March 16, 1922 MUSICAL COURIER 24 scored a triumph. Her success on February 26 was equally pronounced. Mme. Caselotti is fast coming to the front. She will sing the title role in “Lucia” at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in the near future. BERLIN (Continued from page 7) the next. After an absence of some two years the once beloved Felix presented himself in a special concert for the first time last night. That the public’s sympathies for him have suffered nothing by the long absence nor by what went before, was evident from the sold-out house for both public rehearsals and concert, and the overwhelming and ever-increasing enthusiam after every number. His offerings, wisely enough, were all by Beethoven: the eight and the fifth symphonies, the “Egmont,” “Leonore” overtures and cheveaux de bataille all, and sure drawing cards. He conducted them all well, remarkably well in fact, for Wein-gartner can give aces and spades to any other kapellmeister living. He is the sublimation of the kappelmeister, and in addition to his prodigous command of technic he even summoned this time a great deal of his old-time fire. But it was fire blown from dying embers by the bellows of public enthusiasm, not the inner flame that always glowed, even when it did not flare up, in the heart of Nikisch. Nikisch was an instinctive conductor; Weingartner is an intellectual one. Outward energy, expressed in rhythm and dynamics, takes the place of inward emotion. Perhaps, if memory of Nikisch were not so vivid, Weingartner’s art would be more convincing; to many it was convincing enough. At any rate—“le roi est mort . . . .” A Good Cellist. Of eminent soloists, who have appeared recently, the Russian cellist, Belousoff, is perhaps the most outstanding figure, both because of his great technical equipment and his high grade musicianship, backed by a genuine artistic personality. In two concerts, one of them with orchestra, he covered a broad section of cello literature, including the concertos of Saint-Saëns and Dvorak, and the Rococo variations of Tschaikowsky, in which his remarkable virtuosity found enough opportunity to show itself. CÉSAR SaERCHINGER. Drake to Manage Judson House Judson House, the American tenor who has been engaged for the role of Ferrando in Mozart’s “Cosi Fan Tutte,” which will tour the country next fall, has been added to the list of artists managed by Charles N. Drake. Mr. House has to his credit four successive appearances at the Worcester (Mass.) Music Festival, and a list of other oratorio and festival engagements during the past two or three years. He was recently heard in “The Messiah” with the New York Oratorio Society, and has just been booked for an appearance at the Charlotte (N. C.) Music Festival in May. Danise Rarely Idle There are few spare moments in the life of Giuseppe Danise, baritone of the Metropolitan Opera. Mr. Danise sings per schedule several times a week—and in this season of colds and “flu” he frequently increases his weekly quota of performances with “pinch-hitting” appearances. Between rehearsals and performances, Mr. Danise is making a new series of records for the Brunswick Phonograph. He varies his. labors in the recording laboratory by making Neapolitan songs as well as the standard operatic arias for which he is famous. Two Canadian Dates for Althouse Paul Althouse, tenor of the Metropolitan Opera Company, has been engaged for two Canadian appearances—the one in St. Catharines, Ont., on March 28, the other at Hamilton in the same province the following day, March 29. This month Mr. Althouse also will sing at Mt. Carmel, Pa., and be soloist with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Among the tenor’s forthcoming engagements is his appearance at the Springfield, Mass., Music Festival on May 12, when he will sing the title role in “Faust” which will be given in concert form. Irene Williams Substitutes for Pavloska Following an appearance with the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra on February 19, and a song recital at Brookings, S. D., on February 21, Irene Williams gave a song recital at the South Shore Country Club in Chicago on February 26. Richard Hageman was at the piano for Miss Williams, who appeared at this concert in place of Irene Pavloska, originally announced. Miss Pavloska’s operatic engagements made it impossible for her to sing in Chicago on this Clara Butt’s Ovation A rare welcome awaited Dame Clara Butt, Kennerley Rumford, and their assisting artists, when they began their present concert tour of Canada and the United States at Vancouver, B. C., on February 7. Although, owing to the scarcity of auditoriums, the concert began at eleven o’clock at night, the house was crowded and the audience lingered until half past one in the morning, demanding encores. Namara Recruited for Radiophone Radio fans who heard Mme. Namara recently when she sang for the radiophone, under the auspices of the New York Globe, had little doubt of her success when she appeared in the title role of “Thais” the last week of the Chicago Opera Association’s stay in New York. CHICAGO OPERA ASSOCIATION GIVES SEVEN BRILLIANT PERFORMANCES IN PHILADELPHIA .Grace Cunningham ..Eugenio Correnti ........Max Toft Constantin Nicolay . . . .Herman Tappo .. . .William Fisher ....Louis Derman .Francesco Raviola ..Giuseppe Minerva ....Paul Aronson ...Elias Berkenbilt .....Harry Cantor . . . .Jean de Keyser .Yolande Preesburg ....Anna Correnti . Constantin Nicolay .Sadie Vanderbosch ,. . . . Esther Loomis A Water Vendor ............................. An Ice Cream Vendor ........................ A Macaroni Vendor .......................... A Blind Man ................................ First Morra Player ......................... Second Morra Player ........................ A Fruit Vendor ............................. Vendor of Sacred Images ...................... Balloon Vendor ............................. First Monk ................................. Second Monk ................................ First Young Man ............................ Second Young Man ........................... A Young Girl ............................... A Young Mother ............................. The Father.................................. First Girl .............................. Second Girl .................................. Conductor—Pietro Cimini “MONNA VANNA,״ MARCH 4 Prinzivalle, Captain of the Florentine Troops....Lucien Muratore Guido Colonna, Commander of the Garrison at Pisa, Georges Baklanoff Monna Vanna, His Wife ................................Mary Garden Marco Colonna, Father of Guido ..............’... Edouard Cotreuil Vedio, Secretary to Prinzivalle ......................Jose Mojica Trivulzio, Envoy from Florence ..................Constantin Nicolay Borso |............. Lieutenants of Guido.... { Etienne Contesso Torello J l Desire Defrere Conductor, Giorgio Polacco Reuter’s Chamber Music Repertory Aside from his many appearances as soloist throughout the country, Rudolph Reuter has been unduly active thus far this season in the cause of chamber music. In Chicago, with cello, he is giving first performances of sonatas by PESCIA VOCAL TEACHER and COACH Teacher of Olga Carrara of Chicago and Scotti Grand Opera Companies Studio : 52 West 89th Street, New York City Phone : River 10123 Dohnanyi and by the American composer, Clarence Loomis, besides playing sonatas by Strauss, Grieg, Brahms and Mendelssohn. With Jacques Gordon, concertmaster of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, he is playing sonatas by the American composer, John Powell, and by Grieg, Brahms, Strauss, D’lndy, Beethoven, Mozart, Mendelssohn and Schubert. In trio ensemble programs in Muscatine, la., Manitowoc, Wis., Rock Island, three in Indianapolis and four in Davenport, he has included among others, trios by Brahms, op. 8 and 87; Beethoven, in E flat; Schubert, Mendelssohn, Godard, Tschaikowsky, Arensky and Dvorak. These, with several other such appearances, concerts for two pianos and numerous solo engagements, have necessitated the mastery of an unusually large and comprehensive repretory, and Mr. Reuter, in every way, has proven himself more than capable of such an achievement. Mae Miller’s Pupils at Gallerie Intime Mae D. Miller, vocal teacher of New York City and Allentown and Bethlehem, Pa., presented a number of pupils from her New York class in a concert at the Gallerie Intime, March 4. A pleasing and varied program was presented and some beautiful voices were heard, there being in each case evidence of careful, intelligent training. There was generally very good tone production and fine diction. Arias from a number of operas were admirably sung, and there were delightful shorter numbers and duets. Those appearing on the program were Freda Bohland, Lillian Wilson, Florence Genge, Mildred Mahoney, Dorothy Mertz, Bernadine Brady, Edith Kichline, Grace Peters, Lucy Lehr, Mae Ruhe, Edna Hunsicker, Helen Adams, Helen Miller, Adele Schuyler, Baptiste Lanza, Charles Kline, William Butz, and Russel Van Winkle. A large audience evidenced its appreciation. This artistic gallery has excellent acoustics, and the surroundings and atmosphere are such that an artist can not help but give his best. Caselotti Student Scores Marie Caselotti, wife and pupil of G. H. Caselotti, New York vocal maestro, was called upon at the last moment to take the part of Gilda in “Rigoletto,” at the Longacre Theater, on Sunday evening, February 26, the performance being given by the People’s Opera Company. Irene Welsh, who was originally cast for Gilda, was suddenly taken ill and Mme. Caselotti kindly consented to fill her place. A short time ago Mme. Caselotti made her operatic debut as Gilda at the Academy of Music, Brooklyn, N. Y., when she After completing its season in New York on February 25, the Chicago Opera journeyed to Philadelphia for seven performances, this being its first engagement on the tour which will take the organization to the Coast. “Tannhäuser” was chosen for the opening night on February 27, sung in German, and a brilliant assemblage, socially as well as musically, gathered at the Metropolitan Opera House to pay tribute to Mary Garden and her company. Many of the artists presented during the week by the famous impresaria-prima donna already were established favorites in Philadelphia, but there also were some new ones who won numerous friends and admirers before the performances ended on Saturday night. Unhackneyed operas were given, and they were doubly interesting due to the fact that these particular works are not presented.by the Metropolitan Opera Company during its regular season in Philadelphia. As all of these operas have been reviewed in these columns—both the Chicago and New York performances—it is not necessary at this time to give a detailed report of each performance. Suffice it to say that Philadelphia enjoyed a brilliant week of opera, for the stage settings were handsome, the principals on the whole in fine voice, the chorus excellent, and the Pavley-Oukrainsky ballet superb. The wielders of the baton, too, should be given a word of praise for their capable conducting. The complete casts for the entire seven performances were as follows; “TANNHÄUSER,” FEBRUARY 27. Landgraf .........................................Edouard Cotreuil Elisabeth...........................................Rosa Raisa Venus ........................................Cyrena Van Gordon Tannhäuser .......................................Richard Schubert Wolfram ...........................................Joseph Schwarz Biterolf ...........................................Desire Defrere Heinrich ...........................................Octave Dua Reinmar ......................................Constantin Nicolay Walther .............................................Jose Mojica Ein Hirt .........................................Margery Maxwell f Margery Maxwell T7״״״ ■n ; Sadie Vanderbosch Four Pages ............................... 4 Philine Falco ( Anna Corenti Incidental Dances by Andreas Pavley and Serge Oukrainsky, assisted By Miles. Nemeroff, Shermont, Ledowa, Dagmara, Milar, Elisius and Corps de Ballet. Conductor, Angelo Ferrari “SALOME,” FEBRUARY 28. Herode ........................................ Riccardo Martin Herodiade ....................................Eleanor Reynolds Salome ..............................................Mary Garden Jochanaan ....................................Hector Dufranne Narraboth ..........................................Jose Mojica Page ...............................................Irene Pavloska ( Jose Mojica i Lodovico Oliviero Five Jews ....................................־< Octave Dua j Desire Defrere ' Louis Derman First Nazarene...................................Virgilio Lazzari Second Nazarene ...............................Etienne Contesso First Soldier ....................................Edouard Cotreuil Second Soldier .................................Constatin Nicolay A Cappadocian ...................................Virgilio Lazzari A Slave ............................................Philine Falco Conductor, Giorgio Polacco “LE JONGLEUR DE NOTRE DAME,” MARCH 1. Jean ...............................................Mary Garden Boniface ........................................Hector Dufranne The Prior ........................................Edouard Cotreuil The Monk Poet .........................................Octave Dua The Monk Painter.................................Virgilio Lazzari The Monk Sculptor..............................Constantin Nicolay The Monk Musician..................................Desire Defrere Conductor, Giorgio Polacco. “LE FETE A ROBINSON.” The Painter ........................■............Andreas Pavley His Friends ..................................Mm. Carroll, Petri The Waiter .........................................M'. Bacheller The Bride .......................................Mile. Shermont The Bridegroom ........................................M. Caton The Father of the Bride................................M. Baker The Mother of the Bride.............................Mile. Elisius The Bridesmaids ........................Miles. Nemeroff, Dagmara The Groomsmen ................................Mm. Easter, Bublitz The Maiden Aunt..................................Serge Oukrainsky Her Ward...............................................Mile. Milar The “Enfant Terrible” ..............................Mile. Samuels The Good Child....................................Mile. Felsan A Flower Vender.....................................Mile. Darrow A Grizette .........................................Mile. Campana Guests of the Restaurant, Snobs, Shop-girls and Dancers Ballet arranged by Messrs. Pavley and Oukrainsky. Conductor, Gabriel Gr.ovlez “ROMEO AND JULIET,” MARCH 2. Capulet .........................................Hector Dufranne Juliet .............................................Edith Mason Tybalt .............................................Octave Dua Romeo ...........................................Lucien Muratore Mercutio .........................................Desire Defrere Stephano ......................................Margery Maxwell Duke of Verona.............................. Constantin Nicolay Friar Lawrence .................................Edouard Cotreuil Gertrude .........................................Maria Claessens Gregorio .........................................Sallustio Civai Incidental Dances by Corps de Ballet. Ballet Masters—Serge Oukrainsky and Andreas Pavley. Conductor, Giorgio Polacco “PELLEAS AND MELISANDE,” MARCH 3. Melisande ...........................................Mary Garden Genevieve ........................................Maria Claessens Little Yniold ....................................Melba Goodman Pelleas ..........................................Alfred Maguenat Golaud ...........................................Hector Dufranne Arkel .............................................Edouard Cotreuil The Doctor .................................. Constantin Nicolay Conductor, Giorgio Polacco “THE JEWELS OF THE MADONNA,” MARCH 4 (Matinee). Gennaro, a Blacksmith.............................Forrest Lamont Carmela, His Mother...............................Maria Claessens Maliella ..............................................Rosa Raisa Rafaele, Leader of the Camorra....................Giacomo Rimini Biaso, a Scribe ................................Lodovico Oliviera Ciccillo 1 ................Camorrists............./ ¿0*f M°i'™ . Rocco j (. Sallustio Civai Stella ) . . i Margery Maxwell Concetta >־.........Friends of Camorrists. .. -j Philine Falco Serena J (. Irene Pavloska Gracia, a Dancer ....................................Ada Nemoroff Totonna, a Peasant ..................................Octave Dua A Flower Girl ....................................Elise de Valois 1512 So. Trumbull Ave. Chicago, III. Phone Rockwell 6376 SAMUEL D. SELWITZ MANAGER OF MUSICAL TALENT■ NOW BOOKING SEASON 1922-1923