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Senor Diaz also had the honor of Gre
ating the role Of Pere Bertrand in
Frank Harling's oprea, "A Light from
st. Agnes" which was the first Ameri-
can opera ever produced In Paris in
English. Diaz is the second Metropoli-
tan artist to sing this season in the
concerts at the Union.
The program will begin promptly at
9 O'Clock and the audience has been
assembled by invitation.
RUCKMAN RECITAL.
A PROGRAM featuring works of
American composers will be given
Wednesday night at the National City
Christian Church by Robert Rucknan.
organist, as the final concert In the
series sponsored by the local chapter
Assisting Mr.. Ruckman will be such
prominent local artists as Helen Tur-
ley, contralto; Ruth Bronson Logan,
violinist, and Edward Vaccaro, cellist.
The program will include works by
Walter H. Nash, Hazel Ferrell Adair =
and John Prindle Scott-aIl of whom
are well known in musical circles of
this city, and other composers repre-
sented will be G.. w. Chadwick, Roland
Diggle, Powell Weaver, James H. Rog-
ers, Edwin H Lemare and Lynnwood
Farnam. The concert Is scheduled for
8:15 pm.
BALDWIN ORGAN RECITAL.
A N interesting musical event of today
will be the organ recital to be given
by DR.. Minor c. Baldwin of London,
England, at Ingram Church, Tenth and
Massachusetts, avenue northeast, which
is being offered as a compliment to
music lovers of Washington" The
event Is scheduled for pm
DR.. Baldwin, who Is wen known in
this country as well as abroad, viii in
clude on his program compositions by
Bossi, Carmetti, Rossini, Haydn, Haber-
bier, Marie, Schubert, Wagner and one
Of his own works. The concert will be
open to the public.
PAPAs CONCERT.
THE fifth annual concert given by
the Columbia Mandolin, Guitar
and Banjo Clubs, under the direction
Of Sophocles Papes, viii take place
Tuesday evening at Barker Hall. The
concert Is scheduled for $50 pm.
Tickets may be purchased at the T.
Arthur Smith Concert Bureau or at
the Sophocles Papes Studios, 1921 Con-
organizations taking part will be the
Columbia Mandolin Orchestra, the Co
lumbia Hawaiian Guitar Orchestra,
Papas Spanish Guitar Ensemble, Papas
Junior Banjo Band, the Columbia Banjo
Band and the Royal Hawaiian Dance
Quartet.
EVENING OF RUSSIAN OPERA.
A N evening Of Russian opera will be
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Studio next Wednesday evening at the
Jewish Community Center, Sixteenth
and @ streets northwest. Mime Clara
Schinskaya, former soprano of the Rus
sian Grand Opera, viii be the assisting
artist.
The production will include Act I
from Eugene Onegin," in which Mar
jorie Isaacs, Helen Steiner, Betty
Baker, Helen G. Kiernan-Vasa, Domen-
sco Baiardo and John Herman wiz take
part; the "Pastorale Scene" from
Dame de Pique" (Tschaikowsky), to
be sung by Mary PAUL, Helen Steiner
and DR.. Charles Gordon, and incidental
dances to be given by Lily zalipsky,
Ludmilla Plavsky, Leonora Shaffer,
Evelyn Jaccarino. Maria Peverini, Eliz-
abeth Pirojnikova, Henrietta Halam
Fannie Spigel, and Carmel Ragusa.
The Mermaid aria from "Sadkoe
(Rimsky- Korsakon). win be sung by
Marjorie Isaacs
Mime. Schinskaya win sing several Sc
lections, and Sklaris Little Symphony
Orchestra viii be included In the pro-
gram.
Eugene Shastan is stage director. and
the performance Is under the general
direction of Nine. Marie zalipsky, for
mer artist Of the Russian Imperial
Opera and former professor of music
at the Imperial Conservatory at Petro-
grad.
CONCERT AT COLLEGE.
THE annual May concert given by the
Maryland University Chorus will
be held next Wednesday evening at $50
in the university auditorium. The
chorus Is under the direction Of Prof.
B. Louis Goodyear and will present an
interesting program Of short choral
numbers. Two artists from the Ma
tional Symphony Orchestra will appear
as soloists. They are John Alden
Finckel, cellist, and Alfred Manning,
harpist. The concert given under the
auspices Of the music department will
be free to the public. The following
numbers will be sung by the chorus.
.Cherubin sonsS.. S................. .BortnyansEi
paEn's Awakening" ................ GREG
The Galway Piper ...oid ............... .oid IrisS
Lorch Dance" ......................G German
Old German
come to the Fair" ".................. Martin
The Polonaise" ................-. Chopin
MIR. Finckel viii play two movements
from the Rachmaninoff sonata for
cello, "Kol Nedri," and a composition
Of his own, The Moth" Mrs. Alden
viii accompany him at the piano. Mr..
Manning viii play "Aeolian Harp" by
Hasselmans, and two seventeenth CEN
tury airs. The two artists will also play
Saint -Saens "The Swan" Mrs. Arthur
Blaisden is accompanist for the chorus.