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42 ·WIL -METTE LIFE November. 30, 1928 Music News and Events Salvi and Leider Make Initial Bow in· Opera Next Week The wide divergence of the repertoire and casts scheduled to appear during the fifth week of the current season of the Chicago Civic Opcr<> company at the. Auditorium ti1eater. Chicago; will also include the name-; of two newcomers who will make their American debuts, and the reappearance for the season of an ever popular lyric tenor. The first of these newcomers is Margherita Salvi, coloratura soprano, who made her debut in Italy while stili in her teens after only two years of preparation. Now after six years of experience Miss Salvi possesses the aristocracy of style seldom met with on the operatic or dramatic stage, and has scored her greatest triumphs at Barcelona and the Royal Opera in Madrid, both of which are noted for the traditional ri,:dd standards of vocal and dramatic artistry they enforce. Miss Salvi will appear as Rosina in ." The Barber of Seville," Thursday evening, December 6, singing o._>posite Tito Schipa, favorite lyric tenor, who wtll celebrate his return to the company with his own inimitable interpretation of the role of Almaviva, in this melodious Rossini work. Leider in Debut The othf'r new member of the Civic Opera personnel is Frida Leider, leading dramatic soprano of the Berlin State Opera. who holds the coveted distinction of being on the roster of four major lvric organizations the La Scala in Milan, and Covent Garden, London, besides the first hvo companies mentioned above. Miss Leider comes to Chicago with a fine reputation as an outstanding artist of exceptional histrionic ahility, and her debut, scheduled for Saturdav matinee. December 8, as Brunnhilde in "Die Walkuere," wilt mark the first of manv performances scheduled for this steriin~ artist this season. The operas chosen for the week are representative works of their respective languages. and the discerning music lover. ever on the look-out ~or appealing variety, will have cause to rejoice in the most equalh- balanced weekly repertoire provided thus far this season. Representative Caab Three operas in Italian. two in French and two in German comprise the week's offerings, and the casts are truly representative, composecl of artists who are g-enera1h· recognized as exceUing in the particular role s in · whirh they a_ re to appear. Plays Mozart · Music Club Artist Stress American Music During Next National ·Period Our people will pay a greater recognition to mustc composed not only by Americans in general but by those of their individual states as a result of the plans for National Mu3ic Week, May 6-11, next. ·Those plans call for a stressing of our native music in the various communities taking part, the number of which is expected far to exceed that of last May's Music Week, in .,vhich 2,268 towns participated. Many of these towns will present during Music Week a series of chronological programs, or one program in a chronological sequence, representing "America's Music in Review." Explicit suggestions for putting on such a program are found in a pamphlet of the above title of which a copy may be obtained without charge from the National Bureau for the Advancement of Music, 45 West 45th street, New York City. This plan calls for group ~ of numbers devoted each to eras in our ·music represented by early American music, patriotic songs, Stephen C. Foster songs, our pioneer composers. a MacDowell program, American folk songs, representative serious mu sic and modern popular music. Another method of devoting attention to our musical history . is through a pamphlet entitled, , "What's What in America's ~1 usic," also to be obtained from the above bureau. It is a musical quiz game of the "ask me another" variety. A further phase of the featuring of American music is that in community singing, material for which is found in the bureau's pamphlet, "Stories of America's Songs," for use by schools, clubs and other group's. Churches find material for their Music Week,in the Bureau's booklet, 1'Hymns Composed by· Americans," white a bibliography of recommended native music of various types is found in its "American :Music that Americans Should Know." Photo by Reick Miss Ethel Preston, one of the zealous members of the Music Study Cluh of Evanston, appeared on its program Monday afternoon when the club Vladimar Horowitz, Russia~ pianist, met with :Mrs. Homer Cooper. Miss will give the next program of : the WinPreston, a brilliant pianist, contributed netka Music club artist-recital series at two Mozart numbers. the New Trier auditorium. The date CLUB HEARS PROTEGE is Wednesday, December 26. Mr. Horowitz created a sensation among music critics in his_ tour of the country Ruth Hlavaty Presents Recital for last season. He was enthusiastically Music Study Group received last week in an appearance The playing of Miss Ruth Hlavatv. with the Chicago Symphony orchestra. ~ho this year is the protege of the M stc Study club at the School of Music. N. U., featured ·the program presented Xl:XT WEl:K IX OPERA at the club's meeting held Mondav Sunday matinee, Dt><:ember 2, at 2"THE TALES OF HOFF~IAN" with afternoon. · Helen Freund, Marion · Claire, Ire n<.; Mrs. Homer Cooper, 807 Milburn Pavloska, Ada Paggi, Rene 1\faison. street, was the hostess. The program .Jose Mojica, Lodovico Oliviero, Giuseppe Cavadore, Vanni-Marcoux, had the following order: u- Flon7.aley Ouartet Will Give Playhouse Concert The famous Flonzaley · quartet wilt appear in a chamber concert at the Playhouse. Chicago. Sunday afternoon. December 2, at 3 :30 o'clock. The auartet composed of the following arti . ts: Adolf Betti. first violin: Alfred Pochon, second violin: Twan d' Archambeau, violincello ; ~icolas M otd~van. viola. The concert is under Bertha Ott auspices. Russian Artists Aooear With People's Symphony Zinaida Joelsohn-:\leskovskava. pianist, and Misha Kushelevsky, baritone, will appear as soloists with the Chicago People's Symphony orchestra. P. Marims Paulsen, coundctor, in its fifth concert Sunday afternoon. December 2. at the Eighth street theater. A Tschaikowsky program will be given. New Trier auditorium. Desire Defrere, Barre Hill, Eugenio Sandrini, Edouard Cotreuil, Antonio :-.l'icolich; Ballet; Conductor, Henry Weber. Monday evening·, December 3, at ~ -- "LA BOHEME" with Edith :\hs'Jn, It·ene Pav1oska, Antonio Cortis, LoduYico Oliviero, Luigi Montesanto, Desire Defrere, Virgilio Lazzari, Vitt.m·io Trevisian; Conductor, Robert Moranzoni. Followed by Ballet Divertissements with Maria Yurieva, VechshtY Swoboda and Ballet; Conductor, William Tyroler. Tuesday evening. D ecember 4, at 8"IL TROVA TORE" with Eva Turn·!r, Alice d'Hermancy, Cyrena Van Gordon, Charle-s Marshall, Richard Bonel1i, Virgilio Lazzari ; Ballet; Conductor. Girogio Polacco. 'Vednesday evening, December 5, at 7 :45- "LOHENGRIN" with Marion Claire, Maria Olszewska, Rene Maison, Robert Ringling, Howard Preston, Alexander Kipnis; Condurtor, Henry Weber. MUSIC SCHOOL CONVENTION Thursday evening, December 6, at 8 - "THE ll.ARBEI1 OF SEVILLE" The fifth annual convention of the with Margherita Salvi (debut), Maria National Association of Schools of M uClaessen~. Tito S('hipa, Lorluvico sic is being held at the Stevens hotel, Oliviero, Ri ·hard Bonelli, Virgilio Lazzari, Vittorio Trevisan, Eugenio Chicago, Friday and Saturday of thi3 Correnti ; Conductor Hoberto Moranweek. The Columbia School of M u- zoni. sic is a member of the association. Saturday matinee-, Decembe-r 8, at 2 -"DIE \V ALKUERE" with Frida Leider (debut), Eva Turn er, Maria PLAN CHRISTMAS PROGRAM Olszewska, Forrest Lamont, Alexander The annual Christmas music proKipnis. Edouard Cotreuil; Conductor Giorgio Polacco. ' gram given by. the singing groups Saturday evening, December 8 at 8 at New Trier Hjgh school is scheduled -"FAUST" with Alice Mock,' Coe for Sunday afternoon, December 16, Glade, Maria C'laessens, · Charles · at 4 o'clock. This concert never fails . Hackett, Desire Defrere, Vanni-Marcoux, Antonio Nicolich; Ballet; Conto attract a capacity audience to the ductor, Charles Lauwers. Fantaisie D-minor .............. Mozart Marche Turque ................ . Mozart Miss Ethel Preston !\forgan ........................ Strau~s Zueignung .. ............ .· ·.·... Strau~ Mrs. Philip Fox Scherzo, B-ftat minor ....·....... Choptn Mrs. William H. Babcock Autumn ........................ Roger!'~ Vissi D' ArtP ( Tosca) .. . . ....... Puccini Mrs. John Dienner Cradle Song ..............·... Schubert Waltz Sentimentale ............ Schubert Ballet music from "Rosamunde" Schubert Mrs. Malcolm MacHargSi Ji Pauvals Mourier ...... Barbira11i A Dissonance .....·............ Bordlne Prayer of the Norwegian Child .. Kountz April, My April . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Milligan Mrs: Robert H. Fulton, Jr. Noctourne D-flat major ......... Chopin Etude G-ftat major .............. Chopin · Miss H1ave-rty Ac<'ompanists-Mrs. William Knapp, Mrs. George Burgess. Offer Opera Performances for Public Utility Workers Two popular opera3, Verdi's "Rigoletto" and Strauss' "Der Rosenkavalier," wiJJ be the productions offered as the second and third special utility employes' opera pcr:formances of the current season. "Rigolctto" ·will be pre3entecl Sunday, December 2. and "Der Rosenkavalier" wi ll follm,· Sunday, December 23. The special reduced rates offered for these special Sunday night performances will be in effect on both occasions. An all-star cast including Hackett. Bonelli, Alice Mock. Constance Eberh.ardt. Lazzari and Ada Paggi. will smg in "Rigoletto." Seats are now on sale for this performance. These special Sunday night presentations offer an opportunity to hear the many new singers with the Chicago Civic Opera Company this season, a3 \Yell as the favqrites. · SOLOIST WITH SYMPHONY Marion Anderson. well known colored contralto, will be the soloist with the Symphony in its second performance of the season at New Trier auditorium December 10. The concert is given under the auspices of the New Trier Orchestral association of which Roland D. Whitman of Winnetka is president.