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Bulletin Central Opera Service BULLETIN CENTRAL OPERA SERVICE sponsored by THE NATIONAL COUNCIL of the METROPOLITAN OPERA ASSOCIATION 147 West Thirty-ninth Street, New York 18, N.Y. Telephone: PEnnsylvania 6-1200 JANUARY 1962 NEW OPERAS Of great interest to opera workshops will be the premiere of an opera by Paul Hindemith with a libretto by Thornton Wilder which took place at the Mannheim National Theater in Germany, December 17th. It is a one act opera with a single set and no great production problems. "The Long Christmas Dinner" takes place entirely at the dinner table of an American family that is celebrating Christmas. Although the scene remains un- changed, almost a century passes in the course of the fifty minute act. Through the Door of Life on one side of the room new members of the family join the meal while others leave it by the Door of Death opposite. Another premiere of an American one act opera took place on ABC-TV on Oct. 15th. "The Thief and the Hangman" by Abraham Ellstein with a libretto by Morton Wishengrad. It was presented under the series "Direction '62", Theodore PRESSER is the publisher of yet another American chamber opera "The Brute", music by Lawrence Moss, libretto by Eric Bentley, based on a play by Chekov. It is a comedy in one act, set in old Russia, with a cast of three, one set and playing time about twenty minutes. Other new works that appeared recently at the same publisher are "Santa Claus, a Morality" by Leland Smith (,5 scenes, cast of 4 and chorus), "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" by Samuel Adler (l act, 2 scenes, cast of 5 and chorus), and a childrens' opera "The Great Boffo and His Talking Dog" by Louis Gesensway. **************** ****** ******* BOOKS - MEW AND OLD "Mozart and His World, in Pictures of His Time" is part of the Neue Mozart- Ausgabe from Baerenreiter, presented by Otto Erich Deutsch, creating a pic- torial record of Mozart's life in a scholarly study. More than 65O pictures with the captions, preface and commentary appearing in German AND English, available also through Leeds Music Corp., 322 West 48th Str. New York 36,N.Y. Price: $18.50. Also at Leeds an illustrated 50 page booklet containing various articles on Purcell and Handel called Purcell—Handel Festival Program. Price: Si.20. In welcoming our new members we would like to specifically mention the Scientific Library Service, 31 East 10th Str., New York 3, N.Y. as of great interest to our members. Upon request they will furnish you with their DEWITT MCLAUGHLIN TEKHEUN, HENRY F. LENNING, Editor JAMES BROWNING, Administrator JULIUS RUDEL, Chairmen EILEEN O'BRIEN, Secretary -2- catalogue of music books, both contemporary and old,- out-of-print, rare and antique books on music, musicians, as well as many first editions of such books and also of music scores* There is also a full catalogue on the latter. COMPETITIONS AND SCHOLARSHIPS The President's Music Committee, Washington, D.C. send us the following informa- tion on International Singing Competitions: Brussels, Selgium; May 7-25? 1962. Deadline for application is Jan.31st,'62. The application must be accompanied by a) a legal certificate establishing identity, age (not younger than .twenty, not older than thirtyfive), residence, and nationality; b) a curriculum vitae containing exact details of musical study, names of teachers, results obtained, activities and distinctions ob- tained in singing; c)if possible references and photostats of diplomas; d) two passport photographs and 2 photos of at least postcard size with name of candidate on reverse; e) a written declaration by the candidate submit- ting to the rules of the competition and expressly stating to exempt the organizer from any responsibility toward the applicant. All these documents must be in French or Dutch (Flemish) or else must be accompanied by French translation. Entrance fee is $10.- to be paid after acceptance. Total prizes amount to $8,000.- of which the first prize is $2.000.There is also a Mozart prize of $1,000. For further information contact:Secretariat du Concours International de Chant de Belgique, c/o B.I.S.29, Rue Royale,Brussels 1, Belgium. 's-Hertogenbosch, Holland. Aug. 31-Sept. 5?1962. Deadline for entry Aug. 1st, 1962. Open to singers born after Dec. 31st,1928. For further information contact: The Secretary of the Foundation 's-Hertogenbosch Musiekstad, 's-Hertogenbosch, Holland. The Ford Foundation has announced grants for choral directors, opera singers and concert singers. The recipients are to be chosen by directors of professional opera companies and some thirty young singers are to receive awards of $2,500. -X--* * -x- * * v- # METROPOLITAN OPERA, SEASON 1962 - 63 On Jan. 5"th, Mr. Rudolf Bing announced plans for the longest season of the Met's history. 1962-63 will run for 26 weeks, one week longer than the current season and eight weeks longer than the 1949-5° before Mr. Bing took charge. A new sub- scription series will be added and the Board of Directors has authorized to ad- vance the ticket prices from the top price of $10.- to $11.- and the lowest from $1.75 to $2.- The season will open with "Andrea Chenier" on Oct. 15. Five new productions will be added to the repertory and a number of important new singers and conductors will join the roster. The new productions are: "Ariadne auf Haxos" (Karl Boehm cond.,Carl Ebert, st.dir., Oliver Messel, sets; singers in different casts will include Rysanek, Delia Casa, d'Angelo, Peters, and Jess Thomas American tenor will make his debut as Bacchus); "La Sonnambula" (Varviso,cond., Henry Butler, st.dir., Rolf Gerard,sets, with Sutherland, Gedda,TozziJ; "Adriana Lecouvreur" (Sylvio Varviso,cond., Nathaniel Merrill,st.dir., sets loaned from Teatro San Carlo,Naples, -3- MET OPERA (cont.) with Tebaldi, Corelli, Dalis, Colzani); "Die Meistersinger" (Joseph Rosenstock, cond., Nathaniel Merrill, st.dir., Robert O'Hearn, sets, with Bjoner, Konya, Edelman, Flagello); "Otello" (Solti, cond., Herbert Graf, st.dir., Eugene Ber- man, sets, with American tenor James McCracken, Tebaldi, Merrill). Also in the repertoire will be "Pelleas et Melisande", when Swiss conductor Ernest Ansermet will make his first appearance at the Met, and young American conductor Lorin Mazel will make his Met debut with "Don Giovanni" and also lead "Der Rosenkavalier". Regine Crespin, French soprano and Belgian Rita Gorr will make their debuts respectively in "Rosenkavalier" and "Cavalleria". Other operas of the season will include "Ernani", "Der Fliegende Hollaender", "Fidelio", "Tristan und Isolde", "Die Fledermaus", "Boris Godunov", "Pagliacci", and retained from the current season are "Madame Butterfly", "Aida", "Un Ballo in Maschera", "Salome", "Traviata", "Turandot". METROPOLITAN OPERA, TOUR 1962 Here now is the final itinerary of the Met's Spring tour: Boston April 9-15, (back to U.Y. for final week), Cleveland April 23-29, Atlanta April 30-May 5, Memphis May 7? Dallas May 8-13, St. Louis May 14»15» Minneapolis May 16-20, Detroit May 21-26, Chicago May 27-30. •X- -X- -X- * -X- -X- -X- -X- -X- -X- -X- -X- * -X- * -X- -X- -X- -X- * -X- -X- -X- -X- -X- -X- * -X- * -X * -X- -X- -X- *• -X- * -X -X- * -X- FEW COS MEMBERS Miss E.E. Baker, Harlem Town Hall, 303 W. 125th Str., New York 27, N.Y. W. L. Connell, Jr., Pippin Hill Farm, Rd 2, Dalton, Pa. Eaves Costume Co., 151 W 46 Str., New York, N.Y. Harry Horner, 4 Highland Crescent, Toront 5? Ont., Canada Mrs. David Elles Lit, 2 Sutton Place South, New York 22, N.Y. S. Orlinick, Scientific Library Service, 31 E 10th Str., New York 3> N.Y. Santa Barbara Civic Opera Assoc., Wm. B. Collier, Pres., 1521 Dover Rd., Santa Barbara, California Shreveport Civic Opera Co., Inc., 0. Delton Harrison, Jr.,Pres., P.O.Box 31, Shreveport, La. Miss Herta Sperber, 205 W 57th Str., New York 19, N.Y. Mrs. Green D. Warren, 2878 Habersham Road,N.W., Atlanta, Georgia APPOINTMENTS Mr. John Cosentino, Director of the Institute of Vocal Arts, N.Y., to the Music Department of St. Michael Commercial High School, Brooklyn, N.Y. Martial Singher, as head of the Vocal Department (Academy of Grand Opera, Opera Workshop, and master classes), at the Music Academy of the West, Santa Barbara, Calif., succeeding Lotte Lehmann. •X- * * * -X- * -X--X- * * -X- -X- -X- -X- -X-X- * -X- *-X- -X- -* -X- * -X- -X-X- -X-X-X- -X- -X- * -X- -X- -X- -4- PRODUCTIONS BY COS MEMBERS ARIZONA SCOTTSDALE CHAMBER OPERA, Josepf Esile, Scottsdale, Arizona 1/19/62 SLOW DUSK (C.Floyd) and SUNDAY EXCURSION (A. Wilder) double "bill presented by OPERA GUILD OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA at Crowder Hall, Univ. of Arizona in Tucson,, The Opera Guild of Southern Arizona, under the leader- ship of Mrs. A. Booth, also conducts Friday evening opera lecture—demon- strations, and Friday morning opera previews when the Met's Saturday afternoon broadcasts are discussed. CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA CIVIC OPERA ASSOC,, W.B.Collier,1521 Dover Rd.,Santa Barbara 2/9,10/62 LA BOHEME A warm welcome to COS to this valiant organization, now in its ninth consecutive season. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Berkeley, Calif. 2/23-26/62, Handel's SEMELE (Lawrence Moe, conductor). DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA OPERA SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON, D.C,Mrs. J.H. Douglas., 1745 "K" St.Washington. 1/19,22/62, at 8:30pm (Lisner Auditorium) L'HEURE ESPAGNOLE (Ravel) and OEDIPUS REX (Stravinsky) as double billi OEDIPUS REX will be con- ducted by the composer and will feature in the title role last years Met Audition's winner George Shirley, L'HEURE ESPAGNOL's cast features Jeanette Scavotti and John Reardon and includes also a Metropolitan Opera Auditions' winner of 196O,Mr.
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