs. Charles !. Bell, Mrs
A. Il. Berry. Miss Mabel Boardman
Mrs. William j. Bcarciman, Mrs.
stephen Bonsal, Mrs Mark Brooke.
Mrs. Henry Clay Browning, Mrs.
Charles Henry Butler, Mrs NJ. F..
Butler, Mrs. Mitchell Carroll. Mrs.
Frank E. Noyes, Mrs. James W.
Carmalt, Mrs. Boyd-Carpenter, Mrs.
Wade II. Cooper. Mrs. W. s. Corby
Mrs. Richard z. Crenshaw. Mrs.
ooiiSo =. SWttS MIS-. 1NlcHdru
Porter Davidson, Mrs. Frederic
a. Delano, Mrs. r. Golden Donald,
son. Mrs. Tracy Bows. Mrs. =.
J. DUNCAN, Mrs. George Ehle, Mrs
stephen r. Elkins, Mrs. IIayne Ellis.
Mrs. w. &. Eustis. Mrs. Henry White,
Mrs. Charles +. Foulke, Mrs. Amos
Fries, Mrs. w. T. Galiher, Mrs. sam
uel Jordan Graham. Mrs. Frederick
Dent Grant Mrs. l.. +. Gregory, Mrs.
j. S. Gruver. Mrs. William T. Ham.
Mrs. Robert n. Harper, Mrs. Il. A.
Hartman. Mrs. Robert +. Henderson,
Mrs. Christian Heinrich, Mrs. Frank S.
Hight. Mrs. Beale r. Howard, Mrs.
Henry Hoyt, Mrs. James f. Ives, Mrs.
Hennen Jennings, Mrs. Loren John.
ston, Mrs. David J. Kaufman. Mrs.
Robert Lansing, Mrs. David Meade
Lea. Mrs. William Mather Lewis, Mrs.
a. NJ. y. Mccormick, Mrs. Frederick
ID. Mckinney. Mrs. Charles l.. Nc
Nary. Mrs Charles G. Mathews. Mrs.
Henry May, Mrs. Edward b. Meigs,
Mrs. Keith Merrill Mrs. Eugt ne
Meyer, jr.; Mrs Gerrtt Miller, ir: Mrs.
Z. $. Mitchell. Mrs. William ID.
Mitchell. Mrs. Francois Berger Moran.
Mrs. Clarence +. Normert. Mrs.
Arthur O'Brien, Mrs. Leigh Palmer
Mrs. Edwin b. Parker. Mrs. James
Armisted Peter. Sd; Mrs. Duncan
Phillips. Mrs. Bryan Pitts, Mrs. J.
Eris Powell. Mrs. William l.. Rad
cliffe, Mrs. Cuno II. Rudolph. Mrs.
II. L. Rust. Mrs. Robert Z. Roosevelt,
Mrs. Everett Sanders. Mrs. Henry c.
sheridan. Mrs. Sophie Siebert, Mrs.
Frank II. Simonds, Mrs. Stokes-Hal-
kett. Mrs. Sylvanus Stokes, ir.: Mrs.
George Oakley Totten, Mrs. Walter
Tuckeiman. Mrs. Corcoran Thorn.
Mrs. John V. Thompson. Mrs. Joseph
Tumuly. Mrs. J. y. l.. van den
Bosch, Mrs. Ennals W2glanlar, Mrs.
Ernest Walker. Mrs. Bates Warren,
Mrs. Henry V. Watson. Ms. Joseph
L. Weller. Mrs. Walter \. Wells. Mrs.
Francis White. Mrs. waiter Wilcox,
Mrs. Wilkes. Mrs. John i. wilkins.
Mrs Charles r. Williams, Mrs. Clar
ence G. Williams. Mrs. Tom Williams
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