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Since the Metropolitan's public has always been notably conscious of performers rather than performances, Mr. Johnson's hope was safely backlogged by the fact that he has managed to re-engage the following "stars": Lawrence Tibbett, Gladys Swarthout, Lily Pons, Lotte Lehmann, Rosa Ponselle, Kirsten Flagstad, Lauritz Melchior. The roster of singers hired up to last week totalled 62, of whom 30 are U. S.-born...
...Hillsborough, Calif. These concerts are the intense concern of rich Mrs. Leonora Wood Armsby, friend of many a famed musician. From her experience as patron-director of the concerts, Mrs. Armsby has written a book. Musicians Talk in which she frequently refers to visitors at her home-Gabrilowitsch, Hertz, Tibbett, Molinari, Walter, Coates- as "the celebrities." This summer's Hillsborough celebrities: Richard Lert, Basil Cameron, Jose Iturbi...
...friend in the late Otto Kahn. Most critics were indifferent when they heard her there. But she stayed three years, studied hard, paid the claque well. The Metropolitan label proved a sure entrée to radio and cinema. When Grace Moore appeared in New Moon with Baritone Lawrence Tibbett, she swore that her name would be posted...
...romantic Edward Johnson. He found that he had fallen heir to nine new singers, signed up by Witherspoon just before his death.* Greatest shock came with the realization that some of the big stars had not been re-engaged, not Pons nor Ponselle nor Lehmann nor Schipa nor Tibbett. Conclusion was that the Metropolitan had resorted to poor economy but New Manager Johnson was instantly soothing. Negotiations were still in process. In the future young U. S. singers would be granted greater opportunities but not, if he could help it, at the expense of the stellar winter season...
With Witherspoon, outside engagements had been the hitch in the case of several of the stars who, because of reduced salaries and abbreviated seasons at the Met, are giving more & more time to radio and concerts. Tibbett made the point that the two radio dates which he sacrificed last winter would have paid him almost as much as his entire season in opera. Few hours after Johnson took command Rosa Ponselle was ready to cooperate. In June the new manager will sail for Europe to sign more contracts. He was expected to be more lenient than Witherspoon in the matter...