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North Shore Talking Machine Co. 712 Church, Evanston ) Nk pavanetN An 24 H -- 554 Center, Winnetka Open Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday Evenings A "MADAME SANS GENE" NEWEST AT RAVINIA Opera of Ultra Modern School to Be Presented Tuesday Evening, August 24 -- Another opera which will be a gen- uine novelty to the music lovers of this community has been added to the Ra- vinia repertoire and will be brought to performance during the coming week. This is "Madame Sans Gene," which Louis Eckstein has scheduled for production Tuesday night, August 24. This work may be classed among those of the ultra modern school as it was given its initial presentation on any stage in New York during January, 1915. It has Umberto Giordano as its composer and is based upon a play of the same name by Victorien Sardou, which is sufficient evidence that it is exactly the sort of opera best liked by American patrons of this art, for it combines in admirable proportion the elements of music and drama. Another offering of the coming week which will no doubt, arouse great interest, is the season's first presentation of "The Tales of Hoffman," which in many respects may be called the most un- usual of all operas, because of its un- usual form. Of the other works to be presented during the week, it is found that everyone is a Ravinia fa- fo isconsin Minnesota Colorado Yellowstone Utah California Pacific Northwest Jasper pi Black Hills ' OF SOUTH DAKOTA Stopover anywhere--Spleadid through trains. Ask for our popular booklet "Forty Ways and Moreto and the North Pacific Coast" Escorted all- expense tours to Yellow- i Colorado, Zion National Park and rnia. Ask about them. For full inf tion and descriptive folder apply to ticket agents Chicago & North Western Ry. Bi mmmasmmmmsmm---------- | vorite which will serve to give the | Ravinia actor-singers the opportunity to appear in many of their most con- genial roles. Sunday afternoon, August 22, the new week will begin with a concert by the Chicago Symphony orchestra un- der the direction of Eric DeLamarter. All seats are tree for these concerts. Sunday night, that sparkling gem of the French repertoire, "Romeo and Juliet," will be presented and Lucrezia Bori, whose charm as Shakespeare's girlish heroine has won Ravinia au- diences on several occasions, will again be heard as Juliet. In this role Mme. Bori reveals herself as a consummate actress while vocally she interprets every shade of emotion which is set forth in this great love tragedy. Op- posite Mme. Bori, Edward Johnson will be heard as Romeo, one of the outstanding parts of his repertoire which gives him full opportunity for a display of His magnificent voice and also of his ability as an actor. Leon Rothier, basso, is cast as Friar Laurent, which demands the skilled treatment and the vocal finesse which this French singer brings to it. Others are Mar- gery Maxwell, Jose Mojica, Desire Defrere, Louis D'Angelo, Paolo An- anian, Anna Correnti and Louis Der- man. Miss Ruth Page will head the ballet. Louis Hasselmans will conduct. At the regular concert on Monday night, August 23, the Chicago Sym- phony orchestra under the baton of Eric DeLamarter will be heard in a splendid program and Miss Luella Melius, coloratura soprano, and Ed- ward Johnson, tenor, will appear as soloists. The fact that these artists are to be heard on the same program is an item of importance, and that they are not only to appear in in- dividual groups, but that as a climax they will sing the celebrated love duet from "Romeo and Juliet" is sufficient to arouse the supreme interest of every lover of vocal art. Reserved seats for these Monday concerts are free, the general admission at the gate covering everything. Tuesday night, August 24, "Madame Sans Gene" will be given its first per- formance with a cast that will bring out every shade of the music and drama which has been woven into this notable work. Here Giovanni Marti- nelli will appear in a role which he has not sung for several years. Alice Gentle will be heard as Catherine, the woman who outwitted Napoleon, and Giuseppe Danise will have one of the greatest character roles of his career as Napoleon Bonaparte. The story of "Mme. Sans Gene" is intriguing, its plot dealing with those stirring times in which Napoleon Bonaparte rose from a humble military position to that of the greatest military genius the world had known. There is a stirring story of wifely devotion interwoven through this plot, and it becomes in opera just as outstanding as it was in drama. Mr. Martinelli will be cast as Sergt. LeFebvre, who advanced with Napoleon and became Marshal of France. The part is one that demands great singing and great acting, at- tributes with which Mr. Martinelli is abundantly blessed. The role of Catherine Huebscher, the laundress, who becomes the wife of Napoleon's adviser, is also replete in dramatic and vocal possibilities as well as in humor- ous situations, and Miss Gentle will, no doubt, find it much to her liking. As Napoleon, Giuseppe Danise will have a baritone role which has been tailored to his measure. Not only is Mr. Danise equipped vocally to most every demand of this outstanding role, but it has been found that he becomes a living portrait of the great Corsi- can. Others in the cast are Miss Bourskaya, Miss Maxwell, Miss Paggi, Miss Falco, Mr. Mojica, Mr. Defrere,