Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-11
CHICAGO GRAND OPERA

In time past it has been the prevail
ing customs with operate impressarios
to announce their prospectus, possibly
as early as 80 days previous to the
first performance of their season, and
then by reason of the idiocyncrasies
of artists, to issue daily, bulletins, an
nouncing changes, both as to opera
and cast. Cleofonte Campanini ap-
pears to be made of liyelier stuff. Ever
since the curtain fell on the last opera
of the last season, he has been bus
lily engaged rounding up the forces of
the scattered stars that he has
engaged for the season of the
Chicago Grand Opera company. This
tireless and well directed enterprise
has secured results that are as firmly
fixed as an opera contract will allow
and he has been able to send to Man
ager Bernhard Ulrich, of the Audi
torium in Chicago, not only the list
of leading people, but the repertoire
for the entire season, four months in
advance of the opening. Some i'm
portant negotiations are still pending,
but the secured stars are of a mag
nitude TO at once arrest attention and
win the commentator of the music
loving public.
He announces the engagement of the
following we'll known artists: Sopranos
Mary Garden, Carolina White, Lima
Cavalieri, Frieda Hempel, Florence
Macbeth, Jane Osborn-Hannah, Min
ME Salt1man-Stevens, Maggie Teyte,
Marta Dorda, Frances Aida, Jenny
Dufau, Alice Zeppilli, Mabel Riegelmas
and a number of others. The tenor
battery is the strongest ever brought
forward by any operate organization
and includes: Alessandro Bonci
Charles Dalmores, Lucien Muratore
Aristodomo Giorgina, George Hamlin
Emilio Venturini, Giovanni Martinell
and Farrarri-Fontana. The central
ltos present such favorites as: Schu
mann-Heink, Louise Berat, MargarT'
Reyes, Cyrena Van Gordon, Rub,
tHeyl and Julia Claussen. The bari
tones are as notable as the tenors
including: Tita Ruffo, Hector Du
frame, Clarence Whitehill, Vanni Mar
coux, Giovanni Polese, Sig. Frederick
Nicolo Fossetta, Frank Preisch an,
Armand Crabbe. The bassos ar,
> equally stalwart tonalists: Allel
!. Hinckley, Gustav Huberdeau, Constan
tin Nicolay, Vittorio Treyisan an,
, Henri Scott.
The regular repertoire will embrace
. Gtalian) "Barbiere di Siviglia," "Luci
di Lammermoor," "Pagliacci," "CaYl
lieri,' "Rigoletto,," Hamlet" "Tosca,
''Trovatore," La Boheme," Jewel
Of the Madonna" "Il' Traviata
French) "Jcngleur de Notre Dame.
Carmen" Louise" "Thais," San
son. "Iierediade;" Germany 'Trii
tan and Isolde" "Lohengrin," "Di
Walkesure." and "Parsifal."
A repertoire of English opera ha
been arranged for Saturday evening
and will include: "Hansel and Gretel
Cinderella" Carmen Tales {
Hoffman" Marta "Mignon," Faust
S"Cricket on the Hearth" "Natoma
THE Lovers Quarrel" Cavalier
Rusticana," and THE Secret of s.
Tanne"
There will be notable revivals Of
Fedora" Muratore and Cavalier
"Gioconda," Bassi, Ruffo, White ar
Claussen; ''Manon," Garden and Bone
Don Giovanni" Ruffo, Giorgina ar
Dufranne; Linda di Chamonie," Til
Ruffo and Rosa Raisa; "Puritani
Bonci and Macbeth; "Pelleas and Me
sandre," Garden and Martinelli; ma
anne Butterfly" Amedeo, Bassi al
Rosa Raisa; THE Girl of the Goldt
West" White and Martinell.
The novelties are: Massanet's "Dt
Quichotte," with Mary Garden al
Vanni Marcoux; FeyrieRs "MonI
Wanna" with Mary Garden and Luci'
Muratore; Franchetti's "Christofo
Columbo," with Tita Ruffo, AIMED
Bassi, and Rosa Raisa; LeoncavallC
''ZiRgari," with Bassi, Raisa and F
lese; KneitIers lie RAM des Vache.
with Dorda, Claussen, Dalmores al
Duflanne; Gnecchis "Cassandrs
with Carolina White and Julia CIal
sen.
There will be'three performances
''ParsifalP Sunday afternoons in ia
uary. The season opens in Chica
the week commencing Nov. "a.
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