CIVIC AUDITORIUM Sat. Eve., Jan. 2nd, at 8:40 p. m. PORTLAND NATIONAL GRAND OPERA CO. Presents Full Synopsis of VERDI'S IL TROVATORE IN FOUR ACTS ORCHESTRA DIRECTED BY MISCHA PELZ Announcing Our Annual January Clearance With Outstanding Values in MEN'S, WOMEN'S and CHILDREN'S APPAREL EASTERN OUTFITTING CO. 10th and Washington No Interest or Carrying Charges PROLOGUE In honour of Verdi, the great operatic composer, MAURICE DUBIN, dramatic tenor and director of PORTLAND'S NATIONAL GRAND OPERA CO., will sing the tenor aria, Celesta Aida from Verdi's AIDA by special request. 7 Months to Pay FULL SYNOPSIS OF VERDI'S IL TROVATORE IN 4 ACTS Characters as they appear FERRANDO (Basso Cantanto) ORR CHECK Captain of the Guards LEONORA (Dramatic Soprano) JEAN ULRICH A noble lady of Arragon INEZ (Soprano) GRACE SILCHER Lady in waiting to Leonora COUNT DI LUNA (Baritone) EVERETT CRAVEN A powerful Noble of Arragon MANRICO (Lyric Dramitic Tenor) EDWIN BEACH A young gypsy of myterious birth AZUCENA (Mezzo Soprano) MDME. ROSIE DUBIN A wandring old gypsy DANCER CARMELITA DOREE A Chorus of Attendants, Soldiers, Gypsies, etc. The drama takes place in Northern Spain in the Fifteenth Century. Members of the Chorus Rita Pilliaid Helen Fitzpatrick Isabel Beckwith   Leonore Merritt Hollys Dotson Juanita Palmquist Polly Lusk Robert McFadden Edwin Mickel Betty Rogers Maxwell Armstrong Raymond Sweeney-Nancy Frank Lee Schlesser Robert Duscheck Marguerita Mozzanin    Adith Cook Sam Stein Anna Small Betty Peake Alfa Drasbek Margaret Monaghan All Supplies for the New Year Diaries, Date Books, Loose Leaf Systems, Blank Books, etc. THE J. K. GILL CO. S. W. Fifth at Stark STORY OF THE OPERA ACT I Gardens of the Palace, at midnight. Ferrando, Captain of the Guards, relates how an old gypsy was burned to death for witchcraft! Her daughter Azucena stole the old Count di Luna's child and seemingly burnt it at the stake in revenge. Leonora enters, explaining to her lady in waiting, Inez who doubts the issue of her great love for a mysterious wandering troubadour, Manrico. As they reenter the palace, the young Count di Luna and Manrico, the troubadour, almost simultaneously reach the gardens from different avenues to pay court to the lovely Leonora. When each sees his rival they cross swords in bitter combat, Leonora rushing in and swooning as the curtain falls. ACT II A Gypsy Camp. At this gypsy settlement, some months later, Manrico is visiting the tribe, as here in hiding amongst them is the old tragic creature, Azucena, melancholy, and shattered in her wit, the woman he has known since babyhood as his mother. In the midst of the gypsies merriment, she recounts to them in a fierce ballad a dreadful act—a woman burned at the stake—and charges Manrico with her mother's last words from the flames—Avenge Me—. When left alone she tells him that to avenge her mother's death she stole the child of the old Count di Luna, and in her frenzy had thrown her own child to the flames instead. Finding her mistake, she adopts the Count's child as her own, and he, Mamrico, was that child. In the meantime, the Count has seized the lovely Leonora and in trying to save her, Manrico was captured, his mother arrested and both thrown into prison. ENTRANCE COMMENTATOR—George L. Koehn. Subject—"Portland's Opportunity and Her Obligations to Her Young Artists." Conservatory of Operatic Art under the personal supervision of MAURICE DUBIN World Famous Tenor and Producer Beginners with good voices trained. Advanced students coached in operatic roles, from which will be formed a professional opeiatic company to tour. Four further particulars phone BEacon 6161 or Maurice Dubin, 944 S. E. Maiden Street COSTUMES DESIGNED and MADE TO ORDER | HOLLYWOOD COSTUMERS 734 S. W. 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