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Monday, Nov. 17 "A great personality» is a fre- quent phrase lused in praise of Rich- ard Bonelli, leading baritone of the Chicago ýCivic Opera company, who W*111 appear in recital on Monday evening,- November .17ý, at 8:30 o'clock,, under the auspices of the Winnetka. Music club.. Bonelli is said. to possess* one of the -most remarkable baritonle voices * of, the present day, and >he is said to have great interprétative intelli- gence." It is said that Bonelli's voice is o--dct and beautiful'. so big and resonant that one. has the, feel- ing when bhe sings%, that ail is, right with the world, 1 that there ,is notbing. to, worry about for h e bas bis job weIl in band. The Dallas News comn- mented on bis. performance of "La Traviata" saying "A great individual success. The man's voice is nothing. short of gorgeous. There is f ullness, roundness,; resonance, com.pass, and witbal a sharp cutting edge maýking it eloquent for dramatic utterance." Richard Stokes wrote in the New York Evening World, "An operatic baritone of authentic calibre was in- troducéd to New York listeners by * Richard Bonelli, a lumninary of the Chicago Civic Opera comnpany, wbo appeared before a large and admnir- ing audience at'Carnegie Hall. Mr. Bonelli disclosed a voice ringing and virile, with an upper range of dis- *tinguished quality, a 'voice perfectly discïplined to any comnmands be placzed upon i *H. T. Parker of the Boston Tran- script said, "Mr. Bônelli was the, particular discovery and pleasure off the eveninig. He-.excel4> in sensuous- songi. Skill,,:tastè, design guide him., 'He shades musically, he colors sig- nificantly,. characterizing, as h ings. His'presence is agreeable; he shuns - the convention*al artifices of operatic acting; with perception, mneasiire and resource he evokes old Germiont as a personage ini 'lyric drama.' " Iis * .programn next Monday evenling will be as follows: MISS MANCHESTER PLAYS Miss Pauline Manchester, Glencoe pianist, and Oliver Mellum, baritone of Lake Bluff, will givé a musicale at the Club Vista ciel Lago on Sun- day afiernoon,: Novenmber_16, at 4 :30 o'éIock. in Italfan by the Chicago Civic Opera company on Monday evening. No- vember 17, at 8 o'clock. Miss Claudia Muzio will be heard as Santuzza, Jenny T1ourel as Lola, Maria Claes- sens as Lucia,. Antonio Cortis 1 as, T'uriddu and Desire Defrere as Alio. Roberto Moranzoni will conduct. The, opera will be followed by "I Pagliacci" sungk in Italian by, Hilda Burke as"Necda, Charles, Marshall as Canio, Ciuseppe Cavadorie as Beppo, and John Charles Thomas as Tonio. Frank St..Leger 11l conduct. On Tueàdav. evening, Noveniber- 18, "Tihe Jewels_ of the- Madonna" will be sung in Italian with Rosa Raisa as Maliella, Maria Claessens as Car- mela,, Antonio Cortis as Gennaro, Giacomo Rimini as Rafaele, and- a large SUpportingcat. Ruth Pryor,: Edward Caton, Julia Barashkovaýn, Marion Finihoît andi the ballet wil be presented. Rolberto Moranzoni will conduct. On Wednesday eveniniV "Madame Butterfly" is scheduled, with Mary Mecormic as Cho-Cho-San, Irene, Pavloska as Suzuki, Charles Hackett as Pinkerton, Giaconto Rimini as Sharpless, and others. 'the opera will be followed by deFalla's ballet, "L'Amour Sorcier." Frank St. Leger will conduct the opera. On Thursday even'ing, November 20, the contpany will give its first performance of "Die Meistersinger" in German, with Lotte Lehman as Eva, Maria Olszewska as Magdalena, Rene Maison as Walther, Oscar Col- caire as David, Hans Hermann Nis- sen as Hans Sachs, Eduard Habicb as fleckmesser, Alexander Kipnis as Pogner, and a strong supporting, cast. Egon Pollak'wiIl conduct. On Satu rday afternoo n, November 22, "L'Amore dei.,TIre Re" will b£ offered in Italian by Claudia Muzio as Fiora, Rene Maison as Avito, Cesare Formichi. as. Manfredo, Vir- giliô Lazzari as Archibaldo. and AT PLAYHOUSE NOV. 23 Esther Cadkin, sopraino, will give ber annual recital at the Playhouse on Sun'day afternoon, Novei»ber, 23, at 3:30 o'clock, under: the direction of. Bertha: Ott. solist witn te. Ch.icago bymiphony orchestra at the weekend pai-, of concerts on Friday afternoon, No- vemiber 21, and' Saturday evening, November 22. He will sing the reéitative and aria, ëf Orestes., "Ihr die das Land des wilden Voikes schuetzet," f r o m "Iphigenie auf Taurus" by Gluck; an aria of Orestes, "Ibr die ibr mi.ch, verfolgt," from . the saine opera, by Guk; "Arioso aus Cantata con Stronmente"y called- "Danký sel dir H-err" by Handel, three songs by Wolf, "Der Freund," "Und wîllst du deinen Liehst en"', and "Der Ratten- faenger' and Wotani's farewell from "Die Waukuere" byWagner. The orchestra will play Ranieau's suite in G niinor, orchestral f rag. ments from Ravel's "Daphnis et iChloe," and Strawinsky's suite fron, "Petroucbka." ?ianist in Continuai 1Tour of the World "AIl the world's a stage"ý to Alex- ander Brailowsky, pianist, whose career keeps him.conistanily 'vibrat- ing between the. continents. Every season since 1924. bas found bum in the United States for four mionths. The rest of the year is divided be- tween Europe and other parts of the globe. He wiIl give a recital on Sun- day aftern.oon, November 23, at the Studebaker tlieater, under 'the direc- tion of Bertha Ott. Argentina TI -RTpeat Performance Sunday La Argentina, the,.dancing idol of tbre'e continents,' who opened her. third* Chicago season at Orchestra Hall in. October, with a completely soldY out bouse, Will give a, returni perfornmance on Sunday afternoon, November 16, at 3 :30 o'clock, in Or-. chestra Hall -under the direction of Bertha Ot t. Owing to the fact that Miss SEIFER COMING Ma eline Seifer, a young Cificago pianist, will be sponsored by Bertha Ott in a recital on Sunday afteriioon, Novemnber .23, at the Civic theater, ait 3 o'clock. By RutheJa L Pret..I The Don Cossacks, tbe ntarvelous singing maie chorus of 36 Russians, will be beard in Chicago -on Sunday afternoon, Novemnber- 23,- at 3 :30 o'clock, and on, Wednesday evening, November,26, at 8:15 o'clock, at Or- chestra Hall .under tbe dire'ction of, Bertha -Ott. Under the leadership of tbeir. direC7 tor,' Serge jaroffithese men provide one of the. most exciting experi 1ences in the life of tbe ;concert goer. For, the pastfive seasonsthey: have b een touring Europe, creating, a furof'e of entbusiasm. Like a stupendous or- chestra, tbev are played upon b% thei r magnetic ý leader. They sing everytbing ,without .the ,preliminary ",giving of the note," -vhile the coin- pa'ss of, the voices ranges froM A be- iow the bass to D of the fourth line in the treble clef. .What. they bave to offer the public, is unique., They should be beard in their stormy >rendition of "Th.e Cap-. tive, Cossack," or "The Red Sarafen," or better y et, in the. well ý.known. "'Volga Boat Song.". They make an. effectý of startling heauty in. theirt gradation of the dirge-like .cry 'Ehj uchnjem" in -the latter.. -It steals upon the air as from a great dis- tance, grows t o a bitter outburst of despair, then sinks again to a faînt. rnurmur, dying to stillness as the out- stretched arms of the leader sink to bis side in a rbythinic close ôf the measure. Weary, dully resigned. voices that bring to mind i the un- kçmpt"urai of the Volga river- bank, as they drag the, heavy barges through the shallows. during the sea- son of summer drouth.ý The' eff ect on the hearer1 is, extraordinary. In fact, during the entire prograni, one is swept along froin one emotion to another. One wfitnesses the> Rus- sian soul in its mood of religious fer- 111 "Musette" from "Armide" Alsaciennes" . ... ........ Massenet Duet for violoncello and clarinet "In the Villane" f rom "Scenes Poetiques" ...........Godard "Intermezzo" from'"Coyescas ... ............. Granados Two Amerîcan Dances 1. "Frorn the Canebrake" . Gardner 2. "Turkey mn the Straw"..Guion Hungarlan Rhapsody No. 2.. iz