Show NEW A AMERICAN OPERAS COMING COr ING Few in Past Have Mad Had Popular I Interest of Any Any Note CHICAGO Dec 4 IBy 4 By The Th 0 Associated Scores Press Press Scores of ot Am- Am Am American opel operas have ha been bce written and produced but not ono one has ed enough to warrant more mor than one on or two repetitions and fo moat of ot then them the premiere premier walo 88 also the th last showing AmerIcan Am operas however ver con con- continued con continued to appear with J- J end nd this season leaion 1 will III Hs the tho ot of o several In addition to the th revival rO of ot others MusIc believe helle that increasing fre frequency tre- tre frequency quency ot of th the appearance o of Am American Am- Am AmerIcan music musio on the programs ot of loading organIzations and rud d par par- particularly particularly par particularly In la the tho field of grand opera Is la the th result ot of o a II growIng Interest and demand the musIc public NEW ONUS ONIS The Metropolitan Opera Op r com corn company pany ot of New lew Tork and tho the Chi Chi- Chicago ceo cago Civic opera opert company each will bring brine forth a newYork new nw work York by byan byan byan an American while a third was produced by the Portland Ore Oro Grand Opera company company ConsIderable Interest lav 18 been attracted to the tho lot production of ot Th The Kins Kings King's l Hench-l Hench- Hench Henchman wt man with libretto by Edna St St Vincent Millay 1 on one of ot Americas America's mo moat t distinguished and score by Deems Taylor raylor A n hardy adventurer Into new nev fields ot of musical effort To the th musIcian Taylor who Is ts only 40 0 has be- be behind behind be behind hind him a Ion long lone serIes of ot orchestral ral suites rhapsodies cantatas and choral pieces but to the th lay lay- layman lay layman man he h Is I better known a as the tho composer of ot the Incidental music to Beggar car on Horseback a hIghly successful play of ot a season or so 10 back T TWELFTH Incidentally this will 1 b be the twelfth American opera to be Produced by the Metropolitan The ChIcago premiere will boThe bo be The Witch of ot Salem by Charles Wakefield n ThIs Thi Is not Mr Cadman's first venture into rand grand opera the th Metropolitan Han itan having ha produced hit ia Shane Shane wl wis In 1918 Ills The Th Portland Opera company gave Winona compos by Al- Al Alberto berto Al-berto berto herb of ot New York City on a libretto by Perry WIlliams formerly of ot the th Minneapolis un Trib-un une Winona which Is I based baaed on an Indian legend of Minne Minnesota sota and uses use some original In- In Indian Indian In Indian dian themes borrowed from the tho Chippewa and Sioux collections ot of Miss Frances France Densmore of ot the Smithsonian Institution The Portland company ha has announced that It intends to encourage the production of ot American operas by presenting premieres In connection with I opera era os as produced by the th leading compan- compan esl esl It Is I recalled that tills this sea sea sea- season son sea son a a full tull length op opera ra was pro pre pre on Broadway a as musical fare fue to compete with musical comedies and popular pl plays play ys This was Deep River with lIbretto by lawrence 1 Stallings and nid by W Franks Frank Marling It closed after atter a II short hort run 00 |