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Marie Sidenius Zendt returned last week from Denmark with a renewed f zest for life, and a soprano voice thit is even more iovely. than before. She has- been in ber native country since May, visiting relatives, studying daily with the. well known teacher, Herr Andre Brénms, in Copenbagen, and ap- pearing in, concerts. Now sbe is again in b ler sumnier, home in. Wilimette, Iearning the cbarmning Danishi songsý adthe rare ciassics she brought back with bier. eo'great was. Madame Zendt's 'suc- cess in D)enîniark,-thiat.she.bas been enigagecl to return in November to. sing three conicerts in Denniark, at Copeilhagen, Mail, and Nk0ing- Falster, and One in SNvedeni, at Gote- borg.. She lia 's been askedà also to co)me back next spring to sing witb the Tivoli orcbestra- in Copenhagen. Herr Schnedler-Petersen, director of the orchestra, said that Madame Zendt's voice was tbe best Americani voice lie has heard. Given Mighty Ovation Madame* Zendt appeared witb two opera stars before the Artist. and Journalists association, at its annua! midsummer festival ln tbe Bellevue Strand bot'el, in Copenbagen'recentiv So enthusiastic was ber audience about her voice that sbe was given an - ovation in applause. Wbien she modestly declined to appear for an1 encore, the audience broke into the- famous and thriliing rhythmical clack,i which starts slowly and gains mo- I mentum as feet and palms pound outi the curious rhythm. Still réfraining f rom appearing. Madame Zendt was finally persuaded to give two encores by the president of the association. The concert was broadcast over Europe, and came to America on a short wave length.,Fol - iowing it, Mrs. Zendt received numer- ous letters froin listeners wbo comn plimenbted her upon hier beautif ni voice. Lily Lamprecht, soprano, andJ Paul Hansen, tenor (called the Ru- dolph Valentino of Denmark), pre- ceded Madame Zendt on the prograni Herr'B. Christiansen. the most fam- Charles~ Stein, considered Amer 1 ca's foremost exponent of th Tberemin "ether wave" instrumeni bas returned to Chicago from a na tional tour with the scientific inven t tion. He played the instrument il Wilmnette last season, and bas beei beard sevieral. times in Cbicago, a weli a.s over tie radio in worid-widi short. weave progr-ams. The' Theremin1 is an instrumen Wbich. produces musical sound ex clusively by electrical means.' Ossil Gabriiowitscb, conductor of the De troit Symnphony, orchestra, says, thai "àt opens a vistaof *unlitiit'ed. possibil. .ities ini the future. deveiopmnefit n miusical art.)' It resemibies, ar orchestra cond'uctor's stand wîvltl inetai antenniae or rods. Oiîe -of these antenlnae extends. ver- ticaily fromi the top of the instru- ment. This- is the, pitcb antenna The other is ini the formn of a iooped horizontal bar wbich céontrois thc volume. XVben the right hiand is rnoved toward 'the vertical antenna thé electrical field surrou.nding it -is so affected tbat atudio-f requency notes are, produced. These are amn- plified by,.tubes in the set and are ,prOduced, through *a ioud speaker. As.'the h land, is brought nearer the %vertical. antenna the pitvb become Iiigher;,- and as it is witbdrawn tbe. ilo tes are loNver. The volume control antenna or looped horizontal bar is controlled bthe lef t band. When tbe band is moved toward the bar the volume is decreased, and wben it is raised, the volume is increased to a great inte.nsuty. The toue of the Thermi n is ricb anid full, and bas a range of about tbree and one-baîf octaves. In the lower register it sounds like a bas- soo or 'cello, furtber up the scale t is more like a violin, and at a stili îigber point.can .be said to represent a liuman voiee wb.en bumming. Bourskaya, to Sing "Carmen" Marie Siden jus Zendt, Soprano, is again cstablishèd in her Wilmettc honte «t 719 Park avenue, for the siner. She has just retiurned front concert engagemients in Dent-. mark, zt'here she was accorded sig- iral hon ôrs. For twentizy years she has mnade her honte in Wilrniette f'uriug the summner, spending the tri . ter seasonit stChiicago. second time this season. Mr. Wind- heim's role of WenzeI is bis most famous one at Ravinia, a master- piece of humor whicb drawsý the at- tention of the entire audience when- ever he appears on the stage. His ridiculous grin, bis engaging stutter, and his round, serions' eyes neyer fail to'elicit spontaneous cbuckles. Madame Rethberg's role of Marie shows ber ini such a new igbt at Ravinia. that her audiences are ai- ways delighted at ber comediennle How Toscanini directed the first rebearsai of "Parsif ai" at. Baireutiî this season was toid 'by Dr. Walde- mar Rosen, who watcbed hlm tbrougli a window, and'wbo .Wrote, of bis ex- >erine to the Leipziger, Neueste Nacbricbteni, and the New York Times' reprints his description. After describing tbe entrance of thé orchestra- and Toscanini.,. Dr., Rosen goes on to say, "Tbe- maestro ýraises his stick, and the prelude ýto 'Parsi- fal',begins. Through the room soars the unison at the 'very start, remind-, ing. one of paîinting in its undreamed- of intensit'y..'Vhé flutes. sound their beld'chords witbh.a supernal puritv. singa With the MUS'ie "Toscanini sings with the nis 'ic at the second entrance. 'Molto, molto, pinu molto, sforzato.' He wishes a. strong, dramatic accent-on tbe 'B,' on the spot wbere the meilodv wenids toward E, minoir. He shakes bis head. 'Ah,, no.' 'Nevertbeless he goes on. straight ifltô a whole bit of the first act, in order to get en rapport ivith the orchestra. Hie stops and begins, at the beginning, once again witb the prelude. Now come the details. "The second entrance of tbe. theme stili does not meet witb bis a.pprovi. He sings the passage again. 'Tbe, 'cello should have a little cantiiena, tbe oboe solo. Again and again until he is satisfied. A smail error in the oboes. One of tbem cornes in a bit too soon, the maestro calis, in distress, 'Abbh, nonono, nonoflo-nononono!' Hie goes back disconcerted: 'Bit-te vierr tak-te vohhrr.. .' Ha$ "Fabulons M.mowy" "OnIy when Toscanini stops in a pÏassage and seeks tbe guiding num- bers wbicb are sprinkled tbrough h «is score and the players' parts, does be look at tbe printed page. Otberwise, he conducts by heart and sings, with a neat Italian though in somewbaWt shaky voice, the missing vocal parts.. A fabulons memory! 'He includes each minor role with the détail of chamber music interpretation. "It is an esthetic pleasr merel patheti... accomnanonemnan etravaganza ôùq vuge 3 patiete acpipnmens.Friday night, July 31, wben the fa- Oliviero, w~ mous cast macle up of. Eliisabeth and Mr. E OPER.A 13 REVIVED Rethbek as Marie, Matio Chamlee Russian Offenba4i'> -opera, "La Vie Parisi- as Hans' Louis D'Angelo as the mar- the Chicag cime,"' has.beeà revived ai Paris, and riage btoker. and Marek Windheim Sunda fi rcctyat Prague. as Wtn îf, wili' be heard for thejthe àd tl e, Maxwell, Philine Falco, same i-ast as above., banovsky and Lodovico hile Ruth Pageý will dance with Joseph Vito, harpist, as soloist. asselmans wili conduct. The program includes Tschaikow5- music wilI be played by ky's sixth symphony, "Pathetique," ) Symphony orchestra on harp solos by Thomasand Vito, and ernoon, Augtîst 2, under selections. from "TIhe Fire Bijrde >n. of Eric- DeLamnarte-t, suite by Strawinsky.