The evening world. Newspaper, February 2, 1921, Page 19

,* Motrey litan_Opera, ‘Othello’ Sung, With Marshall, Ruffo and Raisa By Sylvester Rawling. THELLO,” a rich emanation from tho brain of the later Vordl, made a red-letter oc- casion fbr the Chicago Opera Asso- clation ‘at the Manhattan Opera House last night. The crowd was prodigious in size, the enthusisism was unbounded, the curtain calls were numberless, and everybody, save & few connoisseurs, was happy. Mise Gurdon, the general director, looking on from a box, applauded vocifer- ously. « A host of idiah dtd from the cludiug that dear Lucresia Bort, ket | | upon whtch tago, her jrood eompany. fashioned Oscar Hammerstein gala night, and, for that, many sins of omission and commission thay be for. it. giver, Shakespeare's tragedy could not fail to be potent, no matter what the bresentation of it may be, so the lyric arama by Boito and Verdi founded upon it was effective, de- spite a certa’ sand a no uni in last night’ interest was centred upon the debut in opera here of Charles Marshall, an American tenor, acclaimed by the Chicago critics and, apparently, the Chicago public as a phenomenon. Perhaps, too much was expected of him, the nervous ordeal must have been a severe trial; but he did not reach the heights of expectation, Mr. Marshall disclosed o distinguished presaion, from which the traditional it was an ol performance. e lumibar regi rtain degrée of noise Critical in bis moment of 4. | triumph, sets his foot, was not mise- | jing, His voice proved to be big but hard and lacking in resilience. It compelled respect. Titta Ruffo was Iago. trayed the Ancient, with his infernal Othello of the simple. a Bi ughness legree of roughness | Pinte. audiences, down?) to. them and wins out. I can by| Victor Maurel. The splashes was @ certain mdnotony in -his sing- 8 Desdemona, ion _ing in thé first act duet mith Othell He por- Credo, as a bluff villain, void of sub- tleness and finesse, that anybody but one-track mind would have seen through in a But Mr. Ruffo knows his He plays up (or is it imagine him. singing Iago before a Shakespearian Society and rivalling ° color were all in his acting. There ing to which Mr, Ruffo is becoming lovely vision from She began rather indifferently as to sing- became contracted when he forced Yet in singing, as weil as in| acting, Mr. Marshall's, impersonation 1 but rec | too-lady-like Cassio; Roderigo, the cast was effective well set. Mr. ler up te him. cert master, THE EV NING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, ei he improved steadily. all a Desdemona with a of the " last ae Mengolberg won more favor he National Symphony a concert in Carnegie Hall last night. 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