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Show "ROBIN HOOD AT LYRIC WEDNESDAY WEDNES-DAY JjgHT Music loren of Logan, and those of tho thousands of theatre patron who know, and aptfredat good music mu-sic and i familiar with the work of the laU Reginald DeKoven. will b gratified to know that the DeKoven opera "Robin Hood" wilt be presented present-ed at the Lyrlo theatre, Wednesday. February and. Tho offering will be made by the Ralph Dunbar productions of Chicago. Chica-go. Ralph Dunbar, who works on tho platform of "All American Opera for All America," Is the ono man In the United Slates who has made good In reviving popular operas. His "Chocolato Soldier" of last season made him a mint of money as did "Robin Hood" and this year ho has augmented hts Income by- addlng-companles addlng-companles In the production of Gilbert Gil-bert and Sullivan's 'The Mikado" and Bizet's ."Carmen" In English. AH of them have made moro than good. Dunbar believes that thcro aro just as Good voices In tho United States as In other countries and ho engages only singers that honestly placo U. S A. after tholr names on hotel regi latere. He does not decry tho talcnta of tho foreign born but no Is Intensely Intense-ly American and bows strictly to tho lino In making selections for his casts and choruses. "Robin Hood" Is a decidedly pretentious pre-tentious production and comes highly high-ly recommend from Denver, Los Angeles, An-geles, Salt Lako, Jacksonville and Soattlo. Mr. Dunbar will be In Logan Lo-gan to personally direct tho symphonic sym-phonic orchestra carried to interpret tho score of tho ronowned DeKoven. |