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April 29, 1927 WILMETTE LIFE ANZAC ·soN~TERS ftL GRACE MUSIC FESTIVAL Florence Austral and Horace Stevena Secured for Important Roles Next Month Two of Englan~'s greatest singers, both of whom are in reality Australians, are to take leading parts in the North Shore Music Festival, May 23 to 28. These are Horace Stevens, baritone, and Florence Austral, soprano, both of whom have won international fame on the concert stage. · The career of Mr. Stevens contains much of the spectacular and the unexpected, for he did not originally intend to devote himself to music. Fate, in the form of the fortunes of war, played a part in landing him on the concert stage. Mr. Stevens was a soldier and was invalided to England from France where he had taken active part in the fighting. When he had regained his health he began casting about for something to do and it was during this pe.riod that Sir Henry Wood heard him sing. The noted conductor sh. owed immediate interest and urged M.r. Stevens to study seri-· ously and to prepare himself for concert appearances. A period of careful preparation followed and then came phenomenal successes. such as llave seldom been accomplishd by any singer on the English stage. Beat Elijah Mr. Stevens has been acclaimed as the g-reatest interpreter of "Elijah" : who has appeared in England. He has also won similar success in Vaughan Williams' "Sea Symphony," in which much ·prominence is given to the baritone part. He will be heard in "Elijah," May 23 at the North Shore Festival: and in the "Sea Symphony" May 26. when that much-talked-of work will be heard for the first time in the United States. The unexpected also play s a part in the career of Miss Austral who lived in a part of Australia where she cottld not hear high class music, in fact, she never heard an opera until 1918. She had sung some song-s and ballads at charitv and church affairs and, just for the fun of it, entered the Ballarat competition music festival held at Victoria, New South Wales. where she was then living. The adjudicator was Fritz Hart, director of the Mel?a conservatory. When he heard Mtss Austral sing he said : "You are a Brunnhilde." "Wh~t's that?" was her reply, for she had never heard of \Vaguer. Beat Brunnhilde Miss Austral then studied at the conservatory, in Melbourne, for eighteen m o n t h s, following this with courses in London. The forecast of the director who called her a Brunnhilde came true for she made her debut in the part in 1922 and has sung it many times since, in addition. to appearing in other great operattc roles. On the concert stag-e she has appeared in every town of any size in Eng-. land. . E Miss Austral is a favorite wtth vanston music lovers. She will !>e heard in the "Sea Sypmhony," together with Mr. Stevens and tl~e chorus when this notable novelty :s presented. Mr. and Mrs. Leslie D. Morgan and family of 1515 Forest ~venue ha.ve left Wilmette to make thetr home 111 San Francisco. Before they left a number of parties were given in their honor by their friends in Wilmette. -oM iss Alice Schnauder, 422 Greenleaf avenue entertained thirty guests at a lunche~n ~iven at the Chicago Woman's Athletic club on April 16. Evanston Shoji Open Tuesda:r, Thursda, a.J Saturda, Evenings State and Jackson-chicago The Choice of Them in Our Emnston Shop . JlilkJwsWmnt lig!Jstt Colo1fS ~ 'lrnt lilUlHg We H(otvell!hetm ~ ...4 &emingb EHcdJJegs Selrerct/i@1J11. all ~so '7Plenf1 ojthun. too, rn. ChiOCl~an 8uils with One amd 1WoTrtDII$ell ,..4111dTc~ $:§,5 candf.41JO lUll/ Otlter FinerOHta SC<C~ Brtalwd ~ . upto$85 r