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CENTRAL SERVICE BULLETIN

SEPTEM BER-OCTOBER, 1967

COS NATIONAL CONFERENCE—APRIL 11-12, 1968, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS

Sponsored by the National Council

Central Opera Service • Lincoln Center Plan • Metropolitan Opera • New York, N.Y. 10023 • 799-3467

CENTRAL OPERA SERVICE COMMITTEE

R. L. B. TOBIN, National Chairman The National Council JULIUS RUDEL, Co-Chairman Opera

National Council Directors MRS. AUGUST BELMONT MRS. FRANK W. BOWMAN GEORGE HOWERTON E. H. CORRIGAN, JR. ELIHU M. HYNDMAN MRS. NORRIS DARRELL MRS. JOHN R. SAVAGE HOWARD J. HOOK, JR. JAMES SCHWABACHER, JR.

Professional Committee MAURICE ABRAVANEL RICHARD KARP Salt Lake City Symphony Pittsburgh Opera KURT HERBERT ADLER PAUL KNOWLES University of Minnesota VICTOR ALESSANDRO GLADYS MATHEW San Antonio Symphony Community Opera ROBERT G. ANDERSON MRS. LOUDON MELLEN Opera Soc. of Wash., D.C. WILFRED C. BAIN ELEMER NAGY Indiana University Hartt College of Music ROBERT BAUSTIAN MME. ROSE PALMAI-TENSER Santa Fe Opera Mobile Opera Guild MORITZ BOMHARD RUSSELL D. PATTERSON Kentucky Opera Kansas City Lyric Theatre JOHN BROWNLEE MRS. JOHN DEWITT PELTZ Manhattan School of Music Metropolitan Opera PAUL CALLAWAY GEORGE SCHICK Opera Soc. of Wash., D.C. Metropolitan Opera STANLEY CHAPPLE MARK SCHUBART University of Washington Lincoln Center EUGENE CONLEY MRS. L. S. STEMMONS No. Texas State Univ. Dallas Civic Opera WALTER DUCLOUX LEONARD TREASH University of S. California Eastman School of Music PETER PAUL FUCHS LUCAS UNDERWOOD Louisiana State University College of the Pacific ROBERT GAY GID WALDROP Juilliard School of Music BORIS GOLDOVSKY MRS. J. P. WALLACE Goldovsky Opera Theatre Shreveport Civic Opera WALTER HERBERT MRS. PAUL P. WILSON Houston Grand Opera Mid-South Reg. Director LUDWIG ZIRNER University of Illinois

The Central Opera Service is pleased to announce the new (September 1967) Edition of the List of Opera Producing Companies and Workshops in the United States and Canada. Also available is a Supplement, listing companies by categories (Major, Professional, Summer, Touring, and Workshops, with two or more productions) indicating the number of annual productions and performances.

The Central Opera Service Bulletin is published bi-monthly for its members by Central Opera Service. Permission to quote is not necessary but kindly note source. We would appreciate receiving any information pertaining to opera and operatic production in your region; please address inquiries or material to: Mrs. Maria F. Rich Central Opera Service Bulletin Editor Lincoln Center Plaza Susanne M. Low Metropolitan Opera Ass't to the Editor New York, N.Y. 10023 Extra copies of this issue: $1. Back issues available for $1; Special Translation Issue: $2. CENTRAL OPERA SERVICE BULLETIN

Volume 10, Number I September-October, 1967

NEW AND PREMIERES

AMERICAN OPERAS

The phenomenon of women composers in opera is still a rarity, although within recent years, a few American women have emerged successfully (Radie Britain, Mary Caldwell, Joyce Barthelson, Peggy Glanville-Hicks, Eusebia Hunkins, Beatrice Laufer, Jeanellen McKee, Julia Perry and Julia Smith). Margaret Gar- wood, faculty member of the Musical Academy since 1953 and of the Settlement Music School of Philadelphia since 1960, has had many of her compositions performed. She has just finished her first opera, THE TROJAN WOMEN, a one-act, 40-minute work. Commissioned by the Suburban Opera Company in Chester, Pa., the company will present the premiere on October 22. The libretto, by Howard Wiley, was originally conceived in cantata form and is included in a book of his poems. Yet another new Canadian opera on a historical subject was presented in May during the Canadian centennial celebrations. THE LOYALISTS, composed by Douglas Major who is assistant conductor with the New Brunswick Symphony and with libretto by Mrs. Frances Parkhill and John Holmes, depicts the plight of the British colonists disfranchised by the American Revolution. The first performance took place in St. John, New Brunswick, on May 18. The May-June 1966 Bulletin reported on four operas commissioned by the Canadian Broadcasting Company for this year's celebration. At that time titles and details were not available although the subject matter, Canadian history, was specified. Here is the information in brief: Murray Adaskin's GRANT, WARDEN OF THE PLAINS, with libretto by Winnipeg's poetess Mary Bayer, premiered in May on CBC, with the hero, half Scottish, half Indian, telling the story of the 1816 massacre of Seven Oaks. — Kelsey Jones' SAM SLICK, with libretto by Mrs. Jones, premiered in July by CBC (live performance see June 1967 Bulletin) concerns the colorful Yankee clockmaker, peddler and rogue who set- tled in Nova Scotia. — THE BR1DESHIP, by Robert Turner with libretto by George Woodcock, was produced and sent over CBC from Vancouver. A boat- load of one hundred brides sent from England to Victoria in 1862 during the Cariboo gold rush is the basis of the plot. — The last production in this series will be premiered in October and will feature WILLIAM LYON MACKENZIE by Harry Somers {The Luck of Ginger Coffee). The libretto is by William Kil- bourn after the prize-winning biography The Firebrand.

AMERICAN PREMIERES CROESUS by Reinhard Keiser (1674-1739) was the fifteenth of twenty operas written by this prolific German composer. Although early records are incom- plete, the opera seems to have been premiered in Hamburg in 1711 and presented there again in a revised version in 1730. Alfred Loewenberg's Annals calls it "One of Reiser's best works" but information of further performances is scant and indicates that there has not been an American production. On December 5 Newell Jenkins will present the complete three-act opera in concert form in German at Town Hall, New York, in which appears to be the American premiere of Croesus. Musical materials will have to be returned to Germany immediately — 1 — following the performance for a new production of the opera in Wuppertal later this season. Haydn's ORLANDO PALAD1NO (premiered in Austria in 1782) is another opera which enjoyed great success in its day, but which never reached these shores. Austrian born musicologist Karl Geiringer, whose books include one on Haydn, has prepared a new edition of the opera. A reading of excerpts was held in Boston in 1961. Now Dr. Carl Zytowski, Mr. Geiringer's colleague on the music faculty at the University of California in Santa Barbara, has written an English translation of the libretto. The opera will have its first American performance in Santa Barbara on December 1. Further performances are scheduled for the fol- lowing two days, coinciding with a meeting of the American Musicological Society at the University. Dr. Zytowski will also function as stage director and sing the title role. The Little Orchestra Society's season will again feature operas not previously heard in New York. In fact, two of the four operas will be presented in American premieres, Busoni's TURANDOT, and Orff's ANTJGONAE, while Janacek's THE MAKROPOULOS AFFAIR will be a New York first.—New York's other concert-opera organization, the American Opera Society, performing at Car- negie Hall, is concentrating this season on rarely heard early operas, although no first performances are included.

FOREIGN PREMIERES It seems only natural that Germany, the country with the greatest number of opera houses per capita, will include premieres of operas by non-German com- posers (e.g., The Visitation by American and Die Doppelgan- gerin by Meyerowitz). In January 1968 the in Munich will give the first performance of A PENNY FOR A SONG by British composer Richard Rodney Bennett, whose most recent success was The Mines of Sulphur, The new opera will be directed by Gunther Rennert and conducted by Christoph Dohnanyi, son of the composer. During the "Week of Contemporary Opera" in April 1968, the Bayrische Staatsoper plans to present a new opera, yet unnamed, by Hans Werner Henze with a libretto by Ingeborg Bachmann and the premiere of KING UBU by Krzysztof Penderecki. Munich's Theater am Gartnerplatz will perform the premiere of Mark Lothar's DER WIDERSPENST1GE HEILIGE. — Penderecki can look forward to another German premiere when the will perform his THE DEVILS OF LOUDUN (after Huxley) in the Spring of 1969. Also in Hamburg will be the premiere of British composer Humphrey Searle's HAMLET (designs by Theo Otto and directed by William Schuh) and German composer Giselher Klebe's DIE JUNGFRAU VON ORLEANS. Klebe was recently introduced to American audiences when the Hamburg company brought his Jacobowsky and the Colonel to New York. Be- sides the Joan of Arc theme, he is also working on Goethe's MAERCHEN, commissioned by the Siiddeutsche Rundfunk. The first performance is planned during the 1968 Rhein-Schwetzingen Festwochen. Rudolf Mors, conductor in Bielefeld, Germany, is the composer of VINETA, an opera to be premiered in Bielefeld later this season. Die Biihnen der Landes- stadt in Kiel, Germany, will present a new opera by Dieter Schonbach, DIE SIEBEN STATIONEN VOM STERN and in March 1968, the Wurttemberg Staatsoper in Stuttgart will produce 's PROMETHEUS, originally scheduled for last season.—The German Opera Studio in Berlin gave an experi- mental presentation of two short operas by Viennese, avant-garde composer Gerhard Lampersberger, DESPERATO, a ten-minute piece and DIE FAHRT ZUR INSEL NANTUCKET, a pop art opera with syllables replacing an intel- ligible text. The third work on the program presented in May was Martinu's Zweimal Alexander. This Spring a triple bill of contemporary operas was seen in Trieste. It featured the premieres of Giulio Viozzi's LA GIACCA D ANN AT A and Mario Buganelli's UNA DOMENICA and included de Banfield's ALISSA.— The Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa gave the first performance of Chailly's VASSILIEV. News of operatic premieres from England includes William Walton's THE BEAR, Berkeley's THE CASTAWAY, performed at the Aldeburg Festival this — 2 — summer and a new opera by Nicholas Maw (One Man Show), THE RISING OF THE MOON, commissioned by the Glyndebourne Festival for production next summer. The comedy is set in Ireland in 1875 and has a libretto by Beverly Cross. —Peter Shoffer's historical drama ROYAL HUNT OF THE SUN will be adaptated to form an opera by Ian Hamilton. — On July 5, London's Piccola Opera gave the premiere of Richard Stoker's JOHNSON PRESERV'D; Jill Watt wrote the libretto. Another operatic version of Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights was heard in Rouen, France, on April 16. LES HAUTS DE HURLEVANT was composed by Thomas Stubbs. The dramatic adaptation for the opera with prologue and seven scenes was conceived by Philippe Heriat. — On June 10 LA NOIRCEUR DU LAIT, an opera by Claude Prey, was premiered in Strassbourg. Caroline Lloyd, a native of Santa Fe, New Mexico, and for the last fifteen years a resident in Caracas, Venezuela, is the composer of DONA BARBARA, an opera premiered this summer in Caracas. The performance was part of the 400th anniversary celebration of the founding of the South American city. The libretto was adapted from a novel by Romulo Gallegos, a former president of Venezuela, describing life in the country's lowlands (Llanos). News from Tel Aviv, Israel, comes of a new two-act by Menachem Avidom called THE CROOK. The book is by humorist Efraim Kishon. This is Mr. Avidom's second opera; his first, Alexandra, was performed in Israel ten years ago.

CORRECTIONS Joan of Arc at Rheims by Henry Rauscher, alias Henry S. Humphreys, Cincinnati Enquirer's music critic, will be premiered in Cincinnati on March 17, 1968. Elaine Bonazzi will be featured in the title role but did not commission the work, as was erroneously stated in the June 1967 Bulletin. Miss Jeanette Turner is manager of the Tulsa Opera, Inc., Mr. W. A. Baden is presi- dent of the Board of Directors, Mr. Robert Anderson is a member of the Board of Directors and a member of the production committee.

NEW COMPANIES, NEW CENTERS Although at times caught up in rivalry, California's two major cities, San Fran- cisco and Los Angeles, have agreed to form a partnership for their opera presen- tations. A five-year plan beginning in 1969 was announced by the San Francisco Opera Company and the Los Angeles Music Center Opera Association,—a group which until now has booked out-of-town companies (Metropolitan Opera National Company, ) into Los Angeles, but has not itself, produced opera. The first year the San Francisco Opera Company will produce one month of opera under the auspices of the Los Angeles Company in Los Angeles at the Shrine Auditorium. This is planned for March 1969. The following year a new production contributed by the Los Angeles Company is contemplated; this pro- duction will be premiered in Los Angeles in the spring and will be included in the subsequent San Francisco fall season. It is hoped that in this second season performances can be at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Music Center. Succeeding years should bring further active participation from the Southern Californian group and after five years the two organizations hope to be in a per- manent equal partnership. Pooling their resources should result in the creation of one of the world's strongest opera companies. For some years Atlanta's Municipal Theater has been presenting Grand Opera In the Park, produced in an amphitheatre with seating capacity of over 6,000. Now that the completion of the Atlanta Memorial Cultural Center is approaching, —the opening is scheduled for the fall of 1968—the Municipal Theatre plans to extend its operatic activities to include a winter season. To this end it has appointed a new artistic director for opera, mezzo Blanche Thebom. Miss Thebom's first responsibility was a production of in the park in August. Within this coming year she will form a resident opera company which will play in one of the Center's two auditoria.

Meanwhile, another city in Georgia has formed its own company. It is the Augusta Opera Company with B. E. Evans as president. For its inaugural per- formance the company will present La Boheme in September. Two performances on consecutive days are scheduled.

In contrast to the Atlanta Center, where all halls (opera, concert, theatre and museum) will be under one roof, Birmingham, Alabama, recently chose a more sprawling design for its Center. Following a contest conducted by the Birmingham Civic Center Authorities in conjunction with the American Institute of Architects, the contract was awarded to the Philadelphia architectural firm Geddes Brecher Quails Cunningham. The $25 million Center will be constructed on a four-block site on the fringe of the downtown area and will accommodate a 3,000-seat concert hall, a sports coliseum, an exhibition hall and a 1,300-seat theatre. These four buildings will be arranged around a large reflecting pool and connected by partly covered promenades and different level terraces. A restaurant, administra- tion areas and a small amphitheatre are also included in the design as well as underground parking. Completion is scheduled for early 1971, in time for Birm- ingham's centennial celebration. Summer residences for leading American orchestras are as necessary for the annual income of the musicians as they are for the increasing demand of a culture-seeking, money-spending audience. To mention some of the major organ- izations: the Boston Symphony in Tanglewood, the New York Philharmonic at Prom concerts at Lincoln Center and in the city's parks (replacing Lewisohn Stadium), the in Saratoga Springs, the Detroit Symphony at Meadow Brook Festival in Rochester, Michigan, the Chicago Symphony at Ravinia in Chicago and at Fair Lane Festival in Dearborn, Michigan. Now two new sites can be added to the festival-studded map. On July 14 the National Symphony of Washington, D.C., inaugurated its new summer home in Columbia, Maryland. Halfway between Washington and Baltimore, Columbia is being developed by James W. Rouse as a planned city. Ten acres were donated to the National Symphony Orchestra and on it was built the Merriweather Post Pavilion of Music. The 3,000-seat shed, covered but with open sides, was designed by Gehry, Walsh & O'Malley, architects, in consultation with acoustician, Christopher Jaffe. Another 2,000 people can be accommodated on the surrounding lawns. The other summer home will not be ready before 1968. The Blossom Music Center will belong to the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra and will be located near Kent, Ohio. A proposed music institute which will be incorporated into the festival, will also be under the artistic direction of George Szell and will be administered by the Kent State University.

More universities are adding new buildings for their music departments. Last April, Duquesne University in Pittsburgh dedicated its $1% million School of Music building and Indiana University in Bloomington hopes to complete its new Musical Arts Center in 1970 for the university's sesquicentennial. The build- ing will house a 1,500-seat opera theatre, classrooms, studios and rehearsal rooms for chorus, orchestra and ballet. Costs are estimated at $6.7 million. After more than half of the construction was complete on the Sidney , original designs by Danish architect Joern Utzon had to be abandoned. Now under supervision of new architects who redesigned the building, work will be resumed in the near future, but estimates for completion of the house are still uncertain and vary between 1970 and 1972. The new design allows for a 2,500-seat concert hall and a smaller hall for opera, seating about 1,500 with a pit for 70-80 musicians.

4 SUMMER CASUALTIES The big fire at Santa Fe this past summer has become history. It happened on the night of the American premiere of Hindemith's Cardillac. It was discovered at 4 a.m., but spread faster than it could be fought and two hours later, the com- plete theatre had burned down. With tremendous spirit and determination the company rose to the challenge of not abandoning the season and with the excep- tion of the repeat performance of Cardillac (the music was destroyed in the fire along with costumes, sets and some of the musical instruments), not a single performance was missed for the remainder of the summer. Required instruments were flown in from San Antonio, La Boheme was given in contemporary dress and some quickly constructed sets were substituted for those destroyed in the fire. A high school gymnasium served as home. At the same time the first designs for a new theatre were submitted and this month construction was begun. McHugh and Kidder, architects of the original theatre, are responsible for the new design, in cooperation with acoustical consultants Bolt Beranek and New- man. Although the general concept will remain true to the original theatre built in 1957 and enlarged in 1965, there will be a number of improvements. The area of the theatre itself will be larger with more space for backstage and storage rooms, the stage will be widened by about 20 feet to about 50 feet at the proscenium, the wooden benches will be replaced by theatre-type seats and exten- sive fire precautions like sprinkler system, more adequate water supply and fire- proof materials, will be provided. The total cost is estimated at $1.3 million; insurance settlement will total approximately $230,000.

The Lake Erie Opera Company is the second opera organization to cancel its 1967-68 fall season because of a breakdown in union negotiations. When the company was first conceived in 1964, one of its purposes was to offer more employment to the members of the . Consequently the opera season of two productions with six performances was planned for September, preceding the regular symphony season. During the spring and summer, man- agement-union negotiations for a new contract were futile and both the sym- phony and opera seasons were cancelled. Meanwhile a settlement with the union was reached, though too late for the opera company to perform this year. — The Chicago Lyric Opera has cancelled its 1967 season because of union demands (see 3/67 Bulletin), a season which used to include about forty performances featuring nine different productions. Ginastera's was to have the South American premiere in its native on August 4. Just two weeks before, on July 20, Buenos Aires' Mayor Schettini announced the cancellation of the performance on grounds that it was immoral. The opera was first performed by the Opera Society of Wash- ington, D.C., last May and will have its New York premiere this winter by the New York City Opera. The previously announced premiere of Hugo Weisgall's new opera, Nine Rivers from Jordan, scheduled by the New York City Opera for September, was post- poned because it "is not yet ready for production." No new date was announced. Replacing the work in the fall season will be Beeson's Lizzie Borden. The previously announced visit of the Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Companies to New York's Lincoln Center contracted for April 1968 may be in jeopardy. Fol- lowing the Israel-Arab War, the Soviet Government cancelled this summer's U.S. tour by the Bolshoi Ballet on short notice. The tour, under the auspices of the United States-Soviet cultural exchange agreement, has its financial and booking arrangements provided by impresario Sol Hurok. Although no further mention was made of next year's tour, terms may have to be renegotiated. SUPPORT FOR SPECIAL PROJECTS Two airline companies have announced major gifts to musical organizations. Eastern Air Lines will give $500,000 to the Metropolitan Opera over the next four years to be used towards the four new productions of the complete Ring des Nibelungen. Die Walkiire is the first of the operas to be presented in Novem- ber of this year. Herbert von Karajan will conduct and direct. Trans World Airlines has announced a contribution of $150,000 towards a European tour of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra in the summer of 1968. With expenses estimated at $500,000 and returns expected to amount to about half of this sum, the State Department support of $100,000 will cover the remaining cost. In 1960 the Ford Motor Company also gave a grant of $150,000 to the Philharmonic towards a European tour.—The Bristol-Meyers Corporation awarded $300,000 on a matching basis to Educational Broadcasting Channel 13 in New York.— The Schlitz Brewing Company was the sponsor of the New York Philharmonic Concerts in the city's parks during the summer.

The Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto, Italy, was the recipient of $1 million from the Samuel Rubin Foundation. The money was set up in a fund to guarantee the American participation in the Festival for the next ten years. The Italian government is co-sponsoring the Festival. McCall's magazine explored a new way of making each donated dollar count. Instead of giving a direct donation, the magazine will sponsor benefit film show- ings of A Midsummer Night's Dream, a ballet film made by the New York City Ballet Company. One or more exclusive showings are contracted for twenty-eight cities across the country with an option for forty-two more cities. Proceeds will be turned over to the resident symphony orchestra, the respective beneficiary. It is estimated that $1 to $2 million will be raised in this manner. Donations for special projects included $500 from the Kulas Foundation to the Cleveland Institute of Music for the purchase of tickets for students and faculty to musical events in the city. — The San Francisco Opera Company received the orchestra material and conductor's scores for the complete Ring des Nibelungen as well as the orchestra material for from Wilfred Allen Taylor, a retired San Francisco businessman. The two-year old National Council on the Arts has announced its recommen- dation for Congress to appropriate $139 million next year for the most exten- sive Federal arts program in the country's history. The amount Congress ap- proved for the first year in 1965 was $21 million. Federal monies spent in the arts within these two years supported many varied causes, from establishing or aiding arts councils to support of the visual arts, music, theatre, dance, film, TV and radio. In the breakdown of figures of the recent recommendation, $17.6 million would go toward music, including orchestras, opera and choral groups. The most recent grant announced by the National Council is $500,000 towards a $10 million artist's center on New York's lower West Side. Co-sponsoring this low-income housing for approximately five hundred painters, composers, sculp- tors, choreographers and film makers, is the J. M. Kaplan Fund.

The Canada Council, the Canadian agency which dispenses federal grants to the arts, recently announced twenty-three recipients who will share the total of $2 million of this year's government appropriations for the fine arts.

INTERNATIONAL VISITORS Rome's Piccolo Teatro Musicale will be touring the United States next Spring under Columbia Artists Management. The forty-member company under director Renato Fasano is specializing in Italian baroque opera and its repertoire includes works by Rossini, Paisiello, Pergolesi, Cimarosa and Fioravanti. g Milan's "" was the one foreign company which has not previously announced its schedule. Appearing in Montreal between October 5-16, the operas to be presented are Bellini's I Capuleti e I Montecchi in a new production to be unveiled in Montreal for the first time with Scotto and Aragall; // Trovatore with Malaspini, Cossotto, Ber- gonzi and Cappucculli; Nabucco with Suliotis, Lane, Guelfi, Ghiaurov and finally, La Boheme with Sighele, Collier, Raimondi, Panerei and featuring von Karajan as conductor.

EDUCATION North Carolina School of the Arts, now in its third year, has enrolled 340 stu- dents in music, dance and drama for the current semester. Approximately half of the students are at college level, the other are high school students with sev- eral at junior high school level. All students are accepted by auditions only. New York University is again offering "The Opera: Lecture and Performance." The $45 course comprises four evening lectures on operas performed by the New York City Opera Company with subsequent visits to the performances. A total of four $5.95 opera tickets is included in the tuition fee. Natalie Limonick, acting director at UCLA Opera Workshop, writes us what we believe may be of interest to all our readers: "Liaison work is being established between UCLA Opera Workshop and the Public Schools. I contact the music teachers and principals and any time we can utilize the school chil- dren in our productions, we do so. The teachers meet with me to go over tempi, etc. They teach school choruses or glee clubs. We select the best and integrate them into our production (e.g. Shepherd's Chorus in Amaht). They perform with us when we present the opera at their school and we invite them to join us when we produce the opera on campus. In addition we tour our production to jr. and sr. high schools. We are very grateful to Mr. N. Rossi, Music and Drama Consultant for Los Angeles Public Schools for his superb cooperation." A new experiment in teaching the humanities is getting a trial run this year at the University of California in Berkeley. Project EPOCH, (Educational Pro- gramming of Cultural Heritage) offered its first course to teachers this summer, combining multi-media and multi-projection in a newly designed environment. This room features "demonstrations," "exhibits" and "information retrieval files" on three different levels, promising new teaching strategies. Research and the summer pilot program was made possible by a federal grant under Title MI.

OPERA FOR YOUTH The Seattle Opera Company has found various means of offering opera to stu- dents. The engagement of young, lesser known singers for one performance of each scheduled opera has by now become an established routine (see 9/66 Bul- letin). This year six additional performances will be made available to students through a grant under Public Law 89-19 (Title III). Under the same law spon- sorship of a state tour of is planned for March 1968. Un- der the Summer Youth Program, a number of performances of Down in the Valley were offered in culturally deprived areas of the city in August as part of the President's Council of Youth Opportunity. —Federal Funds under Title III will also make it possible for "Overture to Opera" to visit twenty-one cities in Northern Michigan next spring. Dr. Di Chiera of Oakland University will be responsible for the program presented under the auspices of Oakland University and the Detroit Grand Opera Association. The Metropolitan Opera Studio is booked for eighty performances in schools be- fore the end of the year. Three productions are offered, Cosi fan tutte, The Bar- ber of Seville and "Shakespeare in Opera and Song." The company also offers late afternoon concerts featuring arias, songs and ensembles at the Library and Mu- seum for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center; on November 14 it will present its first program of popular music at the Overseas Press Club in New York. This summer the University of Minnesota Summer Session and the Center Opera Company in Minneapolis cooperatively presented a summer workshop for be- ginners and advanced students. The six-week course was under the direction of H. Wesley Balk.

MEETINGS, SEMINARS A three-day seminar sponsored by the Associated Councils of the Arts was held in June in Warrenton, Va. One of the major developments resulting from the meeting was the formation of a new organization called the Assembly of State Agencies. Although an autonomous organization of State Councils, it will, at least at the outset, operate under the auspices of the ACA. The purpose of the new unit is "to stimulate closer cooperation among state agencies, to provide a forum for discussions and recommendations and to create standards in this rela- tively recent area of activity." John Hightower, executive director of the New York State Arts Council, the oldest of the organizations established in 1960, was voted interim committee chairman. He will select twelve committee members representing all U.S. regions as well as Canada and Mexico. In May a meeting of privately sponsored National Arts Organizations was called by Donald Swinney, president of the United States Institute of Theatre Tech- nology, to explore areas of mutual interest. The possibility of forming an or- ganization to embrace all represented groups was discussed and rejected. It was decided that it would only add to the confusion of already existing organiza- tions. But, much common interest was found to exist and it was decided to meet periodically for discussion. Hosting the meetings will alternate between the var- ious arts organizations, who as a composite body will be known as President's Council. The next meeting will be under the sponsorship of the ACA in No- vember. The New York Cultural Showcase arranges a two-week city wide festival begin- ning with a full day symposium for 1,000 of the city's leaders in the arts and sciences at the Waldorf Astoria on October 2. The Showcase Festival Fortnight will feature events by over 150 organizations. "Music in American Society" was the all embracing title of a symposium held at Tanglewood July 23 to August 2. The meetings were sponsored by the Music Educators National Conference in cooperation with the Berkshire Music Cen- ter, the Theodore Presser Foundation and the Boston Conservatory of Fine Arts. In May a symposium on Contemporary American Music was held at Indiana University at Terre Haute. It was facilitated through the assistance of the Rocke- feller Foundation. — The State College of Iowa in Cedar Falls is arranging a Music Theatre Conference for High School Teachers for November 18. Jane Birkhead, director of the opera department, will be in charge.

AVAILABLE SETS AND COSTUMES The Lake Erie Opera Theatre (11125 Magnolia Dr., Cleveland, Ohio) offers sets for rental for the following operas: Love for Three Oranges and The Bar- tered Bride. — The Baltimore Civic Opera Co. (R. Collinge, mgr. dir., HE. Lexington St.) in conjunction with the Peabody Conservatory of Music are will- ing to rent or sell sets for Rossellini's La Guerra and for Gianni Schicchi. They were designed by Edward Haynes for a small to medium-size stage. — The now defunct North Shore Friends of Opera (Mrs. Edith Mugdan, 84 Prospect Ave., Douglaston, N.Y.) would like to sell sets and costumes to Madama But- terfly, Turk in Italy, Giannini's The Taming of the Shrew and costumes only for L'Elisir d'Amore, Hansel and Gretel and The Merry Wives of Windsor. — The Robert Howery Studio, scenic designs, (B. Williams, gen. mgr., 6315 Atwell, Houston, Texas) can supply sets and costumes for the following operas: , , 11 Trovatore, , Pagliacci, 11 Tabarro, , and . Included in the above list are some sets previously available from Rexford Harrower, Inter-Opera. Howery Studio also has sets only (no costumes) for: Aida, Der fliegende Hollander, Le Coq d'Or and The Gypsy Baron. If required, the company will also supply lighting and a technical director.

PUBLICATIONS AN INTRODUCTION TO THE METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE by Herman E. Krawitz is a very attractive small book (66 pages) featuring color and black and white photographs, as well as diagrams of the opera house. Named "The Official Guidebook of the Metropolitan," it serves the regular opera patron by better ac- quainting him with the house and the one time visitor by supplying him with a color- ful souvenir. It is available for $2 at the publication desk in the Metropolitan Opera foyer and from book and music stores and by mail from the Metropolitan Opera Guild. Saturday Review is the publisher. Other recent books of interest include THE GREAT CONDUCTORS by Harold Schon- berg, music critic of the New York Times. He traces the history of by showing period and national trends and features biographical sketches of conductors and composers. This illustrated volume is published by Simon and Schuster and sells for $7.50.'— Appleton-Century, N.Y. is the publisher of OPERA IN CHICAGO by Roland Davis, priced at $12.50. MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS OF THE WESTERN WORLD by Emanuel Winternitz, curator of instruments at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, features numerous out- standing color plates complementing Mr. Winternitz' informative text. This handsome volume sells for $30. MrGraw-Hill is the publisher. Jass Enterprises, P. O. Box 1771, Grand Central Station, New York, 10017, offers the JASS GUIDE TO P.D. MUSIC, a 232 page brochure listing music in public domain (no longer covered under copyright law). Included in this list arranged by titles are songs, both popular and classical, instrumental pieces and operas. The Guide is avail- able for $2.50. OVERVIEW is the title of a projected monthly digest of music criticism to be pub- lished by the Music Critics Association, Inc. No original articles are planned for the magazine which will concentrate on reprinting music articles and reviews with spe- cial emphasis given to American activities. MCA received a grant of $67,200 from me National Council for the Arts for development of the new magazine; publication is contemplated for 1969. Irving Lowens, music critic of the Washington (D.C.) Eve- ning Star was appointed chairman of the board of directors; additional board mem- bers are Dr. Boris Nelson, president of MCA and music critic of the Toledo Blade, Harold Schonberg of the New York Times, Thomas Willis of the Chicago Tribune and Miles Kastendieck, formerly with the New York World Journal Tribune.

HONORIS CAUSA On March 20, 1967, George London presented A.G.M.A.'s Annual Merit Award to John Brownlee, also nominated as Honorary President of AGMA by the Board of Governors. — Darius Milhaud received an honorary degree of Doctor of Music from Cleveland Institute of Music at the June 15th Commencement. — The Ameri- can Symphony Orchestra League honored American Telephone and Telegraph's "Bell Telephone Hour" for "distinguished service to music and the arts." — On April 16, 1967, Brandeis University honored men and women in the arts including composers Ross Lee and Claudio Spies. — American Composers' Alliance gave its annual Laurel Leaf Awards "for distinguished service to contemporary music" to three organiza- tions, the 32 year old performing group Composers Forum, the 10 year old Fromm Music Foundation and the 13-year-old radio station WBAl-FM.— AWARDS AND WINNERS On Sunday, November 5 at 8 p.m., the Finals of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions will be held in the Metropolitan Opera House. The nine winners of the Semi-Finals (see 4/67 Blltn.) will compete for three prizes and a possible con- tract with the Metropolitan Opera. As usual, tickets are available from the Auditions Program of the Metropolitan Opera National Council, Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, N.Y. 10023. A voluntary contribution of $5 for a single or a pair of tickets is suggested. Requests are filled in the order in which they are received. At the San Francisco Opera Auditions, the James Schwabacher $1,000 Award was won by Nina Hinson, 25-year-old mezzo-soprano from Los Angeles; the Florence Bruce $750 Award was won by Sheila Marks, soprano from Seattle, Washington. Both are eligible for contracts with the San Francisco Opera, the Spring Opera or the West- ern Opera Theatre. Also chosen from the ten finalists were Marji Tucker, 24-year- old soprano from Albuquerque, New Mexico and William Neill, 25-year-old from Austin, Texas as runners-up. The $500 William Kent Jr. Memorial Award was won by Morris Crisci, 23-year-old tenor from San Diego. All finalists participated in the seven-week Merola Opera Training Program. The $1,000 Gropper Memorial Award went to Texan tenor William Neill after his participation in the Merola Opera Program. — Carol Ann Curry and Maurice Brown shared the CBC Talent Festival's 1967 $1,000 vocal prize.

1967 Jeunesses Musicales of Canada had three categories, one voice and two instru- mental. There were eighty entries in the vocal category but no first prize was awarded. Second prize of $2,000 and a concert with the Montreal Symphony went to Annon- Lee Silver, soprano, from Glace Bay, Nova Scotia. — This year's International Music Competition in Montreal had twelve winners from four countries with awards totaling $23,500 and a concert of the four top winners in Montreal on June 3. First prize of $7,500 went to Marina Krilovici, 24-year-old dramatic soprano from Rumania; sec- ond prize went to Yuri Mazurok, 35-year-old from the Soviet Union; third prize of $2,500 went to 1966 Metropolitan Opera National Council Audition winner Gwendolyn Killebrew, 25-year-old mezzo-soprano from Philadelphia. Other Ameri- cans were fifth prize winner ($1,500) 27-year-old soprano Gwendoline Sims; ninth prize winner of $500, 26-year-old baritone Frank McDevitt, and twelfth prize win- ner of $500, Bruce Brewer, 25-year-old tenor.

The Third International Competition of Young Opera Singers in Sofia, Bulgaria, was won by American soprano Joy Davidson. — The ninth annual Winifred Cecil 1967 Joy in Singing contest was won by Tokyo soprano Yoshiko Ito. The prize was a Town Hall recital on May fifth. — New York soprano Esther Hinds won first prize in the women's voice category of the National Federation of Music Clubs 1967 Young Ar- tists Auditions; oratorio division winner was Carol Stuart, soprano from Minnesota. Each won $1,500. — , who established the Fred Patrick Memorial Fund giving financial assistance to promising young singers, has awarded a study grant to coloratura Pettine Croul of New Zealand. — In Paris, the Union des Fem- mes Artistes Musiciennes winners were French soprano Sylvia Valot and Argentinian soprano Anna Maria Miranda who each won first prizes of 2,500 francs, Argentinian tenor Riccardo Cassinelli who won second prize of 1,000 francs and French baritone Gabriel Chalasenet who won third prize. A special Britten award went to Rosanne Creffield, from Great Britain.

Affiliated Artists Inc., has widely expanded since its inception (see Jan. 1966 Bul- letin). Performing artists are appointed to colleges and universities as artists-in-resi- dence with an obligatory minimum of eight weeks of teaching and performing on the campus; the remainder of the time is free for concertizing. — This year, the fol- lowing will be artists-in-residence through AAI: soprano Elizabeth Cole at Maunaolu Col., Paia, Hawaii; soprano Kay Griffel at Coe Col., Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Julian Patrick at Rocky Mt. Col., Billings, Mont.; soprano Mary Beth Piel at Alma Coll., Mich.; soprano Karen Roewade at Maryville Col., Maryville, Tenn.; baritone Eugene Holmes at Tougaloo Col., Miss.; baritone Richard Allen at Gustavis Adolphus Col., St. Peter, Minn.; tenor Gerald Siena at Fla. Presbyt. Col., St. Petersburg, Fla.; - baritone Noel Jan Tyl at Emory Univ., Atlanta, Ga.; and dancer Ethel Winter at Hood Col., Frederick, Md.

— 10 — PROFESSIONAL AND HONORARY APPOINTMENTS President Johnson has appointed to the board of trustees of the John F. Kennedy Cen- ter for the Performing Arts Robert Lehman, New York banker; Jack Valenti, Presi- dent of Motion Pictures Ass'n; Charles Alston, professor at City College; and Robert Millonzi, Executive Committee member of the Buffalo Philharmonic. He re-appointed chairman, Roger L. Stevens, Richard Adler and Arthur Schiesinger, Jr. — Michael V. Forrestal, son of the late James Forrestal, Sec. of Defense, has been named presi- dent of the Metropolitan Opera Guild, succeeding Langdon Van Norden who held the post for the past 14 years. Mr. Van Norden was elected Chairman of the Board. The Guild was founded 32 years ago by Mrs. August Belmont. — August Heckscher has named New York artist, Mrs. Doris Freedman, as special assistant for cultural affairs in his New York City Administration of Recreation and Cultural Affairs. Mrs. Freedman is the daughter of Irwin S. Chamin, architect-builder and executive in Keystone Associates, the company which demolished the old Metropolitan Opera House. — Three composers, William Bergsma from Seattle, Gunther Schuller from Cleveland and Robert Ward from North Carolina, have been elected to membership in the National Institute of Arts and letters. — The National Federation of Music Clubs at its 34th Biennal Convention held in New York in April with 1,000 mem- bers attending elected as president Mrs. Maurice Honigman of Gastonia, North Caro- lina, succeeding Mrs. Clifton Muir of Florida. Also elected were Merle Montgomery from New York as first vice president, Mrs. Fank Vought from Virginia as record- ing secretary and Philip Plank from Maryland as treasurer. — Maurice Feldman, New York public relations counsel, was appointed representative of the in connection with its guest appearance at Expo '67 in September. — Hugh Southern, formerly with the National Repertory Theatre Foundation and the Reper- tory Theatre of Lincoln Center, has the new position of management associate with the San Francisco Opera. — A new member of the Board of Directors of the As- sociated Council of die Arts is C. Bagley Wright, director of Seattle's Space Needle Corporation, of MacMillan Bloedel and Powell River, Ltd., of the National Bank of Commerce and president of the Seattle Repertory Theatre.

The new president of the San Francisco Spring Opera is J. Peter Cahill, past presi- dent of the Symphony Foundation, who succeeds R. D. Mackenzie, now Chairman of the Board. The administrative vice president of the Spring Opera is Charles Noble and artistic vice president is James Schwabacher, Jr. — Advertising executive Arthur S. Meyerhoff has been appointed chairman of the "Build San Diego Opera Fund," a drive for $150,000 in private contributions. — Byron Kelley is the executive di- rector of the New Jersey Council on the Arts. -— A. J. Fletcher, founder and presi- dent of the National Grass Roots Opera Foundation, Inc., was appointed by the Gov- ernor of North Carolina to the Board of Trustees of the North Carolina School of the Arts and chairman for opera in the North Carolina Arts Council. — The Man- hattan School of Music appointed David S. Cooper as executive director, Martin Sokoloff as administrative director and Stephen Jay as associate dean. — The Board of Trustees of the Interlochen Arts Academy and the National Music Camp in In- terlochen, Mich, have elected Karl Haas as president, succeeding the late Joseph E. Maddy. Mr. Haas is also chairman of the Michigan State Council of the Arts and director of fine arts at radio station WJR in Detroit.

George London has been elected the new president of the American Guild of Musical Artists, succeeding John Brownlee. — Hamilton Southam has been appointed director of the $40 million National Arts Center in Ottawa, scheduled to open in the Spring of 1969. — New York's Governor Nelson Rockefeller presented the 2nd annual award by the N.Y. State Council of the Arts for contributions to enhance the State's artistic condition. Among the thirteen recipients in music were The Lake George Opera Co., Kleinhans Music Hall of Buffalo, N.Y. City's Park Department and the Saratoga Performing Arts Center. — The new assistant director of the Brooklyn Academy of Music is Lloyd Hezekiah, formerly assistant director of the Repertory Theatre of the Bedford Stuyvesant Youth and Action-Cultural Arts Division. — Jennie Tourel, re- cently named a Chevalier in the Order of Arts and Letters for her contribution to French music and opera, has been appointed to the faculty of the Hartt College of Music in Hartford, Conn., where she will present a series of master classses. Also appointed to the Hartt College of Music faculty is tenor William Diard. — Jerrold Ross is the new head of Music Education Division at New York University School of Education. — Vernor Wicker, now teaching at Bemidji State College, has been appointed Resident and Singer at Concordia College starting September, 1967. — , brother of Gunther Rennert, who is director at the Bavarian State Opera, is now musical director of the Theater am Gartnerplatz in Munich. — C. F. Peters Corporation, 375 Park Ave. South, New York, N.Y. has been appointed sole agent in the United States and Canada for the German music publisher Hanssler- Verlag.

11 — FINAL PERFORMANCE LISTING, 1966-67 SEASON ALABAMA Birmingham Southern College Opera Workshop, M. D. McClung, dir. Fall '66 Sister Angelica; The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County 8 pfs. ARIZONA University of Arizona Opera Theatre, E. Conley, dir., Tucson 10/20, 21, 22/66 Elixir of Love Eng. Martin 1/19/67, 5/19/67 Operatic Scenes 4/21, 22, 23/67 5/23/67 John Davis' The Pardoner's Tale 7/11, 12/67 Sunday Excursion & scenes ARKANSAS University of Arkansas Opera Workshop, K. L. Ballenger, dir., Fayetteville 4/12, 13, 14, 21, 25/67 The Old Maid and the Thief 7/67 Two musical comedies CALIFORNIA American Opera Co., B. Goldman, dir., Los Angeles 3/11, 12/67 // Trovatore cond: Lessing; dir: Rogers California Lutheran College Opera Workshop, G. Muser, dir., Thousand Oaks 1/13, 14, 15/67 Eng. Martin 1/27, 28, 29/67 Amahl and the Night Visitors Chico State College Opera Workshop, James Kinnee, dir., Chico 1/12/67 Operatic scenes 4/5, 6, 7/67 Eng. Dietz-Kanin College of Marin Opera Workshop, Festival Theatre, L. Snyder, mus. dir., Larkspur 1/6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22/67 Tale for a Deaf Ear & Trouble in Tahiti 4/21, 22/67 Suor Angelica Eng. Machlis Educational Opera Assn., J. A. Ford, exec, dir., Burbank 10/66-4/67 Don Pasquale Eng. Reese 23 pfs. in schools w.p. (abt. 1 hour) Fresno Opera Assn., N. Iacovetti, mus. dir., Fresno 11/4, 5/66 La Bohime Eng. Martin 4/21, 22/67 The Bartered Bride Eng. Farquhar Guild Opera Company, J. R. Moss, bus. admin., Los Angeles 5-6/67 Eng. Gallagher, 13 pfs. Humboldt State College, Opera Workshop, Dr. L. Wagner, dir., Arcata 1/67 Hansel and Gretel w.p. 5/67 The Impresario, There and Back & In a Garden w.p. Lamplighters—Opera West Foundation, S. Beman, exec, v.p., San Francisco 11/20, 27/66, 5/13/67 Cost fan tutte Eng. Mead 1966-67 Repertory fashion Long Beach City College Opera Workshop, W. Gard, dir., Long Beach 3/16, 17, 18/67 Trouble in Tahiti cond: A. Endo Merola Opera Program, sponsored by San Francisco Opera Co. 7/30/67 Carmen Eng Martin, at Stern Grove 8/12, 13/67 Dido and Aeneas & Angelique at Paul Masson Vinyards Musk Academy of the West, Mrs. "V. Cochran, exec, dir., Santa Barbara 8/12, 14, 15/67 La Bohime Northern California Methodist Conference, Stockton 6/17/67 Johnson's play Roger William and Mary music Don Mueller, prem. Opera Career Workshop, Immaculate Heart Coll., M. S. Warenskjold, dir., Los Angeles 1/6, 7/67 Lakmi Eng. Baker w.p. 4/14, 15, 16/67 The Maid as Mistress Eng. Stoessel & act I The Magic Flute Riverside Opera Assn., F. Calkins, gen. dir., H. Wolf, mus. dir. 5/19, 20/67 Die Fledermaus Eng. Martin San Diego State College Opera Workshop, Lyman Hurd III, dir. 1/6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15/67 H.M.S. Pinafore w.p. 5/12, 13, 19, 20/67 Albert Herring w.orch. San Fernando Valley State College Opera Workshop, D. W. Scott, dir., Northridge 11/66 Musical 6 pfs. 4/7, 8, 9, 14, 15/67 & Three Sisters Who Are Not Sisters 7/21, 22, 25, 28, 29/67 La Traviata — 12 — San Francisco State College Opera Theatre, Dewey Camp, urns. dir. 11/18/66 Iphigenia in Tauris Eng. Camp & Lardner 3/10, 11, 17, 18/67 Cosi fan tutte Eng. Martin San Jose State College Opera Workshop, £. C. Dunning, dir., San Jose 5/5, 6/67 The Long Christmas Dinner Santa Barbara Civic Opera Co., W. B. Collier, dir. 7/6/67 Madama Butterfly N. Lynn, Mackay; Lachona, Gilbert Santa Monica Civic Opera Assn., J. Garotto, mgr. 11/27/66 Andrea Chenier 2/6/67 Die Fledermaus 4/8/67 Rigoletto 6/10/67 Musical 8/27/67 Sonoma State College Opera Workshop, Peggy Donovan, dir., Rohnert Park 5/4, 5, 6/67 L'Heure Espagnole Eng. Wolff & Manage aux Lanterns Eng. Kahn, w. 2 p. University of Calif, at Workshop, Natalie Limonick, dir. 12/6, 8, 10, 11, 12/66Amahl and the Night Visitors w. 2 p. 2/28 3/2, 6, 10, 15 4/7/67 Cosi fan tutte Eng. Martin, w. 2 p. 2/4, 11, 12, 18, 25 3/5, 11, 18/67 Babar, the Elephant 6/2, 3, 4/67 Eng. Reese, w. orch. COLORADO Colorado State College Opera Guild, C. Schmitz, dir., Greeley 8/10, 11/67 Gianni Schicchi Eng. Grossman Colorado State University Opera Dept., Fort Collins 2/9, 10, 11/67 Rigoletto Eng. Machlis Colorado Woman's College Opera Workshop, A. Schoep, dir., Denver 6/22/67 Livietta and Tracollo Eng. Goldovsky & Old Maid and the Thief University of Denver Opera Workshop, Miss G. McGiffert, dir. 3/2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11/67 Cosi fan tutte 5/67 Lockwood's Requiem for a Rich Young Man video tape for KRMA CONNECTICUT Delphi Opera Group, J. Brainerd, dir., New Canaan 1966-67 Cosi fan tutte w. Greenwich Symphony, 2 pfs. " " Pergolesi's The Music Master in Stamford " " Faust 2 pfs. in Bridgeport The Goodspeed Opera House, East Haddam 8/21-9/2/67 Music Vale Opera Co., Mitchell College, New London 7/18, 20, 22/67 Madama Butterfly 8/1, 3, 5/67 Cosi fan tutte Simsbury Light Opera Co., J. L. Emerson, pres., Simsbury 4-5/67 9 pfs. FLORIDA Opera Arts Assn. Inc., Dolores McReynolds, art. dir., Merrit Island 3/17/67 La Traviata Eng. Martin revised schedule 5/28/67 Hansel and Gretel Eng. Bache 7/7, 8/67 Carmen Eng. Martin DELAWARE Wilmington Opera Society, E. W. Kjeilmark, Jr., pres. 11/66 The Merry Widow 3 pfs. 4/28, 29, 30/67 La Bohime GEORGIA Atlanta Municipal Theatre, C. Manos, gen. mgr., Opera in the Park 8/29, 31/67 Aida B. Thebom, dir. Berry College, Department of Music., H. M. Savige, Mount Berry 4/21, 22/67 The Medium w.p., harpsichord, bass, perc. HAWAII Chaminade College Opera Workshop, M. S. Warenskjold, dir., Honolulu 8/4, 5, 6, 7/66 Cosi fan tutte Eng. Warenskjold 8/67 Die Fledermaus Eng. Warenskjold, 4 pfs. Honolulu Symphony Opera Festival, G. Barati, mus. dir., summer schedule 7/21, 22/67 The Gypsy Baron Eng. Martin, Todd; Sullivan 13 IDAHO Ricks College Music Department, Chester Hill, Rexburg 12/7, 8, 9, 10/66 Die Fledermaus Eng. Martin University of Idaho Opera Workshop, Dorothy Barnes, dir., Moscow 12/66 Operatic scenes 5/19, 20/67 The Devil Take Her w.p. ILLINOIS American Opera Co., Anna Del Preda, gen. dir., Chicago 10/1/66 1/14/67 La Traviata 12/10/66 Rigoletto 3/11/67 5/20/67 Aida 6/3/67 // Trovatore 6/11/67 Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci Chicago Symphony Orchestra, June Festival, Orchestra Hall 6/15, 17/67 Dido and Aeneas concert pf., Forrester, Orantes, Kopleff; cond: Janigro Lithuanian Opera of Chicago, A. Kuchunas, art dir. 5/20, 21/67 Garzina Sukis; Vokataitis Northern Illinois University Opera Workshop, E. Smith, dir., DeKalb 4/12, 14, 16, 17, 19/67 The Medium Southern Illinois Univ. Opera Productions, Marjorie Lawrence, dir., Carbondale 2/24, 25, 26/67 Carmen Eng. Martin INDIANA Bethel College Opera Guild, Elliott Nordgren, Misbawaka 5/20/67 Down in the Valley Fort Wayne Philharmonic Opera Company, E. L. Higgins, mgr. 5/26, 27/67 Don Pasquale Eng. IOWA Drake University Opera Workshop, Marion Hall, dir., Des Monies 4/21, 22/67 Secret Marriage Eng. Bird-Witherspoon & The Cloak Eng. Machlis, 7/2/67 Double Trouble w.o. University of Northern Iowa, Opera Theatre, Jane Birkhead, dir. Cedar Falls 11/16, 17, 19, 20/66 The Marriage of Figaro Eng. Martin 4/26, 27, 28, 30 5/1/67 Musical University of Iowa Opera Workshop, H. Stark, dir., Iowa City 4/29/67 Le Roi I'a dit Eng. Orton-Stark-Pecile 8/1, 2, 4, 5/67 Die Fledermaus Eng. Dietz-Kanin KANSAS Fort Hays Kansas State College, Division of Music, Hays 2/24, 25/67 Kansas State University Opera Theatre, T. Golecke, mus. dir., Manhattan 2/17, 18/67 Riders to the Sea & The Telephone Kansas State College, Opera Theatre, L. W. Siegle, dir., Pittsburp 2/22, 24/67 The Barber of Seville Eng Martin 5/19/67 The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County & Game of Chance June-July/67 Two Musicals Tabor College Opera Workshop, Robert Jones, dir., Hillsboro 2/28 3/2/67 Comedy on the Bridge Eng. Schmolka & What Men Live By KENTUCKY Margaret Hall School, T. J. Oliver, Versailles 5/15/67 The Play of Daniel West Kentucky University, Dr. H. Carpenter, Bowling Green 3/29, 30, 31 4/1/67 Carmen Eng. Martin University of Kentucky Opera Theatre, Sheila House, dir., Lexington 11/18-20/66 Thompson's Solomon and Balkis & Rita 3/2-5/67 The Medium 7/19-23/67 Street Scene LOUISIANA Louisiana State University Opera Theatre, P. P. Fuchs., dir., Baton Rouge 11/16, 17/66 Cosi fan tutte Eng. Martin 2/20, 22/67 Iphigenia in Tauris — 14 — Shreveport Symphony Society Repertory Opera Co., J. Shenaut, mus. dir. 1/9, 11/67 Rigoletto Eng. Machlis 1/23, 25/67 Mack's Nora prem. 2/6, 8/67 La Boheme Eng. Dietz (2/9 in Grambling, La.) 2/28 3/1/67 Carmina Burana & Ballet Univ. of Southwestern La. Opera Guild, W. Ducrest, gen. mgr., Lafayette 2/15, 16, 18/67 Faust Eng. Fuchs 4/26, 27, 28/67 The Merry Widow Eng. Hassall-Lazarus-Brown 7/18, 19, 20/67 Musical MARYLAND Montgomery Junior College, G. Muller, dir. opera, Rockville 12/16/66 Amahl and the Night Visitors 3/16, 17, 18/67 Die Fledermaus Eng. Martin University of Maryland Opera Workshop, College Park 2/15, 16, 18/67 La Boheme Eng. Martin MASSACHUSETTS Cambridge Opera, Inc., Campbell Johnson, art. dir., 11 Garden Street 10/22/66 The Old Maid and the Thief 1/67 Bastien and Bastienne & Der Schauspieldirektor 2/25/67 The Telephone & II Tabarro Eng. Machlis 3/10, 11/67 Rigoletto Eng. Martin 8/25, 26/67 Italian Girl in Algiers Eng. Martin MICHIGAN Dearborn Opera Theatre, K. Hansen, coordinator, Dearborn 8/8/67 Bastien and Bastienne Eng. Bartusek-Bair Meadow Brook Festival, Detroit Symphony, R. Shaw, cond. 8/3/67 Oedipus Rex concert pf. Opera Workshop, J. Blatt, dir., Ann Arbor 11/17, 18, 21, 22/66 Don Pasquale Eng. Blatt 2/23, 24, 25, 26/67 Faust Eng. Blatt 8/3, 4, 5/67 Eng. Martin Wayne State University Opera Workshop, H. Begian, mus. dir., Detroit 5/25/67 The Pearl Fishers Eng. Cole MINNESOTA College of St. Benedict, Sister Mary H. Juettner, St. Joseph 5/11-15/67 The Consul Duluth Symphony Assn., H. Herz, mus. dir., Duluth 9/16, 18/66 Carmen Mankato State College Opera Workshop, J. Berg, dir. Mankato 3/8, 9, 10, 11/67 Cosi fan tutte Eng. Martin Moorhead State College Opera Singers, Dwayne Jorgenson, dir., Moorhead 5/11, 12, 13/67 Don Giovanni Eng. Dent St. Paul Opera Workshop, Mady Metzger, dir., St. Paul 1966-67 Suor Angelica; The Bartered Bride; Cavalleria Rusticana; 2 Musicals University of Minnesota, Opera Workshop, Dolores Langdon, dir., Duluth 5/5, 6/67 Riders to the Sea & Gallantry University of Minnesota, Opera Workshop, P. Knowles, din, Minneapolis 12/2, 3/66 Burge's Intervals & A Hand of Bridge 6/3, 4 5/67 Don Pasquale Eng. Mead MISSISSIPPI Mississippi College Opera Workshop, W. G. Claxton, dir., Clinton 4/16/67 Impresario 5/7, 8/67 MISSOURI Central Missouri State College, Opera Theatre, D. Scott, Warrensburg May 67 Cosi fan tutte Culver-Stockton College Opera Workshop, C. Olson, assist, dir., Canton 5/11, 12, 13/67 Cosi fan tutte Eng. Martin w.p. Southwest Mo. State College Opera Workshop, D. Emanuel, dir., Springfield 11/19, 20, 21/66 Sister Angelica Eng. Withers 2/10, 11, 12, 17, 18/67 La Traviata — 15 — NEW HAMPSHIRE The Hanover Opera Workshop, Mrs. R. Morton, dir., at Hopkins Center May 67 Faust w.p. University of New Hampshire Opera Workshop, W. E. Orr, dir., Durham 11/17, 18/66 Scenes from Boris Godunov & Fidelio w.p. 4/10, 11/67 La Serva padrona w.p. NEW JERSEY Monmouth Conservatory of Music Opera Workshop, F. Molzer, dir., Little Spring 11/18, 19, 20/66 Rita Eng. Mead & Gallantry 6/2, 3, 4/67 La Serva padrona Eng. Furgiuele & A Game of Chance Monmouth Opera Festival, Paramount Theatre, Asbury Park 6/18/67 Carmen Pospinov, Dale; Lacona, Lambrinos The Paterson Lyric Opera Theatre, A. Boyajian, art dir., Paterson 10/23 11/13/66 Carmen all with piano 4/14, 22/67 La Traviata 5/20/67 Macbeth 7/14, 15/67 Princeton Chamber Orchestra, Gordon Andrews, mgr., Princeton 4/26/67 Orefo ed Euridice concert pf. Trenton State College Opera Workshop, B. Steele, dir., Trenton 12/1/66 The Barber of Seville Eng. Martin 12/2, 3/66 Cavalleria Rusticana Eng. May & scenes 3/16, 17, 18/67 Die Fledermaus Eng. Martin NEW MEXICO Eastern New Mexico Uni. Opera Workshop, D. W. Moore, dir., Portales 12/1, 2, 3/66 Pagliacci & Amahl and the Night Visitors w.p. 5/11, 12, 13/67 The Bartered Bride w.orch. (revised schedule) NEW YORK Opera Theatre of Rochester, Ruth Rosenberg, gen. mgr., Rochester 10/29/66 6/19 7/10/67 Pagliacci 2/18 7/3/67 Birthday of the Infanta w.p. 8/7/67 The Beggar's Opera Opera Under the Stars, L. Treash, art. dir., Rochester, revised schedule 6/21, 24/67 Don Pasquale cond: Genhart; dir: Treash; des: Struthers 7/12, 15/67 The Crucible cond: Hollenbach; dir: Murray 7/26, 29/67 The Merry Wives of Windsor cond: Genhart; dir: Murray The Summer Savoyards, Mitchell Rothman, dir., Binghamton 8/11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20/67 Vassar College Music Department, A. Pearson, chmn., Poughkeepsie 2/25/67 L'Incoronazione di Poppea Eng. Proctor- Gregg NEW YORK CITY Barnard College, The Collegium Musicum, Ellen Terry 1/12, 13, 14/67 Acis and Galatea 4/27, 28, 19/67 The Medium w.p. Brooklyn College Music Department Opera Theatre, K. KSpe, dir. 11/5, 6/66 La Bohime Yllbd Gianni Schicchi & Suor Angelica 3 pfs. 5/67 Cosi fan tutte 3 pfs. Manhattan Opera Co., G. Caley, dir., at NYC parks 8/8, 15, 28/67 Tosca Eng. Gutman 8/14, 19, 9/12/67 Andrea Chinier Eng. Siegal-Lyman 8/21, 29/67 Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci 8/27 9/13/67 Aida Eng. Ducloux Master Institute of United Arts, P. Meyer, mus. dir., 310 Riverside Dr. 6/11/67 Operatic scenes w.p. Messina Opera Co., Jamaica, corrected schedule 10/28/66 Aida 5/3, 5/67 La Bohime 12/3/66 Lucia di Lammermoor 5/10/67 Carmen 3/11/67 Rigoletto 5/12/67 Tosca 4/29/67 Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci N.Y.C. Park's Department Theatre Workshop, W. H. Brown, mus. dir., East River Amphitheatre 8/30, 31, 9/1, 2/67 Schuman's Mighty Casey & Hindemith's Let's Build a Town & Weill's He Who Says Yes Y Choral Society, I. Rubenfeld, art. dir., 1395 Lexington Ave. 5/21/67 Judas Maccabeus — 16 — NORTH CAROLINA East Carolina Opera Workshop, Greenville 1/27, 28/67 Der Freischiitz Eng. 4/21/67 Riders to the Sea & Comedy on the Bridge University of North Carolina Opera Theatre, W. Mason, dir., Chapel Hill 2/4, 5/67 Don Giovanni Eng. own 5/2, 3/67 Regina University of North Carolina Opera Theatre, P. Hickfang, Greensboro 4/6, 7, 8, 9/67 Un hallo in maschera Eng. Fuchs 7/15/67 La Boheme Eng. Martin (workshop prod.) NORTH DAKOTA University of North Dakota Opera Co., Ph. Hisey, dir., Grand Forks 4/27, 28, 29/67 The Marriage of Figaro Eng. Martin

OHIO Bluffton College Opera Workshop, Bluffton 3/3, 4/67 H.M.S. Pinafore concert form Columbus Symphony Orchestra, A. McCracken, mgr., Columbus 4/19/67 Bom Godunov concert excerpts, Eng. Gutman; Hines, Kelly, Beattie Oberlin Conservatory Opera Theatre, Daniel Harris, dir., OberUn 11/10, 12/66 Cosi fan tutte Eng. Martin 5/13/67 The Tender Land concert pf., cond: Copland Ohio State University Opera Ensemble, Irma Cooper, dir., Columbus 12/9/66 Operatic scenes 3/4, 5/67 Gianni Schicchi Eng. Grossman & scenes from Magic Flute w.p. 5/20/67 The Medium & Act 11 Die Fledermaus Eng. Martin w.p. Springfield Civic Opera Co., Margret Kommel, Springfield 11/11, 12/66 Die Fledermaus Eng. Dietz-Kanin 3/10, 11/67 Carmen Eng. Martin The Toledo Orchestra, Serge Founder, mus. dir., Toledo 2/10, 11/67 Die Entfuhrung aus dent Serail concert pf. 2/25/67 Hansel and Gretel in cooperation with Piccolo Opera, Detroit OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City University Opera Theatre, Inez L. Silberg, dir. 12/2, 3/66 Van Grove's Ruth & Sunday Excursion & The Impresario 4/21, 22/67 The Tales of Hoffmann Eng. Martin Tulsa University Opera Department, D. Wright, dir., Tulsa 2/2, 6/67 Gallantry w.p. 5/18, 19, 20/67 The Consul w.orch. University of Oklahoma, Opera Theatre, J. Harrold, dir., Norman 12/15/66 5/3/67 Operatic scenes 2/19, 20/67 The Marriage of Figaro w.p., Eng. Harrold 4/20, 21, 22/67 Die Fledermaus Eng. Kerby OREGON Portland State College Opera Workshop, John Stehn, dir., Portland 12/1, 2, 3, 4/66 The Mikado 5/18, 19, 20/67 Goyescas & Pagliacci University of Oregon Opera Theatre, James Miller, mus. dir., Eugene 12/3/66 Gallantry & Orne's Cooper & Game of Chance 4/14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22/67 5/27/67 Blow's Venus and Adonis & Sister Angelica Eng. Withers PENNSYLVANIA Chatham College, The Opera Workshop, F. Kurzweil, dir., Pittsburgh 8/17, 26/67 In a Garden 8/29/67 Metano's The Flight into Egypt Curtis Institute Opera Dept., Martial Singher, dir., Philadelphia 3/14/67 Suor Angelica & Gianni Schicchi w.p. 3/16/67 // Tabarro w.p. 4/7, 15/67 // Tabarro & Gianni Schicchi w.orch. 4/9/67 Bastien and Bastienne & Gianni Schicchi w.orch. Lancaster Opera Workshop, Leonore Reese, pres., Lancaster 11/25, 26, 27, 12/9, 14/66 Amahl and the Night Visitors w.p. 6/14, 15, 16, 17/67 Die Fledermaus Eng. Martin Little Lyric Opera Co., Theatre Under the Stars, Philadelphia 5/28 6/5/67 Don Pasquale 5/31/67 La Traviata — 17 — Muhlenberg College Opera Workshop, L. Lenel, dir., Allentown 12/8, 9, 10/66 Amahl and the Night Visitors Philadelphia Co., at Academy of Music 5/ 19, 20/67 The Pirates of Penzance Rittenhouse Opera Society, M. Farnese, art. dir., Philadelphia 1/19, 20, 21/67 L'Amico Fritz & Suor Angelica 3/16, 17, 18/67 Lord Byron's Love Letters 4/8 6/28 8/4, 5/67 Cavalleria Rusticana 3/16, 17, 18 4/16 7/7, 17, 25, 26/67 // Campanello 4/8-16/67 Pagliacci 4/27, 28, 29/67 Madama Butterfly 7/25, 26/67 Devil and Daniel Webster Saint Fidelis College, Oakland Lyric Co., R. Feilner, dir., Pittsburgh 11/5/66 The Telephone, Comedy on the Bridge & Trouble in Tahiti SOUTH CAROLINA Anderson College Music Department, William Bridges, Anderson 12/11/66 Amahl and the Night Visitors Bob Jones University Opera Assn., D. Gustafson, dir., Greenville 5/25, 30/67 Abu Hassan Eng. Harris (see also 9/66 Blltn.) SOUTH DAKOTA University of South Dakota Opera Workshop, C. W. Hough, Vermillion 1966-67 Arabesque (Rudolf Marek) prem. Northern State College, J. Berggren, chmn. Division Fine Arts, Aberdeen 1966-67 Secret of Susanna w.p. TEXAS Texas Arts and Industry Univ. Music Dept., Th. Pierson, chmn., KingsvHle 12/1, 2/66 The Mikado w.p. 4/14, 15/67 Aida w.orch. Eng. Ducloux Texas Christian University Opera Workshop, F. Berens, dir., Fort Worth 2/24, 25/67 Schwanda, the Bagpiper Eng. Texas Woman's University Opera Workshop, Joan Wall, dir., Denton 1/9, 10, 11, 12/67 Hansel and Gretel Eng. Bache w.p. University of Houston Opera Workshop, John Druary, dir., Houston 4/7, 8/67 Requiem for a Rich Young Man & The Medium University of Texas Opera Workshop, R. Picardi, Austin 11/10, 11/66 Operatic scenes 3/16, 17, 18/67 The Bartered Bride Eng. Marshall U.S. Army Air Defense Center, H. C. Pattee, Special Services, Houston 12/11, 17, 18/66 Amahl and the Night Visitors w. 2 p. UTAH University of Utah Opera Co., A. Watts, exec, dir., Salt Lake City 1-2/67 The Impresario 16 pfs. (see also 9/66 Blltn.) VIRGINIA Arlington Opera Theatre, R. Weilenmann, mus. dir., Arlington 10/14, 15, 16/66 Rigoletto Eng. Machlis 2/24, 25, 26/67 The Barber of Seville Eng. Martin; Fling; Torigi, Siena, Summers 4/28, 29, 30/67 Madama Butterfly Eng. Martin; Monette, Evans; Mallette, Gregori Lynchburg College Opera Workshop, R. Ellinwood, dir., Lynchburg 12/11, 12, 13/66 Little Red Riding Hood w.p. 4/27, 28, 29/67 Noye's Fludde w.orch. Old Dominion College Opera Workshop, H. G. Hawn, dir., Norfolk 1/14/67 Slow Dusk & Jumping Frog of Calaveras County 5/27/67 The Bartered Bride Eng. Newmarch Peninsula Civic Opera Inc., Newport News 10/21/66 4/21, 22/67 Musical 1/20, 21/67 Tosca Eng. Virginia State College Opera Workshop, W. Patterson, dir., Petersburg 12/15/66 Amahl and the Night Visitors 5/11/67 The Telephone & Captain Lovelock — 18 — WASHINGTON Bainbridge Light Opera Assn., £. M. Ulloa, mgr., Bainbridge Island 6/16, 17, 18/67 The Gondoliers Seattle Opera Assn. in-school-program (reg. season 6/66 Blltn) 8/67 Down in the Valley 6 pfs. under President's Council of Youth Opportunities University of Washington Festival Opera, Stanley Chappie, dir., Seattle 4/26, 28/67 Eugene Onegin (replacing Don Carlo) Eng. Reese (1/67 Blltn.) 8/16, 18/67 Gianni Schicchi & Old Maid and the Thief Washington State University Opera Theatre, Margaret Davis, dir., Pullman 1/22/67 Orpheus and Euridice Eng. Ducloux & Argento's The Boor w.p. 5/4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13/67 The Magic Flute Eng. Martin Western Washington State College, Opera Workshop, Th. Osborne, Bellingham 12/13-18/66 The Beauty and the Beast w.p. 5/12, 13/67 Riders to the Sea w.p. 7/28, 29/67 Hoist's Savitri & Gianni Schicchi WEST VIRGINIA Johnson Memorial Methodist Church, H. McDowell, mus. dir., Huntington 3/3/67 Sister Angelica Eng. Withers Oglebay Institute Opera Workshop, B. Goldovsky, dir., Wheeling 8/23/67 Madama Butterfly Eng. Martin WISCONSIN Madison Civic Music Ass'n., R. Johnson, mus. dir., Madison 2/9, 10, 11, 17, 24, 25/67 Die Fledermaus Eng. Dietz-Kanin University of Wisconsin Opera Workshop, Karlos Moser, dir., Madison 8/4, 5/67 The Wings of the Dove

CANADA Canadian Broadcasting Co., J. Roberts, supervisor, music dept., Toronto, Ont 10/18/66 Cosi fan tutte 10/66 Willan's Deidre of the Sorrows 1/17/67 Lavalle's The Widow (also European releases through CBC International Service) New Brunswick Symphony and Opera Co., St. John, N.B. 5/18/67 Douglas Major's The Loyalists prem.

NEW COS MEMBERS Ronald Armstrong, 173 Columbia Heights, Brooklyn Heights, N.Y. Peter M. Brady, Jr., 10 Randolph Place, West Orange, N.J. Fort Wayne Philharmonic Opera Co., Elliot Higgins, 201 W. Jefferson St., Fort Wayne, Ind. Friends of City Center, Roy Leaf, 130 W. 56th St., New York, N.Y. Miss Nancy R. Hoffman, Summy-Birchard, Co., 1100 Glendon Ave., Los Angeles, Cal. Robert Howery Studios, Bob Williams, Gen. Mgr., 6315 Atwell, Houston, Texas Hanover Opera Workshop, Mrs. Ruth Morton, 2 Webster Terrace, Hanover, N.H. Edward F. LaCroix, 539 McAlway Rd., Charlotte, N.C. Miss Nancy Lang, 4200 Cathedral Parkway, N.W., Washington, D.C. Univ. of Lethbridge Music Dept., Prof. L. Needham, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada Miss Jean McLeese, P. O. B. 265, Hanover, N.H. Memphis State Univ. Opera Theatre, G. Osborne, Dir., Memphis, Tenn. Stefan Petroff, West End Opera Ass'n., 5407 Hermosa, Alta Loma, Cal. Lawrence T. Post, M.D., 211 N. Meremac Ave., Clayton, Mo. Princeton Chamber Orchestra, Gordon Andrews, Mgr., P. O. B. 455, Princeton, N.J. Jerome P. Schooler, 34 Horseshow Lane, Roslyn Heights, N.Y. Univ. of Tennessee Opera Theatre, E. Zambara, Dir., 1741 Volunteer Blvd., Knoxville, Tenn. Wichita State Univ., School of Music, F. Dybdahl, Wichita, Kansas — 19 — PERFORMANCE LISTING, 1967-68 SEASON (not previously listed)

CALIFORNIA Educational Opera Assn., J. A. Ford, exec, dir., Burbank 10/67-5/68 The Barber of Seville in schools abt. 26 pfs. w.p. (abt. 1 hour) Fresno Opera Assn., N. Iacovetti, mus. dir., Fresno 11/3, 4/67 La Traviata Eng. Martin 2/9, 10/68 // Tabarro Eng. Machlis & The Old Maid and the Thief 5/10, 11/67 The Marriage of Figaro Eng. Martin Guild Opera Company, J. R. Moss, bus. mgr., Los Angeles 4-5/68 The Magic Flute Eng. Martin, 15 pfs. San Fernando Valley State College Opera Theatre, D. W. Scott, dir., Northridge 11/17, 18, 19 12/1, 2, 3/67 Die Kluge 3/29, 30 4/3, 4, 6/68 The Crucible Ludgin San Francisco State College Opera Theatre, Dewey Camp, mus. dir. 12/8/67 Mavra & Angelique w.p. 3/22, 23, 29, 30/68 The Merry Wives of Windsor w.orch. Santa Barbara Civic Opera Co., W. B. Collier, dir. 1/68 Otello University of California Opera Workshop, C. Zytowski, dir., Santa Barbara 12/1, 2, 3/67 Haydn's Orlando Paladino Am. prem. 3/1, 2, 3/68 Die Kluge 5/24, 25/68 Short operas to be announced CONNECTICUT Hartt Opera Theatre, E. Nagy, dir., University of Hartford Feb. '68 The Tales of Hoffmann Touring Operas for Children: Dr. Nagy's adaptation from The Magic Flute: The Adventures of Tamino and Pamina, Levine's The Golden Medal, Barab's Little Red Riding Hood DELAWARE Wilmington Opera Society, E. W. Kjellmark, Jr., pres. 11/67 Tosca 3 pfs. Eng. Gutman 4/68 Faust 3 pfs. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Washington National Symphony, Howard Mitchell, mus. dir. 4/9, 10/68 Parsifal concert pfs. FLORIDA Dade Family Operas, Opera Guild of Greater Miami 11/26/67 Madama Butterfly (season of OGGM see 6/67 Blltn) 5/5/68 Elixir of Love GEORGIA Augusta Opera Co., B. E. Evans, pres. 9/15, 16/67 La Boheme Eng. Martin (Inaugural performance) Savannah Symphony Soc, R. C. Williams, mgr., C. Kelley, mus. dir. 4/6/68 Tosca HAWAII University of Hawaii Opera Studio & Drama Dept, R. W. Vine, Honolulu 3/1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10/68 The Marriage of Figaro IDAHO Ricks College Music Department, Chester W. Hill, Rexburg 12/6, 7, 8, 9/67 Hansel and Gretel ILLINOIS The American Opera Co., Anna del Preda, gen. dir., Chicago 9/15/67 Carmen INDIANA American National Opera Co., S. Caldwell, dir., opening of tour, Indianapolis 9/15, 22/67 Glossop 9/16, 20/67 Lulu Cullen 9/19, 21, 23/67 Tosca Collier — 20 — Indiana University Opera Theater, W. Bain, dean, Bloomington 10/14, 21, 28/67 // Coronazione di Poppea Eng. 11/4, 11, 18 12/2/67 Eng. 12/9, 16/67, 1/6, 13/68 // Trovatore Eng. 2/10, 17, 24/68 The Bartered Bride Eng. 3/2, 9, 16, 23/68 Elegy for Young Lovers Eng. 4/20, 27, 5/11/68 Andrea Chenier Eng. 3/68 Parsifal LOUISIANA Shreveport Civic Opera, Mrs. J. P. Wallace, pres. 11/18/67 Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci Tatum; Lachona, Lambrinos, Roberto; Olvis, Milnes, Lambrinos; Fuchs; Cosenza 2/10/68 All Wagner concert; Farrell 3/23/68 The Tales of Hoffmann Sills; Domingo, Treigle; Alessandro; Capobianco MINNESOTA Center Opera Co. of Walker Art Center, J. Ludwig, gen. mgr., Minneapolis 9/20, 22, 24, 26/67 The Magic Flute concert pf. 1/25, 27 2/1, 3, 4, 10/68 Orpheus in the Underworld 3/7, 9, 15, 16/68 A Midsummer Nighfs Dream 3-4/68 Cosi fan tutte touring prod, under Minn. State Arts Council Duluth Symphony Association, H. Herz, cond., Duluth 9/21, 23/67 // Trovatore Arroyo, Roggero; Sergi, Quilico, Beattie MISSISSIPPI Jackson Opera Guild, Mrs. J. T. Kitchings, pres., Jackson 11/30 12/2/67 // Trovatore Ferriero, King; Theyard, Perez 4/6, 8/67 Aida Goodman, Monette; Tucker — opening of new Auditorium University of Mississippi Opera Theatre, Leland Fox, dir., University 12/15, 16/67 Cosi fan tutte 4/25, 26, 27/68 Susannah MISSOURI Southeast Missouri State College, MaryLou Henry, dir. Opera, Cape Girardeau 2/29 3/1, 2, 7, 8, 9/68 The Marriage of Figaro Eng. Martin Southwest Mo. State College Opera Workshop, D. Emanuel, dir., Springfield 10/27, 28, 29/67 The Scarf 2/14, 15, 16, 17, 18/68 The Marriage of Figaro Eng. Martin William Sewell College Music Department, Wesley Forbis, chmn., Liberty 11/4, 5/67 Hin und Zuriick & The Unicorn, Gorgon and Manticore NEBRASKA Omaha Civic Opera Society, Inc., W. S. Matthews, v.p., J. Levine, mus. dir. 1/26, 27/68 Tosca 5/3, 4/68 Faust University of Omaha Opera Theatre, Robert Ruetz, dir., Omaha 2/19, 20/68 The Turk in Italy Eng. Goldovsky 4/28/68 Operatic scenes NEW HAMPSHIRE University of New Hampshire Opera Workshop, W. E. Orr, dir., Durham 10/30, 31/67 Dido and Aeneas 3/22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30/68 5/7, 8/68 Suor Angelica NEW JERSEY Trenton State College Opera Workshop, B. Steele, dir., Trenton 3/68 Aida Eng. Ducloux 3 pfs. NEW MEXICO Eastern New Mexico University Opera Workshop, D. Moore, Ait., Portales 11/9, 10, 11/67 Opera scenes 5/9, 10, 11/68 La Boheme — 21 — NEW YORK Greater Utica Opera Co., P. Caputo, R. Murray, dirs., Utica 3/29, 30/68 Amelia Goes to the ball & Suor Angelica Syracuse Symphony Orchestra, K. Kritz, mus. dir. 11/24, 25, 28, 30 12/1, 2/67 Ihe Tales of Hoffmann 3/19, 20/68 Carmen Tri-Cities Opera, Mrs. G. Ainslie, exec, dir., Binghamton 10/29* 11/3, 4, 5*, 11, 12*, 17, 18, 19/67 La Boheme * student mat. 2/25* 3/1, 2, 3*, 9, 10*, 15, 16, 17/68 Eugene Onegin 12/15, 16, 17/67 Amahl and the Night Visitors (workshop prod.) Turnau Opera Players, W. Pinner, prod., Woodstock 1967-68 tour The Barber of Seville (approx. 35 pfs.) NEW YORK CITY Amato Opera, Anthony Amato, dir., 329 Bowery, 20th anniversary season 9/15, 16, 22, 23, 29, 30 10/6, 7/67 The Magic Flute Eng. 10/13, 14, 20, 21, 27, 28 11/3, 4/67 La Boheme 11/10, 11, 17, 18, 24, 25, 12/1, 2/67 Don Giovanni 12/8, 9, 15, 16, 22, 23, 29, 30/67 Tosca 1/19, 20, 26, 27 2/2, 3, 9, 10/68 Faust 2/16, 17, 23, 24 3/1, 2, 8, 9/68 Luisa Miller 3/15, 16, 22, 23, 29, 30 4/5, 6/68 The Barber of Seville 4/12, 13, 19, 20, 26, 27 5/3, 4/68 Carmen 5/10, 11, 17,18, 24, 25, 31 6/1/68 La Traviata 6/7, 8, 14, 15, 21, 22, 28, 29/68 // Trovatore 12/26/67 The Magic Flute matinee 12/28/67 The Mikado matinee 12/29/67 Hansel and Gretel matinee 2/22/68 H.M.S. Pinafore matinee American National Opera Co., S. Caldwell, dir., Brooklyn Academy of Music 10/6/67 Lulu Cullen 10/7/67 mat. Falstaff Glossop 10/7/67 eve. Tosca Collier American Opera Society, A. S. Oxenburg, dir., at Carnegie Hall 11/9/67 Bellini's Norma Suliotis; Cecchele; cond: Cellario 12/6/67 Donizetti's Maria Stuardo Caballe, Verrett; cond: Cellario 1/17/68 Verdi's Alzira Ross; Cecchele 2/7/68 Haydn's Sutherland; Gedda; cond: Bonynge 3/6/68 Catalani's La Wally Tebaldi; Penagos, Glossop; cond: Cleva The American Savoyards, Dorothy Raedler, at Jan Hus Playhouse 10/12/67 10/19/67 Gondoliers 10/31/67 H.M.S. Pinafore 10/17/67 Iolanthe 10/24/67 The Mikado The Clarion Music Society Inc., J. Hurley, exec, dir., N. Jenkins, mus. dir., at Town Hall 12/5/67 Keiser's Croesus concert pf. Am. prem., Coulter, Shane; Clatworthy, Cuenod, Kruysen, Smith; cond: N. Jenkins Community Opera Inc., Gladys Mathew, pres. 11/5/67 Un Ballo in maschera at Brooklyn Museum 12/3, 9/67 The Golden Cockerel at Brooklyn Museum; 9 at N.Y. Historical Soc. 12/12/67 Pergolesi's The Jealous Husband at Donnell Library 2/4/68 Mignon at Brooklyn Museum 2/23/68 Sunday Excursion at Lincoln Center Library-Museum 2/29/68 Gallantry at Donnell Library 3/3/68 La Boheme at Brooklyn Museum 4/7/68 Cosi fan tutte at Brooklyn Museum The FBN Opera Workshop, at Educational Alliance, L. Fowler, prod.-dir. 8/16, 24 9/6/67 Carmen Little Orchestra Society-Brooklyn Academy of Music 10/8/67 Busoni's Turandot (see 6/67 Bulletin for Philharmonic Hall dates) 12/10/67 The Makropoulos Case 12/17/67 L'Enfance du Christ 4/21/68 Orff's Antigonae Metropolitan Opera, Lincoln Center, R. Bing, gen. mgr. 9/18+, 23*, 26, 30 10/4, 7+, 13, 19 11/1+, 8, 18* 12/7+, 11, 23+, 3O*/67 La Traviata 9/19g, 22, 27 10/2, 7*, 10, 16, 26 11/25/67 Romeo et Juliette* 9/20, 23, 28 10/12, 20, 28* 11/2 + 12/12, 18, 25/67 Die Zauberfiote 9/21, 25, 30* 10/6, 27 11/18, 22, 29 12/2/67 La Gioconda 9/29 10/3, 9. 21*, 25 11/4+, 7, 11, 15/67 La Forza del destino 10/5, 14*, 18, 24, 28, 11/10, 17, 28, 12/4, 16*/67 Falstaff 10/11, 14, 17, 23, 30 11/3, 11*, 14, 23 12/1, 6, 9*/67 Le Nozze di Figaro — 22 — 10/21, 31, 11/4*, 9, 13/67 11/6, 16, 20, 25*, 30 12/8, 13, 16, 20, 23*, 26, 3O+/67 Hansel and Gretel* ll/21g, 24, 27, 12/2*, 5/67 Die Walkiire* 12/9, 14, 19, 22, 28/67 Mourning Becomes Electro 12/15g, 21, 29/67 Carmen* 12/27/67 Aida 12/31+/67 Martha * — matinee, -\ non-subscription, g — Met-Guild benefit, opera* — new prod. : Amara, Armstrong, Arroyo, Boky, Brill, Caballe, Carson, Clements, Collier, Crespin, Curtin, Curtis-Verna, Delcampo, Delia Casa, DePaul, Deutekom, Di Franco, Dvorakova, Fenn, Freni, Janowitz, Kabaivanska, Kalil, Kirsten, Kuch- ta, Lear, Lewis, Lorengar, Moffo, Nilsson, Ordassy, Peters, Pilou, Pracht, Price, Raskin, Rysanek, Scotto, Stratas, Sukis, Sutherland, Telbadi, Trona, Tucci, Welt- ing. — Mezzo-sop: Amaparan, Baldwin, Barbieri, Berganza, Bumbry, Casei, Cer- nei, Chookasian, Cossotto, Cjevic, Dalis, Dunn, Elias, Ericson, Grillo, Hupp, Kil- lebrew, Kitsopoulos, Love, Ludwig, Madeira, Miller, Rankin, Resnik, Thebom, WiUiams. Ten: Alexander, Alva, Anthony, Bergonzi, Carelli, Caruso, Corelli, Franke, Gedda, King, Konya, Kraus, Labo, Marek, McCracken, Morell, Nagy, Olvis, Parly, Peerce, Prevedi, Raimondi, Schmorr, Schreier, Shirley, Tucker, Velis, Vickers. — Bar: Bacquier, Berry, Bottcher, Boucher, Cassel, Christopher, Col- zani, Doench, Dooley, Goodloe, Guarrera, Harvuot, Krause, Lambrinos, London, MacNeil, Meredith, Merrill, Milnes, Reardon, Sereni, Stewart, Uppman, Walker. — Basses: Alvary, Corena, Diaz, Flagello, Ghiaurov, Giaiotti, Gramm, Hines, Macurdy, Michalski, Pechner, Plishka, Ridderbusch, Scott, Sgarro, Siepi, Tozzi, Wiemann. Cond: Allers, Amaducci, Cleva, Gardelli, Karajan, Klobucar, Krips, Mehta, Mo- linari-Pradelli, Rosenstock, Schippers. — St. dir: Aoyama, Cacoyannis, Barrault, Deiber, Graf, Karajan, Lehmann, Lunt, Merrill, Rennert, Ritchard, Wallmann, Yannopoulos, Zeffirelli. — Des: Aronson, Beaton, Berman, Chagall, Colonnello, Crayon, Dupont, Elson, Fox, Gerard, Heinrich, Maximowna, Messel, Montresor, Nagasaka, O'Hearn, Schneider-Simssen, Smith, Wagner, Zeffirelli. New York City Opera State Theatre, Julius Rudel, gen. dir. 9/14, 17*, 23*, 10/4/67 The Magic Flute 9/15, 17, 24* 10/8 11/2, 4/67 La Traviata 9/16*, 22, 30 10/8*, 11, 22 11/11/67 Carmen 9/16, 29, 10/21*, 29*/67 The Marriage of Figaro 9/21, 24, 10/1*, 7*/67 Le Coq d'Or* 9/23 10/19 11/5, 9/67 The Barber of Seville 9/27 10/13, 17, 28* ll/4*/67 La Bohime 9/28 10/1, 3, 15*, 20/67 Cavalleria Rusticana* & Pagliacci* 9/30* 10/7, 15, 18, 25, 31 11/3/67 Madama Butterfly 10/5, 21, 29, 11/1, ll*/67 Tosca 10/6, 14, 28, 11/5*, 10/67 Der Rosenkavalier 10/12, 14*, 22,, 27 11/1, 8/67 Julius Caesar 10/26 11/7, 12/67 Lizzie Borden * — new prod, sop: Bayard, Brooks, Carron, Crader, Elgar, Grant, Griimmer, Heimal, Jeffrey, Joanisse, Lampropulos, Monette, Niska, Patenaude, Roberto, Schauler, Shane, Sills, Summers, Tyler, Venora, Witkowska, Wyckoff; mezzos & contral: Bible, Creed, B. Evans, E. Evans, Papadaki, Povia, Sachs, Tourangeau, Turner, Wolff; ten: Castel, DiGiuseppe, Domingo, Lankston, LoMonaco, Marti, Miller, Molese, Novoa, Stewart, Vellucci bar. & bass: Beattie, Beck, Bittner, Clatworthy, Cossa, Devlin, Fredericks, Hale, Ledbetter, Malas, Marsh, Metcalf, Pierson, Rayson, Roma, Schnapka, Schwartz- man, D. Smith, M. Smith, Treigle, Tyl, Yule. New York Pro Musica, John White, mus. dir. 11-12/67 The Play of Daniel abt. 25 pfs. in NYC and on tour 12/67 The Play of Herod abt. 6 pfs. in NYC Opera Theatre of New York, Inc., R. Barri, dir. tour 1967-68 Otello, Romeo and Juliet tour Caribbean Islands Richard Bracken's Storyland Theatre, at Judson Hall 10/14-12/3/67 Finn's Little Women 12/9/67-2/4/68 Elliotts' Daniel Boone 2/10-4/27/68 Drakert's Heidi Village Light Opera Group Ltd., N. K. Keller, pres. at Fashion Institute 12/2, 3, 9, 10/67 The Mikado 5/68 To be announced NORTH CAROLINA University of North Carolina Opera Theatre, W. Mason, dir., Chaple Hill 2/3, 4/68 Madama Butterfly 5/1, 2/68 Dialogues of the Carmelites — 23 — OHIO Cleveland Institute of Music Opera Theater, A. Addison, dir. 12/15, 17/67 Falstaff cond: J. Levine; dir: Addison 3/15, 17/68 La Bohime cond-dir: Addison Lake Erie Opera Theatre, L. Lane, mus. dir., Cleveland 9/67 Season cancelled due to union negotiations with Cleveland Orchestra Mansfield Symphony Society, R. L. Cronquist, mus. dir. 2/4/68 Carmen Thebom; Knoll Ohio State Univ. Opera Theatre & Columbus Symphony, P. Hickfang, dir. opera 12/9/67 Hansel and Gretel cond: Whallon Springfield Civic Opera Co., Margret Kommel, pres., Springfield 11/67 The Barber of Seville 2 pfs. 3/68 Faust 2 pfs. OREGON Portland Opera Assn., D. Lensch, exec, dir., H. Weiskopf, mus. dir. 8/4, 5, 6/67 Die Fledermaus (outdoor perf.) 10/2, 3/67 La Bohime Fenn; Campora, Reitan 1/16, 18/68 La Traviata Moffo; Morell, Ludgin 3/14, 16/68 Carmen Elias, Mitton; di Virgilio, Diaz 5/9, 11/68 Rigoletto Venora; Barioni, Guarrera PENNSYLVANIA Chatham College Opera Workshop, F. Kurzweil, dir., Pittsburgh 9/1, 2/67 The Merry Wives of Windsor Muhlenberg College Opera Workshop, L. Lenel, dir., Allentown 10/26, 27, 28/67 The Marriage of Figaro Eng. Martin Susquehanna University Opera Workshop, Frances Alterman, dir., Selinsgrove 1/6, 7/68 The Pirates of Penzance TENNESSEE Peabody College Opera Workshop, S. Witherow, dir., Nashville 5/1, 2, 3, 4/68 The Merry Widow University of Tennessee Opera Theatre, E. Zambara, dir., KnoxviUe 10/67 Operatic scenes 12/67 Amahl and the Night Visitors 2 pfs. 2/68 The Beggar's Opera 2 pfs. 5/68 Faust Eng., 2 pfs. TEXAS Beaumont Civic Opera, Naaman Woodland, Jr., dir., Beaumont 2/16, 17/68 La Boheme Eng. Martin; cond: Fuchs Corpus Christi Symphony Orchestra, M. Peress, mus. dir. 4/1/68 Porgy and Bess Warfield, Gillaume, Randolph Fort Worth Opera Assn., Rudolf Kruger, art dir. 12/1, 3/67 Aida Eng. Ducloux; Bjoner, Rankin; Domingo, Ludgin, West 1/19, 21/68 The Marriage of Figaro Eng. Martin; Summers, Haywood, Creed; Malas, Clatworthy, Castel 3/8, 10/68 Manon Lescaut Kabaiwanska; Domingo, Torigi 4/5, 7/68 Lucia di Lammermoor Sills; Craig, Cossa; cond: R. Kruger; st. dirs: A. Rott, B. Hebert, R. Herbert, R. Harrower Houston Opera Co., W. Herbert, dir., in-school-program (reg. season,, 6/67 Bllt.) 1967-68 The Telephone & La Serva padrona 55 pfs. San Antonio Grand Opera Festival, V. Alessandro, mus. dir. 3/2/68 Tosca Kirsten; Tucker, Meredith 3/3/68 The Tales of Hoffmann Sills; Domingo, Treigle 3/23 in Shreveport 3/9/68 Der Rosenkavalier Bjoner, Miller, Brooks; Edelmann 3/10/68 La Traviata Moffo; Alexander, Milnes 2/24 in McAllen; Sills Hemisfair '68, at new Opera House, San Antonio 4/6, 8, 11/68 uncut version, Kabaiwanska, Home; Gobbi, Gramm; cond: Alexander; st. dir: Capobianco San Antonio Symphony, V. Alessandro, cond. 12/7, 10, 12/67 The Barber of Seville (Ford Foundation grant) Brooks; Torigi, di Virgilio Texas Woman's University Opera Workshop, Joan Wall, dir., Denton 1/13/68 Dido and Aeneas w.orch. — 24 — UTAH University of Utah Opera Co., A. Watts, exec, dir., Salt Lake City 12/11-16/67 Amahl and the Night Visitors 1/25, 27/68 The Flying Dutchman Eng. Crosby 5/16, 17, 18/68 Don Pasquale WASHINGTON Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra, James Van Horn, mus. dir. 3/19/68 Carmen Eng. Martin Seattle Opera Company, G. Ross, dir. (reg. season see 6/67 Blltn.) 3-4/68 The Barber of Seville state tour sponsored by grant under Title III WISCONSIN Florentine Opera Company, J. Anello, mus. dir., Milwaukee Fall 67 The Tales of Hoffmann Meredith Madison Civic Music Assn., R. Johnson, mus. dir., Madison 2/16, 17, 18/68 Jumping Frog of Calaveras County & Hansel and Gretel University of Wisconsin Opera Workshop, Karlos Moser, dir., Madison 2/24, 25, 26/68 La Boheme Eng. Goldovsky 5/19, 20, 21/68 Oedipus Rex & Les Mamelles de Tiresias Eng. Goss CANADA Edmonton Opera Assn., I. Guttman, art dir., Alberta 11/24, 25/67 The Barber of Seville Eng. Goldovsky, Vanni 4/3, 5, 6/68 La Traviata Thomson; Poretta, Sordello Vancouver Opera Assn., Irving Guttman, dir., British Columbia 10/21, 25, 28 11/1, 4/67 Rigoletto Brooks; Alexander Quilico 2/3, 7, 10, 13/68 The Flying Dutchman Tatum; Ward 5/1, 4, 7, 9, 11, 14/68 Tosca Collier; Domingo, Ludgin Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, British Columbia 1967-68 L'Histoire du scldat date to be announced New Brunswick Opera Co., T. Hahn, dir., St. John, New Brunswick 1967-68 Hansel and Gretel Aeolian Hall Operatic Productions, Gordon Jeffrey, cond., London, Ont. 5/68 The Magic Flute 3 pfs. Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra, L. Hepner, dir., Hamilton, Ontario 11/12/67 Romeo et Juliette Toronto Symphony, Ontario 12/67 L'Enfance du Christ (Toronto & Ottawa) University of Western Ontario Music Department, Paul Green, London, Ont. 11/19/67 Beckwith' Night Blooming Cereus L'Orchestre Symphonique de Quebec, Quebec 1967-68 Jeanne d'Arc au bucher McGill University Opera Workshop, E. & L. della Pergola, Montreal, Queb. 12/15, 16, 18/67 Jone's 5am Slick prem. University of Saskatchewan, Conservatory of Music, H. Leyton-Brown, Regina, Saskatchewan 11/67 The Marriage of Figaro 4 pfs.

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