Show CAl IF AL S D DREAM I FULFILLED IN CHICAGO American opera based base on native o folk rolle folklore lore loro and sung In En English Englich was presented for the tho first last week t when the tho Chicago Opera com company pan produced Reginald Regi nal Do Kovens Koven's Rip Jlii Van Winkle Tho libretto is b by Perc Percy The presentation marked the tho fruition of or plans by for tor opera I that would be understood by the American Amer ican lean public but the ho maestro did j Amer-j not live to see seo his dream como conic true In his music Mr Air Do J Joven oven has In Introduced Introduced Introduced In- In grand opera fashioned on light ligh t opera lines with several tuneful melo- melo tiles Illes Ir Mackaye r has treated the fa familiar Ca- Ca a- a legend ot of the tho Catskills with poetic license and has eliminated tho the famous do dog love lo for which was the feature of ot Joseph Jefferson's Jeffersons drama I LOVO 9 Interest Is furnished through h tho timo Introduction of at a new character Po- Po whom Rip nip cY even marries A magic flask belonging belonging- to Hendrick Hudson tho the contents of oC which restore Rip lip an and to youth Is another I nc phase |