New-York tribune., 1919-10-12
Continued from, page nine

| Another Italian novelty Will be GlnO
Marinuzzi's "Jacquerie," founded on a
story by Eugene Sue. This opera was
first presented last year at Buenos
chief conductor. The scenery of both
these operas has been painted by Nor
man Bell Geddes. There will be three
French novelties, Camille Erlanger's
often announced "Aphrodite," Andre
Messengers MADAME Chrysantheme"
and Maurice Ravel's "L'Heure Espa-
gnole, "Aphrodite" will, Of course, dis
play the charms of Miss Mary Garden.
Madame Chrysantheme," lyric
comedy in four acts, was first produced
in Paris on January 26, 1893. The book
taken from the exquisite story of Pierre
Lott. For the American premier by the
Chicago Opera Association M. Messenger
has made several changes to bring the
opera up to date, as it will serve as
another "Madama Butterfly" for the
diminutive Japanese prima donna,
Tamaki Miura.
"L'Heure Espagnole" ("The Spanish
Hour") is one-act musical comedy
that !, was as produced with great success
and was performed with Tremendous
eclat at Covent Garden last summer
with cast that included Pauline Do
nalda and that fine artist Maguenat,
The action lasts hardly more than
forty-five minutes. The poem is by
Franc Nohain and the music by Maui
rice Ravel the modern French impress
sionist. The opera takes place at To-
ledo in the eighteenth century. The
scene passes in the shop of Torque-
mada, an absent-minded clockmaker,
whose giddy wife hides her two rival
in, II o1O
ried in turn to her room by an unsus-
pecting muleteer, who by his prowess
and strength finally wins the admira-
ton of the faithless wife.
A Russian novelty to be sung in
French, "The Love for Three Oranges"
("L'Amour pour les Trois Oranges")
the new opera by Serge Prokofeff,
will be given a world premier
by the Chicago Opera Association early
in the season. Boris Anisfeld is to
provide the scenery and Adolf Bolm is
to look after the stage. management.
The opera is in four acts and ten
scenes and has prologue.
Not least among the novelties
planned for the coming season will be
the new ballet by the Chicago COM
poser, John Alden Carpenter, called
"The Birthday of the Infanta," and
based on Oscar Wilde's tale. Robert
Edmond Jones will have charge of the
scenery, costumes and properties, and
Adolf Bolm, who first came to this
country with the Diaghileff Russian
Ballet, will stage the production. The
poetic story tells of misshapen fan
tastic who dances happily at the BIRTH
day Of the Infanta, amid plaudits, only
to discover his own terrible grotesque-
ness Adolf Bolm will appear as
Pedro the grotesQue,
Another ballet will be Felix Borrow
skis "Boudour" to a story invented by
Pavley and Oukrainsky and with seem
cry painted by Norman Bell Geddes
Mr.. Borowoski is a Chicago critic and
composer.
Among the new artists WHO are to
appear with the company is Edward
Johnson. According to several Italian
critics, the fact that Edward Johnson
(Edoardo di Giovanni) was born at
Guelph, Canada, does not alter Italy's
right to claim him as her own, since
they maintain that in art it is the
country of ones development and not
the one of ones birth that determines
an artists nationality. In Italy John
son is looked upon as one of the lead
ing dramatic tenors of the day. John
son returns to this country after an
absence of ten years. 1t was about five
years ago that La Scala decided on
presenting Wagner's. "Parsifal," and
the singer chosen was Edoardo di Gio-
vanni, total stranger to the Milanese
public. His performances became a
feature of every La Scala season.
Among the operas he helped to launch
were "La Nave" by Montemezzi; Puc-
cini's "1l Tabarro" and "Gianni Schc-
CHI" and Marinuzzi's "Jacquerie" He
is rem embered here as the tenor in
"The Waltz Dream"
Among the other new artists are
Carlo Galeffi, formerly Of the Boston
Opera Company and recently the chief
barytone of La Scala; Nina Morgana
an 1talian-American soprano; Evelyn
Herbert, a Brooklyn girl who will sing
Pete1kin, the chief female part in "Rir
Van Winkle;" Borghild Lanyard, 8
Scandinavian dramatic soprano, ant
Nina Hager and Louise Harrison Slade
contraltos. In addition Titta Ruffo ant
Alessandro Bonci will return to the
company, and Tito Schipa, an Italian
light tenor, will appear.
Maestro Campanini will, as usual
conduct few operas, but the burdel
Of the work will fall on the new Italian
conductor, Gino Marinuzzi, whose new
opera "Jacqueric" will be produced
Mr. Marinu71i hoo rcrduc+nI at ~,