Civic Opera season ends with Verdi and Garden triumphs
The Chicago Civic Opera wraps its season this Saturday with La Traviata featuring Schipa Muzio and Bonelli in the matinee and Le Jongleur de Notre Dame ending with The Bartered Bride. Mary Garden as Melisande earns praise alongside Tito Schipa, lifting audiences with lyrical performance and stage craft.
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Rutheda L. Pretzel
Chicago Civic Opera Company
Schipa
Muzio
Bonelli
Mary Garden
Gordon Craig
Garden
Melisande
Materlinck
Tito Schipa
Civic Opera Company
Bernhardt
Kodaly Mason Works in First Hearings
Chicago Symphony Orchestra at Orchestra Hall to perform new works Chanticleer by Mason and Maross zeker Dances by Kodaly. Program includes Schumann Genoveva overture, Haydn C minor symphony, Siegfried act three selections, Bach violin concerto, and Bruckner unfinished symphony. Josef Hofmann soloist in Chopin E minor concerto. Concerts run Friday January 50 and Saturday January 31 with Hofmann also featured Tuesday January 27 performing Rubinstein D minor concerto.
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Frederick Stock
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra Hall
Chicago
Mason
Marosszeker
Kodaly
Genoveva
Schumann
Haydn
Siegfried
Waener
Josef Hofmann
Bruckner
Rubinstein
Stravinsky
Petrouchka
Beethoven
Horowitz Benefit Recital at Orchestra Hall January 28
Vladimir Horowitz performs for the Dorothy Kahn club for Crippled Children at Orchestra Hall on Wednesday evening January 28. The program includes Bach Busoni Scarlatti Hummel works, Six Visions Fugitives, Liszt Prokofieff pieces, and more in a benefit concert.
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Vladimir Horowitz
Orchestra Hall
Dorothy Kahn
Bach-Busoni
Budapest String Quartet at Studebaker Theater Chicago
The Budapest String Quartet debuts in Chicago at the Studebaker Theater on Sunday afternoon January 25 under conductor Bertha Ott. The program spans Mannheim to modern atonal works, showcasing the ensemble’s wide repertoire.
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Budapest
Studebaker
Chicago
Studebaker Theater
Bertha Ott
Kenilworth Baritone Sings in Paducah Recital
Kenilworth baritone Charles Baron Fleischmann leaves for Paducah Kentucky to perform a recital in the Artist series sponsored by the Paducah Music Club.
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Kenilworth
Paducah
Charles Baron Fleischmann
Kentucky
Music Club of
Civic Opera Company Poised for Growing Strength
The Civic Opera company remains committed to expanding its scope and improving performances year by year despite caustic critics. The audience attends for both the opera and the refined social scene at the house.
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Opera House
Chicago
Civic Opera Company
Gigli Compared to Caruso in Benefit Recital Remarks
Critics say Gigli shows a voice and skill reminiscent of Caruso at his American arrival and recalls the young Caruso. He declines being called Caruso’s successor, noting no one can replace a supreme artist after death. Gigli’s early starts in Recanati, Rome, Rovigo, La Scala, and debut with Mefistofele at the Met are outlined.
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New York
Gigli
Caruso
America
Enrico Caruso
Giglii
Recanati
Italy
Rome Conservatory
Rovigo
Enzo
la Gioconda
Music Professor Moves Into Winnetka Residence
A six room Dutch colonial at 519 Willow Road Winnetka was rented by Evans ton residents Mr. and Mrs. F Proschowski. The Proschowskis include a music professor at the Chicago Musical College. O Ekstedt of Stults Realty represented all parties.
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Willow Road
Winnetka
M. Gundlach
F. Proschowski
Evanston
Proschowski
Chicago Musical College
O. Ekstedt
Stults Realty Company
Branson deCou Presents Mysterious India at University Club
Branson deCou will present Dream Pictures Interpret India with music on Friday January 30 at 8 30 pm at the Win netka Went s club under music and art committee auspices. Mrs Floy Little Bartlett and Mrs John Vennema chair the committees. Tickets issued to capacity. order from Mrs George S Parker or Mrs William O Kurtz. social hour follows.
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Branson deCou
Dream
India
E. N. Music
Ee Pictures
Winnetka Went
Floy Little Bartlett
John Vennema
deCou
University Club of Chicago
Union League Club
Woman’s Club
George S. Parker
Linden Avenue
William O
Ensemble of Fourteen at the Art Institute Concert
The Ensemble of Fourteen will perform two Sunday concerts in Fullerton Hall at the Art Institute directed by George Dasch. Repertoire includes Polonaise from Eugene Onegin, Tschaikowsky andantino, Ballet Russe, Loin du Bal, Nocturne, Polish National Dance, and The Bat overture by Strauss.
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Fullerton Hall of the
Art Institute
George Dasch
Eugene Onegin
Tschaikowsky
Ballet Russe
Luigini
Gillet
Romhild
Scharwenka
the Bat
Johann Strauss
Boy Violinist Menuhin To Play At Civic Opera House
Yehudi Menuhin the world famous boy violin genius will perform at the Civic Opera House on Sunday afternoon January 25 at 3 o'clock. This month he turned fourteen and will accept only a few engagements to balance his school studies despite many offers.
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Yehudi Menuhin
Civic Opera House
Engagement of Mary Wigman at Orchestra Hall
Mary Wigman, a renowned German dancer, will present a new program at Orchestra Hall on Wednesday evening under the direction of Bertha rt.
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Mary Wigman
Orchestra Hall
Berthart
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