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World- reknown performers came to Odessa in 1914

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From The Odessa Record

April 10, 1914

Mme. Rosa D’Erina and G.R. Vontom were scheduled to appear at the Opera House the following Tuesday. The entertainers were secured for Odessa through the efforts of Rev. Fr. J.B. Herman of the local Catholic church. D’Erina was the Irish prima donna soprano and world-renowned lady organist. She was to be assisted by Mr. G. R. Vontom, the tenor and humorist, and both had appeared before the president of the United States and Queen Alexander, of England, and in hundreds of the important cities of Europe and America. The event promised to excel...

 

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