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Volume 18, Number 1 FALL 1975

NEW OPERAS AND PREMIERESAMERICAN BICENTENNIAL NEWS

Beginning with this issue, new American operas and important revivals of earlierAmerican music theatre pieces planned for performances during the current ornext season will be reported under American Bicentennial News. Performanceslisted in the Central Opera Service Bicentennial Information Program Report IIwill not be mentioned again unless new or changed data is available. (Copiesof the Report are available for $2.)In recognition of the importance of the American musical as forerunner andcompanion to American opera, the Performance Listing in the COS BULLETINduring the two Bicentennial seasons, 1975-76 and 1976-77, will list musicals bytheir proper titles. In the past they had been simply listed as Musicals. As always,only performances by opera companies or opera workshops will be included.John LaMontaine's BE GLAD THEN AMERICA will be premiered at thePennsylvania State University on February 6. It is conceived as a "Musical En-tertainment such as the Colonists may have written for themselves about the eventsleading up to the Declaration of Independence". The libretto, by the composer,is constructed entirely from Revolutionary period sources. Eight episodes centeraround different patriots, each portrayed by Donald Gramm. British tenor RichardLewis will assume the role of King George III and the Pittsburgh Symphony willbe in the pit conducted by Sarah Caldwell. The publisher is Fredonia Press inCalifornia.George Rochberg is writing a mono-drama PHAEDRA for mezzo-soprano andorchestra. The 35-minute, seven-scene work will be premiered on January 9 bythe Syracuse (N.Y.) Symphony. It will be published by Theodore Presser.Tom Johnson, composer of The Four-Note Opera, has written THE MASQUEOF CLOUDS. Robert Kushner was the collaborator on this three-act, 80-minutetheatre piece scored for six singers, four dancers, flute, cello and piano. Writtenin the style of an Elizabethan masque, its premiere took place at New York's TheKitchen, a center for video and music, on October 10.BLACK COWBOYS is a jazz opera by Edward Taylor, artistic director of theHarlem Opera Society, where the work was first performed on May 30, 1975.Two new works on American Indian subjects are YUWIDl by Richard Moore andMINNEQUA by Gerhard Track. The former is a multi-media, one-act opera tobe presented by the Omaha Opera Company's educational touring group later thisseason. The latter will be performed by the Pueblo Symphony where the Austrian-born composer is music director. The date is January 30, 1976. R. P. Dickey isthe librettist for the three-act work.Thomas Pasatieri is currently working on an operatic setting for Henry James'sWASHINGTON SQUARE. It has been commissioned by the Michigan OperaTheatre in Detroit, which plans the premiere for the 1976-77 season. The samestory was recently used by French composer Jean-Michel Damase, who named hisopera L'Heritiere (see Fall '74 Blltn.).On November 14, the Orchestra Society of Philadelphia gave a concert perform-ance of WILLIAM PENN, an opera in three acts based on Penn's Holy Experi-ment. Romeo Cascarino is the composer and Peggy Oppenlander the librettist.The performance took place at Drexel University with its Glee Club and Comb'sCollege Chorale participating.The New York Lyric Opera plans the first performance of Dennis Arlan's MEAN-WHILE, BACK AT CINDERELLA'S for May 5, 1976. The libretto for theone-act satire is by James Billings.

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THE FETE OF COQUEVILLE is John Rea's second opera. It has been announcedfor a first performance by the Fresno Opera Company on April 9, 1976. Rea's otheropera, The Prisoner's Play, was produced by the University of Toronto in 1973.

The University of Wyoming, with the support of the Wyoming Bicentennial Com-mission and the State's Council on the Arts, has commissioned George Hufsmithto write THE BALLAD OF CATTLE KATE. It is based on a fictitious episodeof the first hanging of a woman in Wyoming, reported as fact by a local news-paperman. The premiere is scheduled for March 2, with four subsequent per-formances in Laramie, and, between March 8 and 14, ten performances on tourthroughout the State. The production, with seven professional singers and a thirty-piece orchestra", and the publication of the score is underwritten by a $12,500commission grant.

Two more opera theatres at universities will give first performances of newAmerican operas in Spring '76. Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti willoffer Hugo Hartig's one-act A CASK OF AMONTILLADO after Edgar Poe's story,and Montclair State College has scheduled BESSIE, a one-act opera by JamesEversole, for May 4.

Ernst Bacon, composer of A Tree on the Plains and Drumlin Legend (see COSDirectory of American Contemporary Operas, 1967) has written a full-lengthmusic-theatre piece, DR. FRANKLIN. Cornel Lengyel is responsible for thebook and lyrics. The story is set in Paris during Benjamin Franklin's late yearsas American emissary, with some flash-back scenes to his earlier years in theU.S. It is scored for an orchestra of 36, but a two-piano version is also available.The cast features actors and singers with the part of Franklin primarily a speakingrole. Further information may be obtained from the composer at 57 ClaremontAvenue, Orinda, Calif.

Another aspect of the Bicentennial is its celebration through the revival of earlyAmerican operas, or of British operas performed here at the time of the foundingof the United States.

The earliest-known American music-theatre piece with a published score is THEINDIAN PRINCESS, An American Ballad Opera, first performed in Philadelphiain 1808. The music is by John Bray, the book by American playwright JamesNelson Barker. It is set among the early settlers in Virginia and its central characteris Pocohontas. A revival, scheduled for January 5 at Texas A&I University inKingsville, will use a new performing edition and orchestration by Dr. RobertC. Scott.

Thomas Arne's LOVE IN A VILLAGE, which had its first performance at Lon-don's Covent Garden in 1762, received its American premiere only five yearslater, in 1767 in Philadelphia. Isaac Bickerstaffe wrote the libretto to the three-act ballad opera which was revived by the opera department at West ChesterCollege in Pennsylvania on October 17, 1975.

THE DOCTOR OF ALCANTARA, by Julius Eichberg, was first heard in Bostonin 1892. "The most popular of Eichberg's four American comic operettas" asstated by Alfred Lowenberg, it has a libretto by B. E. Woolf and is written intwo acts. The University of Nebraska in Omaha has scheduled a revival forNovember 2, 1975.

The Manhattan School of Music announced a performance of John Philip Sousa'sTHE BRIDE ELECT, composed in 1898, for May 7, 1976. With no record of apremiere available, this may well be the first staged performance of the work.The same composer's El Capitan has enjoyed various productions since its revivalin 1965 at Columbia University. The current season will bring it to Minneapolisand on tour with the Texas Opera Theatre. In Fall '76, the Dallas Opera will offerits own new production.

1924 was the year of the premiere of Francesco de Leone's ALGLALA; the placewas Akron, Ohio, where the American composer taught and conducted thesymphony. The opera on an American Indian theme was brought back last Summerat the Newport, R.I., Festival.

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The Newport Festival also presented a revival of Julian Edward's THE PATRIOT,a one-act tragic opera on an alleged assassination attempt on George Washington.It dates back to a premiere in New York in 1908; the Rhode Island date wasJuly 24, 1975.

George Gershwin's little-known short opera BLUE MONDAY BLUES will beheard again after fifty years, as presented by the Composer's Showcase Theatreat New York's Whitney Museum on November 21. It will be heard in its originalorchestration by Ferde Grofe; its premiere was at Carnegie Hall.

Deems Taylor's THE KING'S HENCHMAN has not been seen since it waslast performed in 1929 at the Metropolitan Opera where it was premiered in 1927.The Bel Canto Opera in New York has scheduled it for March 1976.

Howard Hanson's MERRY MOUNT also enjoys the distinction of having beenperformed exclusively at the Met where it was premiered in 1934. In honor ofthe Bicentennial, the San Antonio Grand Opera and Symphony will produce theopera next season.

Revivals of more recent, but rarely heard, American operas include Copland'sTender Land (New York's Bronx Opera Co.), Siegmeister's Sing Out, Sweet Land(Wilkes College 4/76), and Smith's Daisy (Piccolo Opera, Detroit). VirgilThomson's Mother of Us All has been performed with more frequency duringthe last two seasons — 32 performances in 1974-75 — and we can probably lookforward to its continued popularity over the next years. One of its major newproductions will be offered in Santa Fe next summer, where American artistRobert Indiana will design its sets and costumes.

Another new production announced by Santa Fe for Summer '76 is a work whichwill be done in its world premiere. THE ROYAL HUNT OF THE SUN, based onthe original play by Peter Schaffer, has music written by Iain Hamilton. The storytakes place in Spain, Panama, and the Inca Empire of Peru during the earlysixteenth century.

AMERICAN PREMIERES

Malcolm Williamson's OUR MAN IN HAVANA, after the Graham Green novel,had its first American performance at Florida State University in Tallahassee lastFebruary. The opera was first heard in London in 1963.

EUROPEAN PREMIERES

DIE VERSUCHUNG, by German/ Israeli Josef Tal (Ashrnedai), will be premieredat the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich during its festival weeks in Summer 1976.Gary Bertini will conduct, Gotz Friedrich will stage the work for which RudolfHeinrich will design sets and costumes. — On November 26, the Badisches Staats-theater in Karlsruhe gave the first performance of Renato de Grandis' DIESCHULE DER KAHLEN. The work has been published by Schott's & Sohne. —Siegfried Matthus (Der letzte Schuss, Marry Old England, Noch einen LoffelGift, etc.) has written his sixth opera OMPHALE. The premiere will take placein Weimar later this season. — Karlheinz Fiissl (Dybbuk) has composed CELES-TINA for a first performance in Karlsruhe during the current season. — DASMAEDCHEN VON DOMREMY by Giselher Klebe is the latest adaptation of theJeanne d'Arc story. The first performance has been announced in Stuttgart forJune 19, 1976. — Greek composer Arghyris Kounadis collaborated with librettistWalter Jens on DER AUSBRUCH, A Parable performed at the Bayreuth YouthFestival on August 25, 1975. — This season's program of the Studio Biihne inBraunschweig includes DEGENERATION by Hendersen and AUS VERSCHIE-DENEN GRUENDEN by de Pablo. — Recently, the opera house in Ehrfurt gavethe first production of J. U. Forest's ODYSSEE DES MAEDCHEN KIM.

When Dr. Egon Seefehlner begins his tenure at the Vienna State Opera he will lookforward to three world premieres. He has commissioned Gottfried von Einem to

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write KABALE UND LIEBE after Schiller, Aribert Reimann to write KINGLEAR after Shakespeare, and Hans Werner Henze to write an opera on a yetundisclosed subject. The first mentioned will be performed during the 1976-77season and will feature Anja Silja, Brigitte Fassbander, Martha Modi, HansBeirer, and Eberhard Wachter; von Dohnanyi will conduct, Otto Schenk will stage,and Schneider-Siemssen design the sets. — Both Karajan and Bohm will conductduring that season, Dr. Seefehlner's first in Vienna, the former Nozze di Figaroand the latter Ariadne auf Naxos.

On September 8 the Danish Opera at Aarhus offered the premiere of AntonioBibalo's MISS JULIE based on the Strindberg play of the same title. — TheBelgian Royal Opera at Ghent has scheduled Rabitsky's LEONORE VANSTAVOREN for a first hearing in May 1976, and the Opera de Wallonie will givethe premiere of Paul Francy's LES CHEVALIERS DE LA TABLE RONDEat Verviers and Liege in 1976. His first opera, Carnaval, was performed there in1962. — THE LAST TEMPTATIONS (Der sista Fresterlserm) is the title of anew opera by Finnish composer Joonas Kokkonen. The first performances wereoffered in Stockholm and Oslo in September '75 by the Finnish National Operaon tour. — Rotunda, the small subsidiary theatre of the Stockholm Royal Opera,will perform EARLY MORNING IN PARIS by Ulla-Britt Edberg on April 24,1976.

Hans Werner Henze subtitled his opera THE RIVER (Der Fluss) as "Actions forMusic". The libretto is by Edward Bond and it will receive its first performanceat the Royal Opera in London on July 10, 1976. Josephine Barstow and ValerieMasterson will lead the cast and David Atherton will be the conductor. Thecomposer himself will function as stage director and Jiirgen Henze as designer.The German premiere has been announced for two months later, on September20, at the Berlin Festival Weeks. — The Gulbenkian Foundation has commissionedStephen Oliver to write an opera for the English Music Theatre Company, theformer English Opera Group. The composer has chosen Fielding's novel TOMJONES. An earlier work by Mr. Oliver is The Duchess of Malfi, which was pre-miered at Oxford University in England in November '72. — Elizabeth Maconchy(The Jesse Tree, The Birds, The Sofa, Three Strangers) is the composer of THEKING OF THE GOLDEN RIVER. It was first performed on October 29 atOxford's St. Mary's Church. — On November 26, Alan Detweiler's KING SAULwill be heard for the first time at London's Southwark Cathedral, the same placewhere the composer's earlier opera, David and Goliath, was premiered in 1969.

Russian composer Andrej Petrov's PETER I is scheduled for a first performanceat Leningrad's Kirov Opera this season. — NOT LOVE ALONE is the title ofanother Russian work, this one by Rodion Schedrin. It will be performed in aGerman premiere at the Staatsoper in East Berlin; the original version was firstheard in Moscow at the Bolshoi Theatre in 1961. — Karel Horky's THE DAWN,with a libretto by Jaroslav Nezval, was premiered in Brno, Czechoslovakia, July4, 1975. The work is based on Zapotocky's novel New Warriors Will Arise.

Naples' San Carlo Opera announced the premiere of a new opera by Nino Rota,TORQUENA TOR, for the 1975-76 season. His Capello di paglia di Firenze is undernegotiations for an American premiere. — The Iranian Opera in Teheran, whichrecently greatly expanded its season and repertoire, offered in June the worldpremiere of an opera by one of its own composers. PARDIS AND PARID A isby Loris Tjeknavorian with a libretto by Mahmond Khoshnam.

Cancellations

The following premieres did not take place as previously announced: Susa's BlackRiver planned for May '75 by the Minnesota Opera, and Reutter's Tod desEmpedokles in an American premiere planned for February '75 by the Universityof Nevada, Reno.

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NEWS FROM OPERA COMPANIESMany more young faces will be seen at the METROPOLITAN OPERA this seasonthan ever before. An innovative subscription series has been offered to youngpeople under 35 who do not qualify for student tickets. Conceived as an audiencedevelopment program for young adults, these "Samplers" feature a subscriptionfor three different operas (ten different combinations are possible) with seats inthe orchestra, and also include libretti, backstage tours, and eleven issues of OperaNews on a trial basis — a $55 to $75 value — all for $30. Operas in the Samplersare drawn from a varied repertoire: // Barbiere di Siviglia, Un Ballo in maschera,Carmen, Fidelio, Elektra, La Gioconda, Le Nozze di Figaro, and Puccini's Trittico.Another new policy opens the doors to a younger group. Eighteen dress-rehearsalswill be open to student groups of 1,000 each and earlier working rehearsals tosmaller groups of interested students who will also be offered technical informationby the Met's director of production, John Dexter. All arrangements are madethrough the Metropolitan Opera Guild's educational department, which alsohandles the regular student matinees and tickets for the four annual Look-ins.It is expected that, during the current season, some 40,000 elementary, high schooland college students will attend rehearsals and performances at the Met.

Another change in policy concerns single ticket sales. For the first time, ticketsfor special performances such as new productions or gala casts sell at the boxoffice at augmented prices. This is an old custom at European opera houses, buta first here. Price differences affect orchestra and grand tier center with $20tickets selling for $35, and $18.50 side seats for $22.50. As subscription takesup most of the choice seats, not too many tickets are available for individual salein these locations. Subscription tickets for the same performances are not increased.

Top price for the NEW YORK CITY OPERA has been increased from $9.95 to$10.95.

Fund raising auctions and bazaars to benefit the arts are increasing in popularity.The grandest of these this season is expected to be the MET on December 7. Itis to be a combination of bazaar, raffle, and auction, scheduled from noon untilabout 7:00 PM with the auction and raffle drawing to take place in the auditoriumafter 5:00 PM. Admission to the auction and bazaar is $10; $2 for the bazaaralone. Raffle tickets are priced at $1. The raffle prizes include a Greek vacation,a car, a $1,000 gift certificate, and a color television. Some of the items to beauctioned are: Caruso's La Juive costume, artist's proof of the Met Chagall poster,Met set and costume designs by such artists as Berman, Gerard and others, musicalmanuscripts by Bernstein, Barber, Menotti, Kirsten Flagstad's Isolde costume, aswell as one pound of Iranian caviar, a case of Taitinger champagne, a string quartetplayed in the winner's home, and a Bulgari bracelet and ring.Late Report: Over 5,000 people attended the affair which realized $103,000.

Ten dollars is also the admission charged at the Celebrity Auction at the NEWYORK PUBLIC LIBRARY AT LINCOLN CENTER on November 2 held forthe benefit of the Library's Research Center for the Performing Arts.

An OPERA MARATHON was arranged in Denver on September 12, 1975, atInternational House. Admission was only $1.00 to defray costs, not for fundraising purposes. The aim of the event was to show Denver audiences the abund-ance of local operatic talent. Over forty singers from Denver and the surroundingarea participated in the presentation of arias, duets and some staged and costumedscenes. Most singers were locally trained and of professional standing and havesubsequently been contracted for various opera performances in and around Denver.

Two recently formed companies in the Colorado capital are OPERA FAIR, INC.,and THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN OPERA THEATRE. The latter started as theDenver Opera Workshop last Summer, offering two performances of "An Eveningof Opera". This Winter, it plans fully staged performances of Cavalleria rusticana andPagliacci with professional singers and orchestral accompaniment. William Morseand Robert Lansing are the co-directors. The aforementioned Opera Fair, founded

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in 1974 by Stuart Steffen and Harriet Lawyer-Duvallo, has given one-act operasat various community centers and schools throughout the state under the sponsor-ship of the Colorado Council of the Arts and Humanities. It toured with NormanLockwood's Requiem for a Rich Young Man, premiered in 1964 by the Universityof Denver; it also performed The Impresario. — Other projected local productionsinclude excerpts from The Magic Flute for Halloween, Don Pasquale by a groupcalled Theatre-Under-Glass, and Traviata by the Denver Concert Chorale OperaWorkshop.

Effective promotional ideas include the issuing of posters. The Chagall postersdesigned for the opening of the Met at Lincoln Center were originally availablewith the artist's signature for $150 and sell today for about $1,000 on the artmarket. The San Francisco Opera recently announced posters especially designedfor the company by Louise Nevelson, produced by Pace Editions. N.Y. A limitednumber of signed copies are available for $75; unsigned ones sell for $15. NextSummer, the Santa Fe Opera will offer a special poster by Robert Indiana, inconjunction with his designs of sets for the company's new production of TheMother of Us All. These posters are made possible through a grant from theVisual Arts Program of the National Endowment for the Arts.

Other news from San Francisco includes the planning of productions to be sharedby several companies. (See also the transcript of the 1974 COS Conference inSan Francisco for more on that subject.) The current season features two pro-ductions built in San Francisco, one to be shared by Seattle and Portland (Werther,designer Steve Rubin), the other by Houston (Andrea Chenier, designers Wolframand Amrei Skalicki). The stage director for both operas is Lotfi Mansouri. — TheChicago Lyric Opera shares across the seas, using Jean-Pierre Ponnell's productionof Le Nozze di Figaro, which will be seen in Cologne, Germany, as well as in theIllinois city.

Similar to the Metropolitan Opera's new programs for young audiences, theHouston Grand is also devising new ways to attract young listeners. In addition toits ongoing programs, the company has added a new series called POP-OP forhigh school and college students. Four of its six productions will be offered in anadditional Monday 7:00 PM performance in English when unreserved seating willmake a uniform price of $2.50 possible. As is often the case today, senior citizensmay join students in the same privilege. — The company's junior touring arm,The Texas Opera Theatre, will for the first time cross state boundaries for its Falland Spring tours. Now in its third season, it will travel to Arkansas, Oklahoma,New Mexico, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, and Utah, offering one or more of itsrepertoire of four operas.

The new OPERA COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA (see Spring 75 Blltn.) alsohas added a young artists touring group named the Light Opera Company ofPhiladelphia. Performances are planned for schools and community centers.

Marguerite Ruffino has announced the formation of the RHODE ISLAND SUM-MER OPERA ASS'N, of which she is artistic director. The new company willperform a one-week festival in Newport in August, featuring internationally knownopera singers. Ms. Ruffino is also artistic director of Artists Internationale whichperforms opera during the Winter in Providence.

The former Opera Theatre of New Jersey in Newark has changed its name toNEW JERSEY STATE OPERA; its artistic director is Alfred Silipigni.

Boston is to have another new opera group, THE BOSTON LIGHT OPERA.Christopher Noel Blair is music director, Paul Hess associate conductor.

The Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament in Cornwells Heights will present a perform-ance of Aida at Philadelphia's Academy of Music. Restricting the cast to all blackperformers, the new company's name is OPERA EBONY (see Performance List-ing). Its founder/director is Sister Elise.

The twenty-five year old ITHACA OPERA ASS'N has formed a professionalresident orchestra of about 35 musicians. It was able to establish this with the aid

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of the New York State Council on the Arts and the cooperation of Local 132 ofthe American Federation of Musicians. Besides playing for the two annual operaproductions, the orchestra will also offer pop concerts. The classical symphonicrepertoire is covered by the two college orchestras (Ithaca College and CornellUniversity) and through the visiting concert series.

This season, the MINNESOTA OPERA will give all its performances at theO'Shaughnessy Auditorium at St. Catherine's College in St. Paul. The companyoriginally performed at the Tyrone Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis, as it wasfounded as part of the Walker Arts Center. In the last few years performancesalternated between the Guthrie's 1,400-seat, thrust-stage hall and the 500-seatCedar Village Theatre, also in Minneapolis. The O'Shaughnessy Auditorium seats1,700 and was used by the St. Paul Opera Company.

The CLEVELAND OPERA THEATRE ENSEMBLE evolved from the OperaTheatre of the Cleveland Institute of Music. It was founded last Summer byAnthony Addison when performances were presented in an outdoor facility. Nowthe company is extending its season into the Winter and will offer productions atJohn Carroll University as well as at some 200 schools in Greater Cleveland. Mr.Addison also continues as head of the Institute's Opera Department.

Meanwhile, the reverse is happening in Detroit, where the PICCOLO OPERAunder Marjorie Gordon has been named resident opera company at LansingCommunity College in Michigan. Miss Gordon will also be in charge of a newtwo-year opera training program being developed at the College.

Forecast

The CINCINNATI OPERA is among the first Summer festivals to announce itsprogram for the next season. It will open on June 16 with a new production ofCarmen featuring Beverly Wolff and Harry Theyard, and include Tosca withDorothy Kirsten, John Alexander and Louis Quilico, Aida with Johanna Meierand Ermanno Mauro and Cost fan tutte in English. Two productions planned inconjunction with the Bicentennial are Jerome Kern's Showboat (6/30, 7/3, 9/76)and Moore's The Ballad of Baby Doe (7/21, 24/76). Susanne Marsee and Ray-mond Gibbs will be featured in the former, Frances Bible and Julian Patrick inthe latter. The company was founded in 1920 and reorganized in 1935, therefore,it existed for 55 years and has performed as the present organization for 40 years.

New productions at the SANTA FE OPERA will present the aforementionedMother of Us All and Hamilton's Royal Hunt of the Sun. In addition, the companywill revive Cavalli's L'Egisto, a 1974 production, and two other operas will beannounced.

A repeat of last year's successful NORTHWEST FESTIVAL is planned by theSeattle Opera. If arrangements can be concluded, the company will again offertwo complete cycles of the Ring der Nibelungen in July.

FOREIGN COMPANIES

The previously announced visit of the PARIS OPERA NATIONAL to the UnitedStates in 1976 will bring the company to New York as well as to Washington, D.C.Performances are scheduled for September 10-18 at the Metropolitan Opera Housefollowed by September 21-October 3 at the Kennedy Center. Among the produc-tions to be offered are Faust, Contes d'Hoffmann and Otello.

The ENGLISH OPERA GROUP, founded in 1948 by Benjamin Britten, has beenin residence during the Summer at the Aldeburgh Festival and has given some

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tour performances during the year. The company is now being redeveloped andexpanded under the directorship of Colin Graham and Steuart Bedford. To makea decisive change, the Group is being renamed the ENGLISH MUSIC THEATRECOMPANY and as such will become a year-round operating ensemble. Instead ofengaging free-lance singers and orchestra members for short periods, the companywill have a core of 24 principals, 24 chorus members and 20 orchestra membersto be augmented as and when needed. As we learn from the British magazineOpera, there are to be over 100 performances of operas, operettas, musicals, andexperimental works on tour annually, as well as educational programs in schools.In addition, a four-week season at London's Sadler's Wells Theatre and participa-tion in various summer festivals, primarily continuance at Aldeburgh, is planned.

At the beginning of this season, the Italian opera companies feared that the annualfederal subsidies would not be forthcoming this year. An across-the-board re-organization assured the receipt of the necessary funds. However, in the processthe companies had to relinquish their autonomous standing.

L'OPERA DU RHIN, presently performing in Mulhouse and Colmar, in additionto its home town of Strasbourg, is soon to add the city of Metz to its regular visits.

The French CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE DOCUMENTATION LYRIQUE,its formation announced in the Summer '75 Bulletin, now has offices at 16 bis, ruedes Plantes, Paris. The Library, which opened on October 15 and may be visitedon weekdays including Saturday between 10:00 AM and 8:00 PM, is located at25 rue de la Gaite.

The"HOCHSCHULE FUER MUSIK in Hamburg is adding a School for AmericanMusical Theatre. Operated under the auspices of Boston University, this newdepartment's director is Norman Foster.

Festival Forecast

The EASTER FESTIVAL IN SALZBURG will offer a new production ofLohengrin under the direction and baton of Herbert von Karajan. During theSummer (July 25-August 30), Karajan will be in charge of Don Carlo and LeNozze di Figaro, while Karl Bohm will bring back two Mozart operas, Cost fantutte and Idomeneo. In addition, the Festival will offer Ponnell's staging of StefanoLandi's // Sanf Alessio.

Bregenz's floating stage on the lake will be transformed into a Venetian lagoonwhen Les Contes d'Hoffmann will be performed there next Summer. The intimateKornmarkt Theatre will offer Donizetti's Convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali.BAYREUTH is planning a new Ring Cycle to be conducted by Pierre Boulez andstaged by Chereau. It will also feature productions of Tristan und Isolde andParsifal.

A varied fare will be offered in AIX-EN-PROVENCE where the program includesTraviata, Don Giovanni, Cherubini's Medea, and Donizetti's II Campanello.

Falstaff and Pelleas et Melisande will be presented in new productions at Glynde-bourne next Summer, the former featuring Donald Gramm in the title role andstaged by Jean-Pierre Ponnell. Also on next year's schedule are revivals of LeNozze di Figaro, Capriccio and Cost fan tutte.

One of the operas to be performed at Canada's NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE inOttawa next Summer will be Pique Dame with Teresa Kubiak as Lisa.

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FEDERAL FUNDING OF THE ARTS

Waiting for Congress to make a final decision on the appropriations for theNational Endowment for the Arts and the Humanities for Fiscal '76 may yieldbetter results than was anticipated a short time ago. Authorization for Fiscal 76funds was set three years ago at $126 million for NEA and an equal amount forNEH. At the time of federal budget discussions in early '75, the Administrationsuggested NEA funds be cut to $82 million. Before the Summer recess, the Houseof Representatives, following the advice of its subcommittee, voted a further cutto $79.5 million for each of the two Endowments. This figure would include $7.5million in Treasury Funds which can only be activated through private giving andis to be matched by private donations. The latest news from Capitol Hill is thatthe Senate has voted $84 million for the Arts Endowment, retaining the suggestedamount of $79.5 million for the Humanities. Due to the discrepancy of the amountsappropriated by the House and the Senate, the bill goes back to committee for afinal decision. There may still be hope for an $84 million subsidy to the Arts duringthe current fiscal year.

News Flash — It was just announced that the joint House and Senate Committeefixed its recommendation at $82 million. A positive vote in both houses of Congressafter they reconvene will make this appropriation to NEA a reality.

Meanwhile, the House and Senate Subcommittees on Reauthorization of funds forNEAH are meeting and debates center on the amount to be authorized for eachof the next three years. The Opera Panel, represented by six opera producers andtwo artists, expounded its case and Robert Collinge, on behalf of OPERA America,pointed out that opera alone spent about $45 million on salaries and, at a minimumrate of 10%, opera would have returned more money in Federal income taxes toWashington ($4.5 million) than it received in Federal/NEA grants (below $3million). Comparison with company budgets showed that the Metropolitan Operareceived only 2% of its budget in Federal money. The opera organizations' recom-mendation is an authorization of $200 million for Fiscal '77.

The National Committee for Cultural Resources (see Summer '75 Blltn.) has an-nounced the findings of its first arts survey resulting in the recommendation forFederal subsidies at $225 million level for the next year and NEA grants to artsorganizations in the amount of 10% of their budget, with another 10% from statearts councils. The Committee published its survey, which questioned 343 arts or-ganizations in different disciplines and different geographical locations, and makesthe 35-page brochure available to art groups and/or their patrons. Central OperaService members will have received complimentary copies and it is an excellenthandbook documenting the fact of the viability of the arts as a "growth industry".

EXTRA-CURRICULAR PROGRAM OF AN ARTS COUNCIL;

VARIOUS SERVICES

The Arts Council of Tampa-Hillsborough County in Florida has founded a TASKFORCE ON THE CERTIFICATION OF ARTS ADMINISTRATORS throughthe National Assembly of Community Arts Agencies. The purpose of the TaskForce, headed by Chairman Raymond C. Mesler, is to investigate the feasibilityof certification of arts administrators. The general response seems to be in favorof setting a high standard for arts administrators and possibly establishing somerequired criteria as well as assuring more recognition for this field, but present

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arts administrators also seem to agree that certification will not be a practical wayof accomplishing this. No general formula for required training with — or versus— practical experience seem reasonable and a regulated admission to the profes-sion does not guarantee high standards. Further information may be obtained fromThe Arts Council of Tampa, 512 North Florida Avenue, Tampa, Fla. 33602.

OPERA PRESENTATIONS, INC. offers over thirty opera films for the purposeof fund raising events of opera companies, guilds, etc. Most of the films are ofItalian origin, featuring Italian operas. However, there are a number of Russianmotion pictures, including some by the Bolshoi and Kirov companies of BorisGodunov, Eugene Onegin, and Prince Igor. Films are available for single perform-ances or for a complete subscription series. Further information may be obtainedfrom Joseph Schlang, President, Opera Presentations, Inc., 75 Maiden Lane, NewYork, N. Y. 10038.

The Metropolitan Opera Guild maintains a SPEAKER'S BUREAU, headed byMary Ellis Peltz. Any recommendations for eloquent speakers knowledgeable inopera who may be available locally are welcome and solicited. Suggestions ofnames and topics should be sent to Mrs. Peltz, Metropolitan Opera Guild Speaker'sBureau, 1865 Broadway, New York, N. Y. 10023. The Bureau provides speakersfor schools, clubs, colleges, churches, etc. for travel costs and a minimal fee todefray operational expenses.

NEW AUDITORIUMS

The Scottish Opera Company has finally received its own home theatre in Glasgow.The 1,600-seat Theatre Royal, housed in a Victorian building, has been totallyrefurbished and its stage facilities modernized. While the orchestra pit can ac-commodate a Wagner-size orchestra, the house still has sufficient intimacy for aMozart opera — according to Ronald Crichton of the London Financial Times.The company opened at the new hall October 15 with a performance of DieFledermaus.

One year and $1.5 million later, the Royal Opera in Stockholm reopened inSeptember, revealing what is supposed to be the most modern technical stageequipment in use today. Electronically controlled and programmed platformsallow loading, unloading and shifting of scenery without any stage hands ortechnicians on stage.

Helmut Batzner was the architect for the new opera house in Karlsruhe, Germany,which opened this Fall with Die Zauberflote. The main auditorium seats just over1,000; the Studio, housed in the same building, under 500.

The Tri-Cities Opera in Binghamton, New York, has moved to a new hall in theBroome Center for the Performing Arts. Opening night was October 3, the operaDie Fledermaus.

Utopia is the name of the new 320-seat hall for chamber music and chamber operaat the University of Texas in Austin. Ariadne auf Naxos was the opening pro-duction in October.

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BOOK CORNERConstantin Stanislavski's deep committment to opera is documented in STANIS-LAVSKI ON OPERA, by Pavel Rumyantsev. He quotes Stanislavski copiously —naming him a co-author. Setting the scene in the introduction "In the Opera Studio"which Stanislavski headed beginning in Moscow in 1921, the book is devoted toStanislavski's staging of seven operas (Eugene Onegin, Tsar's Bride, La Boheme,May Night, Boris Godunov, Pique Dame and Le Coq d'or). Rumyantsev, whostudied with the Master, has constructed these chapters from notes taken duringthese studio sessions. Translated and edited by Elizabeth Reynolds Hapgood, the374-page book, which contains some production photographs, is published byTheatre Arts Books, New York, and is priced at $18.45 in hardcover and $8.45 inpaperback.

Originally published in 1949, STRAVINSKY IN THE THEATRE has just beenreissued in a paperback edition, a good value at $3.45. It features articles on Stra-vinsky's theatre pieces, ballets and operas, authored by the composer and manyof his famous contemporaries. Among them we find Nabokov, Balanchine, Kirstein,Cocteau, Ansermet, Copland, Monteux, Milhaud, and Bernstein. The 228-pagebook is richly illustrated with drawings and photographs. Publisher: DaCapo Press.

A fine present for the Wagnerite is the beautiful WAGNER: A DOCUMENTARYSTUDY. It features nearly 150 pages of photographs, reproductions of musicalmanuscripts, and period etchings. The second half of the book is documentationincluding quotes from reviews, letters by and on Wagner, and other pertinentwritings. The folio-size, 250-page study includes a chronological table and an indexand is published by Oxford University Press. It is priced at $29.95 before December31; $37.50 after that date.

No other subject matter lends itself to mystic or symbolic interpretation as doesWagner's Ring. (See also May '70 Blltn. The Ring and its Symbols). The latest isFOR FREEDOM DESTINED, Mysteries of Man's Evolution in the Mythologyof Wagner's Ring Operas and Parsifal by Austrian-born Franz E. Winkler pub-lished by Waldorf Press. His psychiatric background and experiences are evidentin his exploration and analyses of the mythological aspects of Wagner's works.The 174-page book is written in an easily accessible style and sells for $6.95.

For his most recent biography, George R. Marek chose ARTURO TOSCANINIas his subject. The author's position as head of RCA Records for many yearsgave him the opportunity of knowing Toscanini and many artists associated withthe Maestro. The book reflects the author's admiration for his subject and includesmany of the well known as well as some not so familiar anecdotes. As always, hislively style makes the book eminently readable. Photographs and an index areincluded in the 320 pages. Priced at $12.95, it is published by Atheneum Press.

Joining the list of books on famous divas is Kenn Harris's RENATA TEBALDI,An Authorized Biography. The author devotes little time to the singer's back-ground and early years, concentrating mainly on the time she spent at the Metro-politan Opera and also details her recordings. Obviously written by a devoted fan,the 160-page book features photographs and a discography and is priced at $12.95.Published by Drake Publishers, it is the fifth in a series of music biographies.

Reference Books

The fifth volume of the New Oxford History of Music has just been published byOxford University Press and is devoted to OPERA AND CHURCH MUSIC 1630-1750. The 869-page reference work, edited by Anthony Lewis and Nigel Fortune,maintains the high standards set by this excellent series. The first half of the bookis devoted to opera and follows the development of Baroque opera in Italy, France,England, and Germany. As are the other books in this series, the volume is pro-fusely illustrated with musical examples and some period engravings. Its priceis $49.50.

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A slight, 193-page volume is devoted to A Selective Bibliography of the OPERASOF GIAN CARLO MENOTTI 1937-1972. A brief biographical sketch is followedby a listing of the operas. The major portion of the book describes rather thanquotes reviews and articles which appeared with reference to Menotti's works,giving author, date and place of publication. Scarecrow Press is the publisher ofthis indexed $6.50 book.

Conceived as an aid to university teachers of introductory music courses,SCHIRMER SCORES, A Repertory of Western Music, covers the musical scenefrom the Gregorian Chant to Cage and Crumb in over 1,100 pages. The bookfeatures reproductions of the full score of complete movements or equivalent partsof operas, oratorios, song cycles, chamber music and symphonies, annotated toindicate the leading voice. Prefacing each period with a brief instructional article,each composer, in turn, is introduced with a short historical evaluation. The bookis primarily intended for use with recordings and their availability is indicated.Historical charts, indices and a glossary complete this paperbound volume publishedby Macmillan at $10.95.

THE LANGUAGE OF TWENTIETH CENTURY MUSIC is the subject of anenlightening 125-page dictionary. Edited by Robert Fink and Robert Ricci, pub-lished by Schirmer Books/Macmillan Publishing, it is available for $8.95. Anappendix is arranged by subject matter and a bibliography is also included.

The American Music Center has published THE CONTEMPORARY MUSICPERFORMANCE DIRECTORY compiled by Judith Greenberg Finnell. Thebook is divided into four categories: performing ensembles, sponsoring organiza-tions, performing facilities, and concert series and festivals, indicating the extentof each group's commitment to contemporary music. Performing ensembles featureprimarily chamber groups but also some symphony orchestras; opera companiesare not included. The 238-page book was made possible by grants from the Na-tional Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts and theFromm Music Foundation. It may be ordered from the American Music Center,250 West 57 Street, Suite 626-7, New York, N. Y. 10019 for $12 in hardcover or$6 paperbound.

Another useful listing is THE CATALOG OF CHORAL AND VOCAL WORKSof the American Music Center Library. Again compiled by Judith GreenbergFinnell and available from the above address for $4, the 200-page catalog includesover 4,000 published and unpublished operas, sonss, oratorios, and other choralpieces by American composers. Arranged in alphabetical order by composer, itincludes information on voicing, instrumentation and publisher or manuscript.

Reprints

Three previously reviewed books have recently appeared in first paperback editions.THE TENTH MUSE, A HISTORICAL STUDY OF OPERA LIBRETTO byPatrick J. Smith is now published by Schirmer Books/Macmillan Publishing for$4.95. In 417 pages, including an index and a bibliography, it offers an informed an-alysis of opera libretti and their development. — Charles Scribners has republishedJerome Roche's THE MADRIGAL now available for $2.95 in the Lyceum EditionSeries. The unabrideed version again features numerous examples of this earlyvocal form. The 167 pages include a source list of all madrigals mentioned in thebook as well as an index and a bibliography. — Schirmer Books/Macmillan haspublished a second edition of Emil Kahn's ELEMENTS OF CONDUCTING. Ahandbook for the conducting student, the second edition offers an up-dated listof repertoire for younser orchestras. Originally published in hardcover, the new294-page paperback edition sells for $8.95.

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SPECIAL OFFER TO COS MEMBERS

Through a special arrangement with Arno Press, COS is able to offer its membersWHO'S WHO IN OPERA, edited by Maria F. Rich, at a discount price of $47.50.The retail price of this international biographical dictionary will be $65.00. Theapproximately 800-page book features personal data and complete repertoire ofOver 2,300 currently active singers, conductors, stage directors, designers, andincludes major administrators of leading companies. In addition, the book providesdetailed information on 100 of the world's greatest opera companies. Much of theinformation on the individual artists as well as on the companies has never beforebeen researched or published and it is, therefore, an essential reference work forevery music library. This offer, good only to COS members, expires January 31,1976; prepaid orders may be sent to Central Opera Service, Metropolitan Opera,Lincoln Center, New York, N. Y. 10023. The book will appear in late February.

NEWS FROM PUBLISHERS; LIBRARY COLLECTIONS

Theodore Presser is publishing BUXOM JOAN by Raynor Taylor, composed in1778, in a realization and edition by Gregory Sandow. It is in this version that theAfter Dinner Opera has been performing the work for the past year.

John Philip Sousa's EL CAPITAN will shortly appear in print, published by G.Schirmer, Inc. It will feature Philip Brunelle's version in the larger orchestrationscored as follows: 2121, 2210, 2 pc, and strings. Mr. Brunelle also arranged thework for nine players.

First in the Series of Rare Opera Scores published by Vienna House, Inc., is CarlMaria von Weber's DIE DREI PINTOS, completed and arranged by GustavMahler. It was performed last season in revivals in Turin and Milan.

The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center hasreceived as a gift the opera and ballet scores collected by the late Harry Schumer,music librarian at the Metropolitan Opera from 1938 to 1969. Many are in first orearly editions, fifty are manuscript copies of operas by Rossini, Bellini, etc., writtenby copyists who were the composer's contemporaries. Another sixty are copiesmade by Mr. Schumer indicating the variances of the different editions. Finally,it includes a large selection of operatic stage-band music also in Mr. Schumer'sown manuscript editions.

The Robbins Library of Boston has announced its plans for building an Archiveof Contemporary American Music. Anyone interested in donating music or fundsor in receiving further information should contact the library offices at 700 Massa-chusetts Avenue, Arlington, Mass. 02174.

The English translation for Massenet's Thais, which will be used by the Florida FamilyOpera in Miami in March, is by Harry Dunscombe. It is published by Edwin Kalmus:performance rights are to be obtained from the author.

TRANSLATIONSAn English libretto for Prokofiev's The Gambler, translated by Irving and GeorgettePalmer, will soon be available from Boosey and Hawkes.

Domenico Puccini's // Ciarlatano (The Charlatan) has been translated into English byRuth and Thomas Martin for a performance by New York's Liederkranz Society inDecember. The opera, by Giacomo Puccini's grandfather, was performed last year inItalian in its American premiere by the Opera Studio of the Chicago Lyric Opera.

Mary Ellis Peltz translated Handel's Rinaldo for performances by the Houston GrandOpera in its National Series this Fall.

Mozart's Zdide will be performed in English by the Bel Canto Opera in New York inNovember. This version is available from the translator, Harvey E. Phillips, 115 East9 Street, New York, N. Y. 10003.

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Offenbach's La Vie parisienne will be heard with new English words by Richard Traubner,when the New York Lyric Opera performs it in December.

Literal translations of opera libretti into English and French have been published inCanada and are available from Presse de l'Universite du Montreal, C.P. 6128, Montrealor from International Scholarly Book Series, 10300 SW Allen Blvd., Beaverton, Oregon97005. So far, La Boheme, Don Giovanni and Otello have been translated for this seriesby Marie-Theres Paquin.

CONFERENCES, SEMINARS, COURSESFebruary 5 and 6 are the dates for the Twelfth Annual Washington Non-ProfitTax Conference, sponsored by Organization Management, Inc. Although theconference title is still long, it is a decided improvement over the earlier one —Conference on Federal Tax and Other Problems of Non-Profit Organizations. Theregistration fee before December 31 is $225, after that date it increases to $275.The meetings will be held at the Washington-Hilton Hotel; registration forms andfurther information may be obtained by writing to OMI, Box 9902, Washington,D.C. 20015.This season, the Music Educators National Conference will celebrate the 25thanniversary of its first National Conference. Eight thousand members are expectedto attend the meetings in Atlantic City between March 10 and 14, including some3,000 young performers appearing with 50 performing groups from all parts ofthe United States. They will offer performances in Atlantic City and subsequentlyat the Kennedy Center in Washington.The Association of College, University and Community Arts Administrators(ACUCAA) will hold its next Conference in New York. Headquarters are theAmericana Hotel, the dates are December 14-17; speakers will include AmyasAmes and Danny Newman. The meetings are open to members only and aregistration fee of $45 is charged per person, $60 for late registrants in December."New Channels for Funding" was the title of the last conference of the BusinessCommittee for the Arts. It was held on October 27 at Kennedy Center in Wash-ington.The Institute for Association Management, located at 2 North Riverside Plaza,Chicago, 111. 60606, held a Seminar for Executive Directors at Chicago's ConradHilton Hotel on October 14 and 15. A report on the proceedings may be obtainedfrom the Institute.The American Symphony Orchestra League announced that, due to the greatdemand, it has added one more series to its Seminars for Orchestra Managers:December 12-20 in New York City, January 2-10 in Los Angeles, and January17-24 in Chicago. Tuition, which includes concert tickets, is $200 for one week.Registration information is available from ASOL, Box 66, Vienna, Va. 22180.The Institute in Arts Administration under the auspices of the Harvard SummerSchool, Cambridge, Mass., has announced a Seminar for Trustees — Policy andStrategy — for January 29-February 1. $385 will cover tuition and room andboard. For information contact Janet Baker-Carr, Institute of Arts Administration,1350 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, Mass. 02138. — The Institute also offersa four-week course for arts administrators during the Summer. This annualManagement Development Program is scheduled for June 27-July 23, 1976.Application deadline is May 1. The fee for this course is $1,350.Alvin H. Reiss (see also Appointments) has been engaged to give the first seminaron arts administration at the American Academy in Paris. He will be in residenceJanuary 4-February 1. Tuition for the course is $480 and includes instruction inFrench language and art history.

Two new degree programs in arts administration have been announced, one bythe University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory under director David T. McKee,offering a Master's degree, the other at Wright State University in Fairbom, Ohio,offering a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in theatre arts management.

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SETS AND COSTUMES FOR RENTThe 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 tothose listed in the original 1970 Directory of Sets and Costumes for Rent and in the1971, 1972, 1973 and 1974 supplements. (Addresses are also included in the 1970Directory. Directory and supplements available for $7.00.)Albert Herring (s,c) Minnesota Opera Co., Minneapolis, Minn.Amahl and the Night Visitors (s,c) Brookdale Opera Co., Lincroft, N.J.

(s,c) Iowa State University Opera Studio, Ames, Iowa(s,c) University of Southern California Opera Wksp., Los Angeles, Ca.(c) Humboldt Light Opera Co., Eureka, Ca.

// Barbiere di Siviglia (s) Tri-Cities Opera Co., Binghamton, N.Y.Bayou Legend (Still) (s,c) Opera/South, Jackson, Miss.La belle Helene (s,c) National Arts Centre of Canada, Ottawa, Ont., CanadaLa Boheme (s,c) L'Opera du Quebec, Montreal, P.Q., Canada

(s,c) Tucson Opera Co., Tucson, Ariz.Carmen (s) New Jersey State Opera, Newark, N.J.Cavalleria rusticana (s) Tri-Cities Opera Co., Binghamton, N.Y.La Cenerentola (s) Chattanooga Opera Ass'n, Chattanooga, Tenn.Le Comte Ory (s,c) National Arts Centre of Canada, Ottawa, Ont., CanadaLes Contes d'HofJmann (s,c) Lyric Opera Ass'n of Orange Cty., Laguna Beach, Ca.Cost fan tutte (s,c) Seattle Opera Ass'n, Seattle, Wash., (des: Naccarato)

(s) Texas Opera Theatre, Houston, Tx.Don Giovanni (s,c) National Arts Centre of Canada, Ottawa, Ont., CanadaDon Pasquale (s) Miami Opera Co., Miami, Fla. (des: O'Hearn)Die Dreigroschenoper (c) Opera Ass'n of Western Michigan, Grand Rapids, Mich.Entfiihrung aus dem Serail (s,c) National Arts Centre of Canada, Ottawa, Ont.

(s) Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind.Falstaff (s,c) L'Opera du Quebec, Montreal, P.Q., CanadaFaust (s,c) Vancouver Opera Ass'n, Vancouver, B.C., Canada (des: Darling)

(s) Tri-Cities Opera Co., Binghamton, N.Y.(c) Malabar, Ltd., Toronto, Ont., Canada* (des: Lord)

Die Fledermaus (s) Riverside Opera Ass'n, Riverside, Ca.(s) Vancouver Opera Ass'n, Vancouver, B.C., Canada (des: Jackson)

Der Fliegende Hollander (s) Miami Opera Co., Miami, Fla. (des: Bosinger)Gianni Schicchi (s) Tri-Cities Opera Co., Binghamton, N.Y.

(c) Opera Ass'n of Western Michigan, Grand Rapids, Mich.Hansel und Gretel (s) New Jersey State Opera, Newark, N.J.

(s) Performing Arts Society, Scarsdale, N.Y.(c) Princeton Opera Co., Princeton, N.J.(c) Project: Opera, Marygrove College/Univ. Detroit, Detroit, Mich.

Imeneo (Handel) (s) New England Chamber Opera Group, Newton Center, Mass.(des: Sellers)

Lucia di Lammermoor (s) Vancouver Opera Ass'n, Vancouver, B.C., Canada (des:Rumfret/Laxton)

Lulu (s) Houston Grand Opera, Houston, Tx.Die lustige Witwe (s) Performing Arts Society, Scarsdale, N.Y.

(s) Vancouver Opera Ass'n, Vancouver, B.C., Canada (des: Varona)Madama Butterfly (s,c) Lyric Opera Ass'n Orange Cty., Laguna Beach, Ca.Manon (s) Houston Grand Opera, Houston, Tx.Matrimonio segreto (s) Northwestern University, Evanston, 111.Die Meistersinger (s) San Antonio Grand Opera Ass'n, San Antonio, Tx. (des: Gul-

licksen)Norma (s) Edmonton Opera Ass'n, Edmonton, Alta, CanadaLe Nozze di Figaro (s,c) Inspiration Point Fine Arts Colony, Eureka Springs, Ark.

(s,c) Kansas City Lyric Theatre, Kansas City, Mo. (des: Scheffler)(s) New Jersey State Opera, Newark, N.J.

The Old Maid and the Thief (s,c) Eastern Opera Theatre, Baltimore, Md.Otello (s) Miami Opera Co., Miami, Fla. (des: Benois)Pagliacci (s,c) Seattle Opera Ass'n, Seattle, Wash, (des: Naccarato)Pique Dame (s) Vancouver Opera Ass'n, Vancouver, B.C. Canada (des: Blatas)Play of Herod (medieval Christmas play) (s) Texas Opera Theatre, Houston, Tx.Rigoletio (s) Miami Opera Co., Miami, Fla. (des: Bardon)Rita (s,c) Eastern Opera Theatre, Baltimore, Md.Der Rosenkavalier (s,c) Houston Grand Opera, Houston, Tx.Salome (s,c) San Francisco Opera, San Francisco, Ca.Student Prince (s) Music Theatre of Wichita Univ., Wichita, Kan.Suor Angelica (c) Project: Opera, Marygrove College/Univ. Detroit, Detroit, Mich.Susannah (s) Fort Worth Opera Ass'n, Fort Worth, Tx.Thais (s) Baltimore Opera Co., Baltimore, Md.

(s) Miami Opera Co., Miami, Fla. (des: Klein)Tosca (s) Baltimore Opera Co., Baltimore, Md.La Traviata (s,c) Inspiration Point Fine Arts Colony, Eureka Springs, Ark.

(s,c) Kansas City Lyric Theatre, Kansas City, Mo. (des: Gohl)(s,c) National Arts Centre of Canada, Ottawa, Ont, Canada(c) Opera Ass'n of Western Michigan, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Treemonisha (Joplin) (s,c) Houston Grand Opera, Houston, Tx.Tristan und Isolde (s,c) L'Opera du Quebec, Montreal, P.Q., Canada// Trovatore (s) Houston Grand Opera, Houston, Tx.Turandot (s) Vancouver Opera Ass'n, Vancouver, B.C., Canada (des: Darling)Turn of the Screw (s) Texas Opera Theater, Houston, Tx.Vanessa (s) Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind.Die Walkiire (s) Vancouver Opera Ass'n, Vancouver, B.C., Canada (des: Naccarato)Za'ide (s) Bel Canto Opera, New York, N.Y. (des: Locke)Die Zauberflote (s,c) National Arts Centre of Canada, Ottawa, Ont., Canada

(c) Minnesota Opera Co., Minneapolis, Minn.(c) Tri-Cities Opera Co., Binghamton, N.Y.(c) Utah Opera Society, Salt Lake City, Utah

Gilbert and Sullivan Operettas:

The Gondoliers (s) Vancouver Opera Ass'n, Vancouver, B.C., Canada (des: Klein)The Mikado (s) Music Theatre of Wichita Univ., Wichita, Kan.H.M.S. Pinafore (c) Humboldt Light Opera Co., Eureka, Ca.

(c) Music Theatre of Wichita University, Wichita, Kan.Pirates of Penzance (c) Humboldt Light Opera Co., Eureka, Ca.

Additional sources of sets and costumes:

American Conservatory Theatre, 450 Geary St., San Francisco, Ca. 94102

Additional costume rental houses:

Bob Mandell, 828 Mission St., San Francisco, Ca. 94103Mardi Gras, 23770 Lorain, Cleveland, Ohio 44126Pacific Costumes (Helen's) 1036 West Burnside, Salem, Ore. 97209Performing Arts Supply, Bonnie Ambrose, 5734 Greenash, Houston, Tx. 77036Costumes by Pierre, 1113 Walnut, Philadelphia, Pa. 19107Irvin Stern, 108 West State, Media, Pa. 19063Whittier Costume Rental, 13124 E. Philadelphia, Whittier, Ca. 90601

Medieval and Biblical costumes are available from Inspiration Point Fine Arts Colony,Eureka Springs, Ark.

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COS INSIDE INFORMATIONProgram and registration forms for the COS Conference, HERITAGE RE-VISITED, scheduled for Boston March 31-April 2, are being mailed in earlyJanuary. Please note that separate reservation forms are supplied for hotel roomsat the Colonnade,' the special pre-opera dinner arranged by the Guild of the OperaCompany of Boston for Wednesday, March 31, and the conference registration to bereturned to COS in New York. The conference registration form also includesreservations for each of the two luncheons and for opera tickets. Due to the heavysubscription, the number of opera tickets for Montezuma for March 31 and April 2are limited, and orders must be received no later than February 27. Space limita-tions at the pre-opera dinner necessitate the same rules. Pre-paid reservations forthe black-tie dinner must be mailed to the Guild in Boston (instructions are withthe program/registration). Topics and speakers are listed on the program andoffer a most distinguished as well as interesting array of subjects and names. Pleasereturn your registrations early. See you in Boston!

Publications

The forthcoming annual survey, published as the Winter issue (No. 2) of the COSBulletin, will be devoted to the availability of musical performance material.Taking our cue from the most frequently received inquiries, we realized that acomprehensive listing of sources for operatic vocal scores, full scores and or-chestral parts has never been undertaken and is badly needed. Due to space limi-tations and in favor of more detailed information concerning the material, musiclibraries and archives will not be included. The Directory will indicate whetherthe material is available for sale or rent, editor's name in cases of adaptations,availability of reduced orchestrations, etc.See Book Corner for a special offer to COS Members.

APPOINTMENTS

Arts Organizations

The Associated Councils of the Arts has elected LOUIS HARRIS of the HarrisPoll as Chairman of the Board of ACA. His interest in the arts was documentedwhen he founded the National Research Center for the Arts as part of LouisHarris Associates.

Two state arts councils have announced new chairmen. JOHN HENLE, formerlyof the Columbus Arts Council, has been named Chairman of the Ohio ArtsCouncil, and BROCK PETERS heads the California Arts Commission, succeedingWilliam Kent III.

Three additional opera producers have been chosen as new members of the OperaSection of the NEA Music Advisory Panel: SARAH CALDWELL, CAROL FOX,and JAMES DE BLASIS. Judith Raskin is chairwoman of the group, with EdwardCorn, Carlisle Floyd, David Gockley, George London and Glynn Ross makingup the remainder of the panel.

JOHN N. GINGRICH, formerly of Hurok Concerts, is the new Executive Directorof the Association of American Dance Companies, succeeding Adam Pinsker whoresigned last Summer.

DR. MERLE MONTGOMERY, past president of the National Federation ofMusic Clubs, has been elected President of the National Music Council. Shesucceeds Leonard Feist, who was named Chairman of the Board.

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In turn, Mrs. FRANK A. (RUBY) VOUGHT is the new President of the NationalFederation of Music Clubs, with Mrs. STOVAL (ELSIE JO) TRAWICK headingthe NFMC Opera Department.1 The latter has prepared a very effective work planfor opera performances for the Bicentennial.

The American Symphony Orchestra League has a new Assistant Director in theperson of CATHY FRENCH. Before joining ASOL one year ago, she was managerof the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and before that executive director of theAmerican Symphony Orchestra.

For the first time, the New York City Center for Music and Drama will have itsown board of directors. Heading the twelve-member board is a lawyer, JOHN S.SAMUELS III as Chairman and MARTIN J. OPPENHEIMER as Vice-Chairman.The opera company is to have its own separate board of directors.

LARRY DAY, Professor at Colorado University in Fort Collins, is the newlyappointed President of the National Opera Association, succeeding Mary ElaineWallace of Southern Illinois University. He will hold this position until the nextNOA national convention, scheduled for November 3-6, 1976, in Seattle.

After assisting Nancy Hanks at the National Endowment for the Arts during thepast year, LIVINGSTON B1DDLE has returned to the staff of Senator ClaibornePell (D.-R.I.) to assist with the Committee on Education and Labor.

Opera Companies

Following an intensive search, the Canadian Opera Company has chosen stagedirector LOTFI MANSOURI as its new General Director, effective July 1976. Hejoined the company this Fall as General Manager Elect and has worked closelywith Herman Geiger-Torel, who headed the company for the last 25 years. Bornin Teheran, Mr. Mansouri is now a United States citizen, and has staged operawith many of the major companies in Europe and the United States (Chicago,San Francisco, Houston, Metropolitan and New York City Operas). He studiedat UCLA and at Bayreuth, also with Walter Felsenstein and Lotte Lehmann. Hewas resident director in Zurich 1960-65 and part of that time also director of theInternational Opera Studio there.

Following the death of Walter Herbert in September, the San Diego Operaannounced the appointment of TITO CAPOBIANCO to Artistic Director, a posthas was to assume after Mo. Herbert's retirement in 1976. Kenneth Caswell waspromoted to General Manager.

Texas Opera Theatre, the touring company of the Houston Grand Opera, haschosen JOHN DeMAIN for its Music Director. Mo. DeMain was among theparticipants in the Exxon/Arts Endowment Conductors Apprentice Program.

BRUCE CHALMER, until recently administrative director of the Canadian OperaCompany in Toronto, will be General Manager of the Portland dpera, a newlycreated position, effective December '75. Originally from Scotland, Mr. Chalmermoved to Canada in 1954.

Opera/South of Jackson, Miss., has named J. LOUIS STOKES as the new Presi-dent and Chairman of the Board of its Mississippi Inter-Collegiate Opera Guild. Heis President of Utica Junior College, which, together with Jackson State University,sponsors the opera company.

Following a reorganization, the Opera Theatre of Syracuse has engaged ROBERTDRIVER, formerly of the Kansas City Lyric Theatre, as its new General Managerand Artistic Director. MARY LOU FRANTZ is Associate Manager. Although anindependent organization, the company will use members of the Symphony forits orchestra and will perform in the new Performing Arts Center.

Since our last announcement concerning personnel changes (see Summer '75Blltn.), the San Francisco Opera has appointed MICHAEL L. SACK as its Busi-ness Administrator. He was formerly accountant and tax manager with a SanFrancisco corporation. RUTH ALLISON FELT assumed the position of CompanyAdministrator and MATTHEW FARRUGGIO that of Production Coordinator.

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DANIEL LORDON is Ballet Director and Resident Choreographer for the 1975season. — In a new move, General Director Kurt Herbert Adler announced theestablishment of a development department and the engagement of Ms. NANCYMcDERMOTT, formerly of the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, as itsDirector. Ms. VIRGINIA WESTOVER, active in the company's fund-raisingdepartment for the last year, is the Assistant Director and MILTON ESBERG,JR., associated with the San Francisco Opera over a long period, will continue hisfund-raising activities on behalf of the company.The Houston Grand Opera has engaged MARTHA MUNRO, formerly Directorof Artistic Development, Public Relations and Publicity at the San FranciscoOpera, as Director of Marketing and Communications. The company furtherappointed JACK MASTROIANNI Assistant to the General Director for Devel-opment. He had worked in the Development Office of Brown University and isa writer for Opera News. NANCY TURBEVILLE is working with him as Co-ordinator for the Maintenance Fund drive.After 32 years with the Metropolitan Opera Press Department, ANNE GORDONannounced her retirement. DAVID REUBEN, former Associate Representative,will advance to Miss Gordon's position, and the company has engaged JOHANNAFIEDLER as his Assistant. Miss Fiedler, daughter of Arthur Fiedler, had beenAssistant Press Director at the New York Philharmonic.MICHELLE MERCIER, who was Administrative Assistant with the CanadianOpera Company and the Banff Center for the Arts, is the first Business Managerfor the Southern Alberta Opera Ass'n in Calgary.

Symphony Orchestras

The Quebec Symphony Orchestra has named American conductor JAMES DEPRIEST as its Music Director. His two-year contract begins in Fall '76. The one-time first-prize winner of the Mitropoulos Competition is presently Principal GuestConductor of the National Symphony in Washington, D.C. — British conductorANDREW DAVIS is the new Resident Conductor and Music Director of theToronto Symphony. The 31-year-old conductor had been resident with the Glynde-bourne Opera.For the current season, SIXTEN EHRLING is Music Advisor for the MiamiPhilharmonic Orchestra, where he will also conduct for seven weeks.SEIJI OZAWA, Music Director of the Boston and the San Francisco SymphonyOrchestras, has resigned from the latter position as per the end of the 1975-76season. He will remain connected with the California orchestra as Music Advisorand Principal Guest Conductor, but be able to devote more time to the Bostonorchestra.HENRY LEWIS, conductor of the New Jersey Symphony, announced his resig-nation from that post effective in June '76.THOMAS CONLON, formerly with the Juilliard School and the American OperaCenter, joined the Amarillo Symphony Orchestra in Texas as Music Directorbeginning in Fall '75.NORMAN SINGER, former Executive Director of the New York City Centerfor Music and Drama, was chosen to fill the new position of Executive Directorof the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center beginning with the 1975-76season. Previously, Mr. Singer was director of the Hunter College Concert Bureau,director of the Aspen Music Festival and dean of its School and, from 1948 to1955, was a member of the Juilliard School faculty. In his new post he will beworking with Charles Wadsworth, the Artistic Director of the Society.Former New York Philharmonic manager HAROLD LAWRENCE was appointedGeneral Manager and President of the Buffalo (N.Y.) Philharmonic Orchestra.

Academia

Former Metropolitan Opera mezzo RISE STEVENS was named President of theMannes. College of Music in New York. From 1965-67 she had been ExecutiveDirector of the Metropolitan Opera National Company. At Mannes she succeedsActing President Hubert Doris who took over after the death of John Goldmark.— PEGGY TUELLER, former Secretary to Schuyler Chapin and Goran Gentele

at the Met and earlier also to Julius Rudel, is Miss Stevens' Executive Assistant.

DANIEL PATRYLAK, formerly of the Eastman School of Music in Rochester,N.Y., has become Chairman of the Music Department at the University of Texasin Austin.

ALVIN H. REISS, Editor of Arts Management newsletter, occupies the new postof Director of Management Programs for the Arts at Adelphi University inGarden City, N.Y. He is an adjunct professor at the University's School of BusinessAdministration, where he will hold seminars and develop new arts administrationcourses.

Temple University in Philadelphia has a new Assistant Dean of the College ofMusic in JEFFREY CORNELIUS, and a new Director of Choral Activities inELAINE BROWN. Miss Brown, Founder/Director of the Singing City Choirof Philadelphia, succeeds Robert Page, who joined the faculty of Carnegie-MellonUniversity (see Spring '75 Blltn.).

Dr. LORNA ADAMS has been appointed Dean of California State University inSacramento. Dr. Adams formerly held the position of Associate Dean of Artsand Sciences and had also been a member of the music faculty at San FranciscoState University.

The University of Colorado in Boulder has a new Director for its Symphony andOpera Department. Austrian-born GIORA B. BERNSTEIN was Music Directorat the Claremont Music Festival and a member of the faculty of California'sPomona College. He is also a violinist and his experience as such with the orchestraof the Opera Company of Boston led him to suggest performing Moses und Aronat Colorado University in the future. His first operatic production, however, willbe Ward's The Crucible.

Some faculty changes were announced by the School of Music at the Universityof Michigan in Ann Arbor. WILLIS PATTERSON has been promoted to Chair-man of the Voice Department and LEONARD A. JOHNSON to Assistant Pro-fessor of Voice and Director of the University Men's Glee Club. — It was alsoannounced that after more than 20 years, JOSEF BLATT, Director of the OperaDepartment, will retire at the end of this school year.

European Opera Houses

PAUL HAGER was named General Administrator for the Stadtische Biihnen inDortmund; MAREK JANOWSKI is the Music Director. — CLAUS HENNE-BERG, former Chief Dramaturg at the Deutsche Oper Berlin will succeed JoachimKlaiber as General Director in Kiel. — The Stadtische Biihnen in Trier haveappointed stage director MANFRED MUETZEL as Intendant, succeeding Prof.Walter Pohl. — Baritone GERD NIENSTEDT has accepted his first administrativeposition; he will become Deputy Director at the Hessische Staatstheater in Wiesbaden,where he will also continue as soloist. Peter Ebert is the theatre's General Director.— PETER WINDGASSEN, son of the late Wolfgang Windgassen, has signed asix-year contract as Resident Director in Liibeck, beginning this Fall.

DIEGO MASSON was named to succeed Reynald Giovaninetti as Music Directorof the Opera in Marseille. — CHRISTOPHER HUNT, formerly an independentartists' manager, will be in charge of finances and administrative matters at theRoyal Opera, Covent Garden, in London. — The Royal Opera in Copenhagenwill have the German bass ULRICH COLD as its new Administrator.

Russian composer KIRIL MOLCHANOV resigned for reasons of ill health fromhis position as Director of the Bolshoi Opera this Fall. He had accompanied theopera company on its recent visit to New York. Deputy Director BENEDIKIBONI has been appointed as his temporary replacement. — Composer DIMITERPETKOV succeeded tenor Dimiter Uzinov as Director of the Sofia Opera inBulgaria. — The Swedish conductor HERBERT BLOMSTEDT has become ChiefConductor at the Dresden State Opera in East Germany in Fall 75.

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AWARDS AND WINNERS

The biennial International Voice Competition held in Rio de Janeiro last June must havepresented a particularly fine crop of young singers. Sixty-six candidates from thirtycountries participated and, of the eighteen finalists, eight were chosen to share in thethree available prizes. First prize was divided between American soprano RUTHFALCON, whom a judge signed immediately for Ariadne in Lyon during the currentseason, and Russian lyric soprano OLGA BASTIUK, who also won the Villa-LobosMedal. Second prize was shared by three contestants: American soprano LAVERNEWILLIAMS, Hungarian bass-baritone ISTVAN GATI, and Russian baritone ANATOLEPONOMARENKO. Finally, the third prize was split between British coloratura sopranoELIZABETH LANE, Russian tenor EUGENE CHAPIN and Bulgarian sopranoVENETA JAWARA. The international jury of opera singers and producers also awardedspecial prizes and medals to American soprano MARTHA BELEN, Korean tenor SIMONYUNG, Swiss bass-baritone ALFRED MUFF, and to the one Brazilian winner, colora-tura soprano MARIA TEREZA GODOY.

Among the best known and most prestigious competitions is the one held annually inGeneva. The 1975 International Competition for Musical Performers abstained fromawarding a first prize in either men's or women's division in September, but chose twowinners for the women's second place. As in Brazil, we find here again Americansoprano RUTH FALCON — who meanwhile also received a contract for Munich —and with her SUSANNE HEYNG from Germany. Second prize in the men's divisionwent to Czech PETER DVORSKY. Medals and honorary mention were awarded toCanadian MARIE LAFERRIERE, Yugoslavian ANA PUSAR-JERIC, Swiss IRENEPELLMONT, Austrian FRANZ MAYER, Japanese EIICHI TAIRA, and Swedish PER-OLOF WENNGREN.

Bernard Lefort headed the jury which included Nicolai Gedda, Hilde Giiden, MirellaFreni, Christiane Eda-Pierre and Dimiter Petkov for the Ninth International Voice Com-petition in Paris. The Finals were held last May and, for the first time, the auditionerswere accompanied by an orchestra — the French Radio orchestra conducted by PaulEthuin. No grand prize was awarded, nor was a second prize for men. Second place inthe women's division was won jointly by American soprano CANDACE BARANOWSKI,who received third prize in Munich last year, and Bulgarian soprano VALERIA POP-OVA. American coloratura soprano MARJORIE VANCE appeared in third place,together with the Hungarian baritone GABOR NEMETH. Fourth prize winner wasFrench baritone PIERRE-YVES LE MAIGAT. In 1976 the competition is scheduledfor May 27-June 1.

Peschiera del Garda is the title of an international voice contest held in cooperationwith the Festival in Verona. The audition program must be drawn primarily from musicwritten in the 18th and first half of the 19th centuries. MARTINE DUPUY, 20-year-oldcoloratura mezzo from Marseille, received the "Lauri-Volpe" first prize; AmericanLELLA CUBERLI was awarded honorary mention.

In 1976, the International Competition for Young Singers in Sofia, Bulgaria, will takeplace between June 5 and 28. The age limit has been moved from 34 to 33 years;applications must be addressed to rue Alabine 56, 1000 Sofia.

Last season, the Canadian Broadcasting Company's Talent Festival gave its $3,000 grandprize to Montreal soprano MICHELINE DINEL.

Following the completion of the Merola Opera Training Program last summer, theselection of winners included: tenor BARRY McCAULEY from Tempe, Arizona —the $1,000 Gropper Memorial Award, baritone SAMUEL BYRD from Austin — the$750 Bernhardt Poetz Memorial Award, and soprano SUZANNE BLUM from San Diego— the $500 Karl Kritz Memorial Award.

The Seattle Opera chose two additional singers for its 1975-76 National Artists Program.They are mezzo SHIRLEY LEE HARNED and tenor DENNIS BAILEY. They willjoin bass-baritone ARCHIE DRAKE in his seventh season with the Program, and tenor

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LEONARD EAGLESON in his second year. All sing major roles in the Opera-in-English/National Series and smaller parts in the International Series.

Musical America's 1975 List of Young Artists includes the following promising singers:tenor JAMES WAGNER from New Orleans, who studied in Vienna on a Fulbrightscholarship and sang with the Frankfurt Opera, soprano CARMEN BALTHROP, 1975Metropolitan Opera first-prize-winner, who presently sings the lead in Treemonisha andsang opera in San Francisco, Houston, Dallas and Baltimore, tenor GREG ISAACS, agraduate from Indiana University who is also a pianist and composer, mezzo JANESTRUSS from Boston, who also appeared as soloist at the Tanglewood and AmblerFestivals, bass-baritone PETER STRUMMER, member of the Juilliard American OperaCenter who also sang in Kansas City and Minneapolis, tenor JEROLD NORMAN, whoholds a Doctor of Music degree from Indiana University and was heard in San Antonioand Cincinnati, lyric coloratura ELIZABETH HALEY, who made her New York CityOpera debut in 1974 and was soloist with the New York Philharmonic, and sopranoKAREN HUNT, also a member of the Juilliard American Music Center and of theOpera Company of Boston.

The Connecticut Opera Guild awarded soprano SHEILA BARNES its $250 prize andwith it a New York recital debut at Carnegie Recital Hall. — Soprano LISA MILLERwas selected for first prize of the Dayton, Ohio, Philharmonic's annual competition for"Best Young Musician with Local Ties". — The Circle Young Singer of the Yearscholarship for voice, sponsored by The Word, Inc., at Baylor University, went tosoprano DENISE KEVON.

Arts Management Awards for 1975 were bestowed on JOHN BLAINE, Executive Sec-retary of the Seattle Arts Commission, who was named Arts Administrator of the Yearfor his achievements during the 1974-75 season, and on THOMAS C. FICHANDLER,Executive Director, of the Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., who received the CareerService Award for his outstanding contribution to the arts over the last ten years.

The San Francisco Opera and its General Director Kurt Herbert Adler awarded theSan Francisco Opera Ass'n Medal to music critic ALEXANDER FRIED in honor ofhis fiftieth year with the San Francisco Examiner.

The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory will be the beneficiary of the newNORMAN TREIGLE MEMORIAL FUND which will underwrite a voice scholarshipfor graduate students at the Ohio conservatory. The Fund was established by the NewYork City Opera Guild which arranged a fund-raising concert where former colleaguesof the American bass donated their services. Among the participants were Beverly Sills,Justino Diaz, Maralin Niska, John Alexander, Dominic Cossa, Julius Rudel, and TonyRandall. Applications for use of the $3,000 scholarship to be awarded towards the1976-77 school year for the first time, should be addressed to Dean E. Bonelli, Universityof Cincinnati College-Conservatory, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221. Applications should beaccompanied by a tape recording and a repertoire list which must include selectionsfrom the classic, romantic, and contemporary repertoire. The fund will also release aprivately taped and hitherto unknown recording of hymns, spirituals, and oratorioexcerpts under the title / Believe. The 12-inch stereo record may be ordered for $6.50from the Norman Treigle Fund, Box 1137, Ansonia Station, New York, New York 10023.

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FINAL PERFORMANCE LISTING, 1974-75 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.

ALABAMATroy State Univ. Opera Workshop, P. Kelley, Dir., Troy5/15, 17/75 Rigoletto Eng. Martin; w.o.Univ. of Alabama Opera Theatre, Sylvia Debenport, Dir., University3/18, 19/75 Brace's Pyramus and Thisbe & Dido and Aeneas w.o.

ARIZONANorthern Arizona Univ. Opera Workshop, K. Weinzinger, Dir., Flagstaff11/22-24/74 H.M.S. Pinafore4/11, 13, 15/75 The Telephone w.p.4/25, 26/75 Die Fledermaus Eng.; w.o.

CALIFORNIACalifornia Arts Institute Opera Wksp., G. Samuel, Dir., Valencia3/6-9/75 Cost fan tutte Eng. Martin; w.o.6/2, 4/75 Dr. Miracle w.p.California State Univ. Opera Workshop, J. Lueck, Dir., Fullerton12/6, 7, 10, 12/74 Gallantry w.p.12/6, 7/74 1/14/75 Beauty and the Beast w.p.12/10, 12/74 2/18/75 The Medium w.p.12/6, 7/74 2/13/75 Riders to the Sea w.p.4/11-20/75 The Magic Flute Eng.; 8 pfs. w.o.California State Univ. Opera Workshop, R. Hurst, Dir., Fresno3/6-9, 12-15/75 Cenerentola Eng. Martin; w.o.5/15-18/75 The Mikado w.p.California State Univ. Music Theatre, H. Lampl, Dir., Long BeachII16, 17, 18, 19/75 Help, Help the Globolinks! w.o.Univ. of California Opera Theatre, S. Dudley, Dir., Santa Cruz5/29, 31 6/6, 8/75 The Medium & Gianni Schicchi Eng.; w.p.Desert Opera Theatre, J. Kneebone, Dir., College of the Desert, Palm Desert11/74 Dido and Aeneas w.o5/23, 24/75 Cost fan tutte Eng. Martin; w.p.7/18, 19/75 The Threepenny Opera w.o.Pepperdine University, Mus. Dept., L. McCommas, Chrmn., Malibu4/5, 6/75 The Marriage of Figaro Eng. MartinRiverside Opera Ass'n, F. Calkins, Exec. Dir., Riverside Municipal Auditorium2/7/75 La BohemeSan Francisco Conservatory of Music, Susan Webb, Dir., San Francisco5/6, 7/75 Gianni Schicchi Eng. Grossman; w.o.San Francisco State Univ. Opera Theatre, D. Camp, Dir., San Francisco3/15, 18, 20, 22/75 La Boheme Eng. Martin; w.o.San Francisco Talent Bank, Mrs. A. Crapsey, Gen. Dir., San Francisco3/6, 20/75 Rita 4 pfs.4/28 5/4/75 Noye's FluddeStockton Opera Ass'n, L. Underwood, Dir., Stockton4/18, 19/75 The Bartered Bride

COLORADOBoulder Civic Opera, Jeanne Lohndorf, Pres., Boulder4/-18, 19, 24, 25/75 The Ballad of Baby DoeColorado State Univ. Opera Theatre, L. Day, Dir., Fort Collins5/15-18/75 The Tales of Hoffmann Eng. Martin; w.o.8/8, 9, 10/75 Andrea Chenier Eng. Siegel & Lyman; w.o.Univ. of Southern Colorado Opera Wksp., D. Moller, Dir., Pueblo5/29, 30, 31/75 Susannah w.o.

CONNECTICUTYale University Opera Workshop, P. Nelson, Dean, New Haven7/16/75 La buona figliuota

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FLORIDAFlorida State Univ. Opera Workshop, A. Thomas, Din, Tallahassee12/5, 6, 7/74 The Magic Flute Eng.2/27, 28 3/1/75 Williamson's Our Man in Havana Am. prem.5/29-6/7/75 Musical 6 pfs.8/1, 3/75 Hand of Bridge & Little Harlequinade8/2, 4/75 Milhaud's Three Mini-Operas & The Medium8/1, 2/75 The Old Maid and the Thief (alternate)Jacksonville University Opera Workshop, W. Vessels, Dir.3/4/75 The Medium w.p.Stetson University Opera Workshop, R. Rich, Dir., Deland4/17, 18, 19/75 Suor Angelica & Trial by Jury w.o.

HAWAIIUniversity of Hawaii Opera Workshop, C. CuHen, Dir., Honolulu11/15, 16/74 Hand of Bridge & Four Note Opera w.p.4/11/75 Scenes

ILLINOISCommunity Music Ass'n, Lake Forest Symphony, E. Eastman, Gen. Mgr.,

Lake Forest3/1, 3/75 La Traviata cone, pf., Eng. MachlisIllinois Wesleyan Univ. Opera Theatre, H. Charles, Dir., Bloomington2/27, 28 3/1/75 Help, Help, the Globolinks! w.o.Knox College Opera Workshop, W. Wilsen, Dir., Galesburg5/1-4/75 The Old Maid and the Thief w.o.Millikin Univ. Opera Theater, R. Collins, Dir., Decatur4/12, nilS. Street SceneRoosevelt University Opera Theatre, C. W. Reims, Dir., Chicago10/8, 9/74 School for Fathers12/6-13/74 The Threepenny Opera 5 pfs.4/24, 25, 28/75 The Crucible

INDIANADePauw Univ. Opera Theatre, T. Fitzpatrick, Dir., Greencastle2/13, 14, 15/75 Die Fledermaus w.o.; Eng.Indiana State Univ. Opera Workshop, R. Meyer, Dir., Terre Haute2/26, 27/75 Hansel and Gretel Eng. Bache; w.o.Whitewater Opera Co., C. Cambopiano, Mus. Dir., Richmond2/27, 28 3/1/75 Die Fledermaus Eng. Dietz/Kanin

IOWACornell College Opera Workshop, Marcella Lee, Dir., ML Vernon1/21 2/1/75 Robin and Marion & The MediumDrake University Opera Theatre, Marion Hall, Dir., Des Monies11/6-10/74 The Bartered Bride Eng. Farquar; w.o.4/5/75 Scenes w.p.7/9/75 Trouble in Tahiti & Amelia Goes to the Ball w.o.

KANSASKansas State College Music Theatre Wksp., L. Siegle, Dir., Pittsburg4/10, 12/75 Die FledermausUniv. of Kansas Opera Theatre & Wksp., G. Lawner, Dir., Lawrence12/6/74 Xerxes4/11, 12, 19, 20/75 Don Giovanni4/29, 30/75 Suor Angelica & Scenes w.p.

LOUISIANALouisiana State Univ. Opera Theatre, P. P. Fuchs, Dir., Baton Rouge11/74 Scenes w.o.3/13, 14/75 The Merry Widow w.o.4/75 Scenes w.p.Southeastern Louisiana Univ. Opera Wksp., D. McCormick, Dir., Hammond10/8 11/1-15/74 La Serva padrona & Coffee Cantata tour w.o.4/22, 23/75 Cost fan tutte cone. pf. w.o.Xavier University Opera Wksp., M. Dixon, Dir., New Orleans4/18-20/75 The Magic Flute Eng. Martin; w.o.

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MARYLANDWalter Johnson Opera Workshop, J. J. Walsh, Dir., Bethesda3/20-22/75 Die Fledermaus

MASSACHUSETTSBoston Summer Opera Theatre, B. Holmes, Dir., Boston11/1/74 Kubik's Boston Baked Beans w.p.8/1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9/75 Don Giovanni Eng. Oldden; w.o.Boston University Opera Workshop, Adelaide Bishop, Dir., Boston11/18, 19/74 Voix humaine w.p. & Savitri w.o., cone. pfs.3/19,21, 22/75 Summer and Smoke w.o.

MICHIGANOlivet College Opera Workshop, J. Babcock, Dir., Olivet2/14, 15, 16/75 Der Freischiitz w.o.Western Michigan State Univ. Opera Wksp., W. Appel, Dir., Kalamazoo3/20-22/75 Dialogues of the Carmelites Eng. Machlis; w.o.

MISSISSIPPIUniversity of Mississippi Opera Theatre, L. Fox, Dir., University10/30 11/7, 8/74 Sokoloff's The Franklin's Tale w.o.3/4, 6, 7, 8 4/3/75 The Marriage of Figaro Eng. Martin

MISSOURISchool of the Ozarks Opera Workshop, J. Embser, Dir., Point Lookout4/20, 21/75 Die Fledermaus Eng. MartinSouthwest Missouri State Univ. Opera Theatre, D. Emanuel, Dir., Springfield10/24-11/1/74 Nelhybel's The Moral Play of Everyman prem., 7 pfs.University of Missouri Opera Wksp., H. Morrison, Dir., Columbia11/13, 14, 15/74 Musical4/8, 9, 10/75 The Crucible

MONTANAGreat Falls Symphony, E. H. Jewell, Mus. Dir., Great Falls5/8-10/75 Pagliacci Eng. MachlisRocky Mountain College Opera Wksp., D. Pihlaja, Dir., Billings2/6-8/75 Suor Angelica & The Old Maid and the Thief w.p.

NEBRASKAUniversity of Nebraska Opera Theatre, R. M. Grace, Dir., Lincoln4/8/75 Gianni Schicchi7/10, 12, 13/75 Carmen Eng. Goldovsky

NEVADAUniv. of Nevada Opera Theatre, Carol Kimball, Dir., Las Vegas2/21-23 3/1, 2/75 Trouble in Tahiti & The Old Maid and the Thief w.p.4/18, 19/75 Four Note Opera & Hand of Bridge w.p.; tour: 4/20-24/75

NEW JERSEYPrinceton Univ. Opera Theatre, P. Westergaard, Dir., Princeton3/21-23/75 The Rape of Lucretia w.o.

NEW YORKCatskill Festival Opera Co., W. Cole, Art. Dir., Oneonta6/5/75 The Old Maid and the Thief w.p.SUNY Opera Workshop, Muriel Wolf, Dir., Buffalo11/22, 23/74 La Boheme4125, 26/75 Opera PrimaveraState Univ. of New York, R. Bunting, Dir. of Opera, Fredonia12/6, 7, 8/74 Amahl and the Night Visitors w.o.2/16/75 Madama Butterfly with Buffalo Philharmonic4/13/75 Scenes4/28-30/75 Musical 5/11-13/75 Musical

NEW YORK CITYBrooklyn Lyric Opera, N. Myrvik, Art. Dir.9-/19 12/3, 6, 10, 15/74 La Boheme w.o.11/8/74 3/4, 5, 6/75 La Traviata w.o.11/11, 29 12/14/74 2/23/75 Un Ballo in mascherav/.o.4/20, 27, 28/75 Cos) fan tutte Eng. Martin; w.p.6/26, 27, 28, 30 7/1/75 Lucia di Lammermoor w.o.7/25, 26 8/1, 2, 29/75 Tosca w.p.

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Harlem Opera Society, £ . Taylor, Art Dir., Harlem Performance Center10/7/74 Carmen cone. pf. w.p.10/14/74 Tosca cone. pf. w.p.10/21/74 La Boheme cone. pf. w.p.10/28/74 La Traviata cone. pf. w.p.11/19 12/7, 8, 9/74 6/22/75 Solomon.Sheba w.o.5/30, 31 6/1, 7, 8, 9/75 Taylor's Black Cowboys prem.La Puma Opera Workshop, Inc., Josephine La Puma, Art. Dir., at P.S. 199,

Damrosch Park, and Ansonia Guild Studio1974-75 season: Traviata, Carmen, Faust, Werther, Trovatore, Rigoletlo, Bohime,

Tosca, Forza del destino, Don Carlo, Ballo in maschera, Manon Lescaut, LaFavorita, Manon, Ernani, Elisir damore, Don Pasquale, Adriana Lecouvreur,Aida, Cavalleria rusticana, Amico Fritz, Lucia di Lammermoor, Otello, LaGioconda; some staged, some cone, pfs., some w.p., some w.o.

Stuyvesant Community Opera, S. Sweeney, Art Dir., Church of the Covenant7/25, 26/75 La Boheme 8/29, 30/75 Tosca

OHIOCapital University, G. Allen, Dir. Opera, Columbus11/13/74 Scenes4/18, 19, 20/75 La Perichole Eng. Valancy; w.o.Columbus Symphony, E. Whallon, Mus. Dir., Columbus8/8, 10/75 Madama Butterfly8/23, 24/75 The MikadoDenison University Opera Workshop, H. Larson, Dir., Granvflle11/23/74 Four Note Opera4/9, 10/75 Sunday ExcursionOhio State Univ. Opera Workshop, R. Wink, Dir., Mansfield8/3/75 Cost fan tutte w.o.University of Toledo Opera Theatre, T. East, Dir., Toledo4/5, 6/75 Hand of Bridge & Manage aux lanternes

OKLAHOMASouthwestern Okla. State Univ. Opera Wksp., C. Chapman, Dir., Weatherford10/24, 25/74 Sunday Excursion & Scenes w.p.1/28-31/75 The Threepenny Opera

TENNESSEEAustin Peay State College Opera Wksp., Sharon Mabry, Dir., ClarksvflleSpring '75 The Medium & The Telephone

TEXASBaylor University Opera Workshop, D . E. Scott, Dir., Waco4/16-19/75 Cost fan tutte Eng.; w.p.7/16, 18/75 The Impresario & The Devil and Daniel Webster w.o.Howard Payne Univ. Opera Workshop, M. Sherman, Dir., Brownwood12/5/74 Amahl and the Night Visitors w.o.3/8/75 Gianni Schicchi w.p.4/25, 26/75 Help, Help, the Globolinksl w.o.Midwestern State Univ. Opera Theatre, D. Maxwell, Dir., Wichita Falls3/13, 14/75 Carmen Eng. Martin; w.o.University of Texas, W. Ducloux, Dir. of Opera, Austin10/18, 20/74 Aida Eng. Ducloux; w.o.3/8, 11, 13, 15/75 L'ltaliana in Algeri Eng. Martin; w.o.University-Civic Opera, D. Wright, Dir., El Paso10/18, 20/74 Contes d'Hoffmann Eng. Agate; cone. pf. w.p.2/7, 8, 9/75 Cos) fan tutte Eng. Martin; 4 pfs. w.p.5/2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11/75 Hansel and Gretel Eng. Bache; w.o.West Texas State Univ. Opera Wksp., R. Brantley, Dir., Canyon11/22, 23, 24, 25/74 Don Giovanni w.o.4/11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20/75 Musical w.o.

UTAHBrigham Young University Opera Theatre, C. Robison, Art Dir., Provo3/21/75 L'Histoire du soldat w.o.4/4, 5/75 Only Jealousy of Emer & Putt's Linda (replacing Calvary)6/12, 13, 18, 19/75 The Old Maid and the Thief w.o. (replacing Beggars Opera)

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WASHINGTONEvergreen State College Opera Workshop, W. Winden, Dir., Olympia6/5, 6/75 The Unicorn, the Gorgon, and the Manticore w.o.Univ. of Washington School of Music, R. Rosinbum, Dir., Seattle11/18, 19/74 Impresario Eng. McLane11/22, 23/74 Scenes2/20, 22, 26/75 Pellias et Melisande w.o.5/12, 14/75 Scenes w.p.6/2, 3/75 Macy's Tug of War & The Stoned Guest w.o.

WEST VIRGINIAWest Virginia Univ. Opera Theatre, J. Golz, Dir., Morgantown10/16,17,18/74 Scenes w.p.11/16, 17, 23, 24/74 Amahl and the Night Visitors 8 pfs. w.o.3/17, 18, 19/75 Scenes4/23, 24, 25, 26/75 La Traviata Eng. Martin; w.o.

WISCONSINLawrence Univ. Opera Theatre, J. Koopman, Dir., Appleton1/24, 25, 31 2/1/75 The Magic Flute Eng. Martin; w.o.

CANADABanff School of Fine Arts, B. Turgeon, Head, Mus. Dept., Banff, Alberta7/27, 28/75 The Telephone & Le Pauvre matelot w.p.8/6, 7, 8, 9/75 Don Pasquale w.o.8/21, 22/75 The Prima Donna w.p.Courtney Youth Music Camp, w. Victoria Symphony, L. Gati, Cond., Civic

Theatre, B.C.8/75 Cost fan tutte Eng. Martin; Huang, Chipman, Cosar; Peters, Arab; d: Guttman

PERFORMANCE LISTING, 1975-76 Season (cont.)

All 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.

Because of the American Bicentennial, this season American musicals will be listedby title.

ALABAMAMobile Opera Guild, R. Overbey, Pres., Mobile Municipal Theatre3/24, 26/76 Susannah Niska; Hale, Moulson

ARIZONANorthern Arizona Univ. Opera Theatre, K. Weinzinger, Dir., Flagstaff11/7-9/75 Fiddler on the Roofll/20m, 21m, 22/75 Old Maid and the Thief5/7, 8/76 The Ballad of Baby DoeTucson Opera Company, J. Sullivan, Art. Dir., Tucson11/6, 7, 9/75 Carmen Jones; Taylor, Trussel, Byrd; c: Sullivan; d: Fisher; ds:

Schwanke1/15, 16, 18/76 Cavalleria rusticana & Pagliacci5/6, 7, 9/76 Cost fan tutte

CALIFORNIACalifornia State Univ. Opera Wksp., T. Acord, Dir., Hayward11/21,22, 23/75 Scenes1/76 Semele2-3/76 The Impresario tour4/10, 13, 15, 17/76 Die Fledermaus

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California State Univ. Music Theatre ,H. Lampl, Din, Long Beach11/14, 15, 20, 21, 22/75 Madama Butterfly Eng. Martin; w.o.4/30 5/1, 2, 6-8/76 ShowboatCollege of Marin Opera Wksp., Phyllis Myers, Mus. Dir., Kentfield11/7, 8, 9, 13, 14/75 Le Comte Ory w.o.3/76 Oklahoma w.o.Fresno Opera Ass'n, W. van de Graaf, Pres., Fresno10/24, 25/75 The Marriage of Figaro w.o.2/27,28 3/5, 6/76 Don Pasquale4/9, 10, 11/76 Rea's Fete of Coqueville prem.6/4, 5, 6/76 The Ballad of Baby DoeLos Angeles Philharmonic, Z. Mehta, Mus. Dir., Chandler Pavilion10/30, 31 11/2/75 Die Walkiire & G alter dammerung excerpts Schroeder-Feinen;

Tyl4/8, 9, 11/76 Eugene Onegin excerpts, Vishnevskaya; c: RostropovichLos Angeles Valley College Opera Wksp., R. Chauls, Dir., Van Nuys1/16-18/76 Chauls' Alice in Wonderland prem.Lyric Opera of Orange County, Velma Sun, Exec. Dir., Laguna Beach9/12, 13, 19, 20, 26, 27/75 Dark of the MoonNew York City Opera, J. Rudel, Dir., Los Angeles Music Center11/12/75 La Traviata11/13,19/75 Salome11/14/75 The Daughter of the Regiment11 /15/ 75 The Marriage of Figaro11/ 16m, 26/75 Die Fledermaus11 / 20/ 75 Lucrezia Borgia11/21, 30/75 H.M.S. Pinafore11/22/75 Die Meistersinger von NiirnbergE.ng. .11/23m/75 La Boheme11/28/75 Die tote Stadt Eng.11/29/75 Les Contes d'Hoffmannll/30m/75 The ConsulPasadena Symphony, Mrs. E. Barnes, Gen. Mgr., Pasadena11/21/75 The Pirates of Penzance 2 pfs.Univ. of the Pacific Opera Theatre, G. Buckbee, Dir., Stockton8/75 The Growing Castle in Bayreuth, Germany, for Youth Fest.2/76 Gianni Schicchi & The MediumUniv. Santa Clara Opera Wksp., J.B. Neely, Dir., Santa Clara12/5, 6, 7/75 Amahl and the Night Visitors3/76 Gallantry & A Hand of BridgeU.S.C. Opera Workshop, Natalie Limonick, Gen. Dir., Los Angeles1975-76 tour: Amahl and the Night Visitors; Gianni Schicchi; Matrimonio segretoYoung Artists Opera, J. Large, Dir., Univ. of California, La Jolla10/14, 16/75 The Stronger & Hand of Bridge & The Women & The Telephone11/22, 23/75 The Magic Flute w. La Jolla Civic/Univ. Symphony; cone. pf.3/9, 11/76 L'Heure espagnole & selections by Ravel5/25, 27/76 Donizetti's Betly & Pasatieri's Signor deluso

COLORADOCentral City Opera House Ass'n presents at Denver Performing Arts Center11/20, 22/75 Aida Seattle Opera prod. w. Denver Symphony; Jones, Yauger;

Bjorling, Mosley; c: HoltEvergreen Chorale, R. Seeber, Mus. Dir., Evergreen Conference Hall10/17, 18, 24, 25/75 Gianni Schicchi & Down in the Valley w.o.Loretto Heights College Opera Wksp., Janice Sullivan, Dir., Denver10/75 The MediumOpera Fair, Inc., tour spons. Colo. Council on the Arts & HumanitiesSummer '75 Lockwood's Requiem for a Rich Young Man at Intl. House Denver &

TV10/75 The Impresario in Rifle, Eagie, Telluride, Littleton, etc.Pueblo Symphony Orchestra, G. Track, Mus. Dir., Pueblo1/29, 30, 31/76 Track's Minnequa prem.

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CONNECTICUTHartt Opera Co., College of Music, J. Zei, Art. Dir., West Hartford10/30, 31/75 Le Medecin malgri lui (The Frantic Physician)\j 22-25J16 Carmen3/3-6/76 The Devil and Daniel Webster4/8-11/76 The Student PrinceNew Haven Symphony Orch., E. Kunzel, Mus. Dir., New Haven10/14/75 La Boheme cone. pf.

DELAWAREWilmington Opera Soc., E. Kjellmark, Jr., Pres., Grand Opera House11/28, 29 12/5, 6, 13/75 La Traviata3/76 Help, Help, the Globolinks! 4 pfs.6/12, 16, 18, 20, 26/76 Henderson's The Last of the Mohicans prem., c: Macatsoris;

d/ds: Darling

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIAKennedy Center for the Performing Arts, R. Stevens, Chmn., Washington9/4-21/75 Treemonisha Houston Opera prod.9/29/75 The World on the Moon Indiana Univ. prod.10/22, 24, 25/75 La belle Helene National Arts Centre, Ottawa, prod.10/23/75 Louis Riel Canadian Opera Co. prod.11/4, 5, 6/75 Rimsky-Korsakov's Mozart and Salieri National Symphony Orch.;

c: Dorati11/14-29/75 Deutsche Oper Berlin (see Summer '75 Blltn.)12/29/75 - 1/24/76 Bernstein & Lerner's 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue2-3-4/76 Opera Society of Washington (see listing below)4/6, 7/76 Schuman's The Mighty Casey National Symphony Orch.4/27-5/9/76 New York City Opera5/27/76 Porgy and Bess cone, pf.; National Symphony Orch., c: Green5/7/75-12/31/76 American Bicentennial Parade of Music — National Federation

of Music Clubs under the auspices of the National Music Council, sponsored byExxon Corp. (see Spring '75 Blltn.)

Opera Society of Washington, G. London, Gen. Dir., Kennedy Center2/6, 8, 9/76 L'ltaliana in Algeri Killebrew; Davia, Capecchi; c: Rescigno; d:

Asagaroff3/26, 27, 28/76 Otello Lear; McCracken, Francesconi; c: Conlon; d: Melano4/21, 23, 25/76 Thais Rogers; Devlin, Walker; c: Perisson; d: Hebert; ds: Klein

FLORIDAAsolo Opera Guild, J. H. Poulliott, Mng. Dir., Sarasota1/10, 12, 14,16, 17, 20/76 Rigoletto1/19, 24, 27/76 A Hand of Bridge & scenes1/23, 26, 31 2/3/76 Cosi fan tutte Eng.1/30 2/4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 13, 14m/76 La Boheme Eng. (also 2/16 in Fort Myers)Civic Opera of the Palm Beaches, P. Csonka, Mus. Dir., Palm Beach11/11/76 Blacher's Romeo und Julia & La Serva padrona12/5, 7/75 La Traviata Sills; Harness, Fredricks1/30, 31/76 Die Fledermaus Costa; Guarrera2/18/76 Cinderella 2 pfs. for students3/26, 28/76 11 Trovatore Galvany; MorellFlorida Fine Arts Symphonette, L. Siegel, Mus. Dir., Miami1/12, 13/76 Cost fan tutte Eng., cone. pfs.2/15/76 Carmen cone. pf.Florida State Univ. Opera Dept, R. Murray, Dir., Tallahassee11/7-9/75 Oklahoma2/12-15/76 Die Fledermaus5/13-16/76 SusannahOpera de Florida, N. Russo, Art Dir., Tampa10/25/75 Rita Eng. & Pagliacci4/11/76 La Traviata at Miami Beach Music and Arts LeagueOpera Gala Guild, Florida Symphony, P. Despalj, Mus. Dir., Orlando11/21, 23, 24/75 Madama Butterfly Azuma, Dupree; Goodloe, Toro; d: Tavernia

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Opera Repertory Group, Amilia Smith, Gen. Mgr., Jacksonville11/22, 23/75 Madama Butterfly Sena, La Forge; DeCastro, Thompson; c: Barreti;

d: Thompson; ds: Adams2/7, 8/76 The Crucible d: Collins5/1, 2/76 The Merry Wives of Windsor d: Vessels1975-76 "Opera a la Carte" tour: The Boor; La Divina; Four Note Opera; Gallantry;

The Telephone; Rita.San Carlo Opera of Florida, F. Weaner, Dir., Tampa11/8/75 Carmen Warfield, Maresca; McCracken, Shinall; c: Coppola; d: Stivanello;

ds: SorelILLINOIS

Northwestern Univ. Opera Theatre, R. Gay, Dir., Evanston2/27, 29/76 // Tabarro & Gianni SchicchiRoosevelt Univ. Opera Theatre, C. Reims, Dir., Chicago11/17/75 The Merry Wives of Windsor Eng. BlattSouthern Illinois Univ. Marjorie Lawrence Theatre, Mary £ . Wallace, Dir.,

Carbondale10/21/75 Opera Revue 1776-197612/12/75 5/7/76 Scenes2/27-29/76 The Daughter of the Regiment5/2/76 The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County1975-76 "Opera on Wheels" tour to schools & community centersUniversity of Illinois Opera Theatre, D. Lloyd, Dir., Urbana10/75 La Boheme Eng. Yockey

IOWAIowa State Univ. Opera Studio, E. Van Camp, Dir., Ames10/31 11/1/75 The Merry WidowTri-Cities Symphony, J. A. Dixon, Cond., Davenport10/10, 11, 12/75 Madama Butterfly cone. pfs.University of Northern Iowa, Jane Birkhead, Dir., Cedar Falls11/19-22/75 The Crucible4/ 76 Tour of early American opera

KANSASUniv. of Kansas Opera Theatre & Wksp., G. Lawner, Dir., Lawrence12/2/75 La Serva padrona & Trial by Jury4/23, 24, 30 5/1/76 The Turn of the Screw

LOUISIANALouisiana State Univ. Opera Theatre, P. P. Fuchs, Dir., Baton Rouge10/22, 23/75 Suor Angelica & scenesMatinee Musical Club Opera Wksp., W. Kushner, Mus. Dir., Alexandria2/28/76 Cosi fan tutte d: Griffin

MAINEBowdoin College Opera Workshop, Brunswick12/12/75 A Gift of Song w.o.

MARYLANDAnnapolis Opera, C. Rhines, Gen. Mgr., Annapolis11/20, 22, 23/75 La Traviata Eng. Kondek; Wildes, Burchinal2/5, 7/76 La Voix humaine Eng. Drucker; w.p. & Dido and Aeneas Yauger; w.

quintet5/13, 15, 16/76 Cost fan tutte Eng., Martin; Lee, Walker, Britten, Stephens, Hamil-

ton; w.o.Salisbury State College Music Dept, Norma Heyde, Dir., Salisbury9/75 La Serva padrona Eng. Stoessel

MASSACHUSETTSAssociate Artists Opera Co., E. Triplett, Gen. Dir., Boston11/14, 15/75 The Crucible12/13/75 Amahl and the Night Visitors1/30, 31/76 The Mother of Us AllBoston Symphony, S. Ozawa, Mus. Dir.10/8, 9/75 Berlioz Romeo et Juliette Hamori; Dupouy, Soyer; c: deVaron; cone. pf.

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Goldovsky Opera Theatre, B. Goldovsky, Art. Dir., Brookline10-11/75 Don Giovanni Eng. Martin; Fall tour2/76 The Barber of Seville Eng. Goldovsky; Spring tourNew England Chamber Opera, P. Morehead, Dir., Newton Centre1/76 Monteverdi's Madrigali guerrieri ed amorosi3/76 Earl's The Death of King Phillip prem., c: Morehead; d: deAcha5/76 L'Elisir d'amoreNortheastern University Opera Wksp., Boston11/20, 22/75 The Rape of LucretiaOpera New England, S. Caldwell, Dir., (touring company of Boston Opera)1975-76 The Barber of Seville; Voyage to the Moon; The Girl of the Golden WestOpera Worcester, at Worcester State College11/5/75 The Barber of Seville c/d: Caldwell; Opera Company of Boston prod.5/22/76 The Girl of the Golden West Opera New England

MICHIGANEastern Michigan University Opera Wksp., P. Bravender, Dir., Ypsilanti11/21, 22/75 Scenes & The TelephoneSpring '76 Hartig's A Cask of Amontillado prem. & The Devil and Daniel WebsterMichigan Opera Theatre, D. DiChiera, Gen. Dir., Detroit10/3, 5, 8, 10, 11/75 Porgy and Bess Mitchell, Nimmons, Monroe; c: Ghilespie;

d: Gerber11/7, 9, 12, 14, 15/75 La Boheme Chistos; Norman; ds: Scheffler; d: Rizzo; Eng.1/16, 18, 21, 23, 24/76 Lucia di Lammermoor Malfitano2/6, 8, 11, 13, 14/76 The Barber of Seville Welting; c: Alcantara; d: TajoMichigan State Univ. & Opera Guild of Greater Lansing, H. Jennings, Dir.,

E. Lansing1/16-18/76 ToscaMichigan Tech Univ. Opera Wksp., E. C. Strickland, Dir., Houghton1/29-31/76 Help, Help, the Globolinks! 4 pfs.Northern Michigan University Opera Wksp., P. Zellmer, Dir., Marquette2/27, 28 3/5, 6/76 The Ballad of Baby Doe w.o.Olivet College Opera Wksp., J. Babcock, Dir., Olivet10/9, 10, 12/75 L'Elisir d'amore Eng. Martin; w.o.Spring '76 The Boor & A Hand of Bridge & Four Note Opera w.p.Piccolo Opera Co., Marjorie Gordon, Dir., Detroit11/14, 15/75 Daisy membs. Detroit Symph.; c: P. GordonUniv. of Michigan School of Music, w. Dance and Theatre Depts., Ann Arbor11/14, 15/75 Carmina burana & Weill's Seven Deadly Sins Likova; Quinn, Johnson11/20-23/75 La Boheme Eng. Blatt

MINNESOTACollege of St. Catherine Opera Wksp., Marguerite Hedges, Art. Dir., St. Paul10/25, 26, 29/75 Help, Help, the Globolinks!11/75 ScenesDuluth Symphony Ass'n, R. Amos, Gen. Mgr., Duluth9/19, 20/75 Rigoletto Russell; diVirgilio, Taylor, Shadur; c: Wendelken-Wilson;

d: Eicher; ds: GanoSt. Cloud State University Opera Theatre, C. Peterson, Dir.12/2, 5, 7/75 Suor Angelica w.p.

NEBRASKAOmaha Opera Co. touring ensemble, J. Dudley, Gen. Dir., (see also Summer

Blltn.)1975-76 The Barber of Seville abridged; Voix humaine; The Telephone; Moore's

Yuwidi prem; all Eng. w.p.Univ. of Nebraska Opera Wksp., R. Grace, Mus. Dir., Lincoln10/16-19/75 Showboat1129-211/76 Cost fan tutteUniv. of Nebraska Lyric Theater, R. Ruetz, Dir., Omaha11/2/75 Eichberg's Doctor of Alcantara cone. pf. (1862)12/3/75 Zador's Yehu3-4/76 Dido and Aeneas

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NEVADANevada Opera Guild, T. Puffer, Art. Dir., Reno10/3,4/75 La Boheme2/13, 14/76 Falstaff5/13, 15/76 Tchaikovsky's Joan of Arc Am. prem.; Eng.

NEW JERSEYFairleigh-Dickinson Opera Wksp., Joanne Spiegel, Dir., Rutherford9/11, 12, 14, 15/75 The Marriage of Figaro w.p.Montclair State College Opera Wksp., J. Sacher, Dir., Montclair5/4/76 Murray's The Marriage Proposal & Eversole's Bessie prem.Opera Classics Inc. of New Jersey, G. Ungaro, Art. Dir. & Gen. Mgr., Paramus11/1/75 Carmen Davidson, Lanzillotti; Doussant, RoyMl 21115 Gala Concert and Ballet2/14/76 Madama Butterfly3/6/16 La Traviata4/11116 Cavalleria rusticana & Pagliacci

for above c: Coppola; d: Stivanello; chorgr: AndrewPrinceton Opera Co., M. Harding, Pres., Princeton9/24/75 Die Fledermaus10/25, 29 11/1, 7/75 Hansel and Gretel1/16, 17/76 La Divina & Down in the Valley & GallantrySI76 Naughty MariettaRidtjewood Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Co., Ruth Weber, Mgr., Ridgevrood9/26, 27/75 Trial by Jury and scenes w.o.11/14-12/14/75 The Pirates of Penzance 9 pfs. w.o.5/13-23/76 The Gondoliers 3 pfs. w.o.

NEW MEXICOOpera Theatre Co., S. Daniel, Dir., pfs. at Univ. Theater, Albuquerque10/18, 19/75 Rigoletto5/15, 16/76 Madama Butterfly

NEW YORKCornell Savoyards B. Shoenfeld, Dir., Ithaca11/7,8,9/75 The Mikado3/13, 14, 15/76 The GondoliersIthaca ODera Ass'n. Barbara Troxell, Art. Dir., IthacaFall '75 Bastien and Bastienne & Game of Chance c: NilesLyric Opera of Long Island, M. Signorelli, Exec. Dir., Bayport12/11/75 Carmen2/23/76 La Traviata4/18/76 Madama ButterflyManhattan ville College Opera Wksp., S. Sonntag, Dir., Purchase2/27, 28 3/5, 6/76 L'lncoronazione di PoppeaOpera Theatre of Syracuse, Inc., C. Custer, Mus. Dir., Syracuse10/31 11/2/75 Norma Wohlafka, Stanford; Taylor, GrafPerforming Arts Society, J. Smith, Dir., Scarsdale11/75 Madama Butterfly 2 pfs., w.o.5/76 The Marriage of Figaro 2 pfs., w.o.SUNY Opera Studio, Muriel Wolf, Dir., Buffalo11/7, 8, 9/75 Ariadne auf Naxos Eng. SachseSUNY Opera Workshop, R. Bunting. Dir., Fredonia10/3, 4, 5/75 La Serva padrona & Die Fledermaus excerpts11/4/75 Cavalleria rusticana & Pagliacci w. Buffalo Philharmonic12/9, 10/75 Scenes2/27, 28, 29/76 The Marriage of Figaro w.o.Syracuse Symphony Orchestra, S. Kallai, Mgr., Syracuse1/9/76 Rochberg's Phaedra prem; Pilgrim; c: Loebel; cone. pf.Tri-Cities Opera Co., C. Savoca, Dir., Binghamton10/3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12/75 Die Fledermaus Eng.1/21, 22, 23/76 "Opera Voices"1/30, 31 2/1, 6, 7, 8/76 // Trovatore5/7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16/76 La Boheme

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NEW YORK CITYAmato Opera Co., A. Amato, Pres., 310 Bowery9/20, 21m, 26, 27 10/4, 5m, 11, 12m, 18, 19/75 // Trovatore w.p.11/1, 2m, 8, 9m, 14, 15, 22, 23m, 29, 30m/75 La Boheme w.p.12/13, 14m, 19, 20, 26, 27, 28m, 31/75 Die Fledermaus Eng. w.p.3/6, 7m, 13, 14m/76 La Battaglia di Legnano Am. prem., w.o., at Cooper Union3/27, 28m 4/2, 3, 10, 1 lm, 23, 24 5/1, 2/76 The Marriage of Figaro Eng., w.p.5/15, 16m, 22, 23m, 28, 29 6/5, 6m, 12, 13m/76 The Tales of Hoffmann Fr. &

Eng., w.p.American Performing Artists Inc., Tully Hall, Lincoln Center9/18/75 Music by American composers for the Bicentennial incl. excerpts from

Col. Jonathan and the SaintBel Canto Opera, T. Sieh, Prod. & Art. Dir., Madison Ave. Baptist Church9/20, 21, 27, 28/75 La Vida breve11/1, 2, 8, 9/75 ZaMe12/6, 7, 13, 14/75 Esclarmonde1 / 24, 25, 31 2/1 / 76 Argento's Masque of A ngels3/6, 7, 13, 14/76 Taylor's The King's Henchman4/24,25 511,2/76 La Waliy5/15,16, 22, 23/76 Tchaikovsky's Jeanne d'Arc6/5, 6, 12, 13/76 ThaisBronx Opera Co., M. Spierman, Dir., Bronx High School & Hunter College11/9/75 Copland's The Tender Land2/21/76 The Pirates of Penzance4/30/76 Cos) fan tutteChelsea Theatre Center, Westside Theatre10/14/75 opening By Bernstein excerpts of his theatre music.Eastern Opera Theatre, D. Westwood, Mng. Dir., Pace Univ. Schimmel Center11/21, 22, 23/75 La Calisto2/20, 21, 22/76 The Rake's Progress4/21, 22, 23/76 Le Comte OryGilbert and Sullivan Society, Stein way Hall10/12, 15/75 Princess IdaJudson Memorial Church, Rev. A. Carmines, Mus. Dir., Washington Square10/15/75 Carmines' Why I Love New York prem.Juilliard School & American Opera Center, P. H. Adler, Dir., Lincoln Center10/28/75 Rameau's Dardanus stgd. abbrev. vers.; c/d: Fuller (see also Summer

Blltn.)The Kitchen, Wooster Street10/10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19/75 Johnson's Masque of Clouds prem.; Kimball, Lanka,

Borone, Vincent; w. p. fl. eel. & dancersLiederkranz Opera Showcase, T. Martin, Mus. Dir., 6 East 87 St.12/6, 7/75 Domenico Puccini's The Charlatan Eng. R.&T. Martin; d: CrittendenMetropolitan Opera, A Bliss, Exec. Dir., Lincoln Center (cont. from Summer

Blltn.)1/1/76 Hansel und Gretel Eng. Kelley1/2, 7, 12, 17, 23, 31 2/7m 4/1, 5,14/76 Fideliol/3m, 9, 14, 22, 26 2/10, 16, 19/76 // Trittico* (see also Summer Blltn.)1/3, 8/76 Un Ballo in maschera1/5, 17m, 24/76 L'Assedio di Corinto1/6, 16, 24m/76 Boris Godunovl/10m, 15, 19, 29/76 Elektra1/10/76 Cost fan tutte1/13,21,27,30 2/2,5, 11, 14m, 26 3/11, 15/76 La Traviata1/20, 28, 3lm 2/4, 12/76 11 Barbiere di Siviglia2/3#, 7, 13, 17, 21, 26 3/1, 6m, 10, 27 4/3, 6, 12/76 Aida* Price, Home; Mc-

Cracken, MacNeil, Giaiotti, Gill; c: Levine; d: Dexter; ds: Reppa/Hall2/6, 9, 14, 18, 21m, 23 3/4 4/13/76 Le Nozze di Figaro* (see also Summer Blltn.)2/20, 24, 28m 3/3, 6/76 Norma2/25#, 28 3/2, 5, 9, 13m, 17, 20, 25, 29/76 / Puritani* Sutherland; Pavarotti,

Milnes, Morris; c: Bonynge; d: Sequi; ds: Lee/Hall

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Metropolitan Opera, cont.3/8, 12, 18, 27m, 31 4/7/76 Der Rosenkavalier3/13, 16, 19, 22/76 Carmen3/20m, 23, 30 4/9, 17/76 Ariadne auf Naxos3/24 4/3m, 10, 15/76 Madama Butterfly3/27/76 Gala#4/2, 8, 17m/76 Die Meistersinger von Niirnberg4/ 10m, 16/76 La Gioconda# Guild Benefit1975-76 sop: Amara, Arroyo, Barlow, Blegen, Boky, Caballe", Carson, Crespin,

Cruz-Romo, Cuccaro, DiFranco, Green, Harwood, Hunter, Jones, Kirsten, Knie,Krilovici, Kubiak, Lear, Maliponte, Mandac, Mastilovic, Mathes, Mitchell,Moffo, Molnar-Talajic, Moser, Norden, Ordassy, Peters, Pracht, Price, Ric-ciarelli, Robinson, Ross, Rysanek, Schroder-Feinen, Scotto, Shane, Sills, Smith,Sutherland, TeKanawa, Valente, Vishnevskaya, Wagemann, Weidinger, Welting,Zylis-Gara; mezzos: Baldwin, Barbieri, Casei, Chookasian, Dalis, Dunn, Elias,Forrester, Godfrey, Grillo, Home, Howells, Kraft, Love, Munzer, Rankin,Tourangeau, Troyanos, Varnay, Verrett, von Stade; ten: Ahlstedt, Alexander,Anthony, Burrows, Casellato-Lamberti, Castel, Corelli, Cox, Davies, DiGiuseppe,Domingo, Franke, Garrison, Gedda, Gibbs, Lewis, McCracken, Morell, Nagy,Pavarotti, Raitzin, Remedios, Riegel, Schmorr, Stark, Theyard, Thomas, Velis;bar: Boucher, Brendel, Carlson, Christopher, Dooley, Fredricks, Goodloe,Guarrera, MacNeil, Manuguerra, Mclntyre, Meredith, Merrill, Milnes, Opthof,Paskalis, Quilico, Reardon, Sarabia, Stewart, Stilwell, Thompson, Titus, Uppman,vanDam, Walker, Wixell; basses: Berry, Best, Booth, Capecchi, Corena, Dean,Diaz, Dobriansky, Edelmann, Flagello, Foldi, Giaiotti, Gill, Hines, Karlsrud,Leib, Macurdy, Michalski, Morris, Smith, Talvela; cond: Allers, Bedford, Behr,Bernstein, Bonynge, Caldwell, Ehrling, Hollreiser, Kord, Levine, Lewis, Masini,Mauceri, Nelson, Patane, Rich, Schippers, Woitach.

Music with Jens Nygaard at Tully Hall10/13/75 Schubert's Fernando & Zauberglockchen Raskin, Branson; Hirst, Osten-

dorf; narr: Jellinek4/19/76 Mozart's Apollo et HyacinthusNew York Lyric Opera, D. Johnston, Gen. Din, Universalist Church10/16, 18, 25, 26/75 Les Pecheurs de perles12/18, 20, 27, 28/75 La Vie parisienne Eng. Traubner3/11, 13, 20, 21/76 La Fanciulla del West5/13, 15, 22, 23/76 Aden's Meanwhile, Back at Cinderella's prem. & The MediumNew York City Opera Co., J. Rudel, Dir., Lincoln Center2/19, 22m, 25 3/2, 7m/76 Die Meistersinger von Niirnberg Eng. Gutman2/20, 26 3/4, 9, 20m/76 Madama Butterfly2/21m, 27 3/12, 23, 28 4/14, 24m/76 Carmen2/21, 28m 3/28m 4/18m/76 La Traviata2/22 3/5, 14m 4/3/76 H.M.S. Pinafore2/28 3/7, 20 4/3m, 16/76 La Boheme2/29m 3/16, 21m, 25 4/17/76 Die Fledermaus2/29 3/10, 26/76 Ritorno d'Ulisse in patria* von Stade; Stilwell; c: Bernardi; d:

Strasfogel;ds: Schmidt/Greenwood3/3, 6m, 21/76 La Fille du regiment3/6, 11, 19 4/2, 10m, 18/76 Turandot3/ 13m 4/11, 20/76 Un Ballo in maschera3/13 4/ llm/76 Salome3/14 4/10, 17m/76 Le Nozze di Figaro3/18, 27m, 31 4/4, 8/76 Lucrezia Borgia* Sills, Marsee; Scano, Fredricks; c: Rudel;

d: Capobianco; ds: Barton3/27 4/7, 24/76 Cavalleria rusticana & Pagliacci4/1, 4m, 6/76 Tal's Ashmedai* Am. prem.4/9, 13, 23/76 11 Barbiere di Siviglia4/15, 21, 25/76 The Ballad of Baby Doe4/22, 25/76 Lizzie Bordon

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Opera Orchestra of New York, Eve Queler, Art. Dir., R. Lombardo, Mgr.,Carnegie Hall; all cone. pfs.

12/9/75 Berlioz' Lilio Madden, Aler, Burchinal3/8/76 Le Cid Bumbry; Domingo, Plishka, Gardner, Burchinal3/14/76 Donizetti's Gemma di Vergy Caballe; Plishka, Quilico5/8/76 Les Picheurs de perles Mandac; Gedda, Elvira; at Brooklyn CollegeQueens College Opera Wksp., H. WeisgalL Dir., Flushing12/7-13/75 The Mother of Us AllQueens Theatre-in-the-Park10/23, 24, 25, 26/75 The MikadoStuyvesant Opera, Stella Sweeney, Art. Dir., Church of the Covenant10/3/75 La Traviata 10/4,5/75 ElektraVienna Choir Boys, Carnegie Hall11/8/75 Hansel und GretelVillage Light Opera Group, R. Noll, Mus. Dir., Fashion Institute Theatre12/6, 7, 10, 12, 13, 14/75 Ruddigore d: KochWNET Channel 13, Great Performers Series1/7/76 // Barbiere di Siviglia Berganza, Malagu; Alva, Prey; c: Abbado; La Scala

prod.OHIO

Cleveland Institute Opera Theater Ensemble, A. Addison, Dir., J. Carroll Univ.11/12,15,21/75 Die Fledermaus 11/14, 19,22/75 La TraviataColumbus Symphony Orchestra, N. Greenberg, Gen. Mgr., Columbus12/4/75 Carmen Anderson, Soviero; Darrenkamp; c: Treash3/12/76 Salome BumbryOberlin College Conservatory Opera Dept, Barbara Owens, Chmn.10/16, 17, 19/75 Pellias et Milisande Eng.; c: Baustian; d: Owens; ds: Byrnes11/75 Scenes w.p.

OKLAHOMAUniversity of Tulsa Opera Theatre, Blanche Lewis, Dir., Tuba12/11, 13/75 Hansel and Gretel3/5-7, 9-14/76 The Music Man 4/22, 23/76 Susannah

PENNSYLVANIAMansfield State College Opera Wksp., J. Wilcoz, Dir., Mansfield11/14, 15/75 Dido and Aeneas & Trouble in TahitiNational Opera Ebony, Sister Elise, Dir., Philadelphia Academy4/1/76 Aida c: Lee; d: FarrarThe Opera Workshop, Inc., R. Flusser, Dir., Sewickley\\l4115 The Girl of the Golden West 2/26/76 Massenet's SapphoPenn State Univ. Music Department, R. Baisley, Dir., University Park2/6, 7, 8/76 LaMontaine's Be Glad Then America; A Decent Entertainment from

the Thirteen Colonies prem; Gramm, Lloyd, R. Lewis; Philadelphia Orchestra,Penn State Choir, c: Caldwell

Pittsburgh Symphony, W. Steinberg, Mus. Dir.4/28/76 Berlioz Romto et Juliette Davidson; Berberian; cone. pf. at Carnegie Hall

in N.Y.C.West Chester State College Opera Theatre, C. Sprenkle, Dean, West Chester10/17,18, 24, 25, 31 11/1/75 Arne's Love in a Village (1762)11/20, 21, 22/75 The World on the Moon 6 pfs.4/1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10/76 1776

RHODE ISLANDArtists Internationale Opera Co., Marguerite Ruffino, Art Dir., Providence9/20/75 Lucia di Lammermoor Shane, Bond; Dominguez, Burchinall; c: Kohn11/30/75 Hansel and Gretel Eng.; Salerno, Forst, Brunei, Bond; Schappi; c:

Rescigno; d: Ruffino1/10/76 La Boheme Peters, Reed; Gibbs, Galiano; c: Piantini; d: Reilly3/13/76 Carmen Nave; Neill, Shinall; c: Serebrier; d: Davis4/10/76 Rigoletto Lebrun, Costa-Greenspon; Cimanelli, Emili; c: Silipigni; d:

Gentilesca5/15/76 The Marriage of Figaro Eng.; De Carlo, Ruffino, Bond; Goodloe, Guarrera,

Spacagna; c: La Selva; d: Lucas

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1975-76 Season

SOUTH CAROLINABob Jones University Opera Ass'n, D. Gustafson, Dean, Greenville3/23, 25, 27/76 Mefistofele

TEXASHardin-Simmons Univ. Opera VVksp., C. Best, Dir., Abilene8/75 Don Giovanni scenes w.p.12/75 L'Elisir d'amore w.o.San Antonio Grand Opera Festival, V. Alessandro, Mas. Dir., San Antonio2/6/76 La Traviata Zylis-Gara3/26/76 Der fliegende Hollander Knie; Kness, Bailey, Tozzi5/14/76 // Barbiere di Siviglia SillsSan Antonio Symphony, V. Alessandro, Mus. Dir., San Antonio12/6, 8/75 War and Peace cone, pf.; Gramm; c: CaldwellTexas A&I Univ. Opera Wksp., R. Scott, Dir., Kingsville1/5, 6, 7/76 Bray & Barker's The Indian Princess (1808) edited by R. C. ScottUniversity of Texas Opera Theatre, W. Ducloux, Dir., Austin10/17, 20, 22, 24/75 Ariadne auf Naxos Eng. Ducloux-Wakeling; w.o.; inauguration

new chamber music hall3/4, 6, 8, 10/76 The Saint of Bleecker Street w.o.

UTAHBrigham Young Univ. Music Theatre, C. Robison, Art Dir., Provo9/18, 19/75 Salmon's Atsumori w.o., also tv prod.10/3111/1,4, 5/75 Falstaff Eng. Robison w.o.3/3, 4, 5, 6/76 Boren's Abraham and Isaac w.o., also tv prod.6/76 11 Trovatore

VERMONTVermont Opera Theatre, Barbara Owens, Art. Dir., Johnson State College1/15-30/76 The Impresario & L'Enfant et les sortileges tour; Dussault4/9-12/76 Help, Help, the Globolinks!

VIRGINIAVirginia Opera Company, P. Mark, Art. Dir., Norfolk10/29, 31 11/2/75 Tosca Hunt; Bergell, Burchinal; d: Farrar1/7, 9, 11/76 Lucia di Lammermoor Rogers; Taylor, Ellis; d: Farrar3/31 4/2, 4/76 The Barber of Seville

WEST VIRGINIAWest Virginia University Opera Theatre, J. Golz, Dir., Morgantown10/15, 16, 17/75 Scenes w.p.11/75 Golz' The Tell-Tale Heart & Trythall's The Music Lesson 4 pfs. w.o.3/76 Dido and Aeneas 3 pfs. w.o.4/75 Die Fledermaus 4 pfs.

WYOMINGUniv. of Wyoming Opera Theatre, R. Delp, Dir., Laramie3/76 Hufsmith's The Ballad of Cattle Kate prem., 4 pfs. and tour

CANADACanadian Opera Company, H. Geiger-Torel, Gen. Mgr., at Ottawa National

Arts Centre (see also Summer Blltn.)10/14, 17/75 Louis Riel Roslak; Rutherford, Hurteau, Turgeon10/16, 18/75 Die Fledermaus McDonall, Little; Opthof, CrofootCanadian Opera Company, J. Rubes, tour Dir.11-12/75 La Boheme tourMcGill University Opera Wksp., E. & L. Delia Pergola, Dirs., Montreal, Que.11/7-9/75 The Rape of Lucretia w.o.12/19, 20/75 2/20, 21 4/23, 24/76 Scenes w.p.

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Manitoba Opera Ass'n, E. Barbini, Mus. Dir., Winnipeg, Man.11/20, 22/75 Aida Galvany, Stapp; Orifino, Opthof; c: Barbini; d: Geiger-Torel1/29, 31/76 Faust Thomson; Bonhomme, Devlin; c: Barbini d: Lucas4/1, 3/76 Manon Lescaut Pellegrini; Mauro, Sardinero; c: BarbiniSouthern Alberta Opera, A. Gray, Art. Dir., Calgary, Alta.11/4, 6, 8/75 La Traviata Thomson; Duval, Opthof; c: Barbini; d: Guttman; ds:

Darling2/10, 12, 14/76 Cavalleria rusticana & Pagliacci Marcopoulos, Castaneda; Bisson,

Gray; c: Silipigni; d: Geiger-TorelUniversity of Toronto Opera Dept., £ . Schabas, Chmn., Ontario1/30, 31 2/6, 7/76 The Crucible c: Craig; d: Fisher; ds: Sawchuk

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