The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-24
De [UCA STARS
IN AIR LANES /

Every type Of radio reception
! from the worst to the beSt-distin.
gushed the weekend. Saturday
evening noise and merry.gO-rOund
fading made outside tuning prac-
tlcally impossible, save here and
there, and Sunday evening there
was also noise in plenty, but also
good volume and clear programs
from hlgh-pOwer transmitterS.
some fading held over, but broad
casts az average distances were
When one familiar with baritone
history thinks seriously about the
/. most natural and easily found type
or mans voice, one naturally re-
calls three names--Campanari, the
dramatic, Incompatible opera figure,
memories of whom always seem to
be in costume: Werrenrath, the
happy, boyish. exuberant concert
artist whose perfect tones and in
telligent singing spell ease and
comfort for the listener, and then
Giuseppe de Luca, who sang last
night for the Atwater Kent pro-
gram-and sang and sang. Per.
1lGpS TITO AUGSL uSllI1lLlUu VI "lAd6
we mean when we say or think in
/, terms Of De Luca came from one
? of the most fastidiouS musical
minds we know in this form Of
comment;
DE Luca has the most satisfy
Ing voice I've ever heard; he does
exactly what you think he should
do with 1t at the precise time he
should be doing it, and you are
completely enVeloped in the feeling
\Of content it gives you. His is a
Voice you hear with confidence"
In the years we've heard De
Iuca sing, his singing was just
hat--and last night it was even
more so! His program during the
ltWater Kent exercises contained
iInost every type of song a bari.
bne can attempt. from the very
rnotional t'Eri Tu," from the
Masked Ball." with which he
tarted it, to the highly coloratura
mic bit of intricate vocal pyro-
ehnics, from "rhe Barber Of
svilie,'S with which he ended it.
between these two most difficult
| arias came ballad, street song,
spiritual and what not-each given
a distinct definition of its own and
all much Of the character and all
! Of the intelligence of De Luca.
1t was great exhibition Of both
vocalist and artistry far the
greatest we've heard in radio for
many months.
REVEALS PLEASE
RADIO AUDIENCE
1 The :, music of the good old
"Prince of Pilsen" brought back
many memories during the Philco
hour Saturday evening, and made
listeners feel that these "restora-
\ tons Of musical comedies and
light operas which the WIZ forces
have undertaken will mean much
for the cold winter evenings to
come. Our Sat Home" program
from WMAL gave Pauline Healey
opportunity to sing as she has sell
dom sung before in our hearing
and quite eclipsed other efforts on
the program, This young singer
has a very definite promise in her
voice which We hope she'll con-
tinue to work as faithfully to keep
as she has during the past few
months
The forty-third anniversary of the
founding OF the Central Union Mis-
sion in Washington gave opportunity
for many radio listeners to hear some
thing of the history of one of the
National Capitals most worthwhile
institutions through the broadcast
! by WRC Of the exercises of COM
memoration at the Calvary Baptist
Church during the afternoon. The
early Sunday evening program pre-
scented Joe Santley and Ivy Sawyer
a. particular stars of the Capitol
Theater in several pleasing num-
bers, after the Nation Boyce Or
chestra7 had given a most excellent
concert during the WRC Peoples
Nesper Hour.
Outside, the most distinctive
broadcast was the LIE Prade detec.
tive story that was a feature Of the
National Weekly Review-and the
4 return OF Don Amaizo-another LIE
Prade-Davis feature. Both came
from WIZ or its antenna.