Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-22

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role Of the operate Peter, but one
might venture the suggestion that
Edward Johnson, the Canadian
tenor, would seem the logical Sc
lection for the role.
! Other novelties announced are
LIE Preziose Ridicole," lyric
comedy in one act by Arturo Ros-
Sata, after Moliere, with music by
Felice Lattnada; The Fair at
| SorochinSk," comic opera in three
acts with music by Moussorgsky
as completed by the elder Tcherep-
nine, to be sung in Italian: Boo
caccio," comic opera in three acts
with music by Won Suppe. More
over, Maria Jeritza, it is an
nounced, will sing the leading
role in this work, wearing male
attire.
These novelties, with the excep-
ton Of the tragedy by Du Maurier,
with music by Taylor, form a con-
certed departure from the usual
type of works scheduled by the
New York company. They en-
| phaSize the appeal of the gayer of
the two muses. of lyric drama to
audiences. It is not completely
setting a precedent, but it is, in
! deed, novel to find so many come
dies listed for performance.
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THE revivals will include Wag-
ner's Flying Dutchman," seen
here last year with the German
Grand Opera Co., not, however,
produced by the Metropolitan for
more than score of years. The
| opera, with its splendid scope of
legendary background, will have
settings especially designed by the
Russian Soudekine, whose set
tings for many Russian works,
and especially LIE Rossignol," by
Rimsky- Korsakoff, will be wildly
recalled by all who have ever seen
any of his works.
Other revivals will be Iris" by
Mascagni; William Tell" by Ros-
SIM, and "ForZa del Destino," by
Verdi. The last Of these has been
revived various times, especially
for Rosa Ponselle ever since her
most successful debut in that OPP
era, singing opposite Caruso, in
1918.
Two American sopranos are an
nounced as added to the Nets
rolls. They are Beatrice Belkin
and Myra Sharlow. Miss Belkin
will be remembered by many as a
gifted coloratura soprano who ap-
peared in Washington the first
season the Fox Theater here was
opened, singing both in Roxy pro-
grams and, later, as soloist with
the symphony orchestra of that
theater in special Sunday after
noon concerts.
A new French tenor is Georges
Thrill of the Paris opera, now sing
ing in BuenoS Aires for their
Winter season" Lilly Pons, colo
ratura, first popular as an actress
in the Varieties in Paris, is re-
puted to be a beauty who will
come here, also from France.
Faina Petrova, Russian mezzo-
soprano, comes from the Moscow
Art Theater as well as expert
ence in the Moscow Grand Opera
House. There also are Claudio
Frigerio, an Italian American
baritone, and War Andersen, a
young Norwegian bass.
Manager Giulio Gatti-Casazza
is reported to have announced
that Michael Bohnen, German
bass, will return to the company
next season. However, it is stated
equally emphatically that his
wife, Mary Lewis, will not.
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OVER in London Rosa Ponselle
is reported to have scored an
other triumph in her first appear
ance anywhere as Violetta in
Verdi's La Traviata." John Nc
Cormack and many other distin-
guished. persons in the audience,
including the Italian Ambassador
to London, greeted her backStage
and congratulated her. Miss Pom
Selle is reported to have stated
that she felt that this role would
take its place alongside of Norma
as a favorite in her repertoire.
from the point of view of her en-
joying the creation of these roles.
Local music lovers will recall
remarkable success of Lucrezia
Bori here this season in the role
Of Violetta.
NO opera article is complete
without reference to at least
one of the grand cid guard who
brought out all the splendor that
was grand and the music that was
opera in productions preceding
| the present-day performances.
This time it is Nine. Ernestine
Schumann-Heink who has Just
celebrated her sixty ninth birth
day anniversary in a most up-to-
date way. The great contralto
sang, for the first time in her life,
! in motion picture theater, hav-
ing 80 appearances at the Roxy
with that theater's orchestra last
week. Moreover, she broadcast
with the orchestra.
There certainly is no other
singer who so completely would
seem to deserve to have the last
curtain of them all drop just after
she had finished a song "out
front" With untiring energy and
a persistence that has subdued
mountains of obstacles, Ernestine
Schumann-H eink has worked and
lived and sung herself into a
worldwide tradition. If ever
there was real trouper of grand
opera, this prima donna contralto
is it. Hers is vitality that knows
no age.
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