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May, 1965

NEW AND PREMIERES Ludwig Lenel, in-residence composer at Muhlenberg College, Pa., will have his second opera, THE BOSS , premiered by Muhlenbergfs opera work- shop. The one-act work will be presented on May 13, 14, and 15 together with Wolf-Ferrari's "Secret of Suzanna". The Opera Workshop, started in 1960, became a joint college-community venture in 1962 and, in addi- tion to its annual Spring performances at the college, has performed for local clubs and organizations in the community and in surrounding areas. In 1963 the group premiered Lenel's "Young Goodman Brown". *******

Henry Papale, 28-year old composer from Pittsburgh, based his most re- cent opera on Gogol's THE NOSE, choosing the same subject matter as did Shostakovich. Other works by Mr. Papale include THE BALLOON, a one-act "abstract tragedy" with a cast of four, scored for chamber or accompaniment, and two children's operas, THE ONLY GREEN PLANET, a two-act space musical for seventh and eighth graders, and THE PRINCE AND THE SHOVEL-TOOTHED WITCH to be performed by an adult cast. This 35-minute opera recently won first prize at the Penn State Children's Dramatic Radio Show competition. Por further informa- tion contact Mr. Papale at 521 Collins Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. *******

After the copyrights expired on works in 1961, George Rowell and Kenneth Mobbs, two British Savoyard specialists, combined Gilbert's play "Engaged" with various unknown musical numbers by Sullivan. The result was ENGAGEDI OR CHEVIOT'S CHOICE which was first performed at the Bristol Opera School in England three years ago. On April 23 it was premiered in the United States by the Village Light Opera Group, Ltd., a New York company dedicated to Gilbert and Sullivan . *******

Another recent adaptation of original words and original music have been presented by the Manhattan School of Music - The Pour Winds Theatre Group on April 30 and May 1. Entitled THE TRIUMPH OF DELIGHT, the fully-staged Elizabethan masque combines sixteenth century masques by Ben Jonson with airs and dance pieces of the same period, incorporating folk tunes and songs by such composers as Campion, Dowland and Byrd.

INDEX — PAGE 14 -2- Designs for the decor were by Mosca, Jenny Egan functioned as artistic director, Antonino Lizaso as musical director, Maria Karnilova as choreographer; Robert Cotton is the general manager of the group. *******

Italian composer, Antonio Bibalo's THE SMILE AT THE FOOT OP THE LADDER after Henry Miller's story (see Sept.f64 Bulletin) was premiered at the Hamburg Stateopera on April 6. The cast under 's baton included Heinz Blankenburg, Ruth-Margaret Puetz and ; stage director was Egon Monk. The opera as well as the performance were well received. *******

In Pebuary, the Cologne Opera in Germany staged an interesting premiere in the form of Bernd Alois Zimmermann's . Written in the tradition but transcending both its musical and dramatic idiom, the opera poses many production problems. The story is based on an eighteenth century play by Jakob Michael Lenz about the distruction of the innocent through fate and circumstance and it unfolds on various levels and in various periods simultaneously. Parts of the premiere performance were previously taped and transmitted over loudspeakers placed throughout the opera house. Part of the orchestra,which was placed in back and below the stage ,was also amplified over the loud- speakers. Filmed sequences were mixed with live action on stage. *******

The St. Pancras Festival in included in its spring schedule the British premiere of Verdi's first opera OBERTO. Because of the re- zoning of the City of London,the St. Pancras Festival is threatened in its existence after the current season. It is hoped that this imagi- native group, which has mounted many rare works and British premieres (this season "II Retorno d'Ulisse in Patria" and "") will be able to continue.

EUROPEAN OPERA CENTERS WITH VARYING PURPOSES All indications point to Geneva as the new center of Herbert van Karajan's future operatic activities. There have been rumors, supported by published interviews with the conductor, that he plans to bring together many famous opera companies for periodic guest engagements at the new Geneva opera house. He further envisions exchange visits by these companies and TV tapings as well as recordings of the choice productions. The extent of these plans is not specified at this time but it seems quite certain that Berlin and Milan (Karajan has close ties in both cities) will participate. *******

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A "service center" for operatic personnel has been established in Munich, Germany. Headed by Armand McLane, Kurt Saffir, and Donald Arthur from the U.S. and Bernard Brook-Partridge from Great Britain OPERA INTER- NATIONAL e.V. will be an information center for singers, directors, designers, etc. seeking employment in Europe. Membership dues vary with different countries and are partially dependent on postal rates: US$10. includes air-mail postage for publications, membership in Germany is DM25. Under its editor Jane Hunter, Opera International published its first Journal in April. This publication will appear bi-monthly and contains original articles as well as reprints from American or German music publications, European reviews of members' performances and general news items. The first Annual Guide is in preparation and will include in- formation on living conditions in Central Europe, audition practices, theatres and theatre routines in Central Europe, the "" system of casting, European laws and changes of laws pertaining to the foreign artist, glossary of theatrical and musical terms in German and English. The non-profit organization will answer inquiries by its members but will not act as artist's agent or placement bureau. For further information write to Opera International e.V., Residenzstrasse 13/lV, 8 Munich 2, Germany.

ARTS CENTERS AND NEW AUDITORIUMS

The Nassau (Long Island, N.Y.) County Board has approved the amount of $9.5 million for the designing and construction of the 14,000-seat co- liseum, the first structure in the proposed $46 million JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER near Mitchel Field, N.Y. A 2,100-seat concert and opera hall is the next project. Byron Belt has been appointed County Director of the Performing and Fine Arts; the California architectual firm of Welton Becket and Associates, responsible for the Los Angeles Music Center, has been commissioned to submit the designs. *******

The Washington, D.C., JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER OF THE PERFORMING ARTS re- cently received one of its major grants ($500,000) from the Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation. In order to acquire the $15.5 million Congres- sional appropriations the Center must raise another $600,000 by public subscription before June 1. The Center will house three auditoriums under one roof, with seating capacities of 2,700, 2,000, and 1,000 re- spectively. *******

The Metropolitan Opera, while on its annual tour visit to Boston in April, played for the first time in the recently opened WAR MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM. The 5,800-seat house is equipped for opera, concerts, film showings, as well as sport events and exhibitions. Some of its new mechanical fea- tures include acoustical ceiling panels, a slotted stage floor which allows scenery stored below the stage to be raised on to the stage di- rectly, removable seats on the auditorium's floor and tracked partitions

COS BULLETIN, 5/65 -4- that convert part of the large hall into smaller meeting or exhibition areas. Amplification is used for opera performances. *******

San Francisco's Mayor John Shelley has proposed a $29 million bond issue for an improved and partially new cultural center. The four-part program proposes to rehabilitate the War Memorial Opera House replacing the 3,200 seats in the auditorium, furnishing new technical equipment and enlarg- ing the stage and pit; the addition of a 1,000-seat auditorium in the Veteran's Building; the construction of a new musical arts building to house a 2,200-seat auditorium for the San Francisco Ballet and available also for recitals, chamber music and drama; the redesigning of the San Francisco Museum of Art into a modern facility. *******

Detroit has joined the long line of cultural-center-planners and it en- visions a 200-acre area (half of this for landscaped park land and apart- ment housing) at a total cost of $250 million. The present Art Institute, Historical Museum, main Public Library, Wayne State University and the new Medical Center are to be the core of the new development. A Natural History Museum, a Museum of Science and Technology, a Theatre Arts Center, a Musical Arts Center and a Planetarium are to be added. Charles A. Blessing, director of the City Planning Commission, presented the 20-year plan to the Community Council for approval.

BOOKS AND LIBRARIES, RECORDS AND TAPES The eighty-two year history of the Metropolitan Opera House on thirty- ninth Street will be reviewed in the GOLDEN HORSESHOE. Over 300 photographs in color and in black and white will be representative of every phase of the opera house's history, artistically as well as architectually and historically. Pictures of most of the Met's famous singers and of celebrities, artists and companies who have performed at the opera house are included. Some photographs have never before been published. "Golden Horseshoe" was prepared by Frank Merkling, editor of , and his associates at the Metropolitan Opera Guild's ma- gazine. Viking Press announces the publication date as September 27, coinciding with the last opening night of the Metropolitan at its present home. The pictorial history will sell for $16.50. By special arrange- ment Central Opera Service can offer the book to COS members at a pre- publication price of $13.50 for orders received before August 31. Please use coupon below for identification as COS member.

SPECIAL OFFER TO CENTRAL OPERA SERVICE MEMBERS: (good before Aug.31 only) Please fill in coupon and mail with your remittance to: "Golden Horseshoe" Room 305, 1425 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10018 Please reserve copies of GOLDEN HORSESHOE at COS members' price of $13.50 each. I enclose check/money order for $ NAME ADDRESS COS BULLETIN 5/65 -5-

The Institute of International Education, 809 United Nationa Plaza, New York, N.Y. has published a revised, fourth edition of the two-volume set of HANDBOOKS ON INTERNATIONAL STUDIES. One volume is for U.S. natio- nals interested in studies abroad listing systems and institutions of higher education in nearly 100 foreign countries. It includes American institutions abroad with undergraduate programs, special programs for teachers, teen-age exchanges, summer seminars and study groups. The second booklet reports on the same programs in the U.S. open to foreign nationals. The books can be bought separately for $3.50 or the set for $6. ******* The NEW YORK OPERA LIBRARY INC., 305 East 45 Street, New York 17, N.Y., under its director Timothy Mulligan, has issued its new Record Catalogue. Listings are arranged in two parts, imported and domestic recordings, the latter including opera tapes* N.Y.Opera Library also publishes a monthly newsletter in which it offers its subscribers space for "Want Ads"; a maximum of fifty words costs$2. *******

It seems that the NY Public Music Libraries on 42 Street and 58 Street will not be able to complete their move to Lincoln Centerfs Library-Museum this Spring (see Sept*f64 Bulletin). The libraries have been closed in preparation of the move since January and February respectively but financial difficulties have put a temporary halt to the actual moving. *******

A new French record label MONDIOPHONIE was established to further in- terest in French opera. Artists of the Grand Opera and the Opera Co- mique Co. have offered their services on a profit sharing basis rather than on a straight fee or royalty arrangement. The company's first re- lease is Massenet's "Werther", distributed in the U.S. by ; further operas to be recorded are "Manon" and "Les Huguenots". *******

Composers Recordings Inc. has reissued the former Westminster disk of Hugo Weisgall's one-act opera "THE ". Other operas appearing on this label are "Nausicaa" by Peggy Glenville-Hicks and "" by . *******

MurLyn Recording and Educational Products Corp., 17 East 45 Street, New York, N.Y., offers MUSICAL VOCAL TAPES to assist the singer in the study of Arias and Art Songs. The two-track tapes have prerecorded accompaniment on the upper track while the singer records his voice on the lower track. Both tracks can be played separately or simultaneously; the lower track can be erased and rerecorded. Tapes of popular Italian arias and French and German Art Songs are available for various voice categories. *******

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DESERET by Leonard Kastle, a three-act opera with a Mormon theme,was recorded on sound track and 16mm black and white film at its premiere on NBC TV in 1961. Warren Steibel, agent for the work, offers the audio tape for viewing and listening to those seriously interested in producing the opera. He may be contacted at 405 East 54 Street, New York, N.Y.

MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES The Contemporary Music Project of the MUSIC EDUCATORS NATIONAL CONFERENCE is sponsoring a seminar-conference on Comprehensive Musicianship. Sche- duled for April 22-25 at Northwestern University, Evanston, 111., the seminar's title is "The Foundation for College Education in Music". *******

The fifth annual meeting of the MARYLAND MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION was held at the Sheraton-Belvedere Hotel in Baltimore, Md., on April 30 and May 1. ******* The University of Cincinnati will be host to a week long program of an EXPOSITION OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MUSIC. There will be lectures, seminars and concerts with Max Rudolf, director of the Symphony Orchesta, on May 7, 8 and 9. On May 9 and 10 's "The Sojourner and Molly Sinclair" will be performed by the College-Conservatory. *******

A conference on THEATRE ARCHITECTURE, sponsored by the United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT), was held at Indiana University in Bloomington on April 30 and May 1 and 2. Some 400 participants from all parts of the U.S. and Canada were expected,representing all phases of the (theatre planners and architects, music administra- tors and educators, lighting and acoustical engineers, etc.). Among the subjects discussed were "Opera Houses on Campus", "Preliminary Programm- ing for Arts Facilities","New Technical Developments for the Theatre", and "Theatre Performance Facilities in Secondary Schools". *******

A CLASSIS FOR THE CREATIVE PATRONS OF MUSIC is being arranged by the Ameri- can Symphony Orchestra League to coincide with the organization's Summer Institute of Orchestral Studies (see Summer Workshops). (The term"Classis" stems from the classical days of and refers to a consulting together of persons of highest rank.) Scheduled for July 4-14,the meetings will be held on picturesque Monterey Peninsula in California. It is the first venture of this kind and ASOL hopes to assist the music patron (board and committee member) to better understand the creative and recreative artist and the functions and functioning of a symphony orchestra. Almost equal time will be devoted to Arts Administration, listening to rehear- sals and concerts and to vacation activities. For further information write to ASOL, P.O.Box 66, Vienna, Va. 22180

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The first national meeting of ARTS COUNCIL OF AMERICA (see April '65 Bulletin) has been scheduled for June 16-19 in Washington, D.C. to coin- cide with the American Symphony Orchestra League's annual NATIONAL LEAGUE CONFERENCE. (Previous ASOL conferences included sessions for members of the Arts Councils of America, formally the Community Arts Councils Inc.) Sessions will be held concurrently and attendance for both conferences is estimated at 700. The conference theme will be "The Arts: A Central Element of a Good Society" and discussions will be based on the recently published Rockefeller Panel Report. For registration information write to ASOL, P.O. Box 66, Vienna, Virginia 22180. *******

The MUSIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, with headquarters at the Library of Congress in Washington, has recently met in Dallas and appointed Irvin Lowens president. Speakers at the meeting included composers and Robert Ward, conductor Donald Johanos, music critic John Rosenfield and U.S. Registrar of Copyrights, Abraham Kaminstein. The next meeting is scheduled for July 8 and 9 in Detroit in conjunction with the annual meeting of the American Library Association of Detroit.

SEMINARS AND MASTER CLASSES

Beginning May 29 through June 9, Nadia Boulanger will hold a seminar for composers, conductors, instrumentalists, and vocalists at- the CRANE DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC at the New York State University College in Pots- dam, N.Y. Participation will be on a selective and invitational basis; applications may be submitted to Dr. Helen M. Hosmer. A limited number of auditors will be admitted. Works by the following composers have been chosen for analysis: Bach, Beethoven, Bjorlin, Dowland, Faure, Haydn, Hindemith, des Pres, Monteverdi, Mozart, Schuetz, Sermizy, and Stravinsky, This will mark the sixth visit of Mile. Boulanger to Potsdam's Crane Music Department; the first one was in 1939. *******

Lotte Lehmann, another almost legendary figure of artist-teacher, held a Master Class at New York's Town Hall on April 21. The evening was a benefit for the MANHATTEN SCHOOL OF MUSIC. Twelve voice students of the school sang Lieder by Beethoven, Brahms, Schubert, Schumann, Strauss and Wolf. Analyzing each performance, Mme. Lehmann demonstrated her method of teaching and conveyed her interpretation of each song. ******* AN INTRODUCTION TO THE WORLD OF OPERA will be the title of an adult edu- cation course planned by C.W. Post College together with the Metropolitan Opera Guild for next fall. The evening courses will be held on the campus of the Long Island College and will be open to the general public. Further details may be obtained from the Educational Dept., Metropolitan Opera Guild, 1425 Broadway, New York, N.Y.

American opera composer, Douglas Moore, has just completed a two-month course and master class at the UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA in Tampa.

COS BULLETIN 5/65 -8- FIRST LOOK AT THE 1965 - 66 SEASON The AMERICAN OPERA SOCIETY and its director Sven Oxenburg have announced the following repertory for the coming season: Donizetti's "Roberto Devereux", Britten's "Billy Budd", Boito's "Mefistofele" and Verdi's "Giovanna d'Arco". A Spanish zarzuela (operetta) will still be announced. Among the singers to appear with the AOS are Mmes. Berganza, Caballe, Home, Stratas, Tebaldi, and Messrs. Evans, Flagello, Gedda, Ghiaurov, Kraus and Lewis. *******

The CANADIAN OPERA COMPANY'S season in Toronto will open September 17. A total of twenty-four performances is scheduled. Four of the six operas to be presented will be new productions: "", "", and a double-bill of "Mavra" and "Salome"; "" and "La Boheme" will complete the repertoire. The touring company will travel through Eastern Canada in early 1966 with the opera-comique ver- sion of "" in English. The group's artistic director is Herman : Geiger-Torel. ******* Mrs. Jackson G. Henderson, president of the CHARLOTTE OPERA ASSOCIATION, informed us of next season's repertoire: "La Boheme" in November, "" in February, and "An Evening with Roger and Hammer- stein" in March. John Richard McCrae is general director, Henry Janiec music director. Each opera will be performed twice, a youth matinee on Saturday (also serving as dress rehearsal) and the evening performance on the following Monday. *******

Carol Fox, director of the CHICAGO LYRIC OPERA, announced the ten-opera repertoire for the 1965 season (October 11 - December 8). The company opens with Boito's "Mefistofele" (Tebaldi, Ghiaurov,Kraus) and will present "Wozzeck" in English (Pilarczyk, Evans, Meredith) for the first time in Chicago. The remaining operas are "Rigoletto" (Scotto, MacNeil, Kraus), "L'Heure Espagnole" (Berganza, Kraus, Bruscantini) together with "Carmina Burana" (Martelli, Kraus, Bruscantini), "Samson et Dalila" (Bumbry, Vickers), "La Boheme" (Freni, Corelli, Bruscantini, Cesari, Tadeo), "" (Scotto, Cioni), "" (Ligabue, Cioni, Gobbi), "" (Price/Lee, Cossotto, Casellato, Vinco). Pino Donati and Bruno Bartoletti will conduct. *******

The CONCERT OPERA ASSOCIATION of New York, which has annually presented rarely-heard works in concert form,will suspend its operation for next season. Thomas Scherman, director of COA and of the Little Orchestra Society, will be taking a sabbatical during the 1965-66 season. *******

The DALLAS CIVIC OPERA and its producer, David Kelly, will present two performances of Handel's "" next season (see April Bulletin, Kansas City Foundation). The cast will include Lydia Marimpietri, Ordia

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Dominguez, Ezio Flagello, Mario Petri, Cesare yaletti, and Nicola Zacca- ria. Other operas scheduled by the Dallas Civic Opera are ""tand "La Traviata" in the 1958 Zefirelli production featuring Mile. Caballe. *******

The operas to be performed by the INDIANA UNIVERSITY OPERA WORKSHOP in Bloomington include "Don Pasquale", "", "", "The Dialogue of the Carmelites", and one performance each of "" and "Parsifal". All other operas will be performed three or four times. A seventh work is still to be announced. Dean Wilfred Bain is general manager of opera productions with Ted Jones as his assistant; Tibor Kozma and Wolfgang Vacano are the conductors, Ross Allen and Hans Busch the stage directors; Mario Cristini and Andreas Nomikos are in charge of scenic designs; Ingrid Insull is the head cos- tumer. ******* FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS will sponsor the first Inter- national University Choral Festival. Starting September 20 there will be six concerts in all with the final one combining twenty ensembles representing fourteen foreign countries. While in the U.S. the foreign performers will be cared for by the Center's Educational Fund which is also arranging for the groups' visits to Washington, D.C. and to various universities. It is hoped that this program will stimulate other artistic exchanges at university level. *******

Rudolf Bing, general manager of the METROPOLITAN OPERA ASSOCIATION, announced the complete repertoire of twenty-five operas for the 1965-66 season and some of the new members of the company. The twenty-nine- week season in New York will open on September 27 with a new production of "" (the opera which opened the first season in the present house in 1883). Jean-Louis Barrault will make his American debut as operatic stage director, Jacques Dupont will be responsible for the designs and Georges Pretre will conduct. The cast will include Gabriella Tucci, , Cesare Siepi and . On the second evening a new production of Tchaikovsky's "Pique Dame" will be heard in Gol- dovsky's English translation; Henry Butler will stage the work, Robert O'Hearn will design it and will conduct the cast which includes , Regina Resnick, Rosalind Elias, Jbm Vickers, John Reardon and William Walker. "Tannhaeuser" will feature singing both Venus and Elisabeth in the same performance and the debut of Thomas Stewart. Others in the cast will be Wolfgang Windgassen and Arturo Sergi; Joseph Rosenstock will conduct. Other operas at the Metropolitan Opera next season will be "Manon Lescaut", "Parsifal", "Arabella", "L'Elisir d'Amore", "", "La Perichole" (with Cyril Ritchard), "Andrea Chenier", " ", "II Barbiere di Seviglia", "La Boheme", "Don Carlo", "Trovatore", "", "Fidelio", "Aida", "", "Rigoletto", "Lucia di Lammermoor", "Madama Butterfly", "Tosca", "Samson et Dalila", and "Salome". Artists who will make their debut with the company besides the above mentioned,are Mirella Freni, Renata Scotto, mezzos Teresa Berganza and Ruza Pospis, James King, Ion Piso and Gianni

COS BULLETIN 5/65 -10- Raimondi, and basses Nicolai Ghiaurov and Nicola Gyuzelev, and conductors Zubin Mehta and Francesco Molinari-Pradelli. - Closing night is sche- duled for April 17. A Gala Concert is planned for this, the last evening in the opera house on 39th Street.

The December 1964 issue of the Bulletin announced seven new productions planned by the METROPOLITAN OPERA for its first season at Lincoln Center, which will open September 16, 1966. Two more operas to be presented in new productions are "" and "". The Strauss opus will be conducted by Thomas Schippers and Herbert Graf may return to stage it; the Ponchielli opera will be under the baton of Pausto Cleva, Margaret Wallmann will be the stage director and Beni Montresor the designer. In addition to the artists announced in December, the following will return to or make their debut with the company in the 1966-67 season: Mmes. Bjoener, Dalis, Ludwig, Moffo, Nilsson, Rysanek and Tebaldi; and Messrs. Berry, Corelli, Evans, King, Konya, Merrill, MacNeil, Prevedi, Thomas and Vickers; stage directors Michael Cacoyannis and Franco Zefirelli and conductors Colin Davis and Georges Pretre. *******

The METROPOLITAN OPERA NATIONAL COMPANY'S roster for its first season (1965-66) includes 31 soloists; sopranos: Barone, Niska, Peil, Roberto, Savridi; mezzos: Berse, Davidson, Friederich, Kerbill, Pearl, Tourangeau, Zschau; tenors: Bennett, Cowden, Craig, Di Giuseppe, Di Virgilio, Lacona, Paige, Talley-Schmidt; : Bottcher, Farrar, Fiorito, Patrick, Shinall, Van Way; basses: Dobriansky, Gonzalez, Kermoyan, yan Ginkel, and Vokataitis. The repertoire, as previously announced, consists of "Carmen", "Cenerentola", "Madama Butterfly", and "Susannah" and stage directors and designers for each work (in the above order) are Ducreux and Dayde, Rennert and Montresor, Aoyama and Cho Lee, and Quintero and Hays. Con- ductors are La Marchina and Krachmalnick. Dates and places to be visited: 9/20-10/2 Butler Univ.,Indianapolis 10/4,5 Scottish Rite Cathedral,Ft.Wayne 10/6,7 Univ.of Illinois, Champaign 10/8,9 Univ.of Wisconsin,Madison 10/11,12 Cincinnati Music Hall 10/13-16 Music Hall, Cleveland 10/18-23 Fisher Theatre, Detroit n/l-20 State Theatre, 11/22-28 Music Hall Theatre,Boston 11/30 Palace Theatre, Albany 12/1,2 Stanley Theatre, Utica 12/3,4 Capital Theatre, Ottawa 12/6-11 Place des Arts, Montreal 12/13-18 OrKeefe Center, Toronto 12/27-1/2 Brooklyn Academy,New York 1/4-8 Mosque Theatre, Newark 1/10-12 Univ. of N.C., Raleigh l/l3 Auditorium, Ashville 1/14,15 Ovens Auditorium, Charlotte 1/17,18 Civic Auditorium, Jacksonville 1/19,20 Peabody Audit.,Daytona Beach 1/21,22 Bay Front Center,St.Petersburg 1/24,25 Florida State U.,Tallahassee 1/26,27 Ellis Auditorium, Memphis 1/28,29 Municipal Audit.,Birmingham l/31 Three Arts Theatre,Columbus,Ga. 2/1-3 Louisiana State U.,Baton Rouge 2/4,5 So.Methodist Univ., Dallas 2/6 Music Hall Houston 2/8,9 Univ.of Texas, Austin 2/10-12 Arizona State Univ.,Phoenix 2/14-23,26,27 Music Center, Los Angeles 2/24 Civic Auditorium,San Diego 3/l Claremont College,Claremont 3/2 Granada Theatre,Santa Barbara 3/3 Memorial Auditorium, Fresno 3/4-6 Community Theatre, Berkeley 3/8,9 Memorial Audit.,Sacramento 3/11,12 Public Audit.,Portland,Oreg. 3/14 Capitol Theatre, Yakima,Wash. 3/15-17 Opera House, Seattle 3/18,19 Queen Elizabeth Th.,Vancouver,BC 3/21,22 No.Alberta Audit.,Edmonton 3/23,24 So.Alberta Audit.,CAlgary

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3/26,27 Playhouse Theatre, Winnipeg 3/29 Wayne State College, Wayne,Nebr. 4/13,14 Purdue Univ., Lafayette 4/25,26 Indiana Univ., Bloomington 4/27,28 Civic Auditorium, Knoxville 5/2-7 National Theatre,Washington,DC. 5/19 Columbia, S.C. 5/20 Augusta, Ga. ' *******

The COMPANY, too, is heading for the last season at its present home and Julius Rudel, general director, has announced most of the operas of the 1965 fall season's repertoire. Opening night on September 23 will feature the American premiere of Prokofiev's "Angel of Fire" (see Jan.'65 Bulletin), based on Valery Bryusov's story "The Fiery Angel" published in 1908. The opera had its premiere in Paris in 1954. Set in the period of the Inquisition,the story concerns a young girl who becomes a nun and who is ultimately brought to trial for dealing with evil spirits. The other novelty will be the world premiere c£ "Miss Julie" by American composer Ned Rorem. The opera was commissioned by the N.Y.City Opera Co. under a Ford Foundation grant and it is the eighth opera so commissioned and performed by the City Opera Co. Kenward Elmslie, who was also responsible for the of "Lizzie Borden", based his libretto for "Miss Julie" on the Strindberg play of the same name; a countess falls in love with the valet and ultimately commits suicide. The opera will have its first performance on November 4. The season's schedule will also include "Carmen", "Madama Butterfly", "La Boheme", "La Traviata", and "Cavalieria Rusticana" with"". The 1966 Spring season, which will see the N.Y.City Opera Company at its new home in the New York State Theatre at Lincoln Center (see Jan. •65 Bulletin), will include a new production of Robert Kurka's "The Good Soldier Schweik". *******

Edith Mugdan, director of the NORTH SHORE FRIENDS OF OPERA, New York, is planning a five-opera season. The varied fare will include "The Magic Flute", "Hansel and Gretel", "L'Elisir d'Amore", "The Taming of the Shrew" and "La Traviata". *******

For its second season, the Ohio LAKE ERIE OPERA THEATRE chose for its 1965 repertory "The Abduction from the Seraglio" and "The Love for Three Oranges", both to be sung in English. Since the Cleveland Orches- tra will again be in the pit, both operas will be presented at Severance Hall in September, preceding the symphony season. Louis Lane is musical director, Howard Whittaker executive producer and Miss Dorothy Humel is president of the Lake Erie Opera Theatre. *******

The has published its 1965 catalogue and following is the complete list of operas and artists for the company's forty-third season. September 10 through November 3 marks the group's season at the War Memorial Opera House; the dates at the Los Angeles Music Center are November 5 through 28 with guest appearances in Berkeley on October 17, in Sacramento on November 1, and in San Diego on November 10, 17 and 24. COS BULLETIN 5/65 -12-

The company will present the West Coast Premiere of 's "" (in English) and will give "Don Giovanni" and "Un Ballo in Maschera" in new productions; "Andrea Chenier" has been chosen to open the season. Other operas are "Die Meistersinger", "Pledermaus" (in English), "La Boheme", "La Fanciulla del West". "La Porza del Destino", "II Barbiere di Seviglia", "", "Tosca", "'% (prologue in English),and "Pelleas et Melisande". General Director Kurt Herbert Adler announced the following artists roster: Mmes: Amara, Bessel, Cervena, Collier, Costa, Grist, Hillebrecht, Kailer, Kirsten, , Lorengar, Meneguzzer, Price, Tebaldi, Todd, Turner, Vanni and White; Messrs: Bastianini, Blankenburg, Blankenheim, Corelli, Dupree, Poldi, Fredricks, Fried, Giosso, Glover, Harvey, Hecht, Imdahl, Jobin, Konya, Lewis, Ludgin, Manton, Menci, O'Leary, Resnick, Stewart, Sullivan, Thomas, Trama, Vinay, West, Wolansky, and Young; conductors: Bellugi, Ludwig, Martinon, Molinari- Pradelli, and Stein; stage directors: Butler, Farruggio, Hager, Mansouri; designers: Bauer-Ecsy, Burlingame, Colangelo, Jenkins, Siercke, Skalicki and Smith. ********

TOLEDO and DAYTON (Ohio) OPERA COMPANIES are again pooling their re- sources and will present "Tosca" and "Carmen" in both cities. *******

The VANCOUVER OPERA ASSOCIATION will offer "Madama Butterfly" with Miette Sieghele in October and as the first operatic event of the 1966 British Columbia Centennial Celebration "II Trovatore" in February. The Verdi opera will feature Irma Gonzales, Marilyn Home and . As its third annual event, the VOA announces two Gala Operatic Concerts with in her first Vancouver appearance. *******

Leonard Bernstein will make his debut at the Vienna Staatsoper next season where he will conduct a new production of "Falstaff". His colla- borator will be Visconti and Fischer-Dieskau will sing the title role.

NEW COS MEMBERS

Boston Music Co., Miss Katherine Cummings, 116 Boylston St., Boston, Mass. Florentine Opera Guild, Mr. Walter Kroening, 5500 W. Capitol Drv.,Milwaukee Mr. Robert Frankenberger, 460 Hawarden Road, Springfield,(Del. Co) Penn. Miss Olive Fredricks, 2112 Linden Avenue, Mishawaka, Indiana Muhlenberg College Opera Workshop, Ludwig Lenel, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Penn. Mr. Victor A. Nelson, 13110 Woodworth Road, East Cleveland, Ohio Mrs. Howard C. Smith, 3031 West Pine Valley Road, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia Mr. Arthur Stern, 220-67 73rd Avenue, Baysie, New York Miss Corinne Swall, Box 184, Kentfield, California Mr, George Wehner, 69 Cranberry Street, Brooklyn, New York

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PARTIAL LISTING OF SUMMER WORKSHOPS The ASPEN (Colo.) MUSIC SCHOOL extends over a two-month period, June 28- August 29; students may also register for one month, July or August,only. Composers-in-residence, and Darius Milhaud, will be joined by British composer Michael Tippett for a symposium on twentieth-century music. The vocal faculty includes Adele Addison and . For further information write Gordon Hardy, Aspen Music School, Aspen, Colorado or before June 1, 111 West 57th Street, New York 19.

The BERKSHIRE MUSIC CENTER, part of the Berkshire Music Festival in Lenox, Mass., will be open from June 27 to August 22 (This year's courses do not include an operatic workshop). The Festival's dates are July 2 - Aug. 22.

The BREVARD MUSIC CENTER in North Carolina, under the management of Converse College for the first time (see February Bulletin), has added an Opera Workshop to be headed by Craig Hankenson. Mr. Hankenson, formerly with the San Francisco Opera Co., hopes to prepare and perform three operas during the term of the workshop (June 28 and August 8). For further details contact the Music Department, Converse College, Spartanburg, S. C.

CHATHAM COLLEGE in Pittsburgh, Pa., will hold a Summer Opera Workshop beginning August 1st through August 28th.

The summer workshop of the in Rochester, N.Y. will be held starting June 28 to August 6. It is under the direction of Dr. .

An Orchestral and Choral Conductors1 Workshop will be held at OAKLAND UNIVERSITY, Rochester, Mich. , conductor of the Detroit Symphony, and , associate conductor of the , will head the faculty and the workshop will use both the Detroit Symphony as well as the Oakland University facilities. It is organized in con- junction with the Meadowbrook Music Festival, also under Mo. Ehrling's direction. Twenty conductors are to be chosen from the applicants to participate in the workshop, and academic credit will be awarded. Ap- plications should be addressed to Dr. Walter S. Collins, Dean, Meadow- brook School of Music, Oakland University, Rochester, Mich. The Orchestral Conductors' Program runs from July 6 - August 14, the Choral Conductors' Program from July 6 - July 31.

The OGLEBAY INSTITUTE Opera Workshop at Oglebay Park, Wheeling, W. Virginia (August 2 - 30), is again under the guidance of . On MO. Goldovsky's staff are Arthur Schoep, associate director, and Fredric Popper, Anthony Addison and Ross Reimueller. Through a grant from the Martha Baird Rockefeller Fund for Music, a limited number of scholarships are available to gifted students. The National Federation of Music Clubs again offers one full scholarsh ip to a proficient pianist for training in operatic coaching. For more details write to Mrs. Chase Greer, Dir. of Special Activities, Oglebay Institute.

The 1965 SUMMER INSTITUTES OF ORCHESTRAL STUDIES under the auspicies of the American Symphony Orchestra League are scheduled for the West Coast (Monterey Peninsula, Pacific Grove, California) for June 28 - July 17 and in the East (Orkney Springs Hotel, Orkney Springs, Va) for Aug.2 - 22.

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The West Coast Institute will also be host to "A Classis for the Creative Patrons of Music" (see page 6) and will devote the last two days of the meeting to a special conductors Workshop on Handel's "". The Eastern Institute will be presented in association with the Shenandoah Valley Music Festival Committee; both Summer Institutes are under the artistic direction of Dr. Richard Lert. Conductors interested in par- ticipating should contact the American Symphony Orchestra League, Symphony Hill, P.O. Box 66, Vienna, Virginia.

Because of the extensive listing of SUMMER FESTIVALS and the ; PERFORMANCE FORECAST for the 1965 - 1966 season, the usual Performance Listing of the current season (not previously listed) is omitted in this BULLETIN. The next issue will carry the final Performance Listing of the 1964 -1965 season.

INDEX

Subject Page NEW OPERAS AND PREMIERES 1 EUROPEAN OPERA CENTERS WITH VARYING PURPOSES . . 2 ARTS CENTERS AND NEW AUDITORIUMS 3 BOOKS AND LIBRARIES, RECORDS AND TAPES 4 MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES 6 SEMINARS AND MASTER CLASSES 7 FIRST LOOK AT THE 1965-66 SEASON 8 (American Opera Society, Canadian Opera Co., Charlotte Opera Assn., Chicago Lyric Opera, Concert Opera Assn., Dallas Grand Opera Assn., Indiana University, Lincoln Center, Metropolitan Opera Assn., Metropolitan Opera National Co., New York City Opera Co., North Shore Friends of Opera, Ohio Lake Erie Opera Assn., San Francisco Opera Co., Toldedo and Dayton Opera Companies, Vancouver Opera Assn., Bernstein-Vienna Stateopera) NEW CENTRAL OPERA SERVICE MEMBERS 12 PARTIAL LISTING OF SUMMER WORKSHOPS 13 APPENDIX: SUMMER FESTIVALS IN THE U.S.A. 1965 I-IV

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ALASKA Alaska Festival, Anchorage 6/15 - 7/1 Robert Shaw, cond., soloists: Endich,Kopleff; McCoy,Berberian ALBERTA Banff School of Fine Arts, Ernesto Vinci,dir.Music Dept.. Banff July - Aug. "L'Elisir d'Amore" w. M.Pellegrini, 1965 Natl.Council Audit. "Amelia Goes to the Ball" opera workshop prod. winner BRITISH COLUMBIA The Vancouver International Festival, Vancouver Program not available at this time CALIFORNIA Cabrillo Music Festival, Aptos W/Ti. "La Voix Humaine" 8/28,29 Haydn's "Orfeo and Euridice" Carmel Bach Festival, Sandor Salgo, mus.dir., Carmel 7/16-25 Monteverdi's "Orfeo" , Handel's "Acis and Galatea" Festival of Opera, H.Greathouse,art.dir., Laguna Beach, Irvine Bowl 8/20,21 "Carmen" 8/27,28 "The Devil and Daniel Webster" and "Pagliacci" 9/3,4 "Die Fledermaus" Music at the Vinyards, Paul Masson Mountain Winery, Saratoga 6/19,20 "Doctor Miracle" prod, by Opera-Comique of San Francisco Ojai Festival, ,mus.dir., Ojai 5/21 - 23 Music Festival Redlands Bowl, Redlands 7/9,10 "" 7/23,25 Hines' "I Am the Way" 8/6,7 "H.M.S.Pinafore 8/27 "Madama Butterfly" Stanford University,Summer Festival of the Arts,"The Mozart Era".Palo Alto 6/22 - 8/14 Opera da Camera di Milano (Am.debut; "Cosi Fan tutte", "La Serva Padrona", "Livietta e Tracollo", Duni's "L'Isola dei pazzi" 8/1-14 New York City Opera Co. "Abduction from the Seraglio", "Don Giovanni", "" COLORADO Central City Opera House Assn., E.Buckley, mus.dir.^Central City 6/26 - 7/31 three operas in repertory fashion; premiere dates listed 6/26 "Manon" Eng. Mead; Malbin, Jennings;Anthony,Bullard, Kolk 7/3 "The Barber of Seville" Eng. Martin;Brooks, LaBianca;Ludgin,Litten 7/10 "Lakme" Eng.Mead; Brooks, LaBianca;Anthony, Bullard assoc.conds:Johnson, Stahl; desgn: Rinfret; costumes: S.Mess Music Festival of Aspen & Aspen Summer School, Aspen 8/6,8 "Ariadne auf Naxos" 8/20,21 "L'Histoire du soldat" and "Mavra" CONNECTICUT The Goodspeed Opera House, East Haddam; Albert Selden, mng.dir. 6/28-7/17, 8/9 -8/14 "Man of LaMancha" bu Mitch Leigh,lyrics Joe Darion 7/26-8/7 "Purple Dust" by Mitch Leigh, after OfCasey play 8/23-9/4 "Chu Chem" by Ted Allen,lyrics Haines & Wohl; casts include , Robert Rounseville DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Carter Barron Amphitheatre, Salmaggi productions, Washington 775 "La Traviata" 7/6 "Rigoletto" 7/7 "La Boheme" 7/8 "Carmen" 7/9 "Aida" 7/10 "Madama Butterfly" COS BULLETIN 5/65 -II- SUMMER FESTIVALS 1965, cont. ILLINOIS Grant Park Concerts, Edward Gordon, mng., Chicago 7/17,18 "The Marriage ot Figaro" cond;Rudel 7/31, 8/l "Tosca" Ross; Verreau,Milnes; cond:Rich 8/8,9 "Rosenkavalier" excerpts; Bower, Vanni, Peil;cond:Rich INDIANA Indiana University, Dean W.Bain, Bloomington 6/26 7/3,10,17 "The Merry WidowfT 7/28,31 8/1,4,6,7 "Carmen" BerkshireTFestival, Lenox, , mus.dir. 8/20,21,22 "Lohengrin" uncut version, one act presented each night; Amara, Gorr; Konya,Hines,Dooley; Boston Symphony,cond:Leinsdorf MICHIGAN Ann Arbor Festival, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 5/6-9 Orchestra, cond:Ormandy; soloists include Price, Forrester, Siepi, Dickie Meadowbrook Music Festival, Oakland University? Rochester 7/8-8/14 Detroit Symphony, cond:Ehrling, Shaw NEW JERSEY 'Monmouth Opera Festival, Deal 77TI "La Traviata11 7/18 "Lucia di Lammermoor" 7/25 "Carmen" Dunn, Guarrera NEW MEXICO The Co., John Crosby, gen.dir., Santa Fe 6/30 7/3,9 8/7,20,28 "La Trayiata" Stahlman;Whitesides/Shirley,Justus 7/2,7,17 "The Barber of Seville" Vanni;Davis,Justus,Harrower,Franke 7/10,14,30 8/14,25 "Madama Butterfly" Allen,Vanni;Arnold/Shirley,Justus 7/16,21,24 "Lucia di Lammermoor" Scovotti;Shirley,Whiteside,Davis,Harrower 7/23,28,31 "Arabella" Stahlman,Christensen,Jeffrey,Toscano,Kraft; Craig Franke, Reardon, Immel,Harrower 8/4,6 Henze's "The Stag King" American Prem., Allen,Toscano; Shirley, Franke, Whitesides,Gramm 8/11,13 Shostakovich's "The Nose" American Prem., Christensen,Toscano; Arnold,Franke,Whitesides,Reardon,Immel,Beni,Best 8/18,27 "The Marriage of Figaro" Allen,Jeffrey,Vanni,Kraft;Franke,Reardon Conductors: Crosby,Kunzel,Baustian; Directors rMoriarty,Mansouri,Alexander, Hebert,Lockwood. — All operas will be sung in English except "Lucia". New features of the theatre include a roof over pit and orchestra seats, and an added balcony. NEW YORK Caramoor Festival, Katonah, Julius Rudel, art.dir. 6/19 Mahler's "Das Kiagende Lied" 6/26 Orff's "Die Kluge" Eng. Chautauqua Opera Assn., John D. Howell,dir., Chautauqua 7/16,19 "La Boheme" Catani; DiVirgilio,Goodloe,Fleck;Eng.Martin;cond: 7/23,26 "A Night in Venice" condrWoitach Rich 7/30 8/2 "Samson and Delilah" Eng., Grillo 8/6,9 "Cosi Fan Tutte" 8/13,16 "Andrea Chenier" The Long Island Festival, Metropolitan Opera at C.W.Post College 7/31 "La Boheme" Kirsten; Morell 8/8 "The Barber of Seville" Peters

COS BULLETIN 5/65 -III- SUMMER FESTIVALS 1965 cont. NEW YORK cont Lake George Opera Festival,Glens Falls 7/15,17,20,26 8/5,10,16 9/3 "Cosi Fan Tutte" 7/22,24,27 8/2,6,26 9/l "The Telephone" and "Pagliacci" 7/29,31 8/3,9,13,24,28 9/2 "La Boheme" 8/12,14,17,20,25 9/4 "Rigoletto" 8/19,21,23,27,31 9/5 Giannini's "The Taming of the Shrew" Following the untimely death of its founder-director, Fred Patrick, David Lloyd has assumed responsibilities of artistic director and Thomas Martin those of musical director. The company will perform in a new, air-conditioned, 875-seat auditorium in Glens Falls. Turnau Opera Co., Warren Wilson,dir., Woodstock 7/9,10,12,13 "La Boheme" 7/16,17,19,20,23,24,26,27 "Cosi Fan Tutte" 7/30,31 8/2,3 Blacher's "The Tide" and "Abstract-' Opera No.l" 8/6,7,9,10 Gluck's "" 8/13,14,16,17 Banfield's "Lord Byron's Love Letters" 8/20,21,23,24 "The Turk in Italy" 8/27,28,30,31 "Don Pasquale" NEW YORK CITY Metropolitan Opera Summer Concerts, 6/21 "Gala Opening Concert" Tebaldi; condrCleva 6/23 "Great Moments from Opera" Prevedi,Diaz; cond:Adler 6/25 "La Traviata" Moffo; Morell,Marsh; condrSchick 6/26 "Rodger & Hammerstein Night" conds: Rodgers, Allers 6/28 "Newport Jazz Festival" Brubeck, Ellington 6/30 "Salute to Britain" Gracie Fields, Martyn Green;cond:Strasfogel 7/2 "Madama Butterfly" Albanese, Baldwin;Morell,Walker;condrSchick 7/3 "Music of America" Anderson,West Point Band;cond:Fiedler 7/5 'Newport Folk Festival" Bikel, Seeger 7/7 "Mediterranean Night" and "Pagliacci" Milanov,Vickers; condiGieva 7/9 "Carmen" Resnik, Bower; Konya, Diaz; cond: Rich 7/10 "Ella Fitzgerald and Her Quartet" 7/12 "" condrSchick 7/14 "Night of Russian and German Music" Hines, Konya;cond:Rosenstock 7/16 "La Boheme" Albanese, Bower;Morell,Guarrera,Diaz;cond:Behr 7/17 "Latin American Night" Valdez,Fernandez,Perez;cond:Munar 7/19 "Great Moments from Opera" condrBehr (soloists to be announced) 7/21 "Music of " Schwarzkopf; condrRosenstock 1/23 "Lucia di Lammermoor" Peters;Peerce,Marsh,Macurdy; condtAdler 7/24 "Vienniese Night" Schwarzkopf; condrBoskowsky 7/26 "The Mysterious East" Amara,Bower;Verreau; condrRich 7/28 "Ballet Night" 7/30 "Tosca" Kirsten; Tucker,Cassell;condrRosenstock 7/31 "Regards to Broadway" cond:Allers 8/2 "Verdi " Amara, Elias; Tucker,Macurdy; cond:Cleva 8/4 "Great Moments from Opera" condrAdler (soloists to be announced) 8/6 "Rigoletto" Peters,Dunn; Peerce, MacNeil; cdndrStrasfogel 8/7 " Night" Wild,Warfield; condrLewis There will be a new shell and new amplification system at Lewisohn Stadium. New direct buses will leave for and from the Stadium. Prices range from 50£ to $4.50. - All performances will use the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (also those of Jazz and Popular music) and many will also feature the Metropolitan Opera Chorus. Mail orders accepted at MOA 1425 Broadway, Room 418, New York 18.

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SUMMER FESTIVALS 1965 cont. NEW YORK CITY cont. Naumburg Concerts, Central Park Mall 9/6 "L'Elisir d'Amore" cond: Buckley , Festival of French and American Music,L.Foss,dir. 7/21,22 "The Damnation of Faust" Arroyo;Verreau,Uppman,Bogue;condrMunch 7/28 "The Tender Land" Clements,Turner;Cassilly,Treigle;cond:Copland OHIO CTncinnati Summer Opera, Styrk Orwoll, mn^..Cincinnati 6/23,26 "La Forza del Destino"* Ross;Consiglio,Milnes,Moscona;cond:Guadagno 6/25,27 "La Boheme" Romano, Pavek; Garaventa; condrZiino 6/30 7/2 "Tosca" Kirsten;Gismondo, Milnes; condrGuadagno 7/l,3 "Carmen"* Madeira; Cassilly,Treigle; condrZiino 7/7,10 "Manon" Maliponte; Morell,Guarrera; condrGuadagno 7/9,11 "Trovatore" Arroyo,Dalis; Gismondo,Polakoff;condrZiino 7/14,17 "The Barber of Seville" Eng.; Clements;Foldi,Milnes;cond:Strasfogel 7/16,18 "Aida" Ross, Dalis; Consiglio, Bertolino; condrZiino 7/21,23,25 "Tales of Hoffmann"* Eng.,Sills,Bonazzi;Nagy,Treigle; Guadagno 7/22,24 "Rigoletto" Meneguzzer;Barioni,Rayson; condrStrasfogel * New productions directed by Capobianco, designed by Nomikos OKLAHOMA University of Oklahoma, Opera Theatre 7/21 "Girl Crazy" ONTARIO Stratford Festival of Canada, Louis Applebaum,mus.dir., Stratford Eight weeks of opera in repertory fashlon;date indicates first performance 7/2 Kurt Weill's "The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny" Eng., North American Prem., Martha Schlamme; dirrJean Gascon; desrJackson - 34 perfs. 7/6 "The Marriage of Figaro" Eng., dirr Gascon; des: Negin - 31 performs.

AMERICA-ITALY g Festival of Two Worlds, Spoleto, Iatly 6/24 - 7/18 "" cond. and st.dirrSchippers "L'Histoire du Soldat" and Tosatti's "Una Partita Pugni" dirrRobbins

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