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Highland Park Press, 21 May 1931, p. 28

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Her performnaces have included such charming roles as Siebel in Faust, Musette in Boheme, Stephano in Romeo and Juliet, Giuliâ€" Incidentally, the 1920 season must have struck a horoscope for bassos, for both Vittorio Trevisan and Paolo Ananian arrived, Mr. Trevisan to be absent in 1922, 1923 and 1924, returnâ€" ing in 1925 to remain permanently, while Mr. Ananian was missing from the roll only. in 1922.. _ Listing Mr.. Trevisan‘s roles is a simple task, for he sings only the buffos, and continâ€" ues to set the world laughing with his Don Pasquale, Bartolo in The Barber of Seville, Dr. Dulcamara in The Elixir of Love, Sir Tristan in Martha, the Sacristan in Tosca, the testy Lord Rocburg in Fra Diavolo, the Vizier in Marouf and Don Eligio in Anima Allegra. The season of 1919 opened auspiciâ€" ously with Antonio Scotti. in L‘Oraâ€" colo (just announced by the Metropolâ€" itan as a revival for next season, while this same famous artist opened the 1920 season as Scarpia in Tosca. j Claudia Muzio It was also in 1918 that Claudia Muzio sang at Ravinia, opening the season as Aida, with Sophie Braslau as Ammneris. Mme. Muzio also apâ€" peared as Nedda in Pagliacci, Sanâ€" tuzza in Cavalleria,‘ Tosca, Manon, Madame Butterfly, Malielle in Jewels of the Madonna, Mimi in Boheme, Marguerite in Faust, Lenora in Troâ€" vatore, Suzanne in The Secret of Suzanne, and Fiora in L‘Amore dei Tre Re, with Leon Rothier asâ€"Archiâ€" baldo. # = Incidentally, Edith Mason first sang at Ravinia in 1917, appearing as Nedâ€" da in Pagliacci and later expanding her repertoire to include Micaela in Carmen, Mimi in Boheme, Juliet, Martha, Thais, Madame Butterfly and Marguerite in Faust. $ & ._Leon Rothier, the sonorous French. basso, arrived in 1918 and determined to stake out a permanent claim., Outâ€" standing in his brilliant range of roles are the Father in Louise, Count des Grieux in Manon, Mephisto in Faust, the Cardinal in La Juive, Scarâ€" pia in ‘Tosca, Escamillo in â€"Carmen, Friar Laurent in Romeo and Juliet and more distant appearances as Plunkett in Martha, Athanae! in Thais and Friar Pimenn in Boris in 1921, missed the three f;il;;wi;; seasons and came back to stay in 1925. -Mfir to sing her first performance in Luâ€" cia, which led to subsequent appearâ€" ances as Filena in Mignon, Gilda in Rigoletto, ~Adiniâ€"in The Elixir of Love, Suzanne in The Secret of Suzâ€" anne, Martha, Violetta in Traviata, Oscar in The Masked Ball, the Prinâ€" cess in La Juive, Zerlina in Fra Diaâ€" volo, Olympia and Antonia in Tales of Hoffman, Lisette in La Rondine, Juliet and Coralito in Anima Allegro. Miss Macbeth rejoined the company (Continued from page 7) tion point of music drama, beloved of ~Ravinia patrons because of his talent, his spidery shadow on the ceilâ€" ing and the romantic fact that he OPERA STARS RETURN â€" YEARLY TO RAVINIA Margery Maxwell Other stars have become attached to Ravinia and from year to year give its program their best efforts. Miss Mario was a member of the company in 1922 and since that time has not been signed for regular perâ€" formances. However, as the wife of Wilfred Pelletier, who joined the Raâ€" vinia forces as conductor in 1923, she has, since 1928, given many charmâ€" ing evenings in guest performances as Mimi in La Boheme, Olympia and Antonia in Tales of Hoffman, Martha, Micaela in Carmen, Juliet, Suzel in L‘Amioâ€" Fritz, Nedda in Pegliacci, Gilda in Rigoletto and Violetta in Traâ€" viata. â€" Mr. Danise has remained with Raâ€" vinia since his debut as the elder Germont in La Traviata, singing Tonio in Pagliacci, the Count of Lune in Trovatore, Dapertutto in Tales of Hoffman, Renato in The Masked Ball, De Siriex in Fedora, Amonasro in Aida, Manfredo in L‘Amore dei Tre Re, Cascart in Zaza, David in L‘Amâ€" jeo Fritz, Gerard in Andrea Chenâ€" ier, Scarpia in Tosca, Rigoletto, Henry in Lucia, the High Priest in Samson et Dalila, Napoleon in Mme. Sans Gene,â€"Athanaelâ€"in Thais, Valentin in Faust, Le Chemineau and the Comte deâ€"Nevers in Les Huguenots: _ Ina Bourskaya, Giuseppe Danise and Queena Mario joined the roster in 1922, with Mme. Bourskaya bowâ€" ing to Ravinia in her famous porâ€" trayal of Carmen, and deciding to stay for good. Her roles have inâ€" cluded Amneris in Aida, Nancy in Martha, Dalila in Samson et Dalila, Niclaus in Tales of Hoffman, Ortrud in Lohengrin, Rose Marie in La Legâ€" ende du Point d‘Argentan, Suzuki in Madame â€"Butterfly, Fedora and Anita in La Navarraise. $ "| _ Mario Chamlee, Philine Falco, Louis ~| Hasselmans and Giacomo . Spadoni ; joined the company in 1921, when the roster began to take on much the | appearance it has today. Mr. Chamâ€" \| lee‘s debut â€"was as Edgardo in Lucia, | while he has also appeared as> Almâ€" |aviva in The Barber of Seville, Cavâ€" |aradossi in Tosca, Nemorino in The |Elixir of Love, Pinkerton in Butter: fAy, Lionel in Martha, Alfredo in Traâ€" viata, Des Grieux in Manon, the Duke in Rigoletto, Faust, Turiddu in Cavyâ€" alleria, Ernesto in Don Pasquale, Fra Diavolo, Araquil in La Navarraise, Wilhelm Meister in Mignon, Hoffman in Tales of Hoffman, Marouf, Rodolfo in Boheme, Gennaro in Jewels of the Madonna, Ruggero in La Rondine, Pedro in Anima Allegra and Hans in The Bartered Bride. Since his debut, Mr. Chamlee has been absent only during the seasons of 1923 and 1924. Conductor Hasselmans Mr. Hasselmans‘ scholarly conductâ€" ing has given authority to Ravinia . opera since his arrival in 1921, for he has never failed to return in time to take the baton for the French and German operas. Miss Falco has apâ€" peared every summer since 1921 in countless roles, but she is unforgetâ€" able as the temperamental pianist, Boleslao Lazinski, in Fedora. â€" 11aCketll returned in 1921 to open the | â€"Macbeth as ~Rosinia â€"and Ricâ€" cardo Stracciari as Figaro. in Manon, Faust, Boheme and Rigolâ€" etto, while he sang Wilhelm Meister to â€"Alice Gentle‘s Mignon and Alfredo to Florence Easton‘s Violetta. Mr. Hackett returned in 1921 to open the etta in Tales of Hoffman and Esmerâ€" elda in The Bartered Bride. Charles Hackett also came to Raâ€" vinia in 1920 to sing with Miss Mason in Manon, Faust, Boheme and Ri@nl. Thursday, May 21, 1931

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