CENTRAL OPERA SERVICE BULLETIN Volume 21, Number 2 Sponsored by the Metropolitan Opera National Council Central Opera Service • Lincoln Center • Metropolitan Opera • New York, N.Y. 10023 • (212) 799-3467 lume 21, Number 2 CENTRAL OPERA SERVICE COMMITTEE Founder MRS. AUGUST BELMONT Honorary National Chairman ROBERT L. B. TOBIN National Chairman ELIHU M. HYNDMAN National Co-Chairmen MRS. NORRIS DARRELL GEORGE HOWERTON Professional Committee KURT HERBERT ADLER San Francisco Opera WILFRED C. BAIN DAVID LLOYD Indiana University Lake George Opera Festival GRANT BEGLARIAN LOTFI MANSOURI University of So. California Canadian Opera Company MORITZ BOMHARD GLADYS MATHEW Kentucky Opera Association Community Opera SARAH CALDWELL RUSSELL D. PATTERSON Opera Company of Boston Lyric Opera of Kansas City TITO CAPOBIANCO MRS. JOHN DEWITT PELTZ San Diego Opera Metropolitan Opera KENNETH CASWELL EDWARD PURRINGTON Memphis Opera Theatre Tulsa Opera ROBERT J. COLLINGE GLYNN ROSS Baltimore Opera Company Seattle Opera Association JOHN CROSBY JULIUS RUDEL Santa Fe Opera New York City Opera WALTER DUCLOUX MARK SCHUBART University of Texas Lincoln Center ROBERT GAY ROGER L. STEVENS Northwestern University John F. Kennedy Center DAVID GOCKLEY GIDEON WALDROP Houston Grand Opera The Juilliard School BORIS GOLDOVSKY MARY ELAINE WALLACE Goldovsky Opera Theatre University of Southern Illinois Editor, COS Bulletin MARIA F. RICH Assistant Editor JEANNE HANIFEE KEMP The Central Opera Service Bulletin is published quarterly for its members by Central Opera Service. Permission to quote is not necessary but kindly note source. We would appreciate receiving any information pertaining to opera and operatic productions in your region. Please address inquiries or material to: Central Opera Service Bulletin Met Opera, Lincoln Center New York, N. Y. 10023 Copies this issue: $8.00 Regular news issues: $2.00 CENTRAL OPERA SERVICE BULLETIN Volume 21, Number 2 1979 DIRECTORY of SETS and COSTUMES FOR RENT Operas - Operettas - Musicals and ADDENDA to Directory of ENGLISH OPERA TRANSLATIONS TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 GUIDE TO CODES 2 SETS AND COSTUMES FOR RENT 3 ADDRESS LIST OF RENTAL SOURCES 37 ADDENDA TO ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS DIRECTORY 43 ADDRESS LIST OF TRANSLATIONS SOURCES 49 INDEX TO OPERA/MUSICAL THEATRE TITLES 54 INTRODUCTION This current volume represents not only a complete revision and up-date of the first Directory of Operatic Sets and Costumes for Rent published in 1970, but also in- cludes, for the first time, references to sets and costumes for operettas and musicals. With an increasing number of American opera companies and workshops presenting musical theatre pieces and the inclusion of this genre in the opera program of the National Endowment for the Arts, Central Opera Service continues to serve the operatic community by making this expanded information available. Included here are 1,525 listings of sets and/or costumes for 402 opera/musical theatre works, arranged in alphabetical order by a) composers, b) title of work, c) sets and costumes, sets only, and costumes only. An address list of rental sources — companies, workshops, and commercial scenic and costume houses — includes telephone numbers, the name of the rental contact and, in the case of opera com- panies, the size of the stage. As a result of increasing performances of opera in English, many new translations have been commissioned, and they form the second part of this volume. The Addenda to the 1973-74 Directory of English Opera Translations lists 336 new translations, bringing the total of available English opera translations to 1,581. Copies of the earlier volume are available from COS, and should be used together with the current listing; each has its own source address list. A cross-reference Index by title, serving both sections of this current Directory, may be found on page 54. We acknowledge with sincere gratitude the dedicated assistance of our volunteers, Norma Litton and Fritzi Bickhardt, who helped to make this publication possible. Maria F. Rich Editor Jeanne Kemp Assistant Editor — 1 — GUIDE TO CODES Directory of Sets and Costumes for Rent s,c = sets and costumes s = sets c = costumes ( ) = name of designer and year built. If two names, scenic designer pre- cedes costume designer. 00x00x00 = actual playing size of set; width, depth, height [00x00] = stage size of theatre (width x depth). This is included only if infor- mation on playing area of specific production was unavailable. 0/00' = number of trucks required for transport/size of truck(s) in feet 0/ = number of trucks required for transport/size of truck unavailable — statement = description or specific information given by renting company The address list for this section may be found on page 37. Addenda to Directory of English Opera Translations The number or letter following the translator's name indicates the source of availability. Single digit numbers are publishers (list A), triple digit numbers are performing com- panies (list B), C is from the translator directly. The address list for this section may be found on page 49. When writing to publishers or performing companies indicate whose translation interests you, but do not address your inquiries to the translators c/o the company since they may no longer be affiliated with that group. Copies of the 1973-74 Translations Directory, listing over 1,200 English translations, are available from COS. Index to Titles t = included only in the Set/Costume Rental section * — included only in the Translations Addenda section all others are found in both sections — 2 — SETS AND COSTUMES FOR RENT FOR OPERAS, OPERETTAS AND MUSICALS ADLER, RICHARD & ROSS, JERRY Damn Yankees s Charles Stewart & Co. — drops and legs only s Tobins Lake Studios — all soft c Brooks-Van Horn c Eaves Costume Company, Inc. The Pajama Game s Charles Stewart & Co. — drops and legs only s Tobins Lake Studios — all soft c Brooks-Van Horn c Eaves Costume Company, Inc. c Theatre Under the Stars (Latham '75) ANONYMOUS The Play of Daniel c The Costume Collection (Fletcher '58) The Play of Herod s Texas Opera Theatre; 1/ — designed for touring c The Costume Collection (Ter-Arutunian) ARGENTO, DOMINICK The Boor c Brooks-Van Horn Postcard from Morocco c Arizona State University (Bloemendaal 75) The Voyage of Edgar Poe c Malabar Ltd. (Moisewich 76) c Minnesota Opera (Moisewich 76) — principals only ARLEN, HAROLD Bloomer Girl c Salt Lake Costume Co. (Baxter) BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN The St. Matthew Passion s Minnesota Opera (Waters 77) [52x25] BACHARACH, BURT Promises, Promises s Charles Stewart & Co. — drops and legs only BALFE, MICHAEL WILLIAM The Bohemian Girl s Central City Opera (Darling 78) 35x45; 1/30' — size adaptable BARAB, SEYMOUR Chanticleer s,c Texas Opera Theatre; 1 / — designed for touring Little Red Riding Hood s Arkansas Opera Theatre (Martin 76) 16x32x16; I/utility — designed for touring The Toy Shop s New York City Opera Theatre (Kelly 78) 22x18x12; 1/utility— designed for touring BARBER, SAMUEL Antony and Cleopatra c The Costume Collection (Zeffirelli) Vanessa s,c Spoleto Festival USA (Grossi 78) 50x40x20; 5/45' — 3 dimensional, heavy; 2 full interior sets BART, LIONEL Oliver s,c Theatre Under the Stars (Bury 73) 2/40' — very elaborate s Charles Stewart & Co. — drops and legs only s Tobins Lake Studios — all soft c Brooks-Van Horn c Eaves Costume Company, Inc. c Krause Costume Company (Melgin) c Tracy Music — 3 — BARTOK, BELA Bluebeard's Castle s Canadian Opera Co. [48x42] BARTON, ANDREW Hie Disappointment s Eastman School of Music (Tilton 76) [60x32] — painted drop BEESON, JACK Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines s Lyric Opera of Kansas City (Campbell 76) [50x36]; 1/40' BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN Fidelio s,c Portland Opera Ass'n (Wong '80) 55x60x28; 1/45' s Canadian Opera Co. [48x42] s Dallas Stage Scenery (form. Peter Wolf) s Opera Company of Boston (Pond/Senn 76) [44x36] c Brooks-Van Horn c Eaves Costume Company, Inc. c Malabar, Ltd. (Day 70) BELLINI, VINCENZO Norma s,c Seattle Opera (DiCollalto/Fiume) [70x90] s Cincinnati Opera Ass'n (Stevens 77) 44x35x24; 2/45' s Connecticut Opera Ass'n (Tschetter 77) 48x38; 1/45' s Edmonton Opera Ass'n (Silver/Mess 75) 60x43x30; 1/45' — props included s San Diego Opera (Toms 76) [56x59]; 1/45' s Stivanello (Sormani '69) 1/16' c Brooks-Van Horn c Eaves Costume Company, Inc. c Malabar, Ltd. (Mess '69) I Puritani s Connecticut Opera Ass'n (Sormani '66, rev. 71) 60x40; 1/16' c Stivanello (Zanotti) La Sonnambula s,c Stivanello (Sormani/Marino 70) 1/16' BENATZKY, RALPH Im weissen Rossi/ The White Horse Inn s Skylight Comic Opera (Sormani 76) [50x35]; 1/utility — drops only BERG, ALBAN Lulu c Eaves Costume Company, Inc. c Santa Fe Opera (Sherrer 74) Wozzeck s Canadian Opera Co. (Laufer 77) 48x42x31; 2/ — long level units for stage wagons c Eaves Costume Company, Inc. BERG, JOSEF European Tourists/Breakfast at Schlankenwald Castle s St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble (Joy 76) — adaptable, designed for touring BERLIN, IRVING Annie Get Your Gun s Charles Stewart & Co. — drops and legs only s Tobins Lake Studios — all soft c Arizona State University (Anderson) c Brooks-Van Horn (Ballard) c Colorado Costume Co., Inc. (Sorenson) c Eaves Costume Company, Inc. c Salt Lake Costume Co. (Baxter) c Tracy Music Call Me Madam s Charles Stewart & Co. — drops and legs only BERLIOZ, HECTOR Les Troyens c Eaves Costume Company, Inc. — 4 — BERNSTEIN, LEONARD Candide s,c Minnesota Opera (Arnold/Cooper/Miller 76) [52x25] c Arizona State University (Bloemendaal 77) c Brooks-Van Horn On The Town s Charles Stewart & Co. — drops and legs only West Side Story s Charles Stewart & Co. — drops and legs only s Tobins Lake Studios — all soft c Brooks-Van Horn c Eaves Costume Company, Inc. c Theatre Under the Stars (Latham 76) Wonderful Town s,c Theatre Under the Stars (Randolph 76) 2/40' s Charles Stewart & Co.