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stormy demonstrations of their delight in it,” according to James H. Rogers, of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, who declares the singer “a prime favorite with Cleveland Symphony patrons.
Music Students’ League Hears Gunster and Ros
At the latest meeting of the Music Students’ League Sunday April 2, at the Art Center, after the regular business of the afternoon had been concluded and addresses made by the president, J. Fletcher Shera, Zilpha Barnes \\ ood, Miss Mackenzie, Leonard Liebling, Miss Spear (second vice-president) and others, a delightful musical program wound up the proceedings, given by Frederick Gunster, who sang tenor numbers in such finished and attractive style that he was applauded to the echo, and Lnnque Ros, the young Cuban pianist, whose lovely tone brilliant technique, and musicianly interpretation, won hearty S“״ a,ftef J?is playing of a Chopin impromptu and the Butterfly study and of Liszt s dazzling ,‘La Campanella.” About three hundred students and associate members were present.
The next meeting of the league will be held on Sunday afternoon, April 16. Meanwhile the regular headquarters ot the organization are at the Musicians’ Club, 173 Madison avenue, where applications for membership will be received by Florence Mendelssohn, secretary of the Music otudents League.
Sparkes Unexpectedly Called to England
Lenora Sparkes, whose appearances at the Metropolitan Opera House have been confined to the Sunday night concerts this season, because of her lengthy list of concert en-gagements, sang there for the second time on April 2 shar-vr ihecpr0,gram Wlth her countrywoman, Dame Clara Butt, -iss Sparkes was to have been the assisting artist with The Guelph Choral Society of Guelph, Canada, on April 18 but a cable trom her home in England caused her to make a sudden change in her plans and cancel all her spring engagements. Miss Sparkes sailed from New York on the S. S. Caroma on April 8.
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an intermezzo by Brahms, polonaise and scherzo by Chopin, Reflets dans l’Eau״ by Debussy, “Caprice Espagnol” by Moszkowski, and his own charming “Dancing Marionette.” About loO prominent members of the American colony and Paris society were present.
Opera at Monte Carlo.
Director Raoul Ginsbourg of the Opera in Monte Carlo gave an excellent performance of the “Barber of Seville” with Battistini as Figaro, Mile. Ephrati as Rosina, Dino Borgioli as Almaviva, and Lanskoy as Don Basilio. Another performance of special merit was the “Damnation de raust, with Annseasu, Dinh Gilly and a young soprano, the protégée of Mme. Emma Calvé, who adopted the stage name of Vecla.	Theodore Bauer.
Matzenauer Wins Praise on Tour
Margaret Matzenauer, Metropolitan Opera Company contralto, is being received in the Middle West with a tremendous degree of enthusiasm, according to the press critics in that section of the country.
Mme. Matzenauer created a superb impression as soloist at the subscription concert of the Detroit Symphony in Orchestra Hall," according to Charlotte M. Tarsñey, who goes on to say:	'This artist'brings to her work not only
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compositions of Scriabin, a Brahms group, a Chopin group, Dohnanyi and Liszt. Mr. Gotthelf will sail for America on the Lapland next week. He will accompany Geraldine Farrar on her forthcoming spring tour.
A Fine Pasdeloup Concert.
The second act of “La Foret Bleue,” opera by Louis Aubert, was the outstanding feature of the Pasdeloup Orchestra concert at the Theatre des Champs Elysées Sunday afternoon, March 12. Aubert’s work is not unknown in America, as it was produced by Henry Russell at the Boston Opera House in 1912 with Andre-Caplet as conductor. Helene Demellier, of the Opera Comique, sang the part of Petit Poucet, Rosa Castelli that of Chaperon-Rouge. Mr. Corbelly, of the Opera, was the Ogre, and Radiana Pazmor, an American contralto, soloist of the American Church in Paris, sang the role of the Fairy. A splendid reading of Liszt’s “Faust” symphony with the vocal assistance of the chorus “Chanteurs de Saint Gervais,” a brilliant performance of Liszt’s concerto in E flat by Maurice Rosenthal, the great Polish pianist, and Gabriel Faure’s “Caligula” made up the balance of the program of one of the finest concerts of the Pasdeloup season. Rhene-Baton conducted.
Here and There.
The Trianon-Lyrique is giving a number of excellent revivals of works that are only too seldom heard in Paris. Among these are “Le Roi l’a dit,” by Delibes ; “The Barber of Seville,” “Les Cloches de Corneville” and “La Fille de Madame Angot.” The performances are under the direction of Louis Masson.
With the Shah of Persia occupying a stage box, Henri Fevrier’s “Gismonda” was produced at the Theatre Municipal in Nice with Miss Bruntet in the title role and Charles Fontaine, the tenor of the Opera, as Almeric. The third act of the opera was conducted by the composer himself, who was given a great reception. M. Picheron conducted the other acts of the work.
Richard Ordinsky, former stage director of the Metropolitan Opera Company, who has spent several weeks in Paris, left March 14 for Nice and Monte Carlo on his way to Italy. From Italy Mr. Ordinsky expects to go to Poland.
American Pianists Play.
Ralph Lawton, the American pianist, who has given several successful concerts in Paris this season, gave an interesting recital at the American Women’s Club. March 12. His program included a valse, nocturne and an etude by Chopin, “Le Vent” by Alkan, “La Nuit” by Glazounoff, etude by Bortkiewitz, “Spanish Dance” by Granados, barcarolle and prelude by Rachmaninoff, and ',Evocation'' and “El Puerto” by Albeniz.
Another young American pianist, Walter Charmbury, was heard in Paris in recital at the Salle Erard, March 11. His program consisted of works by Beethoven, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Schumann and Chopin. The audience—made up mostly of the American colony in Paris—gave the artist a warm reception and applauded generously.
L’Academie Culinaire.
Elaborate preparations are being made for the “Mi-Careme” (Mid-Lent Carnival), which is usually celebrated in Paris with the same gaiety and enthusiasm as is the French Independence Day, July 14. A gay parade will go through the city, covering about ten miles of the principal streets and boulevards. One of the features of the parade will be the “Academie Culinaire,׳’ a famous Belgian musical society that will come from Brussels to take part in the Mi-Careme celebrations.
The 150 members of the "Academie Culinaire" are not cooks, as the name would imply, but they have taken this name because every member plays a queer musical instrument that has the form of a kitchen utensil, or vegetable, or something used in the kitchen. The members belong to the upper-middle classes of Brussels, the leader being an alderman. They wear uniforms of a hunting jacket, baggy gray trousers and silk hats. Boys and girls will accompany the “Academie Culinaire” in the parade carrying plates and collecting gifts for the blind soldiers of the war. The money thus received will be given to the Union Française des Aveugles de Guerre for distribution.
Miss Pazmor Sings Aubert Songs.
Accompanied on the piano by the composer himself, Radiana Pazmor, the American contralto, sang four of Louis Aubert’s “Poeme Arabes” at a concert given at the Salle Erard on March 13. The words of the poems are from Franz Toussaint’s “Jardin des Caresses.” Bertile Robet, a harpist, was the assisting artist.
Harold Henry Plays Again.
One of the most brilliant social events of the week was the reception given by Major and Mrs. Walter Cotchett in their home on March 15. A well chosen musical program was given by Harold Henry, the American pianist. It included MacDowell’s fourth sonata, a Schubert impromptu.
WHAT THE PRESS SAYS
New York Herald.—“Her voice Is one of unusual beauty and volume. She sang with much warmth.”
New York Tribune.—“As an interpreter she displayed intelligence and authority. Her voice is beautiful and her diction fine.״
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