Alfredo Salmaggi, general director, announces resumption of the Chicago Opera Company’s series of grand opera productions at popular prices tonight at the New York Hippodrome. The company will present Verdi’s “Aida.” Admission prices for the series range from twenty-five to ninety-nine cents.
AMERICAN OPERA
The American opera, “Maria Malibran,” by Robert Russell Bennett and Robert A. Simon, which had been rumored for production by both the Metropolitan and Philadelphia Opera Companies, will have its world premiere in fragmentary form in Los Angeles next month. The composer is now arranging a dance suite from the opera for the American conductor, Alfred Wallenstein, in which Mr. Wallenstein will direct the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra on February 7 and 8.
FEUERMANN RECITAL
Emanuel Feuermann, Austrian cellist who made his debut with the Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra last week, will give his first New York recital at Town Hall this evening. Fritz Kitzinger will be at the piano.
YEHUDI MENUHIN
Yehudi Menuhin will appear in his last recital of the year Tuesday evening at Carnegie Hall.
SCHNABEL RETURNS
Artur Schnabel’s first recital of the season will be given at Carnegie Hall next Friday evening. Featured on the program will be the rarely performed “Thirty-three Variations on a Waltz by A. Diabelli,” by Beethoven. Works by Schubert and Mozart will also be included on the program.
Robert Goldsand, Viennese pianist, returns to the American concert field next month after a year’s absence. He will give a recital at Town Hall Saturday afternoon, February 2.
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