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The PHILHARMONIC REVIEW Z £ The PHILHARMONIC REVIEW z £. ßek ymet, Man Artur RUBINSTEIN Feb. 1 and 4 VOL. XXXVI NOS. 15-16-17 Behymer Artist Attractions VOL. XXXVI FEBRUARY, 1940 NOS. 15-16-17 ße.lttf.mz'i. Contents of This Issue. Concert Calendar • Phenomena/ Colorafura Soprano Page 11 o LINA PAGLIUGHI Tues. Eve., Jan. 30 Program on Page 13 Feb. 9-17 BALLET RUSSE .... Ten Performances Most Discussed Violinist of the Season Page 14 World's Most Beloved Contralto Page 15 Feb.20 MARIAN ANDERSON . .Tues. Eve. Page 17 Feb. 25 Sun. Mat. Star of Concert, Opera, Cinema, Radio Crowds Pack Concert Hall Page 18 Feb. 23 ROBERT VI ROVAI . Fri. Eve. A Most Original Dance Group Pages 20-21 Pages 22-23 Feb. 27 DICKSON & Dickson & Garbousova GARBOUSOVA . Tues. Eve. The Puck of the Piano Page 29 Page 31 Mar. 4- JOOSS BALLET . .Mon. Eve. Enters the Russian Ballet Mar. 5 Tues. Eve. ARTUR RUBINSTEIN Mar. 8to 16 SAN CARLO OPERA . Eleven Thurs. Eve., Feb. 1 Program on Pages 33-34 Performances Apr. 2 JOSE ITURBI.............. Tues. Eve. ARTUR RUBINSTEIN Sun. Mat., Feb. 4 Program on Pages 37-38 Apr. 9 JOHN CHARLES Prima Donna of Twentieth Century Page 39 THOMAS................. .Tues. Eve. Apr. 23 JOSEF HOFMANN . Tues. Eve. HELEN JEPSON Tues. Eve., Feb. 6 Program on Page 41 Apr. 25 JEANETTE Page 45 MACDONALD . .Thur. Eve. San Carlo Opera Here March 8 ® Book Cues Pages 46-47 Music-Alities Page 48 STAFF—THE MAGAZINE OF CELEBRITIES. L. E. BEHYMER, Editor NOTE: -Lost and found articles should be left at and Publisher. J. P. HUSTON, Director of Publication and Advertising. check room in foyer. Ladies are requested to Chloie A. Bolton, Secretary. Eleanor Pinkham, Olga J. Rosenthal, Frank Heim, remove their hats for convenience of patrons seated Wm. H. Cline, Associate Editors. Beatrice DeTroost, Advertising Representative. oehind them. Address all communications to The Magazine of Celebrities, 415 Auditorium Building, Los Angeles, California. SINGING LESSONS OVER 1300kc KFAC EVERY SUNDAY 10:00 A. M. BY MARK MARKOFF Voice Specialist ® © • TREMENDOUS NEW IDEA FOR SINGERS RECORDED LESSONS of THE TRUE METHOD OF SINGING available at the Markoff Vocal Studios and Music Stores • STARS OF STACE AND SCREEN MARK MARKOFF WHO HAVE BEEN OR ARE STUDYING UNDER MARK MARKOFF TONY MARTIN MARKOFF STUDIOS Singing Star of Screen and Radio. Fox and Columbia Studios. 501 So. Mariposa Ave.—Exposition 7555 JOSEPHINE SITJAR Sensational Child Coloratura. Soloist with Symphony Orchestra, Method. under Albert Coates After thirty years of singing and teaching, Mr. Mar­ WILBUR EVANS koff still retains a splendid voice. This, together with Concert on Behymer Courses. the outstanding success achieved with other voices With Jeanette McDonald over KNX. has proven to Mr. Markoff and many others that only ONE RIGHT METHOD EXISTS, which is COR­ MARY MARTIN RECT POSITION of the MOUTH, CORRECT BREATH­ Singing Star in “The Great Victor Herbert,” ING and SUPPORT. In observing these simple rules Paramount Studios. all of the intricate details such as position of the tongue, open throat, tone forward, etc., expounded EVERETT WEST in other methods are automatically accomplished. Tenor who scored hit on Al Pearce Radio Show, N. B. C. AND THE FOLLOWING------ Lillian Roth Gloria Swanson Mr. Markoff, whose popularity as a singer and vocal Ruth Chatterton Joan Bennett instructor was unparalleled in Russia and other parts Edith Fellows Phyllis Adair of Europe, was induced by American managers to Janet Gaynor John Stoarley come to the United States where he opened vocal Lief Erickson Martha Vaughn studios in New York which attracted musical patrons Mary Duncan Stanley Smith and quickly became the center of musical art. Since Liana Galen Emeline Barton coming to Los Angeles in 1929 under contract to Pathe Charles Farrell Jack Holt Studios to teach Gloria Swanson to sing in the mo­ Tamara Shavrova Ben Lyon tion picture, "The Trespasser," in which her singing Roger Kilburn Philip Holmes was a noted success, Mr. Markoff has established Marilyne Hansen Kitty Kelly himself as one of the leading teachers of the singing art in Los Angeles. 11 THE PHILHARMONIC REVIEW LINA PAGLIUGHI Fhenumenal Liiliniilnra Soprano Miss Lina Pagliughi was born in New York's East Side. Her first public appear­ ance of importance occurred in San Fran­ cisco when she was eleven years old. She attended public school in that city, and re­ ceived her early musical education there. At that time, Luisa Tetrazzini was in the au­ dience, and came back stage after the per­ formance to congratulate the little girl and to offer her encouragement, prophesying that she would become a great singer. Five years later, Miss Pagliughi sailed to study in Milan. Shortly after her arrival, she made her first opera appearance at La Scala, in the role of Gilda in “Rigoletto,” the role which to this day remains her favorite. She has sung it more than three hundred times. Lina’s extraordinary voice soon attracted wide attention. She has a range extending over 3% octaves : and when Tetrazzini heard her again in Milan, she exclaimed ex­ LINA PAGLIUGHI citedly : “Here is the voice, the only one in the world, to succeed my own!” in Holland, did Kiki overstep the bonds. Lina, as Gilda, was dying on the floor, in It was Mme. Tetrazzini who sponsored the last act. Whereupon, Kiki stepped out Pagliughi’s debut in Covent Garden early in from the wings, and sympathetically licked 1938, in “Rigoletto” and she was imme­ her mistress’ face. The Hollanders thought diately put on tour in opera and concert it improved the libretto, and loved the in­ through all of England, Ireland, Italy, Aus­ cident. tralia, South Africa, and South America. Her fame has spread before her. South With reference to practicing, Miss Pagl­ America, for instance, impatiently awaited iughi admits to about twenty minutes a her arrival, having been happily introduced day. “It is not how long, but how, one to her previously, through her recordings. practices that counts.” Her recital in Queen’s Hall, London, last One of the soprano’s hobbies is to ride on winter, was broadcast to America. the upper decks of buses. On one such ex­ A charming brunette, Miss P a g 1 i u g h i cursion, she found the conductor a lover of (pronounced Pal-yu-jee) sometimes tires of Italian opera, who recognized her; and she some reporters who consider clothes and obliged him with voice hints, and spent part diet the only question suitable to direct at of an hour singing duets on the bus top. an opera star. Once asked at what time of During her tour of England, Paul Robe­ the day she likes best to eat, she replied, “I son made a special trip to be present at one don’t like to eat before or after singing.” of her recitals, and he remarked, “She has Besides singing, Miss Pagliughi loves to the gift of making coloratura sound a na­ keep house; and is particularly proud of her tural means of expression.” cooking, and her friends say, justly so. The North America is her fifth continent in mistress of her household is Kiki, a white which she is touring and singing. The voice Pomeranian, who never barks at home ex­ is one of dazzling purity and brilliancy. cept when a visitor sings' off-key. Other­ Pagliughi makes her Pacific Coast debut wise, most discreet, Kiki accompanies Miss in San Francisco, on Sunday afternoon, Jan­ Pagliughi to her opera and concert engage­ uary 28; then to Los Angeles for her recital ments, and guards the soprano from the in the Behymer De Luxe Series on the 30th, wings. to be followed by a tour of the Northwest, Only once, at a “Rigoletto” performance before returning east. 13 THE PHILHARMONIC REVIEW S. Hurok and L. E. Behymer Present LINA PAGLIUGHI Coloratura Soprano Assisted by JOHN AMADIO, Flutist NILS NELSON at the piano TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 30, 1940 PROGRAM I Air—Shadow Song (Dinorah).................................................................. Meyerbeer Mme. Pagliughi Flute Obbligato—Mr. Amadio II Se tu m'ami..................................................................................................... Pergolesi Tre giorni son che Nina.................................................................................Pergolesi Le Violette........................................................................................................Scarlatti Mme. Pagliughi III Air for Bass Flute....................................................... Johann Matheson (1681-1764) Final movement from Concerto in D............................................................ Mozart Mr. Amadio IV Aria—Mad Scene (Lucia di Lammermoor).............................................Donizetti Mme. Pagliughi Flute Obbligato—Mr. Amadio INTERMISSION V Variations................................................................................................................Proch Mme. Pagliughi VI Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes.......................................Arr. Roger Quilter Lass with the Delicate Air....................................................................................Arne Mme. Pagliughi VII Flight of the Bumble Bee............................................................. Rimsky-Korsakoff (arr. by A. Hartman) Habanera.................................................................................................................Ravel Moto Perpetuo....................................................................................Frank Bridge Mr. Amadio VIII Introduction and Variations, Carneval de Venezia .... Benedict Mme. Pagliughi MASON AND HAMLIN PIANO COURTESY OF THE MAY CO. Exclusive Management: HUROK
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