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GIORGIO POLACCO.
A cable dispatch from Vienna to the Musical Courier states that Giorgio Polacco, the musical director of the Chicago Civic Opera Company, has just conducted a performance of Aida and one of Die Walküre at the Volks-oper there. He won a notable success with press and public alike. Some of the criticisms compared him to the late Arthur Nikisch. It was reported that Mr. Polacco negotiated on behalf of the Chicago organization for the two operas of Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Volanta and Die Tote Stadt, and also for d’Albert's Tiefland, an opera which has been a favorite in Germany and Austria for the past fifteen years. Mr. Polacco is said to be the first foreign conductor to direct Wagnerian operas in a German-speaking country. (Photo by J. Lupercio)
HAROLD EISENBERG,
a successful violinist and teacher, has risen to considerable prominence in the last months through his book, The Art and Science of Violin Playing. The present volume is one of a series of five, which the composer will introduce before he has completely finished with his ideas on the science of violin teaching. The most eminent pedagogues and artists known in this country have been unstinted in their praise of Mr. Eisenberg’s contribution to violin literature.
JACQUES THIBAUD, the French violinist, who sailed for Europe on the S. S. Paris recently, after having filled his most successful concert tour in America. Left to right: Alfred Cortot, who sailed on the same ship; Charles Hart, Thibaud's accompanist; Mr. Thibaud, and F. C. Coppicus, his manager. (Bain Hews Service photo)
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MARIA JERITZA,
the Metropolitan Opera soprano, whose recent concert debut was a succession of triumphs, sailed for Europe on the S. S. Majestic to return next October. (Bain Hews Service photo)
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ELLEN BALLON, PIANIST,
who scored such success in Hew York when a child prodigy in 1907 and who repeated this success as a mature artist in February, 1921, in concert at Aeolian Hall and in January, 1921, with the Hew York Philharmonic, is now under the management of Harry and Arthur Culbertson of Hew York and Chicago. Miss Ballon will give one of her Hew York appearances next season at Aeolian Hall in December. (Photo by Apeda)
TITO SCHIPA WELCOMED TO MONTGOMERY, ALA., on the historic steps of the State capital named for Jefferson Davis, the one-time president of the Southern Confederacy, by Governor W. W. Brandon of Alabama. The tenor's recent tour through the south and middle west was a succession of triumphs, and not only have the local managers applied for reappearances at the various places played, but also for other cities in their territories. His managers, Evans and Salter, state that his itinerary for next season will extend from coast to coast, and advance bookings assure an entirely filled calendar for this popular artist.