SUNDAY, MARCH 20, 1938 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Martini RejectsI Bid To Return To Native Land Owes Fame To America, Screen And Radio Star Says; Fan Mail Large By SHIRLEY TUSHBANT To one part voice, one part charm and one part looks, add a dash of romance and you have Martini. Spar- kling tenor of the Metropolitan Opera Company, star of radio, concert, and motion pictures, he will sing at 8:30 p.m. May 13 in Hill Auditorium. Labeled as an "affection-agitator" by his feminine worshippers, he re- ceives requests for everything from the usual photographs to passionate proposals, a press release reveals. This is no longer a novelty to the singer who has become reconciled to wearing his life on his sleeve. Peering into the personality of Martini, one finds him versatile. His poetic leanings, according to the statement, range from Dorothy Par- ker's "Two-Volume Verse" to Shake- speare's "Hamlet." One entire. side of his apartment is lined with mod- ernistic bookcases of choice poetic works, exquisitely bound. Tennyson, Ogden Nash, Keats, Arthur Guiter- man anid Rupert Brooke are part of his collection and give validity to his credo that "the great poets have always been akin to the great com- posers in the quality of their musical Two Local Artists Aaity and exquisite tone coloring in the' reticent accompaniments of Kosti Ande rson H ai led little Finnish folksong that was an Vihanen must not be overlooked. encore after the Suomi group. In the last four years Europe has Sy Tim es Critic Marian And Joe Louis acclaimed this tall, handsome girl. Miss Anderson will undoubtely give It is time for her own country to many more concerts this season, and honor her; for she bears gifts that Debut After 4-Year Tour there will be opportunity for extend- are not to be feared. Born of poor Imiivaessie. He Says led comment on her resources. The l parents in Philadelphia, Miss An- derson has made something of her natural endowinent. If Joe Louis de- serves to be an American hero for bowling over a lot of pushovers, then Marian Anderson has the right to 't least a comparable standing. Handel, Schubert and 'Sibelius are not push- overs: , . (Continued from Page 31) quibble over, such as the occasional I edge in top tones or imperfections in foreign languages. They need not be labored here. In the presence of such art, pedantry might well be spared. Limitations of space forbid a de- tailed discussion of each song in Miss Anderson's program, where columns could be devoted to it with profit. A hint of felicities of phrase and style culled without sequence must be add- ed-however z the sweep of Handel's "Oh spietato," the delicacy of Schu- bert's "Liebestodschaft," the purity of the contralto's amazing low tones in "Tod und das Maedchen," the coloratura work in Sibeliu's "Die Li- belle" that remained always in the frame of the song, the laughing qual- TRAFFIC REGULATIONS Traffic l'egulations will be enforced by the Ann Arbor Police and tht Building and Grounds Department. mmmiw BRILLIANT- NEGRO CONTRALTO in the Juva Higbee, director of music in the local high schools, will present her Young People's Festival Chorus of 400 voices in the world premiere of Dorothy James's, "Paul Bunyan". Palmer Christian is "one of Amer- ica's outstanding organists. His services in connection with the May Festival each year are important contributions to the cultural life of the University and the State of Michigan." 1938 MAY FESTIVAL I f -U---- Series Success In The Hands j Of 12 Persons ARTUR RUBINST EIN f ... .an artist of extraordi- nary devotion, intensity and selff-effacement." -N. Y. Herald-Tribune «A voice that ranks with the first of the world." 1 i i tlning.' . , . Italy, Martini's fatherland, is try- University Musical Society, ing to lure him back with good stories, Headed By Sink; Moore excellent scenes and glamorous lead- ings ladies, but Nino prefers, the re- Is The Musical Director lease continues, to play the fields of opera, concert, radio, and films. Arranging, directing and adminis- And, he claims, America first pro- trating the May Festival Series are claimed him king of tenors. Now 32 in the hands of a 12-man University, years old, he waited six years for Musical Society, one of whose mem- film fame in the United States in "Here's to Romance," 1935, and in his bers, Prof.-Emeritus Levi D. Wines more recent triumph, "The Gay Des- of the mathematics department in the perado." Ann Arbor High School has been with His advice to lonely hearts? the organization since the early '80's. The dark-wavy-haired Martini President of the Society is Charles flashes an intriguing smile, and, with a twinkle in his gray-green eyes he states, "Be different by being a little sical director is Prof. Earl V. Moore indifferent." of the music school. president Alex- ander G. Ruthven is vice-president. Festival Outlasts Panics Other members are: Durand W.' .u ,Springer, secretary, Oscar A. Eber-! To Become Music Center bach, assistant secretary-treasurer, (Continued from Page 2) and Regent Junius E. Beal, Arnold involved in the May FestivalH. Goss, Director Harley A. Haynes grams 'inkd eysed' of the University Hospital, James PresdentSinkdeclred.Inglis, Horace G. Prettyman and When it chooses the artists and se- Vice-President Shirley W. Smith. lctions for the May Festival now, the University Musical Society is guided, according to President Sink, FORMERLY AT ALBION by an attempt to entertain and to be instructive. Also behind their choices Prof. Hardin Van Deursen of the is the aim at making the entire pro- music school joined the faculty last gram a comprehensive whole, with season after teaching at Albion Col- Y.arf, rli finrf lege nd ot.her ins~tituitions. -Chicago Tribune I As a concert pianist, he has distinguished himself all continents. on i Wherever he appears, whether in the capitals of Europe, in North or South America, Africa, Australia, or in the Far East, he is acknowledged to be of the chosen few. Mcarian Anderson -Wednesday Evening, May 11, 8:30 I "O Don Fatale" from "Don Carlos".,. "Ah mon fils" from "Le Profet"..... . .....Verdi Thursday Evening, May 12, 8:30 Meyerbeer and other important Arias i THlE MAY FESTIVAL pares aiscincc. ' IC6U allA VU11G1 111OV1ULAVIVLAO. -- wr-- T _ I ES I9 VI-- IA Trices TIIE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN School of Music presents the forty-fifth annual May looftN t"000F, ) Festival, to be held May 11 - 14. For almost five decades the May Festivals have pre- sented the outstanding music personalities, and this year have again attained the sa'ne high standards. SEASON, TICKETS - (Six Concerts) may be ordered ,t the main office of the School of Music, on Maynard Street. $6.00, $7.00, and $8.00. Prices are MAY FESTIVAL COUPONS from Season ARTISTS MARJORIE LAWRENCE .... Soprano HILDA BURKE ............. Soprano AGNES DAVIS .............Soprano MARIAN ANDERSON ....... Contralto BRUNNA CASTAgNA ...... Contralto MINO MARTINI .............Tenor GIOVANNI MARTINELLI ...... Tenor ARTHUR HACKETT.........Tenor RICHARD BONELLI.........Baritone HARDIN VAN DEURSEN. .. . Baritone CHASE BAROMEO .............Bass ALBERT SPALDING......Violinist ARTUR RUBINSTEIN ........ Pianist THE UNIVERSITY CHORAL UNION. GROUPS ______ THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA... EUGENE' ORMANDY, Conductor . ;-Y EARL V. MOORE, Conductor Choral Union'Tickets entitle holders to price reductions to $3.00, $4.00 and $ 5.0(0 THE YOUNG PEOPLE'$ CHORUS ... JUVA HIGBEE, Conductor INDIVIDUAL CONCERT TICKETS will be taken from the unsold season tickets and will be offered "over the-counter" later for $1.00, $1.50, $2.00 and $2.50. CHORAL WORKS .... . ........ Bizet CARMEN.............. BELLS (Poem by Edgar Allen Poe) .....achtianinoff