BROOKLYn acanemy OF IDUSIC a department of THE BROOKLYN INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES FRANCIS T. CHRISTY, President WILLIAM B. HEWSON, Clwirrnun The Governing Committee WM. McKELVY MARTIN, Director METROPOLITAN OPERA NATIONAL CO. Cinderella Friday, December ·31st, 1965 THE BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC in association w:ith The Opera Society of Brooklyn presents METROPOLITAN OPERA NATIONAL COMPANY Inaugural Season 1965-1966 e Gioacchino Rossini CINDERELLA (La Cenerentola) Opera in two acts (in English) Friday Evening, December 31st, 1965 - 8:00 p. :m. Libretto by JACOPO FERRETTI New version by GUENTHER RENNERT English text by RUTH and THOMAS MARTIN Conductor: SAMUEL KRACHMALNICK Directed by GUENTHER RENNERT Sets and costumes designed by BENI MONTRESOR Choreography by RHODA LEVINE Choral Director: WILLIAM JONSON CAST IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE Alidoro, poet and magician .......................................................................................... EUGENE GREEN Don Ramiro, the prince ....................................................................................................... NORMAN PAIGE Dandini, servant to the prince ................................................................................ JULIAN PATRICK Cl~rinda I Don Magnifico's daughters .............................................................. LINDA NEWMAN Thtsbe { ......................................................................... ELLEN BERSE Don Magnifico ....................................................................... ~ ............. _..,........ ...... ARNOLD VOKETAITIS Cinderella, his step-daughter .............................................................................. SYLVIA FRIEDERICH DREAM BALLET (in order of appearance): Cinderella- Ronnie Segal; Don Ramiro - Luis Olivares; Clorinda - Ania Romaine; Thisbe - Marcia O'Brien; Don Magnifico - Walter Adkins; Dandini - GeorKe Bice STORM BALLET: ]ames Carson, Luis Olivares, Walter Adkins Cavaliers, servants, ladies, peasants KNABE PIANOS USED EXCLUSIVELY ,. .. RESTAURANT r OUdoJa COCKTAIL LOUNGE "FOR PEOPLE OF GOOD TASTE" 20 lafayettetG Ave., Brooklyn NEvins 8·9547 Across the street from the Acodemy Yor Qlour !A/Ier lhe diww a>ining c!J/easure - our Venezia Room is just the place to relax and enjoy the finest in food and drinks. WE CATER TO ALL SOCIAL FUNCTIONS-UP TO 300 The STEINW A Y is the official piano of THE BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC Academy pianos are serviced by ABARD PIANO & ORGAN CO. JOC'~ PIA~O PIAYfR K~OW~ ··~[IANCNOLY BABY:• Come to Joe's an_y evening and let Joe's piano player play your favorite. If you come between 4 and 6, you can also get your favorite drink, (within reason) for only 75¢. Joe's Restaurant. 44 Court St., B'klyn. Synopsis of Scenes ACT I: Prologue Scene 1: The kitchen in Don Magnifico's house. Scene 2: Outside Don Rrumiro's palace. Scene 3: The wine ceUar. Scene 4 : A small room in the palace. Scene 5: The ballroom. Intermission ACT II: Scene 1: The wintergarden . .Scene 2: The btchen. S'C ene 3 : The village square. By arrangement with Franco Colombo, Inc., copyright owners. Assistant to Guenther Rennert: Plato Karayanis Scenery and properties built and painted in the Metwpolitan Opera Shops. Costumes executed b y the Metropolitan Opera Tailor Shop. Shoes by La Ray Boot Shop, McCreedy & Schreiber, Inc., The Shop for Pappagalh. Women's millinery by Fanny Violino. - Men's millinery by Haentze Theatrical Hat Co. Women's gloves by Wear Right. Electric harpsichord by Allen Organ Co. e STAFF FOR THE BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC Wm. 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METROPOLIT AN OPERA NATIONAL COMPANY General Managers Ris~ Stevens, Michael Manuel Administrative Staff Company Manager Herbert Clle.rin Publicity Director & Advance Repre~ative Mary Jolliffe Associate Publicity Director (New York) Dale Heapps· Official Photographer Martha Swope Metropolitan Opera Representative (New York) Michael Bronson Production Coordinator Jane Rei~ . General Administrative Assistant Plato Karayiro.is Press Assistant (New York) Margaret Norton Assistant Representative (New York) Jay Rutherford Secretary to the General Managers Anne Kock.a · Music and Production Staff Music Director, Robert La Marchina Associate Music Director, Samuel Krachmalnick Assistant Conductors Ross Reimueller Edwin Stahl Executive Stage Manager John L. Moorehead Assistant Stage Director & Stage Manager Margaret Fairbank Assistant Stage Director Plato Karayanis Assistant Stage Manager Thorn Trethewey Ballet Mistress Maree Austin Musical Preparation Joan Dornemann, Peter Paul Fuchs, Frederic Popper, Eve Queler, Dorothy Zeigler English Diction Supervision Dorothy Uris French Diction Supervision Jeannette Breval Albert Myara Italian Diction Supervision Adriano Petronio Dramatic Consultant Ludwig Donath Style and Movement Coach Sondra Lee Technical Staff Master Carpenter Joseph Russell Master Electrician Chester Brown Master Propertyman Peter Stadolnik Wardrobe Supervisor Laurette Hickman Wig Supervisor Maggie Zicha Assistant Carpenter Edward Triggs Flyman K. Keith Klemmt Assistant Electricians Albert Pidgeon Arthur Goldenberg Assistant Propertyman Laurence Buck Assistant Wardrobe Supervisor Robert Stickney Wardrobe Assistant Selma Brown Trucking by Clark Transfer Co., Inc., Philadelphia, Pa. 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