CENTRAL OPERA SERVICE BULLETINJANUARY-FEBRUARY, 1967

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CENTRAL OPERA SERVICE COMMITTEE

R. L. B. TOBIN, National ChairmanThe National Council

JULIUS RUDEL, Co-ChairmanNew York City Opera

National Council Directors

MRS. AUGUST BELMONT

MRS. FRANK W. BOWMAN GEORGE HOWERTONE. H. CORRIGAN, JR. ELIHU M. HYNDMANMRS. NORRIS DARRELL MRS. JOHN R. SAVAGEHOWARD J. HOOK, JR. JAMES SCHWABACHER, JR.

Professional Committee

MAURICE ABRAVANEL RICHARD KARPSalt Lake City Symphony Pittsburgh OperaKURT HERBERT ADLER PAUL KNOWLESSan Francisco Opera University of MinnesotaVICTOR ALESSANDRO GLADYS MATHEWSan Antonio Symphony Community OperaROBERT G. ANDERSON MRS. LOUDON MELLENTulsa Opera Opera Soc. of Wash., D.C.WILFRED C. BAIN ELEMER NAGYIndiana University Hartt College of MusicROBERT BAUSTIAN MME. ROSE PALMAI-TENSERSanta Fe Opera Mobile Opera GuildMORITZ BOMHARD RUSSELL D. PATTERSONKentucky Opera Kansas City Lyric TheatreJOHN BROWNLEE MRS. JOHN DEWTTT PELTZManhattan School of Music Metropolitan OperaPAUL CALLAWAY GEORGE SCHICKOpera Soc. of Wash., D.C. Metropolitan OperaSTANLEY CHAPPLE MARK SCHUBARTUniversity of Washington Lincoln CenterEUGENE CONLEY MRS. L. S. STEMMONSNo. Texas State Univ. Dallas Civic OperaWALTER DUCLOUX LEONARD TREASHUniversity of S. California Eastman School of MusicPETER PAUL FUCHS LUCAS UNDERWOODLouisiana State University College of the PacificROBERT GAY GID WALDROPNorthwestern University Juilliard School of MusicBORIS GOLDOVSKY MRS. J. P. WALLACEGoldovsky Opera Theatre Shreveport Civic OperaWALTER HERBERT MRS. PAUL P. WILSONHouston Grand Opera Mid-South Reg. Director

LUDWIG ZIRNERUniversity of Illinois

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Volume 9, Number 3 January-February, 1967

NEW OPERAS AND PREMIERES

AMERICAN OPERAS AND COMMISSIONS

For a number of years Luciano Berio has devided his time between his nativeItaly and the U.S.A. For two years he has resided in Massachusetts, teachingat Harvard University and lately also at the Juilliard School of Music. On Janu-ary 9 his short opera, PASSAGGIO, was premiered at Juilliard receiving wideattention because of its new format and avant-garde music. Mr. Berio pits theone soprano on stage against a hostile chorus interspersed among the audience;the vocal line combines singing and spoken chorus.

During the holiday season entertainment for children is in particular demandand therefore it is not surprising that the season just passed included somepremieres of children's operas. The Fort Worth Opera Company gave five freeperformances of Julia Smith's fifth opera, THE SHEPHERDESS AND THECHIMNEY SWEEP at Fort Worth's new, smaller hall, the William EdringtonScott Theater. Sponsored by the Fort Worth Opera Guild, the premiere of theone-act opera took place on December 28. The libretto by C. D. Mackay isbased on Hans Christian Anderson's fairy tale. Of the adult cast the three majorroles are taken by a soprano, a tenor and a bass; playing time is about 30 minutes.Theodore Presser Co. is the publisher. — Martin Kalmanoff, a prolific Americancomposer of short operas, has written three new children's opera-musicals, allproduced by Richard Bracken's Storyland Theatre at Judson Hall in New York.HUCK FINN AND TOM SAWYER, based on Mark Twain's book, was adaptedby Sylvia Thomas and Gerald Lebowitz, MR. SCROOGE, based on CharlesDicken's A CHRISTMAS CAROL, and THE CANTERVILLE GHOST, storyby Oscar Wilde, have words by Mr. Lebowitz.

Community Opera in New York has announced the first performance of BROCK'SPLACE, a short opera by Marvin Adler with a libretto by Charles Levy. Thisis the first operatic venture for Mr. Adler who is a major in music at Teacher'sCollege, Columbia University. Mr. Levy teaches at Jeshiva University and haswritten the libretto for SATAN'S TRAP, an opera by Frederik Piket.

Leonard Kastle's full-length opera, DESERET, premiered by NBC-TV Opera in1961, will receive its first live stage presentation when the Memphis OperaTheatre performs it on March 3 and 4. The story is based on historical eventsduring the establishment of the Mormon faith in America; the libretto is byMemphis born Ann Howard Bailey.

John La Montaine received a $10,000 commission from the National Cathedral inWashington, D. C. to write sequels to his Christmas opera NOVELLIS,NOV ELLIS. The two new operas will be THE SHEPHARDES PLAYE and THEMAGI. They are scheduled for performances in late 1967 and 1969 respectively.— James Drew, instructor at Northwestern University School of Music receiveda grant from his university to complete his yet unnamed opera. Next to theconventional orchestra and vocal soloists, the composer employs electronic musicrecorded on tape. At the completion of the work, the Opera Workshop atNorthwestern University plans to give its premiere performance.

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AMERICAN PREMIERES

Two Italian eighteenth century operas have recently been heard in this countryfor the first time. The autographed manuscript of Alessandro Scarlatti's IL PRIMOOMICIDIO, only recently discovered in Italy, presumably dates to the early 18thcentury. The first performance took place in Siena in September 1966 and theAmerican premiere was given on December 12, 1966 at Grace Cathedral in SanFrancisco. Using an autographed score presently in the Frank de Bellis Collectionat San Francisco State College, CAIN, OR THE FIRST HOMICIDE was underthe direction of Vincenzo Giannini, chorus master of the San Francisco Operaand director of Giannini Musical Productions. — Niccolo Piccinni's LA BUONAF1GLIUOLA, first performed in Rome in 1760, became an instant success andwas performed all over Europe within the next few years. It was translated intoGerman, French, Dutch, Russian and English. It played under the title of TheAccomplished Maid in London in 1766 and as The Maid of the Vale in anotherEnglish translation in Dublin the following year. (It seems that duplicity oftranslations is a very old problem.) Revived in 1928 in Ban, the opera appearedunder the title of La Cecchina. The University of Wisconsin in Madison hasannounced the American premiere for January 6 with subsequent performanceson the 7 and 8. Karlos Moser, director of the Opera Workshop, collaboratedwith Ronald Mitchell, professor of speech and drama, in fashioning a newEnglish translation of the Goldoni libretto which was based on Samuel Richard-son's Pamela.

Following the tradition established some years ago, the Opera Theatre of theUniversity of Southern California and Dr. Walter Ducloux have scheduledanother American premiere of a Richard Strauss opera. FRIEDENSTAG, orPEACE DAY, as it will be named in its new English translation by Dr. Ducloux,will be performed on April 2, 7 and 9. The one act, 75 minute opera expoundsthe question of peace versus victory, a problem as pertinent today as it wasduring the thirty year's war, which forms the back-ground for the opera. Thelibretto by Joseph Gregor is based on an idea by Stefan Zweig. Other Straussoperas performed at USC within the last few years were Die Liebe der Danae(American premiere) and, Ariadne auf Naxos and Capriccio (West coastpremieres).

The program of the Santa Fe Opera has always featured unusual works andpremieres along with the repertoire's more standards favorites. Summer 1967will be no exception. Two major contemporary operas will receive their Americanpremieres in New Mexico, Paul Hindemith's CARDILLAC, with its original1926 libretto, and Hans Werner Henze's BOULEVARD SOLITUDE, with thecomposer conducting. Henze's // Re Cervo was premiered in Santa Fe in 1965.The two American premieres are scheduled for July 26, 28 and August 2, 4,respectively, and will be sung in English translations. They have enjoyed a widerange of performances all over Europe. For the complete 1967 program of theOpera Association of New Mexico, see "A Look Ahead."

Gunther Schuller's THE VISITATION will be first performed in the United Statesin its original production by the Hamburg State Opera at the MetropolitanOpera House in New York on June 28 and July 2, followed by a new productionby the San Francisco Opera in October 1967. Both performances will be inEnglish.

EUROPEAN PREMIERES

Benjamin Britten has written a short opera for the Wiener Sangerknaben.Named THE GOLDEN VANITY, it will be premiered at the Aldeburgh Festivalthis summer where part of the Vienna Choir Boys will sing it in English. —

Werner Egk's SIEBZEHN TAGE UND V1ER MINUTEN (Seventeen Days andFour Minutes) had its first performance on June 2, 1966 in Stuttgart, Germany,at the Wiirttemberg State Theatre under Gunther Rennert's direction. The operais a new version of the composer's opera Circe, withdrawn shortly after itspremiere in 1947. —

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Other German premieres not previously reported include Bialas' HERO UNDLEANDER at the Mannheim National Theatre on September 8, 1966, RobertHanell's ESTHER in East Berlin on October 10, 1966 and Alan Bush'sGUYANA JOHNNY in Leipzig, East Germany, on December 11, 1966. —Viennese composer Rudolf Weishappel won the Salzburg contest for TV Operaand his ELGA was subsequently performed in Linz, Austria, this winter. —Miroslav Bazlik's PETER LUCIA was premiered in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia,earlier this season.

OPERA COMPANIES, OLD AND NEW

Moving into a new house invariably raises problems, some anticipated and someunexpected ones. THE METROPOLITAN OPERA ASSN. has had it share ofboth, but with the half way mark of its first season at Lincoln Center passed,many remedial steps were taken to meet some of the new situations (see alsoSeptember 1966 Bulletin). The problem of latecomers has diminished. Thereare fewer that do come late and patrons in their seats have voiced their apprecia-tion of the lack of disturbance. — Tickets are still hard to come by but planshave been announced to cut the number of benefit performances next season;thereby, more tickets for non-subscription performances at regular prices will beavailable to non-subscribers through mail order and at the box office. — Theunexpected increase in this season's deficit had various consequences. Since partof this increased expense was incurred by the Metropolitan Opera NationalCompany, it was decided to suspend operation for the next season. Next, ticketprices at the Metropolitan were raised about 20% as per December 12 andsubscribers, who had already paid for their season's tickets were asked for avoluntary contribution of 20%. The new prices range from $15.50 for parterreboxes to $3.50 for rear of Family Circle. Also, more pressure was brought tobear on the issuance of the demolition permit for the old opera house, bringingproof that the substantial loan required for the company's survival depended onit. The final decision for demolition came on January 17, 1967. Additional supportis being solicited from Metropolitan Opera patrons through a special fund raisingcampaign, aiming at donations totalling $3,000,000.

The Metropolitan Opera National Company is closing its season on June 3 inOklahoma City. During January and February the company performs at theNew York City Center. The subsequent tour takes it through the South East,then west via Louisiana, Texas and Arizona to California where it is bookedinto the Los Angeles Music Center April 10-12. Moving north through California,the company's Seattle dates are May 10-13, to be followed by guest appearancesin Colorado, Illinois, Missouri and finally in Oklahoma. —

Following its annual Spring Tour (see schedule under performance listing),the Metropolitan Opera will play one week in Philadelphia. Its first visit to thiscity was in 1884 and for many years the company had given 7-8 performancesthere annually. These were one night guest appearances throughout the season,at which time the New York house remained dark. Six years ago this practicehad to be abandoned. This year's visit will be part of the Philadelphia ArtsFestival; performance dates are May 29 through June 3, consecutively. Thecompany will play at the Civic Center, presently seating 9,000, which will becompletely refurbished and opened in time for the Met's visit.

Mr. Bing, whose contract was recently extended until 1970 by the board ofdirectors, also announced the company's summer plans. Participating in theLincoln Center Summer Festival, the Metropolitan Opera will offer ten perform-ances starting the week of June 12, (see Performance Listing). August 17 to 27the company will stage a Verdi Festival in Newport, R. I. Co-sponsored by theState of Rhode Island, by the Preservation Society of Newport and by theNewport Metropolitan Opera Festival Foundation, Inc., the Festival will present

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various branches of the company. Orchestra, chorus and soloists will participatein the seven Verdi operas to be presented in concert form in the 14,000 seatFestival field. The Metropolitan Opera Guild will arrange an "Opera Bazaar"which is to include workshops, operalogues, seminars and lectures by thecompany's musical, technical and administrative staff. The Metropolitan OperaStudio will offer six Young Peoples' Performances, scheduled for 11:30 a.m.preceding lectures and discussion groups. There will be three performances ofCosi fan tutte and three of Don Pasquale. Specially priced student tickets willbe available. Other features of the Festival will include chamber music and solorecitals, playing of tapes and films and exhibitions of Verdi autographs andmanuscripts, as well as of stage designs. Indoor events will take place at threehistoric Newport mansions, The Breakers, The Elms and The Marble House.The company hopes that the Newport Festival will become an annual internationalmusic event equal in scope to some of Europe's leading summer festivals. NewYork's Lewisohn Stadium, the site of the Metropolitan Opera summer seasonfor the past two years, is being readied for demolition.

On January 27 the WESTERN OPERA THEATER will give its first performance.The company, established by the San Francisco Opera with the aid of a federalgrant (see September 1966 Bulletin) has engaged Herbert Grossman as itsartistic director. The first production is a Menotti double bill, The Medium andThe Old Maid and the Thief, which will be seen in Sacramento on opening night.The next evening The Barber of Seville will be performed in Grass Valley andthe two evenings of opera will be given in repertory on tour. In late FebruaryLa Boheme will be added and in the Spring, the fourth production, Cosi fantutte will complete the company's repertoire for this season.

The SAN FRANCISCO SPRING OPERA COMPANY had to postpone itsproposed move to Winterland Auditorium (see September 1966 Bulletin). Becauseof the extended season of the San Francisco Symphony performing at the WarMemorial Opera House, the company must curtail its 1967 opera season (June2-19). The company will present four operas in eight performances as comparedto last year's schedule of six operas in twelve performances (see PerformanceListing).

Los Angeles, at present without its own professional opera company to performat the new Music Center, contracted for 20 performances of the NEW YORKCITY OPERA COMPANY for next fall. Julius Rudel, the company's generaldirector, announced the three week guest engagement, November 17 to Decem-ber 6, when seven New York productions will be brought to California (JuliusCaesar, The Magic Flute, Tosca, La Boheme, Madama Butterfly, The Marriageof Figaro, and La Traviata). A previous trip of the New York City Opera tookthe company to the Mozart Festival at Stanford University in Palo Alto in thesummer of 1965.

The UCLA OPERA THEATRE is a new professional touring group under theguidance of Jan Popper. It evolved from the opera workshop at UCLA and theUniversity's two auditoria remain the home base of the company. When on tour,the company performs at the various campuses of the University of California(Berkeley, San Diego, Santa Cruz, etc.). The formation of the group was madepossible through a grant from the Gladys Turk Foundation and the first twoproductions were The Good Soldier Schweik and // Matrimonio segreto inOctober and November respectively.

The NEW YORK CITY OPERA EDUCATION PROGRAM, presented inconjunction with the Lincoln Center Student Program under Title III of theEducational Act, is under the artistic guidance of Thomas Martin. The lecture-demonstration program will offer excerpts from Wozzeck, Susannah, The Consul,The Taming of the Shrew and Albert Herring together with scenes from Rigoletto,to demonstrate the differences between classic and modern opera and to familiar-ize youngsters with both concepts. Jay Harnick will function as stage director.

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Schools in New York City as well as in upstate New York will be included inthe tour (see also September 1966 Bulletin).

The CHAMBER OPERA SOCIETY OF BALTIMORE (4715 Roland Avenue,Baltimore, Md.) was incorporated in October 1966 and plans performances atthe Peabody Concert Hall and at John Hopkins University. Thomas Conlin isthe artistic director, Dennis Rosa the stage director. Two productions plannedfor this spring are L'lncoronazione di Poppea and Acis and Galatea.

A LOOK AHEAD

SUMMER

The HAMBURG STATE OPERA will open at Lincoln Center on June 23 withHindemith's Mathis der Maler. On June 23 will be the New York premiere ofBerg's Lulu, on June 27 the American premiere of Giselher Klebe's Jacobovskyand the Colonel and July 2 the American premiere of Gunther Schuller's TheVisitation. Janacek's Jenufa and Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress wind up theproductions to be presented at the Metropolitan Opera House. The Hindemithopera will be staged by Oscar Fritz Schuh, and conducted by Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt; the team for Lulu is Gunther Rennert and Leopold Ludwig, for Rake'sProgress, Gian Carlo Menotti and Charles Mackerras, for Jenufa, Mr. Schuh andMr. Ludwig. The Visitation will be conducted by the composer and directed byMr. Rennert. Weber's Der Freischiitz will receive a concert performance conductedby Mr. Ludwig at Philharmonic Hall on the afternoon of June 25. For dates andmail order information see Performance Listing, New York City.

The SANTA FE OPERA will offer next to the two American premieres ofHenze's Boulevard Solitude and Hindemith's Cardillac, (see Premieres) perform-ances of The Barber of Seville, The Marriage of Figaro, La Boheme, Carmen andSalome. The season will open July 1 and close on August 26.

For information on The METROPOLITAN OPERA Verdi Festival in Newport,R. I. in August, see previous chapter on the Metropolitan Opera.

Of special interest during the CINCINNATI SUMMER OPERA season will bethe local debut of Elizabeth Schwarzkopf in Der Rosenkavalier on July 5 and 8.Martin Rich will be the conductor. The complete program will be announced inthe next issue.

The CENTRAL CITY OPERA HOUSE ASSOCIATION announced threeoperas for this summer's productions: A Masked Ball, Don Pasquale and TheMerry Widow. All three operas will be sung in English, announced EmersonBuckley, artistic director. The season will last from June 24 to July 29.

The STRATFORD FESTIVAL in Ontario will present Cosi fan tutte and AlbertHerring in repertory fashion throughout the summer with the Mozart operaopening on July 7 and the Britten opera on July 11. Closing date is set forSeptember 2.

The CARAMOOR FESTIVAL in Katonah, N.Y. will again feature BenjaminBritten's Curlew River and also give the American premiere of his The BurningFiery Furnace. Julius Rudel is artistic director.

In addition to the previously announced opera companies participating in Expo'67 this summer (see Festival '67 September 1966 Bulletin), the BOLSHOIOPERA COMPANY will visit Montreal August 10-30. Operas to be performedby the Moscow company include Boris Godunov, Pique Dame, War and Peace,Prince Igor and The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh. For information andtickets write to: Expo '67, Box Office, P.O.B. 1330, Station B, Montreal 2, Queb.(Prices range from $15.20 to $1.50)

FIRST ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THE COMING SEASON

Opera companies located at the two extreme ends of the country have simultane-ously announced their programs for the 1967-68 season. The SEATTLE OPERACOMPANY will present five productions, Otello with Jean Fenn and JamesMcCracken in September, Romeo et Juliette with Gianna d'Angelo and FrancoCorelli in November, Ward's The Crucible with Frances Bible and ChesterLudgin in February, Fidelio with Ingrid Bjoner in March and Don Giovanni withJoan Sutherland and Gabriel Bacquier in April. — The OPERA GUILD OFGREATER MIAMI will feature Un Ballo in maschera with Rita Malaspina,Irene Kramarich, Placido Domingo and Giulio Fioravanti, Die Fledermaus withJean Fenn, Jeannette Scovotti, Thomas Hayward and Frank Guarrera and Samsonet Dalila with Sandra Warfield, James McCracken and Gabriel Bacquier duringJanuary, February and March 1968 respectively.

The SAN FRANCISCO OPERA COMPANY so far has announced the firstAmerican production of Schuller's The Visitation. It is initiating plans for acomplete Ring cycle to be produced over the next four years, the coming Fallwill mark the presentation of Das Rheingold featuring Jess Thomas. The com-pany will also offer a new production of The Magic Flute in English, featuringTchaikovsky competition's and Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions'winner Jane Marsh. The season will open on September 19 with La Giocondawith Regine Crespin; it will close on November 26.

The METROPOLITAN OPERA'S new productions next season will includeCarmen after a six year's absence, Gounod's Romeo et Juliette and Die Walkiire.The latter will feature the American operatic debut of Herbert von Karajan whowill conduct all four Ring operas at the Metropolitan Opera over the next fourseasons (see September 1965 Bulletin).

Some highlights of the CHICAGO LYRIC season will include Salome withFelicia Weathers, opening the season on September 29, Norma with ElenaSuliotis, Falstaff with Geraint Evans and Manon with Montserrat Caballe.

EDUCATION

A new concept of teaching and training artists promises to evolve from theCENTER FOR THE PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS at the proposedState University of New York in Westchester County. This new seat of learningis being created with wider and more realistic visions towards the needs oftoday's artist. Designed especially for students seeking careers in the arts, firstconsideration will be given to talent while age and previous schooling require-ments will be kept flexible. Classroom schedules, too, will be kept flexible andtime spent on rehearsals and performances will be taken into consideration. Moreformal academic requirements will be demanded of those students working towardsa bachelor's or a master's degree but the school will also accomodate studentsnot looking for degrees. The faculty will be assembled with consideration given tothe artistic activity of the teacher, rather than restricting the choice to theprofessor with the most degrees and the greatest number of books to his credit."Clinical professorships" will also be granted, leaving the professor sufficientfree time for performing and touring. A 500-acre site in Purchase, New York,has been chosen for the campus; plans call for completion in 1970. Dr. AbbottKaplan, former chief of the extension program at UCLA and founder of theLos Angeles Theatre Group, has begun in his new office as president of theState University on January 1. The University will have a total enrollment of5,000, 20% of this will form the student body of the Art Center.

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The STATE UNIVERSITY CENTER at Stonybrook, Long Island, N.Y. hasnamed Adele Addison as a member of the voice faculty of its newly createdmusic department.

The active and imaginative leaders and Dean Wiley Housewright of the SCHOOLOF MUSIC at FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY in Tallahassee, who one yearago expanded their curriculum to include studies for a Ph.D. in music, haveannounced two new categories of fellowships. Beginning next September andutilizing the President's program of federal funds for the arts, the school willoffer one type of fellowship under the United States Department of Health,Education and Welfare Title V Program, to individuals preparing for professionalcareers as elementary and secondary school music teachers. This two year pro-gram, with emphasis on increased musicianship studies, offers an expandedmaster's of arts degree beyond the limits of the normal degree requirements.The second type of fellowship is given under the National Defense Education Actto individuals working towards a doctorial degree offered by the FSU School ofMusic (Ph.D. in Music Education, in Humanities and Music, Music Theory,Doctor of Education in Music Education, or Doctor of Music). Further informa-tion may be obtained from Mr. Sellers, Assistant Dean, School of Music, FSU,Tallahassee, Fla. 32306.

The NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS will hold its first summersession at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, Italy. Arrangementsbetween the Italian government and the late Vittorio Giannini, dean of the school,were concluded in November shortly before Dr. Giannini's sudden death. About120 music students at college level will be accepted for classes in voice, piano,orchestral instruments, conducting and composition. The $450 cost to the studentswill include the round trip and tuition. Departure from New York is plannedfor July 9, followed by a three day visit to Rome. Classes in Siena will run fromJuly 17 to September 1 with the return flight scheduled for September 2. Thetuition will cover approximately half of the expenses, the other half will besponsored by the Italian government together with the bank of Monte dei Paschiin Siena. Further information may be obtained from the school in WinstonSalem, North Carolina.

Another new summer school will open in the "new town" of Reston, Va. TheRESTON MUSIC CENTER is administered by the Northern Virginia non-profitgroup headed by state senator Omer Hirst; Dr. James Christian Pfohl, founderand former director of the Brevard Music Center in South Carolina, is thedirector. The Center will be open from June 26 to August 20. This first summerstudents will live in temporary quarters and performances will be given in alarge concert tent which will be put up on community donated land. About 250students between the ages of 12-18 will be accepted for voice and choral classes,piano and orchestral instrument instruction. Of this number, 150 may registeras residents, the other as day students. American as well as foreign students areeligible. For details write to Dr. Pfohl, Reston Music Center, Reston, Va.

The School for Continuing Education and Extension Services of NEW YORKUNIVERSITY at Washington Square in New York offers a course entitled TheOpera: Lecture and Performance. Planned in cooperation with the New YorkCity Opera Company, the course is comprised of four Monday evening lecturesby Stephan Jay and attendance at one dress rehearsal and three performances atthe State Theatre. Tuition fee of $35 includes three orchestra seats at $5.95.This type of course was initiated last October when Martin Chusid was thelecturer; four Mozart operas were the subject.

Directors and presidents from five independent Eastern conservatories will meetFebuary 1-3 to exchange information regarding mutual problems of administra-tion, finance and curriculum. The Cleveland Institute of Music will be host torepresentatives from New York's Manhattan School of Music and Mannes Collegeof Music, Boston's New England Conservatory of Music and Baltimore's PeabodyConservatory of Music.

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Boris Goldovsky will again be the director of the OPERA WORKSHOP atOGLEBAY INSTITUTE with Arthur Schoep, Fredric Popper and Anthony Ad-dison as his annual adjutants. A fee of $350 covers tuition and room and boardfor the duration of the workshop, July 31 to August 28, while non-resident stu-dents pay $200. A limited number of scholarships are available through agrant from the Martha Baird Rockefeller Fund for Music; one scholarship is of-fered by the National Federation of Music Clubs to a proficient pianist seekingtraining in operatic coaching. Music educators wishing instructions in organizingan opera workshop are accepted as auditors and pay $250 as resident auditorsand $100 as non-residents. Further information may be obtained from Mrs. C.Chase Greer, Dir. Special Activities, Oglebay Institute, Oglebay Park, Wheeling,W. Va.

Mme. Lotte Lehmann will hold master classes in The Interpretation of Song Lit-erature at the School of Music of Northwestern University in Evanston, 111.from May 1-12. Advanced vocal students of the university will be coached byMme. Lehmann. These lecture-demonstrations will be open to the public, ad-mission per session is $2.00 and $10.00 for six sessions.

In celebration of its silver anniversary the MUSIC JOURNAL will offer scholar-ships to some fifteen conservatories and college music departments in the namesof the magazine's long standing advertisers.

The UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS's Opera Workshop has assigned its director,Professor Kenneth Ballenger, to make a study of the latest innovations and newtrends at European opera houses, Professor Ballenger will spend several monthsin Europe and anticipates returning with a new program suited to today's profes-sional needs. Areas of special interest will include computer programmed lighting,contemporary set design and the staging and movement of singers on large revolv-ing or raked stages.

The UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO in Albuquerque has opened the Univer-sity Concert Hall, an all purpose auditorium seating 2,200. Designed by localarchitects Edward Holien and William Buckley, in cooperation with theatricalconsultant George Izenour and acoustical consultant Jack Purcell of Bolt Beranekand Newman, the $2.3 million hall can be used with orchestral pit for opera andmusicals or with a shell on stage for symphonic concerts. It is the new home ofthe Albuquerque Symphony Orchestra.

WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY in Kalamazoo has raised $5.2 millionfor a 3,500 seat auditorium. Another $3.2 million will be used for the constructionof classrooms and faculty buildings and a theatre, all to be part of a new culturalcenter on the campus. The auditorium will have the flexibility of most new hallswhich can be adapted for concerts, theatre or opera. An 80-man pit will beavailable for operatic performance. The hall will replace a 2,500 seat high schoolauditorium presently in use for concerts.

SETS FOR RENT

Styrk Orwoll, general manager of the Cincinnati Summer Opera, announces that thecompany is willing to rent sets for the following operas: Carmen, Cavalleria Rusti-cana, Cinderella, Cosi fan tutte, Don Pasquale, Faust, Die Fledermaus, La Forza deldestino, Pagliacci, Samson et Dalila, The Tales of Hoffman and // Trovatore. Allthese sets have been built since 1963. For details please write to the above at VernonManor Hotel, Cincinnati, Ohio 45219.

Editor's Note: COS has an extensive listing of available sets and costumes. If yourcompany wishes to make sets or costumes available for rental, please register themwith us.

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MUSIC PUBLISHERS, MUSIC PUBLICATIONS

The Theodore Presser Company has been named sole agent for TENUTO Pub-lications and TRITONE Press, representing American contemporary composers.— MCA MUSIC is the sole agent in the United States and Canada for the Ita-lian publisher Suvini Zerboni Editione, Milan, announced Arthur Cohn, directorof its serious music department. — CARL FISCHER, INC. has been appointedsole agent for the Galleon Press catalogue.

ARTS MANAGEMENT, a newsletter now in its sixth year, is devoted to serv-ice those who finance and manage the arts. Previously available on subscription,it was co-sponsored by the New York State Arts Council. Now the Arts Advi-sory Council of the New York Board of Trade announced that it will under-write Arts Management, facilitating its distribution to all major service organi-zation in the Arts. Central Opera Service will send a free copy to each of itsProfessional Committee and Institutional members; anyone else interested in re-ceiving this publication, primarily geared to the promotion and cooperation be-tween arts organizations and business leaders, may write to Mr. Alvin Reiss,Editor, AM, 330 East 49th St., New York, N.Y.

The Associated Councils of the Arts, 1564 Broadway, New York, N.Y. willpublish CULTURAL AFFAIRS, a journal on the arts emphasizing foundationsand business in the arts, this Spring. Editor is Albert Goldman, Assistant Pro-fessor of English and American Literature at Columbia University. The Asso-ciated Councils of the Arts recently published THE ARTS: PLANNING FORCHANGE, a report on the proceedings at the ACA conference held in NewYork in May 1966. Copies are available from ACA for $2.00.

SOURCE, a semi-annual magazine dedicated to avant-garle compositions, willbe published in the near future. For information write to 330 University Avenue,Davis, California.

THE 1967 SPECIAL DIRECTORY ISSUE of Musical America has been pub-lished and is available from High Fidelity Musical America, 165 West 46th St.,New York, N.Y. for $5.00. This extremely comprehensive guide to the nationaland international music scene includes listings of American as well as EuropeanOpera companies, symphony orchestras, music publishers, music organizations,music magazines and editors, schools of music and artist managers.

The Music Journal has published its annual ARTISTS' DIRECTORY for the1967—68 season. Concentrating on listings of artists and music organizations inthe United States, this Directory is available for $2.00 from the Music Journal,1776 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10019.

SIMON'S DIRECTORY of Theatrical Materials, Services and Information hasbeen published in a third edition and can be obtained from Package PublicityService Inc., 1564 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10036 for $3.60. This classifiedguide to renting, buying and locating anything from material for stage sets orlighting equipment to signs or ticket printers, arts organizations, modern audi-toriums, etc., is arranged by categories and states. Although geared to the thea-trical producer's needs, most opera producers would find it a handy reference.

A new quarterly magazine, ELECTRONIC MUSIC REVIEW, devoted to mat-ters of interest to electronic music composers, engineers, performers and listen-ers is published by the Electronic Music Center, Trumansburg, N.Y. 14886. Sub-sciption is available through annual membership in EMC for $6.00.

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BOOKS

THE METROPOLITAN OPERA, 1883-1966 by Irving Kolodin is a new and greatlyexpanded version of his previous books on the old opera house and the company thatinhabited it. His first account was published in 1935; the next one included perform-ances up to 1950. The latest edition forms a complete record of the company's his-tory on West 39th Street. It is presented in three parts: 1. Patrons and Purposes, 2. Houseand Home, 3. Operas and Artists. The last part is by far the longest and weightiestof the book and goes into detail about many specific performances, reporting on eachseason in chronological order. A list of repertoire for 1883 through 1966 concludesthe book. Numerous photographs of artists as well as of company managers add apictorial history. Published by Alfred A. Knopf, the book sells for $15.

Mary Jane Matz in the author of OPERA: GRAND AND NOT SO GRAND, pub-lished by William Morrow & Co. and available for $5.95. This is a review of operatictrends and how they originated. The book also traces the influence of artists and audi-ences on past and present tastes and includes amusing anecdotes.

A biography, CALLAS, LA DIV1NA, was written by Stelios Galatapoulos; the bookis published in England by Dent and sells for s35.

Oxford University Press recently published an attractive, small book on Chineseopera. PEKING OPERA by Elizabeth Halson, attempts to bring the Oriental formof music-drama closer to its Western audience. The book also contains many drawingsof costumes, headpieces, masks and instruments. The price is $4.

Two recent books, both published by universities, each include a long playing record.One is STRAVINSKY: The Composer and His Works, by Eric Walter White. It ispublished by the University of California Press at Berkeley and is available for $18.50.Besides the record, the book contains an extensive biography, a detailed discussion ofthe composer's works including illustrated musical analysis, photographs, previouslyunpublished letters and nine articles by the artist himself. — The other book is THESONG OF THE MINNESINGERS by Barbara Garvey Seagrave and Wesley Thomasand is published by the University of Illinois Press. It contains reproductions fromthe beautiful Manesse manuscript, also a 10" LP record. Its price is $15.

The Twentieth Century Fund study PERFORMING ARTS: THE ECONOMIC DI-LEMMA, written by William Baumol and William Bowen, is a comprehensive studyof economics versus the arts. It covers some of the same ground as its predecessor,The Performing Arts, Problems and Prospects, published in 1965, and based on theRockefeller Panel Report; but, the new book probes further into the "dilemma." Dis-poving the much heralded cultural explosion, the financial difficulties of the arts arelaid bare. Tables and graphs at the end of the 500-page book substantiate these dif-ficulties and many artistic administrators may find some consolation in the fact thatthey are not alone in their financial plights. The price is $7.50.

EUROPEAN OPERA TOURS 1967

DI CARLO TRAVEL INC., Opera Deparment, 1440 Broadway, New York, N.Y.offers an operatic package tour of 15 days, eight opera performances in Paris, Milan,Munich and Vienna, first class hotel accomodations and round trip on Air Francefor $594.

MAYFAIR TRAVEL SERVICE INC., 119 West 57 Street, New York, N.Y., in co-operation with Swissair offers tours of great variety. Combinations of different musicalcenters may be fitted into one tour lasting two or three weeks. The first escorted toursof this year are scheduled to leave New York March 2 and March 30 respectively.

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AWARDS AND COMPETITIONS

May 22 to June 3 are the dates for the International Music Competition at the Inter-national Institute of Music of Canada, 106 Dulwich Avenue, St. Lambert, Montreal.First prize for voice is $10,000, second prize is $5,000, ten further cash prizes will beawarded to runner-ups.

The Institute of Intenational Education, 809 United Nations Plaza, New York, N.Y.,will sponsor singers for international music competitions abroad. Recommendationsfrom accredited musicians and a biographical sketch must accompany the application.Performance experience is required.

Brazil's Third International Singing Contest will be held in June, application dead-line is March 30, 1967. Write to SBRAC, Avenue Franklin Roosevelt 23, s/310, Riode Janeiro.

The Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions' Semi-Finals will take place atLincoln Center on April 7 and will be open to the public. Further information under"Special Announcements."

Winners

At the Geneva International Competition, Francina drones, from Spain won a firstprize of 5,000 Swiss francs, Josef Dene from Hungary and Norma Lerer from BuenosAires won second and third pizes of 1,000 francs each. Gwendolyn Killebrew, formerMetropolitan Opera Regional Audition's winner, received a medal with distinction. —The $1,000 Kirsten Flagstad Memorial Award for 1967 was won by Rico Serbo, lyrictenor, now with the Western Opera Theater of San Francisco. — At the s'Hertogen-bosch (Holland) competition, winners in the soprano category were Marina Krilovici(Rumania) and Ana Maria Miranda (Argentina); the mezzo category had no first prizewinner but second prize was won by Norma Lerer (Argentina); the tenor category'swinner was Ludovic Spiess (Rumania) with no second prize awarded; baritone and basscategory had no first prize winner, second prize went to Marco Bakker (Holland). —The three winners of the Maria de Varedy Competition held at the New York StateTheatre were Emilio Belaval, 28 year old tenor from San Juan with a M.A. from theManhattan School of Music. (Mr. Belaval sang at the C.O.S. National Conference inNew York last Spring.); Linda Heimal, 25 year old soprano from Union, N.J., whoformerly won the Vocal Award from the National Society of Arts and Letters; andJacqueline Norwood, 26 year old soprano from St. Louis, Mo. and Eastern RegionalFinalist of the Metropolitan Opera Auditions. All three received contracts with the NewYork City Opera Company.

NEW COS MEMBERS

Miss Mariette Boucher, P.O.B. 313, Station "B," Montreal, Quebec, Canada.Mr. Henry Jackson, 1135 West 83rd Street, Los Angeles, Calif.Cambridge Opera Workshop, Mr. Lawry N. Reid, 1179 Boylston St., Boston, Mass.Di Carlo Travel Bureau, Inc., Vinicio Cantatore, 1440 Broadway, New York, N.Y.Mr. Carl E. Fuchs, 92 Stuart Avenue, Amityville, N.Y.Mr. Charles L. Goldenberg, 25 Sutton Place South, New York, N.Y.Mrs. Dee Anne Hunstein, 223 East 50th St., New York, N.Y.Indiana Univ. of Pennsylvania Opera Theatre, Herbert Wildeboor, Indiana, Pa.Dr. Hayes M. Juhr, 919 North Colorado, Hastings, Neb.Univ. of Manitoba School of Music. Prof. R. Irwin, Winnipeg, Manitoba.Mrs. Walter Mayer, P.O.B. 581, Santa Fe, New M.Mr. Wendell E. Orr, 11 Thompson Lane, Durham, N.H.Miss Rona Leslie Pervil, 2385 East 7th Street, Brooklyn, N.Y.Mr. Joel M. Pritkin, 3809 West 7th Street, # 7 , Topeka, Kan.RAI Corp., Italian Radio & TV, Dr. G. Padovana, 1350 Ave. of the Amer. N.Y.C.Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Spec. Studies Project, 1290 Ave. of the Amer., New

York, N.Y.Mrs. Muriel Hebert Wolf, 150 Cranburne Lane, Williamsville, N.Y.

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PROFESSIONAL AND HONORARY APPOINTMENTS

Following the appointment of Thomas P. F. Hoving as director of the MetropolitanMuseum of Art, New York's Mayor Lindsay named August Heckscher as Mr. Hoving'ssuccessor to the post of Administrator of Recreation and Cultural Affairs. Mr. Heck-scher brings to this post experience as first Presidential Special Consultant on the Arts(under Eisenhower and Kennedy) and comes directly from the Twentieth CenturyFund. He has been a member of the City's Art Commission and a director of the StateCouncil on the Arts. — President Johnson appointed eight new members to the NationalCouncil on the Arts. The Council has 26 members each serving a 6-year term. Amongthe new appointments, Marian Anderson was chosen to represent music. -—• Hy Fame,national executive secretary of the American Guild of Musical Artists, was appointedby Governor Rockefeller to serve as member of the New York State Council on theArts. — Mrs. Robert P. McQueen and Donald F. Benjamin have been elected membersof the governing committee of the Brooklyn Academy of Music. This committee, inturn, confirmed the appointment of Harvey Lichtenstein as director of the Academy.After serving as administrative intern with the New York City Ballet Company througha Ford Foundation grant, he had charge of audience development for the City Balletand Opera Companies. — Among the newly elected officers of the National Instituteof Arts and Letters was composer Peter Mennin, president of the Juilliard School ofMusic; he was given the post of treasurer of NIAL. —

The San Diego Opera, Inc., elected attorney Robert B. Bottomley as president of thenewly chartered opera company, sponsored by the San Diego Opera Guild. The Guildchose a new president to succeed Mrs. Glenn Erickson. He is W. Allen Perry, trusteeof the San Diego Fine Arts Society and former director of the San Diego SymphonyAssociation. — Prentis Cobb Hale was elected president of the San Francisco OperaAssociation, succeeding Robert Watt Miller, who was appointed chairman of the board.— Following the retirement of Robert Brown, the Shreveport Civic Opera Associationappointed Mandel Selber, Jr., as president. — Mrs. Morton Baum was elected presidentof the Hunter College Opera Association. — Herbert Weiskopf from Los Angeles wasappointed general director and conductor of the Portland (Oreg.) Opera Association.—Seymour Lipkin has been named the new musical director and conductor of the NewYork City Jeoffrey Ballet Company. •— La Scala in Milan, Italy, appointed GianandreaGavazzeni artistic director, succeeding Antonio Ghiringhelli; B. Missiroli is director ofproductions. —

This year's Concert Artists Guild Award will be given to William Schumann, presidentof Lincoln Center, at the annual dinner on March 12 for "his distinguished achieve-ments in the development of our musical culture and sponsorship of talented youngartists." Former recipients of this award include Isaac Stern, Artur Rubinstein, RudolfBing, John D. Rockefeller III and David Sarnoff. — Ms. Clifton J. Muir, president ofthe National Federation of Music Clubs, received a Doctor of Music Degree from theAmerican Conservatory of Music in Chicago and a Doctor of Letters from EasternKentucky University in Richmond. — Two large bronze plaques honoring the memoryof former president of the New York City Council and Commissioner of Parks,Newbold Morris, were unveiled at the New York City Center. The late Mr. Morris wasa foremost supporter of the Center's drama and opera groups and many notablepersonalities participated in the ceremonies. —

Herman Krawitz, assistant manager of the Metropolitan Opera has been appointed Pro-fessor of Drama at Yale University. He will be adjunct professor at the School of Dramain addition to his duties at the Metropolitan. — Temple University in Philadelphiahas chosen James Lucas, formerly with the Metropolitan Opera, as head of its opera work-shop. — Grant Williams and Dorothea Brown joined the voice faculty at North TexasState University in Denton. — Robert Baustian, former director of the opera departmentat Kansas State University in Lawrence and member of the conductorial staff atSanta Fe Opera has been appointed professor of conducting at Oberlin College in Ohio.— New York City Opera soprano Donna Jeffrey has joined the vocal faculty of FloridaState University in Tallahassee.

Martha Baxter, manager of the symphony and opera department at Boosey and Hawkes,was appointed to head the publisher's publicity and public relations department. —J. Henson Markham, formerly with Carl Fischer, Inc., is taking over the symphonyand opera department from Miss Baxter. — Gertrud Smith, formerly with Boosey andHawkes, has joined Mills Music, Inc., where she handles copyrights, catalogues andrental of the serious music department.

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COS SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

The annual Upper-Midwest Regional Conference of the Central Opera Servicehas been scheduled for Friday, May 19th. It will be held in Minneapolis at thetime of the Metropolitan Opera Company's visit. Inquiries and registrations shouldbe addressed to Mrs. John Savage, 213 So. Avon St., Saint Paul, Minn.

Due to the new format of the National Council Regional Audition's Program,the Semi-Finals, presenting all first place regional winners, will be held on thestage of the Metropolitan Opera House and will be open to the public. The dateis Friday, April 7, 2:00-5:00 p.m. At this time study grants of $2,000 will beawarded to each contestant chosen to participate in the Audition's Finals scheduledfor November. Voluntary contributions of $5.00 or over are suggested to accom-pany the request for a pair of tickets. A self-addressed and stamped envelopeshould also be enclosed and mailed to Metropolitan Opera National Council Re-gional Auditions, Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, N.Y. 10023, before March 18.

Extra copies of the listing of English Translations of Foreign Language Operasare avaiable for $2.00 from Central Opera Service, Metropolitan Opera, LincolnCenter, New York, N.Y. 10023.

The International Music Council, with its headquarters at UNESCO, Paris, hasjust announced an international conference devoted to The Training and Careerof the Opera Singer to be held in Sofia, Bulgaria, July 2-8, 1967. The confer-ence is a direct result of the Congress on Contemporary Opera Theatre in Ham-burg, June 1964 (see April, 1964 Bulletin) and it is scheduled to coincide withthe Third International Competition of Young Opera Singers (June 18-July 8).Finalists will be presented in performances by the Sofia Opera. Many interna-tionally famous personalities in opera have agreed to actively participate in theconference, which will be under the joint auspices of UNESCO and the Bulgar-ian State Committee for Arts and Culture. For further information please con-tact Jack Bornoff, Exec. Sec, International Music Council, UNESCO, 6 rueFranklin, Paris, France.

The United States has extended an invitation to the International MusicCouncil to hold its next International Congress in the United States. Scheduledfor April, 1968, the most likely city to be chosen as host is New York withpossibly some extra days devoted to the nation's capitol. This will mark the firsttime the International Congress will meet here; previous conferences have beenheld in Rome, Paris, Rotterdam and Hamburg. — The Central Opera Serviceis a member of the National Music Council.

LATEST NEWS

Two consequential news reports just received, follow the announcement of thesuspension of activities of the Metropolitan Opera National Company for nextseason: Sarah Caldwell, director of the Opera Company of Boston, is planningthe formation of a national touring company which may include internationallyknown stars as well as young American singers. Booking will be handled bySol Hurok, who also booked the National Company. The disbursement of fed-eral funds for assistance to the new company is almost certain. Meanwhile Mrs.DeWitt Wallace, co-chairman with Mr. Wallace of the board of Reader's Digest,has offered one million dollars for the continuation of the Metropolitan OperaNational Company. Acceptance of this amount will depend on the decision wheth-er or not to reinstate the company. Miss Rise Stevens, co-manager, said that the1967-68 season can no longer be salvaged. Further developments will be re-ported in the next Bulletin.

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PERFORMANCE LISTING: 1966-67 SEASON (not previously listed)

ALBERTAEdmonton Opera Assn., I. Guttmann, prod.10/21/66 Tosca di Gerlando; Sordello, dal Ponte; cond: Karp1/25/67 Faust Thomson; Mauro, Gross

CALIFORNIAGiannini Musical Productions, Grace Cathedral, San Francisco12/12/66 Scarlatti's // Primo Omicidio Am. Prem. Giannini, cond.3/11/67 Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda, Ballo delle ingrateRiverside Opera Association, Riverside3/67 Aida dir, des: K. KreinerSan Diego Opera, Inc., W. Herbert, art. dir.5/4, 6/67 Tosca (see Oct. '66 Bulletin for prev. pfs.)Spring Opera of San Francisco, War Memorial Opera House6/2, 10/67 La Traviata6/6, 9/67 The Pearl Fishers6/13, 16/67 Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci6/20, 23/67 The Tales of HoffmannWestern Opera Theater, Herbert Grossman, mus. dir., repertory tourThe Old Maid and the Thief & The Medium st. dir: B. Ringland des: R. Darling

& J. Conglin opening Sacramento 1/27/67The Barber of Seville Eng. st. dir: Ghita Hager, des: Darling, Conklin opening

Grass Valley 1/28/673/67 Cosi fan tutte, La Boheme, tour: California, Arizona, Oregon, NevadaU.C.L.A Opera Theatre, J. Popper, mus. dir.10/66 The Good Soldier Schweik Norman Kelly 9 pfs. L.A. and tour11/66 // Matrimonio segreto Eng. Bird-WitherspoonUniversity of Southern California, W. Ducloux, Los Angeles12/3, 9, 11/66 Idomeneo Eng. Goldovsky-Caldwell4/2, 7, 9/67 Strauss' Friedenstag Am. prem.

CONNECTICUTHartt College of Music Opera Theatre, Dr. E. Nagy, Hartford2/22-25/67 Macbeth cond: Paranov, dir; MorelandHartt College of Music, Children's Series, Hartford12/17/67 Mary Lynn Twombly's The Little Match Girl, mus. play for children66-67 The Beauty and the Beast, Little Red Riding HoodTrinity College, C. Barbieri, Center of Italian Studies, Hartford10/20-22/66 Arnold Franchetti's As a Conductor Dreams prem.

COLORADOReligious Workshop, Denver Area Council of Churches11/19, 20/66 Lubin's The Pardoner's Tale 1/1/66 KOA-TV

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIAOpera Society of Washington, D.C., P. Callaway, art. dir.11/25, 27, 28/66 L'lnfedelta delusa Brooks, Lloyd, Malas; dir: Maunder; des:

Waring1/13, 15, 16/67 Werther Wolff, Brock; Poretta, Cossa; dir: Herbert; des: Klein/

Mellen5/19, 21, 22/67 Ginastera's Bomarzo prem. cond: Rudel, dir: Capobianco

FLORIDACivic Opera of the Palm Beaches12/14, 17/66 Madama Butterflyll\, 4/61 The Merry WidowOpera Repertory Group, Amelia Smith., pres., Jacksonville11/23/66 Opera Showcase, Steber2/24/67 Cavalleria Rusticana & 1 act to be announced5/12/67 The Tales of Hoffmann HechtSt. Petersburg Civic Opera12/17/66 Carmen

GEORGIAOpera Atlanta, R. Lawrence, mus. dir.1/27, 28/67 Fidelio at Westminster School Auditorium

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HAWAIIThe Windward Music Club, Wright Esser, dir., Kailua1/13, 14, 20, 21/67 The Medium (1/27, 28/67 in Honolulu)

ILLINOISChicago Symphony Orchestra, J. Martinon, mus. dir.5/23/67 Jeanne dArc au bucher concert at Wheaton College; Orantes, Smith,

Allen; Bressler, West, speakers: Forbes, RobinsonNorthwestern University, Opera Worksohp, R. Gay, dir., Evanston11/11, 13/66 Dido and Aeneas & Renard2/24, 26/67 La Boheme1/29/67 excerpts Monteverdi's Arianna (N.U. Chamber Singers)

KANSASWichita State University, Opera Theatre, R. Mesrobian, dir.12/2, 3, 6/66 L'Infedelta delusa Eng.1/19, 20/67 The Crucible perf. by Evening Opera Workshop

KENTUCKYKentucky Opera Association, M. Bomhard, dir., Louisville10/29,30/66 The Marriage of Figaro Havranek, Samuelsen12/2, 3/66 The Telephone & Pagliacci2/10, 11/67 Gluck's Orpheus ed Euridice3/31 4/1/67 La Traviata

MANITOBAUniversity of Manitoba, Opera Group, R. Irwin, dir.12/16, 17, 19/66 Dido and Aeneas

MARYLANDChamber Opera Society, Thomas Conlin, Baltimore3/17, 18, 19/67 L'Incoronazione di Poppea Eng. Leppard at Peabody Concert Hall

MASSACHUSETTSBoston Opera Group, 172 Newbury Street, Sarah Caldwell, art. dir.2/6, 8, 15/67 Don Giovanni Sutherland, Elkins, Tourangeau; Diaz, Gramm, Dris-

coll cond: Bonynge; des: Smith/Simmons2/24, 27 3/6/67 Otello Tebaldi3/17, 19, 21/67 The Rake's Progress3/29, 31 4/2/67 Bartok's Wooden Prince (ballet) & Miraculous Mandarin & Blue-

beard's Castle5/21, 27, 28/67 Tosca FennNew England Conservatory Opera Theatre, Thomas Phillips, Boston2/2, 3, 4/67 Falstaff

MICHIGANDetroit Symphony & Cantata Academy, A. Stephan12/13/66 Dido and AeneasMidland Symphony Orchestra, F. Kabalin, mus. dir.4/21/67 The Pearl Fishers concert form

MINNESOTACenter Opera Company, J. Ludwig, Minneapolis; corrected schedule1/27 2/4, 10, 12, 18/67 The Mother of Us All1/28 2/3, 5, 11, 17/67 To Hellas (six short operas: Milhaud's The Abduction of

Europe, Abandonment of Ariadne, Liberation of Theseus; Blitzstein's The Harp-ies; Satie's Socrates)

MISSISSIPPIUniversity of Mississippi, L. Fox, dir. Opera, University11/2, 3, 4, 5/66 musical review4/20, 21, 22/67 The Merry Wives of WindsorJackson Opera Guild, R. Alderson, dir.11/21, 22/66 La BohemeSpring '67 Secret of Susanna & Cavalleria Rusticana

MISSOURISt Louis Opera Theatre12/29, 31/66 La Cenerentola Curry; Beni

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NEBRASKAOmaha Civic Opera Society, J. Levine, mus. dir.1/27, 28/67 // Trovatore4/14, 15/67 The Ballad of Baby DoeUniv. of Omaha Opera Theatre, R. Ruetz, dir., Omaha3/3, 4, 14V67 Handel's Acts and Galatea *at College of St. Mary, Omaha4/30* 5/7/67 Scenes from great operas *at Dana College, Blair

NEW HAMPSHIREOpera League of New Hampshire, Mrs. M. Winston, pres., Manchester4/17/67 Madama Butterfly perf. by Syracuse Symphony, K. Kritz, dir.

NEW JERSEYTrenton Symphony Orchestra, V. La Selva, mus. dir.66-67 Carmen concert Lane

NEW YORK CITYAcademy Opera Theatre Co., B. Goldovsky, Brooklyn Academy of Music10/29, 30/66 Idomeneo Eng. Goldovsky Wolff; WilderBarnard Gilbert and Sullivan Society, Barnard College12/7-10/66 lolantheBarnard College, Music Department1/12, 13, 14/67 Acis and GalateaBrooklyn Academy of Music and Opera Society of Brooklyn2/3/67 Rigoletto (Goldovsky Opera Theatre) Orantes; Citarelli, IglesiasBrooklyn College, Opera Theatre, K. Kope11/5, 6/66 La BohemeClarion Concerts, N. Jenkins, dir., Town Hall1/24/67 // Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda, Tirsi e Clori, II Ballo delle

Ingrate {concert form) Vanni, Bonazzi, Darling; Cuenod, RehfussCommunity Opera, Gladys Mathew, pres., P. de Leuw, mus. dir.10/15 12/4, 16, 17, 29, 30, 31/66 1/1/67 Die Fledermaus12/16, 18/66 Suor Angelica & Gianni Schicchi1/21/67 Hansel and Gretel (N.Y. Historical Society)2/6, 28, 3/5/67 Adler's Brock's Place prem.2/19/67 4/67 The MikadoA/2/61 Faust (Brooklyn Museum)The D'Oyly Carte Opera Co. guest engagement at N.Y. City Center11/15-12/11/66 The Pirates of Penzance, The Mikado, Ruddigore, H.M.S. Pina-

fore, PatienceF B N Opera Workshop, at Educational Alliance10/16, 23/66 Don GiovanniThe Festival Orchestra, T. Dunn, Carnegie Hall2/24/67 El Retablo de Maese Pedro w. Pickwick Puppet Theatre; Caplan; Hum-

phreyFriends of French Opera, Lawrence, dir., Carnegie Hall4/11/67 Scenes from Meyerbeer's Robert le diable Tozzi, van Way

L'Africaine, Les Huguenots Arroyo; Gedda4/26, 27/67 Le Jongleur de Notre Dame Williams; Barker, Watson, St. George

ChurchHenry Street Settlement, Music School, F. White, dir., Opera12/27, 28, 29/66 Amahl and the Night Visitorsl/A/dl Operatic Scenes6/3, 4/67 Albert HerringHunter College Opera Assn., W. Tarrasch, mus. dir.5/4, 5/67 The CrucibleJudson Chamber Ensemble & Chorus, St. Luke's Auditorium2/5/67 Schubert's LysistrataJuilliard School of Music Opera Theatre, C. West, dir.12/15, 17/66 Madame Butterfly1/9, 10/67 // Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda & Berio's Passaggio prem.3/16, 18/67 The Marriage of Figaro5/18, 20/67 The Rape of LucretiaLuigi Dell'Orefice Society, Hudson Guild, Fulton Center10/22/66 La Boheme 11/12/66 Rigoletto3/18/67 Rigoletto 4/15/67 Carmen5/20/67 Tosca 5/6/67 Madama Butterfly4/29/67 L'Elisir d'amore 6/3/67 // Trovatore6/17/67 La BohemeLyric Theatre Workshop, C. Osborne, Dir., at Finch College Audit.11/20/66 Operatic Scenes

Lincoln Center Festival '67, Box 670, Ansonia Sta., New York, N.Y. 10023METROPOLITAN OPERA

6/12, 21/67 Un Ball? in maschera Price, Peters/Clements, Rankin/Pospinov;Tucker/Prevedi, Milnes; cond: Schippers/Schick

6/13, 17/67 La Traviata Moffo; Prevedi/Alexander, Merrill; cond: Pretre6/14, 19/67 Lohengrin Bjoner, Dalis; Konya, Cassel, Macurdy; cond: Rosenstock6/15, 20/67 La Gioconda Tebaldi, Elias, Amparan; Tucker, MacNeil; cond: Cleva6/16, 22/67 Die Zauberflote Raskin/ Lorengar, Peters/Popp; Shirley, Uppman/

Reardon, Macurdy/Hines; cond: RosenstockTickets: Boxes: $15.50, Orch. & Grand Tier: $14.50 & $13.50, Dress Circle:

$9.00 & $8.25, Balcony: $6.50 & $5.50, Family Circle: $4.75 & $3.50HAMBURG STATE OPERA, at Metropolitan Opera, (Mail Orders L. C.

Festival '67)6/23, 30/67 Mathis der Maler Germ., cond: Schmidt-Isserstedt; dir: Schuh6/24, 7/1/67 Lulu Germ., cond: Ludwig; dir: Rennert, N.Y. prem.6/25/67 Der Freischiitz at Philharmonic Hall, Concert performance, cond: Ludwig6/25/67 Jenufa Germ., cond: Ludwig; dir: Schuh6/27/67 Jacobovsky and the Colonel Germ., cond: Kuntzsch; dir: Rennert6/28, 7/2/67 The Visitation Eng. cond: Schuller; dir: Rennert; Am. prem.6/29, 7/1/67 The Rake's Progress Eng. cond: Mackerras; dir: MenottiTickets: Orch. & Boxes: $12 & $11, Grand Tier: $12 & $10, Dress Circle: $7,

Balcony: $5, Family Circle: $4 & $3.50.Manhattan Opera Company, G. Caley, at Y.M..CA., W. 23rd St.1/31/67 Aida1/8, 17, 31, 2/2/67 Tosca Eng., Gutman1/10, 15, 24, 2/12/67 Andrea Chenier Eng. Segal-Lyman1/22, 29, 2/14, 19, 3/19/67 La Gioconda Eng. Hersee-Lyman2/5, 21, 28, 3/5, 14/67 Otello2/26 3/7, 12, 21/67 Madama Butterfly Eng. GutmanManhattan School of Music Opera Theatre, J. Brownlee, pres.12/16, 17/66 The Impresario & Dido and Aeneas3/10, 11/67 Dallapiccola's Volo di Notte N.Y. prem.5/5, 6, 7/67 Thomas's HamletMarines College of Music, C. Bamberger, mus. dir.2/15, 16/67 // Matrimonio Segreto cond: Berl, dir: Lucas2/21, 22/67 Operatic Scenes3/6, 7/67 Cornelius' The Barber of BagdadMetropolitan Opera Association, R. Bing, gen. mgr., Lincoln Center Plaza1/2, 2/6, 21, 25, 3/2/67 Aida1/3, 14, 18, 2/11, 16, 20/67 Die Meistersinger1/4, 9, 12, 17, 28/67 Don Giovanni1/5, 14, 2/9, 13, 17, 3/25/67 Lucia di Lammermore1/6, 10, 16, 26/67 Tristan und Isolde1/7, 19, 28, 2/3, 10/67 Die Fledermaus1/7 11, 21, 27, 31/67 Lohengrin*1/13, 21, 23, 2/1, 4, 14, 23 3/18, 22, 4/7, ll/67Z,a Boheme1/20, 24, 2/2, 11, 15, 25, 3/9/67 Peter Grimes*1/25, 2/4, 8, 18, 3/4, 10, 23, 28, 31/67 // Trovatore1/30, 2/7, 18,22, 3/1, 6/67 Pique Dame2/19, 24, 28 3/4, 8, 13, 16, 21, 24 4/1/67 Die Zauberflote*2/27, 3/7, 11, 15, 4/3, 14/67 Otello3/3, 11, 14, 18, 4/5, 10/67 Madama Butterfly3/17, 20, 29, 4/1 , 8, 13/67 Levy's Mourning Becomes Electra* World prem.3/25, 30, 4/6, 12, 15/67 La Traviata*3/27, 4/15/67 La Gioconda*4/4, 8/67 Rigoletto* new productionMetropolitan Opera Association, Spring Tour4/17-22/67 Boston Un Ballo in maschera, La Gioconda, Madama Butterfly,

Lohengrin, Aida, La Traviata, Otello4/24-29/67 Cleveland La Gioconda, Un Ballo in maschera, Die Fledermaus,

Lohengrin, Aida, La Traviata, Otello4/30-5/6/67 Atlanta La Gioconda, Un Ballo in maschera, Turandot, Die Fleder-

maus, Lohengrin, La Traviata, Otello5/8-10/67 Memphis La Gioconda, Turandot, La Traviata5/11-13/67 Dallas Lohengrin, La Gioconda, Turandot, La Traviata5/15-20/67 Minneapolis Un Ballo in maschera, Aida, La Gioconda, Die Fleder-

maus, Lohengrin, La Traviata, Otello5/20-27/67 Detroit Un Ballo in maschera, Turandot, Lohengrin, Die Fledermaus,

La Gioconda, La Traviata, Otello5/29-6/3/67 Philadelphia Turandot, Un Ballo in maschera, Lohengrin, Otello, La

Traviata, Die Fledermaus, La Gioconda

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N.B.C.-T.V. (1964 production)12/25/67 Amahl and the Night VisitorsNew York City Opera Co., J. Rudel, gen. dir. State Theatre, Lincoln Center2/9, 12, 3/12,* 15/67 Don Rodrigo Crader; Domingo, Clatworthy, Malas; Rudel2/10, 18, 26, 3/5,* 25/67 La Boheme Schuh, Bayard/Roberto; Cossa/Hale; Patane2/11,* 19,* 3/3/67 Abduction from the Seraglio Eng. Sills, Elgar; McCollum,

Berberian, Smith; Rudel2/11, 18,* 26,* 3/10/67 The Marriage of Figaro Eng. Martin; Clements, Bible,

Jeffrey; Malas, Clatworthy; Foss, dir: West, des: Wittstein2/12,* 19, 25,* 3/2, 18, 25*/67 Carmen Tourangeau/Blackham, Elgar/Patenaude;

Salvada, Treigle2/15, 25, 3/4*/67 Tosca2/16, 24, 3/4, 11,* 12, 22, 26/67 La Traviata2/17, 22, 28 3/19, 24/67 Der Rosenkavalier Griimmer, Bible, Elgar, Evans,

Pease, Clatworthy; Rudel, dir: Erhardt, cost: Varona, sets: Oenslager2/23, 3/8, 17, 26*/67 // Trittico Heimall, Lampropoulos; Marti3/5, 11, 14, 18,* 23/67 Madama Butterfly Vergara; Marti3/9, 19, 21/67 Giannini's Servant of Two Masters prem. Schauler, Brooks, Jeffrey;

Poretta, Myers, Raymond; Rudel, dir: Capobianco, des: Hetscher* matinee

New York City Opera Tour11/14-12/10/66 La Traviata Tosca, The Consul 13 cities N.Y. State, 3 cities

Mich., Ohio, HI., R.I.New York Pro Musica, 300 West End Avenue, J. White, mus. dir.11/22-25/66 Play of Daniel (St. George Church)11/28/66-1/7/67 tour Pa., N.Y., Ohio, Mich., 111., D.C.1/3-5/66 Play of Herod (Washington, D.C.)New York State Opera Company, C. Yost, dir., Palm Gardens1/15/67 AidaPatricia Neway, Universalist Church1/29/67 de Hartmann's EstherThe Opera Workshop, Palm Gardens10/17/66 / Puritani 10/25/66 Tosca 10/4/66_ Un Ballo in mascheraRossini Opera Workshop at Seamen's Church Institute10/16/66 La TraviataSt. George's Church, Mrs. A. Field, Stuyvesant Square1/29/67 Carissimi's JephtaSalmaggi Opera, Fox Theatre, Brooklyn9/18/66 La Traviata9/24/66 Carmen9/25/66 La Boheme10/1/66 Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci10/8/66 Rigoletto10/15/66 Madama Butterfly10/22/66 The Barber of SevilleStory land Theatre (Children's Musicals), Richard Bracken, Judson Hall11-12/66 Kalmanoff's Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer 14 pfs.12/66-1/67 Kalmanoff's Mr. Scrooge 17 pfs.1-2/67 Drakert's Heidi 15 pfs.3-4/67 Kalmanoff's Canterville Ghost 20 pfs.Young Artists Opera, V. Mauret, Finch College11/14/66 The Merry Wives of Windsor12/26/66 La Boheme2/13/67 Romeo et Juliette4/10/67 Cosi fan tutte

NEW YORKAdelphi University Opera Workshop, L. Rasmussen, Garden City2/2, 3, 4, 5/67 The Gondoliers dir: Dorothy RaedlerBuffalo Philharmonic, L. Foss, mus. dir.1/27/67 Boris Godunov (concert)Eastman School of Music, L. Treash, dir. opera, Rochester12/9, 11/66 Ariadne auf Naxos, Eng. Sachse4/28, 29/67 contemporary opera to be announcedHigh Tor Opera Company, Poughkeepsie High School Auditorium12/17/66 The Magic Flute Eng. mus. dir: C. MonteuxMarymount College, Mother Celine, Tarrytown4/6, 8/67 The Rape of LucretiaRochester Philharmonic, Rochester1/19/67 Bluebeard's Castle Wolff; Sze

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State University College Opera Workshop, Mary Wallace, Fredonia11/18, 19/66 // Matrimonio segreto3/1-4/67 La Bohime5/5, 6/67 Shakespeare in OperaState Univ. of New York at Buffalo, Department of Music11/12, 13/66 Renard & R.S.VJ>.1/27-29/67 weekend of Russian Music including concert excerpts from Boris

Godunov, also Russian film on Boris GodunovSyraccse Symphony Orchestra, K. Kritz, mus. dir.1/24, 25/67 Faust P. Thompson; Mallette, Kermoyan4/6, 8, 11, 13, 14, 15/67 Madama Butterfly Thompson, Castle; Mallette (see

also N.H.)Tri-Cities Opera, P. Hibbit, C. Savoca, dirs., Binghamton10/2,* 8, 9,* 14, 15, 16,* 21, 22/66 Un Ballo in maschera12/16, 17,* 18/66 Amahl and the Night Visitors2/26,* 3/4, 5,* 11, 12,* 17, 18, 19/67 The Barber of Seville* student matineesUtica Opera Guild, R. Murray, Urica2/21, 23, 25/67 Madama Butterfly

OHIOThe Cleveland Institute of Music, Opera Theatre, A. Addison, dir.10/21/66 L'Enfant prodigue12/15, 17/66 The Marriage of Figaro sets: F. Porath; cost: Mrs. R. Iseman, cond:

Levine5/5, 7/67 Chamber opera to be announced

OKLAHOMAOklahoma City Univ. Opera Workshop, J. Silberg, dir.12/4, 5/66 Van Grove's Ruth

ONTARIOExpo '67, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Z. Mehta (see also

Sept. '66 Bulletin)summer '67 Faust, OtelloMontreal Symphony Orchestra, H. Swarowsky, cond.12/5/66 Rigoletto 7 pfs., Grist; Verreau, RouleauStratford Shakespearean Festival, M. Bernard!, dir. of musicsummer 67 Cosi fan tutte, Albert Herring, opening 7/7/67 at Avon Theatre

OREGONPortland Opera Association, H. Weiskopf, gen. dir.11/12, 13/66 Faust Fenn; Frasier, Reaves1/30, 31/67 Tosca Lampropoulos; Morell, Reaves4/18, 19/67 Zador's The Magic Chair prem.5/19, 20/67 // Trovatore

PENNSYLVANIAChatham College Opera Workshop, Rbt. Evans, mus. dir., Pittsburgh8/24, 27/66 Amelia Goes to the Ball & A Game of Chance9/12/66 Dialogues of the Carmelites Eng. MachlisSusquehanna Univ., Mrs. F. Alterman, Selinsgrove2/4, 5/67 La Serva padrona & Trouble in Tahiti

QUEBECTheatre Lyrique de Nouvelle France R, Gosselin, dir.10/29, 11/1, 3, 5/66 Mignon1/29, 30, 31/67 La Perichole3/2, 4, 9, 11/67 La BohemeAlkl The Barber of Seville (also tour in the Province)

SOUTH CAROLINAThe Columbia Lyric Theatre and Columbia Music Festival Assn., F. Harris11/67 Susannah12/28-30/66 Musical Comedy4/7, 8/67 Die Fledermaus

TENNESSEEMemphis Opera Theatre10/28/66 Lucia di Lammermoor Robinson; cond: Contino3/3, 4/67 Kastle's Deseret stg: prem. Malbin, Kuhlman, Lampi6/15, 16, 17/67 The Merry Widow

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TEXASBeaumont Civic Opera, N. Woodland, Jr., Beaumont2/24, 25/67 La Perichole Eng. Valency; cond: P. FuchsFort Worth Opera Assn., (see June '66 Bulletin)12/28, 29/66 The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep prem. 5 pfs.Grand Opera Festival, V. Alessandro, art. dir., San Antonio3/4/67 Daughter of the Regiment Moffo, Rogerro; Kolk Tajo3/5/67 Carmen Amparan, Jennings; Sullivan, Treigle3/11/67 Rigoletto d'Angelo; MacNeil, Lomonaco3/12/67 Salome Bjoner, Rankin; Meredith, Kolk4/1/67 The Barber of Seville Brooks, di Virgilio (in McAllen)LaMar Tech Opera Workshop, J. Truncate, dir. revised schedule1/26-28/67 // Tabarro & T. Pasatieri's La DivinaUniversity of Texas, Fine Arts Festival, Austin11/67 Floyd's Markheim Schuh; Treigle, Crofoot, Diard

UTAHBrigham Young University Opera Workshop, B. Curtis, art dir., Provo11/7, 12/66 Lakmi3/22-25/67 Ruddigore & Orpheus ed Euridice5/1-6/67 Le BohemeUniv. of Utah Opera Company, A. Watts, dir., Salt Lake City12/9, 10, 12, 13, 14/66 Amahl and the Night Visitors2/17, 18/67 The Turn of the Screw5/19, 20, 22/67 Madama Butterfly

WEST VIRGINIAWest Virginia University Opera Theatre, Joseph Golz, Morgantown12/66 Susannah 4 pfs.4/67 The Marriage of Figaro 5 pfs.

WISCONSINUniversity of Wisconsin, Opera Workshop & Speech Department1/6, 7, 8/67 Piccinni's La Buono Figliuola Am. prem. Eng. R. Mitchell, mus. dir:

K. Moser4/7, 8, 9/67 La Boheme Eng. Goldovsky

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