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Cavalleria Rusticana” Sung at Last Friday Afternoon’s Meeting._ VURGE STAGE PRODUCTION; L* Do Members of Masculine Element who Were not Permitted to Hear it Friday.Mascagni’s high class Italian opera,I “Cavallei'if. Uusticana—RusticChival*1 : ry—was very ably rendered I by the !. Woman's Club last Friday afternoon at I the home of Mrs. William M, Taylor,I It is one of the most celebrated of ! Italy'sjmaiiy well known modern operas, i and quite difficult to say the least.In the foreword Mrs. Taylor told the i story of the opera. Turiddu, a foppish• fellow, wins the heart of Lola, but s while he is away, serving in the army,• she inari'ies Allio, a wagoner, Later he returns; then woos and seduceB San-i tuzza. Lola is untrue to her husband, i Jealousy ensues, and is followed by the . natural consequences—the death of the i guilty pair.i This entire story was rendered With i the trag-le IntonsMeas of the human i voice and piano. Miss Bessie Lanier 3 sang the role of Turiddu; Miss Addis t Lanier, Lola; Mrs, George Moss, Alfio;Miss Elizabeth Anderson, Lucia, the 3 mother of Turiddu; and Mrs. Taylor i played the accompaniment. The cho-C ruses, which also embodied the rare . richness of Italian music, were sting by the above ladies and Mesdnmcs Mac-Diarmid, Merrill, Beclmer and Earwood. It proved so decidedly successful that h various prominent members of the inaa-0 euli.ne element.' about town, who. were Y debarred from hearing it, are urging the f club members to stage the opera; but• us to this the ladies have not yet defin-5 itely com mi ted themselves.Following the rendition of the opera, Miss Ethel McDiarmid discussed Brown-II ing’R poem, “Andrea Dei Sarto, im-e pressing her listeners almost as muchas the opera itself,1 At the conclusion of the entertain* a merit program, dainty refreshmentswere served, Mrs. W. S. Patterson presiding at the table, while Misses MaeDiavmid, McCrcery and Brown, assisted in serving.Iti the receiving line, in addition to t the 'hostesses, Mrs. Taylor and MisS Lightner,. was Mins McCrcerv.' Besides those already mentioned wfco enjoyed this intellectual as well as mus-^ icnl heat, wero tile following ladies: Misses Edna Lanier, Nina Wevnol, Katherine Warren and Mary Daugl.er-ly; Mesdamos M. I1. Mutheny, Win._ McGinnis, G. W. Warren, G. V. Cottle, ^:John Andrews, J. E. Summer field, J.j K. Laing, H. Yaeger, George Baker, ’ | B. E. Carter, Ralph Ellison, M. R. Eastlnck, Enoch Ellison, Owc’n Davis, j J. K. McCrcery, B. M. Pay no, J. E. I Tinsley, Georgo, Aeorcl, flume, Hill, I Beaton, and Parsley.
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Raleigh Herald
Beckley, West Virginia, US
Thu, Dec 15, 1910
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