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~ July 5, 1929 W LMETTE that he, too, may be included in this group. Ravinia's second week of the current season will formally begin Sun- LIFE 39 BASTILLE DAY FEATURE ON .RAVINIA SCHEDULE Sunday, July 7, to Be Given Over to French Music; Great -Chorus to Appear .\nother "seven opera" week is i·1 ·ncling at Ravinia, Louis Eckstein :1 :t Ying found it nccc~ sary to give an 1 _ , tra performance oi Charpentier's n· alistic French work "Louise" ~t on·. a_ ,. night. July 8. in response to th e Tn any requests \\'hich ha\'e come to him. It will be remembered th at this oJ H .' ra \\'as the offering when Havinia' .~ .til n i n·rsa ry \\'a s oh ser ved T ue ~cl:t v night . June 25, and. itl addition to th-e lhttal heavy demand inr tickets. which '-l'L'tlls to h~vc hc:come the rule \\·hen t·n·r this \\·ork is sun,q at Ra,·inia, a block of more than -HlO scat.; "·as takl'n by an organization. " ·ith the re:-;ult that many \rho macle late application at the lHlx-offlre found it dn·nid oi tickets fur this particular night. TfO\ren:·r. thcst' mu~ic lon·r s will h]'t\·e tlwir onpnrtunit\· :\fonda_,. night. Juh- R. \\·hen- the t'xtr·a perf,lrtnance is .~i,· cn 1)\· the ~ame ca .-; t heard ea rlier in the · ~easnn. Thi ~ means t h ;:t t ~rIlle. Y ,·on m· Ca 11 \\'iII han.: t h r n a lllL' p a r t \r i t h E <h q r d J o h 11 .;on nppos ite her as Julien. that J.e, ·n 1\nthicr \rill sing th e part ni the father and that Julia Claus::;en "·ill he the 1110t her . it last Saturday night, when Vice-president Charl~s C. Curtis was among the enthusiastic auditors. Mme. Rethberg will again have the title role which day afternoon, July 7, with a concert is one of the greatest. in her by the Chicagq Symphony orchestra while Giovanni Martinelli will be the under the direction of Eric DeLamar- heroic and dramatic -Radames. This ter. The program is of ge.ne~a.l inte:-~ time h~wever, Giuseppe Danise, baricst and Jacques Gordpn, v10ltmst, w1ll tone, \\·til be cast as Amonasro one of be the soloist, playing Kreisler'.s I the great roles of his repertoire'. Others "Chinese T~mhourine." All seats will be to he heard in this thrilling work are fr~e. for thts concert, the general acl- Mme. RQurskaya, ,..,·ho will sing the mtsston at the gate covering every- part of the picturesque Ammeris, Virthing. On Sunday night, Verdi's ever gilio Lazzar.i wh-o will be heard rrs popular opera"Aida" will be presented Ramfis for the fir st time this season, with almost the sa me cast heard in (Continued on page 40) re~ertoire, VE'lERDIABIAM I'BAMK B. ERWDI Specializing in the treatment of your best friends, the uoog aad Cat" All Calls Receive My Personal Attention LADY ASSISTANT 1000 Ridge Ave. Wilmette 3347 Begin National Concerts makes announcement I at thi s tim e of the ·opening of the . eric:; oi national concerts ·sunda\' afternoon. J uh· .1-t. " ·hen Bastille Da,~. the great nat~onal holida,· of Franc-e>, will he observed \\·ith a- program of French mu sic. Thi s celebration ha s been arranged h~· )Jr. Eckstein in conjunction with the Count de Fcrrv de Fontnouvelle. French . con ttl fn.r Chicago, and La Chorale Francai sc rle Chica~o. under the direction of Charles Lagourgue. will appear a s a feature attraction. A festal program has hc·~ n planned with the Chicago Symphony orchestra. under the direction of Eric DeLamarter, presenting numbers h~· some of the best knmYn French compo. ers including Berlioz. Chabrier. LaCombe, Masscnct and Saint-Saen:-;. Alfred \Vallenstein, cclli::;t. will he the soloist with the orchestra. but \Yhcn Saint-Saens' "The Deluge" is presented. it \Yill give Jacqucs Gordon, vio linist, the opportunit~· to play the solo part "·hich is included it\ this. \\'ork. Mr. Wallenstein's solo group \\'ill he in four parts anrl will be representatiYe of Couperin, GlazonO\\·, Debussy and Boulanger. Hear Choral Program During the secot'd l1art of the program La ~])orale Franc.aise de ·Chica,qo. which, under the baton of \f r . LaGourgue, has come to occupy a position of prime importance in the mu:'ical life of this communih·. ·\\'ill appear. They will sing many ·of the finest Frcncl. Chorales, including some rare old folk music and much of more recent composition. Among the later works to be offered \\'til. he one called "American Mar~eillaise" '"hich wa s comnosed a little n1orc than fl. year ago. lw Mr. Lagourgue . And the Frenc-h Marseitlaist> too, th<\t stirring song of patriotic fervor " ·hich is constantl." heard in France. will occupy a po sttion of honor. being sung- hy no less an artist than Leon Rothier. Frenrh hasso of the Ravinia Opera forces. ~he opera to he presented in the e:·c.nm : ; is quite in keeping with the sptrit r~f this French holidav. hcing- Gounod s French work. "Romeo and Tuliet" "·!th Mme. Galt. Mr. Johnson. Mr. ~otl;ter and Mr. Defrere in thP four pnnctnal roles. Mme. (~all. ~{ r. Rothier and Mr . Defrere are all · representative of thr French contingent at RaYinia, while Mr. Johnson sings French so perfectly ?\f r. Eckstein Thousands of improvements in central office equipment in 5 years IN last five years there have been hundreds of improvements of major importance in telephone central .office equipment in the Bell System, and lesser improvements by . the thousands. 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