Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-02
ROYAL OPERA CHIEF
COMING THIS WEEK
Georgesco of Rumania Will
Conduct RehearsaIS of
Washington Company.

Georges Georgesco, royal director
OF the Grand Opera and the Phil
harmonic Orchestra of Rumania, Will
reach Washington early this week
to conduct final rehearsals of the
WASHINGTON National Opera Com
l,auy for the performance of La Bo-
nerne" at the Washington Audi
&9u'n. on January 10.
The engagement of Mr.. Georgesco
a. guest conductor was erected oN
General Director Edouard Albion
wsgh the assistance of officials at the
EUasanian legation.
Young Cast Assembled.
The performance. Mr.. Albion de-
cSarea Yesterday. will be featured ov
what ne believes to be the youhses.
cast of recognized stars yet assemoieu
for performance IN this CITY.
The story of La Boheme" centers
about four young friends in Paris
and the love of one for young girl,
and Mr.. Albion selected his cast with
much thought to the youthful char-
acters of the principals In the opera
The cast will include Ulysses Lap.
mas Greek tenor, who sang the iead
in the opening opera of last season
ga Tosca"; Hargery Maxwell
leading American soprano; Rosa Low
American soprano, VINO mas peeh
heard extensively in concert WORK
with Gigli. Metropolitan tenor; ivan
1vanhoff. Washington opera parl'
tone: Ivan Steschenko, Russian passo'
and two young American singers
who made their operate oeputs IN
7his city-Fred Patton, baritone, ana
Sigurd Nilsson, member OF the Cap
ual Theater family, basso'
Donors and Guarantors.
Among the donors to the Washing
ton National Opera Co. are MRS ".
r, Campbell, Mrs. ]. H. Carroll. Dr'
Earl Clark, Mrs. Louise Frothingham'
DIR. M. G. Gibbs, Mrs. Walter Bruce
Howe. Arthur Jordan, Otto II. hann'
Mrs. William Fitch Kelley. Mrs. Jonn
I,eighty, DIR. E. B. Meigs. Cieveland
Perkins, w. NJ. Ritter, JACOB sonar
II. c. Sheridan, Mrs. Z. van Syke'
Mrs. Leita NJ. White, MRS. =. IA
Wilkes and Miss Sarah E. Woodward
The guarantors include Secretary
pf the Treasury A. w. Mellon. Speak
er of the House Nicholas Longworth,
Representative Louis A. Frothlng'
ham, Joseph c. Grew, Senator Law
renee c. Phipps. Edwin B. Parker,
Henry w. Watson. Clyde B. Asher,
John l.. Barr, Charles j. Bell, Henry
p. Blair, Kingman Brewster, Charles
Henry Butler, Mrs. Bessie P. Brugge-
man, Mrs. F. S. Bright, Charles r.
Carusi, Myer Cohen, E. F. Colladay,
Levi Cooke, Mrs. Avery Coonley, w.
Is. Corby, Mrs. Charles I. Corby.
Frederic A Delano. John Dolph
r. Golden Donaldson, F. III. Ed
monds, Mrs. Hayne Ellis. William
w. Everett, Robert Fleming. w. T.
Galliher, Mrs. Pierre Gaillard, Edward
=. Gam, Mrs. Frederick Dent Grant,
J. s. Gruver, Robert n. Harper. S.
J. Henry, Christian Heurich. Mrs.
Frederick c. Hicks. Beale r. Howard.
Mrs. A. Geary johnson, George Fl.
Judd, David j. Kaufman, John B.
IIarner, Leander Mccormick Good
hart, f. D. McKenney, Mrs. Keith
Merrill Gerrit S. Miller, jr.; Frank
w. Mondell, Mayfiower Hotel Co..
Tom Moore. Frank B. Moves, Clarence
r. Norment, Col. Arthur O'Brien,
Palais Royal, Walter s. Penfield, Mrs.
Armistead Peter, Sd; w. w. Powell,
Thomas w. Phillips, B. F. Saul,
James Sharp, Henry c. Sheridan,
John P. Story, John w. Thompson,
John L. Weaver, George w. White,
Roger Whiteford, Mrs. Charles
Boughton Wood and Donald Wood
ward.