Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-27
PREMIERE ON AIR
FIRST FOR OPERA
Two Acts of RUSSIAN Shad-
oWS" Will Be Sung Over
WRC Tonight.

For the first time in the history Of
music an opera will have its premiere
over the radio tonight, when the first
two acts of Cesare Sodero's Russian
Shadows" (Ombre Russo is sung by the
National Grand Opera CO. in the weekly
grand opera hour over WRC and asso-
ciated National Broadcastlng Co. sta
tons.
Sodero. maestro of the National
Grand Opera Co, who worked IA years
preparing the opera, Will direct It's
presentation The last two acts OF the
work will be broadcast next week.
Russian Shadows" is described as a
romantic tragedy of the Russia OF the
deposed Romanoffs. Aside from nota-
BILE group of radio opera stars, the cast
for the original presentation includes a
chorus of 40 voices and an orchestra OF
so pieces. The principal roles Will be
sung by Fred Patton, Julian Oliver.
Frederic Baer, Joseph Cavadori, Astrid
Fielde. Grace Leslie and Paula Hem
minghauS.
Weekly Family Party"
Another outstanding WRC attraction
tonight will be the General Motors
weekly family party" featuring Sousa
and his band and Merle Alcock, former
Metropolitan Opera Co. contraIto. inc
bands program is designed to review 20
wears Of Sousa music. in which Some OF
his most famous marches were COM
posed.
Roxy and his gang" who open
WRC's evening program. will ofTer sew
eral new song hits. including the kann-
Sanders My Dear" and Harry Woods
Then We Canoedle Oodle Along.
Lillian Buchanan, who has been on q
concert tour in the Middle West. Is
scheduled to return to the gang IN
time for this broadcast. The gang,
however, will lose Forbes RandolphS
Kentucky Jubilee Singers, who are 10
leave soon for world tour.
The Voice of FireStone, the A. q r.
Gynsies and the Empire Builders his
torical sketch are outstanding among
WRC's remaining attractions. the Gyp-
sizes have arranged program OF popu-
lar and Semi.clasSical selections, Whlle
the Firestone broadcast Will be
dramatiZation of the indianapolis mo-
tor speedway sweepstakes. The dramat-
lied description OF the race Will be
broadcast just as though the micro
phones were set up at the track, ana
Graham McNamee will do the an
nouncing. The musical part OF the pro-
Ieath, contralto, and FRANKLIN Bauer,
tenor.
Miss Folsom Featured.
Miss Bobby Folsom, musical comedy
and vaudeville headliner, who has starred
in the Ziegfeld "Follies" and Earl Car.
rolls "Vanities," will be the featured
artist in the weekly Vitaphone jubilee
tonight over WMAL and other Column
l. SySt stations Sne
is expected to give some OF the lmper-
sonations for which she is noted.
WMAL also has scheduled the second
of the series of Joint recitals by Ma
thilde Harding, pianist and Serge kot-
larSky. Violinist. as we'll as the other
regular Columbia presentations. THESE
include Night Club Romances, the
PHYSICAL Culture Hour, the Coco Cour-
iers and Musical Vignettes which to-
night will be represented by Germany.
The compositions OF Wagner are 10 De
presented exclusively on this program.
A burlesque on Robert Services IA
NOUS poem, The Shooting OF Dan Nc
Grew" by Henry Burbig viii be the
speciality of the Coco program. The
musical portion of the program Is COM
posed of current musical hits TO be play
ed by q trio and orchestra. Night Cluh
Romances will celebrate its twenty-nfth
broadcast with q drama OF love and
crime.
The national origins clause OF the
immigration act will be discussed by
Representative Thomas A. jenkins OF
Ohio before the microphone OF WJSV
tonight. This station has scheduled an
other talk to be given by Samuel Her
rick. former president OF the sons oi
the American Revolution.
Dinner music and q recital by David
| Martin, baritone, are the principal fea-
| lures on the VOL program.