Salt Lake Telegram | 1927-02-07 | Page 3 | McCormack, Johnson Both Wrong, Say Garden; She Picks 2 'Better'

McCorm ck Johnson Both Wrong Says Garden She Picks 2 Better ROCHESTER N. N Y Feb 7 AP APJohn APJohn John McCormack and E Edward ward i Johnson may laud each other as the he greatest living tenor but both err in the opinion of Mary Garden the famous diva S She e would give crowns to two singers or of the Civic Opera company and Charles Hedley of th Rochester A At Opera corn com pany John McCormack hasn't heard a amany as many tenors as I have ha said laid Miss 1 Garden who is in Rochester for an appearance tonight In Carmen as asa asa a guest artist with the Rochester Opera company During my long and varied career career ca- ca reer I happen to have listened to toa toa a long string of them One of them themis is Fernand or of the Chicago Civic Opera company compan The other Is Ismy ismy my latest find Charles Hedley corn com American Opera the Rochester pany Both have God given voices extraordInary extraordinary Moreover both possess intelligence and great imagination imagination which no real nation qualities operatic artist can he be without America will one day wake up to the merit of Mr Hedley who is as asyet asyet yet unknown to the operatic world Redley Hedler who is only 28 will sins sing Carmen Carmen Car Don Jose to Miss 1 Gardens Garden's men tonight will Miss 1 Garden announced she go to Europe March 27 to create Resurrection in Paris and to sing and Melisande l in Geneva tor the league of nations confer confer- ence Incidentally she added in reply which to the Inevitable question usually precedes my sailing I will say I Intend to continue my policy polley of bathing in the Mediterranean au natural next summer