The Washington times., 1938-02-26
List Aida
First for
D.C.Opera
By WILLIAM NEWMAN

The Chicago Opera Company,
of New. York city, comes to the
Rialto Theater next Saturday
for a series of nine perform.
ances. Opening with Aida, :"
the company will present Car
men," La Boheme," Samson
and DeIilah," La Traviata," "
"TOsca," "RigolettO' and MA
dame Butterfly" in the order
named.
Believing that Americans are
ready to listen to their own art
lists and that native origin is not
a bar west of New York and not
such an inSurmountable OBJ
stacle there as it was when Alb
bey & Grau could not produce
John K. Paine's opera because
no one in the company could
sing English, j. Franklin Viola,
manager of the Chicago COM
pany, lists a number of our own
people.
CLING TO ALIASES
Some of them who have sung
at the Met or in Chicago cling
to their Italian aliases adopted
to persuade their fellow country
men or the foreigners in con-
troll or both; but the great
majority of the company are
natives. There is Ralph Errole
and his lovely daughter, Mar
tha, who will divide honors in
the "Boheme" performance.
There is Leonora Corona, who
came to the Metropolitan from
Texas and comes to Washington
to sing the title role of Puccini's
"ToSca."
Mr.. Franklin stresses the fact
that Washington is to hear
three Puccini operas in one
week, and reminds us that it
has been several seasons since
we have heard any. He names
more of his principals, among
them Ivan Velik of the Moscow
Opera: Rocco Pandisco of the
Met; Nino Carboni of La Scala;
Elda Ercole, greatly gifted
soprano, a native and accepted
by the Metropolitan for its
spring season; Mario Cozzi OF
the Met and N. B. C.
Anticipating the operate ac-
cent of the week, Grace Moore
of the Metropolitan, Chicago, st.
Louis, San Francisco, and Los
Angeles companies, of Holly
wood and the radio, leaves her
engage ents S on Broadway
where she and Kiepura sang to
the largest audience of the sea-
son at the Met, to appear in re-
cital tomorrow at Constitution
Hall. She will be assisted by
Samuel CARMEL, violinist, and
Isaac Van Grove, celebrated
Chicago pianist and accompa-
mist. Miss Moore will sing arias
by Mozart, Debussy and Puccini
and songs by DebuSSy, deFalla,
Arensky, Delius, Bridge, Hage-
man, Clutsam and Carpenter.
The National Symphony
Orchestra also turns to opera
for its concert next Sunday
week March g. in Constitution
Hall. With the assistance OF
Miss Agnes Davis. the American
soprano who collaborates with
Stokowski, Ormandy and the
Philadelphia SYMPHONY in Wag-
merriam recordings, DR.. Kinder
will offer important excerpts
from The Dusk of the Gods"
and THE Valkyrie." DR.. Kind
ler'S operatic program will in
clude excerpts from works Of
Hageman and Weinberger.
A trio program offering works
of Martini, Faure, and Mendels-
sohn will be presented at the
Woman's City Club tomorrow
at by Muriel Abbott Marshall,
violinist; Naomi Hewitt, cellist,
and Mary ISant Couch, pianist.
Dorothy Mainor, soprano, is
announced for recital at Ran
kin Chapel, Howard University,
Tuesday evening. Her program
is devoted chiefly to German
songs. .ASenio Gale, guitarist,
will play at the King Smith
Playhouse, Thursday, Friday,
and Saturday evenings of next
week.
Two Beethoven sonatas. the
early "Pathetique" and the ma
ture "WaldStein" will be played
by Mary Williams, Of Foxcroft
School, Sunday in Barker Hall
at 5 o'clock. Harriet D. john
son will discuss the works.
Isabel Bonar DoddS will give a
recital of ancient Celtic ballads
and songs to the accompaniment
of the Irish harp Tuesday eve
ming, at the Arts Club. The
harp used by Miss Dodds is a
copy of one in the Dublin mu-
scum Justin Lowrie will con-
duct e mixed choir Sunday
night at the Roosevelt Hotel.
RaIoooInnhor WbonD