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/ 40 WILMETTE LIFE October 18. 1929 Music News and Events · Novelties to Feature Civic Opera Program; Repertoire Complete Sunday Recitalist 0':1 Club Program Critic Withholds Definite 0. K. on · Opera-in-Englis/l Three non·lt ies and four revivals By Rutheda L. Pretzel ha H he en included in the repertoir~ It \\"ill se em hcn.·tical tn such Op<:rai()r the 19.?9-30 season of the Chicago in - Engli sh crusader s a s Eleanor EverCi,·ir Opera fir:-.t season in the new est Freer, hut a ft c r \·iewing- ior thl' CiYic Opera hou~e. \\'acker dri,·e at fir st time a pwduction by the Ameri :\1 adi so n street. can Opera co mpany, we fl'lt that the taste fnr opera in our 0 \\"11 language Tlw tlO\'t' lt it·s are "Cam ilk." by the mu st he an acquired que. Thl' pcry(1ung Chicag o composer, Hati1ilton inrmat1ce \\'it nessed \\'as "Y t)landa of Forre st. to he sung- in French. and C~ (lrtt s," gin·n its \\·orJd premien.· ];tst "r ri<' !)\· Pietro :\1 asragni and "Con\\T<.'k. rhlt:t" ,;,. l\irrar<ln Zand o nai. to be ~ ung in ·I talian. fn our t i r ~ t acquaintance \\ ith Ope-ra - in- English it seemed thc llH' all s The rcYi,·als arc "Don Quichottee" I ddeah.' d the end . ftH' we \\'t'rl' ~ u in ll\· :\1 a ~:-. t·nl't, to he :-.tmg in French; tcn't upon hearing cn:r"y \\'ord ~pokcn "bit: ( ~nett<.' r<lacmmcrung " by Richard that \\'e almost lost the ·raisnn d' ct rc \\'agncr, tn he sung in Cerman. and of nncra- thc mn~ic. :\11 about us pa"II Taharro" ·h,· Ciacomo Puccini a :t d "I.a · l.O..)rza de( Destin o" by Giu sq 1pe tron~ \\'ere sitting forward in their \' erdi. tl) he sung in ltalian . st.·ats .' straining to catch every phra se. The s tandard repcrtoin· will b e To he ahlc to get only an occas ional rhn scn irlllll the fnllowing works: \\'c)rd or sentence w o uld ha\'e been an " :\ida,·· "Falstaff." "Othell o," "Rigolctaggra \·at ion. Words May Be Distracting tn, " "La Tra\·iata" and "Jl Troyatorc" hy GiusepJW \ ' crdi: "Cianni Schicchi," \\'hen the orchestra · swclh.:d up\\'ard "La lh)hcme." "~fadallll' Buttcrfh" in support oi the emotional pitch. r.r and "La Tosca" by Giacomo Puccitii; \'()\\'l'ls \\TI'l' hlurred together in tht' "l)(ln (;ioranni" and "Tht :\fa(riage of mell>dir line. nne ktd to restrain t)ne \ Figaro" hy :\lozart": "Xnrma" by Belimpatienn· with a !-> Cil~e oi humor. lini: "Do n Pa~quak" and "Lucia di ~{adamc Florenct· .\ustralni the Cn- Josephine Lydston-S<.·yl, soprano. :-\ftt:·r all. w~ _tell ?ttrseh·cs, the ::-,tory l.amna·rn!llur" 1)\· Dnnizctti; "The ,·cnt Gardl'n Opt.: ra cPmpany will gi\'c ,,·hose home is in \\' innetka. is tL1 prc-j t_~ nnt great!~· m1patred at the los ~ of a Barber of ~r,· ille·.. ln· Ro ssini. "Mar- the first nf thi~ season ' s :\rtist-Re- ~ s<.'t1t a costume recital in the Chicago I ~L.,,. ~~.·~ltl'nccs! , llad thc npcra been tha" )),· Floto\\', "'l'hc jcwess" by ci~als in tht auditorium n~ Xew Trier \\·oman's club <!udit~1rium ~.unday l 111. Italt:~n t)r _T·:·cncl~ , we. woul<! ha\'~ I blt.·v,·. " La (~iunmda" by Ponchielli Htgh school ~fot_lda~· l'\·ct.nng. Or_ tobe_r aitcmnun at 3 :3(.) 0 clock. la . rn .H' I I ~lad_ 1h.L st·l·)r~ _.tn<.l_ ~ t:_ t_tk~l hack com and ··i;:\morc dei Tre l{c'; h"· MonteI 1 )rt thl to e · tt \crtttcd and unf0lded -' 21_. The hour nt. the r_ t·cttal. \~: l11rh 1~ Pt' \\Trs. ,harpist, will ~>e tht' a:-.stst111g . ( ' . ~ . . , : " .t. . _ ., . . . ., _ mezzi. all to h\.· sung in Italian; "Car- gl\·cn tmd<..·r au~pKe:-. Ill thL· \\ 11111 l'tka . artist. 1 he program ts < lllll OllllC ed a~ : 1n tht. \ c ~1u .tnd gntur~ s ot the : -, ll_lg men" In· Bizet. "Fau. t" and "Romeo \lu sic club . i ~ R p'rJuck. iullo\Y S: , l'r, and 111 the _ harmon1c constructt<lll . 1 and lufil't" h\' Counod, "Samson and and dnqut.·nre ot the orche~tral arcnm lklil ;lh" by Saint - Sacns, "Louise " lJy . .lnh 11. .-\madcu~ . " ·pr!d .n: llll\\1!~·<1 tLlllt- j ~ 1 ' 1 Frt·n<·h . . panimL·nt. L'ndot1htedh· after hcar l'harpentier, "I.e J o ngleur de Notre tst . \\'tll ht· the a ~ ~t:-.tlllg artt-.t nt·xt 1 1.·. ,. J:~·ll·· :-: .\l : tlltl ·_r· ·~ . \\ ····l···rl! 11 ing se\T ral pcrfo rmatlt.' <.'S 1)\· thL· .\mer 1 l)ailll·" . ·ttl<l .,,.]'ha 1 '.s " I)\' ~.Ias"erlet and ~!nuda\'. . . 1 ·'l! a n:-:oll d·· .\ran·· .\nt"ttlt ·tk "' · . ~1.\T·HI .l < tl·' d':-:" n ; tr:u1 0. pera company ~> Ill' ~ ears 1)t:·(.om.~ 1 1 "Pr.Jka s a11d ).!eJisa!IJl'" by Debu ss y, The prngram ha, hl'cn a tllltlll tll't'd .t~ ~,,. J: ., i :· l·'ai t ll:c ttr 1 . arrll:'tomed tn tlw l·.nglt sh, and 11 _ ~: -, · T< lllllH·ur tl) ht· sung in Frt·nch: and "Lohcngrin,·· iollP\\'~ : I llt·o<lat d t· :-;,.\···r:tt' ! pn :;s thk to concentrate tlll tht· llllb tc. "Tannhau~cr," "Tristan und Isolde" r. 1 1 · : 11 .11 :1 , -: 1 1 "'" ul'<lr:tin L '<ltl:-oigning the \\·nrd~ Ill a rightful 1 and "Die \\'alkucrc" by Richard \Vag- .\ria : L.·i:-:· ·. l.t·b·· ! Ft'tll ll " I 1··r . .Jn:-:t·phin· · l..\·d:-: ton-:-; l'.\·1 1 -.l'condan· plac e. · I D R k ]' b R' h Frt·b, ·ltutz" l \\ ~ · J, · t · ner an< ·· l' r oscn ·ava 1cr y IC ..\Ii ,.,. .\u :-: tr:tl .\rn lll' ~ttll· · lh·hu:-::-: .\·-l'""· ~ · t·. Ch · . 1 arc! Strau s to he sung in German. En J:att·au "vbu!-i;y- l"'"" 'r . ar~mg 0 .. P~ra . '1' he comp 1 · · 1 d' II. I . "\ ·1landa of \'JII'l! :; · .. 1:-. a . .· rhamnng etc repertoire, mc u tng :-; 011 a ta :\,, ·I t:a, ·h j ".\ giL tt.... t'n·m l'nltdllh·llt· . , · (_ :. , . 1 Ct.nt_ut~ opc...t,l .\\lltfln 1 tiLHTltics, re,·i,·als and the standard "\ndantt· .\lit llll'lt ·· \ ' i\·u·· ·· ·. l~n l' hm : utinr,ft-PI·W· · r \t. tu.n1l )~ \Hlrks number s ft)rty opl.'ras of which l·'in :tl )l· ·'· 'tll· ·nt ft ·11n1 t ···n ~ ... n " i1 1 < arnwl l'oWt'l ' (larc..·nce l,()Omt s. and tn ~ ptred hy th e twent\·-four arc to be sung in Italian, I> · .\J.,z:c.n : Yt·nt·tian poetic drama by Calc Young Hit..~e . . · · 1'rcnrh . 1 SIX · · ' :\l r . . \nt:tdo ·u:-: I'o sa\·l' the queen. who:- .: ward ~hc I S, ten 111 anu 111 l.erman. \'l'lwzi a Ill. .\ll~:t -:\lcJJ· uiug in Saint .\lark' ;-; Squar.· fr om being clisl'0\'t.: rt.·d h~· the king in Xt ·,·in Spr~~ ~~ the arms oi a lnn:r. Yolanda take~ 1 <:r\·kht ·tt ant SpiHnrado · :\;t('h( lllld T:tl'llllll' :-'t ·lntlwn · :ondollit·ri ru t h (. I 11 I . De·. M uenzer T rto Ight s Auf dt ·lll \\" aS~l' l' Zll :-;il lf.!t·ll I' '"I II;~ . · th e <jt!t.'('ll':-. pbrc..· as thl' king appears :\ (' \'In ~pro::- .-. . . .. C I Large Audience Sunday Lil'lH'strt ·u 1 ' ~··a ltt n" r ·,nzutll· .\nt ttr~.. , .,.t,t·!ian Lon· :-;otlg- 1\nth uprai sed kmte. amc:ron. t H ' Zwd Zig, ·utt \' l'li· ·tlt·t· I x ,.,·in :-;pros:-: I g uilty <li1C, and Yolanda are nrdnrd B cit" :\li ~:-: . \ll :-:( l'; i) · ]' II ,. . . Y r ac l! tt, na :\ o ttl'~ ·:tt'··w(· ·.'d ' \ ' 11 1 :-;p, ·o : - ~ tn wed. The king's son :\maur~· heThe ~ixth serie~ ni reritals splltl. lll·,·d n·. I .lr·:-:t·Jlhnw Ly!l:-:lon-St·.\·1 -, . · 1 ·. 1 1. ,. 1 I· · . · 1 1 D"Jlpl ·r t lhligato .-\l·(·ompanim 1 ·nt IJ~· 1<.' \C:-. Ill lb 1C~rt t 1.tt rO atH.l ts 1n ' :\tlt'llll'l t.· (f,.r flut. · itt 1:-n:1t ) Fra tlk J:ri<lf!' ' ~Tax Thl·lllJ)!-ir·tl. ('l'ili:-:t nocent, hut he IS forced 1o accept her ll\· tht.· · ' urtl! ~hPrc (. hamhcr ~tusir )lot" l'· ·t·p· ·Ll!o :\s:-.ori.atiun \\-~t.s l)pencd au~piriuu .·ly .\Ir .\n l:t d(· u" 1~\'\t · il J)·.\rm(·ur ('artllt'l 1'1 1\\·r·t · , spoken guilt. and his betrothal tn Ynla:-.t ~litHia\· attcrn~>t.lll ':;· tht.' \\ell Y. ,. l~l' \l'ri l·. , lh·hu~~ ~·-,I'tl":'· r ' Ianda is broken . ]u!->t at the clos~: oi 1 " (' llttz ~he wedding- ccremom·, a maid ankn11\~- ~! · ":\luenzcr 1 no. I h_t.·~ ~· thr ee St·gui.cliJl, . _ ..\I:tnu'·! 1>,· Fall:l tlll~ 1 ) :'\ on,·,·gl:ttt J,:~l\~~:n..l J' u\n·r llllbtCians- Hans ":\ltH.' I1Zt..'r, nultu, llans (lh·dH·att·d Il l :\Iact:tnt .. { l:tud.· llt·hus~~· ) , . ,. 11-t tl . : ·, I · I . I · · I T .· x Yc·ll)o.. l' ·· n · l'·tiH' " 1 Suturs of .\uotlu·r lilt,. nnunu." 1a l C qu<.:Ul 1~ < ta(. an( K.l.>l'lhcr. ~~l,lo. , an_ d. Hu~!~_'IJ~l~ . \\ agth·~·: .\t·la : l'l.~t:-: Fraltd P:tn :-: ~~~~~ ' ' .. I :\o Sir <;Ill Engli!-ih _\nlanda's sacri_(tce becomes us~less . Jllanll-prot,t~t~d .'{S 1thc11 . h1 :-.t n~llnhcl 1 ( Ht~r·u~·ttt· . .~ioun .. d \\'ill! 1 ·, 1 urtJ~· <ira(···-.A (;aYoth· I he last :-rene ts the strongest ot all, the Bralm~s I rtLI m J, l_ n;l)nr. a trt(l tll_l -~ !l·t·.,m "l.a l~t· in. · d. · :->a h:t) Old \Vorl<l DatH·t·~. :\lonta~·ut· l. 'hilliJ)~ fM it is here that the music rise, to . . ~lrpa:-.:-.ed ~~~ tht: field _ot chanth~r lllll: "tc ~li,.:-: Austral Jn tlw O:!Y . Olth·.n '~'~r.tll'-A ~~e:u.c ' . . . height..: and is particularlY descriptiYc lth: ratnrc tnr attracttn.' llll'IPdtt·:-., nrh VI. . Ol1l \\olltl D.tnns, .:\lo!lt<~,.,~H I htlltps . I . , ·l· 'I - . . . .' ., I . · E,·l·n·wlh: re I t;.. \\"a stlwJ!t.' :\lartin lou Bettt.·r A~k l\1 (:·- An ln!-ih ~~~ng· Lohr cll tIt tr.tgu ~- ·' .tS!'i l!'i sung 0\Cr t 1c ha;!nonJes, and ma~tcrh· structure. Fin· ·Eyt·s .\nnstrong· Uibb~ .Jo~pphirw Ly<lston-:St·yl l>ndy of the queen, a11d Yolanda is de l hl' st·rond . ~mmbt.· r pb\·ed .II\· th·: l{ude _ Wind. ~·rut>l :->t>~t Katlwrint· Ult>n Edouard Nies-Berg-er at the ·piat,o nnunccd hy the irate old king. Rut :\I ut·nzer mu strt;t.th \\· a~ tht.· ~metana , \I lei uta <A Jo.\·uu~ Lastt·t·. . tht:· <turen snd<l"nh- rc,·ives suft1cicntl\· T · · (' · · · · . · 1 . ll'·k· T hnrut) Ul'ontlur - ~lntTts . · ~ _ . . . . . fl() Ill _. r 11111101, ~1 jO\ Ill ltl IC ll_lg ' . :\lb::-; .\ustral Civic Music Association tu proclatm her 0\\'11 guilt and the 111·. · t ,, (~l llll!l_(l ... ltl!ln. pre~tn~tng numhl·r~l'~~ ,(,hf· t, IJ 1 noccnce oi Yolanda . . As she dies 11 f lt II .:\tis ::'\pJ~Oll :tt 111 f oncerts ...-\maury It'll. It' ~. a. :O.l!CL'L'~:-. t ll ll , . ( It.·a 1 t .\\'It I1. .II H .' . a ns eason 0 kills Cameron in a duel. plaYtng ol the~e t\\'o pr(lducttnns gan' · ~uch pka~urt· tn the mt·mhers ni thl' .GALLI-CURCI RECITAL The CiYic U usic association of ChiEffectively Staged 1111\hUall\' lar«e all<lit.·nn· that tlll.'\' The music is beautifully adapted to ,. ., Amelita Galli-Curci, \\'orld reno\\'ned rago will offer again thi's season the in~i~ttd ltJHll1 an et1Ct ll'l'. ,,·hid1 \\'as soprano, is to be heard in . a recital series t)f free · artist concerts \\'hich the text, and is knit into a harmonious granttd them in the f(·rm tll a n·i·,· Sundar aiternnun. October 20 in Or- han~ been so Important a feature ot whole. There are few arias. Rosing · delightful Intl'rnH.·zzl\ \\ritten by a its work, in the past. These \\'ill he directed the opera, ~saac Van Grove Chicago composer . · chestra llall. Mme. Galli-Curci ap- given in Chicago in parks and play- directed the orchestra, and Hobert EdSundav aftern(\Pll. :\(,,·ember ·ti. the pears under the· auspices nf Bertha g'nmnds whose location and dates mond Jones designed the costumes and Ott. Inc. The hom of the recital is Rarrere Ensemble ni Xt·w Ynrk. a 3 30 will he announced in a later bulletin. scenerv. Much is done with curtains small orchestra nf excellent plan·r~. : o'clock. -\ number of the artist concerts will and a ·semi-dark stage. Drops painted will present a nrol.!'ram that all l(wc:rs include community singing under the in a simple, splashy way add strength of music will find ext rtmel~· plcasin~~· GIVE JOINT PROGRAM din·ction of Frederick \V. Carberry. to the scenes. Simplicity of line and Those who heard thi~ ensemble last Georgia Kober, pianist, and Irving Christma~ carols again will be sung hy color lend a distinct note of poetry vear were so delil.!'hted that the\· urged \\'. Gielow, haritone, will give a joint groups from the children's classes and elegance to the opera. One has a return enJ.raJ,!'ement . The leader r·f recital at the Playhouse Sunday af- which will be heard at the Art Insti- a feeling of spaciousness, and the eye this J.rroup, Georlle Rarrf:'re. is without ternoon, Octoher 20, at 3 :30 o'clock. tute, the Stevens hotel, Lyon and is not di~tracted by a cluttered stage. doubt the foremost flute Yirtuoso in The program is under the au'ipices of Healy's and in the Venetian Court of Therefore the scenery does its part _ t he world. Bertha Ott. Inc. . Fine Arts building. towards making the music supreme. 1 1 1 1 . . . . . 1 .... I I 1 1 PI s c ...