The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 29, 1924, Page 12

Salome Much Discussed Mary Garden Wiil Port: f Herod's Bloodthirs ay Role o Jancer Mary Garden portrays the much-discussed and criticized title role of “Salome,” in the Chicago Grand Opera company | engagement, scheduled for the Arena here. Her presenta- tion of the dramatic and pulsating dancing girl character ix declared to be one of the big events of the entire program. BY WILLIAM B. MeCURDY ‘ARY GARDEN'S incomparable art finds bizarre expres “Salome,” Richard Strauss’ tional opera, which will be pre: at the Seattle Aren: noon, March 15, by the Ch Opera company. ‘This work has aroused wider dis cussion than any ofher of Strauss" compositions, When first produced in America it was severely condemned by the clergy and moralists, and in some instances performances of it were forbidden. The story of ‘‘Salome"’ is of Bib. ical origin, and its dramatic quality has allured more than one genius Gustave Flaubert, the great French novelist, used the laconic Biblican narrative as the basis of his mar- yelous story, ‘‘Herodias,"’ which in spired Oscar Wilde's drama, ‘Sa- jome."’ It was the latter work which Richard Strauss set to music when | lome is too intent upon her de he composed the opera in which | Sire to embrace and caress Jokenaan Mary Garden has achieved such con. |‘? heed the agonies of her former spicuous success. But her passion is not re The role of the wild, panther-like | Ciprocated by the prophet, who an heroine is an ideal one for the great | Stily ropulses her shameless ad singing actress, whose ability to por- | vances. tray emotional stress has won her| Enraged at Se eae de nme | fon TEVERE, Valuable Addition to Library! sjay upon th« What the general reader of the | father, Herod, who has long been } Bible most wants to know is covered |in love with her. For the privilege } by many pages of helps—these|of seeing her dance, the infatuated { might be called an appendix—which | man freely ngreos to grant any re- { are within the covers—limp bound, | quest that she may make of him by the way—of the new Big Print| scantily clad, ravishingly lovely, Red Lettor Edition of the Bible now | Salome dances in alluring atyle. being distributed to readers of this! hon her eyes, glowing with pas-| eee Comte ee tena | sion, the savage girl asks for tho| as a ; encyclopedia, On the average book |'**4 Of Jokenaan as the only re- shelf, where the number of books do not warrant the term library, | such a Bible is even moro neces sary. The smaller the collection, from critics and neurs on -both siden OF HEROD'S BIBLICAL COURT g at the court Herod. She loved by the prophet n (John the Baptist), whose hair and full red lips have attracted ‘The holy man has been made a prisoner, by Herod's order, and thrown Into a cistern near When Salome orders the bring Jokenaan before ber, « Syrian officer, Narraboth who is insanely in love with the| girl ys her command; but when he realizes that Salome ts in love| with the prophet, Narraboth, in frenzied despair, slays himself before |her indifferent eyes glorious | wooer, Jokenaan, and eager! jome determines to feelings of hor step- ward she will accept. Herod's pro-/ test—he really fears the eloquent! prophet—is unavailing, and at last,| “Tyfelding to Salome’s fierce entreat- the more important it is to have|!% he angrily gives the order tor| it comprise the best and most con.|70Kenaan's death. ‘The executioner lia Ge aticanea wove. | descends Into the cistern. When he Thip is the best edition that has | ‘rows out the bleeding head of the ever been offered to the public for | Prophet, Salome, in a mad frenzy, much more than the present nom-|ST@*PS It and kisses the dead lips inal cost and the three coupons, The {OFF and over with wild passion, ax red letter feature of Christ's words | S%@ resumes her dancing. Disgusted alone mark a special destrabitity, | PY this terrible spectacte, Herod or- ‘Then there are the comprehensive | Irs Salome to be slain, and the sol-| annotations and the halftones which |diers crush her with thelr sblekte add immeasurably to its value, | DESCRIPTIVE MUSIC Even with other Bibles in the home, \70 EATURE | this particular edition should be| T riptive music created by there also for ifs convenience and | Ft Strauss for the crucial for the excellence of its rece ant Paes the opera ranks with the} information other thin the regular | most remarkable ever written. To text. The coupon offer is explained | portray ugly emotions the composer in another part of this issue. was not to employ ugly} ace Ri lec severing of the| id is described in tonal) at cannot fail to evoke from everyone who hears ——— j sounds, | prophet's | ph t | a -whiver | them. | | The Chicago Opera company's | great tenor, Riccardo Martin, will} be heard in the role of Herod.| | Georges Baklanofft will the! bartone part of Jokenaan and other important roles will be assigned to Maria Claessens, Jose Mojica and Alles D'Hermanoy. Arena with exactly the samo cast,| and with the same gorgeous scenic jeffects, as when {t is performed at |the Auditorium in Chicago. Giorgio | Polacco will conduct. His reading of the intricate orchestral score 1s said to be ideal, | | | | | ‘ Your Eyes)... Deserye the best of care. If they trouble you have them examined at once. Free Examination Good Glasses $2.50 Personal Service and Satisfaction [es } Sa a7, i 3. B. THIRSTY? Feb, 29,—Bither |rngi shan is dr inking more whisky, | jor he's not drinking at all. TH |consumption in England and Wa [has dropped from 27,000,000 to 21 } 000,000 barr nually in the 1; {30 years. High lon, unemploy. | ment and prohibitio mtiment are | blamed. 1 FOR ALL GIRLS nder where 1 can borrow a Hi mask.’ | nna play a game? 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