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MUSICAL COURIER
May 17, 1923
MARION TELVA
Contralto
Metropolitan Opera Company
Ravinia Opera, 1923 In Opera
NEW YORK: “It was a relief to hear Miss Telva’s fresh, colorful voice as Brangaene (Tristan und Isolde). She had considerable histrionic capacity and was a youthful, beautiful figure to look at. In person she was an excellent foil for the Irish princess, and vocally particularly in the first act, one of the few bright spots in an otherwise commonplace production. — New YorK World, January 7, 1923.
ATLANTA: “Marion Telva in the role of Lady Eboli (Don Carlos) was charming in appearance and manner and sang in a way that delighted the large audience. Her part could not have been done better. She shared largely in the triumph of the evening.' —Atlanta Journal, April 27, 1923.
In Concept
NEW YORK: “The singing was the finest of any woman we have heard this season. _Hers is a true art and her delivery was impeccable. Telva is certain of the highest goals. Flawless and warm, singing phrases like hers are all too rare.”—Evening Mail.
ST LOUIS (With the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra): “Her art revealed at once a great voice, one of a beauty exquisite within its range. It is the quality of Miss Telva׳s voice which holds the hearer enwrapt. This reviewer wonders if he has ever heard a voice so rich, so pure, so true.”—St. Louis Times, January 14, 1922.
SPRINGFIELD, MASS.: “Her voice is of beautiful quality, wide range and delightful warmth. She sang ‘O Don Fatale’ most satisfactorily, with a fine artistic conception of both its musical and dramatic beauties. She also showed herself an accomplished lieder singer and she is surely to be ranked as one of the very best new singers now before the public. Springfield Republican.
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ALBERT PARR
they were presented again on Saturday evening, March 31, so that some of those who had been unable to secure admission previously might also gain inspiration from the works.
There was a cast of sixty, carefully trained by Miss Wentworth and Mr. Parr, and each episode was given realistically. The part of Christ was taken by Mr. Parr, and his entire portrayal was pervaded with reverence. The Last Supper Scene was particularly effective and touching. Miss Wentworth essayed the part of Mary, the Mother of Christ, and she, too, deserves credit for her impersonation. The cast was such a large one that space forbids the mentioning of each one, but suffice it to say that the two pageants were so well done and created such a stir in Washington that Dr. Pierce has decided to do a great deal in Bible pageantry in the future. Mention should be made of the fact that the entire cast realized the religious significance of the pageants and there was manifested that spirit of reverence which should characterize Biblical pageants.
Charlotte Lund Songs and Opera Recitals
The Minerva Club was delighted with Charlotte Lund as lest soprano, at their Waldorf-Astoria Hotel meeting of pril 30, when the singer was heard in songs by Scandi-.vian composers, as well as by the Americans Densmore d Bassett, and the Frenchman, Massenet. The audience
BARTIK REAPPOINTED AS BALLET MASTER AT METROPOLITAN
Completes Fifteenth Consecutive Year with That Organization—His Interesting Career—To Summer in Europe
Jollif, Norman:
Buffalo, N. Y., May 29.
Karle, Theo:
Evanston, 111., May 28. Keener, Suzanne:
Ann Arbor, Mich., May 18. Brooklyn, N. Y., May 22.
Kraft, Arthur:
Ann Arbor, Mich., May 18.
Land, Harold:
Hartford, Conn., May 18. Richmond Hill, L. I., May 20.
Laros, Earle:
Hershey Park, Pa., May 30. Lennox, Elizabeth:
Kalamazoo, Mich., May 18. Grand Rapids, Mich., May 23.
Macbeth, Florence:
Ann Arbor, Mich., May 18. Matzenauer, Margaret: Evanston, 111., May 29. Morris, Harold:
RufFalo, N. Y., May 29.
Patton, Fred:
Bethlehem, Pa., May 25-26. Powell, John:
Richmond, Va., May 18. Rubinstein, Erna:
Ann Arbor, Mich., May 17. Schelling, Ernest:
Ann Arbor, Mich., May 19. Schipa, Tito:
Evanston, 111., May 25.
Scott, Henri:
Ann Arbor, Mich., May 19.
Thomas, Edna:
Philadelphia, Pa., May 17. Tittmann, Charles:
Bethlehem, Pa., May 25-26. Vreeland, Jeannette:
Reading, Pa., May 23. Montclair, N. J., May 24. Holyoke, Mass., May 28.
Whitehill, Clarence:
Ann Arbor, Mich., May 19.
Addison, Mabelle:
Ann Arbor, Mich., May 17. Bethlehem, Pa., May 25-26.
Allen, Mary:
East Lansing, Mich., May 18.
Arendt, Else:
Evanston, 111., May 24.
Barclay, John:
Evanston, 111., May 28.
Beddoe, Mabel:
Bethlehem, Pa., May 25-26.
Danise, Giuseppe:
Ann Arbor, Mich., May 18.
Douty, Nicolas:
Bethlehem, Pa., May 25-26.
Faas, Mildred:
Bethlehem, Pa., May 25-26.
Gannon, Rose Lutiger:
Evanston, 111., May 28.
Garrison, Mabel:
Evanston, 111., May 28.
Gates, Lucy:
Evanston, 111., May 26.
Gigli, Beniamino:
Evanston, 111., May 30.
Gordon, Jeanne:
Ann Arbor, Mich., May 19.
Hackett, Arthur:
Mankato, Minn., May 17. Northfield, Minn., May 18. Los Angeles, Cal., May 27.
Hagar, Emily Stokes:
Philadelphia, Pa., May 18. Bethlehem, Pa., May 25-26.
Homer, Louise:
Evanston, 111., May 25.
Howell, Dicie:
Greenwich, Conn., May 20. Middletown, Conn., May 22. Petersburg, Va., May 24.
Hutcheson, Ernest:
Sackville, N. B., May 19. Johnson, Norman:
Petersburg, Va., May 24-25.
Another Althouse-Middleton Concert Booked
Paul Althouse, the Metropolitan tenor, and Arthur Middleton, formerly of that organization, will appear in a joint recital at Morgantown, W. Va., under the auspices ipf the Woman’s Music Club, thus adding to their long list of engagements of this kind booked for next season.
Salmond a Philharmonic Soloist
Felix Salmond, the English cellist, will be soloist with the Philharmonic Orchestra in Carnegie Hall on February 28 and 29 next.
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OTTOKAR BARTIK,
newly appointed ballet master at the Metropolitan. •
redemanded the duet from Thais, which she sang with the pianist-accompanist-singer, N. Val Peavey. May 11, at the Hotel Vanderbilt Far East Garden, they gave the opera-talk with music, Thais, for the Society of Virginia Women in New York. May 16 was “big night” for the National Arts Club, where they presented excerpts from various modern operas, and May 21 will be the date of their giving Cavalleria Rusticana per WEAF radio.
Amy Ellerman Heard with Amphion Glee Club
Amy Ellerman, contralto, was engaged to sing at a concert given at the South Side High School Auditorium in Newark, N. J., May 9. Following an appearance in Englewood, N. J., on April 27, the Englewood Press stated that the Amphion Glee Club was fortunate in the selection of Miss Ellerman as its assisting artist Other comments from that paper were as follows: “Miss Ellerman has a contralto voice of much beauty and resonance. Her range is large, with a perfect placement of her higher register tones. She sang all her numbers with a great deal of charm.”
Swedish Orchestra Trip to Berlin Cancelled
Berlin, April 21.—■The proposed trip of the Konzertfor-eningen Orchestra of Stockholm under its conductor, Georg Schneevoigt, already announced, has been abandoned owing to the unfavorable political conditions of the moment.
A. Q.
Ottokar Bartik, who has only recently been appointed ballet master of the Metropolitan, has just completed his fifteenth consecutive year with the organization. He came to the Metropolitan in the fall of 1908, coincidentally with its general director, Giulio Gatti-Casazza. In these years Mr. Bartik has done a great deal of highly creditable work. Among the operas for which he has designed and produced the ballet are The Bartered Bride, Tschaikowsky’s Pique Dame, the Paris version of Tannhäuser, Aida, Pipe of Desire by Frederick Converse (the first American opera given under Mr. Gatti’s regime), Prince Igor, Henry F. Gilbert’s American ballet—the Dance in the Place Congo (for which Mr. Bartik also made the scenario)—Le Roi d’ Ys, and the production of Czar and Carpenter, given by the Century Opera Company. Another Metropolitan ballet which he designed was the favorite divertissement, the Vienna Waltzes. Besides this, Mr. Bartik, a Czech by birth, has done considerable concert managing and was the impresario who introduced his two famous countrymen, Emmy Destinn and Jan Kubelik, to this country.
Ottokar Bartik was born in Prague and first went on the stage in the ballet of the National Theater there. He then went to Italy, studying in Turin, and next became one of the first dancers of the Royal Opera in Munich. Also with the famous Italian dancer, Zucchi, he led the Tannhäuser ballet at the Bayreuth Festival. Later he went to the Circus Schumann in Berlin as pantomine director and was three years at the Gaertnerplatz Theater in Munich and then at the Lessing Theater in Berlin.
After this he organized his own aerial ballet company and travelled with it for seven years, visiting in that time Russia, Spain, France, Italy, Egypt, South Africa, Siberia, India, Japan and South America. In America, besides his position at the Metropolitan, which occupied him throughout the winter, he has been pantomine director for eight years with the Barnum, Bailey and Ringling Brothers’ Circus, and two years with Buffalo Bill.
Mr. Bartik, with his wife, will sail for Europe on May 23 to spend the summer abroad. It is not unlikely that he will have some new and important attractions to offer next winter when he returns.
Religious Pageants Cause Stir• in Washington
Estelle Wentworth and Albert Parr are still receiving congratulations for the excellent results they achieved in the direction of two pageants at the First Congregational Church in Washington, D. C. The first pageant, the Triumphal Entry, a passion-week pageant with music, arranged from the Bible by Dr. Jason Noble Pierce, pastor of the church, started on Palm Sunday, March 25, and ran for three nights. The second pageant, The Fulfillment, also arranged from the Bible by Dr. Pierce, was given on March 28, 29 and 30. Such interest was aroused in the pageants that every night the church was packed and hundreds were turned away. As a result,
ESTELLE
WENTWORTH
WHERE THEY ARE TO BE
From May 17 to May 31