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sponsoread -y thninel . lsasie cluàb. Attention is calleti to the ohange an date from january 12 to january 5 Recognized as one of the foremost lyric tenors of the *orld, l Mr. Cham- ac s ast great in 'concert as lie is -in opera,.'iRavinia patrons wvill wel- cone. the opportunityi to hear lin on the, conce rt stage, after applauti- ing bis operatie work .in .1Ravinia for eigbit seasons. Ea ch year bas shoWn a steady. developinent in voitc,.e nd. acting, anti the tenor is now rec- ognizetias one of the great tirawing forces of the Ravinia Opea coin- piany. Mmr.,Chaiee matie bis debut with the Metropolitan Opera .com pany n 192D,, singing in '!Tosca, " anti for eight years he was one of the lead- ing teniors of the comni>ay. In 19e9 he resigned and went abroati in ortipr to sing in the great opera bouses oi Europe and do concert work in. Europe as well as in this country.. Within one week in April, 1929, le muade bis debut at both the Paris Opera and at the Opera Comique, the first artist ever to have lad this distinction. In October, 1929,, le was chosen to sing the role of Marouf at La saiti, "Chamlee is above ail a reniark- able singer. His American origin does not prevent bim froin having an irreproachable. French diction. Mis personal success was very great and greately nierited," It was in April. of that year when he.matie bis debut in Paris in the opera. Before the performance, the tenor met Hlenri Rabaud, the composer, anti consulted iith lim: over details of the score. .sAhev went 'nver the music, the- Both artists appeareti'as soloists with- the Little Symphony orchestra, under George Dasch,- in their senior year at New TrierHigh school. Miss Cotton-is--now a student at the Uni- verhity of Chicago, and Mr.. Brown is -a suntat Haàrvard. Misa Cotton's piano work is'being donewith Arthur Granquist, andi Mr. Brown ie a pupil of Winifred Town- senti Cree of Winnetka. "Batered Bride" ýWill Be Sung.O " The Bartereti Bride," a sprigbtly, tbree setcometiy by Smetana, will be sung bhy'the Civic Opera com- pany on. Christmas, Thursday,, eve- ning, Deceniber 25.. Maria Rajdt lias the role of Maria, Maria OIS- zewska is Katinka, Sonia Sharnova is Agnes, Theotiore Stack is Hans, Eduarti Habich is Kruschina, Octave2 Dua is Wenzel, Alexander Kipnis is Kezal, and Chase Baroinco is, Micha. Egon Pollak is conducting. On Christmnas evening, December 24, Mary Gardien will be beard in two operas. "La Navarraise," sungj Next week opens, witb a last per"- formance of "Otello" on Monday evening, December 22. The ca st is composeti of Claudia Muzio as De$- demona, Charles Marshall as Otellod andi Vanni-Marcoux as lago. On Tuestiay evening, December 23 "Loheng'rin" will be ýsung1 in Gemmani by Emnma Redell as Elsa, Maria 01- szewska as Ortrud, 'Pheodore Strack as Lohengrin, Hans Herman Nissen At 3 'cIock of the saine iuicrnouu the children will sing carols in Lyon and *fealy's. store on Wabash ave- nue andi Jackson boulevard.' Chul- dren. will sing at the saine hour ini the Venetian, court of the, Fine: Arts buil.ding, and at 3.-30 o'clock they, will 'sing in the Stevens hotel lounge. The. chiltiren torne f rom the parks and playgrounds,-of, Chicago, where they study: music. under the direc- tion of the Civic Music association of Chicago. In addition ýto carols sung on December 20, the chldren will participate in concerts given ~ their own parks and playgrounds. Angna Enters Recital at Studebaker, Jain,4 Angna Enters,, said to* be Amer- ica's greatest dance-mime, will give a program ocf her own episodes and compositions in dance forin at the Studebaker theatre on Sunday after- noon, Januamy 4,,under the direction of Bertha Ott. *North shore patrons of the dance will remnember the sensation she, createti when she appeareti at the New Trier High school auditorium under the direction of Mr. andi Mrs. Roland D. Whitman last sping. Miss Engers. is to' the. stage what imagists are to poetry. She bas the same unemotional projection, the J,ntersis at 1II.Ui ajaini~ bas- escaped from' the sta tions of its canvas.. gwnicn limita-ý Play "Miracle" Suite> by- Humperdinek Sunday Humperdinck's suite f rom "The Miracle" will be playeti at the 3 :15 and 4:15 o'clock concerts in Fuller- ton hall, 'Art Institute, on Sunday afternocrn bv the Ensemble of Four- After a second performance, "Ca- mille" continues to entangle Civic Opera patrons in a web of uncer- tainty. Most of our Chicago music critics are artlessly dodging around, corners and sitting on fences, and many opera patrons- are, raising con- servative .eyebrows' and saying, in their best Wagnerian manner. "Good, perhaps-but is it grand opera?" The opera will be repeated next week.Saturday afternoon, De,- ember '27.. Patrons who believe, that modern id jois are ail right in symphony orchestrations but not iii operas are snubbing 'tamille." Our tyrant of Amnerican opera has -sniffedher. dis- approval. and ýtumned- ber backý on the composer Who dares to be an Amer- ican Who writes French operal After hearing "Camille". twice, we stick to Our firat opinion that it. is a very fine opera. The music is so well integrated with the draina that neither dominates. 0 f course, one, is a lways more conscious of action than. music at first, but the musical background of "Camille" can stand rigorous inspection without weaken- ing, and it sustains the drana,.Witli strength. Modern in idiom, it is Y'et thoroughly understandable and pleas- ant. The melodies, though not long are arresting, and the short aria- like recitatae are vital and beautiful. Thle orchestral score is built on a firm structure, and is extraordinarily intricate. It is not duli nor is it stuffed with the banalities of tradi- tion. The jazz or bacchanale note in the second act-Marguerite's" apartment, recalîs Gershwin. Preceding the act is a cbarming and briglit Parisian waltz. Gradually the mnusic ises to heiglits, until the third act is trein- etxdously moving. -As in "'Ainore dlei Tre Re," ýthe third act epito- mn'izes aIl the tragic forces of the draina, carrying in the 'Music the supreme beauty of tragedy. It gets hold of one's emotions andi knots thein. One goes out feeling strange- Iv rliirified tI vP* chle *ri as 1errando, anti others.i rto )Motanzoni will contiuct. l first of a stries of four concerts :)rcbestra' halI on S'unday .after- 29 and May 3.- Frederick Stock is n, january 25. Others concerts musical director, and. Eric DeLa- bé given on February 22,1March marter is conductor of the orchOstra. ori i