Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-21
OPERA SELECTIONS
ON RADIO TONIGHT
NeW-Type Recorded Dialogue
by "AmoS and Andy"
Also Feature.

Both light and grand opera and a
variety of other forms of musical fea-
lures, coupled with the initial broad
cast of a new-type recorded dialogue of
Amos and Andy" the popular WNIAQ
entertainers, will be presented tonight
by the Washington radio stations.
Bizet's Carmen" will be the operate
presentation which will come over WRC
and associated stations in tabloid dress.
1t will be sung by the National Grard
Opera Co, under the direction of
Cesare Sodero Marguerite D'Alvarez
will have the title role, supported by
Julian Oliver, Marjorie Horton, Nino
Ruisi and Theodore Webb. The United
Light Opera Co. which broadcaStS over
WMAL and other Columbia network
stations will provide the light opera
which is to be a condensed version of
Lecocq's THE Daughter of Madame
Angot."
program of opera by well known
members of the Metropolitan Opera Co.
will be presented in the General Motors
Family Party. another WRC attraction
The recital will be presented by such
we'll known artists as Louise Lerch, So
prano: Dorothea Flicker. contralto; Ar
lnand Tokatyan, tenor, and George Ce-
hanovsky, baritone. They will be as
sisted by chorus from the Metlopoli-
tan Opera and symphony orchestra.
Declared True to Voice.
"Amos and Andy" will be heard from
VOL at TIL o'clock. The time OF
broadcast is significant in this case.
This famous pair Of radio entertainers
will not appear in person before the
stations microphone, but their dialogue
is said to be recorded with such fidelity
al that HcfPn-
ers will have difficulty in noting dill
ference between the recorded and
actual voices.
Aside from the opera, WRC's pro-
gram includes number of other major
attractions, chief among them the
weekly concerts of the A. & P. Gypsles
and "Roxy's Gang" and another Voice
of Firestone" broadcast, which tonight
will feature the outstanding hits from
current Broadway musical comedy sue
ceSses The GypsieS will acknowledge
thousands of requests by repeating
Berger's "Valse TriSte" and selections
In addition to the request numbers,
colorful music from many lands also
will be played
The attractive Ethel Louise Wright,
a soprano, will be the individual star of
the Roxy" program. She is recent
addition to the gang" and her broad
cast tonight will mark her first appear
ance before the microphone. Miss
Wright formerly played the leading
feminine roles in THE Desert Song"
and Rose Marie" both in the New
York and road productions.
Music Room Episode.
wMAL will link up with the Column
bia broadcasting system at 8 O'Clock
for its initial attraction, the Music
Room episode, which will feature the
allegro movements from quintetS by
Faure, Schumann and Mozart A bur-
lesque on the dramatic poem, THE
Shooting of Dan McGrew." by Henry
Burbig, will be the principal feature of
the Coco Couriers program, which will
follow the Music Room broadcast. The
rest of the Coco offering will consist of
selections from the most recent and
popular musical comedies.
A new attraction will be introduced by
WMAL at o'clock, which will bring
back to the microphone Mary and Bob,
characters in the Story Hour. Mary
and Bob will not desert the Story Hour
for their new job, however, and here
after will be heard twice week.