Evening star., 1943-03-14
Music


San Carlo Company
Plans to Present
Ten Operas Here
The San Carlo Opera Company,
which has long been recognized as
national institution, is returning
again to the National Theater for
10 performances beginning Monday
night, March %, with matinees
Wednesday, Saturday and SUNDAY,
March 28. This popular organiza-
ton comes here direct from the
Boston Opera House, where 1t was
received with great acclaim and
crowded houses for II performances.
Fortune Gallo, the managing di-
rector, is dean of operate impress
sarios in this country and is also
general director of the Chicago Civic
Opera. The San Carlo company is
now on its 32d annual transcontt-
mental tour.
The opening bill will be Verdis
aida" with Mobley Lushanya in the
title role. Also in the cast are Mar
gerry Mayer, Chicago favorite; Aroldo
Lindi, Mostyn Thomas, Harold
Kravitt and Lydia Arlova, premiere
danseuse, who again heads the
brilliant San Carlo corps de ballet.
The rest of the repertoire is as fol-
lows: Tuesday, Carmen; Wednes-
-;
moor; Wednesday night, Faust;
Thursday, 'Rigoletto"; Friday,
double bill, "Cavalleria Rusticana"
and "Pagliacci"; Saturday matinee,
'Traviata" Saturday night, I'll
Trovatore";; Sunday matinee, la
Boheme." The bill for Sunday night,
March 20, will be announced later.
Other old favorites, who will be
heard again, are Coe Glade, Flora
Sherman, Sydney Rayner, Ivan
Petroff and Mario Vale.
AS in the past Mr.. Gallo is bring
ing new voices to Washington. The
complete roster will be given later,
but some of the new additions are
Doris Marinelli, Sheila Vogelle,
Stephan Ballarini and Marie Powers.
The high standards of San Carlo
will be maintained. The conductor
will again be the veteran Carlo
Peroni and the stage director, Louis
Raybaut.
Citizen Piatig0rsky.
Gregor Piatigorsky, who appears
as guest cellist with the Philadelphia
Orchestra March 30, is often called
the Russian Casals." He would
prefer to be known as the veteran
American cellist." because he has
made l3 tours of this country since
1929. On August %, 1912, he took
the oath of full United States
citizenship at Elizabethtown, N. j.
For many years he was man
without a country, after escaping
from the Russian revolution, travel
ing on a League of Nations Nansen
passport. Twice during those years
wealthy Americans befriended him.
When he was broke and discouraged
in Warsaw it was an American.
Adolph Held, who gave him money
to go to Berlin, where he quickly
established himself as an artist.
Again in 1884, when his cello was
sick" it was Ernest P. Dane,
then president of the trustees of the
Boston Symphony, who presented
him with the wonderful 1899 Mon
tagnana cello he uses exclusively on
tour.
Mr.. Piatigorsky has identified
himself with American musical life
He is head of the chamber music
department of the Berkshire Music
Center, Is a trustee of the Kousse-
vitzky Music Foundation, plays reg
ularly as soloist under Koussevitzky,
and is also head of the cello de-
partment at the Curtis Institute of
Music. He believes that America
will soon be the cultural center of
the universe, not only because the
greatest artists of Europe have
found sanctuary here, but because
of the extraordinary native talent
that is being SO rapidly developed
A Russian by birth, Mr.. Piatigorsky
has three brothers in the Red Army
and is generous about benefits for
Russian relief. However, America
is the country of his choice.
Jose Ifuybi Recital.
Jose Iturbi, the celebrated Span
ish pianist and conductor, makes his
only recital appearance of the cur
rent season in Washington When he
comes to Constitution Hall on Sun
day afternoon, March %, at 4 O'Clock.
under the management of Dorothy
Hodgkin Dorsey. Iturbi is also con-
ductor of the Rochester IN. "
Philharmonic Orchestra and he will
shortly appear in that role con-
Quoting combined brass band and
| orchestra, in new screen produc-
| ton called Private Miss Jones'"