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...occupied free seats. The profits were over $40,000-a remarkable achievement, especially as there were many rainy nights last summer in St. Louis. Plans for the coming season are already fixed, and include the works of such composers as Herbert, De Koven, Ludar, Lehar, Johann and Oscar Strauss. Only two of the operas, The Chocolate Soldier and Sweethearts have been seen on that stage before. The Municipal Opera stage, located in beautiful Forest Park, is unique in this country. It has a natural background of splendid trees, a bridge spanning a stream, and an amphitheatre capable of sheltering...
...program for this evening will be as follows: Symphony in E-flat Mozart Garden of Hellas Ballantine Till Eulenspiegel Strauss Violin Concerto Tschaikowski Mr. Burgin, soloi...
...that, perhaps, is the best way to describe her part in the concert. It took her two songs to "warm up", and at times after that there were indications that she was not in best voice. But for the most part she sang beautifully; by the time she reached Strauss's "Mit deinen blauen Augen" she had recovered all her powers and from then on she gave a flawless and impressive performance. Of simple charm was Warlock's "That Even I Saw"; Respighi's "Pioggia" rivals Strauss's "Schlechtes Wetter" in picture painting; "From the Brake the Nightingale...
...program for this evening's concert is as follows: I. Crucifixus Bach We Praise Thee Schvedov Tenebrae Factae Sunt Palestrina The Harvard Glee Club II. Invocazione di Orfeo Jacopo Peri Cavatina: "Vieni che poi sereno," from "Semiramide" Gluck The Mermaid's Song Haydn Mit deinen blauen Augen Strauss Elfenlied Wolf Bei dir sind meine Gedanken Brahms O liebliche Wangen Brahms Mme. Homer III. Fire, Fire, My Heart Morley Rhapsody Brahms (Contralto solo by Mme. Homer) Russian Folk Songs. Song of the Lifeboat Men Fireflies At Father's Door Drake's Drum Coleridge Taylor The Harvard Glee Club...
Next week: a symphony of Dvorak yet unheard here, pieces from Strauss and Rimsky-Korsakoff, and songs of Korngold and Marx fill the program. The soloist is Frances Alda...