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WILMETTE LJ.FE· January 17, 1930 Music News and Events Schipa's Arrival Features Twelfth Week of the Opera The twelfth week of the 1929-30 season of opera in the new Civic Opera House, \Vacker Drive at Madison street, is i eatured by tne return d Tito Schipa to the company and by first periormann·s this season of "Pelleas ct Melisandc" and of "La Gioconda." ~~ r. Schipa will sing his first performance Saturday, January 25, when he appears as Count Almaviva in Rossini's "'l'he Barher of Seville." "Pelleas et Melisande" comes to production \\'edncsday evening, Januar\· 22. lt will be sung by Mary Garden as .Melisande, Maria Clacssens as Genevieve, Josl' ~lojica as Pelleas, VanniMarcoux as Golaud and Edouard Cortrcuil as Arkel. Musical Director Giorgio Polacco will conduct. "La Gioconda" Friday The third of the 1- riday evening nonsubscripti6n performances will be Ponchielli's "La Gioconda," featuring Ro;>a Raisa, Coc Glade, Ada Paggi, Charles Marshall, Cesare Formichi and Chase Baromeo, with Roberto Moranzoni conducting. This will be the only pe!·formance of the work this season i11 Chicago. Repetitions of outstanding success feature the balance of the \\·eek which opens Sunday afternoon, January 19, with the season's third performance of "Lohengrin." Hilda Burke has been selected to sing the Elsa, and Theodore Strack the Lohengrin. Other\\'ise the cast is unchanged, including Maria Olsze\\'ska's matchless Ortr.pd, Robert Ringling's Telramund, and Alexand(;r Kipnis' King Henry, with Egon Pollak at the conductor's stand. On Monday evening, "Lucia di Lammermoor" will be repeated, this time with Antonio Cortis as Edgard o; Ravenswood. Otherwise the cast is the same as in the first performance, Margherita Salvi singing the Lucia, Giacomo Ri.mini the Lord Henry Ashton and Virgilio Lazzari the Raymond, wtth Frank St. Leger conducting. Wagner Opera Tuesday The last performance this season of "Tri. tan und Isolde" v;ill occur on Tuesda~· evening. January 21, at 7 :..tS. This opera ga\·e Chicago its first opportunit\· to hear Frida Leider's marvelous ~nterpretation of the role of Isolde, and ·lw proved as popular het '.! as in London. Berlin and Munich, where she is considered the greatest Isolde oi our generation. With Mme. Leider arc Maria Olszewska as Brailgaenc, Theodore Strack as Tristaa, Richard Bonelli as Kurvcnal and Alexander Kipnis as King Marke. £gun Pollak will conduct. In the season's final performance of "It Trovah1re" on Thursday evening, Januarv 23. Richard Bonelli returns to the cast. 'This opera, with Claudia Muzio as Leonora, Antunio Cortis as Manricn. Cvrena Van Gordon as Azucena. and Virgilio Lazzari as Fernando, has proven one of the season's finest successes. One of the outstanding productions of the year has been Massenet's "Don Quichotte." It has been chosen for t!1~ popular price bill of Saturday eveninl.{, Jan. 25. This work was first produced in Chicago during the season of 1912-13 and was absent from the repertoire for sixteen v.cars. To many opera goers ;n Chicago it classed as a novelty, and ;n its three previous performances, dttaine9 ~reat popularity. Coupons arc accepted. "Thais" Sunday The final Sunday matinee of the season is devoted to one of the works which has been popular in the reper- In Recital Sunday Schipa Returns Pauline Manchester Plays With Chicago Symphony Orchestra I Jose Echaniz, pianist, will present ;J recital in the Civic theater Sunday afternoon, Januarv 19. at 3 o'clock. The appearance is tlllder direction of Bertha Ott. Inc. New Trier Band in Semi· Annual Concert Jan. 25 The program ior the semi-annu:ll cnnrert oi the New Trier High school hand was announced this week. The concert will he given Saturday night, lanuan· 25. at 8 o'clock in the :!\re\1\' Trier auditorium. J. C. Schumacher :s the director of the hand. Following is the complete program for the semi-annual concert: The Program Tito Schipa, internationally famous tenor of the Chicago Civic Opera company. makes his first appearance uf the current season Saturday afternoon, Janua.ry 25. when he sings the role of Com:t Almaviva in Rossini's "The Barher of SeYille." Menuhin. , Child Violinist, Plays in Chicago Jan. 26 Yehudi Menuhin, who has amazed the musical world with his violin wizardn-, \viii play a return engagement at the Auditorium theater, Chicago, the afternoon of January 26. He comes under the direction of Rachel Busey Kinsolving. Since this 13 year-old genius has been heard in Chicago, he repeated his American triumphs abroad. He appeared under Fritz Busch in the State Opera at Dresden and under th~ famous Bruno Walter in Berlin. \Vhilc in Europe he studied under the noted violinist and musician Adolf Busch. Yehudi in his recital on January 26 will give his remarkably talentful interpretations of Bach, Beethoven at1d Brahms. \.Yherever he has been heard, the boy violinist has been acclaimed as a wonder-child. as an "incredible youngster" of "extraordinary genius." Yehudi Menuhin is unspoiled bv his fame. He is interested in the normal affairs of a youth of his age. He always wears a little American flag in enamel given him by an admirer, and wants everyone to know where he came from; and the flag reminds him of horne. , At recent concerts seats were sold out long . in advance and at Carnegie hall, :New York, standing room was at a premiUm. Miss Pauline Manchester, Glencoe pianist, will play the Saint Saens Fifth Concerto in C Sharp Minor with the . Chicago Symphony orchestra on Thtn·s~ day evening, January 23, at Orchestra hall. She was the winner of a pia110 contest sponsored by the Society of American Musicians, taking first place over thirty other contestants. Frederick Stock will conduct the orchest;·a next Thursday evening when Miss Manchester plays. .Miss Manchester has had the enthusiastic praise of critics and has been acclaimed for her phenomenal progress during: the past few years. T\\'o years ago she received ,,·ide noti~e when snc v,:as declared the "·inner oi a piano contest sponsored hy the Society l'i American Musicians, and as winner she was presented in a recital sponsor12d by the so.ciety. Critics spoke glowingly of her talent, commending her for excellent technique and fine interpre!;ltions. She has appeared with great success before clubs in and about Chicago, and she is particularly " ·ell knO\rn to nor:th shore music lovers. The music and rlwthm fur the X01 th Shore Montessori s-chool in \\'innetka is in Miss Manchester's hand . and :,he also has charge of the music and rhytht}1 for the Lake Forest Day school. Her program for the week still gi,·es her time for t\\"enty-five piano pupils, besides the hours necessary for rigorous practicing to keep up a hca\'.\' concert repertoire. Claire Dux Wins Praise For Cincinnati Program Cl.ai.re Dux, who is one of the artists on the Winnetka Music club's ArtistRecital next Monday night, was the soloist at a recent concert of the Cincinnati Symphony orchestra, and a music critic of the Christian Science Monitor says of her: "She sang an aria from 'The Marriage of Figaro.' in exquisite fa.shion, and also three Strauss songs. The Strauss songs called forth some of the· finest vocalism and most consummate artistry noted here in recent seasons. Mr. Reiner's orchestral accompaniments were more than mere backgrounds for the singer. They were exquisitely conceived and executed." - :\farch- Brooke':-; Chicago Marine Band March ... . ....... . .. Seitz Largo-From the New World Symphony ..... .. .... ... . ..... Dvorak Overture-Light Cavalry . ... ..... Suppe Fantasia-The Evolution of DIXIE Lake Depicting the evolution of "Dixie" slowly through "The Creation," "Dance Aboriginal" and the "Minuet" the melody is developed until there emerges the immortal "Dixif'." This in turn becomes a waltz, then ragtime, and at last "grand opera." Xylophone Numbers-Played br Mr. Schumacher, accompanied by Miss Winifred MickPy. (A) La Serenade by Metra. (B) The Rosary by Nevin. (C) Poet and Peasant Overture .. Suppe (D) Aloha Hawaiian Love Song, Rumance-Quietude . . . . Grleg 'Valtz-Blue Danube ... Johann Strauss Suite in four parts-"Atlantis" or "The Lost Continent" . . ......... Safranek (A) Nocturne and Morning, (B) Court Function. (C) I Love Thee. (D) Destruction of Atlantig. Star Spangled Banner. Exit March-From Tropic to Tropic . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . Alexander Frida Leider Will Sing at Covent Garden Soon The cast at next summer's international opera season at Covent Garden will include Frida Leider of the Chicago Civic Opera company as Kunclry in "Parsifal," Friedrich Schorr as Wotan, Hans Sachs as the Flying Dutchman; and Eva Turner as the heroine in "Turandot." FIND DVORAK'S FIRST WORK What is reported to be the first work of Anton DYorak~ a quintet for string-s, has been found in the archives of the Prague conservatory. toire of Chicago's resident opera company since 1910. Mary Garden's characterization of Thais is one of the classics of the operatic stage. With Miss Garden singing the title role, the Chicago production has become the stanf\ard of comparison for all perform·ances of "Thais." Coupon book holde:-s mav purchase their seats for this matinee performance on Sundav afternoon, J anuar··· 19. The box office sale opens Monday, J anuarv 20. An ear tv visit to the box office is recommended all those who wish to attend this performance. SYMPHONY PROGRAM TUESDAY The Minneapolis Symphony orchestra, Henri Verbrucgghen, conductor, will give its annual Chicago concert in Orchestra hall Tuesday evening, January 21, at 8:15 o'clock. The concert is l!.nder the direction of Bertha Ott, Inc. Parliament Ponders Change in Music Copyright Laws There has been much discussion in the House of Commons on the proP?se~ changes in the musical copyright bttl, m an effort to bring about a fair adjustment between the composer and auth<;>r and the yarious publishing, cntertamment, radto and phonograph interests. PIANIST IN RECITAL SUNDAY Laura Stroud. pianist. will give a PERMANENT ORGANIZATION recital in the Plavhouse Sunday after . . The London Symphony orchestra noon. January 19, at 3:30 o'clock. ~ith Albert Coates as its resident con~ Bertha Ott, Inc., has arranged for this <~uctor, is to be a permanent organizaprogram. tton.