New Britain herald., 1929-01-09

The Chicago Civic Opera company

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The Chicago Civic Opera company
will be heard in q portion OF Mo-
xart's opera The Marriage OF FL
caro-" which will be broadcast over
stations WIZ and WBZ at 10
o'clock tonight. The cast will tn-
clude Virgilio I.axxari a. Figaro:
Richard Bonelli a. Count Alma
Viva: Eva Turner as his wife: Edith
Mason az Susanna: Marion Claire AZ
Cherubino; Maria Claessens as Mar
celuna: Jose Mojica as Don Bastio
and others. The opera IL taken
from the comedy by Beaumarchais.
and will be sung In Italian.
Richard Crooks. well known
American tenor. will be guest artist
during a musical program over
WEAF and VITO at 1880 and he
will be heard in Lehman's "Ah,
Moon of My Delight" di Capua's 20
Sole Mic" The orchestra under the
direction OF Nathaniel Shilkret
will play among other numbers
Beethoven's Turkish March," Sc
lection from Romberg's blossom
Time and one from Prince Of Pill
SEN"
Old and new. lively and sad tunes
will come through ut $50 over the
same stations during a variety pro-
gram of vocal and instrumental &C.
lections including Sonny Boy"
which will be sung by a group Of
songstcrs. a selection from the cur
rent musical hi. "Whoopee." vocal
duet II Like You As You Are" from
Rainbow" NAH Indy LOU
strauss blue Danube Waltz" Try
the Mill" II Saw Your Eyes" and
many others.
The Highlanders orchestra, as
sisted by Stefano 'di Stefano. harpist.
and Frederick Wyatt, baritone, will
be heard in a concert at o'clock
over WIZ and WBZ. Di Stefano viii
play composition Of his own en-
titled Souvenir d'Italie." while
Wyatt will be heard in Burleigh's
Jean" and Galloway's THE Gypsy
Festival" The Highlanders Them
selves will contribute Spencer's I'm
derneath the Stars" Triangle's
punch and Judy" and Chenoweth's
Harvest Festival"
The Foresters male quartet, heard
regularly "Wednesday evenings at
$40 over, WIZ and WBZ will be
heard in five vocal selections inclu.l-
ing PENIS ''Smnin' Through" Dom
oldson's Cecilia" Herbert's when
You're Away" Frimrs Beautiful
Ship From ,Toyland" and Good
Night, Beloved, Good Night" Two
violin solos, Elgars" Salut d'Amour"
and Rimsky- Korsakoff's Hymn to
the Sun" and a vocal solo. "Yonr
Eyes Have Told Me So" complete
the program.
The slumber hour sextet will fea-
ture compositions OF Russian COM
posers including Tschaikowsky's
'Cossack Revels." "Elegie" and the
Enchanted Lake" suite, Rachn,an-
inoff's prelude In G Minor"
0lAsounow's Meditation" and KAe-
ganoff' s "Minuet." WIZ and NLW
broadcasts this program at II
o'clock, 80, s,.,rs~
Wagner in Beyruth at the OPEN
ing of the festivities in his honor,
will be tonight's musical episode of
the Columbia system at 8 o'clock
over, WOR and WNAC. King Lud-
wig. sometimes called the Mad King
of Bavaria. gave Wagner the oppor-
tunity to elevate himself in the
musical world and for this purpose
gave him as his gift the Beyruth
Opera House, to be used exclusive
ly and for all times as the home Of
Wagncrian opera alone. Festivities
were planned for this occasion and
it is these festivities that will be re-
produced.
The Merrymakers will make It
especially snappy tonight with pep
~ music over the same stations at
$40 with such numbers as Pom
pamela" Give Me a Night in June"
March of the Musketeers," u
Scream for Ice Cream" and Be
loved"
A group of interesting and melo-
dious selections will make up the
program by the Mr. Millionaires al
9 o'clock over WOR and WNAC
Opening with the theme song Feel
Like a Million" the orchestra will
next play Yradier's La Paloma.'
after which the quartet will be
heard in Sunny" Other selection.
include pretty, Petite and Sweet
from Just a Minute" Blake's ''Har.
Dor of Love-" FrimTs "L'Amoul
Toujours L'Amour." and selection
from Blossom Time"