A May Festival The Braslau, True Co Will Ap~ Thei~3 i~ sox tiu~ ~in t1~e quajity of the ~ like t~e;se~su- ous swee~nes%4 ~f t~e A st'ing 01. a 'cello Which strikes a re3ponsive chord in the hearts of all the world. It is a- voice which exceeds every other in range; in the high regions, above th~i staff usually regarded the exclusive range of tenors an(l 50- pranos, It is easily at home, while in the lower register It can often des- cend to low D without any diminu- tion in 'volume' dr in the Lull, round quality of the' tone. While the mezzo sdprano is more penetrating, perhaps more ad~tWe to true' dramatic force, the cont~ilt~ ~surpasses it as it sur- passes ever Wother voice in tender- ne~, in r hnes~ss, in volume, and sometim~ k ~flexibility. It is a voice that is a&~r as it is beautiful. The musIcal o is Cull of sopranos of I tenors, k ha~ a goodly number I of basses b ~there are few real con-f traltos. ~ who pose as such are merely sop;ranos who in their attempt late the tones of a true contralto a their voices to be- come ch t mannish, and degener- ate into tt ~more than female bari- tones. 'l~e, of gre t contraltos is small. ~eg~ ping with Marietta Al- boni, the ~t celebr~.ted singer of 1 the earl~ lneteenth century, the crown ~ f, to the incomparable Schalchi, 1l~. italian a~ociate of the mighty Patt <'When Schalchi toured this coun~r with the de Reszke~ K Emma Aimes, and all that brilliant' constellation ..::..j has risen to the top of li~r profe-s- Phone S..* ...,. *.w ...j, by gai'ded as one of the greatest of a da~' afternoon. ~&.v:> -......:o:..o:.:.-:<::: sion the sheed of her ..................................., .......-. .. . -. :0- ...............................I voice, the perfection of her art and long line of Amn crises. '1 hough she "The Brothers Karamazoff," a dra- A the charm of her personality. has appeared in Madame Butterfly. n5atization of the novel by Fyodor with Mine. Galli-Curi in "LaSonnam -___________________________________________ ________________ Cavaleria Rusticanna, in Rigoletto, Destoievsly will he presented on hula," the same opera in which they _____________________________________________________ Marta, and othcr~, her greatest suc- Wednesday night only. Unrequited had appeared together in Milan in' cess has come in the concert field, love, and family dissentions on re- 1913. Subsequent appearances have There her charming personality, her higion and art make up the theme of increased his popularity, and the past rare gifts as a singer,, the dramatic this play. - season marked his first extensive con- force of her interpretation, and her, We all know that "actions speak cert tour in this country. deep understanding of' the intellectual louder than words." Though the He was born in the inconspicuous import of her song, is e(luallCd only names of these artists are odd, and town of Lesse in the-ki4~dom of Italy; - . . . . by the sensitive beauty, the richness,1 they utter strange Russian sounds and his youth was a st~i~ggle between~* - , ~ I............... , . and coloring of her lovely tone which mean nothing to us, their act- the music within him ~ his mother's' quality ing i~ more eloquent than words desire to make a ~ iest~f him. When he was ten, he "fil d' in the choru~ ~' ,~ ~.. of "Carmen"; at fo~rt ~n he used t , ,,~ ,, 7'~4e Cai~ipus Ai'zd The Theatre steal out the win~ V the seminar j ,'K ;;, at night, an(l att d ~ opera or IL- Ma~ ~es ~iiid Co~ne~y- (i~ub, by productions are unusual in the atten-r concert. Finally - s allowed t Valei4t~e - )~avies. ' tion t9 de~fl~ and ~yari~ty of effect. study music, and l~s ' rk was don first under the ~4~a o ,~noi~eor less I tie ab~ay his,: and e of Maesti~Q The rodwetii~n~ ~lasig'~ '~ts I Gerunda, and then- u Emihio Pi~ serious 'afia~ a lavge~scale oit the 1~p~t~re~ -n effort in se~ tl~t, ti'iey coli of Milan. Sc1~ pa de his debut campus ~e~nt, a e under tlt~ ~d- ~ ~'' ~, d ou~ fi~ sucl~4 ~ <'t~iat in "Traviata." H.e ia~ ung in man ing hand ~6 Prof, J. I~aleigh Nelson, the ~j~e~' annual presentation ~ j 14~e ~'n~ pi4ur& l's as - ~ '~is cities and many' c&' tries, but i Hill A~to-~lnin, 'and the~ ~5onie4~yI orig~d conc4~tion as ~. Spain and in Son ' A erica he h~ club's j~y~ at ~he ~Whit~iey theatre His best testiIt~ 'hi~,ve ~-con~1 ~ ~b ~been hailed mo~ ~ rnsiastically' - had ~tlie ~ both b~ing~ iznder ~ .: has "The I~nigb$ - 1' - hat is, until he ca e ~ America. No - ,. direction. tie~ to.face ~ it seems the country t~ould never hEft The~ prod et~ona have alw~y~ ~ Pestle ' 4~n.e 'w~th -Masques, im 1q22, him go back for a se~~ in his own4 marke~ ~y '~ finish- a~nd a perfection of cafled f9r & l~ab~tliJan I Italy. -~ detail th~i i~ ~uhl~ remarkaNe ~'-O~e th~atr~ en-' t~e -~'ge ~ tI -Au~i