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CENTRAL SERVICE sponsored by NATIONAL COUNCIL 147 West Thirty-ninth Street, New York 18, N.Y. Telephone: PEnnsylvania 6-1200

JANUARY, 1964 NEW Backed by a Ford Foundation grant and a commission by the Metro- politan Opera, Marvin David Levy ("Escurial", "Sotoba Komachi", "The Tower") is currently completing "MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA", adapted by Henry Butler from O'Neill's play. The original six- hour length of the play is telescoped into a three-hour opera. The second act was presented to the Metropolitan Opera management and other prominent individuals in the field of opera at a reading at the Overseas Press Club. A piano was used to replace the 80- piece orchestra for which the opera is scored. It is understood that the Metropolitan Opera has the option for the premiere of the work, but is under no obligation to present it. Messrs. Levy and Butler stated that "Mourning Becomes Electra" could be ready for the 1964-65 season. *******

Celius Dougherty , known to singers and concert-goers as a com- poser of many songs, has written his first opera. "MANY MOONS", an adaptation of James Thurber's story of the same title, was commissioned by Lucy Benjamin Lemann for performances by Young Audiences Inc. The one-act work is ideally suited for production by college workshops. Trinity University of San Antonio has pre- sented it in various high schools and will also perform it at the State Music Teachers Convention in Dallas. To be published by G. Schirmer, the 40-minute opera is scored for a minimum of four voices (lyric , contralto, and ) and can be augmented by more singers, if available. ******* Dominick Argento, faculty member at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis and best known as the composer of "The Boor", has written another short opera entitled "THE MASQUE OF THE ANGELS." The libretto is by John Olon who also directed the premiere of the work on January 9 at the Tyrone Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis.

INDEX-- PAGE 14 C.O.S. NATIONAL CONFERENCE - TENTATIVE SCHEDULE -PAGE 9 It was presented on a double-bill with "The Masque of Venus and Adonis", an English baroque opera. A commission by the Center Arts Council of the Minneapolis Walker Arts Center was granted to the composer, and a Rockefeller Foundation grant to the Guth- rie Theatre made the performance possible.

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Gian-Carlo Menotti, whose "The Last Savage" had its American premiere this month at the Metropolitan Opera is already working on his next operatic venture. "MARTIN'S LIE" was commissioned by the Friends of Canterbury Cathedral in memory of Miss Margaret Babington, O.B.E. It tells the story of an orphaned boy brought up in a monastary in the 14th century. The premiere of the work is scheduled for June 1964 during the Bath Festival. *******

After some experimental previews given at the Actors' Studio, the anti-war opera, "DYNAMITE TONIGHT", is to have its official premiere in an off-Broadway production in the very near future. The work, described as in the Weill-Brecht style of "The Three- penny Opera", was composed by William Bolcom with a libretto by Arnold Weinstein. A five-piece orchestra was employed at the previews, Paul Sills was the stage director.

AMERICAN PREMIERES- The Santa Fe Opera Co. will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Richard Strauss with the American stage-premiere of "DAPHNE". The first performance will be on July 29 with another scheduled for July 31. A complete schedule of the company's 1964 season will be published in the next issue of the Bulletin. *******

Another American Strauss premiere will take place on April 5 at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles when Dr. W. Ducloux's Opera Workshop will present "THE LOVE OF DANAE". The opera will be sung in an English translation by Dennis Wakeling (Boosey & Hawkes). Subsequent performances will take place on April 10 and 12, all at Bovard Auditorium. *******

The New York Pro Musica 's Christmas presentation of "THE PLAY OF DANIEL" at the Cloisters has become an annual welcomed event in New York. Last Christmas, however, Noah Greenberg, musical direc- tor of the group, came up with a new, medieval music drama, "THE PLAY OF HEROD". Combining two 12th century manuscripts, "The Play of Herod" contains more singing and less instrumental solos than its predecessor. Set in the time of the New Testament, "The Play of Herod"is published by Oxford Press and will be available on

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Decca Records. The New York Pro Musica is now touring with this production and is presently performing in Chicago. ******* The Hartt College of Music will present what is believed to be the first American performance of Gluck's "LE CADI DUPE" at the Music Educators National Conference in Philadelphia on March 17. The second half of the double-bill will be "The Old Maid and the Thief."

EUROPEAN PREMIERES OF NOT-SO-NEW WORKS A chamber opera by Pelix Mendelsohn "TWO PEDANTS." will be given its world premiere on March 19 by the Kammeroper in Vienna. The same group performed the Austrian premiere of Wolf-Ferrari's "AMORE MEDICO" in December 1963. *******

Shostakovich's opera "LADY MACBETH OF MTSENSK" was revised by the composer and presented in Moskow under its new title "KATERINA ISMAILOVA" in January of last year. On December 2, 1963 the opera was done at Covent Garden for the first time with six more per- formances scheduled in December and January. *******

Both La Scala and the Vienna Staatsoper will present Hindemith's "CARDILLAC". The Milano premiere is scheduled for January 30, and Vienna audiences can expect to hear the work in February.

THEATRES TURNING TO THE LYRIC STAGE The TYRONE GUTHRIE THEATRE in Minneapolis and the ACTORS' STUDIO THEATRE in New York, are both venturing into operatic productions, as a result of two different grants. The Minneapolis stage re- ceived its funds from the Rockefeller Foundation for expansion into lyric theatre productions and formed the CENTER OPERA CO. , while the New York group was subsidized by the Ford Foundation.

ASSISTANCE TO MUSIC SCHOOLS This time the FORD FOUNDATION'S Program in the Humanities and the Arts has turned from aid to performing companies to assistance to young artists. Grants totalling $2 million will be distributed among music and arts schools, to be used for scholarships for the talented student who is not or cannot be a recipient of already existing scholarships. The eight music schools receiving a total of over one half million dollars over a five-year period are: The

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Juilliard School of Music, the Manhattan School of Music, and the Mannes College of Music in New York; the New England Con- servatory in Boston; the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore; the Cleveland Institute of Music; the San Francisco Conservatory; and the California Institute of the Arts School of Music in Los Angeles.

TWO EUROPEAN TRAINING CENTERS The LONDON OPERA CENTRE for Advanced Training and Development was opened on September 23 of this season. In association with the Arts Council of Great Britain, the Centre has complete operatic courses and master classes. (Some scholarships are available.) The stage at the Centre is the same size as the one at Covent Garden and is at the disposal of the Royal Opera House Co. for rehearsals. The auditorium may be used for performances at some later date.

The INTERNATIONAL OPERA CENTER in Zurich, sponsored by the Zurich Opera Guild and the Zurich Opera Company operates a forty-week formal program of operatic courses for young, talented student artists. The program is geared to complete the professional training of the participants and to assist them in finding positions once they have graduated. Students are expected to attend rehearsals and performances of the Zurich Opera Co. in addition to the varied opera courses. (Some scholarships are available.) Por further information, contact the Executive Secretary, International Opera Center, Stadttheater Zurich, Zurich 1, Switzerland, or its representative in New York: Thea Dispeker, 35 W. 53rd St., New York 19, New York.

TRANSLATIONS "LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR" was performed on NBC-TV on January 19 in an English version by Ann Grossman. The Denver Lyric Theatre produced Puccini's "LA RONDINE" in an English translations by Robert Hess. Pergolesi's "II Geloso Schernito" will be performed by the Comm- unity Opera Co. in an English translation by Gladys Mathew under the title "THEJEALOUS HUSBAND". Dennis Wakeling is responsible for the English translation of Strauss' "DIE LIEBE DER DANAE" which will be performed at the University of Southern California in April.

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SETS AVAILABLE The Tri-Cities Opera Co. of Binghamton, New York, informs us that it has complete sets and costumes for "RIGOLETTO" for rent to COS members. After the performance of Gounod's "FAUST" on March 22, the company will also rent the new, 16th century sets for this opera. *******

The Dallas Civic Opera has concluded an arrangement with the Teatro Massimo in Catania, Sicily, whereby the Sicilian company will rent the new sets for "INCORONAZIONE DI POPPEA" designed by Attilio Colonnello for Dallas.

APPOINTMENTS The WESTERN OPERA ASSN. announces the appointment of Herbert Weiss- kopf as its new artistic director and conductor.

Craig Hutchison has been chosen as the new manager for the SAN ANTONIO SYMPHONY and the SAN ANTONIO GRAND OPERA FESTIVAL.

Glynn Ross has been named general director of the SEATTLE OPERA ASSN.

AWARDS FOR SINGERS The SINGERS CLUB OF LONG ISEAND announces the Olive Dutton Voice Scholarship. The winner will be awarded a cash prize of $500. Eligible are high school graduates between the ages of 18 and 25. Deadline for application is March 15. For further information, contact Mrs. Ernest Blaich, Chairman, Singers Club of Long Island, 135 Madison Drive, Manhasset, Long Island, New York. *******

The COUNT CINZANO SCHOLARSHIP for singers offers its winner a cash award of 250 pounds sterling and four months trainhg at La Scala, Milan. For further information, contact The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, England. *******

On January 1, 1964, Central Opera Service published an AMENDMENT TO THE 1963 AWARDS FOR SINGERS brochure. Requests for this pub- lication should be addressed to COS, 147 West 39th St., New York 18, New York.

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BOOKS Norman Demuth, Professor of Composition at the Royal Academy of Music in London,gives us a new book on early French opera. Entitled FRENCH OPERA: ITS DEVELOPMENT TO THE REVOLUTION, the book is a source of information on music, libretti, performers, designs, patrons and audiences starting with the Mystery plays to Gluck and Rameau. The 368 pages are illustrated and contain 100 printed musical examples. The book can be ordered directly from Artemis Press Ltd., Sedgwick Park, Horsham, Sussex, England. The price is 65 shillings. Also for sale with the book are excerpts from recordings mentioned in the book. The one hour tape sells for 45 shillings.

******* Delightful and beautiful, are the adjectives that fit THE LAST SAVAGE book, which the Metropolitan Opera Guild is offering for $5.95. Printed by the New York Graphic Society, known for its fine work, the book contains 12 pages of full color illustrations and 10 black and white sketches of the Metropolitan Opera produc- tion done by the original designer, Beni Montresor. Gian-Carlo Menotti tells the opera's witty story in a narrative style to accompany the pictures.

******* CREATIVE AMERICA, a book published by Ridge Press for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing "Arts»formerly National Cultural Center will include a heretofore unpublished essay by tue late President. Written last summer, it deals with the very favorable aspects of the future of the arts in America. Also included in this volume are articles by former Presidents Eisenhower and Truman, as well as others by Louis Kronenberger, John Ciardi, Mark van Doren, the late Robert Frost and others. Thirty-two pages of photographs add to the visual interest. The book will be available after February 3 and will sell for $5.95. It can be ordered from Affiliated Publishers, 630 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York. *******

Commemorating the 100th anniversay of Richard Strauss, a Strauss Library-Museum will be inaugurated in Munich in June of this year. The Munich America house will be the temporary home of this Richard Strauss Institute and will exhibit books, recordings, programs, posters and reviews.

OPERA ON TOUR

Boris Goldovsky's NEW ENGLAND OPERA THEATRE recently completed its eleven-week tour of 20 states. Starting in the East on . ..;>:<•: ~rt

COS BULLETIN l/64 -. 7 - September 29, it travelled with "Tosca" throughout the East, Mid- west, North and South. The company is now preparing "The Barber of Seville" which will play New York State and Washington, D.C. from January 23-29 and move west to California, Colorado, Wyoming and Oregon for four weeks starting February 24. In the Spring, Mr. Goldovsky will resume his lecture-demonstrations and series of children's matinees at the Metropolitan Museum in New York. During the Summer, he will lead workshop classes at Denver, Colo., Northwestern University in 111., and at the Oglebay Institute in W. Va. Through October, November and December 1964, the New England Opera Co. will tour with the following operas: "La Boheme", "Cosi Pan Tutte" and "Don Pasquale". The West Coast Spring 1965 tour will present "Don Giovanni".

The NATIONAL OPERA CO., sponsored by the National Grass Roots Opera Foundation of Raleigh, N.C., is currently playing the southeastern states. "The Barber of Seville" and "Hansel and Gretel" are to be presented later this season to public school audiences in North Carolina. "Cosi Fan Tutte" and "The Merry Widow" will be taken on tour next season. *******

The TURNAU OPERA PLAYERS start their four-week Florida season on February 14 in Sarasota (see performance listing Dec. Bulletin) with "Rigoletto" adding "Rape of Lucretia", "Abduction from the Seraglio" and "Barber of Seville" to the repertoire. On April 9 the group will start touring for three weeks with "Barber of Seville", visiting New York, Penn., Mich., and 111., and early May will see it back at Antioch College for one week residency, performing "" together with an 18th century comedy. During July and August the company plays at its home in Woodstock, N.Y#| while in October and November there will be a two-month tour throughout the East with "La Boheme." *******

The BOSTON OPERA PLAYERS INC. and its director, John Ring, are the latest members of Central Opera Service. "Cosi Fan Tutte" was their first venture last season when they were playing Boston and its surrounding area. The group is now booking the 1964-65 season when they will present again "Cosi Fan Tutte", and »n a triple- bill, "", "The Night Bell" and "Gallantry". *******

The CANADIAN OPERA CO. is starting its tour through the Eastern provinces in Nova Scotia on January 24, concluding the tour in Ontario on April 19. "Fledermaus" is the opera to be presented. From October 14 through December 20 the company gave 51 performances of "Cosi Fan Tutte" travelling west from Ontario, performing in

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The METROPOLITAN OPERA STUDIO will have over 100 performances to its credit when the 1963-64 season is over. Most presentations are staged at high schools in and around New York City, which in itself can be considered touring, since sets and props have to be adapted to many varied stages. The group will also spend one week in March in up-state New York, two weeks in April in New Hampshire, New York State and Ohio, a week in May at Clarke College, Atlanta, and has booked a two week tour through Iowa in Fall 1964. Rossini's "La Cenerentola" will be added in March to the two existing pro- ductions of "Cosi Fan Tutte" and "Don Pasquale". (see performance listing at Lincoln Center.) *******

New York City Opera Co. *s tour — see Sept/Oct. Bulletin San Francisco Opera Co.fs tour — see April 1963 Bulletin Metropolitan Opera Co.'s tour — see performance listing this issue

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR I have received your Bulletin dated Nov/Dec. 1963. The fourth item on page 1 states there will be an American premiere of Rimsky- Korsakov's opera "KASCHEI". I sang the American premiere of this opera on November 23, 1963 at Nourse Auditorium in San Francisco. The performance was sponsored by the Russian Musical Society in San Francisco. Henry Neuber (Editor's note: We are grateful to Mr, Neuber for his information. The performance in San Francisco in Russian must have indeed been the American premiere, Washington University's forthcoming produc- tion constitutes, therefore, only the American premiere in English.) ***

The Opera Theatre of the University of Oklahoma is seeking a grad- uate assistant for the academic year 1964-65. Interested persons should write directly to me, Lelan Fox, Ph.D. Director, Opera Theatre University of Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma

COS miT.TP.TTN 1 - 9 - Next March, the American Choral Foundation will issue a listing of summer choral workshops to be given in the United States. Reports have indicated that our previous listings were extremely helpful to conductors, teachers and students. If you know of any summer choral programs, please provide our office with the following information: under whose auspices, name and address of director,conductor, outline of program, fee, housing, duration, and college credit given.

B. L. Jessup, Jr. Administrative Director American Choral Foundation, Inc 101 West 31st Street New York 1, New York (Editor's note: If you have any information regarding the above, please write directly to Mr. Jessup.)

COS NATIONAL CONFERENCE MAY 1 and 2t 1964 Conference Headquarters: Park-Sheraton Hotel, 56th St. and Seventh Ave. Tentative Schedule Thursday evening: Reception for COS Members attending Conference April 30 Friday morning: 9 AM Registration and Coffee May 1 10 AM Operation Opera USA—MThe State of the Union" Individual capsule reports representing American opera from coast to coast 11 AM Support for Opera a) State Councils for the Arts b) The Role of the Foundation c) The Guild and Community Interest Friday luncheon: 12:30 Guest Speaker: "Opera as a Cultural Force" Friday afternoon; 2 PM Building for the Lyric Theatre 3 PM The Stage Director in Opera Friday evening: Metropolitan Opera and Juilliard School of Music Performances (see performance listing) Saturday morning: 10 AM Opportunity USA May 2 a) Undergraduate and Graduate Programs b) Plans to Assist the Young Artist c) Auditions, Young Companies, Touring Cos. Saturday luncheon: 12 PM Guest Speaker:'Perspective: Opera, USA" Gala Finale: Metropolitan Opera National Saturday afternoon; Council Winners in a program of arias Saturday evening: Metropolitan Opera performance Metropolitan Opera and Juilliard School of Music performances (Speakers will be announced at a later date) (Registration forms will be mailed separately) COS BULLETIN l/64 -10- PERFORMANCE LISTING - 1963-64 SEASON The Metropolitan Opera Spring Tour BOSTON: 4/13 Falrtaff, 4/14 Aida, 4/15 La Boherae, 4/16 Don Giovanni, 4/17 Manon, 4/l8mat. Tosca, 4/18 Ariadne auf Naxos, 4/l9mat. Lucia di Lammermoor. CLEVELAND: 4/20 II Trovatore, 4/21 Aida, 4/22 Falstaff, 4/23 Lucia di Lammer- raoor, 4/24 Don Giovanni, 4/25mat. La Boherae, 4/25 Faust, 4/26mat. Manon. NEW YORK CITY: 4/27 - 5/10. Two-week Gala at the Metropolitan Opera House, co- ordinated with the New York World's Fair. Detailed program listed below for the convenience of C.O.S. members. (National conference dates May 1 and 2.) ATLANTA: 5/11 Aida, 5/12 La Boheme, 5/13 Manon, 5/14 Don Giovanni, 5/15 Faust, 5/l6mat. Lucia di Lammermoor, 5/16 Falstaff. DALLAS: 5718" Manon, 5/19 Aida, 5/20 Falstaff. MINNEAPOLIS: 5/21 La Boheme, 5/22 Manon, 5/23mat. Lucia di Lammermoor, 5/23 Falstaff, 5/24mat. Don Giovanni. DETROIT: 5/25 8:30pm La Boheme, 5/26 Lucia di Lammermoor, 5/27 Aida, 5/28 Faust, 5/29 Manon, 5/30mat. Don Giovanni, 5/30 Falstaff. ******* The Metropolitan Opera - New York World's Fair Two-Week Gala Season 4/27 FALSTAFF: Tucci,Raskin,Resnik,Elias;Colzani,Alva;Bernstein;Zefirelli. 4/28 MACBETH: Nilsson;Bergonzi,McNeil,Tozzi,Shirley;Santi;Ebert;Neher. 4/29 DONifilOVANNI: Price,Delia Casa,Peters;Siepi,Gedda;Rosenstock;Graf; 4/30 OTELLO: Tebaldi,Dunn;McCracken,Merrill,Alexander;Santi;Graf;Berman. 5/1 AIDA: Nilsson,Gorr;CoreHi,London,Flagello;Varviso;Merrill;O'Hearn; 5/2mat TROVATORE .-Price ,Dalis ;Tucker,Bastianini;Schippers;Graf ;Motley.Dunham. 5/2 MANON: Moffo;Morell,Guarrera,Tozzi;Schippers;Rennert;Maximovna;Markova. 5/3 LA SONNAMBULA: Sutherland,Scovotti;Gedda,Hines;Varviso;Butler;Gerard. 5/4 FALSTAFF: same as 4/27 except Corena for Colzani. 5/5 CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA, PAGLIACCI: Farrell;Tucker;- Amara;Corelli,Col- zani ,Marsh;Santi;Quintero;Gerard. 5/6 MACBETH: same as 4/28 except More11 for Bergonzi, Hines for Tozzi. 5/7 AIDA: Price,Dalis;Bergonzi,LondonFlagello;jsame as 5/1 5/8 IL TROVATORE: Tucci,Gorr;CoreHi,Bastianini; same as 5/2 5/9mat. OTELLO: same as 4/30 except Franke for Alexander 5/9 LA SONNAMBULA: same as 5/3 except Tozzi for Hines. 5/lOmat. DON GIOVANNI: same as 4/29 except Alva for Gedda,Flagello for Corena. Ticket orders may be addressed to Metropolitan Opera Assn.,1425 Broadway, Room 418, New York 18,j»ith checks and self addressed envelopes enclosed. (Orchestra,Boxes,Grand Tier - $15.- Guild and Club Boxes $15.-,13.-.8.-) (Dress Circle $12.-,10.-,8.- Balcony $7.-,6.- Family Circle $5.-4.-)

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ARIZONA University of Arizona,Opera Theatre , Eugene Conley,Dir., Tucson 1/10,11,12,16/64 "The Abduction from the Seraglio" (1/16 at Scottsdale) 4/16,17/64 "La Boheme" CALIFORNIA California Western University,Opera W'shop,Dr.Walter Teutsch,San Diego 12/6,7,10,11/63 "Luisa Miller" Riverside Opera Co.,Mrs.F.Calkins, 3940 Chapman PI..Riverside Nov. '63 "La Traviata" Feb.T64 "Tales o± Hoffmann" April '64 "The Gypsy Baron" There will be 3 perfs. of each opera. Sacramento Civic Opera, Dr.Lucas Underwood,Mus.Dir.,Sacramento Dec.'63 Underwood's "The Holy Night" perfs. at Sacramento,Woodland, Davis, and Oroville. - Dr Underwood, also Prof.at the University of the Pacific, will present a paper "Similiarities and Contrasts in the Stylistic Development of Verdi and Wagner" at the International Musicological Society's Congress in Salzburg this summer. Spring Opera Co. of San Francisco, William Kent III,Ch'man, S.F. 5/6/64 season's opening. There will be 14 performances of the follow- ing operas: "Faust"(new prod.), "Der Freischuetz" Eng.(new Prod.), "Susannah" (new prod.), "L'ltaliana in Algeria" Eng.(new prod.), 'The Pearl Fishers", "The Abduction from the Seraglio" Eng., and "La Boheme ".Performance details will be published later. COLORADO Denver Lyric Theatre, Arthur Schoep,Dir.,Denver. 11/9/63 "La Rondine/r Eng.by Robert Hess FLORIDA Opera Lyrica of the Palm Beaches,Jules Gyori,Dir.,West Palm Beach 11/30/63 "Amahl and the Nightvisitors" 1/11/64 "Pagliacci" 4/4/64 "Tosca" ILLINOIS Southern Illinois University,Marjorie Lawrence, Carbondale Feb.'64 "The Marriage of Figaro" 3 prfs.,also taped for Educational TV INDIANA Ball State Teachers College,Opera W'shop,John Campbell^Dir.,Muncie 12/12,13,14/63 "The Barber o± Seville" 2/14,15,2?,22/64 "Sing Out Sweet Land" 4/3,4,10,11/64 "Regina" MASSACHUSETTS Boston University, Muisc Theatre, Prof.Ludwig Bergmann, Boston 2/20,21,22/64 "Susannah" mus.dirrBergmann,stage dir:Thommen,choreog; MINNESOTA Gifford Center Opera Co.,Tyron Guthrie Theatre,Minneapolis 1/9/64 Argento's "The Masque of Angels" and Blow's "The Masque of Venus and Adonis" (see new operas) MISSOURI Southwest Missouri State College,Opera Workshop,R,G,Ruetz,SpringfieId 1/10,11,12,13/64 "The Telephone" and "Down in the Valley" NEBRASKA 9"}5^a Civic Opera Society, Joseph Levine ,Mus.Dir. ,Omaha 1/30, 2/1/64 "Aida" McGowan,Dunn,Lacona 4/30, 5/2/64 "The Barber of Seville" cond:Levine;stage dir:G.Ross NEW JERSEY Paterson Lyric Opera Theatre, Armen Boyajian,Dir.,Paterson 10/5/63 "Carmen1* COS BULLETIN, l/64 -12-

PERPgMCWC.E_LISTING, cont. NEi/V YURK CITY Amor Musicae, at Kaufmann Concert Hall, YMHA, Lexington Ave. 1/11/64 Handel's "Acis and Galatea" Ranung,Bressler,Farrow Broadway Grand Opera Assn.Marguerite Moor,Pres.171 W 71 St. 1/19/64 "Lucia di Lammermoor" (substituting formerly announced Trovatore) Brooklyn Opera Co., Brooklyn Academy of Music Dec.'63 "Hansel and Gretel" Turner, Roggero; cond.F.Waxman Brooklyn Philharmonic,S.Landau,Mus.Dir.Academy of Music,Brooklyn March '64 "Salome" Tynes, Meredith Clarke Center Opera Workshop, Mrs.M.Gates,Dir.,West Side YWCA 1/18/64 Opera Scenes - Figaro,Puritani,Magic Flute,Butterfly. 1/25,26/64 "La Boheme" mus.dir:Kenneth Newbern,stage dir:Naomi Ornest Community Opera, Gladys Mathew,Art.Dir., 160 W 73 St. 11/3/63 "Carmen" 12/27,28,29/63 1/5/64 "Hansel and Gretel" 2/2,7,8,9/64 "The Impresario" and "The Jealous Husband"(see transl.) 3/1 4/10,11,12/64 R.R.Bennett's "Maria Malibran" 3/20,21/64 "Adriana Lecouvreur" 4/5, 5/15,16/64 "The Marriage of Figaro" 5/3,8,9,10/64 "Der Rosenkavalier" Henry Street Settlement Music School 6/1,2/63 Wolf-Ferrari's "Le Donne Curiose" Italian Lyric Theatre,Alfredo Salmaggi,7118 Third Ave.,Brooklyn 1/4/64 "La Boheme" l/li/64 "Lucia di Lammermoor" 1/18/64 "Cavalleria"and"Pagliacci" 1/25/64 "Aida" Juilliard School of Music,Gil Waldrop,Dean,120 Claremont Ave. 5/1,2/64 Janacek's "Katya Kabanova" Eng. (Evening performances at time of National Conference of C.O.S.) Lyric Arts Opera, Grace Panvini,at Fashion Arts Audit.,225 W 24 St. il/16/63 "La Boheme» l/li/64 "Don Pasquale'' 2/15/64 "La Traviata" 3/21/64 "Forza del Destino" 4/25/64 "Carmen" Metropolitan Opera Studio, George Schick,Mus«DJr.,at Lincoln Center 3/5,7,9/64 2:30 pm Rossini's "Cinderella" Eng.Gallagher;stagerLandver National Opera Club, Marco Sorisio,Dir., 24 W 76 St. 1/9/64 "Pagliacci" 3/12/64 "La Sonnambula" New York City Opera Co.,Julius Rude1,Gen.Dir., W 55 St. 3/18 - 4/5/64 Spring Season or Gilbert and Sullivan operas: "The Yeomen of the Guard" (new Prod.), "Patience" (new prod.),"The Gon- doliers", "H.M.S.Pinafore", "The Mikado", "The Pirates of Penzance", and "Iolanthe". 27 performances,incl. 17 matinees. New York Pro Musica,Noah Greenberg, at Metropolitan Museum's Cloistes 12/10/63 "The Play of Herod" (see American Premieres) Nights of Opera, Virginie Mauret, at Finch College Audit. Dec.'63 'The Marriage of Figaro" 1/6/64 "Faust" 2/17/64 "La Boherae" 4/6/64 "La Traviata" Rossini Opera School, Luigi Rossini,at Seamen's Institute,25 S.St. 1/26/64 "Tosca" 6 ^^~^ l NEW YORK Adelphi University Opera Assn.,L.Rasmussen,Ch'man,Garden City 2/13,14,15,16/64 "Madame Butterfly'* Eng. High Tor Opera Co., 88 Market St.,Poughkeepsie 10/19/63 "Madame Butterfly" Maine Maibin

COS BULLETIN, 1/64 -13- PERFORMANCE LISTING, cont. NEW YORK cont. Long Island Showcase Inc., Floral Park Il/i6,17/63 "La Traviata" Tri-Cities Opera Workshop, Inc. ,P.Hibbitt ,C.Savoca,Dirs. ,Binghamton 3/6,7,14,20,21,22/64 "Faust" (new prod.) sets and costumes for rent 3/1,8,15/64 student matinees "Faust" OHIO ^yton Opera Assn., Donald Schoeller, 15 E 2nd St.,Dayton 173/12/63 "II Trovatore" l/H/64 "Madame Butterfly" 4/11/64 "Boris Godounov" Mansfield Symphony,R..L.Cronquist, 1354 Lexington, Mansfield 2/9/64 "Faust" (concert perf.) Toledo Opera Assn., Lester Freeman, 611 Jefferson,Toledo 10/5/63 "II Trovatore" 1/18/64 "Madame Butterfly" 4/4/64 "Boris Godounov" OKLAHOMA University of Oklahoma,Opera Theatre ,Dr.L.,Pox,Dir.,Normal n 11/20,2122,23/63 "Wonderful Town" 2/21,22/64 Schenk's "Der Dorfbarbier" Eng. 4/16,17,18/64 "Lakme"" produced in co-operation with School of Drama ONTAR10 Eaton Operatic Society, Eaton Auditorium, Toronto 2/11-15/64 "The' Land of Smiles'1 PENNSYLVANIA Academy~of Music, Anniversary Concert, Philadelphia 1/25/64 "Der Rosenkavalier" (excerpts) Curtin,Rothenberger ,Elias, Slezak,Herbert. Music Educators National Conference, Philadelphia 3/14/64 "The Magic Flute" perf.by Philadelphia Public Schools 3/17/64 Gluck's "Le Cadi Dupe" (see Prem.) with "Old Maid and the Thief" perf. by Hartt College of Music,Hartford,Conn. Rittenhouse Opera Society,Marco Farnese,Dir.,Philadelphia 10/19, 11/7,9/63 "La Boheme" (10/19 at La Salle College's Centennial) 1/13/64 "L'Arlesiana" 2/12,14,15,19,21,22/64 "The Saint of Bleeker Street" 3/16/64 "L'Amico Fritz" 4/11/64 "La Boheme" at Morristown,N.J. 4/20,21/64 "Gianni Schicchi" and "II Tabarro" 5/21,22/23/64 "Luisa Miller" QUEBEC La Boutique d'Opera, Charlotte Boisjoli,Dir.,Montreal 10/31/63 "Der Schauspieldirektor" and "L'Oca del Cairo" 12/17/63 "Amahl and the Night Visitors" and "Les Noces de Jeanette" by Masses McGil.l Repertory Opera Workshop, Delia Pergola,Dirs. ,Montreal 1/12/64 Opera Excerpts - Boheme,Rigoletto, Butterfly, Figaro. April '64 "Suor Angelica" and "Le Jongleur de Notre Dame" May '64: Opera Excerpts - Hoffmann,Trovatore ,Butterfly,Gioconda, Chenier.

COS BULLETIN, l/64 - 14 - PERFORMANCE LISTING, cont. QUEBEC Montreal Symphony Orchestra,at Grand; Saile de la Place des Arts,Montreal 11/11/63 Operatic Highlights; cond: Pelletier 2/10,13,16/64 "Tosca" E. Lee, R. Verreau, G. London; cond. Zm Mehta L2/10,e Theatr: e Lyrique de Nouvelle Monde,at Palais-Montc&m, Quebec City 10/15-20/63 "Werther" R. Verreau, J. Guihard; art.dirrR. Gosselin 2/64 "Les Pecheurs de Perles" J. Martel, P. Duval SOUTH CAROLINA Bob Jones University, School of Fine Arts.Dwight Gustafson,Greenville 12/12,14/63 "Faust" Amara, Dickie, Berberian 5/21,25/64 "The Merry Wives of Windsor" 5/23,24/64 "La Boheme" TEXAS Houston Grand Opera Co., Walter Herbert, Director, Houston 10/3,4,5,6,8/63 "The Barber o± Seville" 12/3,5,6,7/63 "La Boheme" 1/16,18/64 "Otello" Tatum, McCracken, Dooley 4/1,2,3,4/64 "Don Giovanni"

INDEX Subject Page NEW OPERAS 1 AMERICAN PREMIERES 2 EUROPEAN PREMIERES 3 THEATRES TURNING TO THE LYRIC STAGE 3 ASSISTANCE TO MUSIC SCHOOLS 3 TWO EUROPEAN TRAINING CENTERS 4 TRANSLATIONS 4 SETS AVAILABLE 5 APPOINTMENTS 5 AWARDS FOR SINGERS 5 BOOKS 6 OPERA ON TOUR 6 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 8 COS NATIONAL CONFERENCE TENTATIVE SCHEDULE .... 9 METROPOLITAN OPERA SPRING TOUR DATES 10 METROPOLITAN OPERA PROGRAM-GALA SEASON 10 PERFORMANCE LISTING 11

LATE NEWS The METROPOLITAN OPERA NATIONAL COUNCIL announced the formation of the Regional Ballet Auditions Program. It will be under the chair- manship of Howard J. Hook,Jr.,together with the Regional Auditions for singers and will be administered in a similiar fashion. Dame Alicia Markova, director of the Metropolitan Opera Ballet, will be the judge. Prizes will range from cash of $100 and $200 to scholarships for the Metropolitan Ballet School and possibly a chance to compete for a Metropolitan Opera contract with the Corps de Ballet. First Re- gional Audition will be held in Atlanta, Ga., on March 12. Inquiries should be addressed to Mrs. Thorwald Eros,Jr., 223 W. Paces Rd., N.W., Atlanta, Ga.

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