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Elsewhere in these columns is a provoking editorial note praising the generosity of a patron of art and suggesting that it would not be amiss if the Chicago community were to aid Mr. Louis Eckstein in his material support of the Ravinia Park summer opera. Bostonians have not to go abroad to find a citizen equally praiseworthy for his beneficence in a similar work. They have only to refer to Major Higginson...
When the defence mechanism of Chicagoans begins to operate and they wish to turn the subject of conversation away from politics and gangsters, one of the safest and happiest topics they can bring up is wonderful season of summer opera at Ravinia on the North Shore. There, in an all, fresco theatre amidst a sylvan park, stars from the Metropolitan and other leading companies sing nightly before large audiences. Ravinia is about 20 miles from Chicago, but the perfection of the music and the beauty of its setting lead thousands to travel there regularly by motor or train...
...Ravinia is peculiarly the hobby of one man, Louis Eckstein. It was he who saved it a few years ago from becoming just another amusement park. He engages the singers, selects the repertoire, and, quite inevitably, pays most of the bills. To be sure, there is a guaranty fund subscribed to by many North Shore residents, but it is wholly insufficient to meet the annual losses. Last year Mr. Eckstein paid $139,000 out of his own pocket. This summer's season will cost him nearly $188,000. One can only agree with him when he says: "It is certain...
Since the end of May, Cleveland had been canvassed for a native chorus and ballet. Rita De Leporte, the Metropolitan's première danseuse, whipped together an able troupe of 100. Giacomo Spadoni, assistant conductor and choral master of the Chicago Civic and Ravinia opera companies, selected 300 voices. For Aïda was provided a special Negro chorus led by a colored preacher. For Smetana's The Bartered Bride-"Czech national opera"-was provided the Cleveland United Czech Singing Society. A group of Welshmen were to sing specially in Die Meistersinger...
...Phelps Taft of the Cincinnati Times-Star, who felt unable to carry the annual deficit alone. But after her death last February (TIME. Feb. 9) it was found that the Taft estate left provision for paying the Zoo deficit which now includes that of the Opera (formerly paid separately). Ravinia Park, Chicago's Louis Eckstein is perhaps the only melophile virtually to own an opera since mad King Ludwig II of Bavaria who in the middle of the last century sat many a time alone while his troupe sang for him in a great empty theatre. As president...