The third performance of Offen-
place to-night in the Shanghai Opera bey "Tales of Hoffman" will take House (Canidrome Ballroom), with the full cast participating. The composer's exquisite music is known the world over and when interpreted by such a capable cast of singers as the Russian Grand Opera, nothing derogatory may be said, other than to point out that nearly four hours of song is too much. Scenery and costuming are in keeping with the motif, while Maestro Sloutsky's Orchestra are to be complimented on their technically fine rendering. Tonight the curtain will rise
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