Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-12-31
OPERA
COMPANY HAS
EVENTFUL WEEK
BY sPEARAIAN LEWIS.

CHICAGO. Dec 31-With the momen-
tum OF the biggest weeks attendance in
the eleven years OF the Chicago Opera
Company, behind her-and that holiday
week-NIary Garden. general director. has
set about the task Of completing Chicago's
most successful opera season il q blaze
Of glory which VIII light the way to the
completion OF the $500 600 annual guar
autee fund that is 70 be resumed i'm
medistely after the holidays. Nine re
vivaIs viii be given in the next three
weeks-the closing period Of the Chi
cagO season. The company then goes on
tour for thirteen weeks
GRlli-Curci starts the New Year with a
special performance OF "RiGoletto" on
sunday afternoon. Jan. :, singing with
Tito Schipa, most popular Of the Italian
lyric tenors, with whom many years ago.
when both were unknown. she barn
stormed" the opera centers Of southern
Europe. They now sing Invariably to
capacity houses Polacco conducts.
Monday evening. Jan. >, The Jewels
Of the Madonna" viii be repeated with
Rosa Raisa, Forrest Lamont. Giacomo
RiInini, and Vittorio Trevisan, in the
Nolf-Eerrari music drama Of the way
ward youth who looted the most sacred
precincts Of the church 70 win the favor
Of woman Cimini viii conduct
Romeo and Juliet" the tragic love
story Of the ages is billed for Tuesday
night Jan 8. with Galli-Curci singing
juliet" for the first time this year with
the Chicago company. Muratore will be
heard again as Romeo" a role in which
many are now declaring he excelIs all
others in his long repertoire Polacco
conducts.
Wednesday, Jan. (, lie Jongleur de
Notre Dame win be heard with Miss
Garden in the principal role { sharp
contrast TO Miss Gardens Salome, and
showing the versatility Of the general
dlrector.l Others in the cast are Du-
frame, Pagan. Qua. Beck, PicoIay and
Defrere- Polacco will conduct.
The ballet, a Dance Poem" will fol-
low. in which Andgeas PayIey and Serge
Oukrainsky viii be assisted by Miles.
Ledowa, Nemeroff, Shermont, Dagmara.
Elisius, Milar, Randolph. Darrow and
the Corps de Ballet. GiacOmo Spadoni
will conduct
Salome' viii be repeated al q special
performance Friday night. Jan. T. with
Miss Garden, Muratore and Dufranne in
the roles in which they appeared tor
more than 100 times at the National
Opera. Paris, rescuing that institution
from threatened bankruptcy at the time.
This is nonsubscription performance
and the entire house is on sale to the
public. POlacco conducts.
Saturday matinee, Jan. a. CALI Curci
will again give an initial performance.
singing "MaIam Butterfly" for her first
time this season, with Edward Johnson
and Baklanoff as Pinkerton and Sharp
less. respectively. Polacco conducts.
Tho sharpshOoters who watch the
pop priced performances on Saturday
nights, when the same casts and operas
are repeated TO a clientele which the
opera company hopes 10 make perma-
nent subscribers. viii draw the mag
nt1cent -TannhauSer7 Saturday night.
J1n- 4, with Raisa. Van Gordon. Schu-
bert Wolf and Schwartz. Ferrari con
ducts.
To ill the opera cup to OVERLOOKING
Miss Garden will revive ''PeIleas ct Ne
hsande" Sunday afternoon, Jan. S, at a
special performance, singing one of her
outstanding successes. Polacco conducts.