ORPHEUS

IN THE

UNDERWORLD

THE BANFF S C H O O L OF FINE ARTS

In Association with The Recreation and Cultural Development Branch of the Government of Alberta

The Department of Extension, University of Alberta, Edmonton

The Calgary Allied Arts Council

The Division of Continuing Education, University of Calgary

The Lethbridge Allied Arts Council

Artistic Director, ERNESTO VINCI Producer and Stage Director, ANDREW MacMILLAN Musical Director and Conductor, W. JAMES CRAIG Assistant Stage Director, CONSTANCE FISHER Scenic Design, JOHN W. GRAHAM and LASZLO L. FUNTEK Costumes, SHIRLEY POTTER Make-up, GERARD J. BARIL Choreography, MAISIE MacPHEE and GLADYS FORRESTER

Tuesday, August 2nd and Wednesday, August 3rd Banff Avenue Auditorium

Thursday, August 4th — Genevieve E. Yates Memorial Centre, Lethbridge

Friday, August 5th — Allied Arts Theatre, Calgary

Saturday, August 6th—Jubilee Auditorium, Edmonton

(Orphee aux enfers)

by Jacques Offenbach

Libretto by Cremieux and Halevy English Version by R. Fulford and J. Knight

BANFF SCHOOL OPERA ORCHESTRA

CONDUCTOR. W. JAMES CRAIG, Toronto, Ontario Musical Preparation - Grace Thomson

Additional Orchestration by - Leon Brooks and Steven Pettes

ORCHESTRA

VIOLINS: John Gazsi (Concert Master) Calgary Broderyck Olson - Edmonton, Alta. Yoko Oike - Edmonton, Alberta Gwen Roberts - Bloomington, Ind. Zonia Lazarowich - Edmonton, Alta. Frank Dunnigan - Edmonton, Alta. Marlin Wolfe - Edmonton, Alta.

VIOLAS: G. T. Lindskoog - Edmonton, Alta. Nicholas Pulos - Edmonton, Alta.

CELLOS: Anne Bakker - Winnipeg, Manitoba Walter Meyer - Edmonton, Alberta

BASS: Gary Hess - Calgary, Alberta

FLUTES: Dorothy Brooks - Castle Green, Ind. Maribeth Solomon - Toronto, Ont.

CLARINET: Leon Brooks - Castle Green, Ind.

OBOE: Luigi Cappella - Naples, Italy

BASSOON: Lois Samis - Edmonton, Alberta

TRUMPET: Steven Pettes - St. Catherines, Ont.

HORN: David Smith - Edmonton, Alberta

TROMBONE: Gregory Digney - Calgary, Alberta

TIMPANI: Ross Strachan - Calgary, Alberta

PERCUSSION: George Kuperis - Calgary, Alberta

PIANO: Grace Thomson - Calgary, Alberta

PRODUCTION STAFF

Stage Manager - Fred E. Krestoff, Calgary, Alberta Lighting • Garry Gish, Edmonton, Alberta

Sets constructed by students in the Stagecraft Classes supervised by the Stagecraft Assistants under the direction of

John H. Graham and Laszio L. Funtek Costumes • Shirley Potter, Edmonton, Alberta

Wardrobe Assistants - Madeleine Baril, Edmonton, Alberta Pam Boyd, Edmonton, Alberta; Susan Ideler, Toronto, Ontario

Lois Sales, Calgary, Alberta; Bambi Stoll, Austin, Texas Therese Tremblay, Edmonton, Alberta

Make-up - Gerard J. Baril, Edmonton, Alberta Make-up Assistants - Cecile M. Lanthier, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Marion Boyd, Penticton, B.C. Properties - Rena Jackson

Stage Crew - Robert Lefroy D. Joseph Deiwert, Hope Cowie, Catherine Greenhill

TOUR STAGE CREW

Stage Manager - Fred E. Krestoff, Calgary, Alberta Lighting - Garry Gish, Edmonton, Alberta

Make-up Assistant - Marion Boyd, Penticton, B.C. Properties - Rena Jackson

Crew - Robert Lefroy, D. Joseph Deiwert Costumes - Lois Sales, Calgary, Alberta

ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD

- - by Jacques Offenbach ^, r ,- :

ACT I Near Thebes, in ancient Greece I?' -.

ACT II Mount Olympus, home of the Gods - ; -

ACT III In the Underworld: : -Scene ] Eurydice's boudoir • . ~

Scene 2 Ballroom

There will be a 15-minute intermission between each act •

CAST (in order of appearance)

PUBLIC OPINION Arlene Meadows - Calgary, Alberta EURYDICE Sheila Piercey - Halifax, Nova Scotia

Barbara Wolfond - Guelph, Ontario ORPHEUS Phil Stark - Toronto, Ontario ARISTEUS (PLUTO) Paul Frederics - Toronto, Ontario A SHEPHERDESS Linda Gay Flitton - Calgary, Alberta PUPILS OF ORPHEUS Adeline Glode - Sitka, Alaska

Eillean Ferguson - Sarnia, Ontario _ Lynn Blaser - Toronto, Ontario Mary Lou Fallis - Toronto, Ontario

^ ' ^ Sharon Maclntyre - Toronto, Ontario JUPITER Alexander Gray - Toronto, Ontario ^ JUNO, HIS WIFE Carol Randies - Schenectady, N.Y. ^ CUPID Kathleen Ruddell - Toronto, Ontario ; VENUS Clare Bewley - Toronto, Ontaria -DIANA Lucie Baril - Edmonton, Alberta : MERCURY Lloyd Dean - Toronto, Ontario HEBE Eillean Ferguson - Sarnia, Ontario AURORA /\/\ary Lou Fallis - Toronto, Ontario -CIRCE Linda Gay Flitton - Calgary, Alberta CERES Adeline Glode - Sitka, Alaska MINERVA „ Sharon Maclntyre ^ Toronto, Ontario VESTA Lynn Blaser - Toronto, Ontario MARS Laurie Morgan - Calgary, Alberta ^ MORPHEUS _ Ronald Graner - Toronto, Ontario -APOLLO Bill Graham - Vancouver, B.C. VULCAN John Morrison - Brampton, Ontario BACCHUS Stanton Morris - Calgary, Alberta Dancers Patricia Edwards, Calgary, Alberta

Linda Del Ponte, Sacramento, Calif. ; Sandy Holmes, Spokane, Washington Karyn Marczak, Cote St. Luc, Quebec Margaret Pettoello, Spokane, Wash. Hannah Wiley, Spokane, Washington

PATRONS

In Calgary:

r of Alberta and Mrs. MacEwan The Hon. J. W. Grant MacEwan, Lieutenant Cover His Worship Mayor J. C. Leslie and Mrs. Leslie Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Harvie Mr. and Mrs. C. 0. Nickle

Dr. and Mrs. H. S. Armstrong ^ - - . -Dr. and Mrs. A. Malcolm Brown .rs; - ' T- V. Dr. and Mrs. F. Terentiuk -

Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Swanson

In Lethbridge:

The Hon. J. W. Grant MacEwan, Lieutenant Governor of Alberta and Mrs. MacEwan His Worship Mayor Frank Sherring and Mrs. Sherring Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Malmberg

In Edmonton:

The Hon. J. W. Grant MacEwan, Lieutenant Governor of Alberta and Mrs. MacEwan The Hon. E. C. Manning and Mrs. Manning His Worship Mayor W. M. Dantzer and Mrs. Dantzer The Hon. Ambrose Holowach

, The Hon. R. H. McKinnon and Mrs. McKinnon -'̂ -

Dr. and Mrs. W. H. Johns * -Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Campbell - « .. Ĝ - j '

Dr. and Mrs. John Gilles ' ' • " -

In Banff:

The Hon. J. W. Grant MacEwan, Lieutenant Governor of Alberta and Mrs. MacEwan Mr. and Mrs. G. H. L. Dempster The Hon. Senator Donald Cameron and Mrs. Cameron

1966 SUMMER FESTIVAL TOUR SCHEDULE

In BANFF

I uesday, August 2 Wednesday, August 3 Friday, August 5 Saturday, August 6 Monday, August 8 Tuesday, August 9 Thursday, August 11 Friday, August 12

In EDMONTON

Saturday, August 6 Monday, August 8 Wednesday, August 10

In CALGARY

Friday, August 5 Tuesday, August 9

Thursday, August 11 • Saturday, August 13

In LETHBRIDGE

Opera-Offenbach's ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD •Repeat - ORPHEUS in the UNDERWORLD

Musical Theatre - COME NORTH COME HOME Repeat Performance COME NORTH COME HOME

Drama - Farquhar's THE BEAUX' STRATEGEM Repeat Performance - THE BEAUX' STRATEGEM Ballet - BANFF SCHOOL FESTIVAL BALLET Repeat Performance - FESTIVAL BALLET

Opera-Offenbach's ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD Musical Theatre - COME NORTH COME HOME Drama - Farquhar's THE BEAUX' STRATEGEM

Opera-Offenbach's ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD Musical Theatre - COME NORTH COME HOME Drama - Farquhar's THE BEAUX' STRATEGEM Ballet - BANFF SCHOOL FESTIVAL BALLET

Thursday, August 4 - Opera-Offenbach's ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD Thursday, August 11 - Musical Theatre - COME NORTH COME HOME

In MEDICINE HAT

Wednesday, August 10 - Musical Theatre - COME NORTH COME HOME

In VANCOUVER

Tuesday, August 16

In VICTORIA

Wednesday, August 17

In KELOWNA

- Friday, August 19

BANFF SCHOOL FESTIVAL BALLET

BANFF SCHOOL FESTIVAL BALLET

BANFF SCHOOL FESTIVAL BALLET

: • Acknowledgements : ' . -_- ; .

The cooperation of Actors' Equity Association with whose permission the . • ' . ' ' • -following are appearing; Lloyd Dean, Paul Frederics, Alexander Gray, • - ' . • Ronald Graner, Arlene AAeadows, Sheila Piercey, Phil Stark. " - , •

The cooperation of the Edmonton fylusicians'Association, Local 390, A.F. of M., and the Calgary Musicians Association, Local 547, A.F. of M. •

The help and cooperation of our local sponsors. - ' •

Costumes—Canadian Opera Company, Toronto, Mallabar Costumer, Edmonton ^ ' ^ ' V ^ B A N F F C R A G & C A N Y O N