EE a EE -- EE aan -- wes AEN AS Eulalia SA (CE on oe PE a a aa aa a 5 Nv January 8, 1927 WINNETKA TALK CIVIC OPERA BEGINS WEDNESDAY MATINEES January 12 With La Traviata Is Date of Three Special Mati- nee Performances The rapidly waning grand opera sea- son in Chicago is rising to a glorious climax as it enters its final weeks. The tenth week of civic opera at the Chi- | cago Auditorium will bring repetitions of the favorite operas from the earlier | | Talks Resume January 5 weeks of the season, with several notable substitutions in casts to lend added charm and afford opera lovers | performance of "The Jewess" will be | given, with Rosa Rasia, Eide Norena, Charles Marshall and Virgilio Laz- zari; Weber conducting. The second midweek matinee at | popular prices, on Wednesday, Jan- uary 19, will bring the season's only | performance of "Madame Butterfly," | with Edith Mason, Lorna Doone Jack- son, Charles Hackett and | Rimini; Polacco conducting. The bill |for the final matinee of the series is [ still to be announced. | Current Event and Book | The course |by Mrs. of lectures being given Anthony French Merrill at the advantage of variety of personnel 10:30 o'clock, Wednesday mornings at in the same roles. bring the first of three matinees at popular prices, established responsive to popular request, afford- ing further hearings of three favorite operas, which would be impossible in the crowded schedule except through adding these matinee performances. Subscription seats may be bought for all three Wednesday matinees, en- titling the holders to the same locations for each. Saturday evening, "I.Elisir d'Amoro" (The Elixir of Love), will be repeated at popular prices, with Florence Mac- beth, Tito Schipa, Giacomo Rimini and Vittorio Trevisan; Moranzoni conduct- ing. Sunday afternoon, January 9, at 2 o'clock, "La Boheme" will constitute the suburban special matinee, with Claudia Muzio, Irene Pavloska, Charles Hackett, Luigi Montesanto, Giovanni Pelese, Virgilio Lazzari and Vittorio Trevisan: Polacco conducting. Monday evening, January 10, "The Jewels of the Madonna" will be re- peated with the same popular cast-- The week will also [the Wednesday {sumed on January 5. China, the last word regarding of Nations, the "best seller," suggestions winter reading, is urged Mrs. Merrill's talk at the club. More than five clubs, or leagues, extending from Wilmette to Glencoe are enjoying these talks, given at dif- ferent times during the week, at regu- lar intervals. The members come regarding to attend suggestions regarding each one. They are kept in touch with the good in | contemporary literature, and vised regarding the best articles on current events, from Mrs. Warren C. Agry of 711 Locust street, telephone Winnetka 2113. Burt W. and Mrs. Burt C. 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"Tristan and Isolde" Tuesday evening will bring the sea- son's last performance of Wagner's romantic "Tristan and Isolde" with Elsa Alsen, Cyrena Van Cordon, Charles Marshall, Richard Bonelli and Alexander Kipnis; Polacco conducting. Wednesday at 2, the first of the three midweek matinees will be sung at popular prices. The season's last performance of "La Traviata" will be given, with Claudia Muzio, Tito Schipa, Richard Bonelli; Serge Oukrainsky and the ballet; Moranzoni conducting. Wednesday evening "Carmon" will be repeated, with Mary Garden, Eide Norena, Fernand Ansseau, Giacomo Rimini, Edouard Cotreunil : Serge Ouk- rainsky and the ballet: Polacco con- ducting. Thursday evening "Don Giovanni," which scored such a tremendous suc- cess at the gala New Year's Eve per- formance, will be repeated with the same cast--Rosa Raisa, Edith Mason, Louise Loring, Vanni-Marcoux, Tito Schipa, Virgilio Lazzari and Vittorio Trevisan; Polacco conducting, Double Bill Friday Friday night there will be a double bill--"Cavalloria Rusticana" and "I Pagliacci," with Claudia Muzio, Lorna Doone Jackson, Aroldo Lind: and Desire Defrere in "Cavalleria: Mor- anzoni conducting; and in "Pagliacci" Edith Mason, Charles Marshall, Cesare Formichi and Jose Mojica; Weber conducting. For Saturday matinee the season's last performance of "Tosca" will be given, with Mary Garden, Fernand Ansseau and Vanni-Marcoux: Moran- soni conducting. Saturday night, "Tiefland" will be repeated in English, at popular prices, with the same cast that introduced it to the repertoire--FElsa Alsen, Forrest Lamont and Giacomo Rimini: Weber conducting. Phillips-Exeter academy. Going Skating Tonight? 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