The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-01


day, Gladys Baxter, Roy Atwell, l
Gallagher, Polly Ollie, Roy Gordo
Victor Casmore, Al Downing, Phil
Farley and Marion Huntley, togeth-
err with three of the sensational
dancers of the coming opera season
Rosita Ortega, Julianna and Una
Val.
The all-St. Louis chorus. which
has always been a feature OF
Municipal Operas productions, will
be augmented to 80 this season;
while the usual symphonic orchestra
of so will be in the pit during every
production.
"Teresina" is one of the gayest
and most melodious of all Viennese
operettas, its composer, Oscar
Straus, having been responsible also
for The Last Waltz" THE Waltz
Dream" and THE Chocolate Sol
der" all of which are remembered
by Municipal Opera patrons for
their tuneful scores.
1t is a story of the romance of a
singing girl with band of strolling
players, herself a Corsican, whose
rise to fame accompanies the adj
vance of Napoleon Bonaparte to the
throne of France, and who becomes
the reigning prima donna of the
Paris Opera and a favorite at the
emperor's court.
New Stage Ready
"Teresina" will offer the first OPP
portunity to see the newly rebuilt
stage in Forest Park with the strik-
ingly beautiful architectural towers
which in the modern mood combine
functional utility with artistic
charm and add to the apparent
breadth and depth of the stage which
is rooted over only by the stars.
OF steel and stucco construction
they rise to a height of SO feet on
either side of the stage, and are
surmounted with a decorative metal
final.
Insets Of illuminated glass brick
add to the colorful beauty of the
structures proper, and they are
connected by a suspension bridge
that provides a means for modern
lighting from above as also a rigid
support for the sound simplifying
horns.
Three working levels on either side
permit a more flxible use of side
lighting from the stage while re-
ceSsed cubicles extending toward the
rear give reflective surfaces for adj
ditional play of indirect lighting.
Programs Announced
The remainder of the repertory
for the season will be as follows:
June 1O-"Rio Rita" Music by
Harry Tierney and Joseph McCar-
thy; book by Guy Bolton and Fred
Thompson. A rollicking romance of
adventure on the Mexican border.
June 17-"Mme. Sherry" Music
by Karl Hoschna; book by Otto
Harbach. A modern version of one
of the gayest musical successes of
the early twentieth century.
June 24-"The Chocolate Soldier.
Music by Oscar Straus; book by
Stanislaus STANCE. An international
melody triumph, based on George
Bernard Shaw's Arms and the
Man"
July Good News" Music by
Ray Henderson; book by Laurence
Schwab and B. G.. De SYLVIA. A jolly
romance of college life in which
everything but the campus, itself
dances to lifting melodies.
July 6-"The Vagabond King. "
Music by Rudolph Friml; book and
lyrics by Brian Hooker and w. H
Post. based on Justin Mccarthy
beautiful romance of Francois Villon
If I Were King"
July Sunny" Music by
Jerome Kern; book by Otto Harbach
and Oscar HammerStein II. The ro-
mantle adventures of a lovely cir
Gus rider. who follows the doughboy
she met in France back to America.
July Beloved Rogue" Ar
American premiere of a European
triumph with its music by Robert
Stolz. composer Of Two Hearts If
Waltz Time" and many other inter
national successes. II tells the gay
story Of the romance re Hun
garian countess and 2 Balkan Robir
Hood.
July 29-"The Cat and the Fiddle
Music by Jerome Kern; book by