| Show fOUND fOR FO ART All AllSen Sen King Attends Out Out- Outdoor Outdoor Outdoor door Showing to Sing In 1 English A spot that once resounded with the cannonading of ot Mad len len- An Anthony thony Wayne Waynes victory at StonY StonYPoInt StonyPoint I An-I I PoInt will e eventually echo with out outdoor out out- door doer performances of ot grand opera These performances at the tho hIs hIs- his battle ground on the tho Hudson nih bo offered by tho new Amel Amei Ican lean Institute ot of Operatic Art A combined l patriotic and musical celebration on Wayne Wayno ayno day marked the anniversary ot of the tho cap cap- cap capture lure ture ot of the tho fort tort and also alo the lay lay- lay laying ing trig of ot the corner stone stono of ot the In- In In Institute The latter ceremony cormon mark mark- marked ed od the see second nd step In the realization realization tion ot of a vision of ot Max famous a as an of ot grand grane opera and other big musical eO ven ventures eui- eui tures tunes The first step In the tho e new enterprise was the erecting of what Is sold said to bo ho the largest scene painting studio In the orld irs In which scenery tor for the Metro Metro- Metropolitan politan Opera Is la being painted U ATTENDS Notables Notable In the fields of ot the art arts civics And nd politics journeyed to Stony Point on a special l car ear anda and anda anda a boat bod chartered tor for the tho occasion They Included Senator W H King rot r ot of Utah and Frederick A Wallis commIssIoner of oC o corrections of Now York city both of ot w horn horn made patriotic addresses Nannette Gull Gull- Guilford Gull ford ford and William WIllIom Gustatson of ot the th Metropolitan Opera who christen christen- christened christened christened ed the new Institution with song and ind nd An Anglin lIn and Roland Rolond Young of the dramatic stage read dedicatory dt poems poem In addi addi- addition addi- addi addition tion Mrs Mra Worcester Warner gaie gae gato ga e eI I to the venture the Indorsement ot of the National Federation of ot Music Club while Mrs Thomas Slack performed the same function for forthe the tho General Federation ot of Worn Worn- Women Wom-en Wom en ens s Clubs W In the keynote address addrA V Hubbard opera lecturer an ani S former Cormer music critic described the th purpose sot the new Institute Ha ted the waste taste of ot operatic tal- tal talent tal talent ent In this country In that there jq is little opportunity for our oung oung singers to get the preliminary otie- otie ope operatic Said ho This Institute Is 19 not to be L I school but bitt a labor hOt 0 honor pupils from the conserva conservatories tories and music schools can be tested out and developed de eloped as their talents merit They will receive an unbiased opinion a as aR to their voices voIce and acting ability and their tithes s stor for tor gland opera pera Perhaps some ot of them will VIII be suited for tor light opera or the concert stage Those who pass the to tess tes's su sup sup- suc successfully will be kept here hore In train train- trainIng training training ing from May to October Thy shill III have the bost best teachers and will be trained In several oper oper-is In October a company will bo sent Rent out to tour tho country It shill give really good opera at a price most people can afford In com corn comIng corning coming ing years It Is expected that sev- sev severa sev ev several eral era companies will be sent out G G IN EGLI E At first the heads of the do- do departments de departments may be foreigners but Americans will whit b be tn under them and gradually the foreIgners mill III be eliminated and native talent utilized The oper operas opera too will bo be translated Into English and sung Bung in that language The idea is to tomake tomake tomake make it a centre tor for American op- op operatic operatic op operatic for ort art or singers composers dancers scenic artists and all wh who have to to do o with operatic production lion tion Th The ultimate Investment it I willbe iii b be over 1 The 10 lading Ing of the tho corner tone stone as performed on the site of ot the future futuro stage ago which Is to be simi simi- similar similar lar In size to that of ot the Metro Metro- Metropolitan Metropolitan politan Opera house houe Th The theatre I is to be bo built bunt of rough stone and will seat but It will still be he In a amphitheatre and it Its sid s scan scan can be raised so that from to persons on the adjacent slopes lopes can witness s a performance n |
