Evening star., 1937-08-22

while waiter S DrOa dcaSt next SATURDAY
Don Giovanni"
Mariana Stable, the Italian BARI
tone, who has become a favorite with
operatic audiences throughout Eu-
rope. Is to sing the title role in Pal
staff" for the Salzburg performance,
which is considered to be the best
version of the work produced any,
where in more than a decade. Be-
sides Stable, the cast assembled from
the principal opera groups in italy
and brought to the small town in the
Austrian Alps, includes Piero Biasini
as Ford, Dino Borgiol as Fenton,
Franca Sommigli as Mistress Ford.
Lesser roles have been assigned to
Augusta Oltrabella, Angelica GrA-
venco, Mita Vasai and Alfredo Ted
eschi
Bruno Walter has won particular
cpmmendation for his treatment of
the Mozart score for Don Giovanni"
and the German maestros appear
ance has been awaited with unusual
interest at Salzburg
The week in broadcast music COM
mences impressively this morning,
however, when a work over which
much controversy has ragged, is heard
during the Music Hall of the Air pro-
gram over WMAL at 80. The COM
position is Dimitri Shostakovitsch's
Concerto for Piano, Strings and
Trumpet In addition, Glazounoff's
"Espagnuola" quartet and two move
ments of Mendelssohns First E Flat
String Quartet" are to be heard. On
Thursday WRC will carry the premiere
OF an American chamber music work
the first public performance Of the
quintet which has been chosen to
receive the award of the Lake Placid
Music Foundation.
TODAY'S PROGRAMS.
|DRAMA-1rene Rich is starred in
play by Arch Oboler, dealing
with the plot of an eccentric to wreck
. streamlined train that he believes
to be responsible for all the ills of the
world-WMAL, 8:45.
The Headless Horseman," original
operetta by Stephen Vincent Benet
and Douglas Moore, based on the
Washington Irving novel, "Ichabod
Crane" is presented by a cast in
cluding Muriel Wilson, soprano: Fred
Hufsmith, tenor, and Earl Styres, bar
ttone-WMAL at 7 o'clock.
| >oNcERT-The Fireside Recital is
heard over WRC at $50
sisura Nilssen. b.s.o. ''A0Oe'
. Helen Marshall. soprano. 0
THE Old Superb - Stanford
"a Perfect Day sseA' Bond
Miss Marshall. A''-N =
A concert by the State and Ca
thedral Choir OF Berlin has been
scheduled for 3 o'clock by WRC, cele-
brating the Tooth anniversary of the
founding of the city. The program
will consist largely Of German folk
songs, but Brahms "Beherzigung" and
I'm Fruehling.0 BY Lark Loewe, are
to be included.
Ulderico Marcelli's Symphony Or
chestra is presented in full-hor con-
cert from Grant Park, Chicago
through WJSV at 9 o'clock.
DR.. Hans Kinder, conductor of the
National Symphony Orchestra, is guest
baton-w -wielder of the Columbia Sym
phony Orchestra this afternoon
WJSV at O.
Coates arrangement OF suite by
B Minor Suite Bach
Cessation in 6 Major, Ne. l. Mozart
DNAR1ETY-Glenda Farrell of the
screen plays a dramatic role op-
poslte Don Ameche when she appears
as guest on his program tonight
over WRC at o'clock.
Jane Froman introduces Milton
Doiglas and Priscilla, comedy head
liners of vaudeville, as feature o1
her shoW-WRC at g.
John B. Kennedy, commentator, in
terviews children in fresh air camp
during the Magic Key program to-
day-WMAL at l. Other talent to be
heard includes Jean Sablon. returned
after two-Week absence, and Marion
Telva, contralto of the Metropolitan
Opera Company. DR.. Frank Black is
to conduct the orchestra and chorus
IN dramatized version of Daisies
Won't Tell"
June Lang is the guest of Waltpr
Winchell-WMAL at $50.
ELISA Landi is the dramatic star of
the Sunday Night Party, with a med
ley Of Rudolf friml melodies pro-
grammed as another highlight-WRC
at 9 O'Clock
Col. Jay G. Flippen. popular Broad
way master of ceremonies, pinch hits
for Harry Won Zell while the an
nouncer- producer is on vacation.
F1ippen presents Francia White,
singer; Zeke Manners, hill-billy fid-
dler, Rosa Rio and Al Phillips. song
and piano team; Elsa and Billy Newell.
comedy team, and Ken Christie's
Chorus-WJSV, s O'Clock
Allan Jones and Loretta Lee make
return engagements on Werner JAMS
sens program-WMAL, $50.
Graziella Parraga, Cuban society
leader, singer and composer, is the
guest on the Our American Neigh
bors' program, when tribute is paid
to her country-WJSV, 4 o'clock.
THE WEEK.
|MONDAY-Four well-known actors
vie for top honors as the Co.
lumbia production of Shakespeares
Henry W. takes prominent position
on the Monday schedule of WJSV.
They are Walter Huston in the title
role Brian Aherne as Prince Hal,
Humphrey Bogart at Hotspur and
Walter Connolly as Falstaff. Drama
Is represented further by the radio
version Of Eugene O'Neills "The