. Springfield present and prospective; the city of homes . y the Henry W. Savage com-pany which gives an annual operatic festival. That for 1904-5, thefirst, included Otello, Carmen, II Trovatore, and Lohen-grin, and there was in addition a performance of Parsifal. Theseperformances of grand opera in English will assuredly do much tostir popular interest and will be an important reinforcement to themusical season. It is in the operatic field that the local theatrical talent has had thefullest opportunity, and the chief leader has been the late Mrs. W. , who after her marraige devoted
. Springfield present and prospective; the city of homes . y the Henry W. Savage com-pany which gives an annual operatic festival. That for 1904-5, thefirst, included Otello, Carmen, II Trovatore, and Lohen-grin, and there was in addition a performance of Parsifal. Theseperformances of grand opera in English will assuredly do much tostir popular interest and will be an important reinforcement to themusical season. It is in the operatic field that the local theatrical talent has had thefullest opportunity, and the chief leader has been the late Mrs. W. , who after her marraige devoted to the amateur world talentswhich she had trained for a broader stage. The brilliant perform-ance of Pinafore, which was given under her direction whenthe opera was quite new and had not been presented in this countryexcept in Boston, kindled a strong local interest in this form of enter-tainment, and was the first of a series of highly successful localperformances the exceptional merit of which was largely due toher gifts. Francis E. and Howard K. Regal. MRS. W . P . M A T T OO N
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