CENTRAL OPERA SERVICE BULLETINFALL, 1973

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CENTRAL OPERA SERVICE COMMITTEE

FounderMRS. AUGUST BELMONT

Honorary National ChairmanROBERT L. B. TOBIN

National ChairmanELIHU M. HYNDMAN

National Co-ChairmenMRS. NORRIS DARRELL GEORGE HOWERTON

Professional Committee

KURT HERBERT ADLER WALTER HERBERTSan Francisco Opera San Diego OperaPETER HERMAN ADLER RICHARD KARPNET Opera Pittsburgh OperaVICTOR ALESSANDRO IOHN M. LUDWIGSan Antonio Symphony Wolf Trap FoundationROBERT G. ANDERSON GLADYS MATHEWTulsa Opera Community OperaWILFRED C. BAIN MRS. LOUDON MELLENIndiana University Opera Soc. of Washington, D. C.GRANT BEGLARIAN RUSSELL D. PATTERSONUniversity of So. California Kansas City Lyric TheaterMORITZ BOMHARD MRS. JOHN DEWITT PELTZKentucky Opera Association Metropolitan OperaSARAH CALDWELL IAN POPPEROpera Company of Boston University of California. L. A.ROBERT |. COLLINGE GLYNN ROSSBaltimore Opera Company Seattle Opera AssociationEUGENE CONLEY JULIUS RUDELNorth Texas State University New York City OperaIOHN CROSBY GEORGE SCHAEFERSanta Fe Opera Saint Paul Opera AssociationWALTER DUCLOUX GEORGE SCHICKUniversity of Texas Manhattan School of MusicPETER PAUL FUCHS MARK SCHUBARTLouisiana State University Lincoln CenterROBERT GAY LEONARD TREASHNorthwestern University Eastman School of MusicBORIS GOLDOVSKY GIDEON WALDROPGoldovsky Opera Theatre The Juilliard School

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CENTRAL OPERA SERVICE BULLETINVolume 16, Number 1 Fall, 1973

NEWOPERAS AND PREMIERES

AMERICAN OPERASThe International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences seemsa rather unlikely organization to commission an opera, yet it is this group thatasked Gian Carlo Menotti to write a one-hour work for its ninth meeting held inChicago in September. The result is the chamber opera, TAMU-TAMU. Thestory tells of a mysterious visit by a war-ravaged Indonesian family at the homeof a Western couple and the moral effect of the encounter. The premiere tookplace at the Studebaker Theatre on September 5 under the direction of Mr.Menotti, conducted by Christopher Keene. G. Schirmer is the publisher.In June, the Harlem Opera Society gave the first performance of Sam Rivers'SOLOMON AND SHEBA at New York's Clark Center Auditorium. Identified asan Afro-American jazz opera, it also allows for audience participation in itsimprovisational sections.Robert Ward {The Crucible, He Who Gets Slapped, etc.) has resigned as chan-cellor of the N. C. School of the Arts to devote more time to composing. He ispresently finishing a N.Y. City Opera commission, CLAUDIA LEG ARE, with alibretto by Bernard Stambler, based on Ibsen's Hedda Gabler. Next are two operasfor the Bicentennial year, one on the Abelard and Heloise letters, the other on ayet undetermined subject.The Pennsylvania Opera Co. in Chester gave the premiere of Margaret Garwood'sone-act opera, THE NIGHTINGALE AND THE ROSE, on October 21, pro-grammed on a double-bill with Cavalleria rusticana. The same company also pro-duced Miss Garwood's first opera, Trojan Women, in 1967.The team of Stanley Silverman/ Richard Foremen, which gave us Elephant Stepsand Dr. Selavy, has been commissioned by the National Opera Institute to createanother new work. It will be entitled HOTEL FOR CRIMINALS. — OEDIPUSTHE KING, by Silverman and librettist Anthony Burgess, had its first New Yorkhearing at the Whitney Museum's Composers Showcase last May. It was premieredin November 1972 at the Tyrone Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis. — Anothernew work by Silverman, STAGE LEERS AND LOVE SONGS, was performedat the Lenox Arts Center last August.

Ronald Combs is the fourth American contemporary composer who has beeninspired to write a short opera on William Jacobs' THE MONKEY'S PAW. Heis composer-in-residence at the University of Wisconsin in Stevens Point wherehis opera will be premiered in February. The other composers are Charles Hamm,William Alexander, and Sidney Halpern.The Minnesota Opera Company is known to present at least one new work everyseason. This year's addition is by the home team Wesley Balk and Philip Brunelle,its title THE NEWEST OPERA IN THE WORLD. It will be presented in theCedar Village Theater in Minneapolis in May.On May 10, 1974, the Opera Studies Program of the Philadelphia MusicalAcademy plans to present the premiere of Tauriello's GARGANTUA. (TheAcademy's season will also feature performances of the rarely heard Falstaff bySalieri.)

Composer William Ferris is completing his first full-length opera, LITTLE MOONOF ALBAN. The story is an adaptation of James Costigan's drama set in 1918Ireland.

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Canadian composer Charles Wilson has chosen the fifteenth century morality playEveryman as the basis for his one-act, 55-minute opera, THE SUMMONING OFEVERYMAN. Eugene Benson wrote the libretto. The premiere took place atDalhousie University Opera in Halifax, N.S., on April 6, 1973.New operas and revivals planned for the 1976 Bicentennial Year are listed in theFirst Report of the COS Bicentennial Information Program. ($1.00 a copy)

AMERICAN PREMIERES

It is rather surprising that none of Michael Tippett's operas has yet been per-formed in the United States. His Midsummer Marriage was first heard in Londonin 1955, King Priam in 1962, and THE KNOT GARDEN in December 1970. Itis this latest opera which will be performed in its American premiere at North-western University in Evanston on February 22 and 24, 1974.

Prokofiev's WAR AND PEACE, heard in the United States for the first time inan NBC-TV production in 1957, will have its first full stage production on May 8in Boston, when Sarah Caldwell's company will perform it. The only other per-formances on this continent were a concert performance by the Baltimore Sym-phony in 1960 and the Bolshoi Company's production, brought to Montreal forExpo '67.The Nevada Opera Company announced the American stage premiere of Bu-soni's DOKTOR FAUST on January 25, 1974, in Reno. The first American per-formance was a concert version by the American Opera Society in 1964 inNew York.With the ever increasing interest in baroque music, the first full performance inthe United States of Monteverdi's IL RITORNO D'ULISSE IN PATRIA will beof particular importance. Only scenes were done in a reading in 1956. Now theOpera Society of Washington has scheduled the American premiere for January18, 1974, with repeats on Jan. 20 and 26, replacing the formerly announcedAlceste by Gluck.Eve Queler, who always finds something of very special interest for her audience,will present the American premiere of Donizetti's twelfth opera, PARISINA. TheOpera Orchestra of New York has scheduled the performance for March 6, 1974,at Carnegie Hall.Clarion Concerts is another New York group famous for unusual repertoire. Thus,this year's program includes the American premiere of Agostino Steffani's TAS-SILONE, dating back to 1709. The New York performance on November 3 isunder the auspices of the Istituto Italiano di Cultura and the Casa Italiana, Co-lumbia University, and is dedicated to the memory of musicologist, HerbertWeinstock.The Festival of Contemporary Music at Tanglewood presented the first Americanreading of Peter Maxwell Davies' masque, BLIND MAN'S BLUFF, scored fortwo soloists and chamber orchestra with ukulele, guitar, and banjo. Davies' EightSongs for a Mad King was heard in New York last season. — SPEECH SONGformed the other half of the Tanglewood program, which was sponsored by theFromm Foundation. Speech Song was produced by Bell Telephone Laboratoriesand represents experiments in synthesized speech.

Eugen d'Albert's comic one-act opera, Die Abreise, has been translated and revisedby Dr. Clayne Robison, chairman of the opera department at Brigham YoungUniversity. The first performance of THE DEPARTURE took place on October31 in Provo, Utah, on a double bill with Dido and Aeneas.Among first American performances during the last season was Chabrier's Le Roimalgre lui. It was presented in a concert version at Williams College in Massa-chusetts on November 16, 1972.

MAN FROM THE EAST is the title of an avant-garde musical presently touringthe United States from Japan. The performing group is the Red Buddah Theater.The 80-minute uninterrupted production combines music, dance, visual effects,and mime. The musical score features a variety of styles: rock, avant-garde, andtraditional.

NEW FOREIGN OPERAS

The Australian Opera Company in its first season in the new Sydney Opera Houseplans to present three new one-act operas by Australian composers. They are THEAFFAIR by Felix Werder, LENZ by Larry Sitsky and RITES OF PASSAGE byPeter Sculthoppe. The company gave 229 performances throughout Australia lastseason, as announced by artistic director, Stephen Hall. — 29-year-old Australiancomposer Barry Conyngham has written EDWARD IOHN EYRE, which wasperformed in July by the University of New South Wales Opera in Sydney. Thereare also plans for performances in London and Aberdeen.

Next spring, schools in Scotland will hear THE DONKEY, a children's opera byDavid Poutney and Stephen Oliver, produced and taken on tour by the ScottishOpera Company.

Wolfgang Fortner has completed a new work for premiere this winter at the StateAcademy of Music and Theatre in Hanover. Entitled VERSUCH EINESAGON . . . , it is based on a T. S. Eliot poem. — YVONNE is the title of a newopera by Boris Blacher. The premiere will take place in Wuppertal. — Hamburgplans a new opera by Adriano Banchieri later this season: A MADRIGALCOMEDY. — Bonn has scheduled REVUE, a new work by Hans Engelmann,also for this winter. — Paul Dessau's most recent opera, EINSTEIN, will receiveits first production in East Berlin. Scheduled for February, 1974, it will featureTheo Adam in the title role with Otmar Suitner conducting and Ruth Berghausdirecting. — Other East German premieres include Gerhard Rosenfeld's DASALLTAEGLICHE WUNDER, earlier this season in Stralsund, and Fritz Geissler'sDER VERRUECKTE JOURDAIN in Rostock.

Jan Cikker, successful Czech opera composer, has completed his latest work,CORIOLANUS. It will be premiered on March 7, 1974, at the Prague NationalTheatre with sets designed by Josef Svoboda. — Sandor Szokolay's SAMSON,based on a play by Laszlo Nemeth, will have its first performance at the BudapestState Opera. — THE YEAR 893 is the sixth opera by Bulgarian composer Parash-kev Hadzhiev. It was first heard last March in Rousse, Bulgaria.

The latest opera by Renzo Rossellini, LA REINE MORTE, had its world premierein Monte Carlo on July 7. The libretto is by playwright Henri de Montherlant. Thecentral figure is Iries de Castro, who was crowned Queen of Portugal after herdeath. (Pasatieri is presently also writing an opera on the same character.) TheMonaco cast featured Jeannette Pilou in the title role, Helia T'Hezan as her ad-versary, and Nicola Rossi-Lemeni as the king. Georges Pretre conducted, MargaretWallmann was the stage director. — On September 14 the Liege Opera in Belgiumoffered the first performance of LES SUISSES, a new opera by Marcel Duboiswith text by Breal.

Valcarenghi-prize-winning composer Pascal Bentoiu will have his first operaHAMLET performed by the opera company in Marseilles on April 26, 1974. —The Tbiatre des Arts in Rouen plans the premiere of ANTOINE ET CLEO-PATRE by M. Bondeville starring Viorica Cortez. — The small Theatre dePavilion in Strassbourg, also administered by the Opera du Rhin, plans the pre-miere of Claude Prey's LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES, an "Opdra epistolaire,"in January. — Last July 20, PANDAEMONIUM, a music theatre piece by Greek-born, Paris-residing composer, Georges Aperghis, was premiered in the courtyardof the Celestius Cloisters in Avignon. The same composer's JACQUES, LE FA-TA LISTE is scheduled for a first performance in Lyons on March 12, 1974. —The first French rock opera, significantly called LA REVOLUTION FRANCAISE,took place at the Palais des Sports in Paris October 2-11, 1973. M. Shonberg andR. Jeannot wrote the music, A. Boubil and J. Riviere the text. Ninety young singers,actors and dancers took part in the performances and 400 projections were used.

Audiences at the Norwegian State Opera in Oslo heard the premiere of HallvardJohnsen's LEGEND OF SVEIN AND MARIA on September 9. — DENSTUNDESLOSE, a new opera by Norwegian composer Edvard Fliflet Braein, willbe produced during the 1974 Bergen Festival. — The Rotunden, Stockholm'ssmall experimental opera theater, scheduled two new works for this season: on

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October 30, Eskil Hemberg's OM KAERLEK and on March 1, Maurice Karkoff'sGRAENSKIBUTZEN. — Another opera on Oscar Wilde's PICTURE OFDORIAN GRAY has been created, music by Hans Kox. It will be produced inEnglish by the Netherlands Opera on March 30.

Claudio Guidi-Drei's MEDEA, which won first prize at a 1971 competition inArgentina, was premiered at the Teatro Colon in July 1973. — VINATEA, a newSpanish opera by Matilde Salvador, is programmed by the Teatro Liceo in Bar-celona for January 19, 1974.

NEW ARTS CENTERS, NEW HALLSOctober 9 marked the opening of the EDWIN J. THOMAS PERFORMINGARTS HALL in Akron, Ohio. Houston architects Caudill, Rowlett & Scott col-laborated with theater designer George Izenour and acoustician Vern Knudsenon the $14 million project. Through movable steel sections on the ceiling, whichalso function as sound-reflecting panels, the hall's seating capacity may be re-duced from its original 3000 to 2400 or 900. The new Center is on the campus ofthe University of Akron, and will be maintained and administered by the Univer-sity. It also serves as the home of the Akron Symphony.

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra opened the new UNION AUDITORIUM atIllinois State University in Normal in October, and on November 3 the University'sopera department will present a performance of Tosca. The 3500-seat house hasan adjustable orchestra pit and stage.

Following five successful conversions of movie houses into performing arts audi-toriums, the sixth and latest took place in Oakland, California. The theater, builtin 1931, was restored at a cost of $1 million and the Oakland Symphony openedthere in September.

Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, has added a new Center forthe Arts. Built at a cost of about $12 million, the architect Kevin Roche designedit in close collaboration with the University's music, theater and fine arts depart-ments. It opened this fall.

The Interlochen Center for the Arts in Michigan is presently constructing theGRAND TRAVERSE ARTS CENTER on its campus.

Completion of the TENNESSEE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER in Nashvilleis projected for 1976, in time for the American Bicentennial. The Center will housetwo theatres and a museum.

Architect Trevor P. Garwood-Jones and acoustical consultant Russell JohnsonAssociates are responsible for THE GREAT HALL in Hamilton, Ontario, whichhouses two theatres — the Great Hall with 2200 seats and the Studio Theatre with400 seats. The opening concert took place September 22. — The same consultantsare presently planning a number of auditoriums, in New Jersey for Rutgers Uni-versity, in Vermont a Fine Arts Center for St. Michaels College, in upstate NewYork a Performing Arts Center in Syracuse, in Maryland an Auditorium for thePark School, and abroad in Corfu, Greece, a Festival Theatre.

Now that the Sydney Opera House has had its successful opening, news comes fromMelbourne of the construction of the MELBA MEMORIAL CENTER. It willconsist of an opera theatre for performances by the Victorian Opera Companyand the Australian Opera Company when on tour, and of the new Conservatoryof Music. Nellie Melba taught at the original Conservatory, where she also becamea director after her retirement from the operatic stage in 1926.

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AUSTERITY PROGRAMS AND STRIKES

In spite of a 3 percent increase in box office receipts for 1972-73, the METRO-POLITAN OPERA found itself with an after-contribution deficit of $2.8 million.Management immediately took steps to cut expenses in areas not affecting per-formance standards, and the following measures were announced: 1) cancellationof the new production of Don Giovanni in favor of refurbishing the Berman setsand costumes, 2) cancellation of the free summer concert performances in thecity parks, 3) cancellation of this season's program by the Mini-Met, a subsidiaryestablished last season, and 4) austerity measures in the daily operation, such asreduction of office and maintenance staff. At the same time a vigorous campaignfor new and additional support is getting under way, and its success from private,corporate, and government sources will eventually be the deciding factor whetheroperations can be maintained within the new restrictions, or whether morestringent economic measures may have to be adopted.

Last summer, prior to the above developments, a new schedule for the Metro-politan Opera tour and some new productions for the subsequent season wereannounced. After the closing of the New York season on April 20, 1974, thecompany will play its customary week in Boston, but rather than continuing onto Cleveland, as has been the case for many years, Cleveland will be visited inSeptember (9/16-22). Detroit will follow Boston (4/29-5/4), and the companywill then continue to Atlanta (5/6-11), Memphis (5/13-15), Dallas (5/16-18),and wind up in Minneapolis (5/20-25). The immediately following three-weekJune Festival at Lincoln Center will close on June 15 and on the 17th the com-pany will, for the first time, open the summer season at Wolf Trap Park for thePerforming Arts outside Washington, D.C., where it will be in residence for oneweek.—New productions originally planned for the 1974-75 season include thepreviously mentioned Death in Venice in its American premiere in October,Rossini's L'Assedio di Corinto in April (a first at the Metropolitan), starringBeverly Sills in her official debut at the Met, and also featuring Shirley Verrett,Justino Diaz with Thomas Schippers as conductor, Janacek's Jenufa (producedonce before at the Metropolitan in the 1924-25 season) with Christa Ludwig, andpossibly even the new Boris Godunov, which has been on the drawing boardssince 1969. However, only time and economics will tell whether these plans canbe adhered to.

Meanwhile, the performing (and the visual) arts have been hit by a number ofcrippling strikes. Three days after its fall opening on August 29, the NEW YORKCITY OPERA was forced to shut down due to a musicians strike which tookfour weeks to settle. Pay increases and fringe benefits were negotiated, but themajor dispute centered around the length of employment, specifically eleven weekswhich had previously been guaranteed by the company, in addition to the regulartwenty-one-week season. This included the time for the California and Washington,D.C., guest performances, as well as other possible services by the orchestramusicians to N.Y. City Center constituents. The final settlement brought a three-year contract, and although pay raises were stated as "below cost of livingincrease," the musicians did receive the eleven-week guarantee for the first year.In the following two years, however, the musicians will receive full salary onlyfor actual time worked; when work is not available during those eleven weeks, theywill receive partial payment.—Reopening after four weeks of strike, the companyaccomplished what seemed an impossible feat—it retained its original commitmentto present three new productions, and brought them to the stage within the spanof one week.—A surprising development observed during the strike was that whilemembers of Local 802 of the American Federation of Musicians were picketing,members of AGMA demonstrated for "working while negotiating."

Not dissimilar is the situation at the NEW YORK CITY BALLET, where unionnegotiations with the musicians are currently in progress. As we go to print, thedancers have requested a guarantee that the season not be interrupted by a musi-cians strike — a guarantee management has been unable to give. Thus the N.Y.State Theatre is again dark, this time due to a strike by the Ballet Company. —Across the Plaza, with the N.Y. Philharmonic Orchestra also on strike, Phil-harmonic Hall (now Avery Fisher Hall) has its own line of pickets. The Chicago

Symphony, which has settled its strike after four weeks, has been performingunder its new contract since mid-October. — A musicians strike and closing noticewere averted in a last-minute settlement at Radio City Music Hall early this fall.

MONEY FOR MORTAR, and Other Special ProjectsOne of the largest gifts ever made by an individual in the field of the arts is theby now well publicized grant by Mr. Avery Fisher for Philharmonic Hall.Estimated at about $8 million, income from the capital will go towards mainte-nance and operating deficit of the building with about twenty percent of theannual return set aside for fellowships for young American instrumentalists.While the details of this program for young professionals are still to be decidedupon, Mr. Fisher specifically requested that there be no "grueling competitions."An amateur violinist himself, he is the founder of Fisher Radio and becameone of the leading manufacturers of high fidelity equipment. In recognitionof the substantial gift, New York Philharmonic Hall has been renamed AVERYFISHER HALL.

A $1 million gift from Mrs. Samuel Newhouse (Conde Nast Publications) toJoseph Papp's Shakespeare Festival insured its move to Lincoln Center. Tocommemorate her generosity, the former Forum Theatre in the Beaumont Theatrebuilding will henceforth be known as the MITZI E. NEWHOUSE THEATER.It is the same auditorium where the Mini-Met performed last season.Last summer, WESTERN OPERA THEATER initiated a Neighborhood ArtsProgram in San Francisco, whereby the company offered street performances ofthe Threepenny Opera on a movable stage. The project was co-sponsored by theNational Endowment for the Arts, Standard Oil of California and the RecordingIndustries Trust Fund of the American Federation of Musicians.The new production of Peter Grimes, unveiled this fall in San Francisco, is thelatest in the series of productions sponsored by the GRAMMA FISHERFOUNDATION. As in the past, the Foundation requests that arrangements bemade in advance for the sharing of a production by various companies andPeter Grimes will be seen next on the stage of the Chicago Lyric. The productionof Britten's Death in Venice, to be presented by the Metropolitan Opera nextOctober, will be the same as the one seen in Aldeburgh and at Covent Garden,also made possible by a grant from the Gramma Fisher Foundation.Similarly, the New York City Opera's new production of Roberto Devereux,sponsored by the CORBETT FOUNDATION of Cincinnati, will be seen inCincinnati next June, when the Donizetti opera will open the summer season.Beverly Sills will again portray Queen Elizabeth. — The Lake George OperaFestival announced two operas of its 1974 summer repertory. The Magic Fluteand La Traviata. Both will be presented in cooperation with other regional operacompanies, the Minnesota Opera and the Kansas City Lyric Theater. As usual,all operas will be sung in English.We have previously reported on student and senior citizen rush tickets, a welcomesolution to turn the unsold portion of tickets into cash while reaching an audiencewhich would otherwise be inaccessible. New York City is now experimenting withanother last-minute outlet for theatre, concert, and opera tickets — the TIMESSQUARE THEATRE CENTER. It is co-sponsored by the N.Y. Cultural Counciland the Theater Development Fund. The latter is a non-profit organizationprimarily concerned with audience development and the promotion of ticketsales, and it reported the new venture to be a great success in both areas. TheCenter sells tickets at half price with an additional service charge of $1.00 or $.50,depending on the price of the seat. Tickets are turned over to the non-profitagency after 3:00 p.m. the day of performance, at noon for matinees. One ofthe most important results is the attraction of young audiences which this arrange-ment of lower prices encourages.

TOTAL SEARCH is the name of a new organization founded in Chicago for thepurpose of matching projects in need of capital with compatible funding sources.The service is available for a $250 annual membership; further information maybe obtained from T.S., 116 So. Michigan Ave., Chicago, 111. 60603.

FEDERAL, STATE, CITY FUNDS FOR THE ARTS

In late September Congress finally voted the appropriation for the NATIONALENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES for Fiscal "74which began July 1, 1973. The total amount approved for both Endowments is$112 million, of which $60,775,000 has been awarded to the Arts, a welcome anddesperately needed increase of $22 million over the previous year. However, it isimportant to note that for the first time, grants for Bicentennial programs areincluded. NEA money has been earmarked as follows: $30.7 million for directprogram money (this category, the heart of the program, has been augmented byonly $2 million), $15.4 million for Bicentennial arts projects, $8.25 million fordirect funding to State Arts Agencies (increased by $0.5 million) with an approx-imate $150,000 to each agency, and $6.5 million under the Treasury Funding(for matching grants only). In addition to the $112 million, $6.5 million wasallocated for the administration of both Endowments.

Earlier, the President reappointed Nancy Hanks to another four-year term asChairman of NEA, and the House and Senate voted with an overwhelming ma-jority to continue NEAH for another three years, insuring its functions until June1976. Authorization for funding for both Endowments was set at $145 million for1973-74, $200 million for 1974-75, and $252 million for 1975-76, with equalshares proposed for the Arts and the Humanities. With a $32 million drop fromauthorization to appropriation in the current year, it is important to remember thatauthorization is for the purpose of establishing a ceiling and that appropriation,voted for annually, is always below this figure.

In consideration of spiralling costs, the maximum amount of the "Chairman'sAction Grants" was raised from $10,000 to $17,500, although rarely are grantsgiven for the maximum amount. These special grants are made at the discretionof the Chairman for emergency or administrative relief. They are the only onesnot requiring prior approval from the advisory board, the National Council on theArts, but are being reviewed after the fact.

Other recent announcements from NEA include the expansion of the Artist-in-Schools Program begun in 1969 with a seed grant of $100,000, initially involvingsix states. This year, $3 million will be invested into this program, placing pro-fessional artists into elementary and secondary schools throughout the U.S. withadditional money coming from the U.S. Office of Education for a second roundof awards. Regrettably, only a very limited part is for music. A booklet describingthe various aspects of the program and its success, attested to by participatingschools, is available from the U.S. Government Printing Office for $2.75 (No.3600-00015).

It was also announced that grants to symphony orchestras are expected to leveloff at present amounts, i.e. about $150,000 to major orchestras and $70,000 tosmaller ones. The Orchestra Program was the first major NEA project organizedon a nationwide basis. — The current Opera Program allows for maximum grantsof $50,000 to companies with budgets of $500,000; however, it limits the topaward to $150,000, a minimal amount considering that this is for companies withbudgets over $2 million. This also applies to the Metropolitan Opera with a budgetof $24 million last year. (Double the amount can be realized under the matchinggrant Treasury Funding, of which half is, of course, private money.)

William Kent III, Chairman of the CALIFORNIA ARTS COMMISSION, an-nounced that, for the first time, sufficient State support will enable his agency tomake direct grants to arts organizations. They will be awarded on a 2:1 matchingbasis. The State legislature has approved $1,025 million for 1973-74, while lastyear's funds were below $0.25 million and were used for administrative andresearch purposes only. The current grant makes the California Commission thesecond best endowed State arts agency.

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New York, which leads the list of Arts Councils, both in seniority and in funding,operates with a $15 million allotment this year ($18 million two years ago). Asubstantial increase in next year's grant from the State will be requested, andGovernor Rockefeller recently announced his support of an increased budget forthe NEW YORK STATE ARTS COUNCIL. A State-supported study recom-mended aid in the amount of $30-50 million. Last year, 863 organizations receivedgrants totalling approximately 5 percent of their combined budgets.

The OHIO ARTS COUNCIL will receive $1.8 million for a two-year period (1974and 75) , representing a 500 percent increase over the previous State appropriation,and the CONNECTICUT FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS will have, for thefirst time, the augmented amount of $800,000 in State funds at its disposal.Wisconsin has created its own WISCONSIN STATE ARTS BOARD, replacingthe Wisconsin Arts Council, which was a private body. Supported by State funds,the Arts Board will be a grant-awarding organization.

Attesting to the important role resident arts organizations play in the cultural andeconomic make-up of a city, the SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL has taken steps toassist its non-profit artistic companies. It has abolished the five percent admissionstax on tickets to performances by non-profit organizations, and has voted to pro-vide ten percent of the operating budget of the major resident performing artscompanies. These measures have raised the city's support for the arts from aprevious $99,000 to $350,000. — The Council also passed a resolution wherebyone percent of money spent on all public construction must go for art expenditure.It was encouraging to hear that the proposals had overwhelming support from thecitizens, the press, and the city council.

Last summer, the CANADA COUNCIL established a Touring Office for artsorganizations. It functions as booking coordinating agency, press office and in-formation bank, and may in special situations also give some financial assistance.Future plans may include tours abroad for Canadian companies and Canadian toursfor foreign companies. Andre Fortier is the director.

MORE NEWS FROM OPERA COMPANIESThe Houston Grand Opera is the latest major company to add a junior touringgroup (see Spring 73 Blltn.). The TEXAS OPERA THEATER will be inaugu-rated in January, and will consist of "eloquent young singers." Its dual purposeis to build new audiences by going into communities which, in many cases, havenever had any operatic performances before, and to offer long-term employmentand professional performing opportunities to young singers. Three different operassuitable for in-school performances, a church opera, and one "party opera forsocial occasions" will make up the first season's repertory. Besides participatingin the performances, singers are expected to talk to the audiences and establisha closer contact for better understanding between public and performers.

It is not only the professional companies which send small touring ensembles withoperatic productions, short operas or scenes, into neighboring communities. Col-lege workshops have joined this opera circuit and are so successful that some areattempting to form separate touring ensembles, more or less loosely connected tothe home-based educational institution. Thus, the Opera Theatre of the ClevelandInstitute of Music is investigating the possible formation of a COMMUNITYOPERA THEATRE and the OBERLIN MUSIC THEATRE hopes to offer itsparticipating singers additional performance opportunities (with pay) in schoolsor community centers in northern Ohio.

The opera department at Illinois State University in Normal, under the directionof Michael Pollock, eventually hopes to become self-sustaining and to assist itsstudents to gain additional performance experience by placing them in supportingroles with professional companies-in the region.

The CONCERT ARTISTS GUILD in New York, in cooperation with five majorEastern music schools, is inaugurating a novel concept of program wherebyadvanced students and/ or young professional singers will be performing under theguidance of a professional team of conductor/director/designer, which is volun-teering its services. As a vehicle, Benjamin Britten's three Church Parables werechosen; they will be presented in three series at New York's St. Stephen's Church(see Performance Listing for dates). The program is co-sponsored by the CarnegieHall Corporation.

The Opera Guild of Greater Miami will henceforth be known as the GREATERMIAMI OPERA ASSOCIATION and will incorporate its following threebranches: 1) the Opera Guild of Greater Miami, which will continue to functionas a fund-raising and social organization, 2) the Miami International OperaCompany, which will produce four major operas annually, featuring inter-national stars, and 3) the Florida Family Opera, the educational arm of theorganization, which produces opera for young audiences and performs at theDade Center, in schools, at community centers, clubs, etc. — Robert Herman isGeneral Manager, Emerson Buckley, Artistic Director.

A fire at the CHICAGO OPERA HOUSE last July destroyed the theatre's 2>Viton, cut-velvet "Opera Drape" (the front curtain), and its permanent lightingsystem. While the musical which was playing at that time was able to resume witha brief interruption, the season of the Lyric Opera of Chicago, dependent on theintricate lighting board, seemed seriously endangered. The Metropolitan Operacame to the assistance of the stricken company by lending it the light board, aswell as the auxilliary lighting equipment formerly used by the Metropolitan OperaNational Company while on tour. — The Chicago company may be able to repaythe favor sooner than anticipated. The METROPOLITAN itself was recently thevictim of a similar catastrophe when a fire broke out in a Bronx warehouse usedby the company, destroying costumes for forty-one different productions, five foroperas included in next season's repertory. There has been no announcement yetas to their replacement.

The BOLSHOI OPERA COMPANY will visit the U.S. for the first time in thesummer of 1975, and will perform at the Metropolitan Opera House for fourand a half weeks. The repertoire will consist of Eugene Onegin, Pique Dame,Boris Godunov, Prince Igor, and War and Peace. The Bolshoi Ballet Companywill perform at Lincoln Center during the Metropolitan Opera's 1975 springtour. While the Bolshoi Opera will restrict its visit to New York, the Ballet willalso visit other U.S. cities.

The DALLAS CIVIC OPERA announced the staging of a new production fornext fall. It will be Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia and will feature Beverly Sills inthe title role for the first time.

This year marks the Golden Anniversary of the EUTERPE OPERA CLUB ofLos Angeles. Presenting operas with piano accompaniment, in English, with cos-tumes and props but no scenery, the organization has the distinction of havingpresented a number of opera singers who later became international stars (GeorgeLondon, Mary Costa, Nadine Connor, Jerome Hines, Carol Neblett, MarilinNiska, and others). Performances are usually in the mornings and after the openingof the Los Angeles Music Center, they have been held regularly at the ChandlerPavillion at 10:15 a.m. Gary Fisher is the newly appointed General Manager,Henrietta Pelta, Music Director.

Anniversary celebrations are also in order at the NEW YORK CITY CENTERFOR MUSIC AND DRAMA, where a Fanfare Gala and Ball was held onOctober 29 to celebrate its thirtieth birthday, at the CANADIAN OPERACOMPANY, which had its Silver Anniversary Season this fall, and the SEATTLEOPERA, which is currently in its tenth year.

The Pennsylvania Opera Company in Chester (formerly the Suburban Opera Co.),founded by James Parkinson ten years ago, is changing this year from its usualpiano accompaniment to the use of a professional orchestra. Following Mr. Parkin-son's retirement, Dr. Karl Price, assistant professor, School of Business Adminis-tration, Temple University, will be the new general manager.

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Last summer in Vermont, Johnson State College featured a Summer Opera Work-shop for the first time. Founded by Barbara Owens, formerly of the Turnau OperaPlayers and affiliated with many workshops here and abroad, the four-weekcollege summer session has now grown into a professional touring company.The VERMONT OPERA THEATRE, assisted by a grant from the VermontCouncil on the Arts, will present Hansel and Gretel throughout the State in Janu-ary, featuring professional singers, and hoping to recruit New England artistsespecially.

We are delighted to report the reinstatement of the AMERICAN SYMPHONYORCHESTRA, originally founded by Leopold Stokowsky in 1962. It was accom-plished through the initiative of the orchestra musicians themselves, who reassem-bled the orchestra under its own management, chose the Japanese conductor,Kazuyoshi Akiyama to head the group, and is now programming concerts atCarnegie Hall.

Another orchestral development was announced in Dallas where plans are underway for the formation of the TEXAS PHILHARMONIC. This is to combinemusicians from the Dallas and the Fort Worth Symphony orchestras, althougheach orchestra also plans to continue some independent concerts in its home town.

TRAINING PROGRAMS AND COURSES FORPROFESSIONALS IN THE ARTS

The AFFILIATE ARTISTS PROGRAM, which has carried out a most imagina-tive program for the last seven years and in the operatic field has been of invalu-able assistance to young professional singers, is now adding young conductors tothe list of its proteges. A $50,000 grant from the Exxon Corporation has beendesignated for career development of young American conductors, to gain pro-fessional experience. The following five conductors have been chosen for two-yearinternships with orchestras by consultants of the Affiliate Artists Program, togetherwith the music directors of the participating orchestras: Michael Semanitzky toPittsburgh, John de Main to St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Murray Sidlin toWashington, the National Symphony Orchestra, Elmer Thomas to Atlanta, andCharles Ketcham to San Diego. — Affiliate Artists has also been awarded a$700,000 challenge grant from the Ford Foundation payable over a four-yearperiod. The contract stipulates that Affiliate Artists continue to expand its servicesover these next years while eliminating net liabilities and replenishing its workingcapital fund each year. These conditions are similar to those attached to theFord Foundation's opera grants under the accrued deficit and cash reserve condi-tions, all aiming at developing independent, financially stable organizations.

INDIANA UNIVERSITY in Bloomington added new courses in stage technology.They are offered under the joint auspices of the school of Music and the Divisionof General and Technical Studies, and include actual work at the Musical ArtsCenter. They lead, after one year, to a Certificate, after two years, to an Asso-ciate Degree.

It is under the sponsorship of the U.S. INSTITUTE OF THEATRE TECH-NOLOGY that one of Germany's foremost technical directors will hold masterclasses in the U.S. Helmut Grosser, technical director of the Cologne Opera andeditor of the Biihnentechnische Rundschau, will hold lectures and courses inBoston, New York, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Texas, California, Indiana, and Floridain November and December.

The American Symphony Orchestra League's courses and workshops for sym-phony managers are well known and very popular. The next one will be held inNew York, February 17-23, 1974, with Helen Thompson (former Director of theLeague and recently retired manager of the N.Y. Philharmonic) in charge.

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Further information and registration forms are available from ASOL, P.O. Box 66,Vienna, Va. 22180.

The Association of College and University Concert Managers (ACUCM) alsooffered a workshop for concert managers, this one held in Tempe, Arizona, lastAugust. David Scoular, Director of the Gammage Auditorium, was the coordinator.

The sixteenth annual PERFORMING ARTS MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE willbe held in New York City November 9-11, sponsored by the Arts ManagementNewsletter, A. Reiss, editor, in cooperation with the public accounting firm ofLutz & Carr. — The Associated Council of the Arts has scheduled the firstseminar, which will address itself specifically to the problems of ADMINISTRA-TORS OF ARTS CENTERS. It will be held in Tampa, Florida, November 29 toDecember 1.

UCLA was among the first universities to offer courses in arts management, andthe school continues to pioneer in this field with various innovative programs.Under its GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT, fifteen students whoparticipated in the 1973 Arts Management courses were placed as interns withvarious arts organizations, among them the Santa Fe Opera, J. F. Kennedy Center,Lincoln Center, Southern California Symphony/Hollywood Bowl, as well asmuseums, ballet and theatre companies. — In this context, mention must alsobe made of the Internship Program for the Operatic Arts, conducted by theNATIONAL OPERA INSTITUTE and discussed in detail in the Summer '72Bulletin. Internships are awarded at $6,000 in the field of opera administration,stage techniques, lighting, costuming, and any other non-singing operatic skills.

UCLA also has video-taped one-hour interviews on "Management in the Arts"with such experts as Michael Straight, Hy Faine, William Baumol, John High-tower, and Danny Newman, and has generously offered to make these tapesavailable. This is an opportunity that should certainly not be passed up, sincethey will be of interest not only to students and educators, but also to membersof opera guilds and other supporting organizations.

Sangamon State University in Springfield, 111., has added a COMMUNITY ARTSMANAGEMENT PROGRAM, and as its Director and Professor of Arts Admin-istration, has secured the services of David Sennema, former associate director ofthe Federal and State Partnership Program of NEA and executive director of theS.C. Arts Commission.

More and more institutions are offering arts administration courses, often undera variety of departments. The American University in Washington, D.C., hasplaced arts administration into its School of Business Administration, New YorkUniversity into its School of Education, Southern Methodist University in Dallasplaced it jointly under the auspices of its School of Business and School of Arts,the University of Utah, Provo, under its College of Business, Rollins College,Winter Park, Florida, under its Theatre Arts Department, Golden Gate Univer-sity, San Francisco, under its Theatre and Arts Department, and the Universityof California, Santa Clara, under its School of Business. Miami University's newarts management program is offered by the School of Fine Arts, and studentsmajoring in music, theatre, or the fine arts may add business and communicationsas electives. Arts administration courses previously reported have been in progressat York University in Ontario, Yale, UCLA, Harvard, and the University ofWisconsin.

Kenner Products Company and General Mills Foundation, both of Cincinnati,have jointly underwritten a six-year program of scholarships to the College-Conservatory of Music available to underprivileged high school students withspecial musical talent. Initially twenty students have been chosen as recipientsand they will be eligible to continue their musical studies under scholarshipsestablished in 1971 by the Corbett Foundation.

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News From Publishers, New TranslationsAs predicted in the Spring '73 Bulletin, the USSR has signed the International CopyrightConvention laws effective May 27, 1973. This will be the first time that Americancomposers and authors will receive royalties from performances of their works in Russia.

Oxford University Press announces the publication of an orchestral study score forVaughan Williams Riders to the Sea; it is priced at $25.50.

Gretry's L'Amant jaloux has been published by Theodore Presser with an English trans-lation by Clifford Reims. The full score, vocal score, and orchestral parts of this rarelyperformed work are available for rental.

John Philip Sousa's El Capitan, performed last summer in Connecticut and scheduledfor the current season by the Minnesota Opera, will be presented by the Dallas CivicOpera is part of its Bicentennial celebration in a recently commissioned orchestration.

When Szokolay's Blood Wedding received its American premiere at Ohio State Universitylast May, it was sung in an English translation especially commissioned for this per-formance from American/Hungarian conductor, Karoly Kope.

Bruno Maderna's Satyricon was heard in its American- premiere last summer with anEnglish text by Ian Strasfogel, who produced the opera at Tanglewood.

Two more English versions of Smetana's Bartered Bride have been added to the four-teen existing ones. The American Opera Center at Juilliard will perform it in a trans-lation by Graham Jones; Gimi Beni and Wayne Nelson were the translators for theversion sung at Minot College in North Dakota.

Anthony Addison of the Cleveland Institute of Music and the Interlochen Music Camphas written new English texts for The Merry Wives of Windsor and for // Campanello.He has also excerpted The Magic Flute for the Cleveland Institute's Afternoon forChildren's series, presenting it as The Tale of Papageno. — A complete performance ofThe Magic Flute took place at Goldovsky's Oglebay Institute in Wheeling, W. Va., lastsummer, sung in the director's own translation.

Josef Blatt, music director of the Opera Theatre at Michigan University in Ann Arbor,and a prolific translator, has added a new translation of Suor Angelica to his longvaluable list, while a new English version of Madama Butterfly by R. Benner wasperformed in Morgantown by the Opera Theatre of the West Virginia University.

The University of Wisconsin in Madison turned to Haydn's Feuersbrunst, presenting itas The Burnt Down House with English text by Ronald Mitchell, and the OperaTheatre of the University of Toledo, Ohio, performed Rossini's La Cambiale dimatrimonio in a translation by Thomas East, director of the department.

New York's Village Light Opera Company, which usually performs Gilbert & Sullivanoperettas, has scheduled Offenbach's Belle Helene for its first production this season.It will be sung in English translation and adaptation by Arthur Roberts.

Great Britain's Welsh National Opera Company, which performs in Bristol and alsotours extensively, is giving all its performances in English. The team of Nell and JohnMoody is responsible for the long list of English translations assembled by the company.Some are of rarely heard operas and therefore of particular interest: Verdi's Battle ofLegnano, Rossini's Moses and William Tell, Rimsky-Korsakov's Maynight, Borodin'sPrince Igor (in preparation); also available are Moody's English versions of Carmen,La Traviata, Simon Boccanegra, Macbeth, and The Pearl Fishers. For details, contactWelsh National Opera, 2 Richmond Park Rd., Bristol, BS8, 3 AT, England.

Correction:The Obituary Listing on page 22 of the 1973 Summer Bulletin should read Karel Haba,Czech composer, 74 years old, HI2X112. (He was the younger brother of Alois Haba,who celebrated his eightieth birthday in June, 1973.)The date of death for Margaret Webster should read 11/13/72.

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YV-SETS AND COSTUMES FOR RENT

The following sets and costumes, designed and built within the last season, have beenregistered with Central Opera Service as available for rental. They are in addition to thoselisted in the original 1970 Directory of Sets and Costumes for Rent and in the 1971 and1972 Supplements. (Addresses are also included in the 1970 Directory.)

Aida (s) Rhode Island Civic Chorale, Providence, R.I.(c) Colorado Costume Co., Denver, Colorado(c) Eaves Costume Co., Inc., New York, N.Y.

Alceste (c) Eaves Costume Co., Inc., New York, N.Y.Amahl and the Night Visitors (s,c) Texarkana Community College, Texarkana, Tex.

(s,c) Oklahoma College of Liberal Arts, Chickasha, Okla.(c) Eaves Costume Co., Inc., New York, N.Y.

Amelia Goes to the Ball (s) Charles Stewart & Co., Somerville, Mass.(c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.

L'Amore de tre re (c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.Andrea Chinier (c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.Angilique (c) Malabar Ltd., Toronto, Ontario, CanadaAriadne auf Naxos (c) James & Sons, Philadelphia, Pa.Attila (c) Stivanello Costume Co., New York, N.Y.Un Ballo in maschera (s) Cincinnati Opera Co., Cincinnati, Ohio

(s) Tobins Lake Studios, South Lyons, Mich.// Barbiere di Siviglia (s) Lake George Opera Festival, Glens Falls, N.Y.

(c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.The Bartered Bride (c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.Black Widow (Pasatieri) (s) Lake George Opera Festival, Glens Falls, N.Y.La Bohime (s) St. Paul Opera Ass'n, St. Paul, Minnesota

(c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.Boris Godunov (c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.La Cambiale di matrimonio (c) Malabar Ltd., Toronto, Ontario, CanadaCarmen (s) Ercole Sormani, Milan, Italy

(s) J. H. Miller, Shreveport, Louisiana(s) Spring Opera of San Francisco, San Francisco, California(s) Opera/South, Jackson, Mississippi(s) Vancouver Opera Ass'n, Vancouver, B.C., Canada(c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.

Cavalleria rusticana (s) Rhode Island Civic Chorale, Providence, R.I.(c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.

La Cenerentola (c) Maier's Costumes, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania(c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.

Le Coq dor (c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.// Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda (c) Western Costume Co., Los Angeles, Cal.Cosl fan tutte (s) Portland Opera Ass'n, Portland, Oregon

(c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.The Crucible (c) Lake George Opera Festival, Glens Falls, N.Y.La Damnation de Faust (c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.Don Carlo (c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.Don Giovanni (c) Goldovsky Opera Institute, New York, N.Y.

(c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.Don Pasquale (s) Beaumont Civic Opera, Beaumont, Texas

(c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.Dona Rosita (Hackett) (s,c) Ithaca Opera Ass'n, Ithaca, New YorkElektra (s) San Diego Opera, San Diego, California

(c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.L'Elisir d'amore (s,c) Western Opera Theater, San Francisco, California

(c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.The Emperor Jones (Gruenberg) (c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.Die Entfiihrung aus dem Serail (c) Colorado Costume Co., Denver, Colorado

(c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.Eugene Onegin (c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.Falstaff (c) Brooks-Van Horn Costume Co., New York, N.Y.

(c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.

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La Fanciulla del West (c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.Faust (c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.La Favorita (c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.Fidelio (c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.La Fille du regiment (s) Ercole Sormani, Milan, Italy

(s) San Diego Opera, San Diego, California(c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.

Die Fledermaus (c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.(c) Maier's Costumes, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Der fliegende Hollander (c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.La Forza del destino (c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.Gianni Schicchi (c) Krause Costume Co., Cleveland, OhioLa Gioconda (c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y./ Gioielli delta Madonna (c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.Gotterddmmerung (c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein (s) Spring Opera of San Francisco, Calif.Guillaume Tell (c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.Hamlet (c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.Hansel and Gretel (s) Tobins Lake Studios, South Lyons, Mich.

(c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.(c) F. Bruesser & Co., Detroit, Michigan

L'Heure espagnole (c) Malabar Ltd., Toronto, Ontario, CanadaHighway 1, U.S.A. (Still) (s) Opera/South, Jackson, MississippiH.M.S. Pinafore (c) Ridgewood Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Co., Ridgewood, N.J.Les Huguenots (c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.L'Incoronazione di Poppea (s) Opera Society of Washington, D.C.

(c) Malabar Ltd., Toronto, Ont., Canadalolanthe (c) Ridgewood Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Co., Ridgewood, N.J.The Juggler of Our Lady (Kay) (s,c) Opera/South, Jackson, Miss.La Juive (c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.The King's Henchman (Taylor) (c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.Lakme (c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N. Y.Lohengrin (c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.Louise (c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.Lucia di Lammermoor (c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.Macbeth (Verdi) (c) Hooker-Howe Costume Co., Haverhill, Mass.// Maestro di musica (Pergolesi) (c) F. Bruesser & Co., Detroit, Mich.Madama Butterfly (s) Edmonton Opera Ass'n, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

(s) Ercole Sormani, Milan, Italy(s) Iowa State Univ. Opera Studio, Ames, Iowa(c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.

Manon Lescaut (s,c) Seattle Opera Ass'n, Seattle, Wash.Martha (c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.Medea (Cherubini) (c) Caramoor Festival, Katonah, N.Y.Medea (Henderson) (s) San Diego Opera, San Diego, CaliforniaThe Medium (s) City of the Angels Opera Co., Los Angeles, Calif.Die Meistersinger (c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.A Midsummer Night's Dream (c) Western Costume Co., Los Angeles, Calif.Mignon (c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.Norma (c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.Le Nozze di Figaro (c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.

(c) Birmingham Civic Opera Co., Birmingham, Alabama(c) Otterbein College, Westerville, Ohio

Noye's Fludde (c) Pasadena Symphony & Junior League, Pasadena, Calif.Orfeo ed Euridice (c) Western Costume Co., Los Angeles, Calif.Otello (c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.Pagliacci (s) Rhode Island Civic Chorale, Providence, R.I.

(s) Charles H. Stewart & Co., Somerville, Mass.(c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.

Parsifal (c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.Patience (c) Ridgewood Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Co., Ridgewood, N.J.Les Pecheurs de perles (c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.PelUas et Milisande (c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.

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La Perichole (s) Kansas City Lyric Theater, Kansas City, Mo.Peter Grimes (c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.Peter lbbetson (Taylor) (c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.The Pirates of Penzance (c) Costume Bazaar, New Haven, Conn.The Play of Daniel (c) Texas Tech Univ. Music Theater, Lubbock, TexasLe Prophite (c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y./ Puritani (s,c) Stivanello Costume Co., New York, N.Y.The Rake's Progress (s) Opera Society of Washington, D.C.

(c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.The Rape of Lucretia (c) Malabar Ltd., Toronto, Ont., CanadaRigoletto (c) Goldovsky Opera Institute, New York, N.Y.

(c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (s) Opera Society of Washington, D.C.Rita (s,c) City of the Angels Opera Co., Los Angeles, Calif.

(s,c) Eastern Opera Theater, New York, N.Y.(s) Baltimore Opera Co., Baltimore, Maryland

Romeo et Juliette (c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.La Rondine (s) Opera Gala Guild, Florida Symphony Society, Orlando, Fla.Der Rosenkavalier (c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.R.S.V.P. (c) James & Sons, Phliadelphia, Pa.Ruddigore (c) Ridgewood Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Co., Ridgewood, N.J.The Saint of Bleecker Street (s) Baltimore Opera Co., Baltimore, Md.

(c) Colorado Costume Co., Denver, Colorado(c) Brooks-Van Horn Costume Co., New York, N.Y.

Saint Matthew Passion (Bach) (s) Spring Opera of San Francisco, Calif.Salome (c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.Samson et Dalila (c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.// Segreto di Susanna (s,c) City of the Angels Opera Co., Los Angeles, Calif.Siegfried (c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.Simon Boccanegra (c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.La Sonnambula (c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.The Stronger (Weisgall) (c) Malabar Ltd., Toronto, Ont., CanadaTannhduser (c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.Thais (c) Malabar Ltd., Toronto, Ont., CanadaTosca (s) Memphis Opera Theater, Memphis, Tennessee

(s) Tucson Opera Co., Tucson, Arizona(s) Riverside Opera Ass'n., Riverside, California(s) Kansas City Lyric Theater, Kansas City, Mo.(c) Western Opera Theater, San Francisco, California

La Traviata (s) Vancouver Opera Ass'n, Vancouver, B.C., Canada(c) Western Opera Theater, San Francisco, Calif.(c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.

Trial by Jury (c) Ridgewood Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Co., Ridgewood, N.J.Tristan und Isolde (c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.// Trovatore (c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.Turandot (c) Opera/South, Jackson, Mississippi

(c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.Die Walkiire (c) Malabar Ltd., Toronto, Ont., Canada

(c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.Werther (s) Opera Guild of Greater Miami, Miami, FloridaWozzeck (c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.Die Zauberfldte (c) Lyric Opera of Chicago, Illinois

(c) Eaves Costume Co., New York, N.Y.

Following are two additional rental companies recently active in opera (for originallist see 1970 Directory)

Costume Bazaar, 26 Grove, New Haven, Conn. 06511 (c)Maier's Theatrical Costumes, 1625 Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. 15219 (c)

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AWARDS FOR SINGERS AND WINNERSThe Washington International Competition for Singers, held under the auspices of theFriday Morning Music Club Foundation, is open to vocalists between the ages of20 and 29, except for those with professional management or with experience in soloroles with major companies. First prize in both women's and men's categories is $1,000and a solo recital or concert with orchestra. The deadline for application is March 14,and the competition is scheduled for May 10 and 11. For further information, write toMrs. Theodore Woolsey, 8121 Rayburn Rd., Bethesda, Md. 20034.The Civic Opera of the Palm Beaches instituted an Annual Competition for Scholar-ship Awards last year. There are two categories in which prizes are awarded: Advancedcategory, ages 25 to 32, with three cash awards (Lois Whitley Scholarships — $1,000,$750, and $500) and a concert appearance; Junior category, under 25, with five cashawards ($500-$150). For applications contact Dr. Paul Csonka, Dir., Civic Opera ofthe Palm Beaches, P.O. Box 1054, Palm Beach, Fla. 33480. (For Florida residents only.)

After a successful first year of its Apprentice Artists Program, the Chicago Lyric Operais currently again recruiting young singers through auditions in New York, Chicago andSan Francisco. At least ten young singers will receive ten-month contracts with pay of$9,000 and with it the opportunity to receive coaching, acting, dance, and fencinginstructions, and to participate in the company's performances.

The Opera Company of Boston is initiating a modest auditions program this year,whereby a number of $100 and $200 cash prizes will be awarded, and possible con-tracts with the company. Auditions will be held in November; singers between the agesof 18 and 45 may apply.An annual International Operetta Competition has been established in Avignon, France,and will be held for the first time this October. It is open to singers between the ages of18 and 32, and will award cash prizes and medals to the winners. First prize will alsoinclude a concert or opera engagement. Information may be obtained from Concourinternational d'operette de la Ville d'Avignon, Conseil culturel, 21, place du Palais,84 Avignon.The Hamilton Philharmonic in Ontario, Canada, announced a Young Artists Compe-tition open to Canadian vocalists and instrumentalists under 24 years of age. There arethree cash prizes and concert appearances to be awarded. Application deadline isDecember 15.We understand that the Marian Anderson Scholarship has been discontinued. Pleasedelete it from your copy of the Awards for Singers brochure.The following winners were chosen at the Finals of the San Francisco Opera Auditionsheld on June 25: lyric soprano KATHLEEN MARTIN from Los Angeles — the $1500James Schwabacher Award, mezzo JANICE FELTY from Phoenix — the $1000Florence Bruce Award, lyric coloratura SHARON DANIELS from San Francisco —the $500 William Kent Jr. Memorial Award, and baritone NORMAN PHILLIPS fromDenver —the $250 // Cenacolo Award.The Connecticut Opera Guild announced five winners of its 1973 competition in whichthirty-one singers participated. The first three prizes of $500 each went to MAYMURAKAMI, soprano from Old Lyme (the Edrie Van Dore Memorial Award),GEORGE L. WYMAN, tenor from Agawam, Mass, (the Frank Pandolfi Award), andDUNCAN BOCKUS, bass from Manchester, Vt. (the Sue M. Wiesen Award). MezzoSUSAN DILLMAN from West Hartford received the $250 Robert E. Smith Award,and soprano GWENDOLYN JONES, also from Hartford, the $250 Connecticut OperaGuild Award. The competition, which has been held annually in April, will be changedto October beginning in 1974.The 1973 Rose Palmai-Tenser Music Scholarship for $700, awarded by the MobileOpera Guild, went to soprano KAY PASCHAL. — Soprano NANCY EVERS, formerNATS winner, received the latest Concert Artists Guild Award, and will be presentedin a N.Y. recital debut at Carnegie Recital Hall in November. Other winners ofCAG Awards are sopranos ROSEMARY GEORGE and CAROLYN VAL-SCHMIDT.

Northwestern University Opera Workshop has established the Edith Mason Raglandfellowship. JOSEPH WARNER, candidate for a doctor of music degree, is the firstrecipient, and will work as assistant- to Robert Gay, director of the Opera Workshop. —PETER STRUMMER received the Boris Goldovsky Prize in Opera from the ClevelandInstitute of Music for "most outstanding operatic performance," MARGARET EAVES,

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the Elizabeth Stevens Prize in Lieder Singing, and KATHRYN ASMAN, ;the MaxBerman Prize for outstanding dramatic performance during the year. —23-year-oldsoprano DEBORAH ANN O'BRIEN, a former finalist at the Metropolitan OperaAuditions, was given the 1973 High Fidelity/Musical America Fellowship at- theBerkshire Music Center last summer.

The largest cash prizes of all international competitions are offered by the MontrealInternational Voice Competition. The 1973 first prize of $10,000 was won by Rumanianbass GHEORGHE EMIL CRASNARU, second prize of $5,000 by Russian sopranoMAKVALA KASRASVILI, who received an additional $500 for her performance of aCanadian composition, third and fourth prizes were evenly split ($2,000 each) betweenAmerican mezzo CAROLE WALTERS and Russian baritone VLADIMIR MALT-CHENKO, and the fifth prize of $1,000 went to American baritone BRENT ELLIS.Among the runners-up were American bass-baritone GARY KENDALL and Canadianbass MAURICE BROWN.

Soprano MOLLY MELACHOURIS, a member of the Metropolitan Opera Studio, wasa winner at the Fifth International Competition for Young Opera Singers in Sofia,Bulgaria.

New York baritone, ROBERT CHRISTESEN, a finalist in the 1972 MetropolitanOpera Auditions, placed first at the International Concours de Paris and at the PragueSpring International Music Competition. The 1974 contest in the Czech capital is forwoodwinds and brass instruments. Mr. Christesen also won top prize at Hertogenbosch,Holland, and Toulouse, France, and second prize in Munich. He is now under contractin Frankfurt.

APPOINTMENTSATWILL GILMAN has been elected Chairman of the Board of the American SymphonyOrchestra League. Past president of the Denver Symphony Orchestra and a board memberof ASOL since 1969 and its treasurer since 1972, Mr. Gilman succeeds John S. Edwards,who has held the position of Chairman of the Board and President of the Leaguesince 1955.

The Metropolitan Opera Association elected JAMES S. SMITH as treasurer to succeedJames E. Jaffray, who resigned after holding this position for five years. Mr. Smith is asenior partner of the accounting firm, Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co., and joined theMetropolitan Opera board of directors last May. He has assisted in the latest budget-tightening program of the company (see Austerity Programs).

ROBERT MOON has been named Director of the New England Regional ProgrammingStudy, a recently formed organization to determine the feasibility of regional culturalprogramming in six New England states. Formerly Mr. Moon was Director of theKansas Arts Commission.

The Kirkpatrick Foundation of Oklahoma City has created the position of ExecutiveDirector of Business and Arts Development, to better advise the Foundation in thedisbursements of its funds. MRS. JOSEPH SMELSER, former Education Director ofthe Oklahoma Arts Center, has been appointed to the new post.

ANTHONY ADDISON, Director of the Opera Theatre and Orchestra of the ClevelandInstitute of Music, has been appointed to the Cleveland Area Arts Council.

An important change within the operatic field was the appointment of JOHN M.LUDWIG as General Director of the Wolf Trap Foundation. Mr. Ludwig, who foundedthe Center Opera Company (now Minnesota Opera) in Minneapolis ten years ago,and guided it to become one of the most successful companies, while establishing itsown image of an adventurous Opera Theatre, was so totally identified with that organ-ization that his decision undoubtedly came as a surprise to many. He is a graduate ofthe University of North Carolina and the Yale School of Drama, and started hisprofessional career as a Ford Foundation Administrative Intern with the ClevelandPlayhouse. He is a member of the COS Professional Committee. Other new appointments

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at Wolf Trap include the promotion of FRANCIS RIZZO from Production Coordinatorto Artistic Administrator (he was formerly with the Spoleto Festival), and MARKAUERBACH to the new year-round position of Sales Manager in charge of groupsales and box office.

JOSEPH LEAVITT, the first General Director of the Wolf Trap Foundation, resignedat the close of last season to accept the position of General Manager of the BaltimoreSymphony.

Following one season as Acting General Manager of the Cincinnati Summer Opera,JAMES DE BLASIS was named General Manager of the company for 1974. He willwork in cooperation with Steven Monder, company manager, who is also the managerof the Cincinnati Civic Orchestra.

Summer festivals seem to be especially in the news at this time, and we note thatEDWIN McARTHUR was the Artistic Administrator for the Central City Festival inColorado in 1973, DENNIS RUSSELL DA VIES will be succeeding Carlos Chavez asMusic Director of California's Cabrillo Festival in 1974, and JOHN JAY, formerassistant manager of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, was named Executive Directorof the Alaska Festival of Music.

Canada's Stratford Festival will be undergoing a number of changes in its artistic andmanagerial administration. British director ROBIN PHILLIPS, who has been associatedwith various Shakespeare companies in England, has been appointed Artistic Director ofthe Festival. He will succeed Jean Gascon, who resigned effective the end of nextseason. During 1974 the two directors will work together.

ANDREE GINGRAS, the Festival's Music Administrator, has accepted the position ofAssistant General Manager of Programming at Ottawa's National Arts Centre, and issucceeded in Stratford by STUART KNUSSEN, the former General Manager ofthe Baltimore Symphony. Stratford will also have a new Music Director, RAFFIARMENIAN, who is the conductor of the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony in Ontario.

Another surprise announcement comes from Vancouver, B.C., where RICHARDBONYNGE has accepted the position of Artistic Director of the Vancouver OperaAssociation, beginning July, 1974. The position was formerly occupied by IrvingGuttman; Brian Hanson is General Manager.

The Philadelphia Grand Opera Company has named CARLO MORESCO its ArtisticDirector; Max Leon is President and General Manager.

Upon his recent retirement, KEN BAUMANN, Founder and Artistic Director of theIthaca (N.Y.) Opera Association, was named Director Emeritus and BARBARATROXELL has been appointed Artistic Director. She is also professor of music atCornell University.TON! GREENBERG (Mrs. Noah Greenberg) is the new Executive Director of theAmerican Music Center, succeeding James Browning. Mrs. Greenberg's former positionsinclude Assistant to the President of Mannes College, and a member of the musicprogram of the N.Y. State Council on the Arts

The Music Department of Oxford University Press announced the appointment ofGENE BRUCK as Consultant for Performance Repertory. Previously, Mr. Bruck waswith ASCAP; he was also Editor of the American Music Digest.

Recent additions or changes in administrative and managerial positions include theappointments of F. WESTON PRIOR as Director of Development with the OperaCompany of Boston; — ROBERT A. BUCKLEY as Manager of the Houston GrandOpera and assistant to General Director David Gockley and BETH CROUCH as Directorof Public Affairs with the same company; — PERRY-LYNN MOFFJTT as CompanyAdministrator with Western Opera Theater, succeeding Sarah Brumback; — JAMESHOWLAND, former Manager of the Syracuse Symphony, as General Manager of theSt. Paul Chamber Orchestra; — HUBERT N. SCOTT, former Manager of the Indiana-polis Symphony, as Executive Director of the Greater Miami Philharmonic Orchestra.

Following the retirement of KURT ADLER, Chorus Master at the Metropolitan Operafor thirty years, Mr. Chapin announced the appointment of DAVID STIVENDER assuccessor to Mo. Adler. For the past eight years, Mo. Stivender was Assistant ChorusMaster and Director of the Children's Chorus.

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RICHARD WESTENBURG, Conductor of New York's Musica Sacra, was namedDirector of the Collegiate Chorale, succeeding Abraham Kaplan.

Musical chairs between conductors brings LAWRENCE SMITH (formerly AssistantConductor at the Metropolitan Opera, and more recently Conductor of the AustinSymphony) to Portland, as Music Director of the Oregon Symphony, succeedingJacques Singer; — EVERETT LEE, formerly of the N.Y. City Opera, the Boston Popsand Cincinnati Symphony, and more recently Music Director of the NorkopingOrchestra in Sweden, to New York as Music Director of the Symphony of the NewWorld; — HAROLD BAUER, former conductor of the Peoria (111.) Symphony, toPennsylvania as Music Director of the Erie Philharmonic; — SIEGFRIED LANDAU,formerly Music Director of the Brooklyn Philharmonic and the Chattanooga Opera, toGermany as Generalmusikdirektor of the Westfalische Sinfonieorchester; — CanadianVICTOR FELDBRILL, formerly Conductor of the Winnipeg Symphony, to Ontario, asResident Conductor of the Toronto Symphony, succeeding the late Karel Ancerl; —and RAFAEL FRUEHBECK DE BURGOS to Canada in the fall, 1975, as MusicDirector of the Montreal Symphony, following the retirement of Franz-Paul Decker.

European appointments in the musical field include BERNARD LEFORT as Directorof the Aix-en-Provence Festival; — THOMSON SMILLIE as Director of the WexfordFestival in Great Britain, succeeding Brian Dickie; — GIOVANNI UGO, succeedingCeleste Lanfranco Gandolfi as General Administrator of the Teatro Carlo Felice inGenoa; — Author MAURICE DRUON as France's new Minister of Culture; — andGOETZ FRIEDRICH as Chief Stage Director to the Hamburg Opera.

Academia

THOR JOHNSON, Conductor of the Nashville Symphony, was also named ArtisticDirector of the Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan and Conductor of the Academy'sorchestra. — In addition to his position as conductor of the Masterwork Chorus, DAVIDRANDOLPH will join the faculty of the Music Department at Montclair State College.— Mezzo-soprano HELEN VANNI (Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, SantaFe, and soloist with major orchestras) has been invited to head the Voice Departmentat the Cleveland Institute of Music; — MICHAEL TRIMBLE recently joined theInstitute's voice faculty.

In addition to the various master classes directed by BORIS GOLDOVSKY, he hasalso been named to the faculty of Queens College as Distinguished Visiting Professorof Music. — The University of Texas in Austin appointed soprano MATTIWILDADOBBS Visiting Associate Professor of Voice. — JOHN STONE PORTER is the newAssociate Producer and Stage Director for Arizona State University's Lyric OperaTheatre in Tempe. — Former Assistant Conductor of the N.C. Symphony and tourconductor of the Goldovsky Opera Theatre, THOMAS CONLIN, was named AssistantProfessor of Music at Queens College and Music Director of the Queens CollegeOrchestral Society in New York. — FRANK E. DYBDAHL, former Director of theOpera Workshop at Ohio University in Athens, will head the Opera Theatre at theState University of New York in Potsdam, succeeding Harry Phillips.

JOHN J. ZEI, who headed the Opera Theatre at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln,has taken over the Opera Theater of the Hartt College of Music in Hartford, Connecti-cut, as Director/Producer. The College also has a new Information Director for Musicand Art in Mrs. MOLLEY M. KALOGEROS, who succeeded Mary Ann Connors.— The School of Music at Ithaca (N.Y.) College appointed JOHN D. WHITE Dean;he is replacing Craig McHenry, who retired. — DAVID HICKS, Stage Director withvarious opera companies, has joined the faculty of the Academy of Vocal Arts inPhiladelphia.

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NEW COS MEMBERSAkron, University of, Firestone Conservatory, Dr. D. Rohrbaugh, OhioAlexander, Kelley, Bus. Mgr., Charlotte Opera Ass'n, Inc., North CarolinaAslanian, Richard, Univ. of 111., Mus. Dir., Opera Group, Champaign, IllinoisAvery, Florence, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IllinoisBelmont College, Williams Library, Nashville, TennesseeBredemann, Daniel, Cincinnati, OhioChristesen, Robert, Frankfurt, West GermanyColumbia College, Library, Columbia, MissouriCoulombe, Mrs. Joseph, San Marino, CaliforniaCurtis, William, Bronx, New YorkFassler, Leon, Scarsdale, New YorkGeorgia, University of, Libraries, Athens, GeorgiaGoodman, David H., Palo Alto, CaliforniaGorman, Robert, Sarasota, FloridaGrant, Cheryl D., Bloomington, IndianaHale, Dr. Kelly, Austin, TexasHerzog, Dr. Floyd R., Mng. Dir., Regional Arts Center, Centre College,

Danville, KentuckyIllinois State University, Library, Normal, IllinoisJacksonville Symphony, Willis Page, Cond., Jacksonville, FloridaJones, Dick, Exec. Prod., 111. Opera Guild, WGN Continental Broadcasting

Company, Chicago, IllinoisKondek, Charles, New York, New YorkMaryville College, Library, Maryville, TennesseeMcFarlane Concert Artists, Ralph & Karen McFarlane, New York,- N.Y.Mester, Jorge, Mus. Dir., The Louisville Orchestra, Louisville, KentuckyMillar, Gregory, Tucson, ArizonaMiller, Martha, Prod. Dir., Fresno Opera Ass'n, Fresno, CaliforniaMontgomery, May, Old Lyme, ConnecticutMontgomery, Dr. Merle, Pres., Nat. Fed. of Music Clubs, New York, N.Y.Moore, Lorin J., Gen. Mgr., Edmonton Opera Ass'n, Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaMuller, Gerald F., Art. Dir., Music Theater Workshop, Rockville, MarylandNational Arts Centre, Bruce Corder, Gen. Mgr., Ottawa, OntarioO'Brien, Ellen, Caseyville, IllinoisRamey, Samuel, New York, N.Y.Rubin, Dr. Joel E., Hastings-on-Hudson, New YorkSt. Norbert College, Library, DePere, WisconsinSangamon State University, Library, Springfield, IllinoisSaunders, Mrs. Joseph, San Marino, CaliforniaSchlegel, Rudolf, Rochester, New YorkSchrock, Mrs. Scharmal, Commerce, TexasSherrard, Sharon K., Chicago, IllinoisSiegmeister, Elie, Great Neck, New YorkSommers, Dr. Paul B., University of Missouri, Kansas City, MissouriThurman, V. Leon, Cons, of Music, Yankton College, Yankton, South DakotaTurkin, Marshall W., Exec. Dir., Detroit Symphony Orchestra, MichiganVondra, Marilyn, New York, N.Y.Wakeling, Dennis, Austin, TexasWaterloo, University of, Library, Waterloo, Ontario, CanadaWheaton College, Music Library, Wheaton, IllinoisWhitewater Opera Co., Charles A. Combopiano, Dir., Richmond, IndianaWolfe, Mimi Stern, New York, N.Y.Yoes, Janice, New York, N.Y.

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COS INSIDE NEWS

We are delighted to announce the publication of REPORT NUMBER 1 of theCentral Opera Service Bicentennial Information Program (COS/BIP), first an-nounced in the Spring '73 Bulletin. It was published just in time for distributionat the COS National Conference in New York. We gratefully acknowledge theenthusiastic and generous response by the COS Committee, which enabled us tocompile and publish the first Bicentennial Opera Information as early as we did.The COS Program was the first such venture undertaken independently by anart service organization and the Report was the first one published, representingyet another unique service for COS members who received complimentary copiesof the report. Additional copies are available from COS for $1.00. It lists 31companies and 42 opera performances planned so far for 1976. Of these 18 arenew works. — Questionnaires for entries for Report No. 2 may be requested fromCOS.

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The Twelfth National Conference of Central Opera Service, ACROSS THEOPERA BOARD, held in New York October 14-16, brought together boardmembers and administrators of opera companies from 37 states. With a recordattendance of about 300, an equal number of presidents/board members anddirectors/managers representing about 100 producing organizations, joined to-gether to find answers to a great variety of problems. In addition, 35 nationalarts organizations, councils, foundations, etc. were represented. In response tothe many requests, COS has prepared transcripts of all sessions (except luncheonspeakers), and copies are available for $5.00. — The 1974 National Conferencewill be held in San Francisco in October.

The December 22 issue of Opera News will feature the Annual Opera Survey,conducted jointly by Opera News and Central Opera Service. The most surprisingaspect of the 1972-73 opera season is the large increase in opera companies(from 715 to 817), resulting, for the first time, in an almost equal number ofactive companies and workshops, which bring opera to cities and towns all overthe United States. The rise in repertory is similarly high (from 364 to 423), andthe variety of operas performed is unprecedented. The total number of per-formances is up slightly from the previous year, but performances of standardoperas have decreased, further indicating the demand for the unusual. The articlewritten by the editor of the COS Bulletin, Maria F. Rich, offers a detailed analysisof last year's trends. A complete list of the 1972-73 repertory may be ordered fromCOS for $1.00.

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COS is pleased to announce the appointment of two new Regional Directors:Miss Phyllis Herndon, Springfield, 111. — Central RegionMrs. Walker Long, Huntington, W. Va. — Tri-State Region

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BOOK CORNERLeslie Orrey's CONCISE HISTORY OF OPERA is a brief but knowledgeable reviewof the development of opera from its beginning in the early seventeenth centuryto the present, with emphasis on the romantic era. Contemporary opera and operain America is rather shortchanged by the British author. However, considering thelength of the book (250 pages) and the very attractive and ample black and whiteand color illustrations, it is surprising that so much information could be com-pressed into this volume. Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, it makes an at-tractive gift at $7.95.

NAPLES AND NEAPOLITAN OPERA is the latest in the series of OxfordMonographs on Music, published by Clarenden Press (Oxford). The author,Michael F. Robinson, gives us a most admirable study of opera as it was writtenand performed in Naples in the eighteenth century. This 280-page valuable refer-ence work is available in the U.S. for $25.75.

An expertly written and most informative study of the American symphonyorchestras is presented in ORPHEUS IN THE NEW WORLD by Philip Hart.Tracing the developments of orchestras in the United States, both as culturalinstitutions and as protagonists of developing repertory, we see them also as edu-cators building audiences and molding American tastes. Further, the book dealswith famous conductors and instrumentalists, finances, and arts organizations re-lated to symphony orchestras. It is a must on the reading list of arts administrators,and highly recommended to board members of orchestras and opera companies.Due to its fluent style it will also be of great interest to music enthusiasts, and isan illuminating behind-the-scenes look for the average concert-goer. The 562pages include various lists as appendices; published by W. W. Norton & Co., itsprice is $15.00.

A.E.F. Dickinson is the author of THE MUSIC OF BERLIOZ, a comprehensivestudy of the composer and his works, with special care given to his operas (Benve-nuto Cellini, Beatrice et Benedict, and Les Troyens). Published by St. Martin'sPress, this valuable 280-page book contains numerous musical examples and someillustrations; it is priced at $23.50.

A very fine English translation by Inge Goodwin of Kurt Blaukopf's biography,GUSTAV MAHLER, has just been published by Praeger for $10.00. With its279 pages, it is considered the best and most comprehensive study on the composer/conductor to date. (A two-volume biography by Henry Louis de La Grange is nowin preparation with each volume projected to contain about 1,000 pages.)

British author and music critic, John Warrack, has written TCHAIKOVSKY,recently published by Charles Scribner's Sons. The $14.95 book, visually a mostattractive volume with its many color plates and black and white illustrations,offers an informative insight into his personality, both as a man and as a composer.In the 287 pages, the author also acquaints us with Tchaikovsky's contemporariesand paints a vivid picture of Tsarist Russia of that period.

Among the various books on George Gershwin published this year for what wouldhave been his seventy-fifth birthday, is the excellent biography by CharlesSchwartz, GERSHWIN, HIS LIFE AND HIS MUSIC. (The Bobbs-Merrill Co.Publ.). It is a lively and lovingly written story based on authenticated facts, andwill deservedly become a favorite for Christmas giving. Generously illustrated, the428-page book is priced at $15.00.

Charles Scribner's Sons published Ian Grey's BORIS GODUNOV, The TragicTsar, a new and somewhat different biography of the central figure, as we know it,from the Mussorgsky opera. Mr. Grey, who has written various biographies ofRussian historical personalities, offers a more sympathetic view of the sixteenth-century monarch than is usually the case, and he bases his assumptions on num-erous historical books and documents. The 188-page book contains some blackand white illustrations; its price is $8.95.

Drake Publishers brought out a slim volume (64 pages) on JOAN SUTHERLANDby Edward Greenfield, available for $5.95. Sutherland fans will find little that isnot already known about the soprano. A brief early biography is followed by a

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recounting of her professional ascent with various listings, such as discography andrepertory (some Italian consistently misspelled) closing the book. Although onemisses the personal involvement in the text, the many attractive photographs com-pensate the reader.It was with great anticipation that we awaited the arrival of THE NATIONALDIRECTORY FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS AND CIVIC CENTERS pub-lished by Handel & Co. in Dallas. Beatrice Handel, who is credited with the ideaof this compilation, must be congratulated since there is no comparable listing, inparticular with regard to performing arts facilities. The 600-page, hard-cover booksells for $24.00 and contains a great deal of information. However, one wishesthat the book concentrated on one particular aspect, rather than attempting tocover so vast a field, resulting in incomplete information on each subject. Listingsof performing companies are generally available from the individual serviceorganizations in each discipline (Central Opera Service for opera, AmericanSymphony Orchestra League for orchestras, etc.), and these listings are usuallyknowledgeable and complete. (The new Directory, for instance, lists Lyric Operaas a synonym for Light Opera, and therefore the Lyric Opera of Chicago and theKansas City Lyric Theater appear with Gilbert and Sullivan companies, and notunder "Opera.") The one subject on which information is not available at thepresent is performing arts facilities, and this listing is neither complete nor nearlysufficiently detailed in the book. While some are listed under "Facilities," othersappear only following a performing company, and some are totally omitted.Information on size of stage, size of proscenium, availability and size of orchestrapit, available stage lighting, facilities for flying scenery, moving and storing scenery,are some of the important basics which should be included. Thus, the Directory,edited by Janet Spencer and Nolanda Turner, and attractively printed for easyreading, is a good source for some information, but its deficiencies prevent it fromfulfilling its promise. One further word of advice: if this is to be an annual direc-tory, as stated in the introduction, a soft cover might be sufficient, and might makepossible a reduction of the price.

The latest addition to Gideon Chagy's annual publication for the Business Com-mittee for the Arts is a most attractive volume, THE NEW PATRONS OF THEARTS. Published for the first time by Harry N. Abrams, Inc., the art book pub-lisher, the visual impact of the 128-page book is most favorable, and should, withits expert text, make art devotees of many corporation executives. Introductionsby Frank Stanton and Goodwin McLellan are also included. The book describesbusiness-sponsored art programs with beautiful pictures and in glowing colors.It is priced at $10.00.What greater experts than Boris Goldovsky and Arthur Schoep to give us BRING-ING SOPRANO ARIAS TO LIFE? This team, which has in many cases giventhe first professional performing opportunities to young singers who later madeinternational careers, here offers their expertise and experience to young aspiringsopranos. Twenty-eight of the most popular arias are examined, translated andanalyzed, and the singer is guided through the vocal, interpretive, and stagingproblems. Even the question of costuming is dealt with through sketches by Leovan Witsen of Brooks-Von Horn Costumes. Published by G. Schirmer, the softcover, 325-page book is reasonably priced at $8.95.

A MANUAL OF TELEVISION OPERA PRODUCTION by Gordon Gibsonand Thomas Philips may be slight in size (98 pages, soft-cover), but it is importantin content. The authors examine the various methods of videotaping opera andgive a lucid and informative account of procedures used by different televisionproducers. The study, sponsored by the National Opera Association, and publishedby the University of New Mexico, concludes with a Glossary, a Partial Listing ofVideotapes of Operas Produced in the United States, and two special articles, oneby a TV producer, the other by a TV director. Copies of the Manual may beobtained from Mr. Philips, 4262 Aspen Ave., Albuquerque, N.M. 87110 for $2.00.We are delighted to announce that Quaintance Eaton is preparing a sequel to hersuccessful OPERA PRODUCTION. More will be written about it after its publi-cation.

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FINAL PERFORMANCE LISTING, 1972-73 SEASONAll 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. — c - conductor; d - stage director; ds - designer.

ALABAMAMobile Opera Guild, J. Yestadt, Gen. Dir.3/21, 23/73 Tosca Eng. Gutman; Crader; McCray, Holgate; c: Yestadt; d: di

VirgilioUniv. of Montevallo Lyric Theatre, B. Middaugh, Dir.5/10, 11/73 The Consul

ARIZONAMesa Community College, Chamber Opera Theater, J. Hendricks, Mesa11/20, 21, 22/72 The Beauty and the Beast & II Campanelio w.p.3/26, 27, 28/73 Martha w.p.Northern Arizona Univ., Opera Theatre, K. Weinzinger, Dir., Flagstaff11/2, 3, 4/72 Musical12/1, 2/72 The Devil and Daniel Webster3/9/73 Opera Scenes5/3, 4, 5/73 Porgy and BessUniversity of Arizona Opera Theatre, E. T. Conley, Dir., Tucson10/26/72 Rita & Slow Dusk & RSVP w.p.11/16, 17/72 Rigoletto w.o.; Eng. Martin4/13, 14/73 Garza's The Blue Angel prem. & Help, Help, the Globolinks! w.o.7/2, 3/73 L'lncoronazione di Poppea Leppard vers.; w.o.

ARKANSASInspiration Point Fine Arts Colony, I. Van Grove, Art. Dir., Eureka Springs7/15, 22, 25/73 Noye's Fludde & Ruth7/18, 20, 24, 27/73 The Magic Flute Eng. Martin7/19, 21, 23, 26/73 La Boheme Eng. Dietz

CALIFORNIABiola College Opera Workshop, W. Wall, Dir., La Mirada12/'8, 9/72 Amahl and the Night Visitors2/7, 8/73 Bach's Coffee Cantata & Gianni Schicchi Eng. Wall & GrossmanCalif. Institute of the Arts, Opera Workshop, G. Samuel, Dir., Valencia2/27, 28/73 Scenes from Mozart operas w.o.5/18, 19, 20, 25, 26/73 L'Orfeo w.o.Chico State Univ. Opera Workshop, J. H. Kinnee, Dir.4/4, 5, 6/73 La Serva padrona & Scenes from CarmenCuesta College, Music Department, San Luis Obispo4/14/73 The Impresario Eng. PrevinEuterpe Opera Club of Los Angeles, Mrs. S. Hitt, Pres.11/6/72 Tosca all cone. pfs. in Eng., w.p., at Music Center at 10:15 a.m.12/11/72 The Merry Wives of Windsor1/8/73 L'Amico Fritz215in NormaHYlITi Don Giovanni4/9/73 The Barber of SevilleGuild Opera Co., R. Moss, Mgr., Los AngelesSpring '73 Hansel and Gretel 10 pfs. for schoolsHumboldt State Univ. Opera Workshop, L. Wagner, Dir., Arcata4/12-15/73 Carmen w.o.1972-73 The Bear w.p.Immaculate Heart College Opera Workshop, T. DiRocco, IHM, Dir.,

Los Angeles1/20, 21/73 Noye's FluddeLos Angeles City College Opera Workshop, J. Fisher & F. Fetta, Dirs.11/2, 3, 4, 5/72 The Medium w.o.12/14, 15, 16, 17, 18/72 Hansel and Gretel Eng. Bache4/26, 27, 28, 29/73 The Magic Flute Eng. Auden; cone, pfs., w.o.

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1972-73 SeasonMerola Opera Program, K. H. Adler, Gen. Dir., San Francisco Opera7122/73 Madama Butterfly (at Stern Grove)8/11, 12/73 Le Comte Ory Eng. Simon (in Saratoga)Mt. San Jacinto College Opera Theatre, Ann Ayars, Dir., Gilman Hot Springs4/6, 7, 13, 15/73 La BohemePasadena Symphony, D. Lewis, Cond.11/3/72 Noye's Fludde 2 pfs.Pepperdine Univ. at Malibu, Opera Workshop, E. D. McCommas, Chmn.1/19, 20/73 Slow Dusk & Gianni Schicchi cone. pf.San Diego State University Opera Theatre, C. Genzlinger, Dir.1/12, 13, 19, 20/73 The Bartered Bride Eng. Csonka-Theslof5/12, 13, 18, 19/73 Don GiovanniSan Francisco State University Opera Theatre, D. Camp, Mus. Dir.3/23, 25, 29, 31/73 Die Fledermaus Eng. Dietz-KaninSan Francisco Symphony, S. Ozawa, Mus. Dir.12/13, 14, 15/72 L'Enfance du Christ Harper; Riegel, Krause, Paul2/28 3/2, 3/73 La Vida breve Gulin, Emoed-Wallace, Petersen; Vrenios, Moreno;

c: de BurgosSan Francisco Talent Bank, Mrs. A. Crapsey, Gen. Dir.11/21/72 7/27/73 La Perichole Eng. Valency; w.p./w.o.2/20/73 Rita w.p.6/26-29/73 La Cenerentola 5 pfs; w.p.Shasta Community College, O. Tognozzi, Chmn., Music Dept, Redding7/12, 13, 20, 21/73 Die FledermausUniv. of California at Santa Barbara, Opera Theatre, C. Zytowski, Dir.1/12, 13/73 Cosl fan tutte Eng. Martin3/1, 2, 3/73 Britten/Gay The Beggar's Opera5/19, 20/73 Oedipus Rex cone. pf.Western Opera Theater of San Francisco & Neighborhood Arts Program8/73 The Threepenny Opera 8 pfs. in streets and parks on movable stageYuba College Theatre, D. Butler, Dir., Marysville4/12, 13, 14/73 The Lowland Sea

COLORADOAdams State College Music Theater Workshop, £. Richmond, Dir., Alamosa5/30, 316/1, 2/73 The Merry Wives of Windsor Kalmus Ed.Colorado State Univ. Opera Theater, L. J. Day, Dir., Fort Collins11/17, 18/72 Dido and Aeneas & Riders to the Sea w.o.2/1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10/73 The Threepenny Opera3/2, 3/73 The Impresario & Gianni Schicchi3/30/73 La Bohime w. Denver Symphony5/11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20/73 Die Fledermaus Eng. Dietz-Kanin7/11, 12, 14, 15, 19,21, 25 8/2/73 Musical7/25, 29 8/1, 3, 9, 11/73 The Marriage of Figaro

CONNECTICUTGoodspeed Opera House, M. Price, Dir., East Haddam6/73 Sousa's El Capitan c: Lynn CriglerSimsbury Light Opera Co., M. Green, Art. Dir., Simsbury3/18/73 An Evening with Martyn Green4/20, 21, 27, 28 5/4, 5/73 The Pirates of PenzanceYale School of Music, P. Nelson, Dean, New Haven5/10/73 La Canterina & Moss' The Brute

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIACatholic University Opera Theatre, M. Cordovana, Mgr., Washington11/10, 11, 12/72 L'Heure espagnole & Gianni Schicchi4/13, 14, 15/73 Madama Butterfly

FLORIDAJacksonville University Opera Workshop, W. A. Vessels, Dir.11/2, 3, 4/72 The Merry Widow Eng. Lester3131411171 Gillis' The Nazarene6/15/73 The Telephone & Captain LovelockMiami Beach Symphony, B. Breeskin, Mus. Dir.11/19/72 La Traviata cone. pf.8/12/73 Cosl fan tutte staged

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1972-73 SeasonSt. Petersburg Jr. College, Music Dept., C. Carroll, St. Petersburg7/13, 14/73 Four Saints in Three Acts w.o.University of South Florida Opera Workshop, E. Anderson, Dir., Tampa2/73 Orfeo ed Euridice Eng. Ducloux; w.p.4/73 The Magic Flute w.o.5/73 Opera Scenes w.p.

GEORGIADeKalb College Opera Theater, Mrs. G. Huff, Dir., Clarkston1972-73 Of Mice and Men; Gianni Schicchi; Hansel and Gretel; The Old Maid and

the ThiefHAWAII

Honolulu Symphony, R. La Marchina, Mus. Dir.4/8, 10/73 Jeanne d'Arc au bucher Eng. Arundell; Ryan, Chadwick, Maxson,

Wong; Knapp, Remo; semi-stagedIDAHO

College of Idaho, Music Dept., R. Skyrm, Chmn., Caldwell1/26, 27/73 The ConsulUniversity of Idaho, Opera Workshop, C. Walton, Dir., Moscow12/1, 2, 3/72 La Rondine w.p.1972-73 Bratt's Rachel w.o.; prem.

ILLINOISBlack Hawk College, Opera Workshop, J. H. Parks, Dir., Moline12/20-22/72 Amahl and the Night Visitors w.o.5/24, 25/73 The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County w.p.Illinois Opera Theatre, D. Lloyd, R. Aslanian, Dirs., Univ. of 111., Urbana11/3, 4/72 The Marriage of Figaro Eng.; w.o.11/16, 17, 18/72 La Traviata Eng.; w.o.1/13, 14/73 Opera Scenes w.p.3/15, 16, 17/73 The Barber of Seville Eng. w.o.4/27, 28, 29/73 Four Saints in Three Acts w.o.5/18, 20/73 Tod's Gal w. Scenes, w.o.5/19/73 Suor Angelica w. Scenes, w.p.8/3, 4, 5, 6/73 Don Giovanni Eng.; w.o.; guest dir.: C. LockwoodMillikin University Opera Theater, R. Collins, Dir., Decatur11/10, 11/72 Pasatieri's Calvary w.p.2/12, 24 3/22/73 Giannini's The Beauty and the Beast w.p.4/13, 14/73 // Tabarro & Gianni Schicchi Eng. Machlis & Grossman; w.o.Northern Illinois Univ. Theatre, R. L. Arnold, Dir., DeKalb10/31 11/4/72 Sweet Betsy from Pike & A Hand of Bridge12/12-17/72 The MikadoUniversity of Illinois hi Champaign5/17/73 Kelly's Tod's Gal

INDIANABall State Opera Workshop, J. Campbell, Dir., Muncie11/3,4, 5/72 Musical1/10/73 Opera Scenes2/10/73 A Game of Chance5/3, 4, 5/73 Rigoletto Eng. MachlisBethel College Opera Guild, D. Doverspike, Dir., Mishawaka11/9, 10, 11/72 The Old Maid and the ThiefWhitewater Opera Co., C. A. Combopiano, Dir., Richmond9/22, 23/72 The Magic Flute Eng. Martin; pfs. at Earlham College Theatre

IOWACornell College Opera Workshop, Marcella Lee, Dir., Mt. Vernon2/8, 10/73 La Serva padrona & The Jumping Frog of Calaveras CountyDrake University School of Music, M. A. Hall, Mus. Dir., Des Moines3/1/73 Pasatieri's The WomenIowa State Univ., Opera Studio, J. Pruett, Dir., Ames3/10, 11/73 Madame Butterfly Eng. Martin4/29/73 Opera ScenesMetro Summer Festival of Opera, R. Larsen, Art. Dir., Des Moines6/22, 26, 30/73 La Rondine6/23, 27 7/1/73 Benjamin's Prima Donna & The Medium6/24, 29/73 Albert Herring

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1972-73 SeasonUniv. of Iowa Opera Theater, H. Stark, Dir., Iowa City12/72 Amahl and the Night Visitors 4 pfs.; w.p.4/18, 19/73 The Crucible w.o.7/20, 21/73 Albert Herring w.o.

KANSASBaker Univ., Opera Workshop, C. Weedeman, Dir., Baldwin3/16, 17/73 Die Fledermaus Eng. Martin; w.o.Bethel College Opera Workshop, W. Yost, Dir., North Newton3/15, 16, 17/73 The Impresario & Help, Help, the Globolinks!Kansas State College Opera Workshop, L. W. Siegie, Dir., Pittsburg1972-73 Vecchi's L'Amfiparnasso; La Serva padrona; The Old Maid and the Thief;

pfs. in 13 high schools and collegesKansas State Univ. Opera Theater, L. Langenkamp, Dir., Manhattan10/19/72 Sunday Excursion & Scenes from Marriage of Figaro w.p.2/20, 21, 23, 24/73 Trouble in Tahiti & Cavalleria rusticana w.o.Wichita Symphony Society, Inc., F. Huybrechts, Mus. Dir., Wichita3/18, 19/73 Samson and Dalilah cone, pf.; Warfield; McCracken, Gibson

LOUISIANALouisiana State Univ. Opera Theater, P. P. Fuchs, Dir., Baton Rouge11/2, 3/72 Ariadne auf Naxos Eng. Sachse; w.o.4/5, 6/73 Falstaff Eng. Ducloux; w.o.5/5/73 Opera Scenes w.p.Matinee Musical Club, Mrs. F. Hugh Coughlin, Gen. Chmn., Alexandria3/10/73 Carmen Eng. Martin; c: Kushner; d: Pettaway (not Virginia, as previously

listed)Northwestern State Univ. Opera Theater, R. H. Cage, Dir., Natchitoches10/26, 27/72 Susannah w.o.3/19-22/73 Opera Scenes w.p.Univ. of Southwestern La., Opera Guild, G. S. Beaman Griffin, Dir., Lafayette10/25, 27/72 A Masked Ball Eng. Fuchs; w.p.12/1/72 "An Evening of Opera and Otherwise" w.p.2/28 3/1/73 Hansel and Gretel Eng. Bache; w.o.2/27 3/2 4/6/73 Squeak to Me of Love (children's opera) w.o4/29/73 The Devil and Daniel Webster cone, pf.; w.p.7/17, 19/73 Musical

MARYLANDMontgomery College Music Theater, G. Muller, Dir., Rockville11/13-18/72 7/28-30/73 2 Musicals3/30, 31/73 Faust Eng. own trans.

MASSACHUSETTSBoston University Opera Dept., Adelaide Bishop, Dir.4/19, 20, 21, 23/73 The Marriage of Figaro Eng. Martin; w.o.Lenox Arts Center, Inc. at Wheatleigh; Austin, Silverman, O. Smith, Thorne,

Dirs.7/5-8, 11-15/73 Spangler/Rukeyser'stfoKd/Tii7/19-22, 24-29/73 Benary/Braswell's Interior Castle8/1-5, 8-12/73 Quincy/Falk's Mandrake the Magician8/15-19, 21-26/73 M. & S. Silverman's Stage Leers and Love Songs711, 10, 17 8/7, 14/73 Candlelight Chamber MusicWilliams College Choral Society, K. Roberts, Dir., Williamstown11/16/72 Chabrier's Le Roi malgre lui Am. prem.; cone. pf.

MICHIGANCentral Michigan Univ., Opera Dept, Shirley Westwood, Dir., M t Pleasant3/12/73 Pasatieri's La Divina & PadreviaDetroit Symphony Orchestra Summer Music Theatre, Belle Isle/ Mercy

College/Rouge Park8/23, 28, 31/73 Carmen excerpts, cone. pfs.8/24, 26, 29 9/1/73 Pagliacci cone. pfs.8/25, 30 9/2/73 La Bohime excerpts, cone. pfs.Eastern Michigan Univ. Opera Workshop, C. Roe, Dir., Ypsilanti12/1, 2/72 Amahl and the Night Visitors w.p.3/16, 17/73 The Mikado w.o.

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1972-73 SeasonPiccolo Opera Co., M. Gordon, Dir., Detroit6/23, 24/73 Hansel and Gretel at Iron Mountain Festival7/11/73 Abu Hassan at Delta CollegeWestern Michigan Univ. Opera Workshop, W. Appel, Dir., Kalamazoo11/1,2,3,4/72 Musical3/15, 16, 17/73 Falstaff Eng. Ducloux

MINNESOTABemidji State College Opera Theater, F. Gallagher, Chmn.1/25, 26/73 Captain Lovelock5/20, 21, 23, 24/73 La Traviata Eng. MartinSaint Cloud State College Opera Theatre, D. Ketchum, Dir.11/18/72 5/23, 25/73 Opera Scenes w.p.2/27, 28 3/2, 3/73 Dido and Aeneas w.o.Univ. of Minnesota Opera Workshop, V. Sutton, Dir., Minneapolis3/9, 10/73 Cosi fan tutte Eng. Martin; w.p.6/6/73 Elizabeth Larsen's Some Pig w.o.; prem.Winona State College, Dept. of Music, R. McCluer, Chmn.11/29, 30 12/1/72 Amahl and the Night Visitors w,p.5/23, 24, 25, 27/73 Susannah w.o.

MISSOURICentral Missouri State Univ., E. Quistorff, Dir. Opera, Warrensburg2/4, 6/73 Help, Help, the Globolinks!5/1-5/73 Musical

MONTANAMontana State Univ. Opera Workshop, E. Cowan, Dir., Bozeman1/16, 17, 19, 20/73 The Bartered Bride w.o.; Eng. Newmark5/23/73 Sunday Excursion & Bastien and Bastienne5/30/73 The Old Maid and the ThiefRocky Mountain College Opera Workshop, D. F. Pihlaja, Dir., Billings3/11, 14, 15, 16/73 Le None di Figaro tour 4/29, 30 w.p.

NEW JERSEYFair Lawn Summer Festival Symphony, D. Shapiro, Dir.7/8/73 The Merry Widow Eng.; cone. pf.Princeton Opera Ass'n, J. Chichagov, Art. Dir.9/24/72 Carmen Eng. Martin; cone, pf.; w.o.; at Garden State Arts Center10/24/72 Hansel and Gretel Eng. Bache; w.p.; at Princeton University1/23/73 Carmen Eng. Martin; w.o.; at Princeton U.7/20, 21, 27, 28/73 The Marriage of Figaro Eng. Martin; w.o.; at Washington

Crossing ParkPrinceton University Opera Theatre, P. Westergaard, Dir.12/15, 16, 18, 19/72 Beatrice and Benedict Eng. Dunn; w.o.

NEW MEXICOEastern New Mexico Univ. Opera Dept, R. Griffith, Dir., Portales10/19-21/72 Opera Miniatures (scenes) w.p.1/18, 20, 21/73 LaBoheme w.o.7/26-28/73 Musical w.o.

NEW YORKConcert Orchestra and Chorus of L.I., L. Halasz, Dir., at Hofstra College,

Hempstead6/9/73 Don Giovanni Diaz, SavoieLong Island Opera Showcase, B. Hart, Dir., Franklin Square1/27/73 La Boheme3/3, 31/73 The Tales of Hoffmann4/28 5/19/73 Faust5/5/73 La Traviata9/16 10/14/72 Aida w.o.11/18 12/16/72 The Barber of Seville12/9/72 1/6 4/7/73 Hansel and Gretel1/13 2/3/73 ToscaSummer program, see Summer '73 Blltn.Manhattanville College Opera Workshop, S. Sonntag, Mus. Dir., Purchase2/16, 17, 18/73 The Beautiful Galatea & Socrate Eng. Sonntag

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1972-73 SeasonSUNY at Potsdam, Opera Theater, H. Phillips, Dir., Potsdam12/17, 18, 19/72 Frankenpohl's Domestic Relation & La Serva padrona w.o.2/22, 23, 24/73 The Little Sweep w.p.5/11, 12, 13/73 The Beggar's Opera w.o.8/3, 4/73 The Old Maid and the Thief w.o.Syracuse Univ., College of Visual & Performing Arts, A. Freundlich, Dean4/13, 14, 20, 21, 27, 28/73 The ConsulTouring Concert Opera Co., R. ALsina, Mng. Dir., Festival of Opera, Copake5/6/73 Cavalleria rusticana w.p.7/15/73 Madame Butterfly w.p.9/2/73 L'Elisir d'amore w.p.; Gordon, Walker; Figols, Gardner, Harley; c: Burbank;

d: WheelerTri-Cities Opera Workshop, P. Hibbitt, C. Savoca, Co-Dirs., Binghamton10/13, 14m, 15m, 20, 21, 22m, 27, 28, 29/72 Madama Butterfly w.o.3/2, 3m, 4m, 9, 10, l lm, 16, 17, 18/73 Don Giovanni w.o.11/18/72 1/13, 14 5/9/73 Opera Concerts w.o.; some w.p.11/20, 21, 27, 29 12/1, 6/72 School Concerts w.p.

NEW YORK CITYBel Canto Opera Co., T. Sieh, Prod., Madison Ave. Baptist Church6/16, 17, 23, 24/73 Anna Bolena Hebert, Sherman, Catania; AranaHarlem Opera Society, Clark Center for Performing Arts6/6/73 Rivers' Jazz opera Solomon and Sheba prem.Metropolitan Opera Studio, W. Nix, Dir., tour1972-73 The Barber of Seville 13 pfs.; La Boheme 10 pfs.; Don Pasquale 2 pfs.;

Madama Butterfly 11 pfs.; Gianni Schicchi 12 pfs.; Vienna to Broadway 10 pfs.;"Shakespeare in Opera" 13 pfs.; "Introduction to Opera" 17 pfs.; The Telephone& Duets 15 pfs.; Birthday of the Infanta 2 pfs.; 11 concerts

New York Lyric Opera Co., D. Johnston, Dir., at Universalist Church12/26-30/72 Hansel and Gretel Eng. Bache; 5 pfs; w.p.5/17, 20, 22, 24/73 Die Fledermaus Eng. Morris; w.o.8/21, 23, 28/73 The Abduction from the Seraglio Eng.; w.o.11/19/72 4/22/73 Opera Concerts w.p.N. Y. State Opera Society, Mrs. C. Yost, Dir.6/10/73 // TrovatorePeking Opera at Cafe La Mama, East 4th Street7/6-12/73 The Return of the PhoenixQueens Opera Assn., J. Messina, Art. Dir.7/73 // Trovatore at Cunningham Park8/5, 18/73 Tosca Owen; Bender, Celli; c: Saffir; at Middle Village8/25/73 Tosca Adler; McCray, Paul; at Cunningham ParkTurnau Opera Players, on tour1972-73 The Mikado; H.M.S. Pinafore; Cosi fan tutte; Die Fledermaus

NORTH CAROLINAEast Carolina Univ. Opera Theater, C. Moore, Greenville1/30 2/1, 3, 4/73 La Boheme Eng. Martin; w.o.Elon College Opera Workshop, Mrs. T. W. Cofield, Dir., Elon2/9, 10/73 The Pirates of PenzanceNational Opera Co., A. J. Fletcher, Prod., D. H. Witherspoon, Gen. Mgr.,

Raleigh1972-73 Cosi fan tutte Eng. Martin; tour: 3 pfs. w.o., 12 pfs. w.p.1972-73 Martha Eng. Baum-Ronell; tour: 3 pfs. w.o., 29 pfs. w.p.1972-73 The Merry Widow Eng. Leigh-Carter; tour: 18 pfs. w.p.N. C. School for the Arts, N. Johnson, Dir. of Opera, Winston-Salem4/12, 13, 14/73 Ward's He Who Gets Slapped

NORTH DAKOTAMinot State College Opera, W. Nelson, Dir., Minot12/14, 15/72 Cardon Buraham's Ceremony of Strangers 12/16 in Bismarck; 6/1/73

in Moorehead4/25, 26, 28/73 The Bartered Bride Beni; Eng. Nelson-Beni

OHIOCapital University, Opera Workshop, G. Allen, Dir., Columbus11/13/72 Opera Scenes w.p.4/6, 7, 8/73 The Medium & Trouble in Tahiti w.o.5/13/73 Colgrass' Virgil's Dream w.o.

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1972-73 SeasonCollege of Wooster Opera Workshop, K. Trump, Dir., Wooster3/9/73 Dido and AeneasDenison University Opera Workshop, H. Larson, Dir., Granville12/6/72 Zaninelli's Speak Up! & Gallantry3121173 Wilder/Sundgaard The Opening & Cox and BoxJewish Community Center of Cleveland, R. Payne, Drama Dir.6/2-17/73 La Belle Helene Eng. ParkLakeside Music Festival, R. Cronquist, Mus. Dir., w. Mansfield Symphony8/24/73 Lucia di Lammermoor stgd.; Sinka; Knoll, Guarrera; also 2/18/73Muskingum College Music Dept., W. Pickering, New Concord5/25, 26/73 Princess Ida w. 2 pianosOtterbein College Opera Theatre, W. Wyman, Dir., Westerville1/19, 20/73 The Marriage of Figaro Eng. Martin; w.o.6/3/73 Opera Scenes w.p.University of Akron Opera Theater, P. Rohrbaugh, Dir.12/72 Amahl and the Night Visitors 5 pfs. w.o.1/29, 30/73 Opera Scenes w.p.5/11, 12/73 Bastien and Bastienne & Hin und zuriick w.o.Youngstown State University Opera Workshop, D. Vogel, Dir.11/20/72 Opera Scenes w.p.5/25, 26 6/1, 2/73 The Magic Flute Eng. Martin; w.o.

OKLAHOMAOklahoma Baptist Univ. Opera Workshop, W. J. Brown, Dir., Shawnee11/72 The Tender Land 2 pfs.2/73 Musical 5 pfs.5/8/73 Hill's And on Earth Peace (student comp.)Oklahoma City Univ. Opera Theatre, Inez Silberg, Dir.2/2, 3, 4/73 The Tales of Hoffmann Eng. MartinOkla. State Univ. Opera Theatre, S. Van Eaton, Dir., Stillwater2/14-16/73 Die Fledermaus Eng. MartinOpera Guild of Oklahoma City Symphony Society, G. K. Massad, Mgr.4114/73 11 TrovatoreUniversity of Tulsa, Opera Theatre, L. Sowell, Dir.12/1/72 Opera Scenes w.p.5/20/73 Amelia Goes to the Ball w.o.

OREGONWillamette Univ. Opera Theatre, J. Viamonte, Dir., Salem3/29, 30 4/6, 7/73 The Songstress & Gallantry

PENNSYLVANIACurtis Institute of Music, Opera Dept., D. Yannopoulos, Dir., Philadelphia10/11, 13, 16 11/6, 8/72 Mozart-Strauss Evening w.p.11/19, 21/72 RSVP & Signor Bruschino Eng. Yannopoulos; w.o.12/11,13/72 1/5/73 Madama Butterfly w.p.2/5, 7, 10, 13, 17 3/11/73 Le Nozze di Figaro w.p.4/5/73 RSVP w.o.5/3, 5, 7/73 Ariadne auf Naxos Prologue Eng. Blatt; w.o.Harrisburg Civic Opera Assn., K. Landis, Mus. Dir.3/19, 20, 28/73 Opera Presentation for Late Start Program, w.p.4/7, 8/73 The Impresario & The Medium w.o.5/22, 27/73 Opera ScenesIndiana Univ. of Penna. Opera Theater, H. Wildeboor, Dir., Indiana12/12, 13, 14/72 Die Fledermaus Eng. Dietz-Kanin4/5, 6, 7/73 La Cenerentola Eng. MartinThe Opera Workshop, Mrs. A. Keister & Mrs. D. Murdoch, Dirs., Pittsburgh11/14/72 Lehar's Paganini2/12/73 Rimsky-Korsakov's Sadko5/14/73 Pique Dame8/16/73 Ponchielli's // parlatore eterno8/17/73 Ariadne auf Naxos w.p.8/18, 19/73 La CenerentolaRittenhouse Opera Society, M. Farnese, Art. Dir., Philadelphia5/5 7/9-24/73 Cavalleria rusticana (see also Spring Blltn.)6/30 7/2-5/73 The Devil and Daniel Webster

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1972-73 SeasonTemple Univ. Opera Theatre, G. McKinley, Dir., Philadelphia12/2/72 Opera Scenes w.p.4/6/73 The Devil and Daniel Webster & // TabarroUniv. of Pittsburgh, Heinz Chapel Concert Choir, D. Franklin, Mus. Dir.10/29/72 The Fairy Queen 11/11, 12 in W. Va.

RHODE ISLANDRhode Island Civic Chorale and Orchestra, Providence3/10/73 Cavalleria rusticana & Pagliacci4121173 Madama Butterfly

SOUTH CAROLINACharleston Opera Co., F. Dougherty, Pres., Charleston2/16, 17, 23, 24 3/2/73 The Mikado5/9, 10, 11/73 Carmen Eng. Martin; Genovese, Bussell; Crain, Falco; c: deGrooteFurman Univ. Opera Workshop, S. Buckley, Dir., Greenville2/1, 3/73 The Marriage of Figaro Eng. MartinSpartanburg Symphony Orchestra, H. Janiec, Mus. Dir.5/4/73 Lucia di Lammermoor Eng.

TENNESSEELee College Opera Workshop, D. Horton, Dir., Cleveland2/22/73 What Men Live ByNashville Chamber Singers, Nashville3/12/73 Pasatieri's La Divina

TEXASBaylor Univ. School of Music, D. Steinberg, Dean, Waco4/7, 10, 12, 14/73 CarmenEng. MartinLamar University Opera Theatre, J. Truncate, Beaumont3/17, 18/73 Amelia Goes to the Ball & Pagliacci Eng. Machlis8/30/73 Cavalleria rusticana & Carmen excerpts, cone. pf.North Texas State Univ. Opera Theater, A. Schoep, Dir., Denton5/1/73 Dialogues of the Carmelites Eng. Machlis; w.o.6/21/73 The Telephone w.p.Sam Houston State Univ., Opera Dept., W. Foster, Huntsville12/2, 3/72 The Merry Wives of Windsor4/12, 13/73 The Other Wise ManTexarkana Community College, Music Dept., Sue McCrossen, Dir. Opera11/30 12/1/72 Hansel and Gretel Eng. Bache; w.p.Texas A & I Univ., Opera Workshop, R. C. Scott, Dir., Kingsville11/24, 25/72 Opera Scenes w.p.4/17, 18/73 The Coronation of Poppea Eng. Gregg-ProctorTexas Christian Univ. Opera Productions, F. Berens, Mus. Dir., Fort Worth2/9, 10, 11/73 Rusalka Eng. DuclouxTexas Tech Univ. Music Theater, C. Johnson, Dir., Lubbock10/27, 28/72 Musical11/18/72 2/7 6/12/73 Little Red Riding Hood2/'5773 The Medium4/13, 14/73 Don Giovanni Eng. Martin; w.o.6/27, 28/73 The Telephone & The Old Maid and the Thief7123-25173 Gallantry & The Devil and Daniel Webster8/15-18/73 A Game of Chance & Gianni Schicchi Eng. GrossmanUniv. of Texas Opera Theatre, W. Ducloux, Dir., Austin12/9, 12, 14, 16/72 The Marriage of Figaro Eng. Martin3/10, 13, 15, 17/73 Love for Three Oranges Eng. Ducloux1972-73 Various evenings of Opera Scenes w.p.

VIRGINIALynchburg College Opera Workshop, R. Ellinwood, Chmn.4/27, 28, 29/73 The Old Maid and the ThiefOpera Theatre of Northern Virginia, R. Tymus, Art. Dir., Arlington4/13, 14/73 The Good Soldier SchweikRichmond Commonwealth Univ. & Richmond Civic Opera, L. W. Batty5/2, 3/73 The Consul w.p.8/1, 3/73 Cavalleria rusticana & Pagliacci Eng. Machlis; w.o.

1972-73 SeasonWASHINGTON

Eastern Music Theatre, J. Duenow, Dir., Eastern Wash. State College, Cheney11/16, 18/72 Opera Scenes w.p.5/17, 18, 19/73 Cost fan tutte Eng. Martin; w.o.Seattle Opera Assn., G. Ross, Gen. Dir., tour pfs. (see Summer '72 Blltn. for

Seattle season)10/72 Madama Butterfly 6 pfs.12/6, 7/72 Aida in Phoenix3/26, 27 4/16, 17/73 Rigoletto Eng. Porter; in Spokane & Phoenix8/25, 26, 27/73 Noye's FluddeSeattle Symphony Orchestra, M. Katims, Mus. Dir.3/12, 13/73 Bluebeard's Castle Eng. Kallman/Siki; Lane; Estes; cone. pf.

WEST VIRGINIALawrence Univ. Opera Theatre, J. Koopman, Dir., Appleton1/18, 19, 20/73 Dido and AeneasOglebay Institute Opera Workshop, B. Goidovsky, Dir., Wheeling8/10/73 The Magic Flute Eng. Goidovsky; w.p.W. Va. University Opera Theatre, J. Golz, Dir., Morgantown10/16, 17/72 4/26, 27/73 Opera Scenes w.p.11/15, 16, 17, 18/72 Dido and Aeneas w.o.4/4, 5, 6, 7/73 Madama Butterfly Eng. Benner; w.o.

WISCONSINBeloit College, DepL of Music, E. Shepherd, Beloit3/24, 25/73 Breton's Festival of La Paloma & Roussel's Aunt Caroline's Will Eng.

Shepherd/Nieman & R. GayFlorentine Opera Co., Music Under the Stars, Milwaukee7/6, 7/73 The Merry Widow Montalvo; Uppman, Trussell7/14, 15/73 Concert of American Music; Clements; Fredricks8/10, 11/73 Carmen Elias, House; Theyard, OpthofSkylight Comic Opera Ltd., C. Richardson, Mng. Dir., Milwaukee10/18-11/12/72 Betrothal in a Monastery Eng. Karsavina; w.p.11 / 22-12/ 31 / 72 H.M.S. Pinafore w.p.1/17-2/11/73 The Juggler of Notre Dame Eng. Baum; w.p.3/7-10/73 The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny w.o.3/15-4/1/73 La Cenerentola w.p.; on tour 4/4-297/14-29/73 The Great Waltz w.o.; at Perf. Arts Center7/20-8/5/73 Der Bettelstudent Eng. Martin; w.o.8/1-19/73 Der Freischiitz w.o.8/8-19ra/73 The Student Prince w.o.Univ. of Wisconsin, Opera Workshop, K. Moser, Dir., Madison10/28, 29/72 Haydn's The Burnt Down House Eng. Mitchell; w.o.2/24, 25, 27/73 The Rake's Progress w.o.5/5, 6/73 Rigoletto Eng. Puhek; 5/8 cone, pf.; w.o.6/8, 9/73 The Mother of Us All w.p.University of Wisconsin Opera Workshop, R. Combs, Stevens Point3/16, 18, 20, 22/73 The Good Soldier Schweik

CANADADalhousie Opera, w. Halifax Symphony, Halifax, Nova Scotia4/6, 7, 8/73 Wilson's The Summoning of Everyman prem.; G. Brooks; d: May; ds:

CriptonMcGill Univ. Opera Workshop, E. & L. della Pergola, Dirs., Montreal11/11 12/5, 16/72 Opera Scenes w.p.1/27/73 The Stronger w.o.3/2, 3/73 La Cambiale di matrimonio w.o.2/10 3/27 4/7/73 Opera Scenes w.p.Simon Fraser University Theater, Vancouver6/73 Dido and Aeneas d: Fletcher

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PERFORMANCE LISTING, 1973-74 SEASON (cont.)ALABAMA

Birmingham Civic Opera Ass'n, Martha Dick McClung, Prod.3/28, 30/74 Tannhduser Eng. Peltz; Mathes; Armour, Kimbrough; c: Fuchs; d:

Ludwig; ds: StageCraft/Gerstacher; members Birm. Symphony; Birm. SouthernCollege Chorus

6/10, 11/74 Introductions and Goodbyes & The MediumMobile Opera Guild, J. Yestadt, Gen. Dir. & Cond.3/20, 22/74 The Marriage of Figaro Eng. MartinUniversity of Alabama Opera Theater, S. Debenport, Dir., University11/27/73 A Game of Chance3/15, 16/74 Fledermaus Eng. Martin

ARIZONATucson Opera Co., O. Sullivan, Art. Dir., R. Miller, Exec. Mgr.10/3, 5, 7/73 Un Ballo in maschera2/8, 9, 10/74 The Magic Flute4/23, 25, 27/74 Madama ButterflyUniv. of Arizona Opera Theater, E. T. Conley, Dir., Tucson10/18, 19/73 Albert Herring12/3/73 Amahl and the Night Visitors2/22/74 Opera Scenes w.p.4/19, 20/74 La Boheme w.o.

ARKANSASUniv. of Arkansas Opera Workshop, M. Worthley, Dir., Fayetteville9/26, 27/73 L'Heure espagnole w.p.3/5, 6, 7, 8/74 Don Giovanni w.o.; Eng. DentSpring 1974 Trial by Jury 3 pfs. w.p.

CALIFORNIACity of the Angels Opera, L. E. Deutsch, Mgr., Div. of Music Center Opera

Ass'n, Los Angeles1973-74 The Secret of Suzanne; Rita; The Medium; La Boheme (full length and 1

hr. vers.) pfs. in schools, all in Eng.City College of San Francisco Opera Theater, W. C. Krumm, Dir.1973-74 Der Jasager & The Maid as MistressEducational Opera Ass'n, J. A. Ford, Exec. Dir., Los Angeles10/73-1/74 The Barber of Seville 18 pfs. in Calif, schools2-4/74 Community Concert Tour 40 pfs.Euterpe Opera Club, G. Fisher, Gen. Dir., Mrs. S. Hitt, Pres., Los Angeles11/5/73 The Daughter of the Regiment12IUI73 Madame Butterflyini74Rigotetto2/4/74 Vanessa3/4/74 The Pearl Fishers4/8/74 Fledermaus all cone. pfs. in Eng. w.p. at Music Center, 10:15 a.m.N. Y. City Opera at the Music Center, Los Angeles11/14/73 Anna Bolena* Sills; Benefit perf.11/15, 25m/73 Ariadne auf Naxos*11/16,20,24/73 Carmen11 / 17m/ 73 Roberto Devereux11/17,25/73 LaBohime11/18, 23/73 Madama Butterfly11/19 12/3/73 Der Rosenkavalier11/27 12/2/73 Tosca11/28 12/lm, 9/73 / Puritani* Sills; DiGiuseppe, Fredricks, Hale; c: Rudel; d:

Capobianco; ds: Toms12/1, 7/73 Cavalleria rusticana & Pagliacci12/4, 9m/73 Manon12/5/73 Maria Stuarda12/8/73 The Barber of SevilleSan Francisco Symphony, S. Ozawa, Mus. Dir.12/28, 31/73 The Merry Widow cone, pf.; Costa, Clements; Walker, Fredricks; c:

Allers4/3, 4,5/74 Les Noces Marsh, Petros; Parkerson; c: Ozawa4/6/74 Beverly Sills Gala

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1973.74 SeasonUniversity of the Pacific Opera Theater, G. Buckbee, Dir., Stockton12/4/73 Don GiovanniVentura College Music Dept., Ventura11/73 The Barber of Seville 3 pfs. w.o.

CONNECTICUTHartt College of Music, Opera, J. Zei, Dir./Prod., West Hartford10/28/73 The Abduction from the Seraglio also tour12/6-9/73 Werther2/74 Franchetti's Sunsnatchers4/25-28/74 The Rake's Progress1-3/74 Flagello's Pied Piper of Hamlin Hartt College Children's Series, dir: T.

Paranov; tour to schoolsWesleyan University Center for the Arts, Middletown10/73 Cost fan tutte opening new Center

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIAFord Theater, Mrs. F. Hewitt, Exec. Prod., Washington1973-74 Sousa's El CapitanThe Opera Society of Washington, Ian Strasf ogel, Gen. Dir.1/17, 20, 26/74 // Ritorno d'Ulisse in patria Am. prem.; Leppard vers., von Stade,

Marsee, Hocher; Stilwell, Lloyd, Sperry; c: Gibson (replacing Alceste, see Sum-mer Bulletin)

FLORIDAFlorida Family Opera of the Opera Guild of Greater Miami10/14/73 Gallantry & Gianni Schicchi w.p.11/3, 4, 8/73 Julia Smith's Daisy prem., w.o.; 11/10 at Ft. Lauderdale12/2/73 LaBoheme w.p.1/5/74 Madama Butterfly w.p.5/ 5/74 The Magic Flute w.o.Miami Beach Symphony, B. Breeskin, Mus. Dir.11/18/73 The Gypsy Baron Eng.Opera Gala Guild of the Florida Symphony Soc, R. Landers, Gen. Mgr.,

Orlando3/22, 24/74 The Daughter of the Regiment Eng. Martin; Robinson, Kraft; Mc-

Donald, Voketaitis, Velis; c: Despalj; d: TaverniaOpera Repertory Group, Inc., Amelia Smith, Mus. Dir. & Gen. Mgr.,

Jacksonville11/17, 18, 19m/73 Rigoletto Wildes; Collins, Talley-Schmidt2/16, 17, 18m/74 The Daughter of the Regiment Eng.; Rolandi, Smith; Doe5/11,12, 18m/74 Fledermaus Lovli; Jeffrey, Thompson; c: Csonka

all at Civic Auditorium TheaterILLINOIS

Chicago Symphony Orchestra, G. Solti, Mus. Dir.3/21, 23/74 Das Parodies und die Peri Norman, Finnila; Haefliger; c: Giulini;

cone, pf.4/25, 27/74 Bluebeard's Castle Troyanos; Keleman; c: Solti; cone. pf.Illinois Opera Theater, D. Lloyd, R. Aslanian, Dirs., U. of 111., Urbana9/14, 15/73 Don Giovanni Eng., w.o.11/16, 17, 18/73 Cost fan tutte Eng., w.o.12/13, 14/73 Opera Scenes3/7, 8, 9, 10/74 Madama Butterfly Eng., w.o.5/1, 2, 4, 5/74 Carmen Eng., w.o.5/9,10/74 Opera Scenes & one-act operaIllinois State University Music Theater, M. Pollock, Dir., Normal11/3/73 Tosca opening of 3500-seat Union AuditoriumInternational Congress of Anthropological & Ethnological Sciences,

Studebaker Theater, Chicago9/5-26/73 Menotti's Tamu-Tamu prem.; c: Keene; d: MenottiNorthwestern Univ. Opera Workshop, R. Gay, Dir., Evanston12/5/73 Opera Scenes2/22, 24/74 Tippett's The Knot Garden Am. prem.

INDIANAClowes Memorial Hall, Indianapolis10/22/73 National Chinese Opera Theater from Taiwan

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1973-74 SeasonIndiana University Opera Theater, Bloomington (see Summer Blltn.)11/17 12/1, 8/73 The Tales of Hoffmann (replacing prev. announced Lohengrin)Whitewater Opera Co., C. A. Combopiano, Dir., Richmond9/20, 21, 22/73 L'Elisir d'amore Eng., at Earlham College Theater

IOWAUniversity of Northern Iowa, Opera Theater, Cedar Falls11/15, 16, 17, 19, 20/73 The Saint of Bleecker Street

KANSASEmporia State Opera Theater, R. Anderson, Dir., Kansas State College4/74 // Tabarro & Suor Angelica & Gianni SchicchiFort Hays Kansas State College Music Dept., D. Goeser, Hays1/30 2/2/74 Elixir of Love Eng. Csonka/TheslofFriends University, Opera Theater, J. M. Miller, Dir., Wichita1/25, 26/74 The Coronation of Poppea

KENTUCKYUniv. of Kentucky Opera Workshop, Phyllis Jenness, Dir., Lexington10/5/73 There and Back Eng.; c: Bomhard212174 Les Dialogues des Carmelites

LOUISIANALouisiana State University Opera Theater, P. P. Fuchs, Dir., Baton Rouge11/1, 2/73 The Secret Marriage Eng. Lucas-Peltz3/14, 15/74 Arabella Eng. GutmanMatinee Musical Club Opera Workshop, Mrs. F. H. Coughlin, Chm.,

Alexandria3/9/74 La Traviata Eng. Machlis; Watson; H. Price, R. Johns; c: Kushner; d:

PettawayShreveport Symphony, J. Shenaut, Mus. Dir.2/24, 26/74 Of Mice and Men staged

MARYLANDEastern Opera Theater, c/o Baltimore Opera, pfs. in schools9/25-28 10/2-5, 9-12 11/27-30 12/3-7/73 RitaMontgomery College Opera Theater, G. Miller, Rockville11/14-18/73 Musical1/24-27/74 The New Moon3/28-31/74 The Pearl Fishers5/18-21/74 Naughty Marietta

MASSACHUSETTSAssociate Artists Opera Co. of New England, E. Triplett, Gen. Dir., Boston11/15, 17/73 Cosl fan tutte 11/14m for children12/17/73 Amahl and the Night Visitors2/14, 16/74 Riders to the Sea & The Bear 2/ 13m4/18, 20/74 La Cenerentola 4/17mall pfs: c: Wayland/Hess; d: Bartholomew/Deutsch, at National Theater, Boston

Center for the ArtsOpera Company of Boston, Sarah Caldwell, Dir.2/20, 22, 24/74 Don Quichotte4/3, 5, 7/74 Madama Butterfly Moffo/Niska5/8, 10, 12/74 War and Peace U.S. stage prem.6/1,3, 6/74 // Barbiere di Siviglia Sills

MICHIGANOpera Ass'n of Western Michigan, W. Appel, Gen. Mgr., Grand Rapids9/21, 22, 26, 28, 29/73 Falstaff Eng. DuclouxWestern Michigan Univ. Opera Workshop, W. Appel, Dir., Kalamazoo10/31 11/1,2,3/73 Musical12/8, 9/73 Hansel and Gretel d: B. Owen

MINNESOTAMinnesota Opera Co., Cedar Village Theatre & Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis12/27, 28, 29/73 1/4, 5, 11, 12/74 Sousa's El Capitan2/9, 15, 16, 22, 23/74 Conrad Susa and Anne Sexton's Transformations3/23, 29 4/5, 6/74 Don Giovanni5/4, 10, 11, 17, 18/74 Balk & Brunelle's The Newest Opera in the World prem

MISSISSIPPIDelta State College Opera Workshop, Betty Campbell, Cleveland2/28 3/1/74 Trouble in Tahiti & Gilbert's Rotation

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1973-74 SeasonUniv. of Southern Mississippi Opera Theater, R. Mesrobian, Dir., Hattiesburg11-12/73 The Telephone & Amahl and the Night Visitors tour, w.p.1/31 2/1, 2/74 Die Fledermaus w.o.1973-74 Cost fan tutte spec, out-door pfs.

MISSOURIUniversity of Missouri at Kansas City, Opera Workshop, P. Sommers, Dir.2/27 3/1, 3, 5, 7, 9/74 FalstaffUniversity of Missouri, Opera Production, H. Morrison, Columbia11/73 The Pirates of Penzance w.o.4/ 74 Cost fan tutte w.o.

NEVADANevada Opera Co., T. Puffer, Mus. Din, Reno9/28,29/73 Cavalleria rusticanak Pagliacci1/25, 26/74 Busoni's Doktor Faust Am. stage prem.3/8, 9/74 Elixir of Love4/12/ 74 Verdi Requiem

NEW JERSEYMonmouth Conservatory of Music, F. Molzer, Mus. Dir., Little Silver10/27 11/10/73 The Marriage of Figaro in Linden and Red Bank, stgd., w.o.2/2/74 L'Enfance du Christ5/74 L'Elisir d'amore staged, w.o.New Jersey Symphony, H. Lewis, Dir., Newark10/16/73 Salome Tynes; cone. pf.North Bergen Opera Ass'n., Park Theatre11/11/73 Tosca EnglebrightOpera Classics of New Jersey, Hackensack10/20/73 Carmen Lanzilotti; Roy; c: CoppolaOpera Theater of N. J., A. Silipigni, Dir., Newark11/4/73 Adriana Lecouvreur Olivero, Nave; Domingo, Castel; d: Gratale1/5, 7/74 La Traviata Moffo; Campora, Merrill2/10, 13/74 La Gioconda Bumbry, Kitsopoulos; Tucker, Cornell, Shinall3/31/74 // Barbiere di Siviglia Peters; Sordello, Hines; 4/74 student pfs.12/73 Hansel and Gretel special holiday pfs.Princeton Opera Ass'n, J. Chichagov, Art. Dir., at Princeton University10/24m/73 Hansel and Gretel Eng. Bache, w.p.10/24/73 The Marriage of Figaro Eng. Martin, w.o.5/25/74 Suor Angelica & Gianni Schicchi w.o.

NEW MEXICOUniversity of New Mexico Opera Studio, S. Daniel, Dir., Albuquerque3/30, 31 4/1, 2/74 Rita & The Old Maid and the Thief

NEW YORKAdelphi University Opera Workshop, L. Rasmussen, Dir., Garden City12/8, 9/73 Die Fledermaus cone, pf., w.o.State University College of Oneonta, Opera Workshop, W. Cole10/1-6/73 Pergolesi's The Music Master & The MediumTri-Cities Opera Workshop, P. Hibbitt, C. Savoca, Co-Dirs., Binghamton10/12, 13m, 14m, 19, 20, 21m, 26, 27, 28/73 La Boheme w.o.3/1, 2m, 3m, 8, 9, 10m, 15, 16, 17/74 Faust5/10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19/74 Cavalleria rusticana & 11 Tabarro w.o.11/17/73 1/18, 19, 20 4/6/74 Opera Concerts

NEW YORK CITYAmato Opera, A. Amato, Dir., 319 Bowery2/21*. 22, 28, 29 10/6, 7m, 13, 14m/73 Andrea Chinier10/28m* 12/16m*/73 Champagne Gala (scenes)10/20, 26, 27 11/3, 4m, 9, 10, 17, 18m/73 Don Giovanni11/23, 24, 30 12/1, 8, 9m, 14, 15, 22, 23m, 29, 30m, 31*/73 La Boheme12/28/73 4/18/74 Hansel and Gretel Eng.2/17m*. 22, 23 3/2, 3m, 8, 9, 16, 17m, 22, 23, 24m/74 Falstaff Eng./Ital.3/30 4/5, 6, 13, 20, 21m, 26, 27 5/4, 5m/74 Madama Butterfly5/11, 17, 18, 25, 26m, 316/1, 8, 9m/74 Carmen5/19/74 Annual Scholarship Competition and Reception* Gala Benefit performanceBarnard University, Gilbert & Sullivan Society11/73 The Sorcerer

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1973-74 SeasonBel Canto Opera, T. Sieh, Prod., at Madison Avenue Baptist Church

- 9/8, 9, 15, 16/73 Lakmi all pfs. w.p.10/12,13, 14/73 La Rondine12/1,2,8,9/73 The DuennaBrooklyn Philharmonia, L. Foss, Mus. Dir., Brooklyn Academy of Music10/27/73 Davies' Eight Songs for a Mad King & selections by Vaughan Williams,

Britten, Birtwistle; c: FossBrooklyn Philharmonia, L. Foss, Mus. Dir., Brooklyn Academy of Music12/29/73 Henze's El Cimmaron opera/oratorio5/4/74 The Impresario & Choral Works; Belling, Bonazzi; BenderClarion Concerts, N. Jenkins, Mus. Dir., Tully Hall11/13/73 Steffani's Tassilone (1709) Am. prem.; Bonazzi, de Gaetani; Johnson,

Foldi, McCoy; stgd; d: C. GarrisonConcert Artists Guild at St Stephens Episcopal Church, W. 69 St.11/28, 30 12/9/73 Curlew River12/2, 7, 19/73 The Burning Fiery Furnace12/12, 14, 16/73 The Prodigal Son c: Schaenen; d: Merrill; ds: WexlerGoldovsky Opera Theater, B. Goldovsky, Dir., Tour10/7-11/21/73 Tosca2/16-3/16/74 Impresario & The Old Maid and the Thief11/30-12/5/73 1/11-2/4 4/1-4/74 Opera HighlightsThe Handel Society of N. Y., S. Simon, Mus. Dir., Carnegie Hall3/26/74 Alcina Deutekom, Armstrong; cone. pf.4/23/74 Samson Hay wood, Russell; Tucker, ClatworthyJuilliard School, American Opera Center, P. H. Adler, Dir., Lincoln Center12/14, 15, 16, 17/73 The Bartered Bride Eng.2/28 3/1, 2, 3/74 La Bohime 5/2, 3, 4, 5/74 Ariadne auf NaxosThe Lighthouse for the Blind Singers12/29/73 Cockshott's Apollo and PersephoneThe Little Orchestra Society, T. Schennan, Mus. Dir., Philharmonic Hall10/17/73 Idomeneo Tynes, Carron, Jung; M. Walker12/5/73 Bluebeard's Castle Haywood; MeredithManhattan School of Music, G. Schick, Pres., John Brownlce Opera Theatre12/8, 9/73 Weinberger'sSchwanda R. Davidsen; c: Schick3/16, 17/74 Don Pasquale c: Coppola5/18, 19/74 Kaufmann's Sganarelle & Milhaud's Le pauvre matelot4/20, 21/74 Janacek's The Cunning Little Vixen Eng., prod: Prep. Div.; c/d:

AuerbachManhattan Theatre Club, 321 East 73 St.10/18, 20, 25, 26, 27/73 Floyd's Markheim Sager; Riley, Perry, Rosensheim; c:

ShookhoffMetropolitan Opera Ass'n, S. G. Chapin, Gen. Mgr., Lincoln Center

(see also Summer Blltn.)1/1, 10, 28 2/16m, 20 3/9, 16, 22/74 La Bohime1/2/74 L'ltaliana in Algeri*1/3, 8, 14, 26 2/9, 13, 18, 22 3/2m/74 IIBarbiere di Siviglia1/4, 7, 16, 19m, 24 2/2, 5/74 Simon Boccanegral/5m, 12, 22/74 Salome1/5, 9, 18, 23 2/1, 7/74 Manon Lescaut1/11, 15, 19, 26m, 30 2/4, 8, 14/74 Tristan und Isolde (7:15 p.m.)1/12m/74 Carmen1/17, 21, 25, 29 2/2m/74 Les Contes d'Hoffmann*1/31* 2/6, 11, 23, 26 3/1, 9m, 15, 19 4/11, 18/74 / Vespri siciliani* Caballe;

Gedda, Milnes, Diaz; c: Irvine; d: Dexter; ds: Svoboda/Skalicky2/9m, 12, 15, 21, 27 3/7, 12, 25 4/13/74 Otello2/16, 19, 23m 3/2, 6, 27, 30 4/4, 8, 15/74 Der Rosenkavalier2/25 3/5, 13, 21, 26 4/6m/74 L'EMr d'amore2/28 3/4, 23, 30m 4/3, 9, 20/74 Madama Butterfly3/8*, 14, 18, 23m, 29 4/2, 6/74 Gotterddmmemng* (6:30 p.m.) Nilsson, Rankin,

Dunn; Thomas, Stewart, Neidlinger, Rundgrin; c: Kubelik; d: Weber; ds:Schneider-Siemssen / Wakhe vitch

3/11, 16m, 20/74 Les Troyens* (7:00 p.m.)3/28* 4/1, 5, 10, 13m, 16, 19/74 Don Giovanni4/12, 17,20m/74 Parsifal (7:00 p.m.)

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1973-74 Seasonsop.: Amara, Arroyo, Blegen, Boky, Bumbry, Caballe, Cruz-Romo, Peutekom,DePaul, Di Franco, Grist, Hunter, Jung, Kirsten, Krilovici, Lear, Ligendza,Lippert, Lorengar, Maliponte, Martin, Mastilovic, Mathis, Mesple, Moffo, Moser,Nilsson, Niska, Norden, Ordassy, Peters, Pracht, Price, Robinson, Ross, Shane,Stratas, Sutherland, Tarres, TeKanawa, Tynes, Valente, Weidinger, Zylis-Gara;mezzos: Baldwin, Casei, Chookasian, Dalis, Dunn, Elias, Fassbaender, Forst,Godfrey, Grillo, Home, Kraft, Love, Ludwig, Miller, Munzer, Rankin, Resnik,Tourangeau, Vanni, Verrett, Vilma, Von Stade; actress: Montealegre; ten.:Ahlstedt, Alexander, Alva, Anthony, Brilioth, Burrows, Carelli, Castel, Corelli,Di Giuseppe, Domingo, Franke, Gedda, Gibbs, Goeke, Konya, Lewis, McCracken,Montane, Nagy, Pavarotti, Riegel, Schmorr, Tagliavini, Theyard, Thomas, Tucker,Ulfung, Velis, Vickers; barit.: Berry, Boucher, Carlson, Christopher, Cossa, Dooley,Goodloe, Guarrera, Harvuot, Holloway, MacNeil, Manuguerra, Meredith, Merrill,Milnes, Mittelmann, Neidlinger, Quilico, Reardon, Rintzler, Sereni, Shadur,Stewart, Uppman, Walker, Wixell; bass: Best, Corena, Diaz, Dobriansky, Flagello,Gill, Gramm, Hines, Jungwirth, Karlsrud, Macurdy, Michalski, Morris, Plishka,Rundgren, Sgarro, Tozzi.—*Guild benefit pfs.

Mannes College of Music Opera Workshop, P. Bed, Mus. Dir.12/17/73 Opera ScenesN. Y. City Center of Music and Drama, W. 55 St.11/20-25/73 National Chinese Opera Theater from TaiwanNew York Pro Musica Antiqua, G. Houle, Mus. Dir.3/12-17/74 Gagliano's La Dafne at Hunter Playhouse; 3/17-4/7/74 tourQueens Opera, J. Messina, Dir., Richmond Hill10/20/73 Fledermaus Eng., c: Saffir at Jamaica Civic Auditorium10/28/73 La Traviata Forest Hills Comm. CenterS. Hurok Presents, N. Rorem's 50th Birthday, Tully Hall11/25, 26/73 Rorem's Bertha and songs, Curtin; GrammStuyvesant Community Opera, Monteverdi Rep. Singers at Church of the

Covenant8/31 9/7/73 The Marriage of Figaro w.p.9/14, 15,21, 22/73 Fedora11/9, 10/73 La Traviata11/30 12/1, 7, 8, 15/73 Leoncavallo's ZazaVillage Light Opera Group, J. Neale, Pres., at Fashion Institute12/8, 9m, 12, 14, 15m, 15/73 La belle Helene Eng. Roberts

NORTH CAROLINANational Opera Co., Fletcher & Witherspoon, Prod. & Mgr., Raleigh1973-74 tour: The Merry Widow; Cosi fan tutte; Elixir of LoveNorth Carolina School of the Arts, N . Johnson, Dir. Opera, Winston-Salem1/11, 12/74 Hansel and Gretel (Corbett Found.'s prod.) Shelle, Marsee, Love;

Schmorr; 1/13 w. student castNORTH DAKOTA

University of North Dakota Opera Co., P. D. Hisey, Dir., Grand Forks11/20/73 Opera Concert w.p.4/4, 6/74 Moore's Giants in the Earth (1963 rev.) w.o.

OHIOBowling Green State University, Opera Workshop, C. Gigante, Bowling Green2/20, 22, 24/74 Die FledermausCleveland Orchestra, L. Maazel, Mus. Dir., Cleveland/New York2/74 Elektra Schroder, Varnay, Wolff; Riegel, Van Dam, Estes; cone, pf., 2/4 N.Y.C.Mansfield Symphony Orchestra, R. Cronquist, Mus. Dir.2/3/74 Tosca stgd.; Raitch; Knoll, Guarrera; 8/23/74 Lakeside Music FestivalOberlin Music Theater Dept, D. Bamberger, Chm., Oberlin10/17, 19, 20/73 Four Saints in Three Acts c: Baustian; d: Bamberger; ds: MullicanTuscarawas County Philharmonic, R. Cronquist, Mus. Dir., Dover4/21/74 La Traviata cone, pf., Raitch; Wink

OKLAHOMATulsa Philharmonic Orchestra, S. Henderson, Mus. Dir.11/26/73 L'Histoire du soldat

OREGONWillamette University Opera Theater, J. Viamonte, Dir., Salem3/8, 9174 Fledermaus Eng. Dietz-Kanin

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1973-74 SeasonPENNSYLVANIA

Curtis Institute of Music Opera Dept., D. Yannopoulos, Dir., Philadelphia11/3, 4/73 The Rake's Progress w.o., at Walnut St. Theater11/29 12/1,3/73 Tosca w.p.1/8, 10, 12/74 La Traviata w.p.2/9, 10/74 Abduction from the Seraglio w.o., Walnut St. Theater2/20, 22, 25/74 // Barbiere di Siviglia w.p.4/6, 7/74 Intermezzo w.o., Walnut St. Theater5/2, 4, 6/74 Rigoletto w.p.Indiana University of Pennsylvania Opera Theater, H. Wildeboor, Dir.11/1,2,3/73 Cost fan tutte3/28,29,30/74 CarmenLancaster Opera Workshop, F. Robinson, Art. Dir.11/29, 30 12/lm, 1/73 Cavalleria rusticana & Help, Help, the Globolinks!Pennsylvania Opera Co., K. Price, Gen. Mgr., Chester10/21/73 Cavalleria rusticana & Garwood's The Nightingale and the Rose prem.,Philadelphia Grand Opera, M. Leon, Pres.10/12/73 La traviata Costa; Casellato-Lamberti, Schwartzmann; c: Moresco; d:

Stivanello11/9/73 Rigoletto Russell, Lanzilotti; Tucker, Bardelli, Denson11/30/73 The Merry Widow Schauler, Lanzilotti; Metcalf, Densen1/11/74 Faust Fenn; di Giuseppe, Treigle2/'22/7'4 Madama Butterfly Sato, Lanzilotti; Rinaldi, Gasco, Shinall3/22/74 Lucia di Lammermoor Peters; Campora, Guarrera4/26/74 Aida Cruz-Romo, Dunn; MolesePhiladelphia Musical Academy Opera Studies Program, T. Capobianco, Dir.12/16/73 Cost fan tutte3/31/74 Salieri's Fatoa/?University of Pittsburgh, Heinz Chapel Concert Choir, D. Franklin, Dir.11/17/73 Rameau's Castor and Pollux (staged Prologue) & Acis and Galatea

11/9, 10 in Oberlin and Columbus, OhioSOUTH CAROLINA

Bob Jones Univ. Opera Ass'n, D. Gustafson, Dir., Greenville2/1/74 Goldovsky Opera Highlights, w.p.3/26, 28, 30/74 Aida* LaCambra, Cariaga; Kness, Meredith4/25/74 The Mikado Turnau Opera prod.Columbia College Opera Workshop, J. Caldwell, Columbia11/1, 2, 3/73 Sister Angelica & The TelephoneFurman University Opera Workshop, S. Buckley, Dir., Greenville1/31 2/1/74 La PMchole

TENNESSEEChattanooga Opera Ass'n, S. Binder, Pres.10/2, 4/73 Don Pasquale Mavrikos; Walker, Trehy, Beni4/30 5/2/74 La TraviataMemphis Opera Theater, G. Osborne, Art. Dir., Memphis State University9/25, 27/73 Tosca Tatum; Alexander; c: Klippstatter11/8, 10/73 The Tales of Hoffmann Eng.; Clements; Treigle1/31 2/2/74 Salome Barlow3/7, 9/74 Rigoletto R. Welting

TEXASBeaumont Civic Opera, P. P. Fuchs, Art Dir.1/25, 26, 27/74 The Marriage of Figaro Eng. MartinDallas Symphony Orchestra, S. Ehrling, guest conductor9/20/73 Die Walkiire Act I; Curtin; Kollo, BerberianLamar University Opera Theater, J. Truncate, Beaumont3/22-24/74 Cavalleria rusticana & Gianni Schicchi Eng. Machlis & GrossmanSan Antonio College, Music Dept., T. Kirk2/21, 22, 23/74 The Devil and Daniel Webster & archy and mehitableSan Antonio Grand Opera, V. Alessandro, Mus. Dir.2/1, 3/74 The Marriage of Figaro Neblett; Treigle; 5/23 in McAllan, 5/27 in

Kingsville3/29, 31/74 Die Meistersinger von Niirnberg Bjoner; Cox, Stewart5/10, 12/74 Lucia di Lammermoor Sills; Morell5/7/74 La Traviata Sills; Morell; in Shreveport

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1973-74 SeasonTexas Tech University Music Theater, C. Johnson, Din, Lubbock11/1-4/73 Musical12/73 The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County2/ 74 Scenes from German Operas4/16-21/74 Madame Butterfly Eng.Texas Wesleyan CoUege Opera Workshop, S. Simons, Dir., Fort Worth11/17, 18/73 The Telephone & Gianni Schicchi w.p.University of Texas Opera Theater, W. Ducloux, Dir., Austin11/3, 4, 6, 10/73 A Midsummer Night's Dream3/9, 12, 14, 16/74 Falstaff Eng. Ducloux

UTAHBrigham Young University Opera Theater, B. B. Curtis, Art. Dir., Provo10/30, 31 11/1, 2, 3/73 Dido and Aeneas & d'Albert's The Departure Am. prem.,

Eng. Robison3/5, 6, 7, 8, 9/74 Noye's Fludde

VIRGINIAOpera Theater of Northern Virginia, R. Tymus, Art. Dir., Arlington1/10, 11, 13/74 The Good Soldier Schweik4/27, 28/74 Help, Help, the Globolinks! & Master Peter's Puppet Show4/29, 30 5/1, 2, 3/74 Help, Help, the Globolinks! at public schoolsPeninsula Civic Opera Inc., D. Ivy, Chm. of the Board, Newport News10/19, 20/73 Chapman's Simple Simon3/1, 2/74 Cavalleria rusticana & Secret of Suzanne Eng.; c: deVries; d: De Alba;

at Bethel High School4/26, 27/74 Lucia di Lammermoor Eng.; d: Baran; at Jefferson Davis Jr. H.S.

WASHINGTONSeattle Symphony Orchestra, M. Katims, Mus. Dir.12/10/73 L'Enfance du Christ

WEST VIRGINIAWest Virginia Opera Theater, D. Riggio, Mus. Dir., Charleston/Montgomery9/21, 23, 30/73 Pagliacci & The Telephone on tour2/16, 21/74 The Barber of Seville in Charleston and Huntington4-8/74 The Telephone & The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County tour

WISCONSINUniversity of Wisconsin Opera Workshop, R. Combs, Dir., Stevens Point11/9, 10, 13, 15/73 Der Freischutz (Devil's Marksman) Eng. Martin2/74 Combs' The Monkey's Paw prem.; 4 pfs.

CANADAKitchener-Waterloo Symphony, R. Armenian, Mus. Dir.10/73 Zar und Zimmermann TurovskyManitoba Opera Ass'n, I. Guttman, Art. Dir., Winnipeg11/14, 17/73 La Traviata Thomson; Jennings, Braun1/24, 26/74 Tosca Krilovici; Mauro, PaskalisL'Opera du Quebec, pfs. in Quebec City & Montreal9/15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30/73 Otello Carson; Vickers, Duval, Nimsgern; c: Mehta; d:

Potter; ds: PreVost11/6*. 8*, 10*. 15, 17, 19, 22, 24, 26/73 Madama Butterfly Pellegrini, Czolij; Turp,

Savoie; c: Hetu; d: Guttmann; ds: Darling; *in Quebec.2/25, 27 3/2, 4, 7, 9, 14*. 16*, 18*/74 Don Giovanni Barrera, Troyanos, Gagnier;

Duval, Gueiard, Savoie, Rouleau; c: Rescigno; d: Maestrini; ds: PreVost; *inQuebec; other pfs. in Ottawa

4/29 5/2, 4, 6, 8, 11, 16*, 18*, 20*/74 Der fliegende Hollander Carson, Lavigne;Nagy, Mclntyre, Rouleau; c: Decker; d: London; *in Quebec

Southern Alberta Opera Ass'n., Calgary11/23, 25/73 Rigoletto Little; di Virgilio, Bisson; c/d: Ducloux2/7, 9/74 Carmen Howard, Looman; Mauro, MonkUniversity of Manitoba Opera Group, R. Irwin, Dir., Winnipeg2/22, 24, 25/74 The Cooper & Hopkins' Three's Company

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