Evening star., 1933-02-12
Fiftieth Anniversary of
"a The Death of Wagner
Great Masters Passing Commemorated-Prncess
Troubetskoi Here in Concert This Month.
Metropolitan Opera Season in Baltimore. .

i give a concert at memorial Con-
Stitution Hall. Princess Troubet-
skoi is another fine person Of tai
ent whom the chaos of Russia
has brought to us. Although only
a short time in this country, COM
paratively speaking, she has given
many unusual and interesting
| concerts. Princess TroubetskCi
arrived in this country with the
name of the Queen of Spain as
her sponsor, and artiStically she
brings the Endorsement of such
men as Puccini, who wrote her
his appreciation of her perform
ance of Nine. Butterfly; Debussy,
who accompanied her at her first
Paris concert, and Maurice Ravei,
who played his songs for her at
her last appearance in that city.
Modified by the Soviet govern
ment as an artist, the Princess
Troubetskoi was forced to give
concerts throughout Russia for a
payment made in sugar, soap,
flour and sometimes fish and
meat. In these concerts she was
accompanied by the famous Rus
sian composer, Gliere. Escaping
from this, she fled to Italy, where
she appeared in opera in Naples,
Rome, Florence and Venice. In
London and the English prov
inces she gave diversified pro-
grams and in Paris sang at the
Grand Opera with Chaliapin in
Boris Goudinoff."
She toured 81 provinces of Spain
under the protection of the Span
iSh court, giving programs of
Spanish music that ranged from
the ancient Spanish lyrics of the
seventeenth century to the mod
ern works of Turina, Torroba,
GuervOS and others. Celebrated
composers have dedicated their
songs to her and accompanied her
singing of them. It was through
the interest of the Queen of Spain
that a passport was arranged
whereby Princess TroubetSkoi was
enabled to come to America.
In New York she made her
debut at Carnegie Hall and later
gave another recital at Town
Hall. At Carnegie Hall, she sang
in nine languages, but at her last
concert made up her program
entirely Of Spanish songs. For
her concert on February "a she
will sing songs by Monteverdi,
Mozart, Dargomijsky, Prokovieff,
Rimsky-Korsakoff, Rachmaninoff.
Faure, Hue, Respighi, Sibella and
several by the Spanish composers,
Min, De Falla and Turina.
THE approaching Metropolitan
opera season in March at the
Lyric Theater, Baltimore, will
give patrons an opportunity TO
hear the sensation of the Winter,
Louis Gruenberg's operate ver-
sion of Eugene O'Neill's play,
Emperor Jones'" The opera
aroused widest enthusiasm at it's
premiere in New York, and Law
renee Tibbett, who sang the role
of the ex-Pullman porter who be-
came King of a Caribbean isle,
Sprang with one bound to the top
of the ladder of fame. Not in
years has such prolonged ovation
been given to any artist as. the
record number of curtain calls
Tibbett received at the conclusion
of the opera. His acting was SO
superb that he seemed to have
discovered something new in the
art, and his forceful interpreta-
ton combined with Gruenberg's
bold departure from conventional
forms seems to mark the begin
ming of a new and distinctly
American school of opera.
Frederick R. Huber, Baltimore's
representative of the Metropoli-
tan, had difficulty in persuading
the Metropolitan to bring this
elaborate production, for the size
of the sets, which are the crea-
tion Of that fine scenic artist, 10
Mielziner, as well as the large
ballets that are needed for the
hallucination scenes, makes
transport a problem. A large
choral group must also be
brought to supplement the Or
chestra, for the music uses voices
to supplement the orchestra in
the overture, interlude and other
instrumental passages. of the
work. Mr.. Huber announces that
IT Pagliacci' will precede the
Emperor Jones" as curtain
raiser, with Lucrezia Bori singing
the part of Media, thus giving the
public its first opportunity to hear
her in that role in some years.