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W 1-L M E T T E L IF ti s~ptember 14, 1928 the Chicago company will limit itself to important revivals, among , FORECASTS BRWANT · son, which will be the following: ,by Bellini, one cmCAGO OPERA YEAR of'IntheItalian-"Norma" older works which has always Miss Harris Anno ·unces the opening of the seve~th year of her Manager Herbert M. Jobnaon Gives Advance News of Ap, proaching 1928-29 Season BY HERBERT M. JOHNSON (Manager, Chicago Civic Opera) The eighteenth secson of . gran? opera bv a resident company m Chtcago and the seventh sin~e the ~hicago Civic Opera was orgamzed wtll open in the Auditorium October 31. 1928, and will close January 26, 1929. ~s this will probably be the last season m the old house extra efforts have been made to pres~nt the most brilliant se.ason of opera Chicago has ever wttnessed. During the season, something over one hundred performances will be given in Chicago and four in Milwaukee, and some thirty-four or thirt~ five operas will be pre sented. It ts unfortunate that it should be necessary to give this large number of operas in such a short season btit the Chicago public has not yet been educated to the point where it is willing to hear 'the same opera more than once during a season and in fact we have quite frequent complaints that "Oh, I heard that opera three years ago." As a result of this situation, very few operas can be given more than three performances, although there are some works which are so popular that they can be given four or even five times during the season. Successful new works by modern composers in the past few years are extremely scarce. While many new operas have been produced in the various European opera houses, ven· few have met with more thari a local success. Limited to Revivals Consequently, for the 1928-29 sea- Bo,.s· Preparator,. School also the Ilia Barris Tutorial School for pupils desiring special instruction. Eastern trained faculty in both schools. Ope~ing Day Phone Diversey 6800 September 26th 2150 Lincoln Park West PriTatt motor under ptnonal ~uptrvision of an i n - } atractor will luvt Winnttka racb morning for conTtnirnce of north short patrons. { been successful when interpreted by a ' competent cast; "The Marriage of Figaro" by Mozart, which has not been ' given in Chicago since 1911-12; "Don Pasquale" by Donizetti, given during the 1919-20 season, and "Il Tabarro" (The Cloak), one of the Puccini "trittico," . which has not been given in Chicago since 1919-2G. In French"The Spanish Hour," the one-act opera of Ravel, not given by the Chicago company since 1919-20; "The Tales of Hoffman" by Offenbach; "Lakme" by Delibes, and "Thais" by Massenet. New scenery has been provided for "Norma," "Tales of Hoffman," and "The Mar.riage of Figaro." The scenery for the last named opera has been designed by the same artist who provided the sketches for the "Don Giovanni" which received so much favorable comment when produced in 1926. List Standard Repertoire In addition to the · operas mentioned, the standard repertoire wilt be selected from the following (operas which have proven the most popular in the past few years) : "Aida," "Barber of Seville," "La Boheme," "Boris Godunoff," "Madame Butterfly," "Cavalleria Rusticana," "Don Giovanni," "Elixir of Love," "The Force of Destiny," "Gianni Schicchi," "La Gioconda," "The J ewess," "Lucia di Lammermoor," "Love of Three Kings," "Mephistopheles," "Otello," "11 Pagliacci," "Rigoletto," "La Tosca," "La Traviata" and "II Trovatore" in Italian; "Carmen," "Faust," "Romeo and Juliet," and "Samson and Delilah" will be sung in French, and Miss Garden will appear in one of her greatest roles -that of Meliaande in Debussey's "Pelleas and Melisande." She will also repeat her success of last season"Sapho." Following her usual custom .. ·· c/1 Beautiful Way to Eive It is possible-at the Georgian in Evanston-to live enriched with every advantage of a large, beautiful home without a single responsibility, with everything furnished, every convenience, 24 hour service, large rooms, and the additional accommodation of main dining rooms, library, ballroom, and children's playroom. -Yet-pay less for all these features than you would pay to live in a lesser way. Visit the Georgian; see how true this is! ... Favoritt Books and Cozy Nooks Invite Relaxation in The Georgian Library. IDhr Glror.gian Jn Jd4ress of 'Disttnctton DAVIS at HINMAN-EVANSTON Telephone Greenleaf 4100 Arrtmgt Now fot Fall Ltaing