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The Kenilworth and Winflet ka Leagues of Women Voters wiil sponl- sor two performances of Humper- dinck's fairy opéra, «Hanse! and Gretel," the morning and -afternoon of Saturday, May 13, inthe New Trier- High schooi auditorium. Ail the parts are very wvell handle'i, every one of the singers having nad. extensive opera, and concer t experi- ence; Eunice -Steen, w-ho plays 1"Grtel," has appeared with the Cininn2ti Opera company' and the- American Opera company in .a .varaety of roles. Her lovely cicar soprano voice and *charming stage, presence neyer -fail to win the sympathyof the audience. SMaria. Matyas, ,mezzo-soprano, plays the role of "Hansel." Her re- citais' and . appearances' with the American Opera company have brought the enthusiastic approval of, critics in most of the. large cities . af this country. Constance Ehedhart, contralto of the. Chcago CivicOpiera coniany and tbe, Cincinnati Opera company, brings to her worlc an autbority and style that she bas gained f rom active experience in the theater and in cluq.çe association with some of the woI.'s greatest artists. Her portrayal of the witch in "Hansel and Gretel" is onîe of her best c haracterizat ions. *Olive Meninger, mezzo-soprano. wiii sing the roies of the Mother. the Sandman and the Dew Fairy. She is an artist of great versatility and talent, and is noted for ber finished * ingirig. Charles Dobson, baritone, playing 'the rote of the Fàther, completés 'the cast. Mr. Dobson bas sung with the Cincinnati Opera company, and is thoroughiy routined in his stage work. Willard Rhodes, the artistic direc- tor and conductor, is a musician of distinction and authority. His ex- pe rience ra s conductor and chorus. master of the, American. Opera coin- pany and assistant conductor of the Cincinnati Opera company well equipa him for his position as head of this company. George Swigast l'era Gillette of Evanston, a for- mer Winnetka resia!ent, ansd 'V'i- cetut Micari of Chicogo, dué-Piani- v~~, ists, zv'dl preseni a program at the e Glm M4edinah Athletic club, 505 North M'ichigan avene, at 5 o'clock Sunday afternioon, Aprul 30. Th.ey will bc' ossisted t'y George Sivigart, violinist, of Wile>nette, and Jacob Hanneman un.Ill plait his acconpaniments. The duo-piano concert is spmnsowed by the Wanieck club, of w-hich Miss Bernadine Lenz~, Hubbard Woods piano ins- struci or, is president. The.concert wvill bene fit the club>s scholarship fund. ofMr. Micari played as soloist ivith the Chica go Symphýiy orchestra under the direction of Dr. Frederick Stock and mnade his debut in a recital in Kimbali hall. Miss Gillette and Mr. Micari returned last wveek from. (lin ton, Iowra, where* they played a t7vo-piano concert. Mr. _Swuigort upon the enthusiastic praise of the foreign n usicritics whem he played a mnber of concerts wvhiie studving in. Berlin'in 1930 anid 1931. Preziaus to tAis hc studied ivith Richard Cz:eru'onky, the famous .moli nist, compboser and conductor, and appcared as soloist zeith the Little Symphony, orchestra of Chicago.. - shore in a concert tis Saturday eve- ning sponsored by the Winnetka members of the Radcliff e club of Chil- cago. The prograni will be given at the home oi Mr. and Mrs., Harry J. Dunbaugh, 943 Green Bay road,' and is open to the public. Ti 'ckets may be procured, froni Mrs. Dunbaugh or the following me mbers, of *the commit- tee:. Mrs. Heyliger 'deWindt, Mrs. W al ter T.. Visher, Mes. William Magie. Miss Fairbank is the grand- daughter of two leading Chicago pio- neers: daughter of thè.novelist, Janet A.yer Fairbatnk; niece of Margaret Ayer Barnes, whose ."Years of Gr ace" was awarded the Pulitzer Prize of 1931;. a relativeý of a com- poser, a diseuse and a singer.1. At an early age sbe showed a marked talent for music., As a child she studied dancing' at the. Pavley- Oukrainsky school ini Chicago. She was a pup il of Rudolpli Reuter in piano, and took a course in musical theory at Radcliff e coilege. Having begun ber education at a French achool in Chicago, she spoke French as well as English. but it is char- acteristic of this intelligent young singer, she was not satisfied with this achievemnent, and spent several months perfecting her French dicin' with LaPierre, in Paris. While there, as a recreation, she danced every day at the rehearsals of the Diaghilev ingly, sue sotignt the. advice of lier friend, Mme. Claire Dux, who sent her to Berlin to study with Louis Bachner, the world renowned sing- ing teacher. There, for several yëars. lier life was s'a.turated with Mmsic,, foir Miss Ëairbank is a zworker. Shie perfected herseélf in Germian diction, coached in lieder singing and in opera, and danced at the Wigman school ini Berlin. The performance is characterized byj a naturalness of action, tninute at- take great pride in mal tention to detail and a high regard words understood by the for and devotion to the fundamental "Hanse! and Gretel" is principies of art. Ibring pleasitre and satisfac Sugi. Englih by singers Who who hear it., 'n to ali evoted to Mendel sicals' are open to program il oliu. These 'e public. I De of selections mu- and Chopin. be .e lorenice9 ng at the .wed1naII At'- hfe wiil play two grotlpS frmBrahms, Mozart, The other soloist Wili. Gullans, mezzo-soprano.