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...McCormicks, Ryersons, Fields, Drakes, Dicks and their neighbors. But the fantastic steel curtain (medley of trumpeters, poultry and a naked girl) went up on an opera never before heard in the U. S.: Ernest Moret's Lorenzaccio, based on the play of Alfred de Musset, with Baritone Vanni-Marcoux in the title role created by him ten years ago in Paris...
...young aunt is sacrificed to the duke's lust. An old friend is victimized. But the greatest damage has been done to Lorenzaccio's own soul. To revenge himself, he finally kills his cousin-a scene made memorable last week by the superb, cumulative performance of Vanni-Marcoux...
...Opera Company did the unusual, chose no well-proven piece for curtain-raiser, no outstanding soprano. For its first night, also Oct. 27, it will present the U. S. premiere of Frenchman Ernest Moret's Lorenzaccio, an adaptation of a carnal plot by Alfred de Musset, with Baritone Vanni-Marcoux singing the title role created by him ten years ago in Paris...
...Other operas new to the Chicago repertoire will be Mascagni's Iris with Edith Mason, Antonio Cortis, Giacomo Rimini. Virgilio Lazzari; Riccardo Zandonai's Conchita with Rosa Raisa; Massenet's Don Quichotte with Vanni-Marcoux, Hallie Stiles and Desire Defrere...
...will have Mary Garden, noted diva of many past performances, take the part of Louise. The honest and conservative mother, who disapproves of her daughter's marriage with Julian, a poet, will be portrayed by Maria Claissens. Rene Malson will sing the part of the young lover and Vanni-Marcoux is scheduled to appear as the father...