THE MICHIGAN DAILY SUNDAY, APRIL 27,1941
Miss Szantho
Owes Training
To Her Mother
Opera Contralto Studied
In Her Native Budapest;
Came To U.S. In 1935
Enid Szantho, the slim blonde con-
tralto of the Metropolitan Opera As-
sociation, stems from a marital al-
liance of Ireland and Hungary. Her
mother, who was born in Sligo, Eire,
was responsible for her earliest mu-
sical training and her fluent knowl-
ledge of English.
Miss Szantho first studied voice at
the Royal Academy of Music and Dra-
matic Arts at her native Budapest.
It was here that Franz Schalk dis-
covered her and immediately offered
her an engagement with his renown-
ed Vienna State Opera. She had only
been two years with this company be-
fore Siegfried Wagner brought her to
Bayreuth where she sang for five
seasons.
Came To U.S. In 1935
Miss Szantho came to America in
195 at a request to sing with the
New York Philharmonic Symphony
Orchestra. Glowing reviews resulted
in important engagements all over
the country, including her appear-
ance before President and Mrs. Roose-
velt in a musicale after the Diplo-
matic Dinner at the White House.
the following season and scored her
greatest triumph in the role of Cly-
temnaestra in the New York Phil-
harmonic Symphony's performance
of Strauss' "Elektra". This concert
earned her a contract with the Metro-
politan Opera Assocation for the fol-
lowing season. In 1938 she made her
Metropolitan debut as a leading con-
tralto in the role of Frick in "Die
Walkuere". 1941 marks her third
season with this organization.
Has Linquistic Talent
Miss Szantho has appeared in re-
citals throughout North America. She
has sung in Edmonton, Winnipeg,
Chicago, Philadelphia, and even Puer-
to Rico during her tours of this side
of the Atlantic.
Her linguistic talents allow her to
sing oratorios in the original lang-
uage, and she particularly enjoys
singing with the great' conductors.
Richard Strauss, Franz Schalk, Ar-
tu'o Toscanini, Eugene Ormandy and
Leopold Stokowski are some of the
maestros who have conducted at her
concerts.
Eugene Ormandy
Has Fine Record
Eugene Ormandy, who will conduct
the Philadelphia Orchestra at the
Festival, returns to Ann Arbor audi-
ences with an enviable record of ac-
complishments.
A child prodigy of the violin, he
was accepted as a student at the Roy-
al Academy of Music at the age of
five and became a professor when
only 17 years old.
After coming to America fron his
native Hungary, where he was born
in 1899, Ormandy soon became a
guest conductor of the New York
Philharmonic Orchestra and the Phil-
adelphia Orchestra as a substitute for
Arturo Toscanini. Later he became
the permanent conductor of the Min-
neapolis Symphony.
Thus, his natural gifts, diligent
study, and years of experience have
enabled him to stimulate the Phila-
delphia Orchestra's already brilliant
tradition. The standard repertory
has been augmented by new works.
Program for the 1941 May Festival
FIRST MAY FESTIVAL CONCERT
Wednesday Evening, May 7
Soloist:
LAWRENCE TIBBETT, Baritone
Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, Conductor
PROGRAM
Concerto for Orchestra ..:.. Handel-Or na nd y
Recitative and Aria, "Bring Me Cross and
Cup" from "St. Matthew's Passion" .... Bach
"Arm, Arm, Ye Brave" from "Judas
Maccabaeus".......................Handel
. Lawrence Tibbett
Symphony No. 7 in A major .... .... Beethoven
Poco "sostenuto; Vivace
Allegretto
Presto; Assai ma non presto; Presto
Allegro con brio
Cassio's Dream, from "Otello" . .. . Verdi
Credo, from "Otello"....................Verdi
Mr. Tibbett
Four Excerpts from "Die Meistersinger" Wagner
Prelude to Act III
Dance of the Apprentices
Awake! The Day Draws Near
Entrance of the Guilds and Masters
SECOND MAY FESTIVAL CONCERT
Thursday Evening, May 8
Soloists:
JAI MILA NOVOTNA, Soprano
NORMAN CORDON, Bass
GREGOR PIATIGORSKY, Violoncellist
University Choral Union
Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy and Thor Johnson, CondUCtors
PROGRAM
PROGRAM
Suite from "The Water Music"
Allegro-Andante-Allegro
Air
Bourree
.- 'a udel-Orni and y
Hornpipe
Allegro deciso
Pamina's Aria from "T'he Magic .Flute"
"Non mi dir" from "Don Giovanni".
Dorothy Maynor
Symphony "Mathis der Maler"
"San Juan Capistrano" Nocturnes .Ha
The Mission
Fiesta
Michaela's Aria from "Carmen".
Adieu de l'hotesse arabe............
Miss Maynor
Ref lets dans l'eau .............. Debus
La Valse........................
FIFTH MAY FESTIVAL CON(
Saturday Afternoon, May1
Mozart
Mozart
Hindeinith
rl McDonald
.......Bizet
...... .Bizet
ssy-Ormandy
.Ravel
CERT.
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Carillaneur Price
To Play Before
Festival Concerts
Lending off-stage atmosphere to
the May Festival evenings will be
Percival Price, University carillonneur
who will present short programs each
evening preceding th'e concerts from
the Charles Baird Carillon Tower.
One of the oustanding carillonneurs
in the musical world, Mr. Price re-
ceived his musical training in Canada
and Europe. In 1927 he obtained the
diploma of the Mechlin Carillon
School and was the first carillonneur
from outside of Europe to be accorded
this distinction.
Before coming to Michigan, Frank
Percival Price was carillonneur at
the Massey Carillon in Toronto; at
the Rockefeller Memorial in New
York and at the Peace Tower in Otta-
wa, where he played for the Canadian
government.
Caston To Conduct
Associate conductor under Orman-
dy is Saul Castor. American-born
Mr. Caston joined the Philadelphia
Orchestra when only 16 and was
made second trumpeter by Stokowski.
Five years later he had advanced to
first place and now enjoys a reputa-
tion as one of the finest trumpeters
in the world.
Alleluia
RequieCm
. .. .. . Randall Thompson
University Choral Union
Jarmila Novotna, Norman Cordon
and the University Choral Union
"Don Quixote" Variations for Violoncello
and Orchestra .......
Gregor Piatigorsky '
Brahms
Strauss
Soloist:
IASCHA HEIFETZ, Violinist
Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, Conductor
PROGRAM:
All-Sibelius Program
Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 105
(in one movement)
Adagio; Vivacissimo; Adagio
Allegro molto moderato; Vivace
Presto; Adagio; Largemente
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in t) Jninor
Jascha Heifetz
Symphony No. 1, Op. 39, in E minor
Aandante ma non troppo; Allegro energico
Andante
Scherzo: Allegro
Finale (quasi un fantasia)
Andante; Allegro molto
SIXTH MAY FESTIVAL CONCERT
Saturday Evening, May 10
SOLOISrs:
JARMIL A NOVOTN A, Sop rauo
SUZA NNE STEN, Mezzo-Soprano
ENID SZANTHO, Contralto
CHARLES KULLMAN, Tenor
MACK HARRELL, Baritone
NORMAN CORDON, Bass
The University Choral Union
Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra
Thor Johnson, Conductor
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THIRD MAY FESTIVAL CONCERT
Friday Afternoon, May 9
Soloists:
SUZANNE STEN, Mezzo-Soprano
JOSE ITURBI, Pianist
Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra
Youth Chorus
Saul Caston and Juva Higbee, Conductors
PROGRAM
Overture to "The Flying Dutchman"...... Wainer
"St. Mary Magdalene" ....... ........ . . d'Indy
Suzanne Sten and the Youth Chorus
Suite from "The Fire Bird" ............ Stra insky
Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major .............. Liszt
Jose Iturbi
Conduected from the pianoforte by the performer)
FOURTH MAY FESTIVAL CONCERT
Friday Evening, May 9
Soloist:
DOROTHY MAYNOR, Soprano
Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, Conductor
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P'ROGRAM
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Eugene Onegin
Lenski
Prince Cremin
Peasant, Ball-guests,
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Suzanne Sr/en
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lnid Szantho
....Mack Harrell
.Charles Kullinan
..Norman Cordon
Landowners .... Choral Union
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With The Ensembles
Veteran of all 48 of the May Fes- A youthful Ann Arbor touch in the
tivals, the University Choral Union Festival of world-famous musicians
will be heard under the baton of Thor will be furnished by the Youth Chor-
Johnson. us, made up of several hundred young
The Choral Union has rounded out people from the Ann Arbor public
more than sixty years of activity and schools. Under the direction of Juva
has been heard each season during Higbee, the Chorus will present d'In-
this period without a break. Calvin dy's "St. Mary Magdalene."
B. Cady, who was the first musical
director, served until 1888, when he This year the Choral Union will
was followed by Albert A. Stanley, be heard in three works: "Alleluia,"
who was in charge until 1921. Earl by Randall Thompson; Brahm's "Re-
V. Moore served through 1939 when quiem," and "Eugene Onegin" by
he was succeeded by Thor Johnson Tschaikowsky.
as conductor in 1940. music critic§.
Concerts will begin on Eastern
Standard Time. Evenings at 8:30 and
afternoons at 2:30 p.m. Doors will
be closed during numbers.
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has attained amazing success both here and
abroad. Her linguistic talents allow her to sing
oratorios in the original language, and she
particularly enjoys singing with the great con-
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