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BUTIERFLY" AT OYFI IEEI·END ,. . I ----~-------!--~____._....,.._ Play in Orrington Lo·nte S·rul11y . ___ ___,~ . I A my Neill String Qu11rtet Presents Chamber Program The American Opera company, one hundred strong, and fresh from firs't season successes in New York, Washington and Boston, made its Chicago debut last Tuesday night at the Studebaker theatre in Gounod's "Faust." This new, ali-Americ:!an p-oup of artists, singing in English exclusively, is bringing to the Chicago area an entirely new interpretation of the ancient art of the opera. To Vladimir Rosing, its director, the "ensemble" is the thing; the "star" does not exist. Musically, the scores of the masters remain unchanged, but to the score has been added a higher development of dramatic qualities; some startling innovations in stage setting and lighting, due to the genius of Robert Edmund Jones and Norman Edwards, and finally, new English texts, many of them by Robert A. Simon, which project the story of the opera in the language of the audience with a clarity which has been the outstanding feature of thi·s company's work in the past. "Madame Butterfly" will be given Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings of this week with a Saturday matinee. This production also embodies innovations. Authentic Japanese stage settings and stage "business" have been worked out by Michio Ito, famous Japanese dance.-, lending a reality to the Puccini work which has probably never before been achieved. In New York and Boston the American "Butterfly" has been greeted with prolonged applause and the English version, by Elkin, is given with the dear. understandable diction which is one of the high aims of the company. The silhouette effect before the last scene when evening fades into morning, is made one of the high peaks of the performance. The score, of eourse, as in all these productions, has not been changed in any particular. O&er ~Lay Ntmdtiea The American Opera company sea-: son promises also such novelties as an entirely new "Abduction from the Seraglio," by Mozart, in which Simon's new English text extracts more than the usual amount of humor from the story; the first performance in Chicago of Cadman's "Sunset Trail," carrying out the company's policy of producing new American works a'S far as possible ; a new "Pagliacci," with texts adapted from the English versions by Henry G. Chapman and Fred E. We a t h e r I y-the innovations being largely confined to unique staging; a Mozart's "Marriage of Figaro" staged against settings aJI of silver and prodadng the effect of a ·rare old-world art piece. The arias for th~ Countess Cherubino. Su·sanna and Bartolo ar~ revised in En~rlish by Robert A. Simon. "Carman" and "Martha," specially re~sed and staged in . equally novel ma!'ner. complete the repertory for Chtago. Eatelle Swiplt HE Swigart trio, comprised T of three former New Trier students, who for the past few The Amy Neill String quartet, which. in spite of its inception only a year ago, has found great favor in this vi-. cinity, will give the program before · the North Shore Chamber Music as· sociation concert to be given at the Kenilworth Assembly hall Sunday afternoon. April 1, at 4 o'clock. The concert was postponed from March 25. The quartet personnel is comprised of Amy Neill, first violin; Stella Roberts, second violin : Charlotte Polak, viola, and Lois Biehl, 'cello. The program has been announcecl as follows: I. Quartet in C minor (unfinished) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Schubert Allegro Assai II. Miniature Silhouettes ... . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stella Roberts (a) Introduction and Theme (b) Shadows (c) Intemiezzo (d) Waltz (e) Tarantelle (f) Orientele (g) Finale III. Quartet in D Flat Major.Dohnanyi Andante, Allegro, Roco pin Adagio, Presto Acciacito, Motto .~da gio Animato. Schumann·Heink and years have been delighting north shore audiences with their exMartinelli Enhance cellent playing, will present the April Concert Stage entire musicale program in the Recitals scheduled for early in April lounge· of the Orrington hotel, that wiD be of unusual interest to Evanston, Sunday evening, April north shore mu· sic lovers, are those by 1, from 8 to 9 o'clock. The proMadame Ernestine Schumann-Heink and Giovanni Martinelli, two of the gram will also be broadcast .over world's greatest concert and opera the Orrington hotel station artists. WTHS. The group has broadcast Madame Schumann-Heink appears from the studio of this station at in concert at Old St. James Roman frequent intervals and has gained Catholic church, Wabash avenue and 29th street, Chicago, Sunday afternoon, a wide popularity ·with the radio April 1, at 3 o'clock. Her performance public. on that occasion is in the nature of a Comprised ·in the trio benefit for the church. .It marks the George Swigart, violin ; Estelle official Chicago appearance in her golden jubilee tour of the country. . Swigart, cello, and Frances AnMartinelli is scheduled to sing at the derson, piano. These artists reAuditorium theatre Sunday afternoon, ceived their preliminary group April 8, at 3 :30 o'clock. His program training under the tutelage of will include operatic arias, French, Itnlian and English songs. The recital Mrs. Marian Cotton, supervisor is expected to attract a record attendof music at New Trier High ance and those wishing to attend have school and entered the profes- tinuing their musical stu~ios un- been advised to secure their tickets sional field a few years ago, con- der separate auspices. well in advance of the scheduled day of the concert. Hear Many Artists at March Meeting of Musical Society Margaret Geppert, Caroline Fuermann, Bertha Dubbs, Alvene Ressigue, 1cranz FJizabeth WePtel, Gevilla Nc1 and Emau Akeley w~re the artists at the March meeting of the North Shore Musical society held Monday afternoon, Karch 26, at the home of :Mrs. Winifred Townsend Cree in Winnetka. Assisting hostesses were Mrs. MadePLAY FOR ROTARIANS A group of twenty pieces selected line Vaughn and Mrs. Frances Copfrom the la._e New Trier Hiait school thorne. I. orchestra presented a ~oncert at the Allegro In G ····.·····.··.·.···· Bach lancheon of the Wilmette Rotary club Rondo-Gavotte ..·...·· Bach-Burmelster In E ··········.···· Brabllul Wednesday noon. Karch 28, at the Jntermesso Scheno In P'-eharp ·········· D'Albert Shawnee club, Wilmette. Mrs. 'Marion Margaret Geppert ~ supef'Yisor· of music at the high 11. Waool direded the propam. . What'a lD the Air TodQ! ·· Hobert lDdell Stars with Golden Sandals.Robert Franz The Leaf In the Book .·..·. Franz Ries Fruhllngslief · . · . . . . . · . · · . Ollcar Weis Carolyn Fuermann Violin obllgato by Bertha Dubbs III. On Wings of Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KendelBSOhn-Bartboldy Arranged by Achron Frasqulta . . · · . . . Franz-Lehar-Krelsler Bertha Dubbs IV. Wldmung . · . · · · · · . . · · . · . · . . Sohumann Kadchen Mit Dem Rothen Mundchen . . . . . . . · . . . . . · . . . . . . . · . . Franz Margaret at Spinning Wheel ·. Schubert Love's Quarrel · . · . · · . · · . . . · . . · Scott Serenade . · . . . · . · . · . . · . · . . . · Carpenter Alvene Resslgue Troubadour Glee Club to Give Concert May 4 The Troubadour glee dub will bold its second annual concert and dance at the Evanston Woman's club May 4. The director, G. Gunn, has prepared an interesting program which wilt be offered by favorite artists of the north shore. T·he singers gather for rehearsal three evenings a week at the radio studio on the Orrington roof and are from Evanston, Winnetka, Kenilworth and Wihnette. Among tile assisting artists will be the Swigart string trio who were fav. Romance In F . . . . . . . . Beethoven-Auer vorites at Little Symphony orchesua Rondo . . . . . · . · . . . . . · . · Kosart-Krelsler concerts; James Gunn, Scotch comediElisabeth Welxel an, whose interpretation of Harry LaaVI. der has been endorsed by that comeDuet7th Symphony · · · · · · · · · · . · Beethoven dian himself. There will be dancq 1 Gevllla Neucrau and Ernau Akely after the program.