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August 2, 1929 WILMETTE LIFE 31 "SUNKEN BELL" NEXT BIG RAVINIA NOVELTY Rethberg and Martinelli Have Leading Roles in Initial Performance Here ~unday, - RaYinia opera enters its seventh ~,·eck August 4, with a repertoire of suc h interest that it mark s another hi~h ~pot in the activities of th e current sl'aso n. Of prime importance is the iact that "La Campana Sommersa." or as it is knmn1 in English "The Sunken Bell" is to be given its fir st Ravinia prese ntation Tue st:av night, August (J, this being the fir st tim e that thi s oper ,l IJ\· Ottorino Resp·ighi has !we n periurmecl in this country outside of New Yo rk Citv. Those who keep abreast u i the music news of the day wilt remember that "La Campana Sommersa" receiv ed it s world premiere in New York · late la st autumn, with Mme . Eli sabeth Rethberg and Cio,·anni ~fa:- tinelli L rcating it s two principal rok s. \Vhen the spring season of opera wa:-. being outlined in Rome, thi s Respighi \\·ork \vas included in the repertoir e I and by special invitation oi Premin ~\1 ussolini, both Mme. Hethhcrg aml ~[r. ~lartinclli \rent t o Rome to sing the roles in which they had gained s ingular success in ).;c,\· \' ork. "La Campana Sommersa" was among the nu,·elties which Louis Eck stein announced when the Ravinia prospectus \\·as published last spring, and the RaYinia sce nic stndiu immediately began the ta sk of buildin.C! the elaborate setting · required by the libretto. That this ope ra \\'ill he broug ht to ib initial h~avinia performance next Tuesday night is a matter which \\'ill gratify the opera lovers of this · community, and the event assume even greater im portance in vie\\' of the fact that ~lmc . Rethberg, 1l r. ·M artinelli and other:; of the Havinia coterie will si ng the parts which they created when thi ~ fanciful o pera wa s given to the world f,>r the first time. Creates Sem ~tion .. La Campana Sot1unersa" is ba sed on Gerhart Hauptman's famous drama. \\·hich. written in German, \\·a:-; soon translated into all the languages of the civilized world . Eng li sh readers knew it as "The Sunken Bell" and it created a snisation throughout literary ·circle s something more than t\\·cnt,·-fi vc vears ago. The operatic version -which Respighi has so effecti\·e h · set to mu sil', has an Italian libretto, -but the nwstic ism nf Hauptman's German \\·ork has be e n carefullv retained, the mu ·ical . etting serving to heighten the beauti es \\'hich were manifested in the original. 1t is thoroughlv modern in its treat ment and ma v he rega.r ded as the late st and most potent example of ultraIlhldernism a s it is being set forth bv the present day composers ·of the Italian school. Mme. Rethberg is to he heard as Rautendelein, who as · the heroine of this Teutonic story which is peopled \Vith elves ' and ·g nomes and fauns, is nartlv of earth and partly of elfland. Her grandmother is an old woman of the mountains who although human, is in close contact with all the mythical ·Powers of Nature, and hence Rautendelein is gifted with supernatural powers while at the same time she is capable of human emotions. Rautendclein is beloved by Nickelman, the · spirit of water. . Martinelli as Heinrich Heinrich-the character interpret.:d 1)\· Mr. Martinelli-is a bell-caster ·w ho has become the victim of the gnomes.. and who has seen his masterpiece, the hell whose silver tones \\ere to resound from the spire of the church on the hillside, sunk beneath the waters of . the lake. Rautendelcin knows that this is the work of the Faun. and as she loves Heinrich, she is overcome with a longing for the land of men. Heinrich. distraught at his ill fortune. is carried to his home and Rautendelein resolves to save him. acting against the wishes I old neighbors hearing of his ungodly phy. However, in 'vision the bell-cas. of his children of her grandmother. She feins dumb- blan. send the parish priest who strives, ter sees the' wraiths ~ess and is. introduced into ~ei!uich: s· as tl~e representative of orthodoxy, to who bear an urn which is filled with (~'!le und~t ~he pretext of asststmg hts restore Heinrich to his senses, but the tears their mother shed before, i!l \nte. Hcmnch bemoans the loss of his m'asterpiece and declares that he Heinrich scorns him and again declares despair, she cast herself into the lake . ca n never create another unless he that he ha s fouhd perfect happiness And from the depths of the lake there (Continued on page 32) is able to dra\\' ne\\' life from a \\' Oll<l- \\·ith Rautcndelein .in hi s nev.: philosorous a11d n1vthical l>los sonl . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rautendelein exerts her \\'iles in an effort to give Heinrich the inspiratio n he needs: and :\Uccecds in hl'r task. Heinrich becomes infatuated \Yith the eli-1.drl, abandons his iamilv and g' es to lin· · "·ith her in the .. mountain "· 1 Lingerie, Negligees, Maids' Aprons and Unifotms Through hn Ptw\·er he makes Kickcl- 1' man ancl the Faun his slaY es and heSmocks, Woven Rugs and Baby Blankets come s imbued with the desire tn erel't I All Articles Made by the Handicapped a temple dedicated to the haeti cal phil, soplw he ha:\ nnw acloptt<l . 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