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C Graham i appeared before the commissioners I and solicited support of the movement io 10 bring the grand opera company here I for a series of operas The commissioners commissioners commissioners commis commis- were careful to explain that they could not either as a body or as I individuals lend any support in an of capacity As citizens however i they announced themselves in sympathy thy with the move Miss i explained d that the I company could not fie pe e brought t to Salt I t Lake under without sustaining a loss on the venture and that j must be guaranteed before any movement movement move move- ment would be made Mr is is' is in California completing completing com com- I the details for or that portion of the to coast-to-coast tour which the Boston Boston Boston Bos- Bos ton Grand company is now engaged engaged engaged en en- I upon After finishing its first part of the 1916 1915 season in late December December December De De- cember which took the organization I Ito to Chicago St. St Louis Louisville De De- Toronto New York City Philadelphia Philadelphia Phil Phil- adelphia Boston Washington and Baltimore Baltimore Baltimore Bal Bal- the tour our was resumed in Januar Jan Jan- uary And since that time performances performances performances perform perform- ances have taken place in Syracuse Toronto Buffalo Cleveland Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincin Cincin- nati Pittsburg Detroit and other important im important im- im centers I IThe The Boston Grand Opera Ballet company is proceeding South and West appearing in such important cities as Nashville Memphis Birmingham ham Atlanta New Orleans Houston and Dallas and is due to reach Los Angeles Angeles An An- geles early in March The itinerary proceeds thence thence- north into Canada and afterward South and East It will be April before this tits largest opera-ballet opera American tour the the he country has known is concluded Bi Big Success Elsewhere Managing Director has a aplan plan to bring his company here an annually annually an- an Dually for several performances It requires re re- quires only a proper recognition of these performances from year to year that will wll be found to equal the fin finest that are given in the leading leading opera houses of the world The artistic achievement of the Boston Boston Bos Bos- ton Grand Opera company and the I Imperial I Ballet Russo Russe in BosMon Bos Bos- ton Mon Philadelphia Philadelphia Washington Cleve land Cincinnati Pittsburg and several other cities have been so BO pronounced as to cause representative citizens in these communities to personally assure assure as as- sure suro Mr tr of their willingness to cooperate operate with him hin in establishing guaranty funds to provide for yearly brief seasons of grand opera and ballet bal bal- let on tm a scale scale never before available And this will place the Boston Grand Opera company and th the Imperial Imperial Im Im- Ballet- Ballet Russe on a sound basis It will permit the organization to aim solely for the loftiest artistic standards and make it the only company of its kind in America to be obtained by those cities which do not support their own operatic organization Numbering a personnel of this company Is substantially the same that has lias been received everywhere by bv pub pub- tic lic and critics as one of the most effi ern I dent and even evenly y balanced that has been heard and seen Giovanni said to be a rival ri ri- rival I val of Caruso as a heroic tenor is isone is one of the stars and another is the I sensational Japanese prima donna soI soprano soprano so so- I Miss Tamaki A A third artist of distinction is Riccardo Martin Americas greatest dramatic tenor and two others are Miles Mlles Maggie the Irish lyric soprano from the Paris Opera and Covent Garden Garden Gar Gar- den and Felice Lyne who has has' proved that America can produce an eminent coloratura soprano comparable with the best She was heard in concert here a few months ago Jose Mardones Spain's foremost basso and declared by experts to beof be beof beof of the same rank as the Russian star Chaliapine is a member of the Boston Opera Ballet forces over over whom the people have enthused Closely Close Close- ly approaching this singers singer's s successes have been those of Thomas Chalmers and Graham Marr American baritones baritones' who have appeared in the leading opera houses of the world Among the principals too is Mme Maria Gay whose Carmen and Orfeo have elevated her t to the top run rung on on the ladder of soprano mezzo-soprano and likewise likewise like like- wise Giuseppe Gaudenzi the distinguished distinguished distin distin- Italian tenor Mlle Mile Olivet Marcel a brilliant young lyric soprano so so- Miles Mlles Elvira Leveroni and Fely Clement soprano mezzo Giorgio baritone Paolo Ananian basso and R Romeo meo Boscacci tenor Roberto called the young young is the first musical musical musical musi musi- cal conductor of the Boston Grand Onera Olera company He Be is the musician whose conducting of L Amore LAmore Amore dei del Tre Re Tie The I e Love ove of Three e Kings elicited elicited elicited elic elic- I the unstinted praise of the captious captious cap cap- New York Boston Paris and andI London critics The first assistant conductor conductor conductor con con- I ductor Is Alexander Aexander Sm Adolph of Covent Garden is musical conductor of the ballet With such tried and proven artists as Armando F. F Agnini in charge of the stage and Amedeo Barbieri as chorus chorus- master there there- is at all times perfection of detail in the accomplishment in these vital branches of opera giving All in all the company which company which includes includes in in- the incomparable Anna and her complete Ballet Russe Russe-is Russe is one which merits sincere consideration and whose efforts are certain to elevate ele ele- elevate vate the demand deman ls of the people for the best and the b best st only in the matter I of grand opera and ballet w Y r a I I Ij j W y m w u t S J MARTIN ELV RA A TENO II ANO |
