CENTRAL OPERA SERVICE BULLETIN

VOLUME 18, NUMBER 4

INDEX NEW OPERAS AND PREMIERES 1 MORE BICENTENNIAL OPERAS 1 POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS 3 AMERICAN PREMIERES 3 FOREIGN PREMIERES 4 NEW COMPANIES 6 OPERA ECONOMICS 7 OPERA COMPANIES: DEVELOPMENTS 9 NEW ARTS CENTERS 10 COS INSIDE INFORMATION 11 TRANSLATIONS 11 SETS AND COSTUMES FOR RENT 12 PERFORMANCE LISTING, 1975-76 conk 14 PERFORMANCE LISTING, Summer 1976 25 FIRST PERFORMANCE LISTING, 1976-77 33 ADDENDA TO 1976 DIRECTORY 45

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NEW OPERAS AND PREMIERES MORE AMERICAN BICENTENNIAL OPERAS The New York City Opera has scheduled the premiere of the previously announced HENDERSON, THE RAIN KING after Saul Bellow's book, for April 10, 1977. The opera will carry the title LILY. Leon Kirchner is the composer and this repre- sents his first operatic venture. He will conduct the first performance and Tom O'Horgan, of Hair and Jesus Christ Superstar fame, will be the stage director. This will be the second time within two years that the City Opera is engaging Broadway theatre talent to stage opera — Harold Prince directed Tal's Ashmedai. In February San Francisco's Spring Opera Theater offered MEETING MR. IVES in celebration not only of the American Bicentennial, but also of the composer's 100th anniversary. The book and text are by Brendan Gill, a writer for the New Yorker, the musical arrangement by Richard Dufallo. The work was first heard last summer at the Lenox Arts Center in Massachusetts; the California per- formances represent the first ones by an opera company. Following are the premiere dates for two previously announced new works. The one is Richard Owen's MARY DYER, originally scheduled for a performance in Massachusetts in 1974 (see Spring '74 Blltn.). The true story of a Quaker woman hanged as a witch in 1660 was re-enacted on June 12, 1976 at Rockland Community College at Suffern, New York, with Lynn Owen, the composer's wife, in the title role. — Thomas Pasatieri's WASHINGTON SQUARE (see Fall '75 Blltn.) will enjoy its premiere by the Michigan Opera Theatre in Detroit on October 1. Com- missioned by the company with a grant from the Michigan State Arts Council, it is scored for chamber orchestra and will feature Catherine Malfitano and Brent Ellis in leading roles. June 1st and 17th marked the dates of first performances of two new operas by Gian Carlo Menotti. The first, THE HERO, was performed by the Opera Com- pany of Philadelphia and is a satire on today's social values. The premiere featured Nancy Shade, Diane Curry and Dominic Cossa; the conductor was Christopher Keene. The second work, THE EGG, is a church opera. It was premiered at the Washington Cathedral on June 17 together with Menotti's Martin's Lie, the latter in an American first performance. Its only previous pro- duction was in Bath, England, in 1964, where it was presented in the Canterbury Cathedral. Hugh Aitkin's FABLES, based on Aesop in the de la Fontaine version, was given its first production at the Caramoor Festival in Katonah, New York, on June 25, 1976. — A benefit evening for Dorothy Maynor's Harlem School of the Arts presented the premiere of J. Willard Roosevelt's one-act opera AND THE WALLS CAME TUMBLING DOWN. The concert took place in New York's Tully Hall on March 16, and also featured two dance pieces. The librettist is Loften Mitchell, the composer is a grandson of Theodore Roosevelt. The Waldo Workshop Opera in Arlington, Virginia, commissioned the music- drama LIGHT HORSE HARRY LEE from composer Marvin Fewell. Co- sponsored by the Arlington Historical Society and the Arlington Bicentennial Commission, the premiere took place on June 18. Joyce Barthelson (Chanticleer, The King's Breakfast) has written both words and music for her first full-length opera. Based on the George Bernard Shaw story, THE DEVIL'S DISCIPLE is set in New England during the Revolutionary War. Musical material is available from Carl Fischer, Inc. PASSION, POISON, AND PETRIFICATION, by Bruce J. Taub, was performed during an evening of the Composer's Ensemble at Carnegie Recital Hall on April 1, 1976. It is another G. B. Shaw original in an operatic adaptation. In February, Joseph Papp and his Shakespeare Festival Theatre presented APPLE PIE, a New Musical Theatre Piece, with music by Nicholas Meyers and a libretto by Myrna Lamb. This surrealistic 90-minute operetta consists of some thirty musical numbers dealing with various forms of prejudice. This Summer, the Inspiration Point Fine Arts Colony in Eureka Springs, Ar- kansas, offered another new opera by its director, Isaac van Grove. It is entitled THE PRODIGAL — HIS WANDERING YEARS and the premiere took place in July. — Gerald Muller, Chairman of the Music Department at Montgomery College in Rockville, Maryland, wrote JOSHUA which was performed in Washing- ton, D.C., (Lisner Auditorium) on July 8. Set in the War of 1812, its central character is Joshua Thomas, a preacher who lived in Chesapeake. Preview per- formances were held April 4-8 at the College. — THE DOLLMAKER, "An American Folk Opera" by Carol Schoenhard, was presented by the opera work- shop at Westminster College in New Wilmington, Delaware, in January 1976. THE WISH MACHINE is a science-fiction story playing in the 21st century. Music is by Wilhelm Wodnansky, the libretto by M. Trace Johnson who may be contacted by prospective performing groups (15240 East Valley Blvd., City of Industry, California 91746). The two-hour opera is scored for chamber orchestra and six soloists with a baritone in the leading role. Carlisle Floyd has been commissioned by the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., to write an opera based on Robert Penn Warren's bestseller ALL THE KING'S MEN. The composer will write his own libretto after the political novel. — Another famous book, James Agee's A DEATH IN THE FAMILY, All the Way Home, is being transformed into an opera. William Mayer (Brief Candle, Hello World, One Christmas Long Ago) has received an NEA grant for the completion of the work, which is projected for Spring '77. The Summer Opera Workshop in Pittsburgh, directed by Richard Flusser, is presenting the "Red, White and Blue Festival". The premiere of a new American opera by Bruce Saylor, MY KINSMAN, MAJOR MOLINEAUX, is scheduled for August 28. — The University of Tennessee in Martin also presented a new opera. G. Carp's THE TENNESSEE WITCH was premiered on May 21. — Another operatic version of ALICE IN WONDERLAND, this one with music by Chaul, could be heard in a first performance on January 16 at the Los Angeles Valley College in Van Nuys. Other world premieres on the West Coast included THE WALTZ KING by Paul Reale at UCLA on May 8 and John DeMerchant's THIN RAIN at Central Washington State College in Ellensburg on March 3. — The Fete at Coqueville, commissioned and premiered by the Fresno Opera as mentioned in the Fall '75 Bulletin, is by composer Alan Rea — not John; the libretto by Betty Iacovetti. On March 26, the New England Chamber Opera gave the premiere of Paul Earl's THE DEATH OF KING PHILIP. The one-act opera was presented on a double-bill with Selig's Chocorua, first heard in Tanglewood in 1972. Both operas were performed at the All Saints Episcopal Church with lighting and projections supervised by the Yale Drama School. — The Midland Repertory Players in Alton, Illinois, participated in the round of new American operas by presenting the first performance of Rigoni's THE RED DEATH on July 16. Besides the aforementioned Lily by Kirchner and Washington Square by Pasatieri, the 1976-77 season will see the following remaining new American Bicentennial Festival operas: Imbrie's ANGLE OF REPOSE in San Francisco (November 6), Kay's JUBILEE in Jackson, Miss., (November 20), Siegmeister's NIGHT OF THE MOONSPELL in Shreveport (November 14), Elaine Lebenbom's THE FEARSOME INN in Detroit (Piccolo Opera, Spring '77), and a children's opera, THE TOWN MUSICIANS OF BREMEN, composed by C. Zytowsky with the assistance of music by Franz Schubert, in Santa Barbara (November '76). The revival of early American or U.S. related operas has taken on almost equal importance with premieres of new works in the Bicentennial celebration. Besides _2 — Raynor Taylor's Buxom Joan (see Fall '74 Blltn.), another dozen of 18th, 19th and early 20th century operas are being revived, often only in their second hearing (see also Fall 75 Blltn.). Andrew Barton's THE DISAPPOINTED or THE FORCE OF CREDULITY is the first known American opera. It was published in 1767, but the premiere had to be cancelled since it was considered a "danger- ously caustic political satire". Only an abridged version was offered in 1796. Thus, the Eastman School of Music performance on August 28 at Washington Crossing State Park, co-sponsored by the State Bicentennial Commission, will constitute the world premiere of the original. Jerald Graue, musicologist at the University of Rochester, is responsible for the reconstruction of the work which includes 22 ballads and is scored for 13 instruments. It includes the first publication of "Yankee Doodle". An October 29 performance is scheduled at the Library of Congress in Washington. An opera on an American Indian subject premiered in Oregon in 1926 and last heard in Minneapolis two years later, was revived on July 13 at SUNY in New Paltz, N.Y. The Sullivan County Council for the Arts and the Mid-Hudson Opera co-sponsored the performance of Alberto Bimboni's WIN ON A, which has a libretto by Perry Williams. The composer, who died in New York in 1960, was director of the Chautauqua Festival for 20 years, and also taught at Juilliard. His daughter, named Winona after the leading character in the opera, lives in Monticello, New York, where she has been teaching ballet for many years. It was through her efforts that the two performances, one at New Paltz and one the following day at the Mohonk Mountain House, took place.

John Philip Sousa's contribution to opera was not only El Capitan, heard in numerous productions this season, but also his 1898 THE BRIDE ELECT which was revived by the Manhattan School of Music in New York. — The School's Prep Division offered the second American production of Albert Wolff's THE BLUE BIRD, premiered at the Met in 1919 featuring Florence Easton. Howard Hanson's Merry Mount was erroneously mentioned in the last Bulletin as "to be performed in San Antonio"; these performances took place in 1964. Oklahoma City University and Eastman School's Opera Under the Stars were the organizations producing the work this season. — Revivals of American operettas by opera companies or workshops also turned up some rarely heard entertainments such as Victor Herbert's Babette, Sigmund Romberg's New Moon, Jerome Kern's Showboat, and, the winner of them all, Gershwin's folk opera Porgy and Bess.

Postponements and Cancellations Not all operas originally planned for 1976 came to fruition. Some were only postponed, others had to be cancelled. Among the casualties are Leonard Kastle's The Pariahs (planned by Seattle), Iain Hamilton's Royal Hunt of the Sun (post- poned by Santa Fe but meanwhile to be premiered by the English National Opera in London on February 2, 1977), Krzysztof Penderecki's Paradise Lost (postponed by Chicago until Fall 1977 with the company retaining the rights for the world premiere and later performances contracted by Graz, Austria, and La Scala). — The Hawaii Opera Theatre and Lake George Opera Festival settled for revivals rather than new works with the former presenting Girl from the Golden West, the latter Summer and Smoke and Porgy and Bess.

American Premieres LA GRISELDA, the last of Alessandro Scarlatti's operas, had its first American hearing on May 7 at the University of California in Berkeley. The work, originally performed in Rome in 1721, was presented on a double-bill with La Serva padrona; Carole Bogard sang the title role. — The other Scarlatti premiere this season — also in California at UCLA on October 31 — represents the composer's first work of that genre. The performance of GLI EQUIVOCI NEL SEMBIANTE was scheduled to coincide with the annual meeting of the American Musicological Society. The score will be published by Harvard University Press within the Scarlatti Series, edited by Donald Jay Grout. The Merola Program of the San Francisco Opera gave the American stage premiere of Donizetti's L'AJO NELL'IMBARAZZO in Saratoga at the Masson Winery on August 14. Originally performed in 1824 in Rome, the work enjoyed recent revivals at the Wexford Festival and in Bern, Switzerland. Excerpts were staged at the New England Conservatory in Boston in 1971. SLAVES OF LOVE is the English title under which Paisiello's Le Gare generosi or Gli schiavi per amore was performed on April 8 at the University of Virginia in Charlotteville. The English translation is by Maria Evans. The New York Grand Opera, under the direction of Vincent La Selva, gave American premieres of two Verdi operas this Spring. STIFFELIO was heard on June 4 and GIOVANNA D'ARCO in its first American staging on May 15. The latter had been heard in New York in a concert version programmed by the American Opera Society ten years ago. The Massenet and Puccini versions of Prevost's Manon are well known. Less familiar is the one composed by Daniel Francois Auber. First heard in Paris in 1856, the Bel Canto Opera in New York has scheduled an American premiere of this MANON LESCAUT for March 26, 1977. — Massenet's rarely heard Portrait de Manon was performed at the Newport Summer Festival this year. The Nevada Opera Company in Reno gave the first American performance of Tchaikosvky's JOAN OF ARC or MAID OF ORLEANS on May 13. It was performed in an English translation by the company's director, Ted Puffer. Two years earlier, the same group gave the American premiere of Busoni's Doktor Faust. Respighi's version of SLEEPING BEAUTY — the original title is La Bella addormentata nel bosco — was first performed with marionettes on stage and singers off stage. The fairy tale will be presented in a fully staged production by the Wilmington Opera Society in Delaware in its American premiere on February 11,1977. Among contemporary operas, we have seen the first American performance of Josef Tal's ASHMEDAI, premiered in Hamburg in 1971. The New York City Opera presented it in an English translation by Alan Marbe, staged by Broadway producer Harold Prince, on April 1. Louise Talma had to wait fourteen years until her opera THE ALCESTIAD was heard in her home country. Excerpts performed at Yale University in March represented the first production in English. The world premiere took place in Frankfurt, Germany, in 1962, when it was sung in a German translation of the original Thornton Wilder text. Swedish composer Eberhard Eyser's THE LAST VOYAGE (Sista Resan) will be offered in its American premiere by the University of the Pacific Opera Theatre in Stockton, California, this Fall. The American premiere of Goffredo Petrassi's IL CORDOVANO (The Man from Cordova) made up the double bill at the Juilliard School on April 22, when Weisgall's Hundred Nights was performed. Brian Trowell was the translator of the Italian opera. Foreign Premieres The Aldeburgh Festival offered the British premiere of Benjamin Britten's PA UL BUNYAN. A previous performance took place at Columbia University in New York in 1941. The one-act opera has a text by W. H. Auden. On June 16, Britten's latest work (Opus 91), PHAEDRA, received its first hearing. Scored for soprano and orchestra — it was written for Janet Baker — its text is by Robert Lowell, who translated extracts from Racine's play. — As mentioned above, the English National Opera will give the premiere of Iain Hamilton's ROYAL HUNT OF THE SUN on February 2, 1977, in a co-production with the Santa Fe Opera, designed by Rouben Ter-Arutunian. — On June 15, the Scottish Opera gave the first performance of Thomas Wilson's CONFESSIONS OF A JUSTIFIED SINNER. The performance in York was conducted by Norman del Mar, directed by Anthony Besch. The Toronto Opera Repertoire Company premiered TRELAWNY, a three-act opera by Spanish composer Jose Hernandez on February 14. The title role repre- sents Edward Trelawny, a friend of poets Shelley and Byron, who both appear in the opera, 4 The Deutsche Oper, Berlin, presented KINKAKUJI or DER TEMPELBRAND by Japanese composer Toshiro Mayuzumi on June 23. The German libretto is by Claus Henneberg. The premiere was conducted by Caspar Richter, directed by Gustav Sellner and designed by Hubert Aratym. — The same company will give the first German performance of Henze's W1R ERREICHEN DEN FLUSS on September 19, to be conducted by Christopher Keene. It was first heard at Covent Garden on July 12 under the title We Come to the River. — Karlheinz Fuessel's second opera, CELESTINA, had its premiere on March 27, 1976 in Karlsruhe, Germany, at the same opera house where his first work, The Dybbuk, was per- formed in 1970. Two opera studios of bajor German companies gave premiere opportunities to new experimental works: Karl Heinz Wahren's FETTKLOESSCHEN, after Maupassant's Boule de suif with libretto by Claus Henneberg, on April 24, 1976 at the Academy of the Arts by the ensemble of the Deutsche Oper, Berlin; the conductor was Caspar Richter, director Winfried Bauernfeind and the cast featured American soprano Lou Ann Wykoff. The same group performed Mauricio Kagel's MARE NOSTRUM at Berlin's Musikakademie on September 15, 1975. The 90-minute avant-garde piece places two singers and six instrumentalists around a pool shaped like the Mediterranean. — The Opernstudio of the Kiel Opera House premiered two one-act music theatre pieces on December 30, 1975. Terzakis' ZIRKVS UNIVERSAL and Griinauer's KOPFJAGD. — The Studio of the Opera de Marseille performed Claude Prey's YOUNG LIBERTAD on January 16 for the first time. — The Stockholm Opera's studio offered Danish composer Per Norgard's GILGAMESH on February 28 at the arena stage of the Museum of Technical Science; the conductor was Af Malmborg. O'Neill's Emperor Jones was adapted by Sandro Fuga into the opera L'lMPE- RATORE JONES performed in Turin, Italy, on April 2 for the first time. It was scheduled on a double-bill with Weill's Sieben Todsiinden, conducted by Fernando Previtali. Bellini's fourth opera, ZAIRA, had never been performed until last March when it was presented at the Teatro Massimo Bellini in Catania on March 30. Only excerpts were heard in Parma in 1829, after which the composer revised and completed the opera for a planned Paris premiere, which never came to fruition. The present performances were based on material compiled by Maestro Rubino Profeta and featured Renata Scotto and Renato Bruson. The Academie des Beaux-Arts bestowed its 1975 Georges Bizet prize on Pierre Ancelin for his opera JOURNAL D'UN FOU, premiered in Metz in 1975. — American composer Philip Glass wrote the music to the latest of Robert Wilson's mammoth mixed-media theatre pieces. Entitled EINSTEIN ON THE BEACH, the five-hour show with continuous music was premiered in Avignon in July. Four new Czech operas are LADY OF THE DAWN by Bartolomej Urbanec with a libretto by Julius Gyermek in collaboration with the composer, adapted from Casona's La Dama d'Alba. The first performance took place in Bratislava on February 2. •— Karel Horky's DAWN after the novel New Warriors Will Arise was premiered in Brno on July 4, 1975. — January 31, 1976 was the premiere date of Vaclav Felix' TIMID CASANOVA, a one-act opera performed in Ostrava on a triple-bill with Martinu's Alexander bis and Pauer's Swan Song. — Josef Gresak's TOWARDS UPRISING is scheduled for a first performance in Kosice during the 1976-77 season. THE RIGHT FOR LOVE is Rumanian composer Teodor Bratu's second opera. It was premiered last year; his first opera, Le Chene de Borzesti, in 1969. — Ferenc Szabo, Hungarian composer and pupil of Kodaly, wrote BE GOOD UNTIL YOU'RE DEAD. It was premiered posthumously last season in Budapest. The composer died in 1969. Japan's Niki-Kai Opera Company gave the first performance of Ikuma Dan's CHANCHIKI on October 13, 1975. It is based on an old Japanese folk tale.

— 5- NEW COMPANIES St. Louis is a city with much operatic history, but little of recent vintage. This Spring a new OPERA THEATRE OF ST. LOUIS was founded and the first season offered four operas — two on a double-bill — played in repertory over a three- week period (see Performance Listing). Thirty-three year old Richard Gaddes from England, who is also artistic administrator in Santa Fe, is the company's general manager; William Martin is business manager and COS's own national chairman, Elihu M. Hyndman, is secretary/treasurer. Performances took place at the Loretto-Hilton Theatre at Webster College, and some of the technical personnel of the theatre is retained by the opera company. Since the hall is primarily used for theatre performances, the original orchestra pit is presently covered by a thrust stage. All performances were sung in English; ticket prices ranged from $6 to $12. James Levine, music director of the Metropolitan Opera, headed the Cleveland Concert Associates, a group which offered concert performances of "grand opera" with international stars at Severance Hall between 1969 and 1972. It was preceded in the same auditorium by the Lake Erie Opera, founded in 1964 by Louis Lane, then associate conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra. This company gave staged productions of two operas early each Fall; its last performances were in 1970. Since Severance Hall is the home of the Cleveland Orchestra operatic per- formances had to be scheduled around the symphony season. Now Cleveland will have a new company, THE NEW CLEVELAND OPERA COMPANY, directed by David Bamberger, formerly director of the Oberlin College Opera Theatre. The company will open with Madama Butterfly on October 22, and The Barber of Seville is scheduled for November. Each opera is to be performed twice at the 1,000-seat Byron Auditorium, and all performances will be in English. (For details, see Performance Listing.) The group is supported by the Ohio Arts Council, the Cleveland Area Arts Council, the Cleveland Foundation, and local patrons. May 21 marked the first performance of the newly formed PENNSYLVANIA OPERA THEATRE. The opera was The Merry Wives of Windsor, the location the Episcopal Academy in Merion. Bernard J. Taylor II is president and treasurer, and members of the Curtis Institute's faculty are in charge of artistic policy; conductor Barbara Silverstein is artistic director and Dino Yannopoulos stage director. All performances are given in English and tickets are priced at $6. The INDIANAPOLIS OPERA COMPANY, which gave its first modest per- formances last March (two performances of The Telephone and The Devil and Daniel Webster), has more ambitious plans for 1976-77. Miriam Ramaker, the group's president, announced six performances of Die Kluge and seven per- formances of Carmen for Fall and Spring productions, respectively. Tickets for the 1975-76 double-bill were $2.50 to $4, and the company performed at Ransburg Hall. June Cason formed the MINIKIN OPERA COMPANY in Wilmington, Delaware, to bring short operas into schools. During the first season, the company, supported to a large extent by the Delaware State Arts Council, gave some 15 performances of The Telephone and Argento's The Boor. Mezzo-soprano and voice teacher Alice Taylor founded the OAKLAND OPERA THEATER in November '74 when the group offered an evening of operatic scenes. Last season they staged their first full production, Hansel and Gretel, at the auditorium of the First Congregational Church in Oakland, California. Michigan seems to have a propitious climate for opera, nurturing various work- shops and companies. The latest addition is the OPERA GUILD OF GREATER LANSING, director Ted Levy, which will offer three performances of Don Giovanni in January '77, with Lorna Haywood, Elizabeth Mannion, John Reardon, and Gimi Beni. Negotiations are under way for the establishment of an American counterpart to Spoleto to make it not only the Festival of Two Worlds but in two worlds. A city presently negotiating for the United States representation is Charleston, S.C., where a two-week season is being contemplated in late May or early June, immediately preceding the Italian festival. Final arrangements are dependent on a firm com- mitment of funds. — 6 — There are by now over 30 opera companies and a few opera departments at uni- versities with separate subsidiary touring ensembles, created for the purpose of performing short operas in English at schools and community centers. Some of the more recent additions include ENCORE OPERA of the Opera Gala Guild in Orlando, OPERA ALABAMA of the Birmingham Civic Opera, two groups named OPERA A LA CARTE, one of the Opera Company of Jacksonville, Fla., the other of the University of Southern California, and three called OPERA ON WHEELS, at Southern Illinois University, at the Milwaukee Florentine Opera, and at the Shreveport Civic Opera. The Connecticut Opera instituted OPERA FOR EVERY- ONE, San Antonio has its OPERATION OPERA, and the Springfield (Ohio) Civic Opera its OPERA IN ENGLISH group. Junior companies have also been created by the Portland Opera: PORTLAND OPERA STUDIO; the Augusta Opera Company: the AUGUSTA OPERA THEATRE; the Cincinnati Opera: the CIN- CINNATI OPERA ENSEMBLE; and the Lake George Opera Festival: the LAKE GEORGE OPERA WORKSHOP. Besides the obvious advantages of building new audiences and goodwill in the community and establishing closer ties with edu- cational groups, these ensembles also offer employment and professional experience to young artists at the threshold of their careers. The Michigan Opera Theatre developed in the opposite way, starting as "Overture to Opera" in 1966 and becoming a major professional company in 1972. The company now supports a touring ensemble called OPERA IN RESIDENCE. The core of the group, consisting of four performers and four technicians, spends one week in each of six communities in Michigan, offering master classes, seminars and concerts, with a performance of a complete opera at the end of each visit. Chorus, supernumeraries, and additional technicians are recruited locally, and in two communities the orchestra musicians as well. The ensemble is co-sponsored by the National Endowment and the Michigan State Arts Council. This program has been fashioned after models originally created by San Francisco's WESTERN OPERA THEATER and Boston's OPERA NEW ENGLAND. Noontime operatic entertainment is also becoming more popular, and similar to the BROWN BAG OPERA of the San Francisco Opera, New York's THEATRE AT NOON now offers short operas or scenes at St. Peter's Church at 12:15 and 1:15.

NEWS FROM OPERA COMPANIES Opera Economics: Money Saving/Fund Raising This year's Central Opera Service/ Opera News survey, which is presently under way and will be published in the November issue of Opera News, will, for the first time, deal with some budget figures and comparative analysis of income sources. Without going into detail here, we would like to mention that the opera industry spent about $100 million last season. That is the amount of money put into the American economy by the companies and workshops directly. However, in order to evaluate the full impact, we will have to at least double this figure, taking into account the goods and services paid for by secondary sources, indirectly activated by opera productions. Thus opera's $200 million spent in 1975-76 represents an important contribution to the American economy, while the $100 million spent by companies and workshops generated the greatest number of operatic per- formances enjoyed by the largest audience ever. However, it is also evident that, in order to make this possible, managers and pro- ducers must be resourceful money savers and fund raisers. While the sharing of productions is no longer news — the first such plans announced at the 1966 COS Conference resulted in a joint venture for Boris Godunov — 1976-77 may be the season of the "most travelled productions". Esclarmonde is being transported some 3,000 miles from coast to coast to be unveiled at the Metropolitan in its San Francisco production, and the same is true of a new Traviata shared between Wolf Trap and San Diego. Cenerentola and Werther, to — 7 — be performed in Seattle, travel up and down the West Coast, the former in a joint production with Portland, the latter co-produced with Portland and San Francisco. The Barber will appear in New York City in its Boston attire, while Andrea Chenier and Peter Grimes both scheduled for Houston, come from San Francisco; the latter originated in Chicago. These are just a few of the productions being trucked between major companies, some co-produced, others rented or exchanged. Economic reasons also prompt European opera houses to adopt this money saving idea, and England's Royal Opera and English National Opera companies will be exchanging new productions of Maria Stuarda and Ariadne auf Naxos over the next two years. — COS has reported the development of regional companies throughout France over the past two years. Now they will also extend across national boundaries. For instance, Strassbourg's Meistersinger will be seen in Germany (Karlsruhe) and Parma's Forza del destine and Tosca will come to the stage of the Opera National in Brussels. — Germany's theatres in Cologne, Bonn and Wuppertal have recently agreed to share new productions and thus cut annual expenses. Other economic measures are reflected in a recent announcement from San Francisco. Whereas opera programs have always been distributed free-of-charge to American audiences in contrast to European customs, the San Francisco Opera will now be charging 50 cents per program. A four-page insert listing casts and synopsis will be available without charge. Fund raising marathons and bazaars have proven so popular that many companies are adopting them as annual events. The Met has announced the date of its second annual marathon, October 1, and its second bazaar, December 5. SPOT Auction was the catchy name of the first such event staged by the Spring Opera Theater of San Francisco, where costumes worn by Pinza and Home were auctioned together with other more or less opera related items. Special gifts not commercially available have proven a great attraction when offered as awards for special contributions. After a successful campaign of fund raising by offering a Nozze di Figaro commemorative record of a 1941 broadcast in exchange for a $100 contribution, the Met expanded this offer to continue over successive years. The albums are being specially packaged, containing a libretto and an illustrated souvenir book. The recordings are taken from historic Met broadcasts, a 1946 Madama Butterfly featuring Licia Albanese and, the most recent release for $100 contribution in 1976, a 1941 Tristan und Isolde with Flagstad, Thorborg, Melchior and Kipnis, Leinsdorf conducting. Texaco and the Metropolitan Opera Guild have announced the free loan of a 16mm film, Highlights from Opera, featuring such international stars as Nilsson, Price, Sutherland, Corelli, Merrill and Tucker on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera. Further information may be obtained from Texaco's public relations de- partment, 135 East 42 Street, New York, New York 10017. The Business Committee for the Arts has published 1776 and More Examples of How BCA Companies Supported the Arts in 1975-76. Available for $1, it will serve as an inspiration to donors as well as to applicants. Ideas to be emulated include the sponsorship of a local department store which announced an all-Saturday "Opera Benefit Festival" donating 10% of that day's receipts to the company; free trucking services for scenery and musical instruments donated by a local trucking company; bank and department store display facilities for opera publicity and announcements. The sale of art especially created for the company is an attractive additional source of revenue. For $150, the Vancouver Opera sells a 24 x 36 Pique Dame poster designed by Arbit Blatas on the occasion of his designing the company's production last season. Lee Spruyt's drawing of the interior of the Met became the 90th season poster, priced at $7.50, $50 for a signed and numbered edition. Repro- ductions of Ming Cho Lee's 1975 design for / Puritani are available from the Met's gift shop for $25 in a signed and numbered edition; $5 will buy an unsigned copy. Chagall at the Met, a book with extremely fine reproductions, may be ordered at a discounted price of $14.50 — it lists at $37.50; red umbrellas carrying the white imprint "Metropolitan Opera" are available for $11.95. Other items were men- tioned in the Fall '75 Bulletin. — 8 — Improvements and New Developments The SAN FRANCISCO OPERA was finally able to realize one of its cherished plans, the enlargement of its orchestra pit. This Fall, the company will be able, for the first time, to accommodate the full orchestral complement for Walkiire and Frau ohne Schatten. The SEATTLE OPERA COMPANY announced the installation of a new com- puterized stage lighting system, thanks to a generous gift of $575,000 by the Seattle City Council. The Metropolitan Opera and the New York Philharmonic were the joint bene- ficiaries of a new portable stage and shell donated by the Mellon Foundation for the free Summer concerts in New York City parks. The shell was designed by the Wenger Corporation of Minneapolis; Klipper, Marshall, King Associates were responsible for the new sound system. After two years of research and experimentation, LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER has become a reality. Television cameras are now able to film the staged events without intruding with extra lights; no cameras disturb audiences at regular subscription performances which have been broadcast live from Avery Fisher Hall and the State Theatre. Operatic events seen so far are two productions by the New York City Opera, both broadcast nationally over WNET, the edu- cational channel. The METROPOLITAN OPERA BALLET ENSEMBLE has been created to give performances on tour at community centers and school auditoriums. The Ensemble consists of fourteen dancers who are part of the Met's ballet during the season. The complete ballet group numbers about 30. The new touring ensemble will offer performance and solo opportunities to its members, and give more importance to the Met Ballet as a whole. However, there are no plans to make this an auton- omous group or to offer alternating performances of evenings of opera and ballet at the Met, as is the case with the Royal Opera and Royal Ballet of London. In announcing its forthcoming season, the OPERA COMPANY OF BOSTON informs us that instead of the customary three performances of each production, it will offer the same opera in four performances, adding a Saturday evening subscription series. As always, the other performances are scheduled for Tuesday and Friday evenings and Sunday matinees. (See Performance Listing for operas and dates.) The CENTRAL CITY OPERA HOUSE ASSOCIATION (Colorado) has been reorganized and will henceforth be made up of three divisions: 1. Performances at Central City during the Summer Festival, 2. Historic restoration and preservation of the Tabor Opera House, and 3. Opera performances in Denver during the Winter season. The METROPOLITAN OPERA ASSOCIATION has reorganized its board of directors into three categories and added some members. The newly created body of 25 managing directors will be the working arm of the Met's board and, among other personalities, includes Robert L. B. Tobin, honorary national chair- man of COS. Another forty members have been named advisory directors and will attend one or two annual meetings. The managing directors are to meet monthly. Six board members were named honorary directors: Mrs. August Bel- mont, founder of COS, the National Council and the Met Guild, Mrs. L. W. Douglas, Mrs. W. F. Gibbs, George Moore, Charles Spofford and Lowell Wadmond. The announcement of the three-part board was made jointly by Langdon Van Norden, chairman, and William Rockefeller, president of the Association. Among the newly appointed advisory directors is Thomas Brush, chairman of the MONC administrative committee; Alexander Saunderson, president of MONC is also an advisory director. Similarly, the MICHIGAN OPERA THEATRE changed its board of directors as well as some of the by-laws, announced Lynn Townsend, chairman of the board. Fifteen directors were named to the "operating board", while others, including some new appointees, will form an expanded board of trustees.

n NEW ARTS CENTERS AND AUDITORIUMS A $25 million CIVIC CENTER has been completed in Syracuse, N.Y. Besides housing the Onondaga County offices, the complex incorporates a three-theatre performing arts center with extra office space for the different performing associa- tions. The largest theatre, a 2,117-seat concert hall and opera theatre, was opened January 15 with a gala concert, Christopher Keene conducting. The Opera Theatre of Syracuse gave its first performance there, La Travita, on March 25, 1976. The hall's orchestra pit can accommodate 110 musicians and the stage and backstage areas feature the most modern lighting, projection and sound equipment. The 464-seat Carrier Theatre is particularly suitable for ballet, since it is equipped with a special dance floor and an optional pit for about 20 musicians. The third theatre, the 300-seat Community Room, also serves as an orchestra rehearsal hall. Russell Johnson Associates of New York and Toronto were the acoustics consultants for the performing arts facilities; McAfee Malo Lebensold Affleck Nichols of Montreal and Fayetteville, New York, were the architects. The 3,024-seat MIAMI BEACH THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS was completed at a cost of $6 million. The theatre was designed by Ralph Alswang, New York, and Morris Lapidus, Miami. The Miami Philharmonic dedicated the hall in an opening concert in January, and the Greater Miami Opera Ass'n gave its 1976 performances there. The movable orchestra pit is designed for a maximum of 80 players. Also in January, a new 1,700-seat SYMPHONY HALL in Salinas, Calif., was opened with a concert by the Monterey County Symphony. The auditorium is part of a $4.75 million Community Center. SALT LAKE CITY plans a new $20 million home for the Utah Symphony. The concert hall will be designed to accommodate opera and ballet as well. Many successful new concert halls represent renovated theatres or movie houses, others are modernized, improved or refurbished auditoriums. New York's AVERY FISHER HALL falls into the second category, with its third and most drastic re- novation, undertaken this Summer by Cyril M. Harris and Philip Johnson at a cost of $5 million. To improve the acoustics, undulating wood panels will cover the walls and part of the ceiling, and the stage will be enlarged and fitted with a shell and a new floor. Backstage areas and technical equipment will also be improved. The changes will extend into the building's public spaces by the removal of the restaurant, enlargement of the foyer, and relocation of the box offices. The hall will be closed for five months; opening concerts of the New York Philharmonic are scheduled at Carnegie Hall and possibly the Beacon Theatre on Broadway. Newark's fifty-year-old SYMPHONY HALL had to get an emergency face-lifting, following its closure due to building code violations. The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees came to the rescue of New Jersey's largest opera house by contributing $10,000 worth of labor. The city donated the required material and thus the New Jersey State Opera Company was able to open its Elisir d'amore on time in March '76. Tom Price and Don Duer are the architects in charge of the renovation of the MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM in Orlando, home of the Florida Symphony and its Opera Gala Guild. Completion is projected for 1977; George Izenour is re- tained as acoustics expert. The former Paramount Theatre in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has been converted into a 2,000-seat THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, and the ORPHEUM THEATER in Vancouver, B.C. (Canada) has been refurbished for use by the Vancouver Symphony. However, changes were planned cautiously to retain the hall's period style. The Vancouver Opera Ass'n will continue to perform in the multi-purpose Queen Elizabeth Auditorium. After a two-year, $2.5 million restoration, the LEXINGTON (Ky.) OPERA HOUSE opened on May 7 with a benefit concert for and by the Lexington Sym- phony. The house, originally built in 1887, hosted a two-week festival of concerts, ballet, and musical comedy. Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, is building a PERFORMING ARTS COMPLEX. The 1,003-seat concert hall and rehearsal rooms were completed this Summer. — 10 — COS INSIDE INFORMATION Due to a change in publication dates during the 1975-76 season, and in order to be able to include a comprehensive 1975-76 Performance Listing, the following columns usually included in this issue are deferred to Volume 19, No. 1, the next issue of the COS Bulletin: In 1975-76 Opera Lost . . . ; Appointments; Awards and Winners; Book Corner. In asking our our reader's indulgence we would also like to assure them that the current season (Volume 18) offered more information and larger Bulletins than ever before. A complete review of operas written and/or performed in honor of the American Bicentennial year is planned by Central Opera Service for the end of the 1976-77 season.

TRANSLATIONS The following translations have been reported in connection with the annual per- formance survey. They are in addition to those listed in the 1974 Directory of English Translations and those listed in various subsequent issues of the COS Bulletin. For further information, contact either the translator (address in parenthesis) or the per- forming company listed in the entry. Bach: St. Matthew Passion Robert Shaw (Mus. Dir. Atlanta Symphony, Ga.) — San Francisco Spring Opera Theater, California Cimarosa: // Matrimonio segreto Robert Gay (Dir. Opera, Northwest Univ., Evan- ston, 111.) — Moorehead State College, Minnesota Cornelius: Der Barbier von Bagdad Ellie & Richard Weilenmann — Washington Civic Opera, D.C. Donizetti: // Campanello Susan Stevens — St. Mary's College, Notre Dame, Indiana Don Pasquale Miriam Ellis — Univ. of California, Santa Cruz Don Pasquale Charles Gonzales — Educational Opera Ass'n, Los Angeles, Calif. Don Pasquale Donald Pippin — also arrangement for 6 instruments (1902 23rd Street, San Francisco, Calif. 94107) Lucia di Lammermoor Charles Kondek (789 West End Ave., New York) — Har- ford Opera Theatre, Md. Haydn: La Canterina Donald Pippin — also parts for 10 instruments (1902 23rd St., San Francisco, Calif. 94107) Lo Speziale Donald Pippin — also parts for 6 instruments (1902 23rd St., San Francisco, Calif. 94107) Hindemith: Die Harmonie der Welt Walter Ducloux (Univ. of Texas, Austin) Lehar: Die lustige Witwe Osborne •— Mississippi Opera Co., Jackson, Miss. Leoncavallo: Pagliacci Ruth & Thomas Martin (219 W. 13 St., New York 10011) — New York City Opera Education Dept., N.Y., N.Y. Krenek: Jonny spielt auf Ernst Krenek — New England Conservatory, Boston, Mass. Mascagni: L'Amico Fritz Francis Rizzo (Art Dir., Wolf Trap Foundation, Vienna, Va.) — Spring Opera of San Francisco, Calif. Massenet: Cendrillon Comrie — University of Bridgeport, Conn. Thais Harry Dunscombe — Greater Miami Opera Ass'n, Miami, Florida Mozart: Bastien et Bastienne Swift — Dana School of Music, Youngstown, Ohio Der Schauspieldirektor Mildred Warenskjold — Opera Repertory Theatre, Sherman Oaks, Calif. Die Zauberflote (literal transl. incl. original stage direction as in 1791 autographed score) Nicholas Deutsch (92A Pinckney St., Boston, Mass. 02114) Mussorgsky: The Marriage Donald Pippin (1902 23rd St., San Francisco, Calif. 94107) Offenbach: Dame Chance F. Robert Lehmeyer — Eastern Opera Theatre, Baltimore, Maryland La Grande Duchesse de Gerolstein A. Roberts (IS 176 Rochedale Circle, Lombard, 111.60148) La Perichole Michael Feingold & Richard Pearlman — Spring Opera of San Fran- cisco, Calif. — 11 — La Vie parisienne A. Roberts (IS 176 Rochdale Circle, Lombard, 111. 60148) — Music Theatre of Hyde Park, New York Pergolesi: // Maestro di musica Guarnieri & Gallup — Carmel Bach Festival, Carmel, // Geloso schernito Paul Mallalieu — also score edited by Friedrich Buck — Belwin Mills La Serva padrona Kraus — Northwestern University, Evanston, 111. La Serva padrona Donald Pippin — also arrangement for 4 instruments (1902 23rd St., San Francisco, Calif. 94107) La Serva padrona Mildred Warenskjold, Opera Repertory, Sherman Oaks, Calif. Poulenc: La Voix humaine Atherton — Annapolis Opera, Annapolis, Maryland Puccini: La Boheme Francis Rizzo & Richard Pearlman — Kansas City Lyric Theater, Kansas City, Mo. La Fanciulla del West Ruth & Thomas Martin — University of Wisconsin, Madison Puccini, Domenico: // Ciarlatano Ruth & Thomas Martin (G. Schirmer Inc.) Rossini: // Barbiere di Siviglia Era M. Tognoli — Metro Lyric Opera, Allenhurst, N.I. Selletti: Drucilla & Strathbone Lazarevich — University of Victoria, B.C. Canada Smetana: The Bartered Bride Greg Tallmann — University of Maryland, College Park, Md. I. Strauss: Die Fledermaus Frank Fetta — Los Angeles College Opera Theatre, Los Angeles, Calif. Stravinsky: L'Histoire du soldat Moss — Colorado Opera Festival, Colorado Springs, Colo. Thomas: Mignon Ellie & Richard Weilenmann — Washington Civic Opera, D.C. Verdi: Un Giorno di regno Donald Pippin, also accompaniment for 6 instruments avail. (1902 23rd St., San Francisco, Calif. 94107) Otello Andrew Porter — Houston Grand Opera, Tex. // Trovatore Charles Kondek — Harford Opera Theatre, Md. Wagner: Der fliegende Hollander Russell Patterson — Kansas City Lyric Theatre, Kansas City, Mo. Weber: Der Freischiitz Richard Stanford — SUNY Albany, New York Weber/Mahler: Die drei Pintos Rodney Blumer — Oxford Univ. Opera Club, England

SETS AND COSTUMES FOR RENT The following sets and costumes have been registered with Central Opera Service as available for rental. They are in addition to those listed in the original 1970 Directory of Sets and Costumes for Rent and in the annual supplements. (Addresses are also included in the 1970 Directory. The Directory and five supplements are available for $10.00) Amahl and the Night Visitors (s) Mohawk College Opera Theatre, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada The Ballad of Baby Doe (s) Tulsa Opera, Oklahoma (ds: Braden '66, refurbished w. projection '76) // Barbiere di Siviglia (s,c) Connecticut Opera Ass'n, Hartford, Conn. (s,c) New York City Opera Education Dept., New York, New York (s,c) Texas Opera Theater, Houston, Texas (s) Chattanooga Opera Ass'n, Chattanooga, Tenn. (s) Opera Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska Bilby's Doll (c) Malabar Costume, Toronto, Ont. (ds: Mess '75) Black River (Susa) (s,c) Minnesota Opera Co., Minneapolis, Minn. Bluebeard's Castle (s) Canadian Opera Co., Toronto, Ont., Canada La Boheme (s) Opera Company of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa. El Capitan (Sousa) (s,c) Minnesota Opera Co., Minneapolis, Minn. (s,c) Texas Opera Theater, Houston, Texas Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines (Beeson) (s) Kansas City Lyric Theater, Kansas City, Mo. (ds: Campbell) Carmen (s) Pittsburgh Opera, Pittsburgh, Pa. (ds: Struthers '75) Les Contes d'Hoffmann (s,c) Dallas Civic Opera, Dallas, Texas (s) Cincinnati Opera Ass'n, Cincinnati, Ohio Le Coq d'Or (s,c) Dallas Civic Opera, Dallas, Texas (ds: Lee/Hall) Cost fan tutte (s,c) Minnesota Opera Co., Minneapolis, Minn. (s) Lake George Opera Festival, Glens Falls, New York (s) Vermont Opera Theatre, Johnson, Vermont — 12 — Dame Chance (Offenbach) (s,c) Eastern Opera Theatre, Baltimore, Maryland Don Giovanni (s) Opera Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska L'Enfant et les sortileges (s,c) Vermont Opera Theatre, Johnson, Vermont (ds: Smolover) Falstaff (s) Lake George Opera Festival, Glens Falls, New York La Fanciulla del West (s) Connecticut Opera Ass'n, Hartford, Conn. (c) Malabar Costume, Toronto, Ont. (ds: Lord 75) La Favorite (s) New Orleans Opera Ass'n, New Orleans, La. Die Fledermaus (s) Canadian Opera Co., Toronto, Ont., Canada (ds: Lord) (c) Malabar Costume, Toronto, Ont. (ds: Lord 75) Der fliegende Hollander (s) Canadian Opera Co., Toronto, Ont., Canada (ds: Laufer) Gianni Schicchi (s,c) Seattle Opera Ass'n, Seattle, Washington (s) Cincinnati Opera Ass'n, Cincinnati, Ohio Gb'tterdammerung (s,c) Seattle Opera Ass'n, Seattle, Washington (ds: Naccarato) Hansel und Gretel (s,c) Utah Opera Society, Salt Lake City, Utah (c) Texas Opera Theater, Houston, Texas L'Heure espagnole (s) Canadian Opera Co., Toronto, Ont., Canada The Hero (Menotti) (s) Opera Company of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa. lnes de Castro (Pasatieri) (s) Baltimore Opera Co., Baltimore, Maryland (c) Malabar Costume, Toronto, Ont. (ds: Vanerelli 76) Die lustige Witwe (s) Cincinnati Opera Ass'n, Cincinnati, Ohio (c) Malabar Costume, Toronto, Ont. (ds: Varona 76) Madama Butterfly (s,c) Seattle Opera Ass'n, Seattle, Washington (ds: Naccarato) (s) Michigan Opera Theatre, Detroit, Michigan Martha (s) Seattle Opera Ass'n, Seattle, Washington (ds: O'Hearn) The Medium (c) Nebraska Wesleyan University Opera Theatre, Lincoln, Neb. The Mikado (c) Comic Opera Co., Baltimore, Maryland Minnequa (Track) (s) Pueblo Symphony, Pueblo, Colorado Norma (s) San Diego Opera, San Diego, Calif. Le Nozze di Figaro (s) Cincinnati Opera Ass'n, Cincinnati, Ohio The Old Maid and the Thief (s) Greater Miami Opera Ass'n, Miami, Florida Pagliacci (s,c) New York City Opera Education Dept., New York, New York Les Pecheurs de perles (s) Opera Company of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa. La Perichole (s) Lake George Opera Festival, Glens Falls, New York Pique Dame (c) Malabar Costume, Toronto, Ont. (ds: Mess 75, set in 1920's) Porgy and Bess (c) Michigan Opera Theatre, Detroit, Mich. The Rake's Progress (s,c) Lake George Opera Festival, Glens Falls, New York Das Rheingold (s,c) Seattle Opera Ass'n, Seattle, Washington, (ds: Naccarato) Rigoletto (s) Mohawk College Opera Theatre, Hamilton, Ont., Canada La Rondine (s) Opera Company of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa. Rusalka (Dvorak) (s) San Diego Opera, San Diego, Calif. Samson (Handel) (s,c) Dallas Civic Opera, Dallas, Texas (ds: Varona/Hall) Siegfried (s,c) Seattle Opera Ass'n, Seattle, Washington (ds: Naccarato) Summer and Smoke (s) Lake George Opera Festival, Glens Falls, New York Suor Angelica (s) Cincinnati Opera Ass'n, Cincinnati, Ohio Susannah (c) Nebraska Wesleyan University Opera Theatre, Lincoln, Nebraska Sweet Betsy from Pike (c) Texas Opera Theater, Houston, Texas // Tabarro (s) Canadian Opera Co. Toronto, Ont., Canada (ds: Jackson) (s) Cincinnati Opera Ass'n, Cincinnati, Ohio Thais (s) Seattle Opera Ass'n, Seattle, Washington (ds: Klein) Tosca (s) Cincinnati Opera Ass'n, Cincinnati, Ohio La Traviata (s) Opera Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska (c) San Diego Opera, San Diego, Calif. (c) Seattle Opera Ass'n, Seattle, Washington (1970 sets no longer available) Die Walkilre (s,c) Seattle Opera Ass'n, Seattle, Washington (ds: Naccarato) Die Zauberflote (s) Lake George Opera Festival, Glens Falls, New York Additional rental companies for sets and costumes Act One Costumes, 20 West Fifth Street, Dayton, Ohio 45402 American Scenic, 11 Andrews Street, Box 283, Greenville, S.C. 29602 Bittners Costume Studio, 2515 West End Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee 37203 California Costume, 15976 E. Francisquito Avenue, La Puente, Calif. 91744 Whittier Costume Shop, 13124 E. Philadelphia, Whittier, Calif. 90601

— 13 — PERFORMANCE LISTING, 1975-76 SEASON (cont.) All performances are staged with orchestra unless marked "cone, pf." or "w.p." (with piano). — * following an opera title indicates new production. — Perform- ances and news items once announced will not be relisted at the time of per- formance. Because of the American Bicentennial, this season American musicals are listed by titles. ALABAMA Troy State University Opera Workshop, P. Kelley, Din, Troy 2/76 1776 5/13, 15/76 Faust ARIZONA Arizona State University, Lyric Opera Theatre, K. Seipp, Dir., Tempe 9/26-10/5/75 Orpheus in the Underworld c: Porter; d: Seipp; 6 pfs. 11/21-12/6/75 Hansel and Gretel c: Seipp; d: Porter; 5 pfs. 2/20-29/7'6 Postcard from Morocco c: Seipp; d: Porter; 6 pfs. 3/12/76 The Marriage of Figaro Western Opera Theater prod. 4/23-5/1/76 Falstaff c: Seipp; d: Porter; 5 pfs. ARKANSAS Conway Chamber Opera, H. Groth, Dir., Conway 1975-76 Thompson's Nativity According to Saint Luke University of Arkansas Opera Theatre, B. Thebom, Dir., Little Rock 1975-76 tour: Cost fan tutte abgd. CALIFORNIA California Historical Society, San Francisco 5/28, 29 6/2, 4, 5/76 Carry Nation Garabedian; Terry; c: Cassel; d: Weinstock; Western Opera prod. & San Francisco State Univ. California State College, Sonoma Opera Workshop, P. Donovan-Jeffrj, Dir., Rhonert Pk. 10/29, 30 11/1/75 Sweet Betsy from Pike & Jumping Frog of Calaveras County w.p. 12/9/75 Jumping Frog of Calaveras County w.o. 2 pfs. in San Rafael 4/8, 9, 10/76 Trouble in Tahiti & Signor deluso w.o. California State University Opera Wksp., T. Acord, Dir., Hay ward 11/20, 21, 22/75 Opera Scenes 2/19, 20/76 Semele 4/10, 13, 15, 17/76 Albert Herring (replacing Fledermaus) Spring '76 The Impresario tour w.p. Cuesta College Music Theater, N. Girolo, Dir., San Luis Obispo 4/23, 24/76 Old Maid and the Thief & The Devil and Daniel Webster w.o. Greek Theatre, Los Angeles 9/4, 6/75 The Barber of Seville Welting; Guarrera; c: Woitach; d: Tavernia Humboldt State University Opera Wksp., J. Stanard, Dir., Arcata 2/11-15/76 Once Upon a Mattress 2/26-28 3/4-6/76 Cosi fan tutte w.p. 4/23/76 A Zarzuela Eng. Stanard The Lamplighters, G. Russak, Mus. Dir., San Francisco Presentation Theatre 3/6, 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 26, 27, 28 4/2, 3/76 The Yeomen of the Guard 6/26 7/2, 3, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 22, 23, 24/76 Iolanthe Oakland Opera Theatre, A. Taylor, Dir., Reidenbach Hall 9112, 13, 14/75 Opera Scenes w.p. 12/6, 7m, 7/75 Hansel and Gretel w.p. Hatfield, Joens, Taylor; Pisenti; c: Pettitt; d: Forbes Oakland Symphony Orchestra, H. Farberman, Mus. Dir., Paramount Theatre 5/25, 26, 29/76 Treemonisha cone, pf.; Balthrop, Allen; White; c: Liebling Riverside Opera Ass'n, F. Calkins, Exec. Dir., Riverside 5/8, 9/76 The Devil and Daniel Webster c: Saylor; d: D. Merrill (for Bicentennial, action set 7/4/1851) San Francisco Opera, Brown Bag Opera (Jan-Aug.'76) 55 concerts San Francisco State University Opera Wksp., D. Camp, Mus. Dir. 3/13, 16, 18, 20/76 Cosi fan tutte Eng. Martin, w.o. — 14 — 1975-76 Season San Francisco Symphony, S. Ozawa, Mus. Dir., San Francisco 5/5, 6, 7, 8/76 Oedipus Rex cone, pfs.; Quivar; Shirley, Berberian, Krause San Francisco Talent Bank, Mrs. A. Crapsey, Art Dir. 2/25, 26, 27/76 The Barber of New York w.p. 5/17, 23/76 Noye's Fludde w.o. Spring Opera Theater, K. H. Adler, Gen. Dir., Curran Theatre, San Francisco 2/19, 21, 29 3/12/76 La Perichole Eng.; Ewing; Rosenshein, Frey; c: Bare; d: Pearlman; ds: Beatty; also 3 pfs. on tour. 2/20, 22, 26, 28/76 L'Amico Fritz Mitchell, Yarmat; Cole, Burchinal; c: de Rugeriis; d: R. Levine; ds: Stevens 2/27 3/6, llm, 11, 14/76 Meeting Mr. Ives Cummings, Westfall, Symington; c: Dufallo; d: Nahat; ds: Smith; prod: Lenox Arts Center 3/4, 5, 7, 13/76 St. Matthew Passion Balthrop, Jones; Sells, Lawrence, Bryant Stanford University Opera Theater, M. Starr, Mus. Dir., Palo Alto 5/25-29/76 Cost fan tutte Eng. Martin Univ. of California Dept. of Music & Drama, D. Heartz, Chmn., Berkeley 5/7, 8, 10, 12, 14,15/76 Scarlatti's Griselda Am. prem. & La Serva padrona Univ. of California, Santa Barbara Opera Theater, C. Zytowski, Dir. 11/20, 21, 22/75 Cox and Box & Trial by Jury w.o. 5/14, 15/ 76 Tosca Eng. Gutman Western Opera Theater, R. Bailey, Mgr., San Francisco 1976 tour (1/9-5/2/76) The Marriage of Figaro*, The Barber of Seville, Trouble in Tahiti, Hansel and Gretel, The Portuguese Inn*; 13 soloists; cities in Cali- fornia, Arizona, Nevada, Oregon, Washington and Alaska; total 77 pfs. 5/7-15/76 Dollar Series pfs., San Francisco Young Artists Opera Studio, J. Large, Dir., Univ. of Calif, at San Diego/ La Jolla 11/22, 23/75 The Magic Flute Eng. 3/9, 11/76 Riders to the Sea & Pasatieri's Signor deluso w.p. 5/25, 27/76 Pasatieri's La Divina & The Women & Signor deluso (not Betly) COLORADO Classic Chorale at Calvary Temple, Denver 12/5/75 Amahl and the Night Visitors Miller Colorado State University, Opera Theatre, L. Day, Mus. Dir., Fort Collins 11/75 Opera Scenes Denver Opera Repertory Company, Denver 3/76 La Boheme Leigh 5/76 Adriana Lecouvreur Denver Symphony Orchestra 4/2/76 Jeanne a"Arc au biicher c: Hangen 4/23/76 The Mikado c: Priestman; Manhattan Savoyards 4/26, 27/76 Die Walkiire Act I cone, pf., Meier; McCray; c :Priestman Theater Under Glass, E. Baldwin, Dir., Denver 10-11/75 Don Pasquale Eng., w.p. 3/76 The Medium 10 pfs. University of Colorado Opera Wksp., K. Hata, Dir., Boulder 1/28, 29, 30/76 The Crucible 7/8, 10, 12/76 La Fille du regiment Eng. own University of Denver Opera Wksp., R. Worstell, Chmn., Denver 3/2, 3/76 Cost fan tutte Eng. Martin; c: Penn; 6 pfs. 5/25/76 Gianni Schicchi & Suor Angelica Eng. University of Northern Colorado, Opera Theater, C. M. Schmitz, Prod., Greeley 11/20, 21/75 The Marriage of Figaro Eng. Martin; w.o. 2/27, 28 3/4, 5, 6/76 Paint Your Wagon w.o. 5/27, 28/76 Gallantry & Opera Scenes w.p. Western State College of Colorado, Opera Wksp., L. Marra, Dir., Gunnison 11/25/75 "A Night at the Opera" scenes 4/29, 30/76 Die Fledermaus 1975-76 Season CONNECTICUT Greenwich Philharmonic, Greenwich 4/30 5/2/76 Rigoletto cone. pf. Troupers' Light Opera, L. Loosemore, Pres., Norwalk 4/23, 24, 30 5/1, 8, 9/76 The Gondoliers DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Cathedral Choral Society, Members of National Symphony Orchestra, Kennedy Center 1/2, 3/76 Doktor Faust cone. pf. Williams; Uppman, Lloyd, Paul; c: Callaway National Symphony, A. Dorati, Mus. Dir., Kennedy Center 4/6, 7/76 W. Schuman's The Mighty Casey Rees; Merrill; Westminster Symphonic Choir New York City Opera, J. Rudel, Gen. Dir., at Kennedy Center 4/28 5/9m/76 The Ballad of Baby Doe 4/29 5/1, 5/76 // Barbiere di Siviglia 4/30 5/2m, 8/76 Un Ballo in maschera 5/ lm, 9/76 La Boheme 5/2, 6, 8m/76 Cavalleria rusticana StPagliacci 51 A, 7/76 Lucrezia Borgia Washington Cathedral 6/17/76 Menotti's The Egg prem. & Martin's Lie Am. prem.; c: Callaway; d: Menotti; ds: Waring/Mellen; 6 pfs. Washington Civic Opera, R. Weilenmann, Art. Dir., Lisner Auditorium, w. National Symphony 9/12, 13/75 Rigoletto 11/25, 26/75 The Magic Flute cone. pf. 6/3, 4/76 The Bartered Bride FLORIDA College of Fine Arts Opera Wksp., W. Vessels, Dir., Jacksonville University 12/11-13/75 Amahl and the Night Visitors Encore Opera, touring subsid. of Opera Gala Guild, Orlando 3/14 SI 6176 The Impresario w.p., at Maitland & Loch Haven Cntr 3/21/76 Opera Highlights, Loch Haven Arts Center Miami Beach Symphony, B. Breeskin, Mus. Dir., Miami Beach 3/7/76 L'Elisir d'amore Eng., cone. pf. 4/18/76 "A Night at the Opera" scenes San Carlo Opera, M. Lorenti, Art. Dir., St. Petersburg (see also Fall '75 Blltn.) 3/13/76 La Boheme Peters, Randazzo; di Giuseppe, Toriji; d: Coppolo; ds: Sti- vanello GEORGIA Augusta Opera Co., R. R. Moores, Gen. Mgr., Atlanta (see also Summer '75 Blltn.) 2-3/76 L'Elisir d'amore Eng.; tour to 11 cities in 4 states; w.p.; Augusta Opera Theatre 5/29, 30/76 The Medium & A Hand of Bridge w.o.; Augusta Opera Comp. Mercer University Opera Wksp., O. Loveland, Dir., Atlanta 2/22, 24, 25, 26, 27/76 Cavalleria rusticana w. 2ps & org.; 2/29/76 in Macon 5/5/76 Opera Scenes w.p. ILLINOIS The Chicago Opera Studio, R. Frisbie, Mus. Dir., A. Stone, Art. Dir. 10/16 11/1, 21/75 The Marriage of Figaro 3/3/76 at NE 111. U. 1/31 2/1, 7, 8, 10, 14, 15/76 The Barber of Seville 4/30 5/1, 2, 7, 8, 9/76 The Mother of Us All 5/13, 14/76 TV tape for PBS/WTTW 8/30, 31/76 The Barber of Seville at Court Theatre Chicago Symphony, G. Solti, Mus. Dir., Chicago 5/6, 8/76 Her fliegende Hollander Martin; Bailey, Talvela, Kollo; cone, pf.; 5/14/76 at Carnegie Hall, New York Illinois State University, Dept. of Music, D. Shrader, Chmn., Normal 2/6, 7, 8/76 The Marriage of Figaro cone. pf. w.o.

— 16 — 1975-76 Season Illinois University Opera Theatre, D. Lloyd, Art. Dir., Krannert Cnt. for the Pert. Arts, Urbana 9/75 Die Fledermaus 4 pfs. each opera; w.o. 10/75 La Boheme w.o., Eng. Yockey 11/75 Suor Angelica w.p. 12/75 Amahl and the Night Visitors w.o. 3/76 The Crucible w.o. 4/76 The Impresario & Mozart Opera Scenes w.p. 5/76 The Rake's Progress w.o. 7/76 Porgy and Bess w.o. Opera School of the Chicago Lyric Opera, H. Handt, Dir., Civic Theatre 3/19, 21/76 Tosca w. Lake Forest Symphony 5/28, 30 6/2, 5/76 The Rake's Progress Little; d: Keathley 6/9, 11, 12, 13/76 Rossini's Petite Messe Solonnelle Handt ed. 6/16, 18, 19, 20/76 Ballet Festival, Maria Tallchief, Dir. Peoria Civic Opera, Scottish Rite Temple 10/18/75 La Traviata Vannerette; Pierce; c: Wilsen Wheaton College Opera Wksp., Florence A very, Dir., Wheaton 3/5, 6/76 Weill's Lindbergh Flight & Four-Note Opera & Carr's Federal Overture INDIANA De Pauw University Opera Theatre, T. Fitzpatrick, Dir., Greencastle 2/12, 13, 14/76 La Boheme w.o. Elkhart Symphony Society, R. Pickkell, Mgr., Elkhart 5/8/76 Cavalleria rusticana Indiana-Perdue University Opera Wksp., J. Meyers, Dir., Ft. Wayne 3/6, 14/76 Duke's Captain Lovelock & The Telephone Indianapolis Opera Co., Inc., Miriam Ramaker, Dir., at Ransburg Univ. Audit. 3/4m, 5, 6/76 The Telephone & The Devil and Daniel Webster w.p. Valparaiso University Opera Theatre, J. McCalL Dir., Valparaiso 2/27, 28 3/1/76 Hansel and Gretel Eng. Bache-McCall Whitewater Opera Co., C. Combopiano, Dir., Richmond 4/8, 9, 10/76 Cost fan tutte w.o.; Eng. Martin; 4/24 Madison, Ind.; 5/1 Conners- ville, Ind. IOWA Morningside College Chamber Singers, C. Martin, Dir., Sioux City 12/12/75 Sunday Excursion & The Medium 4/24/76 Faith's Sleeping Beauty Univ. of Iowa Opera Theater, R. Eckert, Dir., Iowa Cnt. for the Arts, Iowa City 11/22/75 Renard Eng. Myers 4/9, 10, 11/76 Love for Three Oranges Eng. Seroff 7/15, 17776 Susannah KANSAS Friends University Opera, J. Miller, Prod., Wichita 1/23, 24/76 Cost fan tutte Eng. Phillips/Goldovsky KENTUCKY Lexington Music Theatre Society, The Opera House, Lexington 5/13, 14, 15 /76 Oklahoma LOUISIANA New Orleans Recreation Dept. Opera Wksp., D. Morelock, Dir. 1/20-22/76 Noye's Fludde 5/31 6/1/76 / Quattro rusteghi Shreveport Symphony Repertory Opera Co., J. Shenant, Mus. Dir., Shreveport 2/1, 2/76 Cosl fan tutte Eng. Martin MARYLAND Baltimore Choral Arts Society, Baltimore 1/30, 31 2/1/76 Ads and Galatea University of Maryland Opera Theatre, G. Tallman, Dir., College Park WIHII5 Opera Scenes w.p. 2/26, 28, 29/76 The Bartered Bride w.o., Eng. Tallman 5/5/76 Opera Scenes w.p. 6/14/76 The Rape of Lucretia w.o. — 17 — 1975-76 Season MASSACHUSETTS Boston Conservatory Opera Theatre, J. Moriarty, Chmn. 1/23, 24/76 Signor deluso & A Hand of Bridge & Trouble in Tahiti 4/7, 9, 10/76 The Ballad of Baby Doe Community Opera at Tufts, P. Cokkinias, Art. Dir., Somerville 5/5/76 Opera Scenes w.o. New England Chamber Opera Group, P. Morehead, Art. Dir., Newton Center (revised schedule) 3/26, 27 4/1/76 Earl's The Death of King Phillip prem. & Selig's Chocorua, at All Saints Episcopal Church, Boston 4/30 5/1, 7, 8/76 The Elixir of Love Eng.; M. DiStefano; M. Dooley, Daniel; at Mass. College of Art New England Conservatory of Music, G. Schuller, Pres., Boston 5/12/76 Krenek's Jonny spielt auf Eng. by composer MICHIGAN Grand Rapids Symphony, R. P. Eisenstein, Gen. Mgr., Grand Rapids 4/9, 10/76 The Magic Flute Eng. Martin The Opera Ass'n of Western Michigan, L. Poppen, M. Burger, Mgrs., Grand Rapids 9/20, 23, 25, 27/75 Tosca Eng. Gutman 12/10, 11/75 Amahl and the Night Visitors 615116 Opera Scenes w.p. University of Michigan, Comic Opera Guild, Ann Arbor 2/4-7/76 La belle Helene Haugh; d: Likova University of Michigan Opera Theatre, R. Herbert, Dir., Ann Arbor (see also Fall '75 Blltn.) 12/5/75 Opera Scenes, Wrkshp. 3/18/76 Le Vin herbe cone, pf., c: Burmeister 4/1-4/76 Carmen opera-comique vers., Eng. Martin; c: G. Mayer; d: Herbert MINNESOTA Greenwood Productions, M. Metzger, Dir., St. Paul Central High School 2/7, 8/76 Vernon's The Barber of New York MISSOURI Opera Theatre of St. Louis, R. Gaddes, Gen. Mgr., St. Louis 5/22, 28 6/2, 12/76 Don Pasquale Greenawald; Cole, Strummer, Raines; c: Kohn; d: Alden; ds: Ravelin/Sullivan/Sargent 5/26 6/5, 11/76 The Impresario & The Medium Hunter, Putnam; Burke & James, Hall; Moore; c: Moriarty/Kohn; d: Galterio/Rizzo; ds: Kavelin/Sullivan 5/29 6/4, 9/76 Albert Herring Tinsley, Petros, Curtis, Meyerson; Hoback, Moore, Kibler, Dickson; c: Moriarty; d: Galterio; ds: Kavelin/Granada MONTANA Montana State University Opera Wksp., E. Cowan, Dir., Bozeman 11/75 The Merry Wives of Windsor 12/75 Amahl and the Night Visitors 3/76 Dido and Aeneas NEBRASKA Nebraska Wesleyan University, Opera Theater, W. Wyman, Dir., Lincoln 11/18/75 The Medium & Opera Scenes, w.p. 2/20, 21, 22, 28, 29/76 Susannah w.o. NEW HAMPSHIRE Hanover Opera Wksp., R. Morton, Dir., Hopkins Center 1/27/76 Carmen 1/30/76 La Forza del destino NEW JERSEY Bloomfield College Opera Theatre, Bloomfield 3/14/76 Tosca Brookdale Community College Opera Co., J. Szostak, Dir., Lincroft 12/18, 19, 20, 21/75 Babes in Toyland 5/13, 14, 15, 16/76 The Consul

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Hoboken Opera Ass'n, E. Failla, Dir., Jersey City 2/76 Tosca Opera/Operetta Society, Monmouth Conservatory, F. Molzer, Dir., Little Silver 11/15/75 The Merry Widow Eng. 4/10, 11/76 The Magic Flute Eng. Macfarren Trenton State College Opera Wksp., B. Steele, Dir., Trenton 3/5, 6/76 The Magic Flute NEW YORK Eastman School of Music, Univ. of Rochester, L. Treash, Dir. Opera 11/20, 21/75 Falstaff Eng. Treash 4/8, 9/76 Cost fan tutte Eng. Treash Greater Utica Opera Guild, F. Kaiser, Pres., Utica 11/13, 15/75 Rigoletto Grahame Hudson Valley Symphony, S. Simon, Cond., Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry 12/21 /75 Poulenc's Babar, the Elephant 2 pfs. Manhattanville College Opera Players, S. Sonntag, Mus. Dir., Purchase 3/6, 7/76 L'Incoronazione di Poppea Eng. Opera Theatre of Syracuse, Inc., R. Driver, Gen. Mgr., Syracuse 3/26, 27/76 La Traviata 5/28, 29/76 di Giacomo's Beauty and the Beast Rockland Community College, Music Dept., Suffern 6/12/76 R. Owen's Mary Dyer prem.; L. Owen, Gerber; Bender, Ludgin, Paul, Barker; c: Saffir; d: Haber; w. Hudson Valley Philharmonic Singers Theatre, Shrub Oak 4/3/76 11 Trovatore SUNY Opera Wksp., University Theatre, S. Osmond, Dir., Albany 12/4-7/75 Das kleine Mahagonny Eng. 5/6/76 Carmina burana Univ. Chorale & Percussion Ensemble NEW YORK CITY Amadeus Fine Arts Society, Carnegie Hall 11/30/75 Opera Scenes American Opera Center, P. H. Adler, Dir., Juilliard School (see also Summer & Fall '75 Blltns.) 12/11, 13, 14/75 La Traviata c: Ehrling d: Hebert 2/7, 8176II Matrimonio segreto 4/22, 24, 25/76 Weisgall's The Hundred Nights prem. & Petrassi's // Cordovano Am. prem. American Symphony Orchestra, K. Akiyama, Mus. Dir., Carnegie Hall 2/22/76 Carmina burana Hoagland, Frankhauser, Metcalf; N. Y. Choral Society An Evening of J. Fennimore, Carnegie Recital Hall 10/1/75 Fennimore's Eventide & Don't Call Me by My Right Name Bay Chamber Opera, Union Church, Brooklyn 2/20, 21/76 Slow Dusk & Gallantry 5/21, 22/76 Bush's The Hermit Bel Canto Opera, T. Sieh, Prod. & Art. Dir., Madison Ave. Baptist Church (see also Fall '75 Blltn.) 5/21, 22, 23m, 23/76 V. Herbert's Babette (replacing Tchaikovsky's Jeanne d'Arc) Benefit for Harlem School of the Arts, D. Maynor, Dir., Alice Tully Hall 3/16/76 Roosevelt's And the Walls Came Tumbling Down prem. & dance pieces by Kay and Dett Blue Hill Troupe, C. D. Walker, Mus. Dir., Hunter College 3/30, 314/1, 2, 3m, 3/76 Patience Brooklyn Lyric Opera, N. Myrvik, Art. Dir. 4/25/76 Amelia Goes to the Ball & Kalmanoff's A Quiet Game of Cribble Church of Our Savior Choir, J. Somary, Dir. 1/19/76 Honegger's King David Clarion Concerts, N. Jenkins, Dir., Alice Tully Hall 4/21/76 Steffani's Niobe excerpts & Searle's Contemplations for Mezzo-Soprano and Orchestra de Gaetani

— 19 — 1975-76 Season Community Opera Inc. G. Mathew, Pres., F. Worthington, Dir. 1/2 2/24/76 Barthelson's The King's Breakfast 2/6 5/2/76 Pergolesi's The Jealous Husband 2114, 22, 28 4/25/76 Die Fledermaus 1975-76 Var. Evenings of Scenes w.p. Composer's Ensemble, Carnegie Recital Hall 4/1/76 Taub's Passion, Poison and Petrification prem.; c: P. Lieberson Concert Orchestra of Long Island, L. Halasz, Cond., Port Washington 3/20/76 La Boheme Co-Opera, Astor Place Theatre 4/1, 2, 3, 4/76 Opera Scenes D'Oyly Carte Opera Co., Uris Theatre 5/4, 5, 13, 14, 15m, 15, 20, 21, 22m, 23/76 The Mikado 5/6, 7, 8m, 8, 9 11, 12m, 12/76 The Pirates of Penzance 5/16, 18, 19m, 19/76 H.M.S. Pinafore Encompass Theatre 3/21, 28 4/1-4, 7-11, 15-18, 22-25/76 The Mother of Us All Greek Art Theatre, Sheraton Square 11/3/75 La Navarraise Inwood Chamber Opera Players, Susanne Edelman, Dir., Brooklyn 6/26/76 Mozart Opera Scenes La Puma Opera Workshop, Hotel Ansonia 11/6/75 Norma 3/14/76 La Boheme 11/13/75 La Traviata 5/23/76 Lucia di Lammennoor 11 / 20/ 75 Don Carlo 6/7/76 The Barber of Seville 12/4/75 Otello 6/14/76 Rigoletto 121 III! 5 Ernani Laurentian Chamber Players 1/25/76 L'Histoire du soldat L'Ensemble, Music Hall of the Otto Kahn Mansion 12/7, 8/75 Facade & A Hand of Bridge Liederkranz Foundation Opera Showcase, T. Martin, Dir., Reimann Concert Hall 5/15, 16/76 Barab's Phillip Marshall c: Martin; d: Crittenden Lighthouse Music School Opera Wksp, R. Krause, Dir. 6/10, 11/76 Buxom Joan & El Capitan excerpts Light Opera of Manhattan, W. Mount-Burke, Dir., Eastside Playhouse 9, 10, 11/75 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8/76 The Mikado 36 pfs. 9, 10/75 1, 2, 3, 4, 8/76 H.M.S. Pinafore 36 pfs. 9, 10, 11/75 1/76 Naughty Marietta 21 pfs. 9, 10/75 1, 2, 8/76 Pirates of Penzance 28 pfs. 11/75 llldlolanthe 15 pfs. 12/75 2, 3, 4/76 The Vagabond King 20 pfs. 2, 3, 4/76 The Gondoliers 10 pfs. 3, 4/76 Patience 10 pfs. 5, 6, 7/76 The Student Prince 44 pfs. Manhattan Savoyards, Queensboro Community College, Bayside 4/3/76 The Pirates of Penzance Manhattan School of Music, Prep. Division, C. Auerbach, Dir. 4/10, llm, 11/76 A. Wolff's The Blue Bird Manhattan Theatre Club 5/76 Susa's Transformations 5/30 6/1, 2, 5, 6, 8/76 La Voix humaine Eng. Mannes College of Music Opera Wksp., R. Stevens, Pres. 12/11, 18/75 Scenes from Tales of Hoffmann c: Contino; d: Freedman; ds: Lee 3/16/76 Scenes R. & J. Strauss Operas, at Marymount Manhattan Coll. 5/10, 17/76 Opera Scenes d: Bamberger Marymount Manhattan College, V. DeRenzi, Cond. 12/13, 22/75 // Matrimonio segreto Masterworks Laboratory, Spencer Memorial Church, Brooklyn 11/2,7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16/75 The Gondoliers — 20 — 1975-76 Season

Metropolitan Opera Ass'n, A. Bliss. Exec. Dir., Tour 4/19-5/29/76 BOSTON, HYNES AUDITORIUM 4/19/76 Norma 4/23/76 Carmen 4/20/76 Aida 4/24m/76 // Trittico 4/21/76 Die Meistersinger von Niirnberg 4/24/76 Le Nozze di Figaro 4/22/76 La Gioconda CLEVELAND, PUBLIC AUDITORIUM 4/26/76 Norma 4/30/76 Carmen 4/27/76 Aida SI lm/76 // Trittico 4/ 28 / 76 Die Meistersinger von Niirnberg 511/76 Le Nozze di Figaro 4/29/76 La Gioconda ATLANTA, CIVIC CENTER 5/3/76 La Gioconda 5/7/76 Die Meistersinger von Niirnberg 5/4/76 Aida 5/8m/76 Le Nozze di Figaro 5/5/76 Carmen 5/8/76 // Trittico SI 6/ 76 Un Ballo in maschera MEMPHIS, MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM 5/10/76 La Gioconda 5112/76 Un Ballo in maschera 5/11/76 Aida DALLAS, STATE FAIR PARK AUDITORIUM 5/13/76 Carmen 5/ 15m/76 Le Nozze di Figaro SI 14/76 Aida 5/15/76 // Trittico MINNEAPOLIS, NORTHROP MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM SI 17/76 Die Meistersinger von Niirnberg 5/21/76 La Gioconda SI 18/76 Carmen 5/22m/76 // Trittico 5/19/76 Aida 5/22/ 76 Le Nozze di Figaro 5/20/76 Un Ballo in maschera DETROIT, MASONIC TEMPLE 5/24/76 Carmen 5/28/76 Aida 5/25/76 // Trittico 5/29m/76 Le Nozze di Figaro 5/26/76 Die Meistersinger von Niirnberg 5/29/76 Un Ballo in maschera SI 2''176 La Gioconda Music with Jens Nygaard, Washington Heights YMHA 12/14/75 Pergolesi's La Contadina astuta New York Gilbert and Sullivan Society, Steinway Hall 12/14, 21/75 5/5, 11, 18, 25 6/2/76 The Mikado 1/4, 11, 18, 25 2/1, 8, 15, 22, 29/76 Trial by Jury & H.M.S. Pinafore 3/7, 14, 21, 28/76 The Pirates of Penzance 5/9, 16, 23, 30 6/6/76 H.M.S. Pinafore all pfs. w.p. New York Grand Opera, V. LaSelva, Dir., at Brooklyn Academy of Music 5/15, 18/76 Giovanna d'Arco Am. stage prem. 6/4, 5/76 Stiffelio Am. prem. New York School of Opera 11/20,22,26/75 Tosca New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, Lafayette St. 2/76 Meyer/Lamb's Apple Tree d/prod: Papp; mus. dir.: L. Redfleld; nightly pfs. opening 2/12 Norman Treigle Memorial Fund and Music Performance Trust Fund, N. Y. State Theatre 10/27/75 "A Memorial Tribute to Norman Treigle" Arroyo, Bible, Brooks, Craig, Curtin, Dunn, Meier, Niska, Shade, Sills; Alexander, Cossa, Diaz, Fredricks, Malamood, Theyard; NYC Opera Chorus; c: Rudel Opera and Orchestra da Camera, F. Lorr, Mgr., No. Babylon, tour 12/75 Amahl and the Night Visitors 5 pfs. 3-4/76 Murray's Beauty and the Beast 10 pfs. 4/76 Carmine's The Duel 4 pfs. Opera Repertory Theatre, B'nai Jeshurun Community Center 12/27/75 La Boheme 3/8, 14/76 Land of Smiles Opera Theatre of Long Island 11/24, 28/75 The Barber of Seville — 21 — 1975-76 Season Queens Symphony, D. Katz, Dir., Queens College 2/7/76 Little Red Riding Hood QUOG Music Theatre, Cubiculo Theatre 5/25-30/76 Sahl & Salzman's Stauf Regina Opera Theatre, Regina Center, Brooklyn 3/12/76 Madatna Butterfly 6/11, 18/76 Die Fledermaus Riverside Orchestra, L. Newland, Mus. Dir., Carnegie Hall 31'28 /76 La Juive cone. pf. Sacred Music Society, A. Morss, Cond., Avery Fisher Hall 1/7/76 Massenet's Marie Magdalaine Am. prem., cone, pf.; Crespin, Nadler; Roney, Rouleau St. Bartholomew's Choir, J. Ossewaarck, Dir., St. Bartholomew's Church 1/4/76 L'Enfance du Christ 2/22/76 Handel's Samson 3/14/76 Bernstein's Mass excerpts St. George Choir and Choral Society, St. George's Church 11/16/75 Honegger's King David St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble, Feldman, Mus. Dir. 2/7/76 Rieti's The Pet Shop & Debussy's marionette ballet The Toy Box Stuyvesant Opera, S. Sweeney, Art Dir., Church of the Covenant 11/14, 15, 22/75 Lucia di Lammermoor 12/5, 13, 20/75 Norma 6/12, 18/76 Cavalleria rusticana & Pagliacci 7/9, 10, 16/76 The Magic Flute Eng. Symphony of the New World, E. Lee, Cond., Carnegie Hall 4/4/76 Don Carlo cone. pf. Theatre at Noon, St. Peter's Church 12/1-5, 8-12/75 Sandow's The Richest Girl in the World Finds Happiness 20 pfs. 3/29-4/2/76 Pimpinone 10 pfs. Town Hall Presents, at Town Hall 2/8, 15/76 The Merry Widow Sp.; 3 pfs. 5/29/76 Gonzalez Nela cone, pf.; prod: M. Gonzalez Vienna Boy's Choir, Avery Fisher Hall 1/23/76 The Apothecary Village Light Opera Group, R. Noll, Dir., Fashion Institute Theatre (see also Fall '75 Blltn.) 4/24, 25m, 28, 30 5/1, 2m/76 Romberg's The New Moon WNET Opera Theatre, D. Griffiths, prod., New York City 10/6/75 Roberto Devereux Wolf Trap/N.Y. City Opera prod. 4/21/76 The Ballad of Baby Doe New York City Opera prod. 51 1116 La Traviata Eng. Crozier & Cross; BBC prod; Harwood; Brecknock, Bailey 5/8/76 Trouble in Tahiti Amberson prod.; Williams; Patrick; c: Bernstein 5/15/76 The Flying Dutchman BBC prod.; Jones; Bailey, Dean, Erwen 5/18, 22/76 The Mikado D'Oyly Carte prod. 5/25,28, 29/76 Die Fledermaus Eng. Hassal & Tracey; Armstrong, Pashley, A. Howard; Hughes, Hillman; c: Leppard; d: Gorrie 6/15/76 Myshkin Ind. Univ. prod. Young Artists Opera, Inc., V. Mauret, Dir., Town Hall 1/18/76 Strauss' Zigeunerliebe NORTH CAROLINA East Carolina University Opera Wksp., C. Hiss, Dir., Greenville 2/5/76 Opera Scenes w.p. 5/12-15/76 La Traviata w.o., Eng. Card OHIO Capital University Opera Wksp., G. Allen, Dir., Columbus 11/17775 Opera Scenes w.p. 1123176 ElCapitan Cincinnati May Music Festival Ass'n, J. Levine, Mus. Dir., Cincinnati 5/21/76 Porgy and Bess Mitchell; Estes; cone. pf. 5/22/76 Orfeo ed Eurydice Ewing, Balthrop, Battle; cone. pf. 22 — 1975-76 Season

Cleveland Institute of Music, Opera Theatre, A. Addison, Dir., Cleveland 1/24/76 Hansel and Gretel Eng., University Circle Youth Chorus, w.p. 2/11, 13, 14/76 Levy's Escorial & Dido and Aeneas 3117176 ldomeneo cone, pf., Alcorn, Thomas, Vanni; Trimble; c: Bragado-Darmann 4/21, 23, 24/76 Albert Herring 6/11, 12/76 Weill's Street Scene Alcorn, Vanni; Schrader, Crowe; c: Bamberger; d: Heller Cleveland Symphony Orchestra, L. Maazel, Mus. Dir. 2/76 Porgy and Bess cone, pf., 2/3/76 at Carnegie Hall, N.Y. Columbus Symphony Orchestra, E. Whallon, Mns. Dir., Columbus (see also Fall '75 Blltn.) 2/26, 28/76 La Traviata Thomson; Stewart, Christopher; c: Whallon; d: Treash; ds: Struthers Dana School of Music, D. £. Vogel, Dir. Opera, Youngstown State University 11/24/75 1/14/76 Bastien and Bastienne & The Maid Mistress 5/20/76 The Telephone 5/21, 22, 28, 29/76 The Medium & The Unicorn, Gorgon and the Manticore Lima Symphony Orchestra, J. Firszt, Mus. Dir., Lima 2/13,14/76 The Gypsy Baron Eng. Martin Oberlin College-Conservatory Opera Theatre, B. Owens, Dir., Oberlin 10/16, 17, 19/75 Pelleas and Melisande Eng. Owens; w.o. Ohio University Opera Theater, I. Zook, Chnin., A. Kaufman, Prod., Athens 2/13-15/76 Madama Butterfly w.o. Ohio Wesleyan University Music Theater, W. Olson, Chmn., Delaware 11/13, 14, 15, 16/75 Die Fledermaus Eng. Dietz-Kanin; w.o. University of Akron, Opera Wksp., D. Rohrbaugh, Dir., Akron 3/4-6/76 The Devil and Daniel Webster University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory, E. Bonelli, Dir. (see also Sum- mer '75 Blltn.) 5/2, 4/76 Moses und Aron London, R. Lewis; c: Sadin; d: Motta; ds: Shortt; semi- staged, prod. w. Hebrew Union College Wright State University, Music Dept., W. C. Fenton, Chmn., Dayton 5/1/76 The Old Maid and the Thief OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City University Opera Workshop, I. Lunsford-Silberg, Dir., Okla- homa City 9/26, 27, 28/75 Two Gentlemen of Verona 2/6, 7, 8, 9/76 Faust 12/5, 6, 7/75 Merry Mount 3/17, 18, 19, 20/76 George M OREGON Portland Opera Ass'n Studio, Portland & tour 2/12, 14, 19 3/13/76 The Medium PENNSYLVANIA Academy of Vocal Arts, V. Hammond, Dir., Philadelphia 3/31/76 Susannah 5/8 in Holicong, Pa. Harrisburg Civic Opera Ass'n, S. Oberholtzer, Art. Dir., Harrisburg 5/20, 21, 22/ 76 Die Fledermaus Eng. Csonka & Oberholtzer new music for dialogue Lancaster Opera Wksp., F. Robinson, Dir., Fulton Opera House 4/27-51 SI 76 Daisy 14 pfs. spons: Penn Laurel Girl Scout Council, York Pennsylvania Opera Theater, Barbara Silverstein, Art. Dir., Merion Episcopal Academy 5/21, 22, 23/76 The Merry Wives of Windsor Eng., w.o. Penn State University, Curtis Inst, D. Yannopoulos, Dir., University Park 2/22/76 The Marriage of Figaro Philadelphia Musical Academy-Opera Studies Program, S. Ventura, Dir. 4/29, 30 5/1/76 Dido and Aeneas & Opera, Opera! The Savoy Company, D. S. Knight, Pres., Philadelphia 5/16, 17/76 Utopia, Ltd. 5/21, 22/76 The Pirates of Penzance at Academy of Music 6/4, 5/76 The Pirates of Penzance at Kenneth Square 7/3, 12, 13, 15/76 The Pirates of Penzance England tour — 23 — 1975-76 Season Temple University Opera Dept, G. McKinley, Dir., Philadelphia 4/76 The Crucible Dempsey; Sullivan; d: Flusser Westminster College, New Wilmington 1/76 Schoenhard's The Dollmaker prem. Wilkes College Opera Wksp., R. Chapline, Dir., Wilkes-Barre 4/76 Siegmeister's Sing Out, Sweet Land SOUTH CAROLINA Columbia Lyric Theatre, W. J. Moody, Prod./Cond., Columbia 12/2,3,5,6/75 The Consul 4/5, 7, 10/76 // Trovatore Eng. Jeffreys Furman University Opera Workshop, G. Sheard, Dir., Greenville 2/12, 14/76 Hansel and Gretel w.o.; 5/11 excerpts w.p. Converse College Opera Workshop, J. McCrae, Dir., Spartanburg 11/26, 27/75 Sound of Music w.o. 1/29, 30/76 Scenes from Operas on American Themes, w.p. 5/30/76 Madama Butterfly w.o. TENNESSEE Carson-Newman College Lyric Theatre, T. Teague, Dir. Opera, Jefferson City 10/16, 17, 18/75 The Old Maid and the Thief & Trial by Jury w.p. 5/27/76 Susannah Austin Peay State Univ. Opera Theatre, S. Malry, Dir., Clarksville 3-4/76 Trouble in Tahiti 6 pfs. on tour East Tennessee State Univ. Opera Theatre, R. LaPella, Dir., Johnson City 2/26, 27/76 Jumping Frog of Calaveras County w.p. 5/10, 11/76 Bastien and Bastienne Eng. Paul & Four Note Opera Southern Opera Theatre, Kingsport Symphony Orch., Kingsport 2/21/76 The Barber of Seville 1975-76 Hansel and Gretel w.p. University of Tennessee Opera Theatre, E. Zambara, Art. Dir., Knoxville 1/23, 24, 30, 31/76 Susannah 5/7, 8, 28/76 Street Scene 7/30, 31/76 Rita Eng. Mead & Comedy on the Bridge Eng. Schmolka University of Tennessee at Martin, Opera Theare, M. Jevvett, Dir., Martin 5/21, 22/76 G. Carp's The Tennessee Witch prem., w.o. TEXAS Beaumont Civic Opera, P. P. Fuchs, Art. Dir., Beaumont 1/16-18/76 The Most Happy Fella c: Randolph Babin Howard Payne University Opera Wksp., M. Sherman, Dir., Brownwood 4/25, 26/76 The Girl of the Golden West Eng., w.o. North Texas State University Opera Theatre, A. Schoep, Dir., Denton 4/7, 8/76 The Crucible Southern Methodist University Opera Theatre, L. Willard, Dir., Dallas 4/1-4/76 The Crucible West Texas State University Opera Wksp., R. Brantley, Dir., Canyon 11/21, 22, 23, 24/75 La Boheme 4/8-11, 14-16/76 Musical VIRGINIA University of Virginia Music Dept., M. Velimirovic, Chum., Charlotteville 4/8-10/76 Paisiello's Le Gare generosi (Slaves of Love) Eng. Evans; Am. prem. Waldo Workshop Opera, Winifred Waldo, Dir., Arlington 6/18/76 Fewell's Light Horse Harry Lee prem., co-spons. Arlington Historical Socy. & Arlington Bicentennial Commss. WASHINGTON State University Opera Theatre, M. W. Davis, Dir., Pullman 4/30 5/1, 7, 8/76 The Ballad of Baby Doe c: R. Buckley Tacoma Community College Music Dept, Opera Wksp. D. Hurshell, Dir. 10-11/75 Opera Scenes Tacoma Opera Society, W. Winden, Dir., Evergreen State College, Olympia Spring '76 The Merry Wives of Windsor WEST VIRGINIA West Virginia Opera Theatre, D. Riggio, Mus. Dir., Charleston 5/1, 4, 8/76 Madama Butterfly Eng. Martin; also in Beckley & Huntington 5/2, 3, 17/76 Boston Baked Beans — 24 — 1975-76 Season

WISCONSIN Madison Civic Opera, R. Palmer, Mgr., Madison 2/13, 14/76 The Ballad of Baby Doe The Opera of the University of Wisconsin, K. Moser, Art. Dir., Madison 10/1, 3, 4/75 Breasts of Tiresias & The Spanish Hour Eng.; w.p. 11/5, 6, 7, 8/75 Oklahoma w.o. 2/18, 20, 21/76 Susa's Transformations w.o. 5/12, 14, 15/76 Girl of the Golden West Eng. Martin; w.o. University of Wisconsin Opera Theatre, K. Scheffel, Dir., Eau Claire 11/75 Figg and Bean University of Wisconsin Opera Workshop, W. Madsen, Dir., Stevens Point 11/5, 6, 7/75 Amahl and the Night Visitors w.o. 3/5,7,9/76 Susannah w.o. 5/2/76 Gallantry w.p. CANADA Canadian Opera on Tour, J. Rubes, Mgr. (see also Fall '75 Blltn.) 11-12/75 1-4/76 La Boheme Eng. w.o. 2-3/76 The Glove school tour w.p. 3-4/76 La Traviata w.o. Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, R. Armenian, Mus. Dir., Waterloo, Ont. 4/76 Don Giovanni 3 cone. pfs. National Arts Centre, B. Corder, Dir., Ottawa, Ont. 1/16/76 Handel's Samson cone, pf., Marks, Glenn, Forrester; McCoy, Relyea, Smith; Ottawa Choral Society; c: Law Opera in Concert, S. Hamilton, Dir., St. Lawrence Center, Toronto, Ont. 10/75 La Voix humaine Curry 12/7, 8/75 Werther Forrester/Curry 1/11, 12/76 Hirodiade 2/29 3/1/76 Mignon Toronto Opera Repertoire, G. Macina, Dir., w. Board of Educ, Toronto 12/3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12/75 Un Ballo in maschera w.p. 2/14/76 Hernandez' Trelawny prem. 3/18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27/76 La Boheme w.p. University of Alberta, A. Stromberg, Chnin. Opera Division, Edmonton, Alta. 3/3, 4/76 Gianni SchicchiSc Trouble in Tahiti w.o. University of Manitoba Opera Workshop, H. Standring, Dir., Winnipeg 3/29/76 Opera Scenes University of Toronto Opera Dept., E. Schabas, Chmn., Toronto, Ont. 12/17, 19/75 Opera Scenes 1/30, 31 2/6, 7/76 The Crucible c: Craig; d: Fisher 4/2, 3, 9, 10/76 The Mines of Sulphur Can. prem.; c: Gyarto; d: Geiger-Torel; ds: Sawchuk 5/25-28/76 Opera Scenes University of Victoria, Dept. of Music Theatre, G. Corwin, Dir., Victoria, B.C. 3/19, 20/76 Sellitti's Drucilla and Strathbone & Suzanne's Secret Eng. Aveling University of Western Ontario Opera Theatre, M. Chambers, Dir., London 12/5, 6/75 Suor Angelica & Opera Scenes w.p. 3/14, 24 4/2, 3/76 In a Garden & Opera Scenes w.p.

— 25 — PERFORMANCE LISTING, SUMMER 1976 ALASKA Anchorage Civic Opera, E. Voth, Art. Dir., Anchorage Summer 76 Cavalleria rusticana & Pagliacci Alaska Festival of Music, R. Shaw, Art. Dir., (6/12-24/76) Anchorage ARIZONA Flagstaff Summer Festival, I. Solomon, Mus. Dir., Flagstaff (6/13-8/7/76 Northern Arizona University Opera Theatre, K. Weinzinger, Dir., Flagstaff 5/7, 8/76 The Crucible (replaces Ballad of Baby Doe) 8/6/76 Sourwood Mountain; 7/7/76 at Music Camp, Glendale ARKANSAS Inspiration Point Fine Arts Colony, I. van Grove, Art. Dir., Eureka Springs 6/20-7/30/76 incl. Carmen; Van Grove's The Prodigal — His Wandering Years prem. CALIFORNIA Cabrillo Music Festival, D. R. Davies, Mus. Dir., Aptos (8/12-22/76) Carmel Bach Festival, S. Salgo, Mus. Dir. (7/18-8/1/76) 7/23, 30/76 Dido and Aeneas Williams, C. Cummings; w. Pacific Ballet Hollywood Bowl, Z. Mehta, Mus. Dir., Los Angeles, L.A. Philharmonic in residence (7/2-9/18/76) Lyric Opera Ass'n of Orange County, B. Duarte, Dir., Laguna Beach Audi- torium 8/29, 319/2,4/76 Gianni Schicchi & Pagliacci w.p., d: Kurkjian 9/30/76 / Do, I Do 10 pfs. Merola Opera Program, of San Francisco Opera 6/27 717176 Ensembles at Cannery & downtown S.F. 7/18/76 Tales of Hoffmann at Stern Grove 8/1/76 Opera Concert, Stern Grove 8/14, 15/76L'Ajo nell'imbarazzo Am. prem.; at Masson Winery, Saratoga Music Academy of the West, M. Abravanel, Mus. Dir., Santa Barbara (6/28-8/21/76) 8/14, 16,18/76 Carmen d: Singher Music at the Yinyards, P. Masson Winery, Saratoga (6/19-8/29/76) see Merola Ojai Festival, A. Copland, Guest Cond., Los Angeles Philharmonic in resi- dence (5/21-23/76) Opera Under the Stars, Balboa Park, San Diego 7/12, 14, 16/76 Carmen San Diego Youth Symphony; c: Campiglia San Francisco Friends of Recreation & Park Dept, Golden Gate Park 9/12/76 Opera Concert, Sills; c: Adler; spons: S.F. Examiner San Luis Obispo, Mozart Festival, C. Swanson, Mus. Dir. (8/2-8/76) COLORADO Aspen Music Festival and School, J. Mester, Mus. Dir., Aspen (6/25-8/22/76) 7/29, 30 8/1/76 The Magic Flute Eng.; c: Conlon; d: Deutsch 8/12, 14/76 Les Contes d'Hoffmann Shane; Malas, Schwisow; c: Sipusch; d: Lazarus Central City Opera Festival, D. Effron, Art. Dir., R. Lotito, Exec. Mgr. 7/10-31/76 The Ballad of Baby Doe c: E. Buckley Colorado Opera Festival, D. Jenkins, Art. Dir., Colorado Springs 6/16, 18, 20/76 Don Pasquale 7/7, 9, 11/76 A Soldier's Tale & Gianni Schicchi 7/28, 30 8/1/76 Bora Godunov orig. vers. also apprentice programs for singers and designers University of Northern Colorado, Opera Theatre, C. Schmitz, Prod., Greeley 7/22,23,24/76 Tosca 8/5,6,7/76 7776 CONNECTICUT Hartt College of Music Opera Theatre, J. Zei, Art. Dir., West Hartford 7/8, 9, 10, 22, 24 8/7, 8/76 The Sound of Music 7/15, 16, 17, 29, 31 8/5, 6/76 Fiddler on the Roof DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, R. Stevens, Climn., Washington 8/24-29/76 El Capitan Texas Opera Theater National Symphony Orchestra, J. F. Kennedy Center (7/9-9/12/76) — 26 — Summer 1976

FLORIDA Florida Atlantic University Opera Theatre, R. Wright, Dir., Boca Raton 6/5, 6/76 The Mikado w.p. North Miami Beach Symphony, L. Siegel, Mus. Dir., North Miami Beach 7/11/76 J. Strauss Pops Concert 8/15, 16/76 The Mikado Pensacola Jr. College Summer Opera, S. Kennedy, Dir., Pensacola Fine Arts Auditorium 7/9, 10, 12, 13/76 Cost fan tutte ILLINOIS Grant Park Concerts, S. Ackerman, Mgr., Chicago 6/26-8/29/76 incl. Tosca; Carmen; cone. pfs. The Midland Repertory Players, Opera In the Barn, K. Shanahan, Dir. 6/25, 26/76 Mavra & // Tabarro w.p. 7/16, 17/76 Down in the Valley & Rigoni's The Red Death prem.; w.p. 7/30, 31/76 La Cenerentola w.p. 8/20, 21/76 The Tales of Hoffmann w.p. Ravinia Festival, J. Levine, Mus. Dir., Highland Park (6/24-9/12/76) 7/16/76 La Damnation de Faust Crespin; Riegel, Bastin, Silins 7/6-28/76 Master classes: Valente; Morris INDIANA Indiana University Opera Theatre, W. Bain, Dir., Bloomington 7/10, 17, 24/76 Carousel 8/6, 7, 8/76 Susannah Music Festival, Pendleton 7-8/76 La Fille du regiment stgd; 2 opera concerts IOWA Metro Summer Festival, R. Larsen, Art. Dir., Des Moines 6/18, 20, 26 7/3/76 The Barber of Seville 6/26, 29 7/4/76 Susannah 6/19, 27, 31 7/2/76 Manon Eng. Univ. of Northern Iowa Music Theatre, J. Birkhead, Dir., Cedar Falls (see also Fall '75 Blltn.) 4/76 tour: El Capitan 7 pfs. 7/20-8/2/76 Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris KANSAS Music Theatre of Wichita, Inc., J. Miller, Prod., Wichita 6/9, 10, 11, 12, 13/76 Showboat 8/9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14/76 El Capitan 6/23, 24, 25, 26, 27/76 Sweethearts MAINE South Mountain Festival Association, Pittsfield 6-8/76 incl. The Devil and Daniel Webster MARYLAND Gilnian Summer Theater, W. Rich, Gen. Mgr., Baltimore 7/8, 9, 10, 16, 17/76 The Sorcerer 7/20, 21 8/6, 7/76 Cox and Box & The Pirates of Penzance Harford Opera Theatre, S. Lilienstein, Art Dir., Bel Air and Goucher College 6/10, 12, 13, 17#, 19#, 20# 176 The Barber of Seville 6/24#, 26#, 27# 7/1, 3, 4/76 The Tender Land 7/8, 10, 11, 15#, 17#, 18#/76 Orpheus and Euridice 7/22#, 24#, 25#, 29, 31 8/1/76 Orpheus in the Underworld 8/5, 7, 8, 12#, 14#, 15#/76 Lucia di Lammermoor # at Goucher College, Baltimore Montgomery College Music Dept., G. Muller, Chmn., Rockville 4/4-8/76 Muller's Joshua prem. preview 7/8-11, 15-17/76 Muller's Joshua pfs. also at Lisner Auditorium, Washington, D.C. MASSACHUSETTS Berkshire Music Festival at Tanglewood, Boston Symphony hi residence, S. Ozawa, Mus. Dir., Lenox (7/4-8/29/76) 7/23/76 L'Histoire du soldat SI21176 Berlioz' Romeo et Juliette De Gaetani, Dupouy; Plishka; New England Conserv. Chorus 81'29776 St. Matthew Passion Bryn-Julson, Forrester; Luxon, Stilwell, Riegel, McCoy — 27 — Summer 1976 Brooklyn College School of Performing Arts Summer Session, Indian Hill, Stockbridge (6/25-8/19/76) College Light Opera, R. Haslun, Prod., Highfield Theatre, Falmouth 6/28-7/3/76 Kismet 8/3-7/76 The Red Mill 7/6-10/76 The Pirates of Penzance 8/10-14/76 South Pacific 7/13-17/76 The Vagabond King 8/17-21/76 The Yeomen of the Guard 1120-24116 Ruddigore 8 / 24-28 / 76 The Music Man 1121-31116 The Boys from Syracuse New England Conservatory Summer Program, G. Schuller, Pres., Boston (6/28-8/5/76) Lenox Arts Center, L. Austin & O. Smith, Dirs., Lenox 7/2-8/22/76 incl. Night Club Cantata; In the Dark prem. Southeastern Mass. Music Institute & Festival, M. Meredith, Mng. Dir., North Dartmouth 6/28-7/24/76 incl. Madama Butterfly Opera Workshop, B. Goldovsky, Dir. MICHIGAN University of Michigan Opera Theatre, Ann Arbor 8/12-15/76 Die Fledermaus Eng. Martin; c: U. Mayer; d: R. Herbert 8/17/76 Opera Scenes by Summer Workshop; d: Likova Cranbrook Festival, English Gothic Christ Church, Bloomfield Hills 5/6-9/76 incl. Purcell's Fairy Queen Meadowbrook Music Festival, Detroit Symphony in residence, A. Ceccato, Mus. Dir., Rochester 6/24-8/29/76 incl. Die Walkiire scenes, cone. pf. National Music Camp, G. Wilson, Chmn., Interlochen 6/29-8/22/76 incl. Oklahoma 1124/16 Foss's American Cantata prem. Upper Peninsula Music Festival, Detroit Symphony, A. Ceccato, Mus. Dir. (8/9-15/76) MINNESOTA Carleton Summer Music Festival, W. Wells, Mus. Dir., Northfield (6/17-20/76) Minnesota Opera & University of Minnesota Summer Institute, Minneapolis (6/21-7/17/76) MISSOURI Bicentennial Horizons of American Music, St. Louis (6/14-7/4/76) 6/28, 29/76 The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County Southern 111. Univ. prod., Goldenrod Showboat 7/2/76 Madama Butterfly excerpts NEBRASKA University of Nebraska Opera Theatre, R. Stephens, Dir., Lincoln 7/76 Albert Herring NEW HAMPSHIRE Dartmouth College Summer Festival, Hopkins Center, Hanover (7/3-8/28/76) New Hampshire Music Festival, in coop. w. N.H. Commission on the Arts, Sunapee NEW JERSEY Garden State Arts Center, Holmdel (6/28-9/5/76) 6/28/76 La Traviata Costa; Fernandi, Merrill; c: Silipigni; N.J. State Opera prod. 8/23/76 Boris Godunov excerpts; Hines; c: Silipigni; N.J. State Opera prod. Metro Lyric Opera Co., E. M. Tognoli, Exec. Dir., Monmouth Op. Guild, Allenhurst 7/9-11, 16-18/76 La Boheme in Lincroft, w.p. 8/28, 29/76 Madama Butterfly in Lakewood, w.p. State Bicentennial Committee, Washington Crossing State Pk. 8/26, 28 9/1, 4/76 Barton's The Disappointment or The Force of Credulity prem.; prod, in co-operation w. Eastman School of Music

— 28 — Summer 1976 NEW MEXICO Santa Fe Opera, J. Crosby, Gen. Dir., Santa Fe 7/7, 9, 15, 17, 21, 30 8/14, 17, 26, 28/76 La Traviata E. Shade/N. Shade; Lewis, Ellis, Bryne-Jones; c: Crosby; d: Bakman 7/10, 14, 16, 23 8/ 12m, 18, 21, 24/76 he Nozze di Figaro Eng.; Mitchell, Greena- wald, Esham; Carlson, McKee/Gramm; c: Baustian; d: Hebert; ds: Klein 7/24, 28 8/6, 10, 19, 27/76 L'Egisto Eng.; E. Shade, Greenawald, Esham, Vanni, Godfrey; Bowman, Carlson, Ellis; c: Leppard; d: Cox; ds: Klein 7/31 8/4, 13/76 Salome N. Shade, Kraft; Ulfung, Dooley; c: Crosby; d: Hebert; ds: Conklin 8/7, 11, 20, 25/76 The Mother of Us All Dunn, Godfrey, Vanni; Atherton, Booth, Lewis; c: Leppard; d: P. Wood; ds: Indiana Taos School of Music, Taos (6/19-7/24/76) University of New Mexico Opera Theatre, S. Daniel, Dir., Albuquerque 7/76 The Penitentes NEW YORK Artpark, Natural Heritage Trust, Lewiston 6/30-9/6/76 incl. La Traviata; The Magic Flute; Der Ring des Niebelungen excerpts Caramoor Festival, J. Rudel, Mus. Dir., M. Sweeley, Exec. Dir., Katonah (6/19-8/22/76) 6/25/76 Aitkin's Fables prem. 6/26/76 Let's Make an Opera c: Miner 2 pfs. 7/9/76 Curlew River Velis, Metcalf, Clatworthy, West; c: Rudel; d: Hebert; ds: Evans 7/17, 23/76 The Merry Widow cone. pf. Christensen, Christos; Roe, Bullard, Bil- lings, Harrold; c: Rudel Chautauqua Music Festival, L. Treash, Gen. Dir., Chautauqua (6/26-8/29/76) 7/2, 5/76 The Ballad of Baby Doe Lovett, Bible; Cassel; c: Schanzer; d: Lloyd 7/9, 10, 12/76 Don Pasquale Dickison; Fleck, Evans, Griffin; c: Whallon; d: Treash 7/16, 17, 19/76 The Music Man Barnes, Shauler; Griffin 7/23, 26/76 Die schweigsame Frau Lovett, Shauler; Parker, Evans, Fleck; c: Whal- lon; d: Treash 7/30 8/2/76 The Crucible Farris, Shaulis, Christos; Anderson, White; c: Shanzer; d: Lloyd 8/6, 9/76 Cost fan tulte Blum, Kowalski, Lovell; Evans, Griffin, Holgate 8/13, 16/76 The Girl of the Golden West Smith; Peterson, Anderson; c: Whallon; d: Treash Glimmerglass Opera Theatre, P. Macris, Art. Dir., Cooperstown/Oneonta 7/10, 12, 14, 16, 18/76 La Traviata Ferrer, Brown, Gratton; c: Schneider 7/23, 25, 27, 29, 31/76 Cavalleria rusticana & Pagliacci Hunt, Walker; Williams & Lurie; Herrnkind, Outland, Anderson Lake George Opera Festival, D. Lloyd, Art. Dir., Glens Falls (7/15-8/25/76) 7/15, 17, 19,23 8/12, 14m, 17/76 Manon 7122, 24, 27, 30 8/7m, 10, 14, 18m/76 Cosi fan tutte 7/29, 31 8/2, 6, 11, 16/76 Falstaff 8/5, 7, 9, 13, 18/76 Summer and Smoke Peil, James, Treadway; Nolen, Koch 8/20, 21, 22, 24, 25/76 Porgy and Bess Warfield 7/11, J8, 25 8/1, 8, 15/76 Opera on the Lake cruises Mid-Hudson Opera Theatre & Sullivan County Arts Council, at SUNY, New Paltz 7/13, 14/76 Bimboni's Winona w.p.; cone. pfs. Opera Under the Stars, & Eastman School of Music, L. Treash, Dir., City Park, Rochester 6/24, 26/76 Merry Mount 7/20, 21, 23, 24/76 The Most Happy Fella Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Philadelphia Orch. & Penna. Ballet in residence, Saratoga Springs 7/5/76 The Mikado guest appearance of D'Oyly Carte Opera 7/5-7 7/6/76 The Pirates of Penzance 717176 H.M.S. Pinafore Spotlight on Opera, Opera Under the Stars, E. Zevin, Dir., Valley Stream 8/5/76 Opera Excerpts, M. Wells, Lanzillotti; Polakoff, Roy — 29 — Summer 1976 Summer Festival of Music on the Hudson, Tarrytown (6/ 26-8/14/ 76) Summer Savoyards, P. S. Reese, Chmn., Binghamton 8/6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15/76 The Gondoliers Waterloo Village Music School & Summer Festival, G. Schwarz, Dir., S. Soffer, Adms., spons. Waterloo Foundation for the Arts at restoration Waterloo Village NEW YORK CITY After Dinner Opera Co., at Washington Square Park 7/20/76 Buxom Joan & excerpts other early Am. operas (17 pfs. in N.Y. State) Broque Opera Co., at ETC Theatre 7/8, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 25/76 Pergolesi's The Music Master & Shield's Rosina Metropolitan Opera in the Parks, A. Bliss, Exec. Dir. 6/15, 16, 18, 19, 22, 23, 25, 26l76Aida, Madama Butterfly cone. pfs. Mostly Mozart Festival, Alice Tully Hall (6/28-8/28/76) Naumburg Concerts, Central Pk. Mall (6-9/76) 9/5/76 H.M.S. Pinafore Loom prod. New York Grand Opera Co., V. LaSelva, Dir., Central Park 71SI76 Madama Butterfly 7115176 La Boheme 7/22/76 Tosca 7/29/76 Cavalleria rusticana & Pagliacci, 8/7 at C. W. Post College 8/12/76 La Traviata, 8/14 at C. W. Post College, 8/24 Brooklyn New York Philharmonic Concerts in New York Parks (7/4, 8/3-31/76) New York University Educational Theatre/Multi Media Theatre 7/14/76 A Hand of Bridge & Boston Baked Beans & Shiloni's Multi-Media Opera 7/21/76 The Unicorn, Gorgon and the Manticore & The Unicorn in the Garden 7/28, 29/76 Four-Note Opera & Three Sisters Who Are Not Sisters 8/1/76 Gilbert's Rotation w. ballet Opera Studio and AMD A, J. Bascetta, Dir., Ansonia Hotel 7/9,10, 16, 17, 18/76 Tosca c: Barentyne Queens Opera Ass'n, in coop. w. Queens Arts Council & N.Y.C. Cultural Affairs Dept. 8/14, 21/76 La Boheme cone. pfs. in parks Stuyvesant Opera Co., S. Sweeney, Dir., St. John Baptist Church Aud. 7/25/76 The Barber of Seville 8/15/76 Cavalleria rusticana & Pagliacci NORTH CAROLINA Brevard Music Center Opera Wksp., H. Janiec, Art. Dir., Brevard 7/3/76 Trouble in Tahiti & The Devil and Daniel Webster 7/10/76 La Cenerentola 8/6/76 Lucia di Lammermoor 7/16/76 // Trovatore 8/14/76 The Elixir of Love 7/30/76 The Music Man University of North Carolina, Opera Theatre, R. Sander, Dir., Greensboro 6/14, 16, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30/76 H.M.S. Pinafore NORTH DAKOTA International Festival of the Arts & International Youth Band Festival (6/10- 8/12/76) Bottineau OHIO Blossom Music Center, Cleveland Orch. in residence, L. Maazel, Mus. Dir., Cuyahoga Falls (6/15-8/28/76) 8116176 Porgy and Bess 8/26, 28/76 Fidelio Ross, Hendricks; Rintzler, Langdon, Gramm Cincinnati Opera, J. DeBlasis, Gen. Dir., Cincinnati Music Hall 6/16, 19, 25/76 Carmen Haddon, Wolff; Theyard, Anderson; c: Perisson; d: de Blasis; ds: Shortt; chgr: Louiso 6/20 7/3, 9/76 Showboat Hunt, Marsee; Gibbs, Mosley; c: Woitach; d: deBlasis; chgr: Louiso 6/23, 26/76 Tosca Kirsten; Alexander, Quilico; c: Guadagno; d: Tajo; ds: Brown 7/7, 10/76 Cost fan tutte Shade, Williams, Battel; Parker, Garrison, Fox; c: Rudolf; d: Boerlage; ds: Depenbrock 7/14, 17/76 Aida Meier, Conrad; Mauro, Justus, Morris; c: Woitach; chgr: Louiso 7/21, 24/76 The Ballad of Baby Doe French, Bible; Patrick, Fox; c: Dudley; d: de Blasis; chgr: Louiso — 30 — Summer 1976 Cincinnati Opera Young American Artists, J. Dudley, Mus. Adm., Edgecliff College Theatre 7/6, 8/76 Postcard from Morocco Reims; Ford, Liebl Cleveland Institute of Music & Cleveland Opera Theatre Ensemble, A. Addison, Dir. 6/21-7/31/76 Summer school program master classes 8/15, 25 9/10/76 The Crucible all pfs. w.p.; Opera al Fresco Festival 8/18 9/8/76 The Tales of Hoffmann Eng. Addison 8/22 9/11/76 The Telephone & The Medium 8/29 9/1, 12/76 La Traviata Eng. Addison Lakeside Festival, R. Cronquist, Mus. Dir., Lakeside (8/3-27/76) OREGON Peter Britt Gardens Music & Arts Festival (8/6-21/76) Medford Portland State University, Dept. of Music, S. J. Trudeau, Head., Portland 6/3, 5, 6/76 Cost fan tutte Washington Park Music Festival, Portland (7/23-8/15/76) 7/30, 31 8/1/76 Die Fledermaus by Portland Opera Ass'n; Eng. Martin PENNSYLVANIA Duquesne University Summer Workshops, Pittsburgh (6-7/76) Opera Company of Philadelphia, C. Suppa, Art. Dir. 7/9/76 Fledermaus at Longwood Gardens 7/12, 14, 28/76 Hansel and Gretel Opera Workshop "Red, White and Blue Festival", R. Flusser, Dir., Pittsburgh 8120,21/76 La Boheme 81'22116 Verdi Requiem 8/28/76 Saylor's My Kinsman, Major Molineaux prem. Pennsylvania State University Festival, University Park 7/11-31/76 Pennsylvania Orchestra and Pennsylvania Ballet in residence Robin Hood Dell Concerts, Philadelphia Orchestra hi residence, £. Ormandy, Mus. Dir., Philadelphia (6/14-7/29/76) Temple University Music Festival, Pittsburgh Symphony in residence, S. Comissiona, Mus. Dir., Ambler (6/25-8/21/76) 7/16/76 The Magic Flute 7/24/76 Opera Concert; Diaz; c: Caldwell 8/5, 6, 7/76 The Pirates of Penzance The Savoy Company RHODE ISLAND Newport Music Festival, M. Malkovich, Gen. Dir., Newport (7/22-31/76) 7/26, 27/76 Portrait of Manon c: Singer; d: Englander Rhode Island Summer Opera, M. Ruffino, Art. Dir., at Ocean State Theatre, Providence 8/76 La Traviata; Aida 1 pf. each TENNESSEE Sewanee Summer Music Center, Martha McCrory, Dir., Sewanee (6/18- 7/25/76) TEXAS Houston Grand Opera Spring Festival, D. Gockley, Gen. Dir., Houston 5/21, 22, 23, 25, 27, 28, 29, 31/76 El Capitan Brunelle ed.; Kowalski, Telese; Pederson, Hickman; c: DeMain; d: Eddleman; ds: Miller 6/4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12/76 Susannah Soviero; Pederson; c: Nance; d: Bakman 7/1, 2, 3, 4m, 5, 6, 7, 9/76 Porgy and Bess Dale/Oliver, Brice, Shakesnider, Lane; Albert/Lind-Oquendo, Dickson, A. Smith, Marshall; c: DeMain/Nance; d: O'Brien; ds: Randolph/Potts; co-prod: Goldman; also 8/24-28/76 Wolf Trap; 8/31-9/12/76 at O'Keefe Center, Toronto; 9/13-18/76 National Arts Centre, Ottawa; 7/12-8/15 Philadelphia; 9/21 opening Broadway, N.Y. Round Top International Festival-Institute, J. Dick, Dir., Round Top (6/4- 7/7/76) "Texas" Music Drama, Palo Duro Canyon State Park (6-8/76) UTAH Brigham Young University Music Theatre, C. Robison, Art. Dir., Provo 6/10, 11, 12, 16/76 The Boor (replaces II Trovatore) University of Utah/Snowbird Summer Arts Institute, Salt Lake City 7/12-8/20/76 Utah Symphony in residence, M. Abravanel, Mus. Dir. — 31 — Summer 1976 VERMONT Marlboro Music Festival, R. Serkin, Art. Dir., Marlboro (7/3-8/8/76) Vermont Mostly Mozart Festival, University of Vermont, Burlington 7/18-8/7/76 incl. Acis and Galatea Raskin; Bressler Vermont Opera Theatre, B. Owens, Art. Dir., Johnson State College, Johnson 6/21/76 Vocal workshop, Nan Nail 7/23/76 Opera Scenes VIRGINIA Wolf Trap Farm Park for the Performing Arts, F. Rizzo, Art. Adm., Vienna (6/7-8/28/76) 6/7, 11/76 Aida Metropolitan Opera Ass'n 6/8, 12m/76 Madama Butterfly Metropolitan Opera Ass'n 6/9/76 La Gioconda Metropolitan Opera Ass'n 6/10/76 Norma Metropolitan Opera Ass'n 6/12/76 Le Nozze di Figaro Metropolitan Opera Ass'n 6/22-26/76 Shenandoah 7/14/76 Excerpts from Der Ring des Niebelungen National Symphony; c: Rudel 7/30, 31/76 Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream Wolf Trap Company 8/12, 14/76 La Traviata Sills; Fredricks, Carreras; Wolf Trap Company; San Diego prod. 8/17/76 Beverly Sills sings Victor Herbert 8/24-28/76 Porgy and Bess Houston Opera Company WASHINGTON Cornish School of Arts Summer Opera Wksp., £. Hurschell, Dir., Seattle (7-8/76) Seattle Opera — Pacific Northwest Festival, G. Ross, Gen. Dir., H. Holt, Mus. Dir. 7/13, 20#/76 Das Rheingold Haywood, Cariaga; Crook, Tyl, Rivers; d: London; ds: Naccarato 7/14, 21#/76 Die Walkiire Barlow/Green, Cariaga; Crook/Rue, Tyl; d: London; ds: Naccarato 7/16, 23#/76 Siegfried Barlow/Green; Becker, Tyl; d: London; ds: Naccarato 7/18, 25#/76 Gb'tterddmmerung Barlow/Green, Cariaga; Becker, Rivers, Wilder- mann; d: London; ds: Naccarato # Eng. Porter WEST VIRGINIA Oglebay Opera Wksp., B. Goldovsky, Dir., Wheeling 8/1-14/76 Opera Workshop; Madama Butterfly WISCONSIN Milwaukee Symphony Orch. & Wisconsin Conservatory Chorus, Milwaukee 6/12, 13/76 La Damnation de Faust cone. pfs. Peninsula Music Festival, H. Cruthirds, Art. Dir., Fish Creek (8/6-21/76) University of Wisconsin Opera, K. Moser, Art. Dir., Madison 7/14, 16,17/76 Blitzstein's Regina WYOMING Grand Teton Music Festival, L. Tung, Mus. Dir., Teton Village 7/22-8/28/76 incl. Mozart opera in concert form CANADA Banff Festival of the Arts, A. Copland, Cond., Banff, Alberta (8/3-21/76) 8/12, 15/76 Kiss Me Kate 8/20, 21/76 Cenerentola 8/13, 14/76 The Tender Land Summer School & Master classes Courtenay Youth Music Centre, I. Guttman, Dir., Courtenay, B.C. 8/8, 9/76 The Marriage of Figaro at No. Vancouver Centennial Theatre Elliott Lake Centre Summer School of the Arts, A. Schoep, Dir., Elliott Lake, Ont. 6/28-8/13/76 Opera and Voice Workshop Festival Canada, National Arts Centre, M. Bernardi, Mus. Dir., Ottawa, Ont. 7/3, 6, 8, 10, 14, 16/76 The Marriage of Figaro Wells, Valente; Holloway, Ellis; d: Mansouri; Eng. Martin 7/17, 20, 22, 24, 26/76 The Queen of Spades Kubiak, Forrester; Vickers, Monk; d: Kaslik; ds: Svoboda; Eng. Goldovsky 7/27, 29, 31/76 Le Comte Ory Elias, Boky; Brecknock; d: Maestrini — 32 — Guelph Spring Festival, N. Goldschmidt, Art. Dir., Guelph, Ont. (4/23-5/9/76) 5/5, 7, 8, 9/76 The Beggar's Opera d: Bawtree Kingston Festival, Kingston, Ont. (7/18-28/76) Mohawk College Summer Opera Festival, P. Rolston, Head, Dept of Music, Hamilton, Ont 7/5, 7, 8/76 Quesnel's Colas and Colinette (1788) Eng. 7/12, 14, 16, 18/76 Rigoletto c: Hepner; d: Macina 7/13, 15, 17/76 Opera Scenes National Arts Centre, Ottawa 8/5/76 Solomon and Sheba Harlem Opera Society prod. Opera at the Olympics, Place des Arts, Montreal 7/1, 3, 5/76 The Barber of Seville Lebrun; Duval, Cossa, Rouleau, Bisson; c: Hetu; L'Opera du Quebec prod. 7/4, 5, 6/76 The Beggar's Opera Belcourt, Forst, Glass; McManus, Relyea, Ingram; c: Goldschmidt; d: Jackson; Guelph Spring Festival prod. 7/19, 20, 21/76 The Merry Widow c: Deslauriers 7/26/76 Sacchini's L'Olympiade Chornodolska; Germain, Duval; c: Brott Shawnigan Summer School of the Arts, J. Johannesen, Dir., Victoria, B.C. (7/27-8/27/76) Stratford Festial, R. Armenian, Mus. Dir., Stratford, Ont. (7/5-8/20/76) Toronto Arts Production, L. Major, Gen. Mgr., at St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts 7/13-17/76 The Beggar's Opera Guelph Spring Festival prod. Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Ontario Place 8/6/76 Gypsy Baron Victoria Summer Festival, L. Gati, Art Dir., Victoria, B.C. 7/24-8/28/76 The Abduction from the Seraglio; Gilbert and Sullivan operas PUERTO RICO Festival Casals, A. Schneider, Mus. Dir., San Juan (6/10-7/5/76)

FIRST PERFORMANCE LISTING, 1976-77 SEASON All performances are staged with orchestra unless marked "cone, pf." or "w.p." (with piano). — * following an opera title indicates new production. — Perform- ances and news items once announced will not be relisted at the time of per- formance. ALABAMA Birmingham Civic Opera Ass'n, M. Dick McClung, Dir., Civic Center Music Hall 11/3, 4/76 Tosca Armstrong; Khanzadian, Fazah; c: Fuchs; d: Collins; sets: In- diana U. 2/18, 19/77 The Elixir of Love D. Lucas, Grimsley; R. Lucas, Timberlake; c: Fuchs; d: Collins; at Samford Music Hall Opera Alabama, Thomas Gibbs, Art Dir., touring co. of Birmingh. Civic 1976-77 tour Amahl and the Night Visitors c: Gibbs; d: Hormon; mus. adv.: Rhea Mobile Opera Guild, J. K. V. Willson, Gen. Mgr., Mobile Municipal Theatre 3/2, 4/77 La Boheme Craig Troy State University Opera Wksp., P. Kelley, Dir., Troy 5/19, 21/77 Don Giovanni CALIFORNIA New York City Opera, J. Rudel, Gen. Dir., Dorothy Chandler Pavillion, Los Angeles 11/17/76 Gala 11118,21/76 La Boheme 11/19 12/5m, 9/76 La belle Helene Eng. Dunn/Rudel 11/20 12/12m/76 Madama Butterfly 11/27 12/12/76 Rigoletto ll/21m 12/llm/76 H.M.S. Pinafore 11/28 12/3/76 Die Fledermaus 11/24 12/2, 4/76 Turandot 11/30 12/10/76 La Traviata 11/26, 28m 12/5/76 Der fliegende Hollander 12/1, 4m, 7/76II Barbiere di Siviglia 11 / 27m 12/11/76 Carmen 12/8/76 The Makropoulos Affair

— 33 — 1976-77 Season Oakland Symphony, H. Farberman, Mus. Dir., Paramount Theatre 5/24, 28/77 La Damnation de Faust cone, pfs.; Curry; diVirgilio, Meredith; Oakland Symphony Chorus Opera Repertory Theatre, M. Warenskjold, Dir., Death Valley Junction 2/77 The Impresario & Maid as Mistress & Sweet Betsy from Pike Pacific Opera Theatre, G. Buckbee, Dir., University of the Pacific, Stockton Fall '76 Eyser's Sista Resan (The Last Voyage) Am. prem. 11/21, 22/76 The Mikado w.o. 515177 II Campiello w.p. San Diego Opera, T. Capobianco, Art. Dir., K. Caswell, Gen. Mgr., San Diego 10/9,12, 15, 17/76 Otello Strow; Andrew, Tipton; c: Rigacci; d: Bakman 12/1, 3, 5, 7/76 The Saint of Bleecker Street Haywood, Wolff; Di Giuseppe, Torigi; c: Alcantara; d: Capobianco 1/23, 25, 28, 30/77 Die Fledermaus Meier, Roland; Opthof, Ulfung, Smith, Darren- kamp; c: Somogi;d: Mansouri 2/19, 22, 25, 27/77 Gotterdammerung Green; Remedios, Wildermann/O'Leary; c: Holt; d: London 3/26, 29 4/1, 3/77 La Traviata Sills; McDonald, Edwards; c: Alcantara; d: Capo- bianco; ds: Toms San Francisco Opera, K. H. Adler, Gen. Dir., War Memorial Opera House 9/10, 15, 19m, 25, 28 10/1/76 Thais* Sills; Ahnsjo, Milnes, Malta; c: Pritchard; d: Capobianco; ds: Toms 9/11, 14, 17, 22, 26m 10/2/76 Die Walkiire Knie, Rysanek/Martin, Hesse; Vickers, Grant, Sotin; c: Suitner; d: Hager; ds: Skalicki 9/18, 21, 24, 29 10/3m ll/7m, 13m, 19/76 La Forza del destino* Tomowa-Sintow/ Kabaivanska, Marsee; Atlantov/Ilosfalvy, Bruson/Boyagian, Trimarchi, Plishka/ Kovacs; c: Adler; d: Fassini; ds: Samaritani 10/2, 5, 8, 10m, 16, 23m/76 Tosca Rysanek/Martin; Aragall, Wixell; c: Peloso; d/ds: Ponelle 10/6, 9, 13, 17m, 22/76 Peter Grimes Harper; Vickers, Evans; c: Pritchard; d: Evans; ds: Toms 10/15, 19, 24m, 30 11/2/76 Die Frau ohne Schatten* Rysanek, Schroeder-Feinen, Hesse; Katsu, Berry; c: Bohm; d: Lehnhoff; ds: Zimmermann 10/20, 23, 26, 29, 31m/76 The Makropoulos Affair Silja; Lewis, Evans; c: Von Dohnanyi; d: Pountney; Eng. 10/27, 30m 11/5, 10, 13, 16, 21m, 24, 27/76 Cavalleria rusticana & Pagliacci Troyanos/Crespin; Domingo/Lloveras, Janulako; & Rogers/Kabaivanska; Do- mingo/ Prevedi, Ellis, Wixell/Glossop; c: Schermerhorn; d/ds: Ponnelle 11/6, 9, 14m, 18, 26/76 Imbrie's Angle of Repose prem.; N. Shade, Marsee; Lewis, Ludgin, Duesing; c: Mauceri; d/ds: Freedman 11/12, 17, 20, 23, 25, 28m/76 // Barbiere di Siviglia Von Stade; Brecknock, Hage- gard, Capecchi, Tozzi; c: Varviso; d: Hager; ds: Rennert; 11/9, 12, 17, 18, 24/76 student mat. Univ. of California Opera Theater, C. Zytowski, Dir., Lehman Concert Hall, Santa Barbara 11/76 Zytowski's The Town Musicians of Bremen prem. 4/22, 23/77 Handel's Semele University of Southern California Opera Wksp, N. Limonick, Mus. Dir., Ramo Hall, Los Angeles 10/22, 23, 29, 30/76 A Midsummer Night's Dream w.o. 1/9/77 Shakespeare in Opera w.p. 2/18, 19/77 Dido and Aeneas & Gianni Schicchi w. Young Musicians Orchestra 5/14/77 Abduction from the Seraglio w. Visalia Community Orchestra, 5/20 w. 2ps. 5/21/77 Cost fan tutte w. 2 ps. 3/77 tour of excerpts to Los Angeles schools Young Artists Opera Theatre, J. Large, Art. Dir., Univ. of Calif, at San Diego/ La JoUa 4/14, 17/77 // Prigioniero & Betly

— 34 — 1976-77 Season

COLORADO Denver Symphony Orchestra, B. Priestman, Mus. Dir., Denver 12/6, 7/76 L'Enfance du Christ 5/9, 10/77 Tosca cone, pf.; Armstrong; Petersen, Burchinall Opera Fair, Inc., H. Lawyer-Duvalo, Dir., Arvada Arts Center, Denver 9/15, 17, 18/76 Guerrero's La Rosa del Azafran zarzuela, Am. prem. University of Denver Opera Theatre, R. Worstell, Dir., Denver 1/27-29/77 Carmen University of Northern Colorado Opera Theatre, C. Schmitz, Prod., Greeley 11/18, 19/76 Susannah w.o. 2/25, 26 3/3, 4, 5/77 South Pacific w.o. 5/26, 27/77 Opera Scenes w.p. 7/23, 24, 25/77 La Traviata w.o. 8/6, 7, 8/77 Cabaret w.o. Western State College Opera Wksp., L. Marra, Dir., Gunnison 11/17/76 Amahl and the Night Visitors w.p. CONNECTICUT Connecticut Opera Ass'n, W. Warden, Gen. Mgr., Bushnell Memorial Hall, Hartford 10/23/76 Don Carlo Bacocevic, Grillo; Francesconi, Petkov 12/4, 7/76 // Barbiere di Siviglia* Guglielmi; Harness, Edwards, Tozzi 2/19/77 Rigoletto Pellegrini; Dominguez, Derksen 3/19/77 Otello Cruz-Romo; Py, Glossop Hartt Opera Theatre, J. Zei, Art. Dir., University of Hartford, West Hartford 1/23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30/77 The Tales of Hoffmann 4/13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19/77 Bluebeard's Castle 1976-77 tour: The Love for Three Oranges; The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County New Haven Opera Theatre, H. Glaz-Redlich, Dir., Hamden 10/8, 10/76 Madama Butterfly* at So. Conn. State Univ. 11/15/76 La Serva padrona (Opera in Focus) 2/21/77 Shakespeare in Opera (Opera in Focus) 3/25, 27/77 La Cenerentola Eng.; at So. Conn. State College DELAWARE Wilmington Opera Society, E. Kjellmark, Pres., Grand Opera House, Wil- mington 11/6, 12, 13/''6 Rigoletto 2/11, 12, 13/77 Respighi's Sleeping Beauty Am. prem. 4/22, 23, 29, 30/77 Aida DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA J. F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington 9/7-15/76 Macbeth; La Boheme; La Cenerentola; Simon Boccanegra; Milan's La Scala prod. 9/18-24/76 Otello; Le Nozze di Figaro; Faust; Paris Opera prod. 5/3-16/77 New York City Opera prods. See also Opera Society of Washington, D.C. Library of Congress, Coolidge Auditorium, Washington 10/29, 30/76 Barton's The Disappointment Eastman School of Music prod. Opera Society of Washington, G. London, Gen. Dir., Kennedy Center, Washington 12/3/76 Attila Galvany; Diaz, Theyard; c: Guadagno 2/2/77 Madama Butterfly Hayashi; Mauro; c: Pallo; d: Rizzo 3/16/77 Werther Grillo; Gedda, Hedlund; c: Perisson; d: London Washington Civic Opera, R. Weilenmann, Dir., with National Symphony, Lisner Auditorium, Washington 9/30 10/1/76 The Crucible FLORIDA Asolo Opera Company, A. Baker, Gen. Dir., Asolo Theater, Sarasota 1/1, 3, 13, 15, 17, 19111 Don Giovanni 1/7, 8, 10, 11/11 L'lncoronazione di Poppea 1/22, 24, 26, 28, 30 2/1-5/77 Tosca 21 A, 1, 8, 11, 12/77 Don Pasquale — 35 — 1976-77 Season Civic Opera of the Palm Beaches, P. Csonka, Art. Dir., Palm Beach 12/3, 5/76 Cavalleria rusticana & Pagliacci Grillo, de Paul; Kness, Guarrera & Daniels; Campora, Merrill, Guarrera 1/28, 30/77 The Merry Widow Eng.; Armstrong; Campora 3/24, 26/77 Aida Galvany, Despalj; Morell, Voketaitis Florida Family Opera, div. Greater Miami Opera, R. Herman, Gen. Dir., Miami 1/77 Boris Godunov Eng. 2/77 La Perichole Eng. 3/77 Macbeth Eng. 4/77 La Fanciulla del West Eng. Greater Miami Opera Co., R. Herman, Gen. Dir., E. Buckley, Mus. Dir., Miami & Ft Lauderdale 1/17, 19, 22/77 Boris Godunov Eng.; Elias; Riegel, Siepi, Atherton, Morris, Malas; c: Buckley; d: Yannopoulos; ds: A. Klein 2/14, 16, 19/77 La Perichole Eng.; Stratas; Titus, Evans; c: Allers; d: Lucas; ds: Gerard; Metropolitan Opera prod. 3/7, 9, 12/77 Macbeth Barstow; Theyard, Milnes, Flagello; c: Buckley; d: Merrill; ds: Benois 4/11, 13, 16/77 La Fanciulla del West Neblett; Domingo, Colzani; c: Buckley, d: Mansouri; ds: O'Hearn Jacksonville Univ. College of Fine Arts, Opera Wksp., W. Vessels, Dir., Jack- sonville 3/25, 26/77 The Marriage of Figaro North Miami Beach Opera Co., L. Siegel, Mus. Dir., North Miami Beach, City Hall Auditorium 1/9, 10/77 // Trovatore 2/15, 16/77 L'Elisir d'amore 3/20,21/77 La Boheme Opera Company of Jacksonville (form. Opera Repertory Group), A. Smith, Gen. Dir., Jacksonville Civic Auditorium Theatre 11/13, 14/76 Susannah c: Barrett; d: Collins 2/'19,20777 Martha Eng.; c/d: Barrett; ds: Adams 5/14, 15/77 La Boheme c: Csonka; d: Thompson Opera Gala Guild of the Florida Symphony, Mrs. C. Croft, Pres., Orlando 11/12, 14m/76 Carmen 21 A, 6m/77 Cavalleria rusticana & Pagliacci Soviero; Theyard, Guarrera San Carlo Opera of Florida, Tampa 11/20/76 Rigoletto Shane; Marini, Merrill; c: Coppola GEORGIA Augusta Opera Co., R. Moores, Gen. Mgr., Bell Music Hall, Augusta 9/8, 10, 12/76 La Boheme Mandac; c: Woitach Spring '77 tour Die Fledermaus Augusta Opera Theatre HAWAII Hawaii Opera Theatre, R. LaMarchina, Mus. Dir., Honolulu 1/21, 23, 25/77 Turandot Ballard, Lee; Peterson 2/4, 6, 8/77 // Barbiere diSiviglia Caballero; Di Giuseppe, Holloway, Voketaitis 2/18, 20, 22/77 The Pearl Fishers Lee; Mount ILLINOIS Chicago Opera Studio, R. Frisbie, Mus. Dir., Jones Auditorium, Chicago 11/6/76 The Barber of Seville w.p. 1/22, 23, 29, 30 2/5, 6, 12, 13/77 The Abduction from the Seraglio w.o. 4/20 5/1, 7, 8, 14, 15, 21, 22/77 Summer and Smoke Illinois Opera Theatre, D. Lloyd, Art. Dir., Krannert Center, Urbana 9/76 Porgy and Bess 10/76 Summer and Smoke 12/76 Hansel and Gretel 3/77 The Elixir of Love Eng. Lloyd 5/77 A Midsummer Night's Dream 7/77 Manon Eng. Bishop Illinois State University Music Dept., D. Shrader, Chmn., Normal 3/10, 12/77 La Bohime — 36 — 1976-77 Season Lyric Opera of Chicago, Carol Fox, Gen. Mgr., Chicago 9/25, 29 10/1, 4, 9, 12, 15/76 Les Contes d'Hoffmann* Eda-Pierre, Welting, Cortez, Zilio; Domingo/Johns, Andreolli, Mittelmann; c: Bartoletti; d: Puecher; ds: Frigerio 10/2, 6, 8, 18, 23, 26/76 La Cenerentola Valentini, Azarmi; Alva, Nolen, Montar- solo; c: Rescigno; d/ds: Ponnelle 10/13, 16, 19, 22, 29 11/1/76 Un Ballo in maschera Ricciarelli, Wise, Wolf; Car- reras, Cappuccilli/Breeson; c: Lopez-Cobos; d: Gobbi; ds: Darling 10/27, 30 11/2, 5, 8, 10, 13, 19, 23/76 Rigoletto Nunziata, Mazzieri; Kraus, Cap- puccilli/Manuguerra; c: Chailly; d: Sequi ds: Pizzi 11/6, 9, 12, 17, 20, 22,, 27/76 Khovanshchina Cortez, E. Shade; Little, Andreolli, Mittelmann, Ghiaurov, Lagger; c: Bartoletti; d: Frisell; ds: Benois 11/26, 29 12/6, 8, 11, 14, 17/76 Tosca Neblett; Pavarotti, MacNeil; c: Lopez- Cobos; d: Gobbi; ds: Pizzi 12/4, 7, 10, 13, 15, 18/76 The Love for Three Oranges Shade, Davidson; Little, Gill, Dooley, Titus; Bartoletti; d: Chazalette; ds: Santicchi (Penderecki's Paradise Lost postponed for 1977) INDIANA Indiana University Opera Theater, W. C. Bain, Art Din, Bloomington 9/18, 25 10/2, 9/76 Madame Butterfly c: Vacano; d: Busch; ds: Rothlisberger 10/16, 23, 30 11/6/76 Idomeneo d: Allen; ds: Rothlisberger 11/13, 19, 20 12/4, 5/76 Porgy and Bess c: Contino; d: Allen; ds: Rothlisberger 1/29 2/5, 12/77 Pelleas et Melisande c: Vacano; d: Busch; ds: Rothlisberger 2/19, 26 3/5,12/77 Falstaff c: Balkwill; d: Allen; ds: Sollors 4/2, 9, 16, 23/77 Kaufmann's The Scarlet Letter d: Busch; ds: Rothlisberger Indianapolis Opera Co. Inc., M. Ramaker, Dir., Indianapolis 10/25-30/76 Die Kluge 4/16, 20, 22, 23, 27, 29, 30/77 Carmen Whitewater Opera Co., C. Combopiano, Dir., Richmond 11/19, 20/76 The Daughter of the Regiment Eng. 2/ 25, 26/ 77 La Boheme Eng. 4/ 29, 30/ 77 Hansel and Gretel Eng. KANSAS University of Kansas Opera Theatre, G. Lawner, Dir., Lawrence 12/1-5/76 Hansel and Gretel 4/77 Cost fan tutte Wichita Symphony Society, D. Snyder, Gen. Mgr., Wichita 11/19, 21/76 Madama Butterfly c: Huybrechts; d: Eddleman KENTUCKY Kentucky Opera Ass'n, M. Bomhard, Dir., Louisville 10/15, 16/76 Madama Butterfly Zannoth, Trussel 11/5, 6/76 The Ballad of Baby Doe Hunt, Bible 2/4, 5/77 Don Giovanni Bergquist, Christos, Lovett; Diaz 3/25, 26/77 Un Ballo in maschera LOUISIANA New Orleans Opera Ass'n, A. Cosenza, Gen. Dir., Theatre of Performing Arts, New Orleans 9/30 10/2/76 La Favorite Dunn; Kolk; c: Anderson 11/11, 13/76 Andrea Chenier Bernard; Theyard 12/9, 11/76 Rigoletto Robinson; Scano, Paskalis 3/3, 5/77 Die Walkiire Hunter, Meier, Rankin; Andrew, Shinall 3/24, 26/77 The Barber of Seville Welting; Johnson, Holloway 4/28, 30/77 La Traviata Armstrong; Suarez, Edwards Shreveport Symphony Repertory Opera Co., J. Shenaut, Mus. Dir. & Cond., Shreveport 11/14, 15/76 Siegmeister's Night of the Moonspell prem. MARYLAND Baltimore Opera Co., R. Collinge, Gen. Mgr., Baltimore 10/21, 23, 25/76 La Boheme Maliponte, Lee; Theyard, Edwards, Riley, Swanson; c: Wendelken-Wilson; d: Hicks 11/18, 20, 22/76 Don Giovanni Meier, Weidinger, Lovett; Morris, Malas, R. John- son; c: Woitach; d: Tavernia 2/17, 19, 21/77 Der fliegende Hollander Neblett; Tipton, W. Lewis, Berberian; c: Schermerhorn; d: Merrill 3/24, 26, 28/77 Falstaff Craig, Belling, Dixon; Mittelmann, Darrenkamp; c: Comis- siona; d: Hebert ._ — J I — 1976-77 Season Eastern Opera Theatre, J. Lehmeyer, Prod., touring div. Baltimore Opera Co. 12/76-1/77 tour through Maryland Dr. Miracle Eng. Lehmeyer Univ. of Maryland Opera Theater, G. Tallman, Dir., College Park 12/3, 4/76 Riders to the Sea & The Stoned Guest w.p. 2/25, 27, 28/77 The Elixir of Love w.o. 4/28, 29/77 Gilbert & Sullivan operetta w.p. MASSACHUSETTS Opera Company of Boston, S. Caldwell, Art. Dir., Boston 3/5, 8, 11, 13/77 La Boheme Eng.; c: Scott; d: Caldwell 3/19, 22, 25, 27/77 Glinka's Ruslan and Ludmilla Gramm; c/d: Caldwell 4/24, 26, 28, 30/77 Rigoletto Sills; c/d: Caldwell 6/2, 5, 7, 10/77 Orfeo ed Euridice Verrett; c/d: Caldwell 11/30-12/5/76 La Boheme Opera New England tour; 8 pfs. MICHIGAN Michigan Opera Theatre, D. DiChiera, Gen. Dir., Detroit 10/1, 3, 6, 7, 8/76 Pasatieri's Washington Square prem.; Malfitano, Bonazzi; Ellis, Tozzi; c: Holt; d: Psacharopoulos 11/5, 7, 10, 12, 13/76 Madama Butterfly 1/14, 16, 19, 21, 22/77 Naughty Marietta 2/11, 13, 16, 18, 19/77 The Magic Flute Opera Ass'n of Western Michigan, J. Hatton, Gen. Mgr., Grand Rapids 9/24, 25, 29 10/1, 2/76 The Marriage of Figaro Eng. Martin; c: Alcantara; d: Appel 12/2-5/76 The Medium & The Telephone c: Dunlap Opera Guild of Greater Lansing, D. Burkh, Art. Dir., East Lansing 1/14 15, 16/77 Don Giovanni L. Haywood, Mannion, Lovette; Reardon, Trassel, Beni Piccolo Opera Company, M. Gordon, Dir., Detroit and tour 10/76 Ellstein's The Thief and the Hangman Spring '77 Lebenbom's The Fearsome Inn prem. children's opera MINNESOTA Duluth Symphony and Opera Ass'n, R. D. Amos, Gen. Mgr., Duluth 9117/76 L'Elisir d'amore 2 pfs., Matsumoto Minnesota Opera Co., C. Fullmer, Gen. Mgr., Minneapolis (Opening date of prods, only) 10/9/76 The Bartered Bride Williams, Cornell; c: Brunelle; d: Balk 2/12/77 St. Matthew Passion c: Brunelle; d: Balk 3/18/77 Candide 4/23/77 Mahagonny c: Brunelle; d: Bait MISSISSIPPI Mississippi Opera Ass'n, B. White, Dir., Jackson 11/30/76 // Trovatore Strow, Lanzillotti; Morrell, Holmes; c: Nance 3/10-12/77 to be announced Opera/South, D. Ardoyno, Gen. Mgr., Jackson State University, Jackson 11/20/76 Kay's Jubilee prem.; c: DePriest; d/ds: Dorr 3/77 Fidelio Jones; Burgess, Albert; c: Freeman; d: Dorr MISSOURI Kansas City Lyric Theater, R. Patterson, Gen. Dir., Lyric Theatre, Kansas City 9118, 21 j 23, 29 10/1/76 The Ballad of Baby Doe Daniels, Highley; Hook; c: Patter- son; d: Bakman; ds: Oenslager/Campbell 9/22, 24, 25 10/19, 21/76 The Pirates of Penzance Dickison, Nordling; Jones, Eddleman, Sullivan; c: Ryan; d: Eddleman; ds: DeRosier 9/28, 30 10/2, 6, 8/76 Andrea Chenier Eng.; Volkman, Yarmat; Khanzadian, Palmer; c: Patterson; d: Allen; ds: DeRosier 10/12, 14, 16, 20, 22/76 The Barber of Seville Eng.; Yarmat; Livings, Palmer, Green; c: Patterson; d: Eddleman; ds: DeRosier 10/5, 7, 9, 13, 15/76 La Traviata Eng.; Wilcox; Rhodus, Hook; c: Ryan; d: Bak- man; ds: Gohl NEBRASKA Opera Omaha, J. Dudley, Gen. Dir./Cond., Omaha 11/18, 20/76 Aida Carson, Troyanos; Theyard, Patrick; d: Alden; ds: Steinberg 2/10, 12/77 The Merry Widow Lear; Stewart 4/28, 30/77 Don Giovanni Wells, Zoghby, Greenawald; Ellis; d: Alden; ds: Stevens — 38 — 1976-77 Season

NEW JERSEY New Jersey State Opera, A. Silipigni, Art. Dir., Newark/ Trenton 11/6/76 Mefistofele Olivero; Hines; c: Silipigni 12/2116 Fidelio Barlow 21'21111 Cavalleria rusticana & Pagliacci McCracken 3/27/77 Madama Butterfly Sato; Gobbi; c: Silipigni; d: Gobbi Opera Classics of New Jersey, G. Ungaro, Art. Dir., DeNooyer Auditorium, Paramus 10/23/76 Lucia di Lammermoor 1/22/77 Gala Concert 2/19/77 // Barbiere di Siviglia 3112111 Die Fledermaus 4/'30/'77 Faust Opera/Operetta Soc. of Monmouth Conservatory, F. Molzer, Dir., Monmouth County Arts Center 11/20, 21/76 Naughty Marietta 4/2, 3/77 The Tales of Hoffmann NEW YORK Opera Theatre of Rochester, R. Rosenberg, Gen. Mgr., Eastman Theatre, Rochester 10/2/76 Gianni Schicchi & Pagliacci 1/15/77 // Trovatore 4130/11 Tosca Opera Theatre of Syracuse, R. Driver, Gen. Mgr., Concert Theatre, Syracuse 10/29, 30/76 Un Ballo in maschera w.o. 1/28, 29/77 The Barber of Seville Eng., w.o. 3/25, 26/77 La Perichole Eng., w.o. Tri-Cities Opera Co., P. Hibbitt & C. Savoca, Art. Dirs., Binghamton 10/1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10/76 Un Ballo in maschera 1/28, 29, 30 2/4, 5, 6/77 Madama Butterfly 4/29, 30 5/1, 6, 7, 8/77 Lucia di Lammermoor NEW YORK CITY Amato Opera Theatre, A. Amato, Pres., Amato Opera House 9/11, 12, 18, 19, 25, 26 10/1, 2, 9, 10/76 Don Giovanni* all w.p. 10/23, 24, 30, 31 11/5, 6, 13, 14, 20, 21/76 Faust 12/3,4, 11, 12,17, 18,26,31/76 1/2,8,9/77 The Barber of Seville Eng. 3/5, 6, 12, 13, 18, 19, 26, 27 4/2, 3/77 Falstaff Eng. & Ital. 4/16, 17, 22, 23, 30 5/1, 7, 8, 14, 15/77 Madama Butterfly 5/27, 28 6/4, 5, 11, 12, 18, 19, 25, 26/77 La Traviata* Bel Canto Opera, T. Sieh, Art. Dir., Madison Avenue Baptist Church 9/4, 5, 11, 12/76 Riders to the Sea & The Bear 11/6, 7, 13, 14/76 Pimpinone & Djamileh 12/4, 5, 11, 12/76 Prince Igor 1/15,16,22,23/77 Mireille 2/26, 27 3/5, 6/77 Blitzstein's Regina 3/26, 27 4/2, 3/77 Auber's Manon Lescaut Am. prem. 4/23, 24, 30 511111 Lortzing's Tsar and Carpenter 5/21, 22, 28, 29/77 Victor Herbert operetta The Bronx Opera Co., M. Spierman, Art. Dir., at Bronx H.S. & Hunter College 1/7, 8, 14, 15/77 La Traviata Eng.; c: Spierman; d: Getke 5/6, 7, 14, 15/77 Fra Diavolo Eng. Gutman; c: Spierman Clarion Concerts, Newell Jenkins, Mus. Dir., Alice Tully Hall, 20th Anniver- sary Season 1/5/77 Cavalli's Giasone Am. prem.; Eng.; Bonazzi, Moagland, von Reichenbach, Wyner; Corrado, Diaz, Foldi, Messana, Perry, White Light Opera of Manhattan, W. Mount-Burke, Dir., Eastside Playhouse 8,9/76 The Pirates of Penzance 18 pfs. 8, 9/76 The Mikado 18 pfs. 8, 9/76 H.M.S. Pinafore 18 pfs. — 39 — 1976-77 Season Metropolitan Opera, A. Bliss, Exec. Dir., Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center 10/11, 16,21,27,30m 11/5,9,13/76 // Trovatore 10/12, 16m, 22, 25, 29 11/6, 18, 25, 29 12/8, 15, 25m/76 Aida 10/13, 18, 24m, 30 11/3, 11, 15, 22 12/3, 9, 18m/76 Die Meistersinger von Niirnberg 10/14, 20, 26 11/2, 10, 20m/76 Le Nozze di Figaro 10/15, 19, 23, 28 11/1, 6m, 12, 16/76// Trittico ll/4#, 8, 13m, 17, 20, 23, 26, 30 12/4m/76 Lohengrin* Lorengar, Dunn; Kollo, Mclntyre, Giaiotti; c: Levine; d: Everding; ds: Lee/Hall 11/19#, 24, 27m 12/1, 4, 7, llm, 14, 17, 20/76 Esclarmonde* Sutherland, Tou- rangeau; Aragall, Grant, Quilico, Macurdy; c: Bonynge; d: Mansouri; ds: Mon- tresor; San Francisco Opera prod. 11/27 12/2/76 La Forza del destino 12/6, 10, 13, 22, 30116 Faust 12/11, 16, 23, 27/76 Die Zauberflote 12/18, 21, 25/76 Tosca 12/24, 28, 311/76 Lucia di Lammermoor \lj29II6 Salome # Guild benefit (also 1/18/77 Le Prophete, 2/5/77 Dialogues des Carmelites, 2/23/77 La Boheme, and 3/18/77 Lulu) t Gala performance 1977 schedule and artists roster in Fall '76 Blltn. New York City Opera, J. Rudel, Gen. Dir., New York State Theatre, Lincoln Center 9/1, 4, 9, 26m/76 Turandot 9/2, 25 10/2m/76 Die Meistersinger von Niirnberg Eng. Martin 9/3, 8, 18, 26 10/17m/76 H.M.S. Pinafore 914m, llm, 15 10/14, 24m/76 La Boheme 9/5m, 12m, 17, 24 10/2, 9m/76 Madama Butterfly 9/5, 16, 22, 27 10/8 11/14/76 La Traviata 9/7 10/9, 23 ll/13m/76 Le Nozze di Figaro 9/10, 19, 29/76 The Makropoulos Affair 9/11, 18m 10/10m, 16, 21 11/7/76 Die Fledermaus 9/12, 19m 11/2, 13#/76 Cavalleria rusticana & Pagliacci 9/14,23 10/3, 15,28 UIW76 Carmen 9/21, 25m, 30 10/3, 6, 19, 26, 29/76 La belle Helene* Eng. Dunn/Rudel; Arm- strong; Price, Sandor, Billings; c: Rudel; d: Eddleman; ds: Evans/Campbell 10/1, 3, 5, 12, 20, 23m/76 Der fliegende Hollander* Meier; Collins, Sarabia, Malas; c: Rudel; d/ds: Darling 10/7, 22, 30/76 Un Ballo in maschera 10/10,13, 16m 11/6/76 Lucrezia Borgia 10/17, 31m 11/4, 12/76 Rigoletto 10/24#, 27, 30m 11/3, 6m, 9/76 11 Barbiere di Siviglia* Sills; Harness, Titus, Gramm, Ramey; c/d: Caldwell; ds: Pond/Senn; Boston Opera prod. 10/31 11/ 14m/76 Pelleas et Melisande 11/5, 7m, 10/76 The Saint of Bleecker Street* Malfitano; Di Giuseppe; c: Kellogg; d: Rizzo; ds: Salzer/Luiken # Benefit see also California and District of Columbia; Spring '77 in later Blltn. 1976 sop: Armstrong, Ballard, Battle, Brooks, Craig, DeRosa, Derr, Farley, Fowles, Haley, Hynes, Jones, Kehrig, Lee, Malfitano, Meier, Niculescu, Niska, Palmer, Robinson, Rolandi, Sills, Simon, Soviero, Tatum, Wildes; mezzo: Conrad, Costa- Greenspon, Curry, Harris, Hegierski, Piland, Quivar, Stapp, Toro, Walker; ten: Alexander, Bartolini, Castel, Collins, Di Giuseppe, Glaze, Griffith, Harness, Hensel, Kness, Lankston, Lowery, Mauro, Nagy, Novick, Poll, Price, Romaguera, Sandor, Scano, Siena, Taylor; bar & bass: Baker, Berberian, Billings, Bunger, Clatworthy, Cossa, Darrenkamp, Densen, Devlin, Elvira, Fredricks, Gill, Gramm, Hale, Hollo- way, Jamerson, Justus, J-edbetter, Malas, McKee, Paul, Pierson, Ramey, Roe, Ronson, Roy, Sarabia, Smith, Steele, Stilwell, Titus, Yule; cond: Alcantara, Cald- well, Campanino, Effron, Fuchs, Gantt, Gerhart, Gray, Kellogg, Klippstatter, Martin, Miner, Morelli, Pallo, Popper, Richardson, Rudel, Singer, Somogi, Walser. — 40 — 1976-77 Season New York Philharmonic, P. Boulez, Mus. Dir., Avery Fisher Hall 5/12, 13, 14/77 La Damnation de Faust cone, pfs.; Norman; Mclntyre, Parker; c: Boulez; Westminster Choir Opera Orchestra of New York, E. Queler, Art. Dir., Carnegie Hall 1/9/77 Smetana's Dalibor Kubiak; Gedda, Plishka; c: Queler 4/13/77 Puccini's Edgar Scotto; Sardinero; c: Queler; cone. pfs. New York Lyric Opera, D. Johnston, Dir., New York University Theatre, W. 4 St. 10/14, 15, 16, 17/76 Fedora 3/24, 25, 26, 27/77 Falstafi Eng. 1/20, 21, 22, 23/77 Martha Eng. 5/18, 19, 20, 21/77 Madama Butterfly also offered for tour: Rigoletto; Madama Butterfly; Hansel and Gretel; Die Fleder- maus Eng. New York State Opera Society, N. Yost, Mgr., High School of Fashion Theatre 9119176 Norma w.o. The Paris Opera, R. Liebermann, Gen. Dir., Metropolitan Opera House 9/8, 11, 16/76 Le Nozze di Figaro M. Price/Eda-Pierre, Freni/Mathis, Von Stade; Bacquier/Krause, Van Dam, Moll; c: Sold; d: Strehler 9/10, 15, 18/76 OtelloM. Price; Cossutta, Bacquier; c: Solti 9/14, 17/76 Faust Freni, Auphan; Gedda/Vanzo, Bisson, Soyer; c: Plasson; ds: Lavelli 9/18-25/76 at Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C. NORTH CAROLINA Charlotte Opera Ass'n, C. Rosekrans, Mus. Dir., Charlotte 10/22, 24/76 Rigoletto Russell; Sandor, Quilico; d: Bakman 1/28, 30/77 Turandot Eng.; Marcopoulos; d: Hicks 4/22, 24/77 The Merry Widow Eng.; Christensen; Madsen, Holloway; d: Lucas East Carolina University Opera Theatre, C. Hiss, Dir., Greenville 2/2, 3, 4, 5/77 The Rake's Progress 5/5, 6, 7/77 Opera Scenes University of North Carolina Opera Theatre, R. Sander, Dir., Greensboro 4/1, 2, 3/77 Die Fledermaus OHIO Dana School of Music Opera Wksp., D. Vogel, Dir., Youngstown State Univ. 11/76 Davis's The Sailing of the Nancy Belle & The Ordeal of Osbert 5/77 Susannah Dayton Opera Ass'n, L. Freedman, Dir., Memorial Hall, Dayton 10/9/76 Aida Arroyo, Grillo; Morell; c: Coppola lj 29111 Don Giovanni Tozzi 3/26/77 La Traviata Wells; Alexander, Colzani 5/7/77 Lucia di Lammermoor Russell; Molese Lima Symphony Orchestra, J. Firszt, Mus. Dir., Memorial Hall, Lima 10/23/76 Boris Godunov scenes, Boatwright The New Cleveland Opera Co., D. Bamberger, Art Dir., at Byron Auditorium 10/22, 23/76 Madama Butterfly Eng.; c: Posell; d: Bamberger 11/12, 13/76 The Barber of Seville Eng. Oberlin College Conservatory Opera Dept., B. Owens, Dir., Oberlin 11/17, 19, 30/76 The Boor & The Scarf 3/9, 11, 12/77 Curlew River Toledo Opera Ass'n, L. Freedman, Dir., Toledo Masonic Auditorium 10/2/76 Aida Arroyo; Morell 1/22/77 Don Giovanni Eng.; Tozzi 4/2/77 La Traviata Galvany; Alexander, Colzani 5/14/77 Lucia di Lammermoor Russell; Molese, Chapman University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory, E. Bonelli, Dean, Corbett Auditorium, Cincinnati 2/24-27/77 The Bartered Bride 5/12-15/77 A Midsummer Nighfs Dream OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City University Opera Wksp., I. Silberg, Dir., Oklahoma City 9/76 Lizzie Borden 12/76 Man of La Mancha 2/77 The Magic Flute 12/1/76 Hansel and Gretel All! Gypsy

— 41 — 1976-77 Season Tuba Opera Co., E. Purrington, Gen. Mgr., Tulsa Municipal Theatre 11/4, 6/76 Manon Blegen; Riegel, Parker; c: de Almeida; d: de Blasis 3/10, 12/77 Macbeth* Galvany; Quilico, Neill, Johnson; c: Moresco; d: Igesz; ds: Jampolis University of Tulsa Opera Theatre, B. Lewis, Dir., Kendall Auditorium, Tulsa 12/11, 12/76 Trouble in Tahiti & Dido and Aeneas w.o. 4/29, 30 5/7, 8/77 Noye's Fludde w.o. in Sharp Chapel OREGON Portland Opera Ass'n, S. Minde, Gen. Dir., Portland 9/23, 25, 27/76 The Consul Cariaga, Gunn, Rogers; Gray, Ludgin; c: Minde; d: Menotti; ds: Wong 11/11, 13, 15/76 Werther Simon; Goeke; c: Holt; d: Clark; co-prod: Seattle & San Francisco 3/10, 12, 14/77 La Cenerentola Lerer, Cutsforth, Jones; Walker, Beni, Workman; c: Minde; d: Hager 5/11, 14, 17/77 Die Meistersinger von Niirnberg Francesca-Cavazza; Becker, Schenk, Hirte, Walker, Wildermann; c: Minde; d: G. Hager PENNSYLVANIA Curtis Institute Opera Theatre, D. Yannopoulos, Dir., D. Enron, Cond., at Walnut St. Theatre, Philadelphia 10/22, 24/76 A Midsummer Night's Dream 2/24, 27/77 Intermezzo Eng.; first staged American prod. 4/15, 17/77 Don Giovanni Eng. 4/22, 24/77 Cos) fan tutte Eng. Curtis Studio Opera, D. Yannopoulos, Dir., D. Effron, Cond., Philadelphia 12/10, 13, 16, 20/76 Rigoletto w.p. 3/15, 17, 22, 24/77 Pelleas et Melisande w.p. 5/17, 20, 23, 26/77 Tosca w.p. Harrisburg Civic Opera Ass'n, S. Oberholtzer, Art. Dir., Lehrman Arts Center, Harrisburg 5/13, 14, 20, 21/77 The Bartered Bride c: Metzgar; d: Oberholtzer Opera Company of Philadelphia, M. Leon, Gen. Mgr., C. Suppa, Art. Dir., Academy of Music 10/19, 22/76 Tosca Kubiak; Corelli, Meredith; c: Veltri; d: de Blasis 11/23, 26/76 Cavalleria rusticana & Pagliacci Schauler; Rinaldi, Gray & Alba; McCracken, Guarrera; c: Wendelken-Wilson; d: Hicks 12/14, 17/76 Die Walkure Hunter, Meier; Vickers, Shinall, Wildermann; c: Holt; d: London 1/18, 21/77 // Barbiere di Siviglia Russell; Hirst, Titus, Foldi, Ramey; c: Moresco; d: de Blasis 2/1, 4/77 Don Giovanni Sgourda, Thomson, Munzer; Morris, Gonzaga, Michalski; c: Suppa; d: Ludwig 3/1, 4/77 La Boheme Malfitano, Fiske; Mauro, Wagner, Corbeil; c: Rudel; d: Guttman 1976-77 tour: Hansel and Gretel; Die Fledermaus; The Barber of Seville; The Mikado Philadelphia Musical Academy Opera Studies, S. Ventura, Dir., Philadelphia 12/9, 10, 11/76 Mavra & Hin und zuriick & Bastien and Bastienne The Pittsburgh Opera, R. Karp. Mus. & Gen. Dir., Heinz Hall, Pittsburgh 11/11-13/76 Tosca Niska; Morell, Tipton 12/2-4/76 Norma Deutekom, Berini; MacWherter, Berberian 1/27-29/77 The Bartered Bride E. Shade; Foldi, Johnson 3/10-12/77 Faust Thomson; Duval, Diaz 3/31-4/2/77 Cost fan tutte Meier, Miller; Stewart, Gardner, Corbeil 4/21-23/77 Rigoletto Valente; Di Giuseppe, Quilico West Chester State College Opera Theatre, C. Sprenkle, Dean, West Chester 11/4, 5, 6/76 The Barber of New York 6 pfs. RHODE ISLAND Artists Internationale, M. Ruffino, Art. Dir., Providence 9/18/76 Madama Butterfly Cruz-Romo; Khanzadian, Shinall 11/6/76 Tosca also 10/31 in Worcester 1/10/77 La Fille du regiment Peters, Carlisle; c: Serebrier 3/12/77 La Gioconda Ruffino, Warfield; Dominguez, Shinall; c: Kohn 5/14/77 Faust Farley; Hines; c: Serebrier — 42 — 1976-77 Season SOUTH CAROLINA Bob Jones Univ. Opera Ass'n, D. Gustafson, Dir., Greenville 3/22, 24, 26/77 Rigoletto Converse College Opera Wksp., J. McCrae, Dir., Spartanburg 511177 La Perichole Furman Univ. Opera Wksp., G. Sheard, Dir., Greenville 2/77 Cost fan tutte 2 pfs. w.o. TENNESSEE Carson-Newman College Lyric Theatre, T. Teague, Dir., Jefferson City 10/7,8, 9/76 Susannah Chattanooga Opera Ass'n., R. C. Austin, Dir., Univ. of Tennessee Music Dept., Chattanooga 9/30 10/2/76 Madama Butterfly Eng. Yockey 4121,21177 Die Fledermaus Eng. 2/77 tour: The Barber of Seville Eng. Memphis Opera Theatre, E. Blair, Gen. Mgr., K. Klippstatter, Mus. Dir., Memphis 9/30 10/2/76 Madama Butterfly N. Shade 11/4, 6/76 Turandot Tatum; Malamood 2/12, 14/77 La Fille du regiment Sills; Harness, Malas 3/31 4/2/77 Der fliegende Hollander Lansford; Khanzadian, Tozzi TEXAS Beaumont Civic Opera, M. Gray, Pres., Lamar Univ. Theatre, Beaumont 3/4, 5, 6/77 Naughty Marietta Dallas Civic Opera, N. Rescigno, Gen. Dir., Dallas, 20th Anniversary Season 11/5, 7, 9/76 Handel's Samson Eng.; Wells, Forrester; Vickers, Michalski, Plishka; c: Rescigno; d: Mansouri; ds: Varona/Hall 11/16, 19, 21/76 La Traviata Sills; Prior, Paskalis; c: Rescigno; d: Capobianco; ds: Toms 11/28, 30 12/3/76 Salome Knie, Johnson; Kachel, Holtenau; c: Rescigno; d: Moshinski; ds: Hall 12/8, 10, 12/76 La Boheme Nunziata, Zoghby; Prior, Zancanario; c: Rescigno; d: Maestrini; ds: di Nobili/Hall Fort Worth Opera Ass'n, R. Kruger, Gen. Mgr. & Mus. Dir., Fort Worth 12/3, 5/76 Carmen Howard, F. Robinson; Norman, Devlin; d: Hebert 1/21, 24/77 The Mikado Garrison, Billings; d: Eddleman; ds: King/Mess 3/4, 6/77 Tosca Haywood; Morrell, Justus 4/22, 24/77 Der Rosenkavalier Eng.; Meier, Hynes, Munzer; Malas, Billiard; d: Hebert; ds: Dalton Houston Grand Opera, D. Gockley, Gen. Dir., Jones Hall, Houston 10/15, 16*, 17m, 18*, 19, 22/76 Rigoletto Valente; Brecknock, Paskalis 11/19, 20*, 21m, 22*, 23, 26/76 // Barbiere di Siviglia Ewing; Jiminez, Prey, Montarsolo, Gramm; c: Mackerras, d: Besch; ds: Stoddart 1/28, 29*, 30m, 31* 2/1, 4/77 Peter Grimes Wells; Vickers, Devlin; c: Pritchard; d: Anderson; ds: Toms (San Francisco and Chicago co-op prod.) 3/3, 5*, 6m, 7*, 8, 11/77 Andrea Chenier Carson; Merighi, Ellis; c: Rescigno; d: Mansouri; ds: Skalicki (Houston & San Francisco co-op prod.) 3/25, 27m, 29 4/1/77 L'lncoronazione di Poppea Rogers, Forrester; Titus, Ellis, Ferrante; c: Montgomery; d: Corsaro; ds: Jampolis/Greenwood (Washington D.C. prod.) 4/15, 16*, 17m, 18*, 19, 22/77 Salome Bumbry, Krueger; Neill, Tyl; c: Foster * American Series with American cast Texas Opera Theater, touring co. of Houston Grand Opera, J. deMain, Mus. Dir. 10/76-6/77 El Capitan; The Marriage of Figaro; The Barber of Seville; The Play of Herod; The Medium; Barab's Chanticleer tour in 7 states; casts: Kowalski, Lay, Porter, Telese, Willeford; Ellsworth, Pedersen, Warner. San Antonio Symphony and Opera Ass'n, V. Alessandro, Mus. Dir., San Antonio 1/28/77 Wagner's Rienzi J. Price; McCray; c: McArthur; d: Darling; ds: Toms 3/19/77 Tosca Armstrong; Little, Cowan 5/20/77 Norma Sills, Troyanos; Little, Hale — 43 — 1976-77 Semon UTAH Brigham Young University Music Theatre, C. Robison, Art. Dir., Provo 10/22, 27, 28, 30/76 La Boheme Eng. Pearlman/Rizzo 11/18, 19 12/9, 10/76 3/24, 25 4/7, 8/77 Music Theatre Sketches, var. progrs. 2/25 3/1, 2, 4/77 The Magic Flute Eng. Robison 3/31 4/1/77 Easter Oratorio, stgd. VIRGINIA Virginia Opera Ass'n, P. Mark, Art. Dir., Norfolk 10/27, 29, 31/76 Rigoletto Putnam; Norman, Burchinal; c: Mark; d: Farrar 1/5, 7, 9/77 // Trovatore Altmeyer, Conrad 3/30 4/1, 3/76 The Impresario Eng. & Pagliacci WASHINGTON Seattle Opera Ass'n, G. Ross, Gen. Dir., Seattle 9/16, 18, 22, 24, 25, 26/76 Of Mice and Men K. Knight; Moulson, Chapman; c: Holt; d: Floyd 10/28, 30, 31 11/3, 5, 6/76 Werther Simon; Goeke; c: Holt; ds: Rubin (co- production with San Francisco and Portland) 1/20, 22, 26, 28, 29, 30/77 Otello Costa; Roney, Bugarin 3/17, 19, 23, 25, 26, 27/77 La Cenerentola Lerer; Beni, Walker (Portland Opera prod.) 5/5, 7, 11, 13, 14, 15/77 Tosca Martin; Morell, Quilico WEST VIRGINIA West Virginia Opera Theatre, D. Riggio, Cond., Charleston Municipal Audi- torium 11/76 Cosi fan tutte cone. pf. 4/77 The Barber of Seville WISCONSIN Madison Civic Opera, R. Palmer, Mgr., Wisconsin Union Theatre, Madison 2/11, 12/77 Manon Milwaukee Florentine Opera Co., A. Bellamente, Gen. Mgr., Milwaukee 10/14, 16/76 La Cenerentola Petros; Ahlstedt, Reardon, Malas; d: Lucas 11/18, 20/76 La Boheme Craig; Harness, Ellis 3/24, 26/77 Don Giovanni Neblett; Devlin, Plishka; c: Schermerhorn 5/5, 7/77 Faust Wells; Theyard, Ramey; c: Wendelken-Wilson The Opera of the University of Wisconsin, School of Music, K. Moser, Art. Dir., Madison 10/6, 8, 9/76 // Matrimonio segreto Eng. 3/9, 11, 12/77 Falstaff 4/22, 23, 27, 28, 29, 30/77 On the Town CANADA Algoma Festival, Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. 9/24, 25, 26/76 Noye's Fludde c: Goldschmidt; d: Coghill Canadian Opera Company, H. Geiger-Torel, Art Dir., Toronto, Ont. 9/24, 27, 30 10/2m, 5, 6, 16/76 The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein Howard, Shuttle- worth; Walker/Atherton, Davison, Corbeil/McManus; c: Crosby: d: Hebert; ds: Klein/Mess (Santa Fe Opera prod.) 9/25, 29 10/8, 12/76 Die Walkure Malmborg, Browning, Vernon; Cassilly, Roar, Wildermann; c: Bender; d: Geiger-Torel; ds: Laufer 9/28 10/2, 7, 9m, 11, 13, 15/76 La Boheme Zarou, Shuttleworth; Bondino, Opthof; c: Barbini;d: Lucas; ds: Day 10/1, 4, 9, 14, 16m/76 Tosca Galvany; Mauro, Roar, McManus, Wildermann; c: Balkwill; d: Fisher; ds: Schafer/Mess Edmonton Opera Ass'n, I. Guttman, Art. Dir., Edmonton, Alberta 9/30 10/2, 4, 6m/76 The Barber of Seville Tourangeau; Walker, Titus, Corbeil; c: Suppa; d: Guttman; ds: Lord 12/2, 4, 6/76 Madama Butterfly Pellegrini, deCarlo; Sandor, Opthof; c: Hetu; d: Guttman; ds: Darling 2/10, 12, 14/77 Salome N. Shade, Forrester; Crofoot, Braun, Lachonas; c: Hetu; d: Geiger-Torel; ds: Jackson 5/5, 7, 9/77 La Fille du regiment Sills; Harness, Bisson; c: Rosekrans; d: Guttman; ds: Montresor AA 1976-77 Season

The Manitoba Opera Ass'n, E. Barbini, Mas. Dir., Manitoba 11/18, 20, 22/76 Cavalleria rusticana & Pagliacci Stapp; Mauro, Bisson; & Thom- son; Lavirgen, Bisson, Barcza; c: Barbini; d: Guttman 1/27, 29, 31/77 Un Ballo in maschera Galvany, Allen; Bondino, Quilico; c: Barbini; d: Guttman 4/28, 30 5/2/77 Lucia di Lammermoor Robinson; Dominguez, Opthof, Corbeil; c: Barbini; d: Thomas Southern Alberta Opera Ass'n, B. Hanson, Gen. Mgr., Jubilee Auditorium, Calgary, Alta. 10/26, 28, 30/76 Die Fledermaus 1/18, 20, 22/77 The Barber of Seville i\ll tour: The Secret of Susanne Vancouver Opera Ass'n, R. Bonynge, Art. Dir., Vancouver, B.C. 10/21, 23, 26, 28, 30/76 La Boheme Carson, Costa; McKinney, Yurisich; c: Bonynge; d: Rubes; ds: Varona 1/27, 29 2/3, 5/77 Mignon Tourangeau, Rogers; Widen; c: Bonynge; d: Ayrton; ds: Fredrikson 3/10, 12, 17, 19/77 Die Fledermaus Eng.; Costa, Cuccaro, Begg; Cole, Bell, Opthof; c: Gamley; d: Rubes; ds: Jackson 4/21, 23, 28, 30/77 Les Huguenots Tourangeau, Rogers, Elkins; Brecknock, Grant, Morris; c: Bonynge; d: Ayrton; ds: Varona University of Alberta Opera Div., A. Strombergs, Chmn., Edmonton 11/76 Portrait de Manon & Comedy on the Bridge 1/77 The Magic Flute

News From Publishers Belwin-Mills has announced that all vocal scores, miniature and study scores formerly handled by Edwin F. Kalmus, Opa-Locka, Florida, have been taken over by their publishing company and are now available from Belwin Mills, 16 West 61 Street, New York, N.Y. 10023 for sale and from their Huntington, Long Island, office for rental.

Addenda to 1976 Directory In the two-volume Directory of Operas and Publishers recently released, the codes and addresses of the following three publishers were inadvertently omitted: Chi Chappel Music Co., 810 Seventh Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10019 (212) 977-7200 Jou Editions Joubert, 25 rue Hauteville, Paris 75010, France TW Tams-Whitmark Music Library, Inc., 757 Third Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10017 (212) 688-2525 We regret this oversight and suggest your adding them to the lists on pages 6-8 and 91-93 of the Directory.

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