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Has achieved b1 tlhanl -,uucv-. as lyric -dramatic since lea, ing Aus · B e r n h a r d trali a in 1936. Bcfo1e going o,c1,ea, ,he w..t, a , iolini!)L with ,dnc, Conservalo1 ium and Philharm onic orthcs1ra..,, and a ..,pon-,woman of thampion,hip standa1d he \\a , engaged for p11nc,p,tl role, \\llh the \'ienn a State after swd,ing lan­ guage, and opera in that city, and ,ho1 tl) aftc1wa1d, "'" a,ked to appear w1th the lal<· Sir Hen,) J. Wood at the opening of l.on don's Prom enade Concert,. Durin g \\' arid War II ,he combined ambulance d, i, ing in London's East End with concert and operatic performances , SC\leral of which we1c ghen in ait 1aitl shelters during the "b litz" . Followin g a recital tour of Australia in 19·16, she ,ew,ncd . a, the fu,t post 1,,ir guest arti,t, to the \ 'ienna State Ope1a. This was followed In .1 1<·,i1.,I tour of South Africa , a serie s of appe.irances in all the leading opera hou,e, and , otHl'Il halh in th e United State s and Canada, Briti sh Isles, Ea,t and Central \f, i, .i and Fu rope. In addition to being the first Briti sh artist to ,ing in Ru"ian in \!o,um\ Bohhoi Theatre since the Revolution , she was al)() the fu,t ,\u-,t1ali.111 to ,mg i11 thi"i. the world 's larg est opera hous e. Following her appca1ancc, wuhElizabethan the I nht Opera Company in "To ,ca" and "Otello", she will return 10 wn«·1 t and I\ in the n ited Kin gdom. 10 be followed b, a 1our of the United \tat, ·, ,111d Europe includ­ ing candina, ia ...... ~ ...... , ...... ' ...... ·..·.·.·.·.· ...... I .• • .• • • • • ...... ' ...... ' ...... - ...... ,i .••• ...... ·...· ...... ·.·.·.·.·. ----~-~-;-.·. - ·.·.·.·.· .... - 137KING. ST.. NiWTOWN FUR SALON7 TH. FLOOR, THE TRUST BU ILDING. 155 KING STREE T· BW 1309 LA3441 I AtMissenden Rd. I l !'Ji// "1111 ~ ;n ,..j l/1. 1'

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Ila MARION \!REE i KILLARA. mosJ JAMES BUILDING , CITY . .,. BW62SS RONALD DOWD

One of :\u '!u-ali a\ lea din g ten ors, he is known botl1 hc, c and o, cis ca for h is performan ces in op era . 01a ,011 0 and on the concert platform On rn mpl c11011 o f the Elizabethan Opera Co mp all\ 's l!l5i ,ea son . he will return to ad ler's W ells O pc 1a Company , of whi ch he h a, bee n a mcmh c1 sin ce 1955 .

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THE AUSTRALIAN ELIZABETHA N THEATRE TRUST pr esen ts the World Premi ere of Visibly HEALING Better TV "THESHIFTING HEART" by RI CH ARD REYNO"I/ • Alum inised tubes fo r d eepest " b la cks" a nd brighte st " whites'' with a full ra ng e of in­ HEALING IVith an A ll-S tar Cast be tween shades . L\ ' ' DALL BARBOUR NEVA CARR -GU ''\' Rf( H \RD B EYNON • Opti cal filter safety glass to eliminate g lare a nd reflect ion, Manhattan TOM FARLEY DINAH SHEARI ' G FR \'\h. WATERS GORDON • Healing signalock to sc reen out sta t ic an d GLEl'iW RI GHT 1-.LITH J \l{\ 'JS pr event "roll over" and distortion. 17" X 21" Produced b) \I A \' H OLLI:\WORTH • Du Mont Steadi b eam to brin g you uniform pic tu re quali ty whether the station si g nal is Consolettes steady or varyin g . FIR ST PRll:E : S\!ln c1 Jou,nalist Club Pia, Com pcti11011 19",6 .\ cljud1ca 1n1S: Pl a,w1i gh 1, \ d 1i,01, • 10 channel turret tuner to receive al channels from l\oa,d that may be allotted. 1 he \ m 11ali,111 Fl 11ahc1ha11 I hca 1rc rru st • A utomatic electros tati c focus and twin con­ tr ol~ to orotect a g dinst human error~ rn tuning 225 Gns. THIRD PRl/E : Lo nd on "Ob scl\e1 " Pl,I\ (.0111pe1i1io11. 19.ii Adjuclirntors: .\ Ice Gninn cs-. Peter l ', 1i11m. Kenn eth I 111.111.

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THE SPIDER WlLMA WHITNE\ For cen turi es in tbe J apane se the atre, th e Kabuki dram as bave used "i nterpr etative make-up" - s tand ard colours and pattern s for different per sonality type s. Tbe face of a good man , for instance, is painted white: the face of a wicked man i s painted red - the exact shade of red d etermin ed by the ex ten t and degre e of his wick edne ss. This gentleman i s ea t in th e rol e of the Spid er - th e most wicked character of them all. Theatric al make -up , whether it b e u ed in Japan, Au stralia or any o ther p ar t of the world, is ba sed on oils and waxes. HELL scien tists in l abora tori es around the world are constantly improvin g the qu ality and ver ati lity of these materia ls used for the atrical purpo es. Sh~II senies Aus tralia .. e YOU CAN OE S RE OF SHELL JOY MAMMEN ,76 / E II 10 ~f ('~ *Recapru r1ethe thr'ill ! oftke OpetaSeator1

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CHARACTERS: 'CENE KRUSHIN A, a pea ant MURRAY MAR DARDY \ \'illage in Bohemia Fea,t l)a , . LUDMILL A, hi5 wife JOYCE Sll\JMO S MARJE KA, their daughter ELSIE i\fORI SO ' • MISHA , a landowner DESJ\JO D PATTERSO ' 1 hue will be two inLCl\itb ol fifteen mmttl e; eath . HATA , hi; wife WIL lA WHITNEY VASHEK , their so n RAYMO D MACDO ALD • JE 1IK , J\fi,ha\ ,on b) a pr eviou, marriage: CAX WORTHLEY .vl uDirecL01 ·ical JOSEPH POST KETZAL , a marriage broker NEIL \VARRE -SMITH THE SHOWJ\IAN JOH YOUNG KEE E • ESMERALDA ROSALIND Produ ction by - STEFAN HAAG WA VER EY FORD C DIA 1 , JOHN YOUN( , A»istant Producer THE STRONG i\IAN WAD£ YOUSSEF AYOUB THE ELIZABETHAN OPERA BALLET : • :\!!LE~ BEAR CONNEL Scener) and C,oswmes designed b} TIM \VAL TON CLOW S EVA NADAS , GLADYS RAYNER WORD SWALLOWER J OHN SH ERWOOD RATAS, EQUE'iTRIAN TROUPE GAYRIE MAC SWEE 1 , RAMONA • GW E DA KAIRE Choreography by ELEO ORE TREIBER HI GS MAG!ClAN GO RDON H UTC BURGIS , ACROBATS ELEO , ORE T REIBER , IAN JOH 1 HAIL EY • MUSIC STAFF VU.LAGERS: , PAMELA COLEMA , VALERIE EARL , DORO T HY HITCH GEORG TINTNER , ERIC CLA PHAM MARGARET LA 1 IGA , JOY MAMMEN , BETTI 'E McCAUGHA t G, HREY GLORIA McDONALL , GWENDELL OBERG , FLORENCE PO GEORGE HUMP JA E RO S, JUDITH STAFF , MADGE STEPHENS , ELIZABETH O Y WEST , GREGORY DEMPSEY , JOSEPH DREWNIAK , A T BE, FE ECH , WAVERNEY FORD , JOHN GERMA l1 , 1 OEL McCA • , LEO McKER NA ', PETER NORTH, WALTER RYCHTOWSKI General Manager - - ROBERT QUE TlN FERDINAND TOG ! , GI O ZA CA ARO . )!1/Y,'" .:--ri( /1// Il l ~ ..

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MADAME BUTTERFLY - PUCCINI OPERA CHOR USE~ . -~ Sung in Italian-Entrance of Butterfly, Flower ,_.. ..__ . Duet, One Fine Day, Love Duet. Maria Stader, ,,. ~···· '"' .....,., ...... soprano; Hert a Topper, contralto; Cornelius Van Dijk, . Chorus of the Munich -Munich Philharmonic Orchestra . Con· ductor : Heinr ich Hollreiser. JOit '\ ', II \ \\ ' 10" L.P. 331/ , . 17017 LPE GREAT OPERA CHORUSES Excerpts from Don Pasquale ( Do nizetti)­ Faust (Gounod)- Barter ed Bride (Smetan a)­ The Merry Wives of W indsor (Nicolai)­ Lohengrin (Wagner) - Die Meistersingers (Wagne r )-Tan nhauser (Wagner)-C horu s of OPERA CHORUSE S ( Illustrated) the Bavarian Radio . 12"' L.P. 331/, . 19048 LPEM Soldiers' Chorus - "Faust" (Gounod) ; Servants ' Cborus ­ MARRIAGE OF FIGARO-MOZART "Don P asquale" ( Don izetti); Excerpts in German - Anne lies Kupper, Chorus of the Blessed Spirits­ soprano ; Maria Stader , soprano ; Elfriede "O rph eus and Eurydice" Trotschel, soprano ; Josef Metternicb , ; (Glu ck); The Moon Chorus­ Josef Greindl , . Th e Berlin Philharmonic "Tbe Merr y Wives of Windsor" Orche stra. Conductor: Fritz Lehmann . The (Nicol ai). Bavarian Radio Or chestr a. Conductor : Eugeo 7" E.P. 45. 30204 EPL Jochum ALAN LIGHT 12" L.P. 331/3• 19066 LPEM RIGOLETTO -GIUSEPPE VERDI Itali an - Rita TRISTAN AND ISOLDE-WAGNER Excerpt s in arnay, sop rano; Streich, sop ra no ; Petre Excerpts in G erm an- Astrid V ermann Herta Topp er, a lto: M argarete Klo se, a lto; Kim Munt eanu, tenor: H tenor. ariton e; Kurt B ohme, Borg. bass; Wolfgang Windgassen, Uhd e, b . C ondu ctor : bass. Muni ch Philh armon ic Wurtt emberg St ate Orchestra RIAS Symphony Ferdinand Leitner. Orch estra - 12" L.P. 331/, . 19018 LPEM Orchestra , Berlin - Wurtt em­ berg State Orchestra, Stutt gart. ,------. Conductor s: Ferdin and L eitner, f TO : Recor d Division, I Artur Roth er. I :;~~~sC~~ e,~t;~:o~tlrnedeut~tr~;:t'ney. J 10" L.P. 3311,. 17011 LPE f Fill in this coupon now if you are not on th e regular I 0 Distribut ed /,y: I ~:~!~?gs/ {t v!~il~~·.~ ~~vi~sath~ ~a~ -~-;,e':~~~I would like to receive them . I PHILIPS f fr iends who I NAME ------I ELECTRICAL I I I ADD RESS ------I ON INDUSTRIES I I NEIL EAST

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ARNOLD MATTERS : Has returned to Australia to produce "Tosca" Jnd "'Otello"' for the Elizabethan Trust Opera Company . Known affectionately as "Mr. Sadler's Wells" , due to his length, a,,ociation, both as bass-baritone , guest producer and foundation member of 1hc Company, he was given his first important engagemenL as assi ling anist b1 Oame Nellie The very life-giving properties of the sun it self ar e captured io Melba , who heard him sing at a concert in Adelaide . In addition LO a building repertoire of 90 principal ope1a1ic 1olcs, he has every drop of Chateau Tanunda Brand y. also sung lieder and orato1io. He appeared as Sir Robert Cecil in th e Coronation The gra pes-maturi ng in the bountiful Spring and Summer opera, "Gloriana", before Her Majest y Queen Elizabe1h . sunshine of the famous Barossa Valley in South Australia ­ STEFAN HAAG : H as achieved much distinction as an opera producer in Australia absorb the su n's vital prop erties and are then picked , pressed since his arrival in 1939 as a member of the Vienna Boys' Choir. His production and distilled to pro vide th e nation's finest pure grape brandy. of "The Consul" created theatrical history when presented by the National Theatre Movement in Melbourne, and prior to leaving LO further his sllldies in Europe he also produced "Cosi Fan Tutte" and "Tosca". Last year he produced "" and "Cosi Fan Tutte" for the lllozart Opera eason tour of Australia ,

ROBIN LOVEJOY: Is one of the most versatile personalities of Australian theatre. Actor , producer and designer, his work is known throughout Australia and New Zealand, and in London. His settings for "'The Rivals" in 1956 won the Sydney Critics' Award for the year's best production , and were also fealllred in Vogue magazine . In 1953 he was able to study overseas trends , assisted by the Inter­ national Theatre In sti lllte (UNESCO) Travelling Scholarship . In addition to producing "La Boheme", he has also designed and produced "The Relapse", for N .S.W . AGENTS : TUCKER & CO . PTY. LIMITED , 335 KENT ST., SYDNEY the 1957 Elizabethan Trust Drama Company Tour of the Commonwealth . CT33 25 24 lUIY. _ H N I 'tll / """""' s:,....,:i -.; ,r1 ;;; N"' ...J nw o_ o_ n_ n_ n_ n_ ,l_ ,,_ o_ n_ n_ n_ ,,_ ,,_• 0 ~ ·=· 0 u ,., C.. C I ~ ~ .c Other Notable Australum Singers I ~ 0.. -~ ~ . APPEAR ING WI Ill !H E CO \I P \ '\\ i ~ "'£ COLEMAN, VALERIE EARL, DOROTHY Ill I Cll ROSAL!, D 0 ii PAMELA I • I BE'! 11'\E :\!cC\LGHr\'- , t: ~ KEE E . IA RCA RETH LAN, 'GAN, u"' "" ~ GLORIA 1'1cDONELL , CW£ , DELL OBERG, JA'\'\F RO'i', , ELI/ \BETH i -~i WET , JO £PH DRE\V:\IAK , A'\'fO'.\\ FENECH. \\ .\\ER'.\E\ FORD , I ~ JOHN GERMA IN, LEO McKERNAI\ , :\[ RRA\ \!.\RD \RD\ , :\OEL ]] :,; McCABE, PETER , ORTH , WALTER R YCIITO\\ "\ld FI· Rill A:\ll i =-0 TONG! , GINO ZA CANARO. i J [ ! I 1 •.•I• - 0-- 0- 0_. >_ U_ C>_ O_ O_ O_ O__ D_ O_ O_ O_ _ O_ II_ O_ U_O_O __ _• < "0 ~ Elizabethan Theatre Rep ertoire ~;; PREMIERE , SATURDAY , 3 JSL \l T(,UST ~ AUGUST. 1957: ! t La Bohernc c% aturd a), 31s SEPTEMBER,19 57: Monda y, 2nd La Boherne Tu esday, 3rd Otcllo jl :; ,2 \\ 'cd ncsday, 4th La Boherne .cl Thur sday, 5th Otcllo ., nn ..c - Frida y, 6th Talc, of Holima aturd a) , 7th (Matin ee) La Bohcrne aturday, 7th (Evenin g) Otello fonda y, 9th Otcllo ... " ,n -:::, :.,., :Of.., J> ,n ,n ,n >- ,n ' :2 La Boheme :, C ..0 :.,., ,£ ::: u ~ Tuesday , 10th '3 ... C) "'::: cc C :::, C C ~ 2 '7 11th Otcll o ·c :~ "' -:::, < :, u W edn esda y, Ti c.."' C) y"' ~ u .,_ :: ' 'ii, "''7 :., Tale s of Hoffmann ·a."' g, «:, -0 ,., !': Thursday , 12th :s -0 C ::: < ..c"' L ,n :::r 0 .9V , E ~ C- To sca C J' , s- Frida y, 13th E 0: g C C ~ ·-0 :.2 0: g "" ~ ..c t'.c ~ C 14th (Matin ee) Tale s of Hoffmann C ;:; -0 E s u Saturda y, M ~ :., .!': ;, C u _r C 14th (Evening ) La Boheme 8 ~ ;;; E 1) " co Saturday, c ~ "C) l ... s -;;; -5 ::s ·2 ~ 0 ::: -5 c., c.. Tosca "' C) c.. u :.,., -~ Monday, 16th ·3 C -5 8 0. C) ;;; 0 ~ C E L -:::, L La Boherne ..0 C) " ,n "' C: Tuesday , 17th ·w ;;; ..c"' -B t.J:. 0 a:"' ~ u C) 0 u"' :, :; E To sca -5 C) b E--< -~ -g W ednesday , 18th "' ..0 -0 ~ 0 0 co ,n .s ..0 :g 0 .9 C ~ Tale s of Hoffmann :.,., ·~ '-'-·- ..c ..c c., Thur sday, 19th ..c"' 0 C) -s u ,n u g "' ;, ,n ::0 C) :.,., "' u Th e Bartered Bride C) c ..c ;. :::, ;:; C Friday, 20th > .:; C) C " 0 u 0. C) ·~ 8 2 -5 co ·~0 (Matinee) Tosca -0 -B ;.- u C) ·;;; Saturday, 21st ·a ~ c.. ,n C) 0 ~ 0 i3 0u C) " > C) The Bartered Bride " ..c C ~ 8 <.) ~ -5 bi) C C Saturd ay, 21st (Eve nin g) ,n -5 6 u 0. C) C) :3 -0 -5 C) .s < "' The Bartered Bride <.) ,_, :.2 ..c ~ ' C ;. 8 0:: Monda y, 23rd ..c ,n 8- 0. C) 0: ... -5 0: -o" g '- C) -"'' rJ 0: ·- C) c.. 24th Tosca C) ] :;. u u 8 :;. -B C ~ Tuesday, cc .Q 0 C) > ..::: -0 ,l: .g :, C) ,n C) C The Bartered Bride ,n 0 C) - >- C ..c g '--' j: :s ..c"' C c.. -0 C) ,n C) ;:, M 8 ,n l.w "' ~ t; C) .:: .S ..0 0 ~ "' 0 -5 t1) :.,., ;;; -5 "& .:: ~ "" -5 "' ...

Des ig ners for th e Op eras TIJ\I WALTO ' (" ! he Ba1tc1ed Btidc" and "·losca") \la , trained IJ\ Professor Emil P 1ceto1 iu,, inno,Jtor of the \\ agnc1 lla'1eu1h l·c,11\al \\' 01kcd with both ~ic h ola-. Benoi"' 111 ~lilan and aho with J11.., lathc1 .\lt·,a1ukr lknoi-., , who with D iaghile fl, c1e.1ted Russian Cla,stcal ll,1llc1 111 ,tddition to dc"g"' for the .\'a tional l' hea11c \f o

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Ge ner al Mana ge r A full r ang e ROBERT QUENTIN of l atest (,cnc1al ~L.111.tg<.:1of Lhc .\u..,11.1 li.tn Opera Compam. he wa, cduc,llcd ,ll recordings Lanci ng and Oxford (~L\ dcg1ee). .111d came to Aus tralia whiht ,c1\111g with '\.1\al Inte lligence. H e produced a n11111bc1ol pl,11, Jl this ti m e 111clucling ··~rounung H<.:(oml'"' always EleCLra", and wa1.i stage manager for C\ 1ii Ri1c h ard'~ po~L-wa1 tou1 On returning ro England he 1011H:d the: Old Vic. Staff . fiiouth Africa and 'o nhern Europe He has W h atever your taste;, N ichobo n's d1rec tcrl and managed companies both in Repe rt ory and in the , vest Encl , and in I \Vi I )O U want. Our can suppl y th e di;,c; to~red the , lecturing in uniler­ compl ete range o[ l ong-p lay in g a nd siLies. He produced the successful mmu,11 ;,tand ard reco rdin g; cm br ae e; all ..The Boy Friend"' for the Elizabethan ln"t types o l m u;i c - op era , classical, toured Austral ia last year as general manage, fo, the Ehubcthan lru,t Opera Comp anv·s Mozart Opera Season. pop ular and ja11- b) th e world's loremo t arti ;,t;,. - ·- ·- ··- - - ··- ··- ·· All labels, all , peeds ar e , tocked in our new, e nlarg ed R eco rd De­ pa rtm ent . \ Ve also have a wid e se lection of port abl e gra m oph ones, e lectri c International Film Gala reco rd pl ayer , record ,to rage album ;,, reco rd racks and all types In 1957 , featur ing of steel and ;,apphir e n eedl es. OCTOBER Greek romantic comedy, WINDFALL IN ATHENS Special att enti on given to co un ­ . sophisticated colour comedy of manners tr y cl ient s. Packin g and po; tage from Chekov, THE GRASSHOPPER . . Austrian extr a on all items. 4th-7th art study, THE TITAN, STORY OF MICHEL­ ANGELO .. Harold Lloyd in classic silent comedy, SAFETY LAST . . unique American HELEN KELLER IN HER STORY ... CALL O R W R ITE T O-DAY documentary, SIX-HOUREEK W-ENO Japanese feature from Berlin Festival .. Swed­ ish drama, FRENZY, with MAI ZETIERLING ... films from , France, India, China, Prize-winning amateur films. In all, Ground s of Ameriu. sixteen major programmes. Book now! Sub- Sydney Un ivers ity scription list is limited. Keep watching Satur­ day's Herald for additions. SYDNEY FILM FESTI VAL -116 Georg e A dvance book ing s and programme informatio n from Booksh op , Paling's, Nicholson's. Inquiries: BM 28 30 " YO U GE T T H E BE T'S " Mo rgan ',

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