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1935 Stadium Scrapbook, Mar 24, 1935 - Aug 31, 1935
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Record Group
- Communications/Public Relations
Series
- Press Clippings
Folder Title
- 1935 Stadium Scrapbook
Dates
- Mar 24, 1935 - Aug 31, 1935
Subjects
- Bennett: Adagio Eroica
- Borodin: Prince Igor
- Chausson: Poeme
- Conductor Profiles
- Fokine Ballet
- Gounod: Faust
- Grieg: Piano Concerto
- Lewisohn Stadium
- Musorgsky: Boris Godunov
- Naumberg concerts in Central Park
- Opera at Stadium Concerts
- Press Clippings, Stadium 1935
- Puccini: La Boheme
- Puccini: Tosca
- Radio broadcasts
- Renovation of Lewisohn Stadium
- Russian Opera
- Singer Profiles
- Stadium Concerts
- Stravinsky: Petrushka
- Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
- Verdi: Aida
- Verdi: La Traviata
- Wagner: Tannhauser Show Top 4
Names
- Althouse, Paul
- Anspach, Leroy
- Boix, Manuel Pilau
- Downes, Olin
- Dubrovsky, George
- Fokine, Michel
- Gandolfi, Alfredo
- Gershwin, George
- Haakon, Paul
- Harshaw, Margaret
- Heifetz, Jascha
- Iturbi, José
- Kurenko, Maria
- La Guardia, Fiorello H.
- Lewisohn, Adolph
- Ljungberg. Goeta
- Nijinsky, Vaslav
- Sargeant, Winthrop
- Smallens, Alexander
- Spalding, Albert
- Tentoni, Rosa
- de Phillipe, Edis
- Hoogstraten, Willem van Show Top 4
Abstract
- Jose Iturbi to conduct first five weeks of Stadium Concerts
- Alexander Smallens to conduct weekly performances of opera and ballet at Stadium Concerts
- Opera is incorporated in Stadium repertoire
- Symphonic Concerts, Opera, and Ballet planned for the 1935 Stadium Season
- \$23,000 donated to Stadium Music
- "Aida"opens opera season at Stadium Concerts
- Russian Opera to be played at Stadium
- Michel Fokine Ballet
- Appeal in newspapers for money to fund Stadium Concerts
- Radio Broadcasts of Stadium Concerts on Thursdays and Saturdays
- Violinist Albert Spalding soloist at opening night Stadium Concert
- Renovation of Lewisohn Stadium before concert season
- Essay by Winthrop Sargeant on State Subsidy of the Stadium Concerts
- Highly favorable reviews of openng night concert
- Opening night remarks by Mayor Fiorello La Guadia and Adolph Leiwisohn
- Special appearances of violinist Jascha Heifetz at Stadium Concerts
- Special harmony between conductor Jose Iturbi and the Philharmonic at Lewisohn Stadium
- Jose Iturbi plays and conducts Grieg's Piano Concerto
- American debut of bass baritone Geoge Dubrovsky as Tsar Boris in Boris Godunov
- George Dubrovsky engaged to sing in Borodin's "Prince Igor" after success in Boris Godunov
- Acclaim for Jose Iturbi as conductor greater than for his piano performance at Lewisohn Stadium
- New York Debut of 23-year old contralto (later soprano) Margaret Harshaw, subsequently a leading singer at the Metropolitan Opera
- Critical praise for singer Margaret Harshaw
- Praise for dancer Paul Haakon of the Fokine Ballet
- Debut of 14-year old violin prodigy Ruggiero Ricci
- Jose Iturbi in triple role as harpsichordist, pianist and conductor in his final Stadium Concert
- Analysis of The Stadium Concerts by Olin Downes in The New York Times, 28 July 1935
- 3,000 extra chairs added to field for two Jascha Heifetz appearances at Lewisohn Stadium
- Heifetz performs Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto and Chausson's Poeme at Lewisohn Stadium
- Crowds of 15,500 and 17,600 hear and cheer Heifetz at Lewisohn Stadium in concerts conducted by Alexander Smallens
- Performances of Alexander Borodin's "Prince Igor" featuring George Dubrovsky
- Smallens conducts Borodin's rarely heard "Prince Igor" to enthusiastic reception from audience and critics
- Enthusiastic review for Puccini's Tosca at the stadium with Goeta Ljungberg in the title role
Project Funder
- Leon Levy Foundation
Preferred Citation
1935 Stadium Scrapbook, 24 Mar 1935 - 31 Aug 1935, Folder 555-024-01, Communications/Public Relations Records, New York Philharmonic Shelby White & Leon Levy Digital Archives.
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