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Chief noveltv of the week was the Il Trovatore in which Rose Bampton sang her first soprano role at the Metropolitan. Since her debut in 1932 Miss Bampton has always been billed for contralto or mezzo roles. Last autumn she sang the exacting role of Leonora in Munich, Prague and Stockholm, but saved her U. S. soprano debut for the spring season. Audiences rejoiced that personable Miss Bampton was trustworthy in the high notes, could hit D without difficulty, would now be able to sing soprano heroines instead of old, villainous contralto women...
...home" in its history. Edward Johnson, the "Met's" affable general manager, welcomed them, introduced the company's new artists. Mrs. August Belmont, chairman of the Guild, disclosed that it had gained 500 new members since this time last year, pledged the Opera 25% more support. Rose Bampton sang two Strauss lieder. Radio Announcer Graham McNamee made arch announcements for a burlesque of opera in 2000 A. D. wherein Dancer Paul Draper, as "Gohengrin, the Flying Dutch-man," arrived in an airplane instead of a swan-boat, twinkle-toed around his bride while the Orchestra played Wagner...
...Rose Bampton, listed at the Metropolitan as a contralto, always sang contralto or mezzo roles there. Touring Europe this autumn, she won fame in 14 cities as a dramatic soprano, made her U. S. soprano debut last week in St. Louis...
...strength of her London success and her box-office power Cinemactress Grace Moore has been re-engaged. Pretty Helen Jepson will be given more leading roles than she had last season. Outstanding contraltos are Karin Branzell, Doris Doe, Gladys Swarthout, Cyrena Van Gordon, Rose Bampton, Kathryn Meisle and Marion Telva, who has been badly missed since she left the Metropolitan in 1931. Outstanding tenors: Lauritz Melchior, Paul Althouse, Giovanni Martinelli. Charles Hackett. Nino Martini. The baritones: Lawrence Tibbett, John Charles Thomas, Friedrich Schorr, Richard Bonelli. The bassos: Ezio Pinza, Ludwig Hofmann, Emanuel List, Leon Rothier...
...Bethlehem native who in 1898 founded the Bach Festivals, made them bravely survive the invasion of steel. Conductor Carey used "Mr. Fred's" chorus composed of Lehigh Valley amateurs. Like "Mr. Fred," he had players from the Philadelphia Orchestra and four capable soloists (Soprano Ethyl Hayden, Contralto Rose Bampton, Tenor Dan Gridley, Basso Julius Huehn). But with all his display of energy Conductor Carey's interpretations were superficial. And the performances, often muddled and sluggish, gave Bethlehemites good cause for concern over their Bach supremacy. The conductor who presided over the May Festival at Ann Arbor last week...