Evening star., 1923-04-27
NATIONAL HOME
OF OPERA ASSURED TO DISTRICT
Million-Dollar Structure Planned on Site
of Edison Bradley House, at Dupont
Circle, In Near Future.

Plans for construction Of million
dollar opera house on the site OF the
Edison Bradley home at Dupont Circle.
have been announced by Edurrd Albion.
, president OF the Washington Opera
Company. Inc.
An option on the property has been
given by Mr.. Bradley Drrisns for the
opera house, which In to be a national
home for opera, have been drawn by
George Oakley Totten. tr. A feature OF
| the building Will be a tier of twenty
i three boxes, these boxes to be the ex-
elusive property of stockholders for
, series of grand opera performances each
year
TO Select Singers.
! Mr.. Albion said today that the sup
| port OF musical. financial Aad social
leaders. OF Washington already has been
given the project. and that the result
will be a "ver!tabe national opera com
pany." with singers to be drawn from
, the whole country by series OF tests
f, to be held In large cities OF the coun-
| try each year.
The new opera house will be 2,S feet
/ long by 1873 feet wide. narrowing as it
approaches the circle. II will be To-
Gated oII the triangle formed by the
| intersection ot Connecticut avenue and
18th street at Dupont Circle. IT IL to
be five stories high. The procenium arch
| Will be seveEty-two feet wide. Above
the boxes. and orchestra will be bal
| cony seating 900 persons. The seating
| capacity ef the opera house is to be
$500.
1sth Street Entrance.
| Entrance. 10 the opera. according to
plans. will be on 10Th street. the Con-
necticut avenue side to have only exits
| In, fn fI,a ,f
| ing street cars. At the narrow end OF
| the structure. facing upon the circle. are
| to be offices on the five floors. the
! ground floor: to be used for commercial
| purposes. The stage is to be at the
widest end of the building. Plans also
call for a circular ballroom in the base
] ment.
4 Work on construction is to begin when
removal of ornamental stone facades
! and cornices from the Bradley site is
completed. These stones are being used
gin the construction Of the new Bradley
5home at Newport K. L. Some parts Of
iSthe present building may be used in the
is,onstructlon OF the opera house
Il VIII Sell stock.
!: The company is Incorporated for
| 81 500, 900. and is authorized to issue
5000 shares of preferred stock pay
ing per cent and the same amount
OF common stock. The twenty three
| boxes behind which is to be a pri-
! Nele ioSeI, "liE D' lti tilt eSSiuSlNt Z
use of subscribers who take $4,000
! of the stock. One share of common
stock is to be given to each purchaser
ofztwo shares OF preferred stock. and
\ a aimited number of orchestra seats
| to be held in perpetuity will be given
to those subscribing to $1,000 of the
preferred stock. The boxes and or
choStra seats given in perpetuity Will
| be sn lieu of dividends.
! Is addition to Mr.. Albion as preSi-
4 \ 10 ftltn N ~ hAr nj
! fceEs are George Oakley Totten, jr..
! vice. president; Mark Reid Yates.
| treasurer. and Marietta Albion, sec
| retary. Mr.. Bradley. it is announced.
already has subscribed large block
| of tie stock and will he among the
boxholders, several of which have
| been subscribed for.
Wa did not launch this project