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WINNETKA TALK December 1, 1928 Music News and Events LAB Salvi and Leider Make Initial Bow in Opera Next Week The wide divergence of the reper- toire and casts scheduled to appear during the fifth week of the current season of the Chicago Civic Opera company at the Auditorium theater, Chicago, will also include the names of two newcomers who will make their American debuts, and the reappearance for the season of an ever popular lyric tenor. The first of these newcomers is Margherita Salvi, coloratura soprano, who made her debut in Italy while stili in her teens after only two years of preparation. Now after six years of ex- perience Miss Salvi possesses the aris- tocracy of style seldom met with on the operatic or dramatic stage, and has scored her greatest triumphs at Bar- celona and the Royal Opera in Mad- rid, both of which are noted for the traditional rigid standards of vocal and dramatic artistry they enforce. Miss Salvi will appear as Rosina in "The Barber of Seville," Thursday evening, December 6, singing opposite Tito Schipa, favorite lyric tenor, who will celebrate his return to the company with his own inimitable interpretation of the role of Almaviva, in this mel- odious Rossini work. Leider in Debut The other new member of the Civic Opera personnel is Frida Leider, lead- ing dramatic soprano of the Berlin State Opera, who holds the coveted distinction of being on the roster of four major lyric organizations the La Scala in Milan, and Covent Garden, London, besides the first two com- panies mentioned above. Miss Leider comes to Chicago with a fine reputa- tion as an outstanding artist of ex- ceptional histrionic ability, and her de- but, scheduled for Saturday matinee, December 8, as Brunnhilde in "Die Walkuere," will mark the first of many performances scheduled for this sterl- ing artist this season. The operas chosen for the week are representative works of their res- pective languages, and the discerning music lover, ever on the look-out for appealing variety, will have cause to rejoice in the most equally balanced weekly repertoire provided thus far this season. Representative Casts Three operas in Italian, two in French and two in German comprise the week's offerings, and the casts are truly representative, composed of artists who are generally recognized as ex- celling in the particular roles in which they are to appear. Flonzaley Ouartet Will Give Playhouse Concert The famous Flonzaley quartet will appear in a chamber concert at the Playhouse, Chicago, Sunday afternoon, December 2, at 3:30 o'clock. The quar- tet composed of the following artists: Adolf Betti, first violin; Alfred Pochon, second violin; Iwan d'Archambeau, vio- lincello; Nicolas Moldavan, viola. The concert is under Bertha Ott auspices. Russian Artists Apvear With People's Symphony Zinaida Joelsohn-Aleskovskaya, pi- anist, and Misha Kushelevsky, baritone, will appear as soloists with the Chi- cago People's Symphony orchestra, P. Marims Paulsen, coundctor, in its fifth concert Sunday afternoon, December 2, at the Eighth street theater. A Tschaikowsky program will be given. Plays Mozart Music Club Artist Photo by Reick Miss Ethel Preston, one of the zealous members of the Music Study Club of Evanston, appeared on its pro- gram Monday afternoon when the club met with Mrs. Homer Cooper. Miss Preston, a brilliant pianist, contributed two Mozart numbers. CLUB HEARS PROTEGE Ruth Hlavaty Presents Recital for Music Study Group The playing of Miss Ruth Hlavaty, who this year is the protege of the Mu- sic Study club at the School of Music. N. U,, featured the program presented at the club's meeting held Monday afternoon. Mrs. Homer Cooper, 807 Milburn street, was the hostess. The program had the following order: Fantaisie D-minor ...........as. Mozart Marche TUPGUE cv: vasvrss sas. Mozart Miss Ethel Preston MOTBAR® «ov ianmnnavsvons sat va oie » Strauss ZCI NE iS sve thes ian Strauss Mrs. Philip Fox Scherzo, B-flat minor ............ Chopin Mrs. William H. Babcock BUDO lle, oa Fun Svs tw liie sa vn Rogers Vissi D'Arte (ToSCA&) ..:..:.vvns. Puccini Mrs. John Dienner Cradle Song ...cu:coservroren . Schubert Waltz Sentimentale ............ Schubert Ballet music from "Rosamunde" Schubert Mrs. Malcolm MacHarg Si Ji Pauvais Mourier ...... Barbiralli A DISBORANGS iii viv viShd Tad rdine Prayer of the Norwegian Child ..Kountz April, MY ADril. osm snsiss ors lligan Mrs. Robert H. Fulton, Jr. Noctourne D-flat major Etude G-flat major Miss Hlaverty Accompanists--Mrs, William Knapp, Mrs. George Burgess. MUSIC SCHOOL CONVENTION The fifth annual convention of the National Association of Schools of Mu- sic is being held at the Stevens hotel, Chicago, Friday and Saturday of this week. The Columbia School of Mu- sic is a member of the association. PLAN CHRISTMAS PROGRAM The annual Christmas music pro- gram given by the singing groups at New Trier High school is scheduled for Sunday afternoon, December 16, at 4 o'clock. This concert never fails to attract a capacity audience to the New Trier auditorium, Vladimar Horowitz, Russian pianist, will give the next program of the Win- netka Music club artist-recital series at the New Trier auditorium. The date is Wednesday, December 26. Mr. Hor- owitz created a sensation among mu- sic critics in his tour of the country last season. He was enthusiastically received last week in an appearance with the Chicago Symphony orchestra. NEXT WEEK IN OPERA Sunday matinee, December 2, at 2-- "THE TALES OF HOFFMAN" with Helen Freund, Marion Claire, Irene Pavloska, Ada Paggi, Rene Maison, Jose Mojica, Lodovico Oliviero, Giuseppe Cavadore, Vanni-Marcoux, Desire Defrere, Barre Hill, Eugenio Sandrini, Edouard Cotreuil, Antonio Nicolich; Ballet; Conductor, Henry 'Weber. Monday evening, December 3, at 3-- "LA BOHEME" with Edith Mason, Irene Pavloska, Antonio Cortis, Lodo- vico Oliviero, Luigi Montesanto, Desire Defrere, Virgilio Lazzari, Vittorio Trevisian; Conductor, Robert Moran- zoni. Followed by Ballet Divertisse- ments with Maria Yurieva, Vechslav Swoboda and Ballet; Conductor, Wil- liam Tyroler, Tuesday evening, December 4, at 8-- "IL TROVATORE" with Eva Turner, Alice d'Hermancy, Cyrena Van Gor- don, Charles Marshall, Richard Bonelli, Virgilio Lazzari; Ballet; Con- ductor, Girogio Polacco. Wednesday evening, December 5, at 7:45 -- "LOHENGRIN" with Marion Claire, Maria Olszewska, Rene Mai- son, Robert Ringling, Howard Preston, Alexander Kipnis; Conductor, Henry Weber. Thursday evening, December 6, at 8 --"THE BARBER OF SEVILLE" with Margherita Salvi (debut), Maria Claessens, Tito Schipa, Lodovico Oliviero, Richard Bonelli, Virgilio Lazzari, Vittorio Trevisan, Eugenio Correnti; Conductor Roberto Moran- zoni. Saturday matinee, December 8, at 2 --"DIE WALKUERE" with Frida Leider (debut), Eva Turner, Maria Olszewska, Forrest Lamont, Alexander Kipnis, Edouard Cotreuil; Conductor, Giorgio Polacco. Saturday evening, December 8, at 8 --"FAUST" with Alice Mock, Coe Glade, Maria Claessens, Charles Hackett, Desire Defrere, Vanni-Mar- coux, Antonio Nicolich; Ballet; Con- ductor, Charles Lauwers. Stress American Music During Next National Period Our people will pay a great- er recognition to music composed not only by Americans in general but by those of their individual states as a result of the plans for National Mu- sic Week, May 6-11, next. Those plans call for a stressing of our native music in the various communities taking part, the number of which is expected. far to exceed that of last May's Music Week, in which 2,268 towns participated. Many of these towns will present during Music Week a series of chron- ological programs, or one program in a chronological sequence, representing "America's Music in Review." Explicit suggestions for putting on such a pro- gram are found in a pamphlet of the above title of which a copy may be obtained without charge from the Na- tional Bureau for the Advancement of Music, 45 West 45th street, New York City. This plan calls for groups of numbers devoted each to eras in our music represented by early Ameri- can music, patriotic songs, Stephen C. Foster songs, our pioneer composers, a MacDowell program, American folk songs, representative serious music and modern popular music. Another method of devoting atten- tion to our musical history is through a pamphlet entitled, "What's What in America's Music," also to be obtained from the above bureau. It is a musi- cal quiz game of the "ask me another" variety. A further phase of the fea- turing of American music is that in community singing, material for which is found in the bureau's pamphlet, "Stories of America's Songs," for use by schools, clubs and other groups. Churches find material for their Music Week in the Bureau's booklet, "Hymns Compesed by Americans," while a bibliography of recommended native music of various types is found in its "American Music that Americans Should Know." Offer Opera Performances for Public Utility Workers Two popular operas, Verdi's "Rig- oletto" and Strauss' "Der Rosenka- valier," will be the productions of- fered as the second and third spe- cial utility employes' opera perform- ances of the current season. "Rigoletto" will be presented Sun- day, December 2, and "Der Rosenka- valier" will follow Sunday, December 23. The special reduced rates offered for these special Sunday night per- formances will be in effect on both occasions. An all-star cast including Hackett, Bonelli, Alice Mock, Constance Eber- hardt, Lazzari and Ada Paggi, will sing in "Rigoletto." Seats are now on sale for this performance. These spe- cial Sunday night presentations offer an opportunity to hear the many new singers with the Chicago Civic Opera Company this season, as well as the favorites. SOLOIST WITH SYMPHONY Marion Anderson, well known col- ored contralto, will be the soloist with the Symphony in its second perform- ance of the season at New Trier au- ditorium December 10. The concert is given under the auspices of the New Trier Orchestral association of which Roland D. Whitman of Win- netka is president.