In Paris, Mary Garden, amid scenes of "gratifying and extraordinary enthusiasm," made her first appearance there in seven years, sang Fiora in L'slinore dei Tre Re with a voice considerably less shrill, less honed, than in her last U. S. performances. Her acting was passionate. A huge audience of French and U. S. citizens, with a sprinkling of Italians, paid 200 francs ($10.00) for their seatsthe highest price ever asked for an operatic performance in Paris. ¶The Paris Grand Opera Company, it is rumored, will give for the first time in...
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