The Washington times., 1933-11-17
DC. OPERA CLUB
MAKES DEBUT
NEXT WEEK

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With a cast Of exceptional
young singers Of the Capital City,
and a trained chorus Of so, the
Washington Opera Club under
, the direction Of Flora McGill
Keefer will present its initial per-
Torrance, Planquette 's '"The
Chimes of Normandy at Roose-
welt Auditorium Monday and
Tuesday nights, November u and
28, at $50 o'clock.
Prominent in the opera are
Elsie Schulze, as Germaine; Lou
Use Keneipp as Serpolette; Betty
Roberts, Lorraine Bentley, Edith
Martin and Velma Snow as the
four village maidens; Harry
Schonrank s. Henri, the Marquis
Of Bonneville: Eugene Swygert as
Jean Grenicheux; Harry L. Crow
Jr. as Gaspard, the miser; Fred
erick Denniston as the Registrar;
Sidney Dwight as the assessor;
and Kirk Spalding as the notary.
The Shafer- Chace Dancers Of
Washington will present dances
Of Old Normandy.
Reserved seats for 1.-THE Chimes
of Normandy" are on sale begin
ming this week, at the A. A. A.
headquarters, the Willard Hotel
ticket bureau; and the Washing
ton Hotel newsstand.
All Souls Church (Unitarian)
announces a series Of 10 half
hours of music on Sunday after
moons throughout the winter, ar
ranged by the organist, Lewis
Corning Atwater. Next Sunday
at S o'clock, Mr.. Atwater will
play a program Of Scandinavian
music, assisted by Flora McG1ll
Keefer, mezzo-soprano. Mr.. At
water will play numbers by
Sjogren, Palmgren and Sibelius.
Mrs. Keefer will sing ITO a
Violet" by Grieg and Light" by
Sinding.
Washington Memorial Park, q
modern cemetery development on
Riggs Road, northeast of Takoma
Park, has installed a vox organs,
the second installed for outdoor
concerts anywhere in the world.
The inventor is Louis Luberoff
The vox organs consists Of an
organ, an orchestral, belfry
chimes, vibra harp and 200 wall
amplifiers.
The opening concert will be
played on Sunday, from 8 to 4:30
pm, by Edith B. Athey, organist.
John Murphy, tenor, will be the
assisting artist. Concerts will be
given every Sunday afternoon
at the same hour, weather pre-
hitting. The public is invited.
A special conservation service
for new choristers of Foundry
junior choir, Esther Linkins, direc-
tor, will be conducted during the
evening service next Sunday by
the Rev. Eddie L. Ford, director
Of religious education. The choir
will sing a Beethoven cycle
Morning" Moon" and might"
Susan Mylroie, 8-year-old soprano,
will contribute a solo.
The appointment is announced
Of Barrett Fuchs as tenor Soloist
with the Georgetown Presbyterian
choir, of which Mrs, Frank Akers
Frost IS director and organist.
Other soloists include Mrs. Her
bert F. Aldridge, soprano, and
Mrs. Mary Belle Beckham, con-
tralto. Sunday morning Mr.. Fuchs
will sing the solo, Hear My Cry,
o Lord"
Sunday evening at the Mt.
Pleasant Congregational Church,
beginning at 8 o'clock, the No
vember musical services will be
given by the Mt. Pleasant Chorus
under the direction of Norton M.
Little, with Claude Robson at
the organ and Miss Mary S. Apple
and William P. Shanahan, soloists.
The chorus will be assisted by
Miss Virginia Rand, reader, and
Miss Edith Dawson. pianist. The
public Is cordially invited.
The program for the Hour Of
Muic Sunday at p. m. at the
Y. w. e. A., Seventeenth and K
Streets, will be given by Aurelta
Beck. accompanied by Edith
Virden-Smith and Sara Becker,
pianist. The program will be
varied, including a group of inter
esting American songs. The pub
lie is invited.