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M:ay 24, 1929 WILMETTE LIFE 35 operatic role in the French capital, it was not the first time he had sung in th~t city, for as a soldier of the A. E. F. he sang at the Peare Conference concert which was attended by President Wilson, Premier Clemenceau, (Continued on Page 41) on Long Island and Mme. ClausRAVINIA SONG-BIRDS sen in addition to singing some conwill take a rest at Atlantic City. ARRIVE "HOME" SOON certs, Giovanni Martinelli, like Mme. Reth- Middle of June Will W ess Migration From Many Lands to Summer Opera Scene The migration of Ravinia's large flock of song-birds is scheduled to take place about the middle of ] une, at which time rehearsals for the 1929 season of Ravinia Opera will begin. In the meantime, the artists engaged by Louis Eckstein for the coming summer are scattered far and wide, although this year fewer of them have gone to Europe than is usually the case. Three Ra:inia_ stars-Mme Rcthberg, Mr. Martmelh and ~lr. Chamlee, have been filling special operatic engagements in several European opera house s this spring, and . Mme. Call's French engagements have carried her to a late season. However, no matter where l~avinia's artists may be, or what they may be doing, Mr. Eckstein is con stantly in touch with them and every day he receives greetings from someone b\· letter or telegraph or even by trat;s-Atlant ic cable. ~1me. Bori sailed Saturday, .May 5, for Europe to make one of the shortdt vi sits to the continent which has been made by any Ravinia arti st since Giovanni ~1artinelli's famous trip a fe\Y years ago, which was ju st long enough to permit him to stay in Italy for three dan between boats. 11me. Bori's destination is Spain wh ere she ,,·ill ha,·e exactly ten dan from the time her steamer land s tu1til he again se t s sail for the Cnited State:-;. But short as that \·isit \\·ill be, it will mean much to this arti st for she i · to re ceive from the hand s of King Alphonso Xlli, a decoration 'Yhi ch the ,panish gon:rnment ha s granted her rec og nition oi the ~en- ice s she ha:-; rendered the C nirer sity of Madrid. La c; t winh:r in l\ew York, ).lmc. Dori nett ed $50,000 for tl;is in stitution ]),· means of a bencfi t concert. · . Triumphs In Italy ~fme. Rethbcrg, \Yho has bt.:cn in Europe e\·er since the opening oi the spring season of the opera at l~omc ,,-here she sa ng in "The ~unken Bell·' by special ill\·itation oi Premier ).1 U :,solini, has a strenu ous program which she intend s to carrv out before coming back to this "countrv. Her Roman engagement was a complete triumph and was closely followed by fmther laucb tion, when, at La Scala in ).1ilan, she ,,·as heard in several of her most not~cl roles. Mr. Eckstein rccei,·cd a cable sent by friends in Mil.an on · he day after she had sung the name part of "Aida" at this famous Italian opera house, which conveyed the word that enthusiasm was unbounded and that Maestro Toscanini was delighted. l\Ime. Rethberg expects to go to Dresden, which is her home, and will likely visit other German cities before coming to Ravinia. Mme. Yvonne . Gall is at present in Paris, which is not only her native city, but where she has maintained a hm11e all her life. Mme. Gall had an exceedingly busy winter and. now she sends word that she is enjoying a good rest in preparation for her summer. at Ravinia. However, she is devot111g much time to the study of English under an American teacher. Miss Florence Macbeth, Mme. Ina Bourskaya and Mme. .Tulia Claussen are three of the Ravinia coterie who have remained in America this spring. Miss Macbeth, who is an American. has a home in New York which slH' $ays never seems so much lik e honw as during these spring weeks when .-;hr can give it .~ome personal attenttnn But she usuallv fills a number of rnn cert engagements at this time of Year. so her vacatio11 be of short tion. Mme. Bourskaya will visit friends berg, has · been in Italy, and it was by special invitation of Premier Mussolini that he made the trip much earlier than he had planned. The Italian nation regards this tenor as one of its greatest musical assets and before he came to the United States some years ago, he was an idol in the leading Italian opera houses. It had been a long time since he had sung at Rome and Pre · micr Musso lini not only wanted "The Sunken Bell" to form a part of th~ Roman repertoire, but he likewise wanted Mr. M·artinelli to sing the role which he had created in New York. Mr. Martinelli is the owner of a beautiful villa in Italy \Vhich w as built according to his own plans, and before returning to Ravinia he will spend some weeks there. Mario Chamlee, who last season achieved splendid success at Ravinia when he added the name part ,)f "Marouf" to his repertoire, repeated that success last month when he made his debut at the Paris Grand Oper.a. Although this was the first time this American tenor had appeared in an happiness ahead · with S T E I N W A Y Ding-dong wedding bells I What of the future do they ring in- for the groom's blushing bride, for the bride's glowing groom? Do they foretell a tiny home of dr~ams where she can ~ake cakes in an apron and he can raise cosmos and hollyhocks? Then Steinway .is the one gift they'll both appreciate- more, perhaps, than·any you could give them on this gloriously happy day. The mere presence of this Rnest rine piano makes a house a home. There's happiness ahead with Steinway. 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