Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-15
OPERA REPLACES
AMOS N andy
WRC Presents "Turandot"
Tonight-WMAL Features
TaIkie Stars.

"Turandot," Puccini's last opera, will
have its radio premiere tonight over
WRC and other National BroadcastlnR
Co. stations at the expense Of Amos n
Andy"
The opera, coming as it does at 7
o'clock, forces Amos n Andy to step
aside, but the popular radio team may
be heard at the usual time through
WIZ, KDKA or WJR.
Della Baker, American Opera Co.
diva. will sing the title role in ''Turan-
dot" the fifth of the series of Puccinis
works to go on the air under the aus
pices of the American Radiator and
Standard Sanitary Corporation. The
cast also includes James Davies, Frank
Chapman, Charles Kullman, Ivan
IvantZoff, Frances Aida and Mario
Chamlee, all famous operate stars.
Walter Damrosch in his weekly Cen
eral Electric hour concert will intro
duce several celebrated ballet compost
tions. A contrast will be offered In
LISTS LES Preludes." The other num-
bers will be the Dance Of the SylphS,"
from Berliozs Domination of Faust;
the "Pavane" of Faure and the Pro
cession of the Knights Of the Grail, :"
from Wagners "ParSifal."
Wolf to Give Two Numbers.
In the Launderland Lyrics program
Johnny Wolf will add a novel touch
with two musical recitations, entitled
Cinderella" and Columbus" Fred
Waldner, tenor. will contribute two So
los, "A Little Kiss Each Morning" from
"Vagabond Lover" and "Soon," from
Gershwin's Strike Up the Band" The
orchestral portion of the program Is
made up OF popular melodies.
Dance music by B. A. Rolfe's Lucky
Strike Orchestra and Rudy Vallee's
Villa Vallee Orchestra and another
New Business World" presentation by
Merle Thorpe are among WRC'S other
features.
A group of talking picture stars will
be the principal contributors to the
Paramount Publix hour tonight over
WMAL and associated Columbia Broad
casting System stations. Nancy Car
roll, Lillian Roth, "Skeets" Gallagher
and Little Mitzi will be in this group,
which will present musical numbers
and dialogue from the picture Honey"
Their program will come direct from
Hollywood The remainder of the hour
will originate in Columbia's New York
studios. Harriet Lee, contralto, and
Paul Small, tenor, will be heard in this
portion of the program,
Soprano Will Be Featured.
The Russian fantasy, Around the
Samovar," will feature Nine. Zinaida
Nicolina, soprano, and Peter Bljo's Bal
alaika Orchestra. Other Columbia at
fractions to be broadcast by WNAL in
clude the program of spirituals called
Dixie Echoes" and the farcical presen-
tation of the Nit Wits In addition, the
station has scheduled several local fea-
lures, one of which will be a talk by
Lieut.. Walter Hinton on The District
Airport Situation"
A program of Irish melodies will be
presented over VOL tonight by Mary
O'Donoghue, soprano, and Mrs. Fred
Rice, soprano. Another feature will be
a new recorded version of the John L..
Sullivan James j. Corbett fight of Sep
TENDER z, 1892, in New Orleans 1t Is
the first of series of recordings of
famous f1stic battles, all Of which VOL
will broadcast
The Tennessee Society will contribute
to the program tonight Of WJSV. The
station also has scheduled a number of
musical features and a Sunday school
lesson to be given by Rev. William Nc
Dougall.