The Washington times., 1931-03-14

The American premier OF
'wozzeck," a dramatic opera
by Alban Berg, will be staged
Thursday night, March 10, at
the Philadelphia Metropolitan
House, with the entire second
act being broadcast over an
.-WEAF network from 9 to
$50 p. m, Eastern standard time.
Leopold StokowSki, brilliant con-
ductor of the Philadelphia Sym
phony Orchestra, will direct the
complete production, which is
said to include the largest operatic
orchestra ever to play in the
United States.
The radio program will be heard
during the time ordinarily de-
voted to the Arco Birthday Party,
sponsors of which are standing
aside in favor of the operate
broadcast.
Last October excerpts from the
first and third acts of "Wozzeck"
we're symphonically presented in
New York city, but without such
operate properties as cast and
scenic effects.
Feminine stars OF stage and
screen will appear as guest artists
in a new wekely program, Vitality
Personalities, which will have its
premiere over 46 stations of the
Columbia BroadcaSting System,
Wednesday, March 25, at 10 p. m.
Among entertainers already
signed for the series are Belle
Baker, Ruth Etting, Grace Hayes,
Ginger Rogers, Beth Challis, Lee
Morse, Dorothea James, Claudette
Colbert, Nan Halperin, Billie
Burke, Gertrude Lawrence,
Evelyn Hoey, Catherine Fields
and Aileen Stanley.
Sir Hubert wilkins, famous
polar explorer, will be interviewed
by Grantland Rice, sports writer,
during the Coca-Cola program,
which will be broadcast over an
N.BC. network Wednesday,
March 18, from 1890 to II p. m.
Sir Hubert is famous for ex
plorations in both polar regions
Several years ago he flew over
the North Pole. His last trip
was to the Antarctic. Prepara-
tions are now being made for an
underwater trip to the North Pole
A submarine is being fitted for
underseaS travel, and Sir HUI
bert is in hopes of being the first
man to cruise under the Pole.
Kate Smith, versatile musical
comedy star, will join the radio
ranks with a series of Semi-weekly
programs to be heard over N.B.C.-
WIZ networks. Beginning March
II the young soprano will broad
cast for Is minutes each Tues
day and Thursday night at 1870
o'clock.
The singers repertoire ranges
from popular ballads to light op-
era numbers. Songs of contem-
porary and past popularity will
predominant in her radio pro-
grams.
Beniamino Gigli, tenor of the
Metropolitan Opera Company,
will be soloist on the R.C.A. Vic
tor program to be broadcast over
an NB.C. network Sunday,
March 20, from 7:30 to 800 p. m.
In a program of Italian music,
Gigli will sing the aria "Cielo E
Mar" from Ponchinelli's opera,
La Gioconda," as well as songs
by Denza and Russo-Di Capua.
AS a member of the Metropol-
itan, Gigli has been heard in
most of the leading tenor roles,
and his fame has grown steadily
since his American debut
Charles Buddy" Rogers, screen
star, will be interviewed during
the broadcast of the Sunkist Mu-
Sical Cocktail from Los Angeles
over the Columbia network, Wed
neSday, March 18, at $50 p. m,
E. S. T. Louella Parsons, motion
picture critic and writer, will act
as his interrogation.
The only woman editor-in-chief
of a metropolitan newspaper, Mrs
Eleanor Patterson. of the Wash
ington Herald, will be Edwin Al
gers subject in his series, Who's
Behind the Name, to be broad
cast over an NB.C.-WEAF net
work Monday, March Is, from
$50 to 6:45 p. m.
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