The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-03-09
NINE. OLGA vALLAZ
\ COMES next FRIDAY
Dances, Songs and Instruments
y OF Eastern Europe Form
Artist Series Program

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dallas appears at the Bismarck city
auditorium Friday evening, March Is,
IN the 1885 Singers Guild Artist Sc.
1ies, she viii give what Daniel Froh-
man termed unique" program.
Wearing costumes Of peasants and
gypsies Of eastern Europe, she will
bring intimate glimpses Of exotic
peoples by singing their songs, per-
forming their dances and even play
ing their primitive musical instru.
ments. Nine. d'Allaz calls her pro-
ram "From the Baltic to the Black
Sea In Song and Story"
Her music Is unpublished folk
music and was collected by Mime.
d'Allas by what she terms literally
going from hut to hut" She lived
among the people she portrays. DIS.
guiSed Is an artist, she once Travelled
with q gypsy band. AS the wife Of
Major Emer Yeager, military attache
to Poland, Roumania. Turkey. C1echo-
slovakia and Yugoslavia, she had en-
tree to sources Of authentic material
not often available. The patronage
Of Queen Marie Of Roumania. well
known for her interest In peasant
peoples. opened many doors which
aided her In collecting her material.
Lives Part She Acts
When Nine. DALAI opens her re.
cital she comes on the stage arrayed
in a great wide skirt with broad
stripes Of many colors. with q red
shawl over her dark head. eyes dane
ing and arms akimbo, looking like
the flirtatious Polish maid she Is in
terpreting. Yet Nine. d'AllaS Is an
American from Dallas, Texas, and be-
gan her career as an opera singer.
Nine. DALAI Is among the pupils
Of the famous vilonat. instructor Of
Nelson Eddy. who sang here In the
1884 Artist Series, and Of Miss Maude
A. Tollefsen, Artist Series manager.
She has toured Europe, singing
leading roles In Italian and German
opera companies. However, even
when she was studying seven Ian
guages and building up vast roper
toire for her singing, she somehow
felt that opera was not to be her
forte.
When Mime. d'Allaz and her hus-
hand were speeding In their Car from
one country to another SO that the
major could officiate at all the func-
tons that required his presence, Nine.
d'Allaz got the idea for the fasctnat-
ing type Of program that she now Is
giving on tour throughout the coun.
try.
Familiar with Sources
AT night we used to see the camp
fires Of the gypsies," she says. Their
haunting melodies lured my imagina-
ton. wanted to stop but We always
were rushing on to some function.
Sometimes when we stopped in pic
turesque little village for the night,
the peasants would crowd around and
stand looking at US. They just looked
and looked with expressionless faces
but Of course taking in every detail
Of our strange appearance. would
try to engage them In conversation
and at times was successful. Then
I realized why fate had guided me to
study languages.
"EIere was something real. The
way collected my material was tc
coax q peasant girl to do her native
dance for me. Then would learn
her song In her language. would
admire her blouse or her boots. and
end by purchasing them. It was z
fascinating experience. It took me
four years to make my collection, and
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broidery, took q whole year to make"
The d'Allax recital will be the third
In the current series which already
has brought Jose Echaniz, pianist
and Nine. Eide Norena. Norwegian
prima donna. The fourth and con-
GLIDING program viii be that Of the
Chicago Symphonic String quartet
Tickets may be secured from Mis-
Tollefsen or ct the box office the
niRht of the urogramS.