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Show II JERITZA OPENS I GOTHAM OPERA Brilliant Season Is Also Launched By Chicago Music Lovers NEW YORK, Nov. 14. To Mark Joritzn, tne sensational coloratura from Vienna, who cap tu rod New Fork by storm lat season. I'll the honor Monday of opcnlnp the 192l'-:'3 Metropolitan Met-ropolitan Opera season Sink-lop the title role In "Tosca" the traplc opera for many yean link) d with the name of Qeraldino Farrar, the newer star earned a tremendous ovation from the first nlffhter. Tlio opening was the usual social event. The famous diamond horse-shoo horse-shoo sparkled with all Its old time charm Of pretty Women and dlstin-puiahed dlstin-puiahed men the women in rare gems and costly frowns, the men In convonr tional black and white. GREAT RECEPTION Orchestra, patcrrc, balconies and pal lory were crowded. too, and there were the usual hundreds of music lolng standees ant tho claques. This time there w r. a I any Ocrry Flappers in th claques, or If there were, they were silent before Jcrltza. who had risen to the place of their idol. , But if the voices of Gerry Flappers were stilled, those of the followers o: ' the ivaelous Vinnesc soprano were not. Hers was a great reception a tribute to the new and vi id "Tosca" whoso volco sought out and found all the golden maple of the music Puccini Pucci-ni has wrought around the grim Sar-dou Sar-dou play. .'" marked Gattl-Cnsazza s beplnnln-of beplnnln-of hi fifteenth season as perioral man-apcr. man-apcr. Scottl, who sang the wily Scar- ..iDo'." rii-jf Amnrlrjin nre- t. ntatlon In February. 1901. again Bang the role Monday night Martln-clii Martln-clii was Manlo. Slgnor Moramonl conducted. OPENING IN CHIC X GO CHICAGO, Nov. 14. With every 1 -tit occupied and the boxes glittering with the most brilliant array ol JOWi Ms and gowns seen at the Auditorium since 1914, a notable presentation Of "Aida," opened the first Season or the Chicago Civic Opera company here Monday night. Throe debuts marked the inauguration inaugura-tion of the opera under the direction of the civic sponsors who have replaced replac-ed the wealthy of Other years. Ina Bourskaya, a young Russian, In the rolo of Amneris. the regal Egyptian princess. In lovo with RadamOB, captain cap-tain of the guard: Cesare Pormlchl, the Italian baritone In th( part Ol Amonasro. and Melvina Pawmore, a vour.fi' Ainerie.m singer, were all received re-ceived with applause. Anna Ludmita, a Chicago girl, appeared as premiere I danseuse, in the first presentation or the Bohm ballet. The greatest personal triumph was fcored bv Rosa Ralsa the slave girl. A Ida, while Charles Marshal'., singing Uodams. also was well received.- Thw baton was in the hinds Ol Georglo Po-lacco, Po-lacco, principal conductor and arti-llc director of the company. Mary Garden, director of the organization or-ganization last year, but this year appearing ap-pearing only as an artist, will tl ike her debut tonight In Carmen. |
