· May 10, 1929 . - . 76 WILMETTE LIFE . ber of Seville, Carmen, Cavalleria Rus­ distinction and is one of the leading Stage Director : Desire Defrere. Premiere Danseuse : Ruth Page. ticana, Don Pasquale. Faust, Fedora, GREAT OPERADC STARS exponents of the bel canto school. Fra Diavolo, II Trovatore, La Boheme, Mario Basiola, who since his Ravini~ Premier Danseur : Edwin Strawbridge. · The list of operas as it has. taken La Juive, L'Amore Dei Tre Re, La debut five years ago has been well Navarraise, L'Elisir d'Amore, Lohen­ AWAIT RAVINIA SEASON established at Ravinia, is to return. form in the mind of Mr. Eckstein fol­ (Continued from page 75) grin, Louise, Lucia, Madame Butterfly, He will be heard in a variety of im­ lows: Manon (Massenet), Manon Lescaut, portant part's. Desire Defrere will be Novelties and Revivals: La Rondine, Italian and the French lists, and this La Campana Sommersa, Ariene et Martha, Pagliacci, Rigoletto, Romeo given full opportunity in those ·parts in .and Juliet, Samson and Delilah, The year Ravinia audiences will hear him which he excels. Leon Rothier, French Barbe Bleue, La Vida Breve, Mignon, in a part that is entirely different from basso, and Virgilio Lazzari, a basso of L'Amico Fritz, The Secret of Suzanne. Tale~ of Hoffman, Thais, Tosca, La anything '•e has done before-that of the Italiaq school, both of whom are Standard Repertoire : Aida, Andrea Traviata, Marouf, Le Chemineau, Heinrich the bell caster, in "La Cam­ Ravinia veterans, are again on the list. Chenier, Ball~ in Maschera, The Bar- L'Heure Espagnol. pana Sommersa." These artists are unrivaled as exemp­ Edward Johnson, who occupies a lar3 of their individual schools and prominent place in the front rank of both are unusual actors. Vittorio Tre- world tenors and wh(j3e reputation in­ visan will have many of the hasso- creases season by season, will be back. buffo parts. This splendid singer, during the seas­ ons he has been at Ravinia ha'.s met Gennaro Papi, Louis Hasselmans and with the plaudits of the patrons of this Wilfrid Pelle~ier. will again occupy the desk as prmc1pal conductors. Gia­ opera hous~ where he has established SUNDAY SERVICES - himself as a genuine favorite. Mr. como Spadoni wilt be chorus ma·.;ter Johnson has a magnificent voice and is and Eric DeLamarter will, as in the always in the picture. Mario Chamlee past, conduct the concerts. Desire witt be back and of course, many of the Defrere will be stage director. The best known lyric roles, including the baltet will be headed by Mi ss Ruth name part of "Marouf" will be assigned Page, with Edwin Strawbridge as her to him. He is so well known to Ra­ associate. xjnia audiences that he scarcely needs The complete roster of artists, ~lpha ­ introduction, and l..s voice, which is betically arranged, follows : of rare sweetnes'3, is eminently suited Sopranos: Lucrezia Bori, Yvonne Gall, to the romantic roles. It is of interest Florence Macbeth, Margery Maxwell, that hoth Mr. Johnson and Mr. Cham­ Lola Monti-Gorsey, Elisabeth Reth- lee will have the principal tenor role of berg. Ruggere in "La Rondine." Mezzo-sopranos and Contraltos: Ina Armand Tokatyan, who has made a Bourskaya, Julia Claussen, Anna Cor­ splendid impression at . Ravinia on renti, Philine Falco, Gladys Swarth­ n1.,ny occasions, is am01ig those re .:. out. engaged for thr.f y·ear;., .. Mr. Tokatyan Tenors: Mario 'Chamlee, Edward John­ THE PUBLIC IS CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND THE has achieved distlnctiv.e success in a son, Giovanni Martinelli, Jose Mojica CHURCH SERVICES AND VISIT THE READING ROOM long list q! part.s. J os~ Mojica. a young Giordano Paltrinieri. Armand Toka~ - tenor of sulendld attamments is coming ~~ - back an~ will be assigned to many Baritones: Mario Basiola, George Ce- ~''''"'uuuauu"u'"'u'''''""'"'""uuutlltllll ll ll ttt tt t t t tttu " ' '""''''li'''''''''''''"" " ' '' ''"'''' ll" " nnnt t ttllt t ttt tt tlltuununnttll tl ttt t tt ttt ttlltt t tnttllt ttlltttt t t tll t ti? ~oles wh1ch. demand hi•.; styl ~ of sing­ hanovsky, Giuseppe Danise, Louis mg and actmg.. D'Angelo, Desire Defrere The baritone section will again be Bassos: Paolo Ananian, Virgilio Laz­ headed by Giuseppe Danise the rich­ zari, Leon Rothier, Vittorio Trevisan. ness of whose voice and '"'hose thor­ Conductors : Louis Hasselman·,;, Gen­ ough schooling, have given him a naro Papi, Wilfrid Pelletier. pl~ce of prime importance in the oper­ Concert Conductor: Eric DeLamarter. atn;- world. Mr. Danise is an arti'st of Chorus Master: Giacomo Spadoni. IN OIL BURNING ~ dewelnJ_ ... Don't Guess­ tiiFTS fEE Know! 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