Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 1 Oct 1936, p. 38

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TJbe corning sevsofl of the Chicago Ciy perï' .compàny is crowded With -interesting features. TFint is the fact that Paul Longone, general mna>n~zager of the company, bas enigaged, besides Chicag's, favorite stars, an impressive array of injternational opera singers. -He also has arranged for« the: giving of twenty- six' of, the Most popular :and. beauitfl opéras during thisyear's six-week season, which starts on October'31, with 'a gala. performance ýof Respighi's hest lcnown operatie -score, "Là Fiamma.", Asnonx the stars are Lily Pois, Giovanni Martinelli, Helen Jepscm, Tito Schipa, Gertrud Wettergien, Eleanor La. Mance, Elisabeth Rethberg, Rosa Raisa, Lawrence Tibbett, Armnand Trokat-, -yan, Richard Bonelli, Vivian.Della Chiesa, Emanuel, List, and Amelita GxalliiCurii. Among the list of operas are several noteworthy novelties. First of these is the, premiere of, Louis GCruenbergs opera "Jack and the Beanstalk.". Next ornes the, announceme nt that Puccini's opera "Gianni Schicchi"' will be given in Englisb for *the birt time in ebItcago. ?heit there are two 1 the repertoire. Qne is excellent revivals listed in by Delibes and the other is ""Louise" by 44Lakme" Charpentier. Bcoth will be given in French. Lily Pons will make bier first appearance1 in op ena in Chicago this coming season in "Lakthe." Helen Jepson, the famous soprano who first won .her laurels in the musical world via the radio, will be starred in the revival of "Louise," singing the title role. Alibert* SPalding, wlorld-celebrated concert zpiolinist, recently purchased the 214-year-old ot") ftromn. Stradivarius violin (the famous ""Art the Uyon & H-ealy collection of rare old violins in Chica go. Mr. Spalding zwill be one of the six conceIrtsin fO s$kic of artisti a>5perÙ n êe the Neu, Trier High schoot a uditorium this season. under the anspices of the Wixnetka Iisieclubi. M<usîc Federation WiIIl Have Anrmual Luncheon Revival of the North Shore Music festival through the organization of the Northwestern University Festival association was anounced last week'byý a group of Northwesterti trustees.iii cooperation with a number of prominent Cicagoans. 1Dr. frederick Stock, conductor of the Chicago. Symphony orcheStra, will serve as director of the' festival, and will- be assisted hy Dr. John W. Beattie, acting dean o( the School of Music of Northwestérn university, , and Glenn Cliffe. Bainum, director >of the Northwestern University band and glee clubs. According to present plans the festival will' be held for four nights during the 'second or third week of May. The firet eveninq will be devoted to a choral program, the second will be an orchestra and artists' night, and a chorus of more- than> a thousand school children will sing on the third. *The last evening an. opera will be preented. Amnong the organizations that will participate will be the Northwestern Unliversitv festival choir of 1,500 voices, the Northwestern A Cappella choir, and the Chicago $yniphony orchestra. Prior to 1932 the spring festival had been prodùced annually for 24 yjàes ând 1iajgaied widespread recognition for its programs. Among the artists who toôk part during the later years wvere Richard Schumann-Heink, Ernestine Mme. Ignace Bonielli, Richard Grainger, Percy Crooks, Paderewski, Lily Pons, and John Charles Thomas. As a result of the depression no festivals have been presented since 1932. The new sponsoring organization, however, has been promised the ful support of the older Chicago and North Shore festival association. the~ Metropolitan Opera company. While speaking of revivals one should flot forget the fact that Verdi's famous opera "Othello" is included in the nepertoine -this season with Lawrence Tibbett in the role of "lago" and Giovanni .Martinelli in the title rote. weul, ti is ho Yager,since (rs. John Alexander wiul be the guest of federation members. a.wili be present as dent, Mrs. Louis E. :e,board meeting on ýsare October 7. Twentymsix ated with the and the presiat her table prano, ,spent ini visiting ralu ru ber ,aui., n parents. summer the Weeks of .six .ly part ear Recently she and Mr. Sherman and Miss Kathe'rmne Smith of Evanston took a motor trip to Canada. They saw the quintuplets, and also motored through Michigan and Wisconsin. William Sher-, man left a few weeks ago to take part in the rushing activities of Phi Kappa Tau fraternity at Purdue university where he will be a senior this year. terested in becoming members of this wefl opportunity at this timne for. those who are own organization to do so. KRnuccini, fist-prize winn servatory. In 1842 the La] bought the coveted Strad. ýat the Paris confaiuily of France ,nt lme nostir.w.r Meg <wpui tv.uwnuW -, 6, ato12: October on u Tuesday, organiztion o'clock ai the ChwçagoWomWns club.

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