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Samson and Delilah Opens Chicago Civic Opera Series
November 15 features Samson and Delilah with Louise Homer and a star cast as the Suburban Special. Repeated Manon Lescaut on 16, Faust on 17, The Masked Ball on 18, Die Walkure premiere on 19, Martha on 21 matinee, Il Trovatore on 21 evening. Stage director Charles Moor delays return to Germany for a second Chicago commission. Mr and Mrs Frank Ketcham travel to Champaign for Illinois–Chicago game then Joliet weekend with Suillman pair.
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Chicago Civic Opera Company
Samson and Delilah
Louise Homer
Charles Marshall
Edouard Cotreuil
Cesare Formichi
Jose Mojica
Ludovico Oliviero
Antonio Nicoelich
Desire Deirere
Manon Lescaut
Muzio
Curtis
Rimini
Cotreuil
Maranzoni
Gounod
Faust
Miss Sawyer
Marguerite
Hackett
Bonelli
Lazzari
Grovlez
Raisa
Marshall
Lenska
Steel
Polacco
Ferrar
van Gordon
Lamont
Kionis
Martha
Mason
Pavloska
Schipa
Trevisan
Il Trovatore
Bonelli Weber
Germany
Chicago
Landes Theatre
Darmstadt
Frank Ketcham
Devonshire
Jane
Kenilworth
Champaign
Joliet
DeWitt Suillman