Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-08

musical offerings for the Ma
tional Capital during the year
i 1923, could only maintain tn
high inspiring standards establishe
in the two dominant programs pre-
scented here Tuesday afternoon an
"Wednesday of last week, it wouls
indeed, be a record year. However
probably the very ups and downs Q
musical presentations make sue
performances as those that the Ne,
York Philharmonic Orchestra CAV
under Mr.. Mengelberg, and the tw
artists, Myra Hess, pianist, an
Jacques Thibaud. violinist, gave i
their joint recital. doubly valuabl
to an audience.
The spontaneous CLEAN of pleas
ure and admiration that appeared OF
faces throughout the audience at
tending the morning musical Wed
nesday, when Mr.. Mengelberg APP
peared as a guest at the recital, wa
more like the responsiveness OF
European audience to the presenc
of an acknowledged great arts,
than American. Usually we ar
likely to see such warmth and genu
inc. hospitality of attitude in Wash
ington granted only TO an especial,
popular President or Charles Angus
tus Lindbergh. That Mr.. Mengel
berg won such recognition aueer
for the growth of real appreciation
of the best of musical values in tn,
National Capital and is a unique dis
tinction won by him PERSONAL,
more to be desired than stormy ova'
tions of applause such as he received
on Tuesday.
THE calendar this week lists two
L famous sopranos who. have
made history on the boards OF the
Metropolitan Opera House-one who
is a prima donna of current produc-
tons; the other a star who sparkled
at the very head of the prima donna
group there few years ago. Both
sopranos sing here on the same day
Lucrezia Bori appear
ing in joint recital in the morning
with Paul Kochanski, Polish violin
list, and Geraldine Farrar singing a
recital of carefully chosen song liter
allure in the afternoon. Also, both
these sopranos have included the
beautiful aria, "Voi che sapete," from
Mozart's Marriage of Figaro" in
their programs.
Mozart is to the real artist singer
what Shakespeare is to the dramatic
artist. II is the singer who can take
the Dresden china beauties of the
Austrian composers exquisite songs
and give them life. yet maintain their
fragile, polished charm, who may be
acclaimed a real artist. Real inter-
probation of these songs is as diffl-
cult as real reading of the speeches
in Shakespeare's lines so that the
nearer is not conscious of exactly
the word with which each line OF
the poets ends-so often are these
lines each hung in mid-air, as it
were, by the would-be reader,
S. g
7 Asst week this column, in casual
IL survey of the current and just
past seasons which the mistletoe and
holly wreaths of Christmas carols
successfully linked into one, sounded
the keynote of the second half OF
the year on the same dominant
chord as that which existed last
Fail-grand opera. Now, the most
recent announcement coming from
the Office of Mrs. Wilson-Greene
undcrscores this idea. Although
February will see two weeks of In
ternationai Festival of Grand Opera
presented by the Washington Opera
Company, the Spring will not be free
from this exacting form of entertain
ment. Opera glasses cannot saiel,
be put away in moth balls till aftel
April for the MET" is coming again
Springtime has become symbol
lied in entertainment forms such a
the trouping giee clubs from college
and universities and the circuses
Now the great Metropolitan Oper;
Company is apparently for the sec
ond time in succession following ;
hiatus of nearly a score of years. go
ing TO include Washington in som,
big-tent performances OF the NOR,
expensive and dignifed operate cir
Gus and promises to bring three pro
auctions TO local opera fans between
trains going from New York TO At
lanta, Ga. Needless to add that tn
Met" is scheduled to land in on
midst the same week that the al
ways buoyant and eolorfui ID. A. X
hold their annual gathering to recall
the shot that was fired on Conc
Bridge and still is kept reverberat
ing.
EVER so often some Rcpresentatiy'
~ or Senator awakcns to the fac
that Washington, ID. e.. is the Capi
tzl Of these United States Of Amer
iea in more ways than being th'
most popular convention city. tn
biggest attraction in the country 70
tourists and honeymooners. and III
seat OF that same institution know
as Congress. Few OF these anna bl
souls seem TO realize that the citi
zens OF this city don't have the yot
and thus have no representation il
a country founded on the much
aired motto OF mo taxation with
on, representation" Bot they d
seem TO be realizing other lacks an
needs Anonu these Is the need Ia