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§i@|70r Ve "PARSIFAL” BEGINS AT o P. M. SHARP All Seat Holders Must Be on Time or Lose Much. PROMPTNESS ASKED Audience Is Notified to Heed Manager’s Request. At § o'clock precisely this afternoon (and not, as inadvertently tated in some of the newspapers, at § o'clock) the long-promised and much- talked-of first performance-of “Parsi- fal” will take place at the Grand Opera-house. The management, onoc more, makes a particular appeal all seat-holders to be in their plac some minutes before the oconductor Mr. Alfred Hertz, gives the signal f the commencement of each act, as any disturbance durin would be h SEASON TICKETS BOUGHT BY ELITE Distinguished Lovers of Opera and Circles of Fashion Patronize Genius. The following is a ibers for the bert E Fleishhacker Esberg. Guldo Walter D. Bliss, H. D. Pilis- bury, J. C. Cebrian, Albert Hutchins, Alexander Wilson, J. H. Graham, and Mrs. Frank P. Deering, J. M. Loewe, Louis Metzger, Mr. Leopold Michels, Mr. and Mrs. Achille nd opera: Joel Hecht, Musto, Bert Roos, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Campbell, Mr. and Mre. Samuel Sussman, Mr. i Mrs. Oscar Sutro, Mr. and Mrs. E. Green, Charles H. Crocker, Mrs. Reuben Hills, Mr. and Edward 5. Rothschild, Mr. and Herman Heynemann, « Mr. and Mrs. J. Barth, Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Wet- more, Mr. and Mrs. C. Frederick Kohl, Mr. and’ Mrs. O. H. Greenwaid, Mr. and Mrs. Henry T. Scott, Mr. and Mrs. r Bachman, Mr. and Mrs. David adter, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Jef- Mr. and Mrs, Livingston Jenks, d Mrs. George A. Pope, Mr. and I W. Hellman, Mr. and Mrs. Mose Gunst; Mr. and-Mrs. W. B. Bourn, loge box; Mr. and Mrs. Kerts- choff of Los Angeles; Mr. and Mrs. E. J. de Salba, prosecnium box; Mrs. J. H. Hill, Mre. J. Ellis Tucker, Mr. and Mre. H. M. Goldberg, Mr. and Mrs. N of tha season | and Mrs. | 3 2 s | asTorMMIO - SECOTTH E | GRAND OPERA RENDERED NOBLY. Continued From Page 1, Columm 7. “La Donna e Mobile,” given by Caruso in a fashion that can onjy be described as adorable. ““Rigolettos” of various kinds we have had here. The latest was the perform- ance of the opera pulled together In such spectaculgrly successful fashion by Signor Polecco at the Tivoli, with its equally spectacular debut of Signora * 2 ENRICO CARUS® SamR CELLA SEPIEIRICH. S THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1905. rdi's World Famed “Rigoletto” splendidly & BRILLIANT GOWNS AKE NUMEROUS Continued From Page 1, Column 2. Dr. and Mrs. F. M. Fredericks and Mrs. H. J. Wicker. Mrs. Fredericks in white satin brocade and pearls. Mrs. Wicker was handsomely gowned in white net and valencieunes lace and diamonds. Mr. and Mrs. H. Jose, pearl gray crepe. Mrs. G. H. Lent was very hand- some In black spangled gauze, dia- inonds and point lace. In her party were Mrs. A. Schell of Sacramento apd Miss Hooker. =Mrs. Schell was strik- ingly handsome in white chiffon cloth and pearls. Mrs. Adolph Son, imported black spangled gown and diamonds; Miss Mausier of San ung and f\(te AUDIENCE IS HIGHLY FASHIONABLE AR T | erea whiet chiffon over silk. Pearls and orchids. Mrs. Gaillard Stoney, pale blue crepe and Irish point Mrs. Leopold Michels, black lace robe over lavender chiffon. Mrs. Joseph M. Masten, gray chiffon over pink taffeta. Mrs. Harry J. Lask, white embroid- ered satin, decoilete, with bands of iridescent passementerie. Mrs. Thomas J. Kirk of Sacramento, heliotrope stlk and black lace. Mrs. Edson Adams of Oakland, pale gray silk chiffon, with diamonds and pearls. Mrs. Lee L. Gray of Fresno, pale pink panne velvet. Mrs. George C. Roeding of Fresno, red chiffon, accordion pleated, with in- sertions of white idce. Mr. and Mrs. Frank P. Deering oc- cupied orchestra seats, and Mrs. Deer- ing wore a handsome gown of shaded " yellow chiffon. Pale yellow gradually deepened into a burnt orange, finally | becoming a soft brown. Velvet leaves of autumn tints were appliqued, mak- ing a striking costume and one thor- oughly becoming. Mrs. John McNaught wore a very handsome white lace robe over silk. Miss Sara Drum was one of the en- thusiastic listeners, and looked very pretty in a white spangled net. Major and Mrs. C. R. Krauthoff oc- cupied orchestra seats. Mrs. Kraut- hoff was exquisitely gowned in pink chiffon and rose point lace. A dia- mond necklace and sunburst com- pleted her costume, which was in- tensely becoming to Mrs. Krauthoff's dark beauty. She also wore a wreath of green leaves. Mrs. M. H. de Young's gown of white satin, embroidered in silver, was one of the most noticeable for its beauty. Mrs. J. G. Mansfleld wore a very fetching gown of red chiffon. Elab- rate accordion pleating was used in trimming. An aigrette completed the coiffure, Mrs. Mansfleld wearing dia- mond ornaments. Mrs. Sterling Postley’s gown of pink chiffon was extremely becom- ing. Mrs. M. H. Hecht, in a rich white and lavender brocade, made a striking | appearance, and her ornaments of pearls were very handsome. SOME ENTERTAIN. Mr. and Mrs. Bugene de Sabla oc- cupled a box In which they enter- | talned Miss Agnes Tobin. Mr. and Mrs. Clement Tobin, Richard Tobin. Mrs. de Sabla wore a beautiful cream lace gown with ornaments of pearls, carry- | | ipg pink lilies. Mrs. Tobin was beau- | | tiful In pale blue velvet. Joseph Redding will entertain at dinner to-day in the Bohemian Club between the acts of “Parsifal.” Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Deane enter- tained a small party, Mrs. Deane look- ! ing very handsome in' canary colored chiffon: ornaments diamonds. Mr. and Mrs. Charles York were among the occupants of orchestra chalrs, Mrs. York wearing a handsome white satin brocade. Mrs. H. C. Helatt wore a rich white silk and an imported opera coat of white silk and lace. Mr. and Mrs. Hel- | | att entertained Mr. and Mrs. Young. Richard D. Davis was host of a party, among whom were Mrs. E. McNeil Moore and Miss Jean Pedlar. Mrs. Moore's gown was of pink crepe, elabo- rately trimmed in duchesse lace. Miss Pedlar was very pretty in white. Judge and Mrs. Harrison, . and EQUISE HOMER. Winslow, Miss Carrie Postley, . and Mrs. - Joseph, Mr. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Holton, Mr. d Mrs. and Mrs. Max Goldemith, Mr. and Mrs. B. Bien- | feld, Mr. and Mrs. M./H. Heller, Mrs. M. D. Rideout, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Porter, Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Dorn, Mr. and Mrs. D. 8. Dorn, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Hooper, Mr. and Mrs. G. Hines, Mr. and Mre. Lewis Lipman, Mr. and Mrs. F. Rees Jr., Mr. and Mrs. E. | Galots, Mr. and Mrs. Mark L. Gerstle, {Mrs. J. Leroy Nicol, Mr. and Mrs. | David Hirscher, Mrs. G. K. Claxton, | Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Mudget, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Heyman, Mr. and Mrs. J. | B. Levinson. | Mrs. Jane S. Dutton, Mrs. Boyd, Mrs. | Marshall, George W. Gibson, Mr. and Mre. Stanley Morsehead, Mr. and Mrs. { 8. J. Rey, Charles K. Field, Mrs. W. | P. Fuller, Mrs. R. A. Bogsgs, Colonel Comyges, Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Nor- wood, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Clark, Mr. and Mrs. F. Frohman, Mr. and Mrs. George Kanzee, Mrs. A. W. Foster of | San Rafael, Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Coop- |er, Mr. and Mrs. James Shea, Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Hume, Dr. and Mrs. Rosen- stirn, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Kentfield, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Raas, Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Scherenstein, Mr. and Mrs. George P. Prechtel, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Rob- ertson, Dr. and Mrs. F. P. Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. B. Pollitz, Mr. and Mrs. Henry St. Goar, Mr. and Mrs. James K. Moffitt, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Pringle, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hutchinson, Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Davis, Paige Mon- tegla, Albert Luschinger, Philip Faymonville, Mr. and Mrse J. D. McKee, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Garth- waite, Mrs, Gertrude Strachan, Miss Mary J. Wethered, Mr. and Mrs. Wil- bur F. George, Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Macfarlane, Miss Charlotte B. Spring, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Hind, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schulz, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Vanderleith of Carson, Miss Lois Steers, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Brook, Mr. and Mrs. M. H. de Young, Mr. and Continued on Page 4, Column 3. | Tetrazzini as Gilda. One performance | only was included in the former Met- | repolitan seasons, a Sunday night per- formance, with a “Rigoletto” by Scotti for which the barytone should have been knouted! It was his best? Nay, nay. It was not for the memory of his “Rigoletto” that Scotti was hailed €0 loudly as he came on last night. Two acts only the barytone was able to sing, a sudden hoarseness prevent- ing his going on with the opera. But those #wo acts! Scotti gave in them a “Rigoletto” as finely finished, as magnificent vocally, as pointedly and alertly acted as ever was his never- to-be-forgotten Don Glovanni. In its suggestion of the pathos of the hunch- backed jester Scotti was peculiarly | happy and only the slightest hoarse- |ness betrayed his vocal condition. If |I mistake not in the barytone is one |singer of the company who has climbed great hills since he was last here, and one heard with new delight his most admirably smooth and sonor- |ous voice. The resources of the com- pany in providing such a worthy sub- stitute as Mr. Parvis at a moment’s notice are seen to be of the exceptional sympathetic fashion Mr. Parvis ac- quitted himself of his difficult task, | winning sincere applause for his ef- forts. But to Caruso, Mario redivivus, and the sensation of the evening. The gen- tleman in the foyer who lightly an- nounced after the first act that “Russo had Caruso skinned to a finish” has disappeared. He probably went and buried himself after the “Donna e Mo- bile.” He probably, too, felt like it after the second act, after that charm- ing little duet between the lovers, in antly up to the D flat as they finished. Comparisons are ridiculous here. There is one Caruso, and no second. Fine and serious little artist as Russo is, he is simply not comparable. Not among all the tenors that we have had here, Saleza, De Marchi, do any approach this magnificently throated—or throat- less—singer. “Vocal nectar” was the phrase that came to me in trying to describe the quality of the voice, and I find no better. But the voice has so many qualities. One hears in' it the thin, pure sweet of the flute, the full thrill and clang of bells, the round, tri- umphant blare of the trumpet. And from top to bottom there is not a feather's difference in the evenness of the note. The articulation is flaw- less. S#ying things on high CUs that every one can understand is simple fun to Signor Caruso. Intonation? One sort. Most courageously and in lnuy\ which both last night flew triumph-| forgets there is such a thing as pitch in face of its perfection in Caruso’s art. Volume? There is everything from a dithyrambic fortissimo to a baby sound that outfines the tiniest of the Krefsler harmonies. Caruso simply can and simply does do anything and everything with his voice. It is impossible to imagine the more caressingly seductive thing than his “Donna e Mobile.” He came to it comparatively coolly. The house had not wakened up fully to what was be- fore it~ After the first verse the bravas broke loose. In his peculiar smileless fashion the tenor turned his big eyes on the conductor and they repeated the verse. The house doubled its bra- vas. And then Signor Caruso deigned to smile. He sang the verse the third time in a fabulously triumphant fash- fon that showed him as pleased as the house was glad. Here to say that with Sembrich, Homer and Signor Parvis the quartet was delightfully given. It i= unusual to leave the Gilda to the last, amazing when the Gilda Is the Sembrich, still the artist incom- parable among women singers. . It is to hasten to say that the Sembrich of last night was almost—not quite—the Sem- brich who sang herself into the so- prano throne here as Violetta in “La Traviata” some three years ago. There is still no voice so distinguished In its quality, of .such penetrant sweetness and thrilling fiber. There is still no singer who phrases, shades and .colors her song with the same utter exquisite- ness. True, Sembrich must now save the lovely note in its upper range. It has not now quite the regnant certain- ty. the flashing purity it used, to have. Tetrazzini comparisons were, of course, fiving broadcast over the house, but they are not necessary. We may well be thankful for our Sembrich, and take all good the gods provide. The singer, though encored repeatedly, would not repeat her “Caro Nome"—another in- novation in “Rigolettos” here. The smaller parts ‘were all well un- deri:en. A bright and handsome Mad- dalena was Miss Homer’s contribution, Mr. Journet was a useful Sparafucile, and Mr. Muehlmann the best Monte- rone of my large acquaintance with the curseful gentleman. Then it was no vain assertion that Mr. Conried had improved the Metro- politan Company’s chorus. It has the vouth and spirit of Mr. Savage's youthful and spirited chorus, and a pack of finish and distinction besides. The production was handsomely con- ducted by Arturo Vigna, who made his debut here last night. Vigna did the kind of thing with “Rigoletto” that Polacco wanted to do, but had not the VIEW OF PROSCENIUM BOXES AND PICTURE§ OF ARTISTS WHO SANG LEADING ROLES IN «RIGOLETT Mrs. James M. Goewey and Fer- nando Pfingst occupied orchestra chairs. Mrs. Pfingst was elaborately gowned In black Chantilly lace and dlamonds. An o” | Blanche Son in white net; Miss Ida Son, white chiffon, embroidered in pink rosebuds; Miss Helen Son, charming in pink, Mrs, Paul Oesling, white satin robe, white lace opera wrap. Mrs. S. H. Harmon was strikingly handsome .in pearl gray crepe and dia- monds. Dr. Annie Lyle, lace. Mrs. Willlam Fries in canary colored satin and embrdjdered gauze. Miss Olga Hayman, cream white crepe and net. Miss Alice Crichton, Irish point gown and opera coat of white satin. Mrs. L. Scatena, white and black vel- vet, Paris gown. black chiffon and Miss F. Scatena, Iimported cerise satin and duchesse gown, ornaments pearls, Mrs. Maslen, Mr. and Mrs. Martell, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Dunn, Mr. and Mrs. Perkin formed a delightful party and after the opera enjoyed a supper at the St. Francis. Miss Constance de Young, in pink- spangled cfiffon, gauze and lace. Miss Helen de Young, in white irides- cent gaugze, tiara of diamonds and pearls. Mrs. J. L. Flood, in blue crepe, point lace, tiara and necklacé of dlamonds. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Beck and Mrs, L. C. Miller. Mrs. Beck was charming in tan-spangled chiffon and point lace and diamonds. Mrs. Miller, black- spangled net and diamonds. * Mrs. A. T. Dunphy, in black jetted lace, diamonds and pearls. Mr, and Mrs. Francis Carolan; Mrs. Carolan was regal In embroidered spangled white and pink chiffon, dia- mond necklace. Mrs, and Miss Orcott of New York: Mrs. Orcott in black yvelvet and superb diamonds, and Miss Orcott, white tulle. Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Owens; Mrs. Owens In blue tulle and lace. Mrs. David Hirschler, gray mous- seline de sofe. Miss Virginia Jolliffe, fl!}e lace over cream satin. Mr. and Mrs. Hosmer and party oc- cupled an upper box; Mrs. Hosmer was charming in pink tulle and pearls. Mrs. Charles Mortimer Belshaw, gown of Russian lace, diamond neck- lace and other diamond ornaments; resources at command. He is quite of the same order of conducts quick, conscienceful, magnetic, nh:ztml_. only, he sits to it, and im- “Parsifal” for the first time. exquisite wreath of tiny silver leaves studded with tiny dlamonds and a white aigrette tipped with brilliants fin- ished the coiffure. Mrs. Harrison wore a lovely white satin gown with duch- esse lace. Mrs. Goewey wore white chiffon satin and applique. OUT OF TOWN AUDITORS. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Buck of Vaca- ville were among the out-of-town audi- @ontinued on Page 4, Column 2. opera coat of duchess lace. ALL BEAUTIFULLY ARRAYED. Mrs. Albert Gallatin, pale green tulle over white chiffon; pearls. Mrs. William Lemman, white satin brocade. i Miss Linda CadWwallader, pale yellow point @'esprit. ) Miss Maye Colburn, white spangied cHiffon over silk. Diamond necklace. Mrs. Horatio Stoll, heavily embroid { | 5 | ADVERTISEMENTS. 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