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ccd ts EER ERR EE Heat OLN 3 44 WINNETKA TALK November 24, 1928 re M-------- Music News and Events 2 : de! "Boris Godunoff" Is Feature of Holiday Week at Civic Opera The holiday spirit is reflected in the repertoire scheduled for Thanksgiving week by the Chicago Civic Opera com- pany, commencing on Sunday after- noon, November 25, marking the ad- vent of the fourth week of the pres- ent season of opera at the Auditorium. Following the usual custom of pre- senting at least one or two different works each week, including a revival from time to time to flavor the oper- atic menu, the efforts of the Civic Opera company have met with the ap- proval of music patrons, who have re- sponded enthusiastically to the gen- eral excellence of the casts and re- pertoire by attending past perform- ances in capacity numbers, and who have evinced great interest in what is to follow during the remaining eight weeks. Featuring the fourth week will be a performance Tuesday evening, No- vember 27, of "Boris Godunoff," which has not been heard in Chicago in two years, but remembered for the dis- cussion it created on its last appearance, when Vanni-Marcoux gave a great rendition of the same role--a role in which he has scored triumph after triumph--and in which he is again scheduled to appear on its presenta- tion this season. Another feature that will greatly in- terest the devotees of the opera ballet, is the first performance this season of a complete dance divertissement to follow the performance of "Rigoletto," on Wednesday evening, November 27. "Carnival," a character divertissement was specially arranged by Vechslav Swoboda, premier dancer and ballet master of the Civic Opera ballet, to the music of Drigo-Liszt, and it will serve to introduce all of the premiere solo dancers of the company in the same program, thus affording them an opportunity of displaying their talents on a larger scale than has been the case so far this season. The soloists to appear are Maria Yurieva, premiere danseuse etoile; Vechslay Swoboda; Muriel Stuart, premiere danseuse (at one time a pupil of Anna Pavlowa, after which she became a member of that artist's famous troupe, before join- ing the Civic Opera ballet, Harriet Lundgren, Julia Barashkova, Ruth Pryor and Edward Caton. While many members of the ballet are Chi- cago boys and girls, there are also a number of dancers recruited from many famous. European organizations, which gives an international aspect to this important branch of the civic opera. : The regular suburban matinee, fall- ing on Sunday afternoon, December 2, will bring the second appearance this season of Offenbach's "The Tales of Hoffman." Rebuilt with an entire new production, its selection as the Subur- ban Special afternoon attraction proves its unquestioned popularity. U. S. and England Faithful to Opera's Native Tongue America and England are the only countries Jake pera is sung in any language that pleases the i rios. to use, according" re Watt in his article in the current Music News magazine. Opera and song re- citals are given in all languages, with a perference given to any language other than English. Popular North Shore Recitalist Photo by Daguerre Josephine Lydston Seyl, (Mrs. Paul C. Seyl, 1046 Westmoor road, Win- netka) well known soprano, is giving a number of recitals on the north shore during the pre-holiday season. She appears on the Winnetka Music club guest day program November 26. Other appearances in the next few weeks include : costume recital in French for Le Circle Francais, December 4; pro- gram for Women's society of Winnetka Congregational church, December 5; costume program at the Orrington hotel (with broadcast) December 9. Isabel Molter to Make Concert Tour in South Isabel and Harold Molter are leav- ing this week on a brief concert tour which will take them into the Southern states including Alabama, Louisiana, Texas and Kentucky. Recently Mrs. Molter had the happy experience of singing before 1500 stu- dents of the Wendell Phillips Senior High school (colored) of Chicago. Al- though it was a 40-minute program of the best classical songs, the spontan- eous bursts of applause showed the appreciative interest of the young people and Mrs. Molter says she ex- perienced one of the real thrills of her musical career on this occasion. Mr. Molter, her accompanist, gave brief explanations of the songs sung in| foreign languages. Fritz Kreisler, violinist, will be heard in his second recital of the sea- son Sunday afternoon, November 25, at 3:30 o'clock, at Orchestra hall. Woman's Symphony Gives First Concert Sunday The Woman's Symphony orchestra of Chicago, of which Ethel Leginska is conductor, will have the first con- cert of the season Sunday, November 25, at 8:15 o'clock, at the Eight Street theater, Wabash avenue and Eighth street. Jan Chiapusso, pianist, will be the soloist, and Ebba Sundstrom will conduct. The program is as follows: Prelude from "Hansel and Gretel" =. .o 0.00. Humperdinck Gaelic Symphony Mrs. H. H. A. Beach Symphony Poem .......... Smetana Concerta No. 2 in G' Minor ....... Saint-Saens Serenade, Opus 3... a Weiner Finlandia oma Sibelius SYMPHONY HERE DEC. 10 | Marion Anderson, celebrated colored contralto, will be the soloist in the sec- ond of this season's Little Symphony concerts at the New Trier auditorium, December 10. Leita, Dorfman to Present Georgian Musicale Nov. 25 At its musicale Sunday, November 25, the Georgian will present Madame Letisia Leita, coloratura soprano, and Saul Dorfman, pianist, While American born, Madame Leita received her musical education and has spent a great deal of her life in Italy where she sang in the operas of Milan and other cities of that coun- try. She will also be remembered by many in this country as an artist over WMAQ from which station she gave a series of concerts. The flute-like quality of her voice has caused critics to liken it to that of Galli Curci's. Mr. Dorfman is a pianist of great promise. Though only sixteen years old, he is the winner of the Chicago championship in the Herald-Examiner piano tournament in which there were 15000 contestants. Mr. Dorfman is a pupil of which his teacher, Glenn Dillard Gunn, is pardonably proud and his playing of several of Chopin's num- bers is eagerly anticipated. Madame Leita will be accompanied by Ernau Akely, who is the director of musicales at the Georgian. The program will be as follows: O del mio dolce ardor Gluck La. Folletta _......x... ..Marchesi Ya -Partida'..... 0 ak Alvarez Mme. Leita I Overture a Bach-Joseffry Preludes mo... «iii Sian : Chop:n Scherzo C Sharp Minor .Chopin Mr. Dorfman III Shadow Song--Dinorah Meyerbeer Mme. Leita Iv Fantaisie Impromptu ..Chopin Scherzo B Minor i mesa OHODIN The Chase =.............: Paganini-Liszt Mr. Dorfmal Sunlight ;..:.-...... . Ware Do Not Go My Love Hageman The Fountain .. Ware Kiss Waltz =... .........:: Arditi Award Juilliard Scholarship to Samuel Thaviu, Wilmette Samuel Thaviu of 338 Washington avenue, Wilmette, has just been award- ed the Juilliard Foundation scholar- ship by the Juilliard School of Music in New York City. This extension scholarship entitles the holder to study under any approved teacher of music in the country. Mr. Thaviu will take advantage of this provision to continue his studies in piano and violin under Jacques Gordon and in harmony and theory under Walter Godell, whose only pupil is Mr. Thaviu, He has appeared with' the Cincin- nati and Chicago symphony orchestras recently and is playing over radio sta- tion WMAQ. He will give a recital for Lyon and Healy at 2:30 o'clock on the afternoon of November 26. SUNDAY MATINEE RECITALS Ossip Gabrilowitsch and Harold Bauer will give a recital for two pianos Sunday afternoon at the Studebaker theatre. The program is sponsored by Bertha Ott, Inc. Andre Skalski, pian- ist, gives a recital the same afternoon at the Playhouse under similar aus- pices. EA WHITEMAN THIS SUNDAY Paul Whiteman (himself) and his orchestra will appear in concert at the Auditorium theatre Sunday evening, November 25.