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WIL·METTE LIFE February· 8, 1929 Music News and Events Begin Subscription Sales for 1929-30 Civic Opera Season With one of the most successful operatic seasons in the history of Chicago just completed, and the company embarked on its post-season tou.r, which takes it from coast to coast, the Chicago Symphony orchestra is already preparing for t.he next seas~n of opera, which opens November 4 tn the new Chicago Civic Opera House, Vvacker drive at Madison street. The ·sale of subscription tickets for the first year in the new house was opened to the public February 1. Prior to that time several thousand persons who were subscribers to the 1928-29 season had renewed their subscriptions for the coming year, and already a large number of seats has been taken. The demand for subscription tickets this year is certain to be much heavier than ever before in the history of t-he company. The renewals have been unprecedented, and public interest in the new opera house has been manifested bv the numhers of advance reservations r~ccived by mail before the public sale opened. The number of subscription tickets sold will be strictly limited in every category, in order that provision may be made for box office ·sale. For the benefit of patrons who are not familiar with the subscription plan, Opera Topics, organ of the company, explains just what constitutes a subscription ticket. During the coming year there will be thirteen Tuesday nights', thirteen Wednesday night.5, thirteen Thursday nights, and thirteen Saturday matinees at regular prices, every one of which constitutes a subscription series. Subscribers choose the series which best suits them, and become owners of the same seats for every performance of the series during the entire season. Furthermore, subscription seats are sold for the thirteen performances at the regular price of twelve seats at the box office, Subscribers thus obt'ain ·one performance free. Harriet Mason Soloist With Symphony Feb. 10 Rachmaninoff, Segovia in Chicago This Sunday Two outstanding musicians of the decade will present programs in Chicago Sunday, February 10, in the persons of Sergei Rachmaninoff, world renowged pianist and composer, and Andres Segovia, the great Spanish guitarist. Mr. Rachmc1ninoff appears in recital in Orchestra hall Sunday afternoon, while Mr. Segovia will be heard at the Studebaker l1heatre, also during the afternoon. Both artists appear under auspices of Bertha Ott, Inc. SYMPHONY CONCERT FEB. 11 The fourth concert in the series presented by the Little Symphony orchestra of Chicago this season is scheduled for Monday evening, FebruSIMONS IN RECITAL Charlotte Simons, soprano, is sched- ary 18. The soloist for this occasion uled to present a recital at The Play- is to be announced later. house Sunday afternooq, February 10. EXPLAIN MUSIC WORK The appearance is arranged by Bertha A representative of Ginn and comOtt, Inc. · pany, book publishers, 6ave demonstrations this week of how music classes PLAY JOINT RECITALS should be conducted in the lower grade Rudolph Reuter, piani'.;t, and Jacques rooms at the Joseph Sears school, Gordon, violinist, are to appear in joint Kenilworth. recital in Kimball hall on three Tuesday evenings during the next three SENIOR MUSIC CLUB MEETS months. Their first program is sc:hedThe Senior Music club of New Trier uled for Tuesday evening, February 12. High school held its regular fortnightOther recitals will be given March 5 ly meeting this week at the home of and A.pril 2. Bertha Ott, Inc., has ar- Ellen Katz, 515 Central avenue, Wilranged these appearance~~o mette. most utters, so articulate · are his orchestral interpretations. Seldom in America are the four music dramas presented in such close sequence. Seldom, too, are they given with director, principals, musicians, technical and stage directors, all from the leading opera house in Germany. And perhaps never before has so capable and dependable array of talent of this sort appeared in America in one company.