The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-12
''Waterbury's Dependable slOra'

singers with operatic ambitions Is the announcement that, for the for the ninth consecutive year. the Metropolitan Additions of the Air will offer them the opportunity to compete for a coveted Metropolitan Opera contract.
 Through these additions one or more winners will be awarded @ de- finite appearance at the Metropoli- tan Opera House in New York City. To date, the Metropolitan Additions of the Air, under the sponsorship of the Sherwin. Williams Company in cooperation with the Metropolitan 1 Opera Association, have proved Q veritable gold mine of new and na- tive talent.
 The recent announcement by Ed ward Johnson, general manager of the Metropolitan Opera Association, that two lo42-43 winners and the recipient of c special award had been given Metropolitan contracts, brings the number of addition alumni who are currently on the roster of the Metropolitan Opera to thirty. Winners of the. 1e42.43 audi tions who were put under contract were Patrice Munsel. coloratura so- prano, and Christine Johnson, con- | tralto.
 Wilfred PeIletier, Metropolitan Opera conductor, will again baton the program which is scheduled to return to the Blue network on Sum- day, November 2S at 4:3O D. m, EWT., Applicants are given a qualifying auditor before pre- liminary committee here in New York" explained Mir. Pelletler. "The singers chosen by this committee then appear, two on each program until ther semi-flnRls, on one of the addition broadcasts and from their number is finally selected the win- ner or winners of the additions by the Metropolitan Opera Committee of Judges, who make the final de- cision. We are confident that the additions this year will prove high- ly productive of exceptional talent" The preliminary additions are be- ing held Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons beginning October l3 in the Blue Network studios, Rocke- feller Plaza, New York City. As in the past, the qualifications on which auditionists will be judged are: musicianship, quality of voice. personality, intelligence, experience and operatic repertoire.
 Operatic aspirants who feel quail fiedl for @ Metropolitan Opera career may apply for preliminary additions by writing for an appiica- tion blank to Helen McDermott, secretary, Metropolitan Opera Audi- tions, 230 Park Avenue, New York, l7, New York.
 Presenting behind the-scences re- ports of the contribution being made by the American people to- ward the war effort, This Nation at War; will tell the graphic story of the Merchant Marine over the Blue Network on Tuesday, October l2, at 10:3O p. m. EWT. The broadcast will open on the stage of the Bowditch Hall. U. S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, New York, where interviews are scheduled with two cadet-mid- shipmen - Rex Everhart and Frankie Thomas. The latter may be remembered for his feature roles in two screen hits, Big Town and "The Major and the Minor"
 A round-table talk about the
 Mermaid" organization com- posed of men whose ships have been sunk either by 6 sub. plane or enemy raider, will follow. Experi- ences of some of the men aboard torpedoed ships will be related. The next feature on the program will be 6 roll-call of American industry making ships for the Merchant Marine.
 Then there will be Q swift switch 1 t0 O,Hara Hall for the ceremonies honOring the retirement of Super intendent Captain ,. T. Tomb, Q. S. N., and the welcoming of the new superintendent, Captain Giles eteadman. U. 6. N.
 Tn anticipation of Navy Day. oc- tober 27, Major Edward BOwes pre- ssnts his CB9 original Amateur 1 Program" from the United @latec l Naval Training station, Great Lakes Illinois, Thursday, October i4. fWABc-CBe. 800 to D:3o D. fn., EWT.)
 Thls marks the first time ln the programs nine years fhat e broad ' cast originates in tho Middle West. ! previonSly Major Bowes has visited service bosses an tho South, along tNa nnnka4.s AmafslsmH# NAsN fNMMmNn