South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-11-10
MANY NEW STARS
IN GRAND OPERA
Chicago Association Arranges
Program for Season, In
Guiding New Works.

CHICAGO, Nov. 9.-Alhed opera
with France and Italy predominating
as providers, will again this season
stimulate the musical appetite Of fol-
lowers Of the Chicago opera associa-
ton. Wagnerian operas are taboo
with the Chicago company.
With many new singers from
Paris, London, Petrograd and Rome,
not 10 mention America, General Dr.
rector CIeofonte Campinini has COM
pleted his plans for the season,
which include many premieres and
novelties. AS last year. the singers
will participate in pre-seasonal
tour OF three weeks tn western and
southern cities, and, following the
Chicago season, will open the COM
pany's second New York appearance
on Jan. p, 1919. at the Lexington
theater.
Virtually all of the greater lumi-
naries Of the company are returning
to Chicago. and two of them, Mary
Garden and Lucian Muratore. are
expected to have the beading roles in
the world premiere of "Gismonda. "
The composer, Henry Pewter has
been granted leave 10y the French
government to attend The hbrettO
is based on the play of the same
name by Sardou.
other New Works.
Other new works 10 De heard in
clude lie Chemineau." a favorite at
the Paris opera COmique. and lie
Cadeau de Noel" another popular
opera in the French capital, both by
Xavier Leroux. lie Chemineau" is
founded upon The VagabOnd," Jean
Richepin's drama in verse. and LIE
Cadeau de Noer' is based upon an
incident Of the world war.
Another composition introduced in
1907 at the Paris opera Comique,
where il was recorded as an achieve
ment. but which is new TO America,
is Camille Erlander's "Aphrodite."
lie Maschere,' the work of Pietro
MascagnL which has it's premiere In
seven old world cities simultaneously
on Jan. Il. 1901, and Don Carlos, y
Geuseppe Verdi's creation immedi-
ately preceding Aida" are other
operas new to the Chicago roper
toire.
Would Aid America.
Last. but Director Campanini in
his desire to aid American composers
would put it first. is Homer Moore's
Louis XIV" This work was first
presented in st. Louis and has been
revised.
Nine. Gari-Curci will be heard in
REVEALS of Linda da Chamounix
and other compositions.
Caroline Lazzari's splendid record
last season in "Dinorah' and lisa
veau" has won her a leading role in
the revival of Samson and Delilah.
New American Soprano.
New American sopranos are Miss
BervI Brown, Miss Dorothy Jardon
Nine. Margaret Namara, formerly OF
the Boston opera. Miss Emma Noe
and Mr.. William Rogerson, tenor. II
Is said here that Campanini dis
covered" Miss Jardon in New York
hotel. where the beauty of her sing
ing i'm an adjacent room led the di-
rector TO seek the former vaudeville
i singer ana ItqutoN ii'A ~ 1Aiib AZ
him. she has been promised her op-
/ portunity i'm Fedora"
Miss Sylvia Tell. an American, vii
be the premiere danseuse of the
company.
/ Other new artists from abroad are
Mime. Vira Amazar, PetrOgrad So
prano. Mile. Marthe Chenal. Paris
soprano: Miss Doro Gibson. soprano
of Covent Garden Royal House, Lon
don: Mile. Vyonne Gall. Paris opera
soprano; Guido Ciccolini. tenor
Rome: Alessandro DolCi, tenor
Milan: Charles Fol - ines Paris ten
or: Lodovico Oliviero. tenor. Turin
John +. O'Sullivan, tenor, Paris
| Virgilo Iazzari. bassO. Naples; Marie
/ Vale. baritone. Bologna; Louis
Hasse. mans conductor Of Paris
Opera Comique; Giorgio Polacco
formerly conductor of the Metropoli
tan. New York.
Vanni MarcouX, Paris opera bari
tone. after four years in the French
armies. and Marcel Gourmet Paris
Grand opera basso, are returning.
Crimi is the only great favorit'
who does not return. He has gone