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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (July 15, 1928)
t I! u Music Department ', The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni - and Die Zaaberflote (The Magic Flute) rank aa Mo sart's greatest cperaa, and from a musical standpoint, the last named stands alone, and this opera might nave been nationalized but It con five. - Of these Germany has con tributed two hundred and thirty one, Italy, two hundred and forty five, France, one hundred. Tor key, ninety-one, and Spain, the land of his birth a thousand and three. The enumeration of these escapades enrages Donna ElTlra We now hare a change of scene to a country-side near Seville or Don Giovanni's palace. A gay fes tivity is on as the pretty Zerllna and her fiance, Maxetto. and friends are singing and dancing in celebration of their approach ing marriage. Don Giovanni and Leporello arrive and join In the festivities. Don Is attracted by the - beaotr of Zerllna and has aroused her vanity with polished words of gallantry and orders Le porello to get rid of Maxetto by having the entire gathering taken to hie chateau, with the exception of Zerllna. Leporello objects but obeys his master's orders. The Don and Zerllna are left alone and sing a duet which is considered one of the gems of all opera'La el darem la mtno!" (Your hand Is mine, my dearest). Here Donna Elvira appears and denounces Don Giovanni and ehows to Zerlina the true char acter of her admirer. Donna Anna and Don Ottavio now enter and a'quartette is now sung; "Non tl fidar, o misrere, di quel ribajdo cor" (Place not thy trust. O mourning one, in this pointed soul), at the end of this quartette, Don Giovanni leaves and Donna Anna recognizes the voice of her father's assassin. Don Giovanni now orders prep arations to be made for a festival in his palace, and he gives voice to his commands to Leporello In the aria' "Champagne aria," "Fin. ch' nan dal vino" (Wloe, flow a fountain). (Editor's Note Due to the length of the review of this opera and lack of space we are obliged to review the second act next Sunday.) E. B. G., Editor, CARRANZA SR. NOT TOLD Father of Storm's Victim formed of Tragedy Unln- NEW YORK. July 14. (AP) Sebastian Carranza, father of Cap tain Emillo Carranza, Mexican aviator who was killed sometime last night when his plane crashed near Mt. Molly, N. J., on an at tempted non-stop flight to Mexi co City, has not been informed of the tragedy, friends staying with him at a hotel here told the As sociated Press. Since his son took off on the 2400 mile flight last night, Sen or Carranza. who is an attache of the Mexican Consulate here, had waited anxiously for word that never came of the flier's progress. The news of the Captain's death will be broken to him, his friends said, later tonight. fnatng. Irrational plot forbade Its; becoming popular, jto such an extent that she vows There is one opera that Mozart j Vengeance upon her betrayer. wrote, ana waicu u un. but contains some of , his most beautiful music, and our readers would do well to review a score of this opera. It was called Coal fan Tutte (Women are All Alike). - Mozart wrote strictly from a 'musician's standpoint and not as a dramatist. - , ' At this period the Germans were masters of the oratorio and sym phony forms, and Glnck and Mo sart captured the opera for Ger many, thereby ending Italian su premacy In this line. Last Sunday we reviewed The Marriage of Figaro and this Sun day we will describe the opera Don Giovanni. Don Giovanni ' Original title was "II Dissoluto Fantio. ossia il Don Giovanni (The Reprobate Punished, or Don Giovanni). . 1 Characters: Don Pedro, thn Commandant Bass Donna Anna, his daughter Soprano Don Ottavio, her betrothed .Tenor Don Giovanni Baritone Tnnrolln Ms servant ..... .Bass Dona Elvira Soprano Zerllna Soprano Hasetto, betrothed to Zerllna . Tenor The text of this opera was writ tea by Lorenzo da Ponte, and he baaed his story of an old tale con cerning a statue of a murdered man receiving an invitation to a banquet with his assassin, which he had accepted, whir dragged him dow tiett. Mozart had agreed to have this score for the autumn of 1787, and was to receive the sum of one hun dred ducets ($240). He also di rected the rehearsals, and the singers were obliged to come to his house to study. He also gave them advice as to the execution of difficult passages and often chid ed the artists, and an amusing in cident is recorded that Mozart, at the first rehearsal, being dissatis fied with the cry of terror which emanated from Zerlina when Don Is attempting to ruin her. Mozart, who had been in the orchestra, went upon the stage and ordered a repetition of the act finale and concealed himself in the wings. His presence was not known to Zerllna, and just as her cue came to scream, Mozart reached out his hand from his hiding place and pinched her leg. whereas she gave a piercing shriek, and Mozart emerged from his hiding place with the remark "There! That is how I want it." After the overture, which was written by Mozart on the evening before the first production of the opera, the curtain rises with the cong of Leporello. The four prin cipal characters of the opera quick ly made their appearance, and the tragedy that brings them together and starts the action gives us an intense situation and foreordains the retribution that is to come for the misdeeds of Don Giovanni. Leporello is seated in a garden of a house, wrapped in a cloak, some where in Seville, Spain, and is be moaning the fact that he is a servant to such a dangerout mas ter and the owner of this resi dence, the Commandant. He gives rent to his feelings in the song Notte e giorno faticar" (Never rest by day or night). Meanwhile Don Giovanni, an adventurer, has secretly entered the house during the night. Aa the scene opens we find Don Giovanni coming hurriedly from the house, closely pursued by Donna Anna. Here a trio Is sung expressing the wrath of the in sulted woman, the chagrin of the adventurer, and the cowardice of Leporello. The Commandant has heard the argument and on en tering, draws his sworn, and a duel follows, and, in that the Com mandant is very old and tbjeDon young and agile, the duel is un equal, and. In consequence the Commandant receives a fatal wound. The vocal trio between these threels outstanding In the history efmuslc. While only eighteen measures long, and in the key of F Miner, It expresses tenderness, pathos and reverence. Donna Anna has gone foe. help during the duel between Don Giovanni and bar father and now returns accompanied ; by her fiance. Don Ottavio, and finds her father dead. At this point a duet is sung be tween Don Ottavio and Donna Anna which embodies the grief of Anna and the sentiment of Ot tavio. called "Lascia. O cara. la rlmembrenza amore!" (Through Love devotion, dear one). Donna Anna and Don Ottavio now leave and Donna Elvira en ter. This Is another of Don Gio vanni's deserted ones, and the emotions of this woman, who lias een loved,' deserted and betrayed, are fully expressed when she erlea "Ah! qui mi , dice mat Quel rbaro dov'e?" (In memory still .lagers his love's delusive sway). From afar Giovanni hears the voles of sadness and approaches, i aying "Cerchiam dl ; consolare U f o tormento" (I must seek .to consols , ner tnrrnwt rnnr1tn -nurnfsrs "Ah! yes," "Cos! ns con sols mtlle e otto cento" (He has oasolsd fully eighteen hundred), rhla la perhaps true as Leporello's diary of his master's adventures lumber two thousand and sixty- minim mm HD AT DEATH Extreme Shock Voiced at Unexpected Tragedy - to Mexican Flyer ,-"He said then that he would llmaka'his plana according to the weather. Yesterday afternoon he telephoned me' and said be had decided to postpone his departure from Roosevelt Geld., I was not present at the field and was sur prised when told that, lis had left la the face of the storm that was raging about New York City last night. "I sincerely mourn him, and all Mexico will mourn the passing of one of her daring and promising aviators." . f . NEW YORK, July 14. (AP) Rodrlgo de Liano, director of Excelsior, the Mexico City news paper ' which sponsored Captain Emillo ' Carranza's American night. . was "too astounded to speak" when informed by the Associated Press that the body of Carranza had been found near bis wrecked plane near . Mt, Holly, N. J. In a statement Issued later he said: "The tragle death of Captain Carranza has shocked me beyond words. ..During the few months that I knew him I learned to ap preciate highly and to esteem his brilliant' personal qualities. - i'As you know. It was Excelsior which sponsored his flight to Washington through national sub scription. It was understood that after that flight the plane would be his and he would be at liberty to do as he pleased. "Several days ago he .told me he had decided to make a non stop flight back to Mexico City. I advised him to be careful and mads a name for himself and that he should not expose himself to unnecessary risk that he should retusa to Mexico and aid in the development of aviation there. MURDER SUSPECTS HELD Two Xegroes Taken at Ctty of Ea- reka, California .EUREKA. CaL, July 14. (AP) Mrs. Nellie ' Bellman, negresa and IraJX Pettigrew, negro, want ed In connection with the killing of a deputy sheriff and hte shoot Ing of a rancher after the robbery of a store at Willow Creek. Hum boldt county, were arrested here tonight. They were taken Into custody In a shack on the outskirts of the downtown district. The automo bile, which authorities said be longed to Mrs. Hellman was found parked . outside. . minus , license plates. The number of the operator's ear issued to Mrs. Hellman cor responds to that found on license plates picked up near Helena. 2f miles from the scene of the rob bery." :' - . Mrs. Hellman and Pettigrew re fused to make any statement con cerning their whereabouts during the past 14 hours. They were taken to the county jail here to be questioned further. Officers said the arrest was made upon advices received from the sheriff of Trinity county. The arrest was mads locally upon an "underworld tip," the sheriff here said. tfXStt Mutual Savings and Loan Association . A Salem Institution Organized In 1910 Place your savings with us Let us finance your home on weekly or monthly payments 142 South Liberty Street GODDARD DIES NEWTOWN, Conn., July 14. 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