Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-10
NJ i S &c
BY HELEN FETTER.


posing esplanadc OF the Pan Ameri-
can Union Building program de-
voted in one section particularly to
Inca music The first part OF the eve
ming music from Brazil, Mexico and
Bolivia will be played, The second
part is the Inca music, and the third
part includes music from Chile and
Argentina The program will last
from till $50 pm.
&
4 S an aftermath of the convention
"A here held by the American
Guild OF Organsts. the following list
Of different parts of the country
which were represented may be OF
interest to local musicians: Dallas
and Houston, Tex; Pittsburgh and
Philadelphia, Pa; St. Louis, Mo;
Ithaca. n. Y; Woodbridge, n. j.;
Govan. Md; Baltimore, Md; Charles
ton, w Va; Chicago, ILL.,. Elizabeth,
n. j.; Easton, Pa; Oberlin. Ohio;
Waterbury, Conn.,; Orlando, Fla;
Brcok.ine. Mass; Boston, Mass;
atlanta. Ga. New York City; Water
town, n. Y; Richmond, Va; Buffalo,
n. Y; Carlisle. Pa; Huntington, w,
Va; Detroit. Mich; Pottsdam, N, r.;
Youngstown, Ohio; Sharpsville, Pa, ;
Tenkintown. Pa; Memphis, Tenn.
BROOKLYN. n. Y; Alexandria, Va;
Hanover, N. H.; Barre, VT. Annape-
lis, Md; Nineland, N, J.; Leesburg,
Va; Beaver, Pa, and New Haven,
Conn. 49,
Ut was i'll the early part of the sew
cntecnti century when Claudio
Monteverde and Jacopo Peri wrote
the earliest Italian operas, and since
that date until the present time,
Italy has been considered The most
congenal and productive laboratory
for young singers who go TO the
provincial opera houses of this land
OF sunshine and song and there gain
practical experience, Elsewhere in
Europe, other provinces have offered
similar opportunities, but it is i'll Italy
that such conditions have continued
long and successfully. There is no
doubt that there are many things
that are valuable to a young singer
for background, tradition and expert
cnce. that will always be available
i'll the European opera houses of
towns that in size compare with
places in the United States where
the one or two motion picture houses
sound the keynote of entertainment
available to the citizens. $500.
Now. however, Hugo Reisenfeld,
one of the most prominent individ-
uals connected with musical enter
tainment i'll the modern American
motion picture house, is coming
forth with statement that. in this
country, the provincial foreign opera
house is having real opposition in
Americas motion picture theaters.
las a training school for singers"
said Mr., Reisenfeld, in recent in
terview, Americas motion picture
houses more than take the place of
the provincial opera houses of Eu-
rope. Salaries for soloists at he
major metropolitan theaters range
from 500 to $500 week. This
money enables numbers of new per-
formers to continue their studies"
Mr., Reisenfeld continues the sub
lect, mentioning that three of the
new artists engaged to sing next
season at the Metropolitan Opera
House, in New York, served their
apprenticeships in New York film
houses. The three are PhiIine Faico,
Fred Patton and Frederick Jage1.
Others who have graduated" from
the motion picture stage into grand
opera at Americas leading opera are
Mario Chamlee, Anne Roselle, Vim
cente Ballester and Jeanne Gordon.
In this twentieth century it is very
interesting to pause and contemplate
upon the psychological evolution
which has made it possible for the
youngest and richest of the arts-if
the motion pictures may be so
terrned-to, as a side product, provide
experience and training for future
grand opera stars.
The United States certainly is de-
veloping its own very individual way
OF working out many problems, es-
pecially in cultural lines, that set lust
as original and different a keynote
in these things from that Of the Old
World as the skyscraper architecture
OF our big cities differs from that Of
| capitals elsewhere in the world.