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STUDENT LIFE
Published monthly, excepting the summer months, at Lisle, Ill., is written for and about American Students of Czechoslovak Ancestry.
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STUDENT LIFE PLATFORM.
1—To acquaint the English speaking world and our own younger generation with the historical, artistic, literary, musical and cultural treasures of the Czechoslovaks.
2—To make Czechoslovak men of note better known.
3—To present the achievements and activities of American Czechoslovak students and alumni in America.
4—To kindle a greater interest and desire among Czechoslovaks for higher education.
5—To inform and entertain by means of interesting news items, good short stories and rollicking student humor.
PICTURE ON THE S. L. COVER.
Our cover picture this month presents Madame Emma Destinn and Mr. Karl Joern in the roles of “Mařenka” and “Jeník” in Bedřich Smetana’s “Prodaná Nevěsta” or Bartered Bride. The picture was taken at the New York premiere, given at the Metropolitan Opera House on Feb. 19, 1908. It will be remembered that Emma Destinn, a Czech by birth, won international fame as a singer. Her partner for many years was the famous Enrico Caruso.
This immortal opera by Bedřich Smetana, the greatest of Czech composers, was again presented. during the last theatrical season (1926–27) by the New York Metropolitan Opera with the following famous opera stars: The role of “Jeník” was sung by R. Laubenthal, who usually sings Parsival, Tristan, Walter Stolzing, Lohengrin, Tanhauser and other difficult Wagner roles. “Mařenka” was presented by Marie Mueller; “Kecal” by Michael Bohnen; “Katuška” by Marion Tulva; “Anežka” by Miss H. Wakefield; “Rusina” by George Cehonovsky; “Mícha” by James Wolfe; “Vašek by George Meader.
Smetana’s famous opera was presented under the direction of Gatti-Gazazza, Arthur Bodansky conducting the orchestra, which consisted of one hundred men, who have had decades of experience in playing the world’s greatest operas.
The “Bartered Bride” has an interesting history in America. It was first presented at the Haymarket Theatre in Chicago on August 20, 1893 by the Ludvíkovci Theatrical organization under the direction of J. A. Čapek and Joseph Smaha of the National Prague Theatre. The “Bartered Bride” was next presented at the Sokol Hall in New York under the direction of V. Reindl. The great production, as already mentioned,