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Events .AitiiCAN OPERA TO . OPEN 11111 "FAOST" _;__.......,._ _ _ _ _,;,;..;..._---.--~-----, Subscri/Jtion Plan Insures .Financial Malic School Stutle·ts Sing With Glee Club . Security of Opera Regardless of the fact .that the subscription system h~s constitute~ the backbone of artistic e n t e r p r 1 s e s throughout our times-and long. bef'!re -many are unfamiliar ·with the prectse meaning of the term, accordan' to Opera Topics, organ of the Chscago Civic Opera company. The briefest practical definition may be expressed as owning your o~n seats for a stated afternoon or evenang each week as it recurs throughout the season. Long experience ha.s prov.en that it is the only manner an whach the necessary fixed income may ~~ assured instead of leaving an ambdtous and costly undertaking at the mercy o~ the · whims of circumstance. Collec:ttvely the subscriptions constitute an t!lsurance policy, giving the. enterpr!se a fixed revenue for presentmg a senes .of entertainment of a definite character. Subscribers are so import!lnt to th.e succe'.ss of such an enterpr:sse that 1t has become a traditio~ of g!and ope.ra to shape every activ1ty With specaa1 reference to their desires, preferences and ~omfort. Repertoire. an~ ~ast alike are governed by th1s prmctple. and a further recognition is ~ccor~ed subscribers in the form of spectal p~1~e reductions. In the case of the .Ctvtc Opera this economic advantage approximates at lea·.st one performance free, regardless of the price of the seats subscribed for. And the subscription plan is carried through every price division from those sold at $1 per performance to the choicest seats at $6, and the boxes as well Thi.s plan is the foundation upon which all grand opera seasons rest. It figured in the early history of the art form back to the days when the great composer, Handel, directed grand opera seasoll'.s in London, more than two centuries ago, and doubtless had much earlier origin. Gound's "Faust" has been chosen to open the American Opera company's Chicago season at the Studebaker theatre Tuesday, March 27. The new, all-American organization, singing in English, has just closed a s~cessful eight weeks' season in New York and is now playing in Boston, where its debut last Monday was received with generous acclaim, In Chicago, "Faust" will be given for the first half of the week including Tuesday night. "Madame Butterfly" will be presented from Friday to Sunday night. Mozart's "Marriage of Figaro" and "Carmen" will divide the time during the second week. Other operas in the repertory are "Pagliacci" · and Cadman's new . American opus. "The Sunset Trail" (first time in Chicago); "Martha" and Mozart's ..Abduction from the Seraglio." ~ Fona Pboto · To. . member of Sigma Alpha Iota, profesAll the presentations are in · the new, Agatha E. Lewis, soprano, and sional musical sorority. Americanized form which has made Hardin A. Van Deursen, baritone, are Mr. Van Deursen has been studying them popular and. by means of which soloists with the Northwestern Glee it is hoped that the American organi- club which has recently established for two years with Walter ADen Stults. zation will be the nucleus of a national itself as one of the outstanding college He has been seloist for the Glee club swing toward a native operat-ic art, in glee clubs in the country. Both are for three years, and a membt:r and the language of the people, such as students in the Music school and have soloist of the A Cappella ch01r for exists in Italy, Germany, France and studied music for many years. two years. Dean Peter C·. Lutki~, other countries which have made opera Miss Lewis is now singing at the director of the A Cappella chotr, dedathe basis of a national artistic culture. Trinity Episcopal church in Highland cated his "Fairest Lord Jesus" to Mr. In Mr. RO'sing's production of Park. She is a sophomore in the Van Deur.sen. Mr. Vap Deursen has "Faust" particularly interest ~enters in Music school and is majoring in piano. sung in. the choir of St. James' Epishis original conception of the Goethe Prior to her university work she copal ~burch in Chicago under Leo poem. Mephistopheles is no conven- studied with May Edwards for five Sowerby, in the quartet at the Fourth tioual stage devil, but rather an em- years and one year with Alta Miller; Presbyterian church under Eric De bodiment of the negative forces of life. . and at the present she is studying with Lamarter and is now singing at Christ Two artists sing the role of Faust, one Anna Burmeister. Miss Lewis is a church at Winnetka. portrayin·g the aging philosopher, the other a young man created by MephScbumann-Heink to Sing istopheles. the conjurer. The role of Siebel which is given to a mezzo·in Chicago Sunday April 1 soprano, is sung by a tenor, for Mr. An outstanding performance in the Rosing believes a man's role is made more convincing when sung by a man. Satu~ farewell tour of · Madam Erne.stine In the production of the opera the conMiss Katherine Hedglin of the Wil- Schumann-Heink, world famous conception works out this way : In the opening scene Faust is discovered in mette Branch, Columbia School of tralto, will be her· appearance Sunday his study, as a scholar of ·middle age, Music announces a recital Saturday afternoon, April I, at J o'clock, in St. a victim of nostalgia, despairing over afternoon, March 24, at 3 o'clock at the James Catholic church, Wabash avethe futility of the ·.search after know- Wilmette Woman's club. nue and 29th street, Chicago. At that The program will be as follows : ledge, perplexed by the problem of time she wilt give a benefit concert for attaining· knowledge by forfeiting all Eskimo Lullaby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bla ke Old St. James church. Madam Schuof life's diversions, speculating on J'olly Workman ................ Blake mann-Heink celebrated her golden Jane Strom whether after all it may not be better jubilee on the world's greatest opera to assent to the aphorism, "Evil, Be Karch of the Scouts · · · · · · · · · ·Wright and Ralp~ Renwick concert platforms. Thou My God." Like the alchemists Three Little Chickens .. Grant Schaefer of his day, Faust gazes into a crystal Dancing Daisy Fields ...·..... Mokrejs LUSK AT SUNDAY CLUB globe. In a momen~ of utter dis~ourKary Janet Lersch agement he declares himself ready to Cello · · ·· 'jeanette. ·Roberts().i ···· · ·.Hall Milan Lusk, north shore violinist, eviL There is an instant of black Elf and the Fairy .......... Bentley will be the soloist at the Wilmette atage and there is soon seated opposite Ella Menzer Sunday Evening club March 25. Mr. Wild Flower · · · · · · · · · · · · ·Schumann · · Gronow Lusk has just returned from a concert Faust t he figure of Mephistopheles, Soldiers Karch · ·............. almost a replica of himself, but an evil Shirley GaBB tour in various western states. replica. It is a "Jekyll and Hyde" Fairy Bark · · · · · · · · · · · · ·······.Aaron Jean Graaett picture and then Mephistopheles Blacksmith SbQ.P .......... Pruyn-Hall Puncblnello . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . De Vaux speaks of the bargain with evil; of its · Dexter Sharp Ranghild Jacobsen profits in pleasure, its ultimate punish- Minuet · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · Bentley Birdling · . · · . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . Grieg 1b · d f · Wilma Menzen Butterfly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grleg men~. I n t h e crystaI g o e, tnstea 0 Guitar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gaynor Marjorie Leach in back-drop panorama, the figure or Banjo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wright Evening ........... Wright Marguerite appears ·just as it might be Morris Dance ......·.......... Rogers Butterfly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wright · b F , f · Catherine Stevenson Edyth Coyne conJured up y aust s own ancy. Gypsies Are ~omlng .....·.... Rogers Elves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rogers The philosopher declares for pleasure 1-'rieda Salmen Hungarian Dance . . . . . . . . . . . . Reinhold at any price. The stage is darkened a Drolleries .·................ Von Wllm Mary Jane Stevenson Barbara . . . . . . . . . . . ng . . Mendelssohn moment, and there appear seat ed at a Juggler . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pitts . . . . . . . . . . . Kem ·Consolation llarguerite table the youthful Faust and the youthMablon Sharp Nightingale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kullak fa1 Mesphistopheles. the latter a dare- Andante ...................... )6)zart Elfin Dance . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . Grleg ...t.-..:il, a leader in aD the conscienceless :Minuet · · · · p.· · · · · · · ·,.:n·d.·e:..:.:,;0· · .Beethoven Allee Leland qc-·· l Th .....,. a. auv Spanish Dance .............. Granados epiaodes of the '.itory to fol ow. us Ghost In the Chimney ·....···.. Kullalr. Warrior's Song ................ Heller it is made reasonable to regard what Mary Jane Farley Caroline Veeder happens as a ~i~ion of t~e. future under Sonata ..... iiic;e ·~i&nci . . . . . Mozart Funeral Yar~a;~:.e MLe~~~ette . Gounod Merent condatiOns, a vasaon to be en- Cradle Song . . · . . . · · . . . . . . Neidlinger Valse Luelle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . · . Frlml 'tertained by a ·s cholar hi~t~self. Janet Matble110n Janet Sanford Katherine Hedglin Presents Pu!Jils in d Recital ay Martinelli to Appear in Chicago Recital April 8 A sell-out of the Auditorium theatre is certain for the recital by Giovanni Martinelli, world renowned tenor, Sunday afternoon, April 8, at 3:30 o'clock, according to those sponsoring the event. The great artist of the Metropolitan and Ravinia Opera compani~s was accorded a· tremendous ovation 10 his recent appearance in New Trier auditorium in the final concert of the Winnetka Music club's current season of Artist-Recitals. Mr. Martinelli's c o n c e r t programs include operatic arias, French, Italian and Eng I ish songs. His stalwart manliness, his winning smile and ht.s marvelous tenor voice form an irresistible combination. Gordon String Quartet to Give Concert on March ZS The fourth of the series of six chamber music concerts being given by the Gordon String quartet in the James Simpson theatre of Field Museum of Natural History, wilt be heard Sunday afternoon, March 25, at 3 p. m. The concerts are under .the auspice~ of the Chicago Chamber Music society. · I · · · · · · · · · · MUSIC CLUB MEETS · The Junior Musi~ club of New Trier High school held its meeting Monday, March 19, at the home of Martha Tencher, 828 A'Bhland avenue, Wilmette.