The Washington times., 1927-11-03
CHICAGO OPERA
ON THE AIR

Radiotics with a bent for philo.
sophical musings should get quite
A kick from their listening this, eve.
ming when they will hear the EN-.
bryo opera singer from Maryland
who are trying for the Atwater
Kent prize and the finished ,,roduct
from Chicago, where the Chicago
Civic Opera Company opens ITS sea.
son and its weekly broadcasts with
"Traviata'
The conditions of the Atwater
Kent contest provide that none OF
! the vOcalists competing may be
more than 25 years of age and none
may have sung for pay or in pub.
| lie. Who knows but that some
Melba or Caruso of the future will.
be among tonight's group Of aspiring
warblers? The trials will be heard
through WRC. beginning at 1920
and the radio audience is asked to
help the judges decide the winners
by filing their preferences.
The Inauguration of regular broad.
casting by the Chicago Civic Opera
Company Is an enterprise Of the
Balkite Company which gave listen
ers the Damrosch concerts last year.
| Tonights performance will be the
second act of "Traviata. with
Claudia Muzio as "Violetta," Tito
Schipa as Alfredo" and Richard
Bonelli as "Germont," the father of
alfredo"
The opera il Verdi's musical
the second act contains the big
scene of the opera-the meeting
of the heroine with the father OF
her lover and her remuneration of
the lover. The Chicago singers
are well qualified to sing their
respective roles and listeners should
hear an excellent performance. The
best tuning possibility for Wash.
ington listeners is VIDAL, Balti.
more, or WIZ. The opera which
begins at 10 o'clock, will not be
broadcast in Washington.
There will, however. be a most
distinctive bit of entertainment
and enlightenment for Washington
listeners from WMAL at 7I5 this
evening when DR.. Sigsmund Spaeth,
the eminent lecturer on musical
subjects, will be heard in the
Arthur Jordan Musical Forum with
talk on What Makes us Like
Music" l cannot too highly rec
ommend tuning this talk-no mat.
ter what else might be missed in
listening to it. DR.. Spaeth is not
only an authority on music and a
IEf MI iNA
most human writer and lecturer on
the subject since the death OF the
late James Hunnecher. He liz the
busiest lecturer and writer know
anything about, being kept on the
move all the time by the demands
for his services throughout the
country and Washington is very
lucky TO have him. Musical funda.
mentalists ought to take a regular
course Of Spaeth--it would help
deliver them from their bigotry-
and the musical bigot is about the
worst specimen know of the
tribe.
The Ides of November. in a man.
ner O. speaking. have played havoc
with well known even tenor of our
broadcast ways and listeners will
miss things this evening that a
regular of a Thursday-and hearing
things that come at other times.
For instance. there will be no Kit
Hour this eyening-the program be.
ing transferred 10 Saturday. On
the other hand. at o'clock the
United States Army Band, which
has been doing part of the week end
chores for WRC. will be heard in
one Of its transcontinental pro
grams. The Hoover subsidy and
the ginger ale banjoists haven't
been disturbed--nor the cough drop
twins-and they will all come from
WRC at the usual hours.
In the offing Wen get the Max.
we'll endeavor from WIZ this eve
ming at (Which is a switch from
Wednesday. The Maxwellians will
strive to Guido previous efforts. At
1890 Cosmo Hamilton, the author
and playwright. may be tuned from
WEAF or it's antenna