Word: ops
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Serge Koussevitzky, will give a concert this evening at 8 o'clock in Sanders Theatre in which Jesus Maria Sanroma is to be the soloist. The program is as follows: Haydn, Symphony No. 6 in G major, "Surprise" (B. & H. No. 6)-Hill, Concertino for Piane and Orchestra, Op. 36-Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64. This concert is one of a series given each year by the Orchestra in Sanders Theatre...
Depression had its claws on the Paris Opéra last week. All over the world word flashed that it was about to close its doors. Director Jacques Roche resigned, announced that performances could not be continued after March 31 unless the Government increased its annual subsidy of some...
Paris was on the verge of losing one of its chief showplaces. Tourists flock to the Opéra, ignorantly supposing that they will hear great performances. The building itself gave rise to the legend-the great colonnade, the marble-&-onyx staircase, the cellars awesomely described in The Phantom of the Opera. Performances at the Opéra are generally second-rate, the repertoire and staging oldfashioned. Senators and Deputies often get their discarded mistresses jobs dancing in the ballet, famed for its inferiority...
...performances at the Opéra will go on. After a tense 24 hours it was decided that salary cuts would keep the doors open, at least for this summer's tourists. The music-wise were never seriously alarmed. Their attention was focused more on the Vienna opera, a real throne of music, which was also threatened with suspension...
...Boston musicians will render for the opening number Prokofieff's "Classical Symphony" Cp. 25. This will be followed by D'Arcy's "Symphonic Variations from Isiah Op. 42" and Ravel's "Rhapsodie Rapatele". Next on the program will be and "Lieheated" from Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde". The Overture to "Tannhauser" will conclude the program...