Show MEET THE FAMOUS metropolitan opera THE has a new head nian man rudolf bing and he has opened his ad ministration I 1 with a bang he Is for a complete change of 0 policy and this mean merely having a woman instead ot of a man stand upside down in the lobby 0 mr bingo beg pardon the 0 is our mistake has moved la in and taken over over with wagnerian sound effects there been so many repercussions cus ous since the time the commercial broadcasters took over grand central terminal the barnum and bailey circus hits has otten often come in mora more quietly 0 he announced he had signed kirsten hirten flagstad invited walter winchell to shoot at bhim instead of the lady ignored an ultimatum from lauritz melchior Mel chlor changed the ticket system and adopted a longer season this treatment of melchior Mel chlor shook radio and television to its depths nothing softened the blow except the lack of an announcement no that he would uso use milton berle in lohengrin mr alf aing bang says he be Is doter determined ter mined to bring grand opera within the reach of cf more people in thel th elower lower income groups ho thinks people who come to tho the met tor for the music instead of the press notices photographic rodeo and a possible tryout try out for 8 place on oa the arthur godfrey Godfroy program should be encourage d opening night for example will not be entirely limited to subscribers bers you can get in without being registered as an amateur acrobat or female pipe smoker we had the following imaginary interview with rudolf t Q mr bing you are aware are you not that flagstad returned to norway and was there under the nazi occupation A an artist I 1 Is an artist and it Is the voice e that counts not her politics besides look at tho the advertising ver the adverse comment will get us it may bring us people who hitherto never thought of sleeping by subscription Q what about melhior you admire his singing A ayes cesi but I 1 wished he would woul deither either concentrate on it in grand opera or make his radio authors turn out better scripts Q havo you seen been A singing i Nobody knows the iye ive seen Q have you had any suggestions from billy rose A no but I 1 expect to as soon as ho he settles the problem of whether to keep the great jewel robbery in new york or take it on the road Q what do you think of the suggestion grand opera should be ung sung 1 in languages all the customers can understand i A the day malcome may come when it will be done in language even all al the opera singers can understand Q are you satisfied with the costume sand and scenery 7 A there Is some question whether new sets and war wardrobes drobes are not needed for the intermission vaudeville shows Q in wagnerian Wagn erlan opera oper do you favor putting the armor on over the head or feet first A I 1 have hava trouble enough without taking that up my first season Q have you any p particular novelty in mind for the coming opera season A I 1 am thinking of putting on south pacific instead of 0 der Rosen kavaller Q could that be done A possibly but it would violate an old met custom of not maki making g big money Q have you ever thought ot of keeping all grand opera singers qui quiet et distributing free beer and letting the customers do the sing ing A only when sweet adeline creeps into Tarm hauser by a typographical error YE GOTHAM BUGLE BANNER 1 is I pasting passing out dr tind hiroms cigar 11 ivym saw il ft h in tic pictures tores you would sely say roberto roberta she type how flow about a mus ital ionson ionS off sen sn briefs mcmahon anil and tho H bomb speech to lie be titled arms and the mcmahon abon billy royes roses butler buder madea made a brave try hut bus was nosed nored on out in the me headlines by ingrid the big mo afo and the adget trial man made rain seems to bo be a fairly sure thing and this will bo be one field where the poor will get as much nuch as aa ithe rich when ma man n made rain gets into quantity production product lo we suppose the advertising specialists will announce the streamlined fully packed nonirritating raindrop in the large economy sized shower especially designed to meet the demands ol of th the a discriminating umbrella carrier |