A dramatic scene occurrcd at the opening of tlic season at the Mctropo tit.i Opera House, No;v York, in - vuiiiber. The curtain had fallen uii second aft of "Aula,;' wUctt it l «»° . again. und the principal :iitist>, n.'so, Amato, Muxio, ltuysdael, iiied out qf the wing*; the great chuiu.i was formed f .jgj background, Iluysdael then a big American ila«. and the ow oroke into the =tiaiJ;> of' £ i ng ing ©pangled Banner, tLe arti~ _ p j n g each verse and the chorus into the refrain. Rising a }-S MO til strains the great, audience . nto a the final notes,. and then bur * en in frenzy of cheering, men w ith the -'diamond horseshoe >7' B S■ The tfiosc in tho stalls and to a . nercr Metropolis Opera Hou«JJJ.J\ od before witnessed such a ?ra unexpected spectacle. Kc
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Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16118, 24 January 1918, Page 8
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