The Washington times., 1935-12-21
MET TO OPEN
ADDITIONS ON
THE AIR

The Metropolitan Opera Com
pany will supervise a radio pro
gram, THE Metropolitan Opera
Additions Of the Air" beginning
tomorrow, and every Sunday
thereafter, over NB.C.-WRC coast
to-coast network, to check the
steady rush of opera singers to
the microphones.
The idea Of this program is to
bring to the public over the eir
for the first time a series of reg
ular opera additions which have
always been withheld from the
public. There will be heard on
this series at least SO of the most
promising and talented singers in
America, which the Metropolitan
Opera addition committee believe
have the best chance to attain
the goal Of every singer, namely
Metropolitan debut or engage
ment. The judges will be the reg
ular Metropolitan committee, and
they will welcome any comments
the public may care to send
them, expressing opinions regard
ing the singers.
That big Christmas broadcast
Of "A Tale of Two Cities" has
been definitely arranged for to-
day at 1880 p. m. over WRC and
all N.B.C. red network stations.
Ronald Colman, Edna May
Oliver, Reginald Owen, and
others from the huge cast of
this film will be introduced by
Hugh Walpole, famous English
novelist, who will also introduce
the air program.
The life of Mary Egypt will be
broadcast in dramatized form
over VOL tomorrow at $50 by
the players Of the Avia Maria
Radio League.
The Ave Maria Radio League
dramatization of lives of the
Saints are presented IN the inter
ests of st. Christopher's Inn at
Graymoor. N. Y, a refuge for
homeless men.
A special radio presentation of
George Frederick Handel's great
oratorio, the Messiah" featur.
ing four popular stars Of the
opera and concert world with the
Symphony orchestra and chorus
directed by Victor Kolar will be
broadcast over Station WJSV to-
morrow at 9 p. m. The soloists
will be Crete Stueckgold, so
prano; Kathryn Meisle, con-
tralto: Richard Crooks, tenor,
and Elio Pima, bass-baritone.
The Messiah" is regarded as
Handel's greatest work. Typical
of the composers genius, the work
was completed in "a days. In
1741, Handel was invited by the
Duke of Devonshire to visit Ire
land and, in Dublin, in 1742, he
first produced the Messiah" for
the benefit of a charity organiza-
ton. It's success was immediate
and the work was presented tri-
umphantly in London, where the
audience was so impressed by the
Hallelujah Chorus that one and
all, headed by the King, rose to
their feet and remained standing,
a custom that has prevailed ever
since.
The st. Matthews Choir, under
the direction of Mr.. Nation
Boyce, will present special
Christmas program over Station
VOL tomorrow at 1915 a. m.
The speaker for the broadcast
is Mr.. Denis K. Lane, who will
give an address entitled, The
Spirit of Christmas"
Buck O'Neill, popular sports
writer of The Washington Times,
will pinch-hit for Arch MacDon-
aid, of the Sports Review" broad
cast on WJSV, who is taking
two-week vacation, tomorrow at
the regular time and station. Kirk
Miller, also a sports writer of The
Washington Times, will do a bit
Of pinch-hitting Thursday, Decem-
ber 26.
Sports writer's of other local
papers, Clark Griffith, Bucky Har-
riS, Bill MCGOWAN, Bill Reinhart,
and a number of other National
Capital sports leaders, will sub for
Arch until his return, January 6.
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