Show HELEN OF TROY SINGS SINGS' 5 TORCH SONG IN OPERA Tin Tift Pan Alley Muscles In on New American Ameri Amen can Cla Classic si S S NEW YORK March 1 l' l Tin CAP AP Tin Pan alley has inserted been Into the operatic world by George Antheil The The feat was accomplished at the world premiere Wednesday night of Helen 4 Helen Retires the opera opera upon which WOO John ErskIne and nd Anth Anthell ll collaborated It was the third new American opera to reach New York In Lii the man month tho The newcomer deals with Helen of Troy roy but not with one of ot the legends familiar to schoolboys Erskine has taken Helen for a ride ride- he has m made de up an yarn arn about her ner activities after the funeral of Menelaos Antheil whose whore music In In the past Pat has las been somewhat t unpredictable and generally f fooled everybody by flavoring his new opera with just plain jazz Helen sings what might be called the first cousin of a D torch song and Paris croons to Helen Staging was more than modem modern almost unique at times tunes The chorus was v used in a vaguely G Greek cek manner seated on each side of tho the proscenium and dressed in flowing purple robes and curious white whit masks The regular meeting of ot the John F. F Critchlow auxiliary N No 3 will be beheld beheld beheld held Friday at the Armor Armory |