The "Opera In Our Language Foundation, Inc." held high revel at the Studebaker Theatre, Chicago. A gold medal, the "David Bispham Memorial Award," was presented to Mr. Ernest Trow Carter, the composer of an American opera* The White Bird. The libretto was written by Mr. Brian Hooker, a veteran in the art of angling for prizes.†
The story of The White Bird aroused recollections of a notorious divorce casewhich perhaps added to its
"Americanism." It was concerned with a hunting party, consisting of a jealous husband, his wife, a handsome guide, As for the endthe guide...
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