Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-12
OPERATE STARS
ON AIR TONIGHT
Trio of Famous Singers to
Dominate Programs of
WRC and WMAL.

A trio of operate StarS-FTanceS
Peralta, Metropolitan Opera Co. So
prano; Charles Hackett, tenor, and
Richard BonelI, leading baritone of the
Chicago Civic opera Co.-dominate the
chain station programs coming into
Washington tonight over WRC and
WMAL.
Nine. Peralta will be guest soloist in
the first of the abbreviated Summer
series of Atwater Kent radio hours,
while Hackett and Boneln will be guest
artists in the DeForest hour.
Nine. Peralta, who will be heard over
WRC, has included in her program two
opera elections Melody of Love-"
from Gypsy Love-" and kiss Me
Again" from Mile. Modiste." She also
will sing VOLTS Iris and Strickland's
Nah Indy Lou" The Atwater Kent
Orchestra, under direction of Josef
Pasternack, will play March of the
TOYS" from Babes in Toyland" and
Memberships Spring Song" in addi-
ton to gems from Gilbert IL Sullivans
operas.
Hacketts contribution to the DeFor-
est hour, a WMAL attraction, will be
"QueSta o Quella,' from Verdi'S "Rigo-
letto," and the 'Spirto Gentil,' from
Donizettis La Favprota." Bonelli'S
solos will be the prologue from Leon
cavellaS "Pagliacci" and Fri Tu,"
from The Masked Ball" of Verdi. AS
a duet number these artists will sing
selection from Bizet'S The Pearl
Fishers"
Other Attractions.
WRC's program also contains its
other regular Sunday attractions, in adj
dition to several new ones-the Conti-
nentalS, Rapid Transit and the Riviera
String Quintet. Two of these have been
shifted from the daily schedule. An
other added feature on this stations
bill is a broadcast of the Mothers day
ceremonies in the Arlington Cemetery
Amphitheater, at which Secretary of
War Good and Gen. Charles P. Sum-
neral, chief of staff of the Army, will
be the principal speakers. There also
will be an address by Mrs. Thomas
Spence of Milwaukee, national preSi-
dent of the American War Mothers.
The musical portion of the ceremonies
includes a concert by the United States
Marine Band and vocal solos by Repre-
sentative Woodrum of Virginia and
Herman Fakler.
Outstanding among WRC's afternoon
musical offerings are the Roxy SYM
phony concert and the Bagby-Romilli
Moments. Paul Parks baritone, will be
guest soloist in the latter, while the
Roxy broadcast will feature Dominick
Caputo, French horn player. The Con-
tinentalS, who also are on the after
noon schedule, will present AStrid
Fjelde, soprano; Judson House, tenor,
and several other artists.
The evening portion of WRC's pro-
gram is made up, with one exception,
of the regular attractions. Aside from
the Atwater Kent hour, it includes the
Studebaker program, the Old Company
songalogue, the Capitol Theater fam
ily," the Russian Cathedral Choir, Sun
day at Seth Parker's, and Sam Herman,
xylophone virtuoso. The exception is
the Rapid Transit episode, already IA
miliar to WRC'S audience.
Stanley to Sing.
Joyous Joe" Stanley, versatile men,
Der of Mai. Edward Bowes family"
will be the individual star of the Capitol
Theater offering. He is a distinguished
song writer and singer, and will inter
pref some of his own numbers in the
radio program.
Special arrangements of popular song
hits will be featured by the Studebaker
Orchestra, under direction of Jean
Goldkette, while the Russian Choir will
present the liturgical music of Holy
Russia.
The Cathedral Choir, one Of WMAL's
afternoon attractions, will present in its
entirety Gounod'S Mass of the Sacred
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an orchestra.
WMAL'S other features are the
Sonatron program, the Majestic Thea
ter OF the Air, the La Palma hour and
Around the Samovar, with Peter Biljo
and his Balalaika orchestra.
whispering Pianist"
Art Gillian, the whispering Plan
ist," will head the Majestic Theater
program. Wendell Hall, THE Red
Headed Music Maker" will act as mas
ter of ceremonies, introducing Gillian
and other features. These include the
Wanderers Quartet, Stanley Davis,
musical saw specialist, and Redferne
Hollinshead, tenor.
A group of classical compositions will
intersperse more lighter numbers in the
La Palma broadcast, in which an or
ehestra and male quartet will take
part. The classical group is made up
of Rachmaninoff's prelude in G. Mi
nor and MaSsenet's louvre ties yeux
bleus"
Lillian Fairclild jesse soprano, a
former student of the DamroSch School,
who also has studied opera in Paris,
Rome and Milan, will make her radio
debut tonight over VOL. Her recital
will begin at $50 o'clock and last for
half an hour.
WJSV's program tonight is made up
Of its usual variety of Sunday attrac-
tons. These include recitals by Kath-
crime Crowley, pianist: L. z. Phillips
trombonist; Chick Godfrey, tenor, and
David Martin, baritone. There also
will be program by the Cuthbert
Bible Class Of Peck Memorial Chapel
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