CORNELIUS TAN YLIET, cellist, who recently played the d’Alberi concerto with the Philharmonic Orchestra, under Mengelberg’s baton, with marked success. Incidentally, Mr. Van Vliet is the first cello soloist to appear in America under this noted conductor.
CLAUDE WARLORD,
tenor, composer and teacher of voice, -who announces a summer session of vocal music at his studios in the Metropolitan Opera House building.
BEDUSCHI PUPILS GIVE “FAUST”
Under Umberto Beduschi, the Chicago vocal teacher and coach, the following cast presented the entire third, act of Gounod’s “Faust” for the “open door” concert series of the Chicago Woman's Club on March 19: (Marguerite) Helen Protheroe Amtell, soprano; (Faust) William Rogerson, tenor, formerly w-ith the Chicago Opera Association; (Martha and Siebel) Emily Ruby, mezzo soprano; (Mephis-topheles) John Stevens, basso, with Amanda MacDonald, pianist. The above, except Miss MacDonald, are professional pupils of Signor Beduschi, all of whom reflected much credit on their able and efficient mentor.. In the accompanying photograph are, left to right (top row) : John Stevens and Sig. Beduschi; (bottom row) : Amanda MacDonald, William Rogerson, Helen Axtell and Emily Ruby.
RAY MILLER,
conductor of one of the most popular “jazz” bands in New York City, ■which is now playing at the Club Maurice, ivho has found a way to make operatic selections appeal to cabaret audiences. His method is by injecting a little “jazz” into Puccini, Massenet and Verdi, and the patrons who yawned over the pure, untampered strains of “Madame Butterfly,” “Tosca” and “Aida” now, in Air. Miller’s own words, “eat it up.” He believes that if one makes it possible for the average “low brow” to hear some really beautiful melodies, even if some of the notes are so shuffled around that they emit an undertone of “jazz,” that one is benefitting the musical taste of the people. And when they get familiar with the “jazz” versions of operatic selections, Mr. Miller intends to evict the jazz notes so gradually that they will come to realize how really beautiful the original melodies are. Then he will retain and sandwich them in between the purely jazz numbers. “In foreign countries,” says Mr. Miller, “I am told they play nothing but music of the old composers in thhir beer gardens and wine gardens. Well, America may reach that state in another twenty-five or fifty years.” (Photo © by Strauss Peyton.)
ARTHUR HACKETT,
icell known concert tenor, tv ho is giving concerts in this country at the present time. He recently returned from a successful tour to the Pacific Coast, where his voice and interpretative art drew forth enthusiastic comments from the various critics.
FIRST PICTURE OF FELIX WEIXGARTXER AND HIS NEW WIFE, who was Betty Kalisch, the Dutch-American actress. (Photo by Seize!; Vienna.)
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