OLD TIME RADIO - 1 CD-ROM - 25 mp3
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Chicago Theater of the Air was a weekly American radio program that featured an operetta or other musical. It first ran locally in May 1940 on WGN radio in Chicago and then nationally as an unsponsored show on the Mutual Broadcasting System from October 5, 1940, to September 11, 1954.
The show grew out of listener surveys conducted by WGN that showed that many listeners enjoyed opera and drama. The show combined both into 60-minute operettas. Intermission commentary was originally by conductor Henry Weber and later by Chicago publisher Robert R. McCormick. For seven years, Henry Weber's wife, Marion Claire Weber sang on the show.
EPISODES LIST
Chicago Theatre of the Air 40-05-16 (002) The Student Prince
Chicago Theatre of the Air 40-10-12 (006) The Chocolate Soldier
Chicago Theatre of the Air 40-11-23 (010) Eileen
Chicago Theatre of the Air 43-01-23 (064) Martha
Chicago Theatre of the Air 43-02-13 (067) Faust
Chicago Theatre of the Air 47-05-31 (238) The Great Waltz
Chicago Theatre of the Air 49-07-30 (303) Music In The Air
Chicago Theatre of the Air 49-08-06 (304) None But The Lonely Heart
Chicago Theatre of the Air 49-08-13 (305) Two Grenadiers
Chicago Theatre of the Air 49-10-22 (309) The Mikado
Chicago Theatre of the Air 49-10-29 (310) The Pink Lady
Chicago Theatre of the Air 49-11-05 (311) The Chocolate Soldier
Chicago Theatre of the Air 49-11-12 (312) Madame Butterfly
Chicago Theatre of the Air 49-11-19 (313) The Gondoliers
Chicago Theatre of the Air 49-11-26 (314) The Vagabond King
Chicago Theatre of the Air 49-12-03 (315) The Countess Maritza
Chicago Theatre of the Air 49-12-10 (316) Mignon
Chicago Theatre of the Air 49-12-17 (317) Hansel and Gretl
Chicago Theatre of the Air 49-12-24 (318) Babes in Toyland
Chicago Theatre of the Air 49-12-31 (319) The Merry Widow
Chicago Theatre of the Air 50-03-04 (328) No, No Nanette
Chicago Theatre of the Air 50-04-29 (336) Bittersweet
Chicago Theatre of the Air 50-05-06 (337) The Gypsy Princess
Chicago Theatre of the Air 50-08-19 (xxx) 21st Chicagoland Music Festival
Chicago Theatre of the Air 50-08-26 (xxx) Summer Series
This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 16 February, 2013.