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I/¢ , IIllinois 18¢ 42¢ .: ~ad€ b., A3c . . ~BaG .39%c¢ ~â€"g0C¢ ). . . 28e 55¢ ay 9, 1929 EEF USE ... 205C Abe .60¢c .25¢ ies 1 ommA @1 Thursday, May 9, 1929 PREP ARING FOR NEW â€" |© OPERAS AT RAVINIA « effects may be worked up by lengthy meditation, I believe in heart in prefâ€" erence to head." ed. A second charming soprano role, | that of Lizette, and which is characâ€" terized as a soubrette part, is to be sung by Miss Florence Macbeth, while Armand Tokatyan will be heard was inaceaâ€"al on the part C ian Premier taste when Hauptman, in W poem which forms Sunken Bell" has | that wealth of Teu Based on Folklore . an, in writing the dramatic ich forms the basis of "The ell" has not gone back into th of Teutonic saga and legâ€" T HE P RES S ‘ end of which Wagner made such efâ€"| fective use, but he has drawn upon | the old folks beliefs with the result | that "The Sunken Bell" is peopled| not only by humans, but likewise by | elves and gnomes and fauns who are{‘ 1 able to weave supernatural spells and | to exert uncanny influence upon thel ‘\ ereatures of earth. Rautendelein, who | may be called the heroine ofâ€" this \ work is partly of earth and partly fo â€"| elfland. Her grandmother is a witch )‘ and hence Rautendelein is gifted with t supernatural powers while at the ; | same time she is capable of human _| emotions. Heinrich the bell caster has become | I the victim of the gnomes and has seen| t his masterpiece, the bellâ€"whose silâ€"] I ver notes were to resound from the| : spire of the church on the ‘hillsides,’, 1 sunk beneath the waters of the lake.| | Rautendelein knows this is the work | of the Faun, and as she loves Heinâ€"| | rich she is overcome with a longing | for the land of men. â€" Heinrich, disâ€" tracted at his illâ€"fortune, is carried‘l» to his home and Rautendelein resolves to save him, acting againtt the wishes of her grandmother. . She* feigns duimibness _ and is â€" introduced into| Heinrich‘s home under the pretext of | helping his wife.. Heinrich bemoans | the loss of his masterpiece and deâ€" clares that he can never create anâ€" ‘ other. unless he is able. to draw new. life from a wondrous and mythical} Rautendelein exerts her wiles in an | effort to give Heinrich the inspiration | he needs and she succeeds in "her| task. â€" Heinrich becomes infatuated‘t with the elfâ€"girl, abandons his fami-i ly and goes to live with her in the: mountains.: â€"Through her power he: makes Nickelman and the Faun his slaves and becomes imbued with the desire to erect a Temple dedicated to ~a new and heretical cult of his own making. â€" "If ‘I depart from this purâ€" pose," he declares, " may the sunken bell toll again.‘"‘ â€" But the false hapâ€" EARL W. GSELL & CO. An Appropriate Token MOTHER‘S DAY *GIF T °CANDY WHITMAN‘Sâ€"JULIA KING‘S n a 80câ€"$1.50 Per Pound Pharmacists Highland Park, TIllinois Variety of Packages piness of Heinrich and â€" Dautendelein is not to last. Heinrich‘s old neighâ€" bors hear of his ungodly plan, storm his mountain and attempt to destroy him. _ However, Heinrich, with the aid of magic, overcomes, them and returns to Rautendelein. Then there arise the wraiths of his children who bear an urn filled with the tears their mother shed before she cast herself into the mountain lake. . And then, ‘from the depths of the lake. there comes the tolling of the sunken bell. i This awakens Heinrich to his senses. In anger he abjures his love for Rauâ€" \ tendelein and flees into the night. | Rautendelein, in despair, descends inâ€" to the water and weds Nickelman. But Heinrich cannot live without her and begins a search which is all in ', vain. . He is granted just one favor | by the witch and this is to see Rauâ€" | tendelein just once before he . dies. .. i Ti t mtc Jt Alod Dianinnine tendelein just once before ‘he dies. She appears to him worn and sorrowâ€" ful, and reproaches him for having driven her into the lake. â€" However, as Heinrich died she kisses him, tenâ€" derly and forgives him. : e ":%> Large Cast .. .:._:.... * "The Sunken Bell" requires a large cast of principals and likewise gives opportunity for fine choral display. There is a chorus of elves, another of children and in addition to these enâ€" sembles there are dancing ‘elves, spirâ€" its, dwarfs and villagers. With such abundant material to go on, with a score like that which Resphigi has provided and with the Afanciful tale: of Gerhart Hauptman â€" to command ~interest, it is small wonder that this | opera has within the space of a few. | months attracted the attention of the |\ entire world of opera. | It is a, matter |â€"of -cqngatulation that Ravinia paâ€" [ trons are to hear it this summer and | that in addition to Mme. Rethberg \ and Mr. Martinelli the cast will conâ€" 1 tain several more Ravinia artists who } were members of the cast when the work was given its initial showing in | New York. Aurd 13