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...hours, but for special programs, like his Roméo et Juliette broadcasts, he sometimes works over singers and orchestra from 2 p.m. until midnight. Afterwards he takes home recordings of the rehearsal, to check the orchestral balance. He allows radio engineers no easy tricks either. In La Traviata, a chorus is supposed to approach from afar. A simple way to get the radio effect was to have the chorus stand still and sing with increasing volume; Toscanini insisted that the chorus go off stage, approach gradually...
Last week, it was announced that Toscanini will shortly record two or more operas (probably La Traviata and La Boheme). If RCA Victor can beat Columbia Records to the draw (Columbia last month signed a five-year contract with the Metropolitan Opera), Toscanini's will be the first full-length opera ever recorded...
Ashore, the Italians came off less happy; at the Municipal Theater a comedia company flopped in two Pirandello plays. But this week there might be a comeback ; the Italians intended to set up their portable stadium before the massive, stolid Treasury Ministry, parade La Scala stars in La Traviata...
Metropolitan Opera (Sat. 2-5 p.m., ABC). Verdi's La Traviata, with Soprano Licia Albanese, Tenor Jan Peerce, Baritone Leonard Warren...
...Symphony (Sun. 5 p.m., NBC). Verdi's La Traviata (second half), with Licia Albanese, Jan Peerce, Robert Merrill. Conductor: Arturo Toscanini...