Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-16
;WAGNER|AN MUSIC
COLUMBIA FEATURE
Elsa AIsen and Paul AIthouse
S0Ioists With New York
Philharmonic Orchestra.

= Excerpts from two OF the greatest
Wagnerian music dramas, with Elsa
. Alsen and Paul Althouse as soloists, ac-
companied by the New York Philhar-
monte Symphony Orchestra, will be
broadcast today at $50 pm. over
WAIAL and a Columbia network
First on the program is the love duet
!, from Tristan and Isolde" in which
Althouse, the first American singer to
appear on the stage OF the New YORK
Metropolitan Opera without foreign ex-
perience, will be heard opposite Miss
Alsen. The orchestra, under the direc-
ton Of Albert Coates, viii play "Sieg-
fried'S Journey to the Rhine" from the
: opera, "Gotterdammerung," which forms
q part of the great tetralogy. The
Ring Of the Nibelungs." Miss AlSen wiz
be accompanied by the orchestra in the
scene 'Br5lnhilde's Immolation," from
"Gotterdammerung."
Talk on Germany.
The WMAL-Columbia network will
present at 1880 this morning a talk by
. George Bernhardt, on "A Business
Mans Picture of Germany's Economic
Future" Bernhardt, formerly editor OF
q Berlin newspaper. is now the head OF
the Association of German Department
Store Owners.
Toscha Seidal and the string quartet
will be heard at 10 O'Clock this evening
. over WMAIi in a classical program OF
chamber music, including numbers by
Beethoven, Debussy. Mozart and Haydn.
Barbara Maurel. contralto. who has
toured the United States and Europe
as a concert and opera singer. Will be
featured during the Cathedral hour at
3 O'Clock this afternoon. With choral
accompaniment. Miss Maurel viii sing
outstanding portions Of the oratorio "At
the Offertory."
Light and popular numbers viii be
contributed to the days broadcast by
the Boswell Sisters, Kate Smith,
crooner; Tony PARENT and his saxo-
phones and Eugene Ormandy's Orches-
ira. with Fred Hillenbrand and Billy
Echoltz.
Addition Winner on Air.
over WRC and network of the Ma
tional BroadcaSting Co. Genevieve Irene
Rowe. soprano, one Of the national au-
dition winners, will be heard at noon
in the Pop" concert, conducted by
Walter Logan. Miss Rowe, accompa-
MED by the orchestra, will sing Cara
Nome" from Verdis ''Rigoletto"; Cad
mans From the Land of the Sky Blue
WAJGT anu 11C WAGA, ny 0CAA~A-Se-
Charles Mcbride, cellist with the
Cleveland Orchestra, ~wil play solo
numbers. A vocal ensemble and or
chestra will be heard in excerpts from
Youman's Hit the Deck"
Late popular numbers, comedy songs
and a light opera favorite will be Of
fered by Rubinod and his orchestra at
o'clock over WRO. In Spanish
Garden" his own composition, and
yours Is MY Heart Alone" the Lehar
favorite from the Viennese musical
comedy Land of Smiles" will be Ru-
binoff,s violin solos.
A radio version Of the Gilbert and
sullivan comic opera The Gondoiiers
Is 10 be offered over WRC at O'Clock.
The cast will include Mary Mccoy and
IVY Scott, sopranos, and Mary Hoppie,
contralto.
Roland Wheeler. tenor, and Sammy
Brown will contribute vocal solos to the
evening program of WJSV, which also
will Include church services. On VOL
a symphony orchestra, church service
and bob CAREERS Orchestra are sched-
uled.