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Show NO GERMAN OPERAS THE COMING SEASON Chicago Opera Association Says Decision Deci-sion Is in Deference to American Ameri-can Sentiment. CHICAGO. Sept.. 27. Thp Chicago Opera association will give no German operas this season in Chicago, New York or Boston, according to the prospectus issued is-sued today by Cleofonte Campanini, general gen-eral director. Many works of German composers were included in last year's series , of tfrnnd opera in Chicago and Maestro Campanini had contemplated a smaller number of these presentations this year, but, lias abandoned them entirely" en-tirely" "This is in deference to the sentiments' of the American public." he said today. "We have a 1 ways given German music as liberal re present a t Ion as French or Italian in this institution. However, we realize that even the most fair-minded American who has a friend or relative facing- destruction over there cannot sit ' and listen with ecpioniml ty to music j created In the enemy country." |