Evening star., 1936-07-12

non profit organization. manages
Summer Opera at the Zoo
THE operas are sung by famous
stars from leading opera houses Of
the world, with internationally known
guest conductors for the symphony
orchestra of so musicians. A small
selected chorus from the Metropolitan
Opera Company, augmented by care.
fully-trained singers in Cincinnati
and ballets directed by noted artists,
contribute greatly to these remarkably
fine productions comparable to the
best of the Winter opera season.
Each week two operas are given on
alternating nights, except Monday
when no performance is given, in an
open-air theater. set amid magnifi.
cent trees and shrubs Protection
against inclement weather is pro.
vided by the roof OF the pavilion, 70
feet overhead. General admission
seats at the nominal price Of sc
cents are available for each opera.
Two cities on the Great Lakes have
elaborate Summer music" plans
Chicago revives after a silence of foui
years its Ravinia Park symphonies
which for two decades after 1911
were synonymous with brilliant Sum.
mers of symphony and grand opera
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra
under the direction of famous con-
ductors, will present a five weeks sym.
phonlc concert season. The programs
are given in the pavilion, where the
stage and some l 400 seats are under
cover, though open on the sides. Thi.
seasons undertaking is financed By
guarantors and the sale Of coupon
books, by which park admission is SO
cents and reserve seat the same,
without coupons each is rs cents.
During July and August the Chi
cago Symphony will participate ID
the series of free concerts given by
various bands and orchestras of the
city at Grant Park, where seats fol
10000 are available.
Cleveland, as host for the Greai
Lakes Exposition. plans a season Of
brilliant all-variety musical program,
on the exposition grounds. The Great
Lakes Symphony of some 80 mep
under the batons Of the leading con.
ductors of the country will give Q
hundred concerts. Thursday nights
are symphony nights, when the work:
of the great masters will be presented
Music from the better musical show.
is scheduled for Monday nights anc
on other evenings of the week the
concerts will include new and familiar
works from the best orchestral music
The beautiful shell, especially con.
structed for these events, has broad.
cast control room, from which thest
concerts can be sent out over Local
and national networks.
DURING the exposition, Clevelandt
~ public auditorium. with a seatins
capacity of $4,000. becomes the world
largest broadcasting studio-t7adio.
land. Individuals and orchestras, out.
standing in the radio world, will give
their national broadcasts from Radio.
land at both matinee and evenins
performances.
In Pittsburgh Summer music" ap.
pears "on the lawn" Pittsburgh.
Little Symphony Orchestra plays II
commercially sponsored evening con.
certs, from June % to July "a. on the
lawn of Hotel Schenley. Each pro.
gram. built around the lighter types
of operatic or concert music, feat,ires
some well-known instrumental or vo.
cal Soloist.
Across the State Of Pennsylvania In
the beautiful natural valley of PhiIa.
delphia's Fairmount Park "the Robin
Hood Dell Concerts" are now in theiI
sixth season. These nightly pro.
grams by the Men Of Philadelphia
Orchestra" continue through August
81 and include, besides the customary
brilliant concerts with world-famouR
conductors and soloists, operas and
ballets. ...
After last years experiment with
popular music-entertainme rathes
than education-this seasons pro.
cHAA6o boCA W u
standard at the expressed desire OF
several thousand patrons. Foul
operas-ToSca, Faust, Martha, Aida
and four ballets by the Philadelphis
Ballet Company are the features OF
Monday and Tuesday evenings thh
Summer. ga.
The huge 14-sided shell, framed In
a background Of trees, was erected be.
fore the first concert. July 8, 1880
Amplifiers and food lights, used dur.
ing intermissions, are cleverly, con.
Significant in its development OF .
well-founded an-year musical pro:
gram Is washington's entrance int
the field of Summer music" with this
Symphony CO the River"