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·.~·.: ·IMI!I .. Be.t F - - . of Worlcl'a GnatO...H-- Drift BaiJdin· to COa- Edltor'a note: Followl... Ia the third uttele appearlq on the :Mualc Pqe and Niall~~& to tile propoeed new Cbl~o Civic opera llb'Ueture to be 1ooa.tecl on Reker Drive between Ka4itlon and uhlnaton streets, Chicago. Intensive study of details which ould be and could be incorporated in the new Civic Opera building was ben soon after the end of the 1926-27 ra season. A committee, so to apeak, nt abroad to study the latest in opera house and theater design and ~uipment over there as well as in the United States. The members of this committee were: Ernest R. Graham, of Graham, Anderson, Probst 1: White. .Alfred Shaw, of Graham, Anderson, l'robst & White. Herbert M. Johnson, business manager, Chicago Civic Opera company. Harry W. Beatty, technical director, Chicago Civic Opera company. Charles Moor, stage director, Chicago Civic Opera company. Edward H. Moore, chief electrician, Chicago Civic Opera company. They visited Paris, Stuttgart, Chemnitz, Nuremberg, Bayreuth, Dresden, Berlin, Hamburg, Magdeburg, Frankfort, Bordeaux, Milan, Vienna, Rome, Naples and London. Coaaplete aad UaiqM In consequence of this study, both the opera house and the small theater, hich will be included in the Twenty Wa~ker Drive building, will be not only complete, but in many respects unique. The opera house will not be simply an auditorium in a large building where operatic performances can be presented. It will be a complete Opera House, in harmony with the accepted ideas of what a home for opera should be, although enclosed within aad a part pf a commercial building. There will be an impressive colonnade along_ _practicaUy the entire «)() feet of the 'Wacker drive frontage. Entl'ance to the opera house will be tlarough the south end of this colonde, entrance to the small theater through the north end, and entrance to the office building, forer and elevaton through the center. Patrons of the Opera coming on foot, by street car « in motor cars, will arrive first under tiUs great colonnade, which Will be a pcotection from the weather-JS to 40 atomobiles can take on or discharge passengers tht.re at one time-and from there they wiD enter the various lobbies d foyers connected with all ftoors of the Opera House. Ticket lobbies wiD be conveniently Mjac:ent to the entrance, but so placed tbat buyers wiD be out of the way of ~· coming in or going out. Gio......U MartiMIIi, faa_. teaar el tlae Metropolitaa ...t RaYiaia Opera com....-, wiD p.. the aest recital of the Wimaetka M.UC ct.b JIZ7·ZI ..-iea. He appears at New Tri. aaditori11111 Wedaetda7 eftlliaa, March 7. Gordon String Quartet ARTIST Givea Concert Sunday Sunday afternoon, February 5, the first of a series of six chamber music concerts by the Gordon String quartet will be given in the James Simpson theatre of Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. The concert will begin at .3 p. m. The other five concerts are scheduled for February 19, March 11 and 25, and April 8 and 15. These concerts are given under the auspices of the Chicag~ Chamber Music society, which will charge a small admission fee. IS SUPREME Great Maio Ia Accorded O.atioa ia Opeaiaa Perfol'lllaDCe of CiYic Mat· · iaeea at Arapa Ballroom of the parquet a grand staircase will d to the mezzanine lounge at the rear of the boxes. Separate stairs will me from the main lounge to the balconies and there will be additional llairways for . convenient and ample .ceess from all parts of the auditorium. ftere wiU also be special elevator ser· to the balconies and galleries. The seating capacity of the Opera Boase will be a little more than the approximately 3,600 of the present of opera in the Auditorium, but ·fenmtly distributed. On the main , iaateacl of some 900 seats as in Atlditoriam, there wiU be ~_pproxi luteacl of the 58 boxes Prom the grand foY.,er at the level c···~ ~ Civic advancement through civic entertainments was proved an unqualified success by 5,000 music lovers who attended the first of the Uptown Civic matinees Sunday, January 29, at 3 p. m., in the Aragon · ballroom, Chicago. They came by "L,.., bus, street car, auto and afoot-and to the surprise of the men and women sponsorof the Auditorium, there will be 36 ing this movement, they came from boxes. Side boxes will be dispensed all over Chicago and suburbs to hear with. one of ~he finest concerts ever preEach box of the double tier will offer sented by aa~dia Muzio, the worlda perfect view of the stage and will in famous grand opera soprano. turn be easily seen from almost any Naturally a large crowd was . expectpart of the auditorium. A new feature ed, for Claudia Muzio has always filled will be an 44omnibus box" for men pa- the haU in Uptown Chicago, and to trons of opera who may attend unac- this, her only concert appearance in companied. Above the box floor there Chicago this ~eason, music patrons will be a balcony and a gallery, each coufd be expected to ftock. But that with approximately 850 seats. t many should be turned away from the doors disappointed was quite beyond the dreams of the most optimistic of community boosters. Yet _that is exactly what happened-disappointed folks were turned away by the score, and the Aragon, the largest hall on the north side, wa~ p;1cked clear to the roof. Enthusiasm ran high. The audience applauded again and again the glorious melodies that poured forth from Muzio's golden throat. And Madam Muzio, catching their infectious enthusiasm, repaid their generous applause with great generosity of encores. The second matinee in the series to be given Sunday, February 5, at 3 m. in the Aragon, will feature Vera Mirova, the well known Russian dancer. She is bringing from Java and Burma certain oriental dances that never before were seen outside of temples and pala.ces, and dances that no other white woman has been taught. These are made gorgeously real by specially adapted oriental music and by being danced in exact oriental costume. p: