Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 30 Nov 1939, p. 41

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Mme. Elsa Soderstam,. Swed- :sh-American dramatic soprano, will star as Santuzza. in the Chi- ca go City Opera's presentation of "Cavaleria Rutsticana" .Tuesda?, evening,, December 5, at the Civic Opera House. Giovanni Martinelli a nd Vivian Della Chic.sa sing. th leading roles in "I Pagliacci" on the same eve- ning. With Mme. Soderstam in "Caval- leria Rusticana" are John Pane Gasser, George Czplickt, Marjorie Mayer and May Barron. Angelo Canarutto will conduct. Mme. Soderstam, a resident artist, made her debýut wtth the Chicago ors by Gene KloBs. The work by Mr. Kloss will include Indi4n. Portraits and Iandscapes of the Southweàt.. Among the Curran patntings wtll.be landscpes -made in this country and ri uoe, one from Honolulu and, tnaiiy Street scenes, and. historie' spôts painted tI China.. Noted, for Portraits Mrs. Baird is to show principally portraits in où and a few Pencil sketches. Since comning to Winntetka a few years ago from Cincinnati to. * make -her home, she has dope the portraits of a number of North Shore- *young people. Her Chicago show will dispflay, among other studies, a portrait of Ruth- Rockwood of Win- netka, a small head of Jean Seidel of Glencoe, and an oil painting of Jim Maynard of Wlnnetka. SMaa. Baid t 'udied .ê4the Art In- stitute ti Chicago, at the Cleveland ISchool of Art and at the Art acad- emy in Cincinnati, and has worked with such artists as John Weis and Nicholai Cikovsky, More recefltly she bas been a student of Archipeniko in Chicago. A year ago, Mrs. Baird held an exhibition o! her work at the Winnetka Womnan's club. Active 'i the North Shore Art league and a member of ils board,. she has won .1P terre Pi N RAIR STYLIST D0U ndn Ave.. Nubbard Woods WI1ea 4M Ridge Schooi for Girls. At the age of 15 Mme. Soderstamn was aIready coneertizing. She re- ceived her early musical training from hier mother, a distînguished Swedish, pianist. In 1924, Mme. Sod- erstamwas awarded a scholarship from John Hattstedt, then president of the American Corservatory of, Music, after she competed against hundreds of aspirants. week. Exh ibit Religious Art at Edgewvaterý Dom Gregoire de Wit, a Bei tine monk from the Mont Cesa bey, Louvain, Belgium, wtll h; ten-day showing of religiousi ences as the ultnuisiieuLuiL of ' Ceremonies for Met Lan Chtna's greatest actor, in hts -ci the, country. 942 Spanish Court WiI. 650 PHOTOS TUEI BILUE PARROT 1551 SHERMAN AVENUE EVANSTON

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