Evening star., 1940-06-30
First Sunset
Symphony Is
Next Sunday
Opening Program
Is Dedicated to
Red Cross

The opening Sunset Symphony"
by the National Symphony orche-
stra, to be presented next Sunday
evening at the Potomac Water Gate.
will be dedicated ito the heroic work
OF the American Red Cross, Hans
Kinder, permanent conductor of the
orchestra and director Of the first
summer concert, announced yester-
day. At the same time, DR.. Kinder
stated that plans are nearly com.
pleted for the fourth series of "sun.
set Symphonies" which will consist
OF two concerts each week on Sunday
and Wednesday evenings for a pe-
riod of eight weeks, all concerts be-
ginning promptly at pm.
Jessica Dragonette, the noted
radio soprano, has been engaged as
soIolst for the concert scheduled for
Wednesday evening, July 10, when
DR.. Kinder will again conduct the
orchestra. This will be Miss Dra-
gonette's first appearance with the
National Symphony, but-althoueh
her reputation was gained princi-
pally over the air waves-this is far
from her first appearance with
symphony orchestra. Last summer
she appeared with the New York
Philharmonic at LeWisohn Stadium
with the Philadelphia Orchestra at
Robin Hood Dell, the Chicago SYM
phony, the Cleveland Symphony. the
Wisconsin Symphony at Milwaukee.
the Pittsburgh Symphony, the
Seattle Symphony and the Mime
apolls Symphony before record
breaking audiences.
Singer Is Gifted.
Fortune Gallo, under whose direc-
ton the opera Faust" will be pre-
sented on "Wednesday evening, july
IT, announced the engagement of
HlIda Burke for the leading So
prano role of Marguerite. Few who
heard the first Water Gate opera last
year will forget the singing Of the
title role OF Madame Butterfly" bv
this young and gifted METROPOLITAN
Opera star. Sidney Rayner. Metro
polltan tenor, will sing Faust" in
Mr.. Gallios initial Water Gate pro-
ductlon and the other roles will be
filled with artists Of equal talent and
prominence. The second grand
opera, to be given August Il, has not
yet been announced.
Both of the Gilbert and Sullivan
operas to be given at the Water
Gate this summertime first light
operas ever presented during the
National Symphonys summer sea-
son-are well suited to a nautical
background. On Sunday, August 4.
Pirates of Penzance" will be given,
and on Wednesday, August 7, II.
M. S. Pinafore." Both productions
are by the Daltry Opera Co., under
the direction of Joseph S. Daltrv,
whose productions are favorably
known in Boston, and also in Phila-
delphia. where they will be seen for
the second time this summer at the
Robin Hood Dell.
Summer Schedule.
The complete schedule for the
summers Sunset Symphonies" fol-
lows: July 7, gala opening, DR..
Kinder, conductor; July 10, DIR.
Kinder, conductor; Miss Dragonette.
soloist; July IA, DR.. Kinder, con-
ductor; July IT, opera, Gounod's
Faust" under the artistic direction
of Mr.. Gallo, with Miss Burke and
other Metropolitan Opera stars;
July 81 and "a, Frank Black, con-
ductor; July %, Rudolph CAM,
conductor: July 81, Kristen Flag
stad, soloist; Edwin Macarthur,
conductor; August 4, opera, Gilbert
and Sullivan's Pirates of Pen
zance," by the Daltry Opera Co.;
Mr.. Daltry, musical director: Au-
gust 7, opera. Gilbert and Sullivan's
H. M. S. Pinafore," Daltry Opera
Co.: August IL, Charles OConnell,
conductor; August IA, Antonia
Brico, conductor; August 10, Kurt
Hetzel, conductor; August q, grand
opera (to be announced; August
25, Alexander Bloch, conductor:
August %, final concert, which will
feature a group of dancers yet to be
announced.