Titus Grand Opera Quartette

              Titus Grand Opera Quartette

Hugh Anderson Bass   Marguerite Henniger Contralto   Mary Highsmith Soprano   Claude Saner Tenor



Presenting

Scenes from Grand Opera (in Costume)
Oratorio Programs
Popular Programs
Sacred Programs
Lecture Recitals
Musical Recitations

Bertha Smith-Titus, Manager
Chicago Musical College   624 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago





As Nancy in Martha


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Marguerite Henniger Contralto

As Siebel in Faust






As Lionel in Martha


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Claude Saner Tenor

As Faust in Faust






As Juliet in Romeo and Juliet


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Mary Highsmith Soprano

As Marguerite in Faust






As Sparafucile in Rigoletto


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Hugh Anderson Bass

As the King in Aida






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Bertha Smith-Titus, Pianiste
Musical Recitations Lecture Recitals
MRS. TITUS, in addition to her splendid gift as pianiste, is qualified to give unique programs of her own, offering readings to her own accompaniment.  The Hawaiian folk-songs given in the native tongue are charmingly rendered and a distinct novelty.


References

University of Chicago Music Department
Dr. Rubinkam Lecture Ass'n
Felix Borowski
Musical Editor, Record Herald Theodore Thomas Program Editor
Chas. E. Nixon
Chicago Daily News
St. Cecilia Club
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Lake View Woman's Club
Chicago
Maurice Rosenfeld
Musical Editor, Chicago Examiner
South Side Woman's Club
Chicago
Chicago Woman's Club
Chicago Culture Club
St. Cecilia Club
Rome, N.Y.
Mt. Vernon Woman's Club
Mt. Vernon, N. Y.
Menominee Woman's Club
Menominee, Mich.
Columbian Damen
Chicago
Daughters of the American Revolution-Chicago Chapter
Glencoe Woman's Club
Chicago
Service Club
Chicago
North Edgewater Woman's Club
Chicago
Kenwood Club
Chicago
Glenn Dillard Gunn
Musical Editor, Chicago Tribune
Rene Devries
Musical Courier



Press Notices

Mrs. Titus has just returned from her recent sojourn in the Hawaiian Islands.  She was fortunate in being in Honolulu while history was being made and had unusual opportunities to study the life and customs of the natives.  Mrs. Titus' stay was so prolonged and her acquaintances so numerous that her impressions are of a different nature from those of the ordinary tourist, and her knowledge of the country much more complete than that of the often met with lecturer, who in his hurried search for material loses sight of the real condition of society.  Aside from the display of rare curios and photographs which Mrs. Titus makes, perhaps the most attractive features of the program were the oldtime folk songs.—
Saturday Evening Herald Chicago


Mrs. Titus' rendition of Enoch Arden, music by Richard Strauss, was deeply sympathetic and given with the best of technique.—
Chicago Tribune


Mrs. Bertha Smith-Titus furnished the program by giving us her beautiful evening of Parsifal.  Mrs. Titus' artistic skill both as a pianiste and vocalist is especially effective in programs of this character, where her individuality has such free scope in that delicate and difficult undertaking, the grouping and interpretation of the themes of a great poem or opera.—
Brooklyn Eagle


The talk on Hawaii, by Mrs. Bertha S. Titus, was a delightful feature of the Art Entertainment of the Biennial.  Mrs. Titus has a delightfully enthusiastic manner and an excellent voice.  Her exquisite rendition of the unwritten folk-songs brought tears to many of the listeners' eyes.—
The Milwaukee Biennial of Woman's Clubs


Mrs. Titus is the first we believe to offer both verse and music of the difficult Enoch Arden Melodrama, and her eminent success shows marked versatility.—
Brooklyn Eagle



Repertoire
Music Dramas with Music
Singly or in Series


Lohengrin

Tannhauser


Parsifal (in verse)

Meistersinger



Wagner



La Boheme

Puccini


Tiefland (new)

d'Albert


Pelleas and Melisande (new)

Debussy


Enoch Arden

Tennyson-Strauss


Hawaii as I saw it

(with native songs)


Songs of Grandmothers' Days

(in costume)






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Titus Grand Opera Quartette Personnel
Miss Highsmith Soprano is a talented dramatic soprano, gifted with a rich, high voice, that shows thorough study and varied experience.


Miss Highsmith sang the Carmen music with the International Opera Co. last night most charmingly—
Musical Leader (Chicago)


The technical and interpretive difficulties of the Mad Scene from Hamlet were surmounted with apparent ease by Miss Highsmith.—
Evening Post (Chicago)


The role of Leonora (Il Trovatore) was excellently acted and sung by Miss Highsmith, who shows marked talent for her chosen profession.—
Chicago Journal


In Martha further evidence of marked talent was shown by Miss Highsmith and the rendition of the ever-lovely Last Rose of Summer was charming—
Inter-Ocean (Chicago)


Miss Highsmith is the fortunate possessor of a dramatic soprano voice of great power and beauty.—
St. Louis Globe Democrat

Miss Henniger Contralto has a full and even contralto range and sings with much taste and artistic feeling.


Miss Marguerite Henniger was heard to great advantage in a number of vocal selections.  Her voice is of exceptional beauty—
Little Rock, Ark.


Among the voices of rare quality, Miss Henniger was the choice, receiving unqualified recognition.  Her future is already assured.—
Chicago Inter Ocean


The aria, O don Fatale, was given its full meaning and force by the accomplished young contralto, Miss Henniger—
Chicago News


Few of the younger contralto voices have the attractive and varied repertoire Miss Henniger gave so brilliantly last night.—
Musical America (Chicago)


The contralto numbers were charmingly given by Miss Henniger, whose careful rendition of the difficult aria gave pleasure to the large audience.—
Little Rock, Ark.

Mr. Saner Tenor possesses a rare high and resonant voice of lyric quality and marked beauty.  His successes abroad and in this country have been most pronounced.


Mr. Saner's number was a veritable treat for the great audience.  Seldom is such a magnificent voice heard.  We predict a great future for the young tenor—
London Daily Telegraph


Captivated the entire audience.  It is such artistic work as this that is gradually elevating our musical taste.  Mr. Saner will always be a most welcome attraction—
Liverpool Advertiser


A very beautiful voice, showing to its greatest advantage in the final scene.—
Liverpool Advertiser


The second appearance of Mr. Saner in our city revealed added beauties of his rich voice.  The Trovatore numbers were finely given and with much lyric charm—
Daily News (Glasgow)

Mr. Anderson Bass is gifted with a magnificent voice of unusual beauty and its flexibility, range and quality never fail to delight his audiences wherever he appears.


Hugh Anderson as the King, carried the part to a convincing conclusion, and sang the music with a rare beauty—
Music News (Chicago)


A royal associate to the High Priest was Hugh Anderson who sang the role of the King in impressive and dignified fashion.—
The Daily News (Chicago)


Hugh Anderson came forward as the Herald, and delivered the pronouncements of that important and vocally difficult individual clearly and with the sonority the music demands.—
Chicago Tribune


Then followed Hugh Anderson in the Armorer's Song.  Mr. Anderson has a magnificent voice, just suited for such a famous number.—
Jackson City Press, Jackson, Mich.





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Titus Grand Opera Quartette

Specimen Program

Part One


Sextette—Lucia (Quartette Form)

Donizetti


Aria—Flower Song—Faust

Gounod



Miss Henniger



Duet—Friendship—Martha

Flotow



Mr. Saner Mr. Anderson



Aria—Bell Song—Lakmé

Delibes



Miss Highsmith



Aria—Prologue—Pagliacci

Leoncavallo



Mr. Anderson



Trio—Thee Only Have I Loved—Attila

Verdi



Miss Highsmith Mr. Saner Mr. Anderson



Aria—Rodolphe's Air, La Boheme

Puccini



Mr. Saner



Piano {Callirhöe

Chaminade


Piano {Marche Militaire

Schubert



Mrs. Titus






Part Two


Finale—Quartette—Garden Scene, Faust

Gounod



(in costume)



Marguerite

Miss Highsmith


Faust

Mr. Saner


Martha

Miss Henniger


Mephistopheles

Mr. Anderson






Specimen Program

Part One


Quartette—Rigoletto

Verdi


Duet—Lakmé

Delibes



Miss Highsmith Miss Henniger



Arīa—Calf of Gold, Faust

Gounod



Mr. Anderson



Duet—Tower Scene, Il Trovatore

Verdi



Miss Highsmith Mr. Saner



Aria—O Don Fatale, Don Carlo

Verdi



Miss Henniger



Aria—Spirito Gentile, La Favorita

Donizetti



Mr. Saner



Aria—One Fine Day, Madame Butterfly

Puccini



Miss Highsmith



Piano {Autumn

Chaminade


Piano {Barcarolle

Liszt



Mrs. Titus






Part Two


Finale—Quartette—Martha 2nd Act

Flotow>



(in costume)



Lady Harriet

Miss Highsmith


Nancy

Miss Henniger


Lionel

Mr. Saner


Plunkett

Mr. Anderson