CHICAGO OPERA COMPANY TO PERFORM FOR HARVARD

Harvard music-lovers will come into their own tonight when the long awaited performance of "L'Amore Dei Tre Re" by the Chicago Civic Opera Company will be presented at special "Harvard Night". The audience which is expected to pack the Boston Opera House, will be composed largely of University undergraduates.

Never before in the many visits of the Chicago company to Boston has such an undertaking been attempted. This year the agents of the Opera Company, with the co-operation of the Music Department at the University, decided to reserve tonight's performance for a "Harvard Night" like those of the annual "pop" Concerts in Symphony Hall. The plan has proved a great success, and though no large block of seats has been reserved entirely for the University. large numbers of students will be scattered through the hall.

Famous Composer to be Present Tonight

Italo Montemezzi, the author of "L'Amore Dei Tre Re" and three other operas which have been received favorably both in Europe and in this country, will attend the performance as the guest of the opera company for the evening. Signor Montemezzi is the most famous of living Italian composers, while "L'Amore Dei Tre Re" is generally considered his greatest work. Its Boston-premiere took place in 1914, only one year after its original production in Milan. The story was written by Sem Benelli, one of Italy's foremost living laywrights, and the author of many other works of great prominence.

Wholesale Tragedy at End of Story

The principal characters in the opera are Archibaldo, an old man who has conquered a small Italian princedom; Manfredo, his son; the Princess Flora, who by the treaty of peace concluded between Archibaldo and the conquered Prince Avito, must break her engagement with the latter and marry Mantredo; and Flamingo, a servant. The opera ends with the tragic death of three of the principals.

Among the stars taking part are Mary Garden, famous operatic soprano, who has been with the Chicago Opera Company since 1910, Georges Baklanoff, and Virgllio Lazzari, basso, who has been greeted enthusiastically by audiences during the Company's stay in Boston this winter. The conductor for the evening will be Georgio Polacco, who has acted as conducter in Brusselis, Lisbon, Warsaw, Petrograd and several other cities in Europe, South America, and the United States