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34 WINNETKA TALK --_ Music News and Events ®. eS GARDEN AS "CARMEN" OPERA WEEK FEATURE Kathryn Witwer, American Mu- sic Club Federation Prize Winner, Also in Cast A gala suburban matinee of "Car- men," Sunday, January 8, will begin the eleventh week of the Chicago Civ- ic Opera's current season with a brill- iance characteristic of one of the most Javish winters of opera Chicago has ever enjoyed. Miss Mary Garden, and Fernand Ansseau, who have collabora- ted in so many past performances of Bizet's superb masterpiece, will have a new associate in Vanni-Marcouz, as the Toreador. This will be the first performance of this famous role which the distinguished baritone has sung here since his return to the company. Kathryn Witwer, the young prize win- ner of the American Federation of Mu- sic clubs and the National Opera club contests, whose debut in the role of Micaela was an event of great inter- est earlier in the season, will once more be heard in this part. Anna Hamlin, Elinor Marlo, Jose Mojica, Desire Defrere, Eugenio Correnti and Edouard Cotreuil will be heard in re- maining roles. The ballet will dance in two scences and Giorgio Polacco will conduct what many call the most beautiful of all operas. "Die Fledermaus" Monday Monday evening's repetition of "Die Fledermaus" will offer opportunity of hearing one of the company's most entertaining works to the many who found it impossible to secure seats for the gala New Year's Eve premiere of this work, the house for which was sold out long in advance. The same principals responsible for the great success of the holiday performance, will sing. These include Rosa Raisa, Irene Pavloska, Charles Hackett, For- rest Lamont, Jose Mojica, Giacomo Ri- mini, Virgilio Lazzari, Chase Baromeo and others. The ballet will dance, and Henry G. Weber will conduct. Tuesday evening's repetition of "Lo- hengrin" will bring to a second pub- lic what has been called one of the most important productions the Chi- cago opera has ever made. The title role will be sung by Reno Maison, the handsome young Belgian tenor, who made so deep an impression in the part; Leone Kruse, the brilliant young Am- erican soprano, will once more be the Elsa; Robert Ringling will sing Tel- ramund, Alexander Kipnis will be King Henry and Howard Preston will sing the part of the Herald. An item of interest will be Augusta Lenska's ad- dition to the cast, in the role of Or- trud. Henry G. Weber will conduct the favorite Wagnerian masterpiece. Matinee Wednesday A special matinee at 2 o'clock on Wednesday will pair once more the two popular operatic companions, "Ca- valleria Rusticana" and "I Pagliacci". In the former work Claudia Muzio, Lorna Doone Jackson, Maria Claes- sens, Forrest Lamont and Desire De- frere are listed to sing under Roberto Moranzoni's leadership; in "I Paglia- cci," Olga Kargau, Charles Marshall, Cesare Formichi, Lodovico Oliviero and Desire Defrere will constitute the cast with Henry G. Weber conduct- ing. "Falstaff" will be sung Wednesday evening, with Rosa Raisa, Edith Ma- son, Irene Pavloska, Maria Claessens, Antonio Cortis, Jose Mojica, Lodovi- co Oliviero, Giacomo Rimini, Giovan- ni Polsse and Virgilio Lazzari taking part in Verdi's comic masterpiece un- der Giorgio Polacco's leadership. When "Sapho" is revived, on Thurs: Appears in Recital Monday Joseph Szigeti, violinist, will give the program at the fourth concert of the Artist-Recital series sponsored by the Winnetka Music club, Monday evening, January 9, in the New Trier auditorium. Eminent critics have ac cepted Mr. Szigeti as one of the genuinely great artists of the era. Mr. Szigeti made his debut in Budapest at the age of 13. He has been for more than a decade one of the outstanding violinists of Europe. In America he has appeared with such notable orchestra conductors as Stock and Stokowski, and, in Europe, with the famous Richard Strauss day evening, Mary Garden will give her first Chicago performance of Mas- senet's title role. With her in the cast will be Fernand Ansseau, Lucille Meu- sel, Maria Claessens, Desire Defrere and Edouard Cotreuil. Giorgio Po- lacco will conduct. "Tosca" on Friday A special performance of "Tosca" will be sung Friday evening. The cast will include Claudia Muzio, Charles Hackett, Vanni-Marcoux, Vittorio Tre-- visan and others. Giorgio Polacco will conduct. A ballet will follow the opera. The Saturday matinee performance of "Tannhauser" will be sung by Leone Kruse, Augusta Lenska, Forrest La- mont, Richard Bonelli and Alexander Kipnis. Henry G. Weber will con- duct, and the ballet will dance. For the popular-priced performance of "Il Trovatore" on Saturday even- ing, a great cast, including Claudia Muzio, Kathryn Meisle, Giovanni Po- lese and Virgilio Lazzari, is schedul- ed. The ballet will be seen. Henry G. Weber will conduct. Dr. and Mrs. P. D. Scott of Kanka- kee, Ill. have been spending the holi- days in Wilmette as guests of the lat- ter's sister, Mrs. Harvey A. Bush of 721 Greenwood avenue. and other notables of the baton. Adelaide Jones Presents Pupils in Yule Program Pupils of Miss Adelaide Jones ap- peared in recital recently giving the following Christmas program: Clatter Chatter ............ 2. ... Gaynor Rocking Chair ....Dorothy Gaynor Blake Eskimo Lullaby...Dorothy Gaynor Blake Nancy Jane McClintock Progress or Ca Burgmuller Trumpeters Serenade Ruth Anderson Pixies Goad Night '.............. = Brown Eleanor Williams Butterflies: ................ 3 'Wright Alice Derhnell Arabesque. .................. Burgmuller Birds: Frolic .................... Fontana . Phyllis Richardson Daring dumps ........... .. ...... Wiedig Queen of Sheba March ......... Kern § Carol Jean Stifler Birthday March (Four Hands) Schumann Ruth Williams and Phyllis Richardson Nareissusg™r.. ..... Ti aT Nevin Eileen Burke AlbumiTenf ... 0. C0 Koelling Marion B Mitiiet urtwell Ro NPR RRR B The Juggler "o.=....... = oa Betty Palenski Waltz Lento... 0, = Friml Helen Waterman Absent--Song--Sung by Miss Jones Accompanied by Jean Munro Dorothy SE 8.. | 6 =~ S70 =" Smith Junior Morgan The Butterfly ... ~~ ~~ Merkel 8 Ruth Williams Fur Elise. = 0 c= 0 Beethoven Hazel Knepper Farewell to the Piano ........ Beethoven HOLIDAY CROWD SMALL; SYMPHONY IS SUPERB George Dasch and His Players Give Splendid Performance at New Trier Hall By R.'L. P. The cold weather and the holiday season seemed to have kept most of the audience at home last Monday night, and the Little Symphony or- chestra played to a small group of north shore music lovers at New Trier high school. Nevertheless, there was no slackening, and the orchestra put on a program that was exception- ally well handled. A great deal of enthusiasm was displayed convincing- ly by the audience, and Mr. Dasch was called out again and again to acknowl- edge applause. The orchestra gave a splendid in- terpretation of Bach's "Air from Suite in D Major," and followed this with the Bach "Bouree," done with spirit. As for the Beethoven "Overture from Coriolan," many who heard it declared it matched that of the Chicago Sym- phony orchestra. Nothing seemed to have been lost because of the smaller orchestra. Other numbers played were an arrangement of Bizet's "Allegretto vivace from the Roma Suite," by Mr. Dasch; Delibes' "Slavonic Folk Song with Variations," from the Ballet, Cop- pelia; the Scherzo from the Sonata, "Damnation of Faust," by Berlioz; "Tragica," by MacDowell-Schmidt; and a "Marche Hongroise." Two en- cores were given, a Minuet from the "I'Arlessiene" suite by Bizet, and Mozkowski's lovely "Serenade." All had a good orchestral tone and were artistically played. Soloist Pleases Miss Doris Doe, the contralto who has been making herself known in Chicago and on the north shore, pleased with her rendition of the aria, "QO Don Fatale," from the opera, "Don Carlos," by Verdi, in which she was most sympathetically accompanied by the orchestra. Her voice is deep and round, and she sings with the utmost ease. Her diction is especially clear. She chose a wide range of songs, and in all her voice was showed off to good advantage. Her other songs were Wolf's "Zur Ruh! Zur Ruh!" "Chanson Norwegienne," by Four- drain; "Cradle Song," by McFadyen; and "Take Joy Home," by Bassett. Robert MacDonald accompanied her on the school piano, another piano having failed to arrive in time. How- ever, Mr. McDonald's capable fingers made up for any deficiency in the piano. Miss Doe gave two interesting encores, both of which were manu- scripts. One was a song by LaForge, and the other was by John Charles Thomas, a baritone who was accorded much praise last year in America, and who is winning laurels in Europe. From an Indian Lodge .. MacDowell Dick Hall Preludes rou irr rp rpms roy Chopin Lois Hanawalt The Flatterer ..... .. _..... Chaminade Marguerite Casey The Two Larks.,. . on on Leschetizky Jean Munro A Christmas Episode-- Spirit of Christmas--Alice Derhnell Good King Wencesles--Hazel Knepper and Junior Morgan, soloists Quartet -- Phyllis Richardson. Jean Munro. Ruth Williams and Lois Hanawalt Silent Night--played by Ruth Williams Simple Aveu .. Thome J2an Munro Awardine of Pins-- | God Betty Palenski and Dick a Silver pins--Ruth Williams, Carol Jean Stifler and Eleanor Williams