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National Chairman
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Articles in the companion issue, Vol. 26, No. 1 include:
COS Opera Survey USA, 1983-84
New Operas and Premieres
News from Opera Companies
Next COS Conferences; New COS Publications
Government & National Arts Organizations
Education & Academia; Collections; New Editions
Attention Composers/Librettists & Directors
Book Reviews
Central Opera Service Bulletin • Vol. 26, No. 2 • Winter/Spring 1985
Editor:
MARIA F. RICH
Assistant Editor:
JEANNE HANIFEE KEMP
Editorial Assistants: CHERYL KEMPLER
FRITZI BICKHARDT
The COS Bulletin is published quarterly for its members by Central Opera Service. For
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ISSN 0008-9508
ENGLISH CAPTIONS IN PROJECTION
Rights to use projected captions for these works must be secured from the rentor, the translator,
and/or the publisher, depending on the individual case, and credit lines in programs and press
releases, etc., must be worded accordingly. The name "Surtitle" is a trademark of the Canadian
Opera Company, which developed the process, and credit must be given COC whenever the
name "Surtitle" is used.
Slides are front-projected onto a four or six foot high screen suspended from the top of the
proscenium and running the full width of the opening. Two or three xenon carousel projectors
equipped with a disolve are used. The video/computer method uses a character generator, a
computer, and a projector and fader, providing a smoother appearance and disappearance of
the script, but the equipment is much more expensive.
The numbers following the semi-colon indicate the month/year when the material becomes
available, the name in parentheses is that of the translator/scriptwriter. Numbers appearing
in parentheses are the number of text slides <5c blank slides. The average full-length opera
uses about 350-500 slides. Care must be taken when renting slides, since some deviations from
the original text and/or stage direction may be inherent in the English captions.
BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN
St. Matthew Passion
PepsiCo Summerfare, Purchase, NY (slides); 1984 (Friedman)
BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG van
Fidelio
Australian Opera, Syndey (slides); 11/84
Houston Grand Opera, TX (video/computer); 1983-84
BELLINI, VINCENZO
Norma
Australian Opera, Sydney (slides); 6/85
Edmonton Opera, Alberta (slides); 1984
New York City Opera, NY (slides); 8/85*
I Puritani
New York City Opera, NY (slides); 8/85
BIZET, GEORGES
Carmen
Canadian Opera Co., Toronto (slides); 1/84
New York City Opera, NY (slides); 7/84 (Friedman) - w. recitatives or w. dialogue
Piedmont Opera, Winston-Salem, NC (391&61 slides); 11/84 (Johnson)
Portland Opera, OR (slides); 11/84
BOITO, ARRIGO
Mefistofele
New York City Opera, NY (slides); 10/84 (Friedman)
CILEA, FRANCESCO
Adriana Lecouvreur
CIMAROSA, DOMENICO
D Maestro di capella
Dallas Opera, TX (slides); 4/85 (Pines)
DELIBES, LEO
Lakme'
DONIZETTI, GAETANO
Anna Bolena
•Scripts for all 1985 slides owned by the New York City Opera will be available for perusal
by April '85.
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ENGLISH CAPTIONS FOR PROJECTION
Don Pasquale
San Francisco Opera, CA (slides); 5/84 (Sherk & Zambello)
L'Elisir d'amore
La Fille du regiment
Lucia di Lammermoor
Four Corners Productions, NY (slides); 3/85 (Friedman)
Opera Company of Boston, MA (slides); 3/85
Portland Opera, OR (229&120 slides); 3/84 (McDermott)
GLASS, PHILIP
Akhnaten
Houston Grand Opera, TX (video/computer); 1/85
GOUNOD, CHARLES
Faust
Canadian Opera Co., Toronto (slides); 11/84 (Leberg)
Rom£o et Juliette
Opera/Columbus, OH (slides); 12/84 (Harrison)
LEONCAVALLO, RUGG1ERO
Pagliacci
Zaza
Cincinnati Opera, OH (slides); 7/85 (de Blasis)
MASCAGNI, PIETRO
Cavalleria rusticana
MASSENET, JULES
Cendrillon
Manon
MEYERBEER, GIACOMO
Les Huguenots
MONTEVERDI, CLAUDIO
L'Incoronazione di Poppea
Canadian Opera Co., Toronto (slides); - not available
MOZART, WOLFGANG AMADEUS
Co& fan tutte
Glyndebourne Touring Opera, England (slides)
Don Giovanni
Opera Company of Boston, MA (862&33 slides); 9/84 (Oliver)
Le Nozze di Figaro
Glyndebourne Touring Opera, England (slides)
Washington Opera, DC (slides); 12/84 (Rizzo)
Die Zauberflote
Houston Grand Opera, TX (video/computer); 1984-85
MUSSORGSKY, MODESTE
Khovanshchina
OFFENBACH, JACQUES
Les Contes d'Hoffmann
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POULENC, FRANCIS
Dialogues des Carmelites
PROKOFIEV, SERGEI
L'Amour des trois oranges
PUCCINI, GIACOMO
La Boheme
Washington Opera, DC (slides); 11/84 (Rizzo)
La Fanciulla del West
Madama Butterfly
Houston Grand Opera, TX (video/computer); 2/85 (Heumann)
Opera Company of Boston, MA - original 1904 version (553&148 slides); 8/84 (Oliver & Hodes)
Opera Company of Boston, MA - standard version (476&130 slides); 4/84 (Oliver & Hodes)
Manon Lescaut
Four Corners Productions,NY (slides); 5/85 (Friedman)
La Rondine
Tosca
Turandot
New York City Opera, NY - original, two-scene ending (slides); 10/84 (Friedman)
ROSSINI, GIOACCHINO
n Barbiere di Siviglia
Opera Company of Boston, MA (609&96 slides); 5/84 (Oliver)
La Cambiale di matrimonio
La Cenerentola
STRAUSS, RICHARD
Elektra
Canadian Opera Co., Toronto (slides); - not available
Salome
Seattle Opera, WA (slides); 3/86 (Friedman)
TCHAIKOVSKY, PETER ILYICH
Eugene Onegin
THOMAS, AMBROISE
Hamlet
VERDI, GIUSEPPE
Aida
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Attila
Un Ballo in maschera
Portland Opera, OR (slides); 3/85
La Battaglia di Legnano
Pittsburgh Opera-, PA (total 800 slides); 9/84 (Schaindlin)
La Forza del destino
Pittsburgh Opera, PA (slides); 4/86
Nabucco
Otello
Rigoletto
New York City Opera National Touring Co., NY (slides); 6/84 (Friedman)
Simon Boccanegra
La Traviata
Houston Grand Opera, TX (video/computer); 1984-85 (Heumann)
n Trovatore
WAGNER, RICHARD
Der fliegende Hollander
Gotterdammerung
Lohengrin
Die Meistersinger von Niirnberg
Das Rheingold
Siegfried
Tannhauser
Die Walkure
WEBER, CARL MARIA von
Der Freischiitz
Opera Company of Boston, MA (346&102 slides; musical numbers only - plus script for
English dialogue); 1/84 (Oliver & Hodes)
Additional Sources:
Four Corners Productions, 853 Broadway, New York, NY 10003 (212) 505-1990; Sonya Friedman,
Director
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ADDITIONS TO DIRECTORY OF ENGU5H TRANSLATIONS
Volume 16, Number 2 available for $10.50 including Master Addenda
This compilation contains t h e l a t e s t 1984-85 information, listed here for t h e first time.
AUBER, DANIEL FRANCOIS
Fra Diavolo Donald Pippin, Pocket Opera, San Francisco, CA
Fidelio Rodney Blumer, English National Opera Benevolent Fund, London
Karl Brock, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg
Leonore Edmund Tracey, English National Opera Benevolent Fund, London
BIZET, GEORGES
Carmen David F . Martin, Fargo-Moorhead Civic Opera, ND
Docteur Miracle D. Harris, University of Miami Opera Wksp., Coral Gables
CAVALLI, PIER FRANCESCO
Jason Ronald Eyre, Buxton Festival, Derbyshire, England
DOHNANYI, ERNO
The Tenor Geoffrey Dunn (Boosey & Hawkes)
DONIZETTI, GAETANO
L'Elisir d'amore Tom Acord, Commedia dell' Opera, Berkeley, CA
La Fille du regiment David Gately, North Carolina Opera, C h a r l o t t e
Maria Stuarda Donald Pippin, Pocket Opera, San Francisco, CA
La Romanziera Don White (Boosey <5c Hawkes - Weinberger)
DVORAK, ANTONIN
Dimitrij John Tyrrell, Collegiate Chorale, New York City
GLUCK, CHRISTOPHE WILLIBALD
Orfeo ed Euridice Octavio Roca, Opera SW, Washington, DC
HANDEL, GEORG FRIEDRICH
Ezio Tom Hammond, English National Opera Benevolent Fund, London
Xerxes Geoffrey Dunn, English National Opera, London
HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH
L'Infedelta delusa Robert Hess, Children's F r e e Opera, New York City
n Mondo della luna Nick Rossi, LaGuardia College Music T h e a t r e Studio, Long Island City,
NY
HAZON, ROBERTO
L'Agenzia matrimoniale Reed, American Opera Auditions, Cincinnati, OH
HUMPERDINCK, ENGELBERT
Hansel und Gretel Carole Chardonnay, Five Penny Opera/Orange Coast College, Costa
Mesa, CA
Rinaldo Ermini, Oakland Opera, CA
David F. Martin, Fargo-Moorhead Civic Opera, ND
JANACEK, LEOS
Osud (Fate) Rodney Blumer, English National Opera, London
KALMAN, EMMERICH
Die Czardasfiirstin Nigel Douglas (Weinberger)
Grafin Mariza Nigel Douglas (Boosey & Hawkes - Octava)
KORNGOLD, ERICH
Die stumme Serenade William Okie (Boosey & Hawkes - Weinberger)
KREISLER, GEORG
Lota Blau Don White (Weinberger)
KRENEK, ERNEST
Jonny spielt auf Jeremy Sams, Opera North, Leeds, England
LEHAR, FRANZ
Frederica Henry Pepper (Alexander Broude - Glocken Verlag)
Die lustige Witwe Forman Brown, Colorado Opera Festival, Colorado Springs
Hassall/Mansouri, Tulsa Opera, OK
Olga Loveland/Schiff, Phoenix Opera, Atlanta, GA
MAZZOCCHI, DOMENICO
La Catena d'Adone (Chain of Adonis) Vern Sutton, Univ. of Minnesota Opera T h e a t r e ,
Minneapolis - new edition by David Livingston
MONTEVERDI, CLAUDIO
La Favola d'Orfeo Stephen Wadsworth, Skylight Comic Opera, Milwaukee, WI
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ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS
La Clemenza di Tito Stephanie Cowell, Strawberry Opera, New York
Cosi fan tutte Robert Chauls (adaptation of Martin), Valley Opera, Van Nuys, CA
Elliott Petraeh, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, MO
Don Giovanni N. Platt <5c Sarti, Oakland Opera, CA
Die Entfiihrung aus dem Serail Gary Race, Ithaca Opera, NY
Marilyn Tyler, Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Impresario (as Opera Gnus) Roy Lazarus, Bowling Green State Univ. Opera Theater, OH
Le Nozze di Figaro Richard Pearlman, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY
Peter Westergaard, June Opera Festival of New Jersey, Princeton
Der Schauspieldirektor (The Impresario) Barbara Silverstein, Pennsylvania Opera Theater,
Philadelphia
Lo Sposo deluso Coombs & Mathieson, Culver-Stockton College Opera Wksp., Canton, MO
Zaide Dermot McCaul, New Opera of Melbourne, Assembly Hall, Collins St., Australia
Die Zauberflote David F. Martin, Fargo-Moorhead Civic Opera, ND
Robert Swedberg, North Carolina Opera, Charlotte - abridged
NICOLAI, OTTO
Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor Henry Holt, Oakland Opera, CA
NIELSEN, CARL
Maskarade Thomas Holliday (10 Wedgewood Dr., Westbury, NY 11590)
OFFENBACH, JACQUES
La belle Helene Park and Hanmer (Weinberger)
Les Brigands Donald Pippin, Pocket Opera, San Francisco, CA
Les Contes d'Hoffmann Robert C. Scott, Texas A&I Univ., Kingsville
Fleurette Colin Cabot, Skylight Comic Opera, Milwaukee
La Grande Duchesse de Ge>olstein Geoffrey Dunn (Boosey & Hawkes - Weinberger)
Lischen und Fritzchen Charles Kondek (789 West End Ave., New York, NY 10025)
Le Mariage aux lanterns Colin Cabot, Skylight Comic Opera, Milwaukee
La P6riehole George, Sarasota Opera, FL
Tarte a la crerae Charles Kondek (789 West End Ave., New York, NY 10025)
La Vie parisienne Charles Kondek (789 West End Ave., New York, NY 10025)
PERGOLESI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA
Q Maestro di musica Vern Sutton, Univ. of Minnesota Opera Theatre, Minneapolis
La Serva padrona Charles Ross Perlee, Orange County Opera, Santa Ana, CA
PROKOFIEV, SERGEI
Love for Three Oranges Donald Straka, California Coast Opera, Palo Alto - abridged
PUCCINI, GIACOMO
La Boheme adapt David Spencer; orchestration Michael Starobin (NY Shakespeare Festival)
Gianni Schicchi Peter Harrower, Georgia State University, Atlanta
Madama Butterfly James Benner, Ohio State Univ. Opera Theatre, Columbus
R.H. Elkin, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, MO
Turandot Elliott Petraeh, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, MO
RACHMANINOV, SERGEY
Monna Vanna Daniel and Tamara Skvir, Saratoga Festival, NY
RAMEAU, JEAN PHILIPPE
Dardanus Richard Strawn (306 Lincoln St., Crawfordsville, IN 47933)
RAVEL, MAURICE
L'Enfant et les sortileges Richard Strawn (306 Lincoln St., Crawfordsville, IN 47933)
L'Heure espagnole Richard Strawn (306 Lincoln St. Crawfordsville, IN 47933)
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, NICOLAI
Mozart and Salieri Robert Dundas, Univ. of Iowa Opera Theater, Iowa City
The Noblewoman Vera Sheloga Lyle Neff (3124 Edinburgh Dr., Augusta, GA 30909)
ROSSINI, GIOACCHINO
n Barbiere di Siviglia Ben Krywosz, California Coast Opera, Palo Alto
Donald Straka, California Coast Opera, Palo Alto - abridged
La Cambiale di matrimonio Simon Sargon (adaptation of Schick) Southern Methodist Univ.,
Dallas
L'Inganno felice Tom Hammond, English National Opera Benevolent Fund, London
L'ltaliana in Algeri Thomas Holliday (10 Wedgewood Dr., Westbury, NY 11590)
David F. Martin, Fargo-Moorhead Civic Opera, ND
Nicholas Muni, Kentucky Opera, Louisville
Signor Bruschino Thomas Holliday (10 Wedgewood Dr., Westbury, NY 11590)
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ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS
SMETANA, BEDRICH
The Bartered Bride Olga Loveland, Phoenix Opera, Atlanta, GA
Dalibor Tom Hammond, English National Opera Benevolent Fund, London
STRAUSS, JOHANN
Die Fledermaus Anthony Addison, Opera San Jose, CA
Era Tognoli, Metro Lyric Opera, Allenhurst, NJ
Tfinzerin Fanny Eissler Henrik Ege (Boosey <3c Hawkes - Weinberger)
Wiener Blut Bruce Latham (Boosey <5c Hawkes - Weinberger)
STRAUSS, RICHARD
Ariadne auf Naxos Thomas Holliday (10 Wedgewood Dr., Westbury, NY 11590)
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme Sydenham, Cleveland Institute of Music, OH
SUPPE, FRANZ von
The Finishing School Vilem Tausky (Boosey & Hawkes - Weinberger)
Eugene Onegin Brovsky, Sarasota Opera, FL
Mazeppa Simon Bainbridge/Colin Pinney/Alan Reddish, English National Opera, London
THOMAS, AMBROISE
Mignon Corliss Phillabaum, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
VERDI, GIUSEPPE
Aida David Lawton, OperaDelaware, Greenville (critical edition <5c red.orch)
Rigoletto Barbara Silverstein, Pennsylvania Opera Theater, Philadelphia
La Traviata David Lawton, OperaDelaware, Greenville
Raymond Walker (Opera New York, Performing Arts Center, Manhattan
Community College, 199 Chambers, NYC 10007)
n Trovatore Elliott Petrach, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, MO
I Vespri siciliani English National Opera, London
Der Freischiitz David F. Martin, Fargo-Moorhead Civic Opera, ND
WERLE, LARS JOHN
Animalen Ann-Charlotte Harvey, Minnesota Opera, St. Paul
WOLF-FERRARI, ERMANNO
I Quattro rusteghi James Benner, West Virginia Univ. Opera Theatre, Morgantown
NOTE: The translations of Arthur Jacobs, listed in Vol. 16, No. 2 as available from him personally,
are now available through Opera, 16 Woodland Rise, London, N10 3UH, England.
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ADDITIONS TO DIRECTORY OF SETS AND COSTUMES
Volume 21, Number 2 available for $12.00 including Master Addenda
This compilation contains the latest 1984-85 information, published here for the first time.
ALFANO, FRANCO
Risurrezione (s) Cincinnati Opera (Jampolis '83) 1/45'
ARLAN, DENNIS
The Daughter of the Double Duke of Dingle (s,c) Oklahoma State Univ. Opera Theatre,
Stillwater ('83)
ARLEN, HAROLD
The Wizard of Oz (s) Roy King & Associates, West Islip, NY
BALFE, MICHAEL WILLIAM
The Bohemian Girl DELETE Central City
BARAB, SEYMOUR
Chanticleer (s,c) Midwest Opera Theater, St. Paul (Bakkom/Sidla '83) 1/12' - designed for
touring
Only a Miracle (s,c) University of Illinois Opera Theatre, Urbana ('83)
The Toy Shop (s) Academy of Vocal Arts, Philadelphia (S.M.R.D. '83) 1/12'
BART, LIONEL
Oliver (s) Roy King & Associates, West Islip, NY
Fidelio (s) Houston Grand Opera, TX (Jampolis '84)
BELLINI, VINCENZO
Norma (s) Calgary Opera, Alberta (Silver '75) — for sale at rental price
(s) Virginia Opera, Norfolk (Montresor '83) 1/45'
DELETE Seattle Opera
La Sonnambula (s,c) Seattle Opera (Sormani '84)
BERG, ALBAN
Lulu (c) Santa Fe Opera (Conklin '79) - replaces earlier listings
Wozzeck DELETE Canadian Opera
BERNSTEIN, LEONARD
West Side Story (c) Civic Light Opera Ass'n, Pittsburgh 084)
(c) San Diego Civic Light Opera (Broadway revival '82)
BIZET, GEORGES
Carmen (s,c) Dallas Opera (Quaranta/Hall '83)
(s) Piedmont Opera, Winston-Salem 084)
DELETE Canadian Opera
Doctor Miracle DELETE Eastern Opera Theatre, Baltimore
Les Pecheurs de perles (s) Fort Worth Opera (Papandreas '84) 1/45'
BOCK, JERRY
Fiddler on the Roof (s) Roy King & Associates, West Islip, NY
BRITTEN, BENJAMIN
Albert Herring (s,c) Kentucky Opera, Louisville (Beecroft '85) 1/40'
(c) University of Texas, Austin 083)
Death in Venice (s) Canadian Opera Co., Toronto (Skalicki '84) 2/45' - unit set
(c) Malabar, Ltd., Toronto (Benson '84)
Owen Wingrave DELETE Santa Fe Opera
Peter Grimes (c) Canadian Opera Co., Toronto (Mess '80) - joint with Dallas
DELETE Kentucky Opera
The Rape of Lueretia (c) Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY (Scheffler '84)
The Turn of the Screw (s.c) Kentucky Opera, Louisville (Beecroft '83) 40x20x30; 1/45'
CARROLL, FRANK
The Old Woman and the Pig (s,c) Shreveport Opera, LA (Murray/Miller '83) 30x12x20;
1/18'
CAVALLI, PIER FRANCESCO
L'Egisto DELETE Santa Fe Opera
CHODOSH, RICHARD
Moliere (e) Centenary College, Shreveport, LA (MeWilliams '84)
DEBUSSY, CLAUDE
Pelleas et Melisande DELETE Santa Fe Opera
De FALLA, MANUEL
La Vida breve DELETE Santa Fe Opera
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AVAILABLE SETS AND COSTUMES
De PAUL, GENE
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (s) Fullerton Civic Light Opera, CA ('83) 1/40 & 1/20'
DELIBES, LEO
Lakme (s,c) Tri-Cities Opera, Binghamton, NY (Coberg '84) 40x34x32; 1/45'
DONIZETTI, GAETANO
Anna Bolena (s) Canadian Opera Co., Toronto (Paseoe '84) 4/45'
Don Pasquale (s,e) Midwest Opera Theater, St. Paul (Bakkom r83) 1/22' - designed for
touring
(s,c) Santa Fe Opera, NM (Ridge/Rubin '83) [40x60]; costumes - principals only
(s) Florida State Univ., Tallahassee (Barnes '83) 1/22'
(s) Roy King & Associates, West Islip, NY
L'Elisir d'amore (s) Roy King & Associates, West Islip, NY
La Fille du regiment (s) Charlotte Opera, NC (Beck '83) 45x23x26; 1/45'
(s) Indiana University Opera Theater, Bloomington 084)
Lucia di Lammermoor (s.e) Portland Opera, OR (Snyder/West/Pace '84) 60x30x40; 1/45'
(s) Michigan Opera Theater, Detroit (Stone '82) 41x35x22; 1/45'
(s) Tulsa Opera, OK (Jampolis '84); 1/45'
Rita DELETE Eastern Opera Theatre, Baltimore
FLOYD, CARLISLE
Of Mice and Men (s) Chautauqua Opera, NY
Susannah DELETE Lyric Opera of Kansas City
GLUCK, CHRISTOPHE WILLIBALD
Orfeo ed Euridice (s,c) Syracuse Opera, NY (Tsu '85) 48x24x40-unit; 1/40' - joint with
Indianapolis Opera
GOUNOD, CHARLES
Faust (s) Roy King & Associates, West Islip, NY
(s) Syracuse Opera, NY (Joswick '83) 48x24x40 - unit; 1/40' - joint with Michigan,
Dayton, & Indianapolis opera companies
DELETE Canadian Opera Co.
DELETE Lyric Opera of Kansas City
HERBERT, VICTOR
Babes in Toyland (s,c) San Diego Civic Light Opera, CA (Fish '83)
HERMAN, JERRY
Hello Dolly! (s) Couchiching Music Theatre/Orillia Arts Fest., Ontario ('84)
(c) Glendale College Music Theatre, CA 084)
HUMPERDINCK, ENGELBERT
Hansel and Gretel (s,c) Oakland Opera, CA (Wright '84) 1/42'
(s) Chattanooga Opera, TN (Higgins '84) 38x15x24; 1/20'
(s) Knoxville Opera, TN 066) 1/45'
(s) McGill Univ. Opera Studio, Montreal (Blatt '84)
(c) Opera North, Norwich, VT (Strohmier '83)
JANACEK, LEOS
The Cunning Little Vixen DELETE Santa Fe Opera
LARSEN, LIBBY
Clair de Lune (c) Arkansas Opera Theatre, Little Rock (Wong '85)
LEHAR, FRANZ
Die lustige Witwe (s,c) Canadian Opera Co., Toronto (Laufer '72, rev. '84) 2/45'
(s) Colorado Opera Festival, Colorado Springs (Dodd '84) 1/
(s) Indiana University, Bloomington 083)
DELETE Central City Opera
DELETE Lamplighters/Opera West
LEIGH, MITCH
Man of La Mancha (s) Lake George Opera, Glens Falls, NY (Anania '81) 36x34x16; 1/24'
LEONCAVALLO, RUGGERIO
Pagliacci (s) Roy King & Associates, West Islip, NY
LOESSER, FRANK
Guys and Dolls (s) Civic Light Opera Ass'n, Pittsburgh 084)
(s) San Diego Civic Light Opera, CA (Holamon '84)
The Most Happy Fella (s) Lyric Opera of Kansas City, MO (DeRosier '83)
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (s.c) San Diego Civic Light Opera, CA
(West '82)
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MASCAGNI, PIETRO
Cavalleria rusticana (s) Roy King <5c Associates, West Islip, NY
MASSENET, JULES
Cendrillon (s) Knoxville Opera, TN ('84) 1/45'
MEIMAN, DOMENICK
Jack and the Beanstalk (s,c) Broque Opera, New York (King '82) 1/12' (avail 6/85)
MENOTTI, GIAN CARLO
Amahl and the Night Visitors (c) Opera North, Norwich, VT (Strohmier '82)
(c) Univ. South Carolina, Columbia (O'Rourke '83)
(c) University of Texas, Austin
Juana, La Loca (s,e) Spoleto Festival USA, Charleston, SC ('84)
The Medium (s,c) Washington Opera, DC (Brown '83) 34x26; 1/45' - with "Telephone" set
(c) Univ. South Carolina, Columbia (O'Rourke '84)
DELETE Eastern Opera Theatre, Baltimore
The Old Maid and the Thief DELETE Eastern Opera Theatre, Baltimore
The Telephone (s,c) Washington Opera, DC (Brown '83) 34x26; 1/45' - with "Medium" set
MOLLICONE, HENRY
The Face on the Barroom Floor (s) Mobile Opera, AL (Lopahovsky '84) I/van
Starbird (s.c) Fort Worth Opera, TX (Yardley '83) 20x30; 1/22'
MOORE, DOUGLAS
The Devil and Daniel Webster (s) Chattanooga Opera, TN (Stone '81) 45x18x27; 1/20'
Gallantry (s) Florida State Univ., Tallahassee (Walker '84) 1/22'
Cosl fan tutte (s,c) Lyric Opera Center for American Artists, Chicago (Isaackes '83) 1/40'
(s,e) Washington Opera, DC (Ponnelle '83) 53x63; 3/45* - unit set
(c) Castle Hill Festival, Ipswich, MA (P. Sellars' prod., '84)
(c) Princeton Univ. Opera Theatre, NJ (Westergaard '83)
DELETE Santa Fe Opera
Don Giovanni (s.c) Chicago Opera Theater (Eammons '84) 42x20x30; 1/22' - unit set;
principal costumes only
(s.c) Oakland Opera, CA (Hartenstein '84) 1/42'
(s) Utah Opera, Salt Lake City (Dahlstrom '82) 2/45' - unit set
(c) Wichita State Univ. Opera Theatre, KS ('83)
Die Entfiihrung aus dem Serail (s,c) Orlando Opera, FL (Amlund '83) 50x27x34; 1/22'
(s) Arkansas Opera Theatre, Little Rock (Wong '84)
La Finta giardiniera (s,c) Eastman School, Rochester, NY (Scheffler/Schultz '83)
Le Nozze di Figaro (s,c) Tri-Cities Opera, Binghamton, NY 084) 1/45'
(s) June Opera Festival of New Jersey, Princeton (Muraoka '84)
(s) Santa Fe Opera (Conklin '82) [40x60] 2/40'
Der Schauspieldirelrtor (s.c) Greater Miami Opera, FL (Beek/Caine '82) - unit set
Die Zauberfldte (s,c) Baltimore Opera, MD (Vaughn '83) 64x32; 1/45' - unit set
(s,c) Eugene Opera, OR (Wong '83) 2/40'
(c) Fargo-Moorhead Civic Opera, ND (Lamey '84)
(c) Sacramento Opera, CA ('84)
OFFENBACH, JACQUES
Christopher Columbus DELETE Lyric Opera of Kansas City
Une Demoiselle en loterie DELETE Eastern Opera Theatre, Baltimore
La Grande Duchesse du Gerolstein DELETE Santa Fe Opera
Orpheus in the Underworld (s,c) Santa Fe Opera, NM (Feldman/Thun '83) [40x60] 3/40'
La Perichole (s) Lyric Opera of Kansas City, MO (DeRosier '83)
DELETE Lake George Opera
La Vie parisienne (s) Couchiehing Music Theatre/Orillia Arts Fest., Ontario 084)
OFFENBACH/YANNOPOULOS
R.S.V.P. (s) Academy of Vocal Arts, Philadelphia (Scheffler '83) 1/12'
OLIVER, STEPHEN
The Duchess of Malfi DELETE Santa Fe Opera
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PASATIERI, THOMAS
Ines de Castro DELETE Baltimore Opera
PENDERECKI, KRZYSZTOF
Die Teufel von Loudun DELETE Santa Fe Opera
PONCHIELLI, AMILCARE
La Gioconda (s,c) Greater Miami Opera, FL (Klein '84)
PORTER, COLE
Kiss Me Kate (s,c) Univ. of Portland, OR ('84)
POULENC, FRANCIS
Dialogues des Carmelites (s) Baltimore Opera, MD (Klein '84) 1/40'
(c) University of Texas, Austin C83)
PUCCINI, GIACOMO
La Boheme (s.c) Houston Grand Opera, TX (Ponnelle '79) 4/
(s,c) Midwest Opera Theater, St. Paul, MN (Bakkom '84) 1/22'
(s) Arkansas Opera Theatre, Little Rock (Wong '84)
(s) Madison Opera, WI (Kenn '84) 1/40
(s) Tri-Cities Opera, Binghamton, NY (Little '83) 40x34x32; 1/45'
(c) University of Texas, Austin 084)
La Faneiulla del West (s) Virginia Opera, Norfolk (Beecroft '83) 1/45'
Gianni Schicchi (s) Roy King & Associates, West Islip, NY
(s) Virginia Opera, Norfolk (Romero '83) 1/45'
(c) Louisiana College Opera Theater, Pineville (Rabalais '84)
Madama Butterfly (s.c) Opera Memphis, TN (Wong '85) 60x30x31; 1/40'
(s,c) Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, MO (Klein '84)
(s) Connecticut Opera, Hartford (May '80) 1/40'
(s) Florida Lyric Opera, Largo ('83) 1/18'
(s) Knoxville Opera, TN ('81) 1/45'
(c) Opera Ebony/Philadelphia (Steele '84)
(e) Sacramento Opera, CA
DELETE Queens Opera, NY
La Rondine (s) Cincinnati Opera, OH (Heymann '84) 1/45'
Suor Angelica (s) Roy King <5c Associates, West Islip, NY
(s) Virginia Opera, Norfolk (Romero '83) 1/45'
(c) C.W. Post of Long Island Univ. Summer Opera, Greenvale, NY 084)
Toses (s.c) Baltimore Opera, MD (Coberg '83) 64x32; 2/45'
(s) Houston Grand Opera, TX 084)
(c) Sacramento Opera, CA 083)
RAVEL, MAURICE
L'Enfant et les sortileges (s,c) Univ. of Iowa Opera Theater, Iowa City (Wenk/Leahy '84)
RODGERS, RICHARD
Camelot (s) Roy King & Associates, West Islip, NY
Carousel (c) Glendale College Music Theatre, CA 084)
The King and I (s.c) Fullerton Civic Light Opera, CA 084) 1/40'
Oklahoma! (s) Roy King & Associates, West Islip, NY
(c) Arizona State Univ., Tempe (Turner '84)
The Sound of Music (s) Knoxville Opera, TN 084) 1/40'
ROMBERG, SIGMUND
The Student Prince DELETE Lamplighters/Opera West
ROSSINI, GIOACCHINO
n Barbiere di Siviglia (s) Bowling Green State Univ. Opera Theater, OH 084)
(s) California Coast Opera, Palo Alto (Kotcher '84)
(s) New Orleans Opera, LA (Gano '83) 1/45'
(s) Oswego Opera Theatre, NY (Mincher/Stark '84) 1/24' - sale or
rent
(s) Public Opera of Dallas, TX 083) [40x26] - unit set with turntable;
avail, from R. Farkash, Theatrical Warehouse, Dallas
(c) Colorado Opera Festival, Colorado Springs (Dodd '83)
DELETE Charlotte Opera
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La Cenerentola
(s,c) Lyric Opera Center for American Artists, Chicago (Trumpler '82) 1/40'
(s,c) Minnesota Opera, St. Paul (Waters/Blake '84)
(s,c) OperaDelaware, Greenville (Kimball '84)
(s) Calgary Opera, Alberta (Laxton '83) 73x42x25; 1/
(s) Opera Company of Philadelphia, PA (Colavecchia '84) 50x38x60 - unit
Le Comte Ory (c) Santa Fe Opera, NM (Wojewodski '78) - principals only
L'ltaliana in Algeri (s,c) Kentucky Opera, Louisville (Romero '84) 1/40'
(s) Greater Miami Opera, FL (O'Hearn '84)
SAINT-SAENS, CAMILLE
Samson et Dalila (s) Connecticut Opera, Hartford (Eager '84)
SCHICKELE, PETER (PDQ BACH)
The Abduction of Figaro (s,c) Minnesota Opera, St. Paul (Beatty '84)
SCHMIDT, HARVEY
110 in the Shade (c) Civic Light Opera Ass'n, Pittsburgh ('84)
SCHONBERG, ARNOLD
Von heute auf morgan (c) Santa Fe Opera, NM (Klein '80)
SMETANA, BEDRICH
The Bartered Bride (s,c) Opera Memphis, TN (Wong '84) 60x30x31; 1/40'
(s,e) Portland Opera, OR (Laxton '79, rev '84) 1/40'
SOMERS, HARRY
Louis Real DELETE Canadian Opera
SONDHEIM, STEPHEN
A Little Night Music (c) University of Texas, Austin 084)
Sweeney Todd (s) Houston Grand Opera, TX ('84)
STILL, WILLIAM GRANT
Minette Fontaine (s) Baton Rouge Opera, LA (Dorr'84) 1/40'
STRAUSS, JOHANN
Die Fledermaus (s) Los Angeles Opera Theater, CA (Romero '84) 1/45'
(s) Opera North, Norwich, VT (Strohmier '83)
(s) Opera Theatre of St. Louis, MO (Rice '83) 40x30x20; 1/40'
(s) Syracuse Opera, NY (Ostroff '83) 48x24x40; 1/40' - joint with
Indianapolis Opera; replaces earlier listing
The Gypsy Baron (s) Lubo Opera, Guttenberg, NJ (Dalson '84) 1/18'
STRAUSS, RICHARD
Ariadne auf Naxos (s) Spoleto Festival USA, Charleston, SC 084)
Elektra DELETE Fort Worth Opera
Der Rosenkavalier (s) Los Angeles Opera Theater, CA (Romero '84) 1/45'
Salome (s,c) Opera Metropolitana, Caracas/Mississippi Opera, Jackson (Oswald/Rapis '79)
- for sale from Mississippi
STRAVINSKY, IGOR
Le Rossignol (c) Santa Fe Opera, NM (Kim '69)
(c) Univ. of Iowa Opera Theater, Iowa City (Leahy '84)
STROUSE, CHARLES
Annie (s,c) Fullerton Civic Light Opera, CA 084) 1/40'
SULLIVAN, ARTHUR
The Gondoliers (c) Charlottetowne Players, Charlotte, NC (Faulkenbry '83)
(c) Chicago Gilbert and Sullivan, IL (Potts '84)
The Mikado (s,c) Fullerton Civic Light Opera, CA 084) 1/40'
(s) Chattanooga Opera, TN (Higgins '84) 38x15x24; 1/20'
(s) Troy State Univ., AL (Smiley '84)
(c) Florida School of the Arts Opera Wksp., Palatka 084)
(c) San Diego Gilbert & Sullivan Repertory, CA
Patience (c) Wichita State Univ. Opera Theatre, KS 084)
The Pirates of Penzance DELETE Lamplighters/Opera West
Trial by Jury (c) Centenary College, Shreveport, LA (Riley '84)
The Yeomen of the Guard (c) Chicago Gilbert and Sullivan, IL (Potts '84)
DELETE Lamplighters/Opera West
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Eugene Onegin (s) Sarasota Opera, FL (Beek '83) 1/45'
Pique Dame (s) Opera Company of Philadelphia, PA (Quaranta '83) 50x38x60; 2/
VERDI, GIUSEPPE
Aida (s,c) Syracuse Opera, NY (Shortt '84) 40x24x40; 1/40' - joint with Indianapolis
(c) Arizona Opera, Tucson (Sormani '84)
Don Carlo (s) Canadian Opera Co., Toronto (Skalicki '77) 2/45'
(s) Cincinnati Opera, OH (Heymann '84) 2/45'
(s) Seattle Opera, WA (Naccarato) 2/401
DELETE Baltimore Opera
La Forza del destino (s) Dallas Opera, TX (Deho '83) 40x50x25; 1/45'
Giovanna d'Arco (s) Roy King & Associates
Macbeth DELETE Canadian Opera Co.
Otello (s) Syracuse Opera, NY (Shortt '84) 48x24x40-unit; 1/40' - joint with Indianapolis
Rigoletto (s,c) Washington Opera, DC (Brown '83) 53x63; 6/45'
(s) Central City Opera, CO (Seger '84)
(s) Springfield Regional Opera, MO (Sollors '83) 36x20x30; 1/
(s) Tri-Cities Opera, Binghamton, NY (Sinsi '81) - for sale
(s) Virginia Opera, Norfolk (Coburg '83) 1/45'
(c) Sacramento Opera, CA
DELETE Augusta Opera
La Traviata (s,c) Texas Opera Theater, Houston (Klein '84) 1/40' - designed for touring
(s) Dayton Opera, OH (Muraoka '83) 1/40'
(s) Florida State Univ., Tallahassee (Barnes '84) 1/45'
(s) Michigan Opera Theatre, Detroit (Muraoka '83) 41x35x22; 1/45'
(s) Opera Company of Philadelphia, PA (Colavecchia '83) 50x38x60-unit
(c) Tri-Cities Opera, Binghamton, NY (Herring '84)
n Trovatore (s) Greater Miami Opera, FL (Benois '84) 50x38
DELETE Fort Worth Opera
WAGNER, RICHARD
Der fliegende Hollander DELETE Canadian Opera Co.
Gotterdammerung DELETE Canadian Opera Co.
Lohengrin (s,c) Canadian Opera Co., Toronto (Werz '83) 2/45'
(c) Portland Opera, OR (Kaufman '83)
Das Rheingold (s) Indiana University, Bloomington ('84)
Tristan und Isolde (c) Seattle Opera, WA (Turek)
Die Walkiire (s,c) Baltimore Opera (Klein '83) 64x32; 4/45'
Die Freischiitz (s) Opera Theatre of Illinois, Hinsdale (Beck '84) 1/45'
WILLSON, MEREDITH
The Music Man (s) Roy King & Associates, West Islip, NY
WRIGHT/FORREST
Kismet (s) Baltimore Opera, MD (Hotopp Assoc. '84) 3/40'
Song of Norway (s) Civic Light Opera Ass'n, Pittsburgh, PA ('84)
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WINNERS
Eight singers were ehosen as winners from
among the eighteen semi-finalists who participated in the 1984 Baltimore Opera International
Vocal Competition. First prize of $4,000 went
to soprano RUTH GORDON of Philadelphia, the
second through the sixth prizes, carrying cash
awards between $3,000 and $1,200, were all
captured by young tenors in the following order:
MICHAEL SYLVESTER, NEIL WILSON, MICHAEL AUSTIN, ROBERT LYON, and DON
BERNARDINI, and the final two honors ($1,000
and $500, respectively) were awarded mezzo
RITA MAZUROWSKI and soprano JODY RAPPORT. Two of the tenors were also winners
in the Ponselle Competition listed below.
Twenty-one participants in the 1984 Merola
Opera Program were candidates for the seven
cash prizes totalling $14,500 awarded by the
San Francisco Opera Center. Texas baritone
JAMES MICHAEL McGUIRE took first place,
and the other winners were, in descending
order, New York soprano BARBARA KILDUFF
(see also D'Angelo Award below), Michigan
mezzo EMILY MANHART, New York soprano
LI-CHAN CHEN, California
bass-baritone
MONTE PEDERSON, New York mezzo KATHRYN COWDRICK and soprano SUSAN NEVES,
also of New York. The Otto Guth Memorial
Award was shared by two apprentice coaches,
LAURIE SOWD and SCOTT E. GILMORE.
In September the fourth voice competiton of
the Eleanor Steber Music Foundation selected
four outstanding singers as recipients of its
$2,500 awards, with equal amounts going to
each. Soprano CINDY HALGRIMSON of Illinois,
mezzo DEIDRA PALMOUR of Texas, and baritones DAVID HAMILTON of New York and LEE
VELTA of California will be introduced to New
York audiences in a well-prepared joint debut
recital. Miss PALMOUR also won the Loren
Zachary Society's opera award in California;
for Mr. HAMILTON'S other achievements see
foreign competitons below.
Ponselle Vocal Competition were held at New
York's Tully Hall in September and introduced
the following eight winners. In first place was
Chicago baritone PATRICK WROBLEWSKI who
received $7,500 and a solo recital at the
Ponselle Museum; the others were tenor NEIL
WILSON ($5,000), tenor MICHAEL AUSTIN and
soprano CECILY NALL ($2,500 each), tenor
RICHARD DECKER ($2,000), sopranos ALESSANDRA MARC and JUDITH BURBANK ($1,000
each), and bass STEFAN SZKAFAROWSKY (the
$1,000 Tito Gobbi Award).
Also in its first year, the New York Opera
Club/Opera Index Voice Competiton (by recommendation, not by application) selected a talented quartet of solo singers as its winners of
$1,000 grants each: soprano CYNTHIA HAYMON
who will create the title role in Musgrave's
Harriet, The Woman Called Moses in March,
mezzo-soprano ALTEOUISE DeVAUGHAN, tenor
GEORGE GRAY and bass STEPHEN DUPONT.
They were selected from among 250 names,
which were narrowed down to twenty-eight
finalists. Four runners-up received $600 each.
These were soprano ROSEMARY MUSOLENO,
mezzo SUSANNE MENTZER, tenor KEITH
OLSEN, and baritone BEN HOLT, and in
addition, several career assistance grants were
awarded singers who have already begun their
professional careers: sopranos SARAH REESE
and JO ANN PICKENS, tenors GARY LAKES,
MIGUEL CORTEZ and MARK BEUDERT, and
baritone JAMES DIETSCH.
In addition to having scored in the Merola
Opera Program (see above), soprano BARBARA
KILDUFF was also the winner of the D'Angelo
Young Artist Competition. ANDREA MORGAN
received the 1984 prize of New York's Liederkranz Society, and BRENDA HARRIS that of
the Oratorio Society in the same city. — The
Concert Artists Guild gave its 1984 award in
the vocal category to soprano CAROL SMITH,
and the Joy in Singing competition chose DIANE
BARCLAY for this honor. — Sopranos LYNDA
Baritone ROGER ROLOFF walked off with one KEITH and LAURINDA NIKKEL were the reof the vocal competitions' biggest prizes, that spective recipients of the Corbett and Treigle
of the Richard Tucker Music Foundation which, Opera Scholarships, awarded by the Cincinnati
in addition to a $20,000 cash award, brings C ollege-C onser vat ory.
participation in a Carnegie Hall all-star concert, and engagements by several opera com- Two women and two men were selected as
panies and the possibility of a recording con- winners of the Oklahoma Symphony Young
tract. The Foundation also gave study grants Artists Competition, which was held for singers
to two mezzo-sopranos, LESLIE RICHARDS and in 1984. "Best Voice Awards" went to soprano
DENISE WOOD, and two tenors, RICHARD JANEAL SUGARS of Houston and baritone
LEECH and TONIO DiPAOLO, and a $10,000 REGINALD UNTERSEHER of Independence, Misspecial grant to the young artists training souri; second prizes went to soprano STEinstitute in Chicago, the LYRIC OPERA CEN- PHANIE HUMES and tenor RANDALL POWELL.
TER FOR AMERICAN ARTISTS.
At its national convention in Dallas last NovemThe finals of the first International Rosa ber, the National Opera Association voted for
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the following first-to-third place winners in its
"Artist Division": coloratura soprano NANCY
ELLEDGE of Dallas, and sopranos LORNA
MacDONALD of Waco, Texas, and ROSEMARIE
GORE BIGBEE.
The "Scholarship Division"
prizes were shared by JEFFREY SNIDER (Indiana University), KIM MARIE KODES (Bowling
Green State University) and ALISON ACORD
(Baylor University).
voice categories. There was, however, no other
first prize awarded.
The first places in
Toulouse in the women's and men's divisions
were captured by BAMBA CHIHIRO of Japan
and JUAN CARLOS MORALES FERRER of
Venezuela, respectively. Two Russian singers
and one from East Germany were the other
winners.
Another American, DAVID HAMILTON, baritone
of New York City, whose participation in
foreign competitions was also facilitated by an
HE and Korwin Music Project grant, took first
prize at the Fifteenth Voice Competition in
Paris. A former winner of the Met's Regional
Auditions, the Munich International Competition, last year's Steber Foundation Award and
a 1980 Washington Voice Competition, he is
The following singers were spotlighted under originally from Kansas City and studied at the
1984 Young Promising Artists in Musical Amer- Juilliard School. Second place in Paris was
ica: sopranos JULIANA GONDEK and ELIZA- won by LAURENCE ALBERT of Clayton, MisBETH HOLLEQUE, mezzos JANE BUNNELL and souri, and another American, DONALD COLLUP
LAURA BROOKS RICE, contralto MARTHA of Riverdale, New York, received a special
JANE HOWE, tenor RICHARD KENNEDY, bari- award for best interpretation of "French Metone BEN HOLT, and bass-baritone S. RAY lodies". In the women's division only one second
JACOBS.
prize was awarded, won by MYONG SOOK LEE
of South Korea.
The 1984-85 ECCO Ensemble of the Cincinnati
Opera presents in its 42-week program sopranos This season American singers also did well in
ROBIN FLOOD and RHONDA JAMISON, mezzo the Francisco Vifias Contest in Barcelona. Out
DONNA STEPHENSON, tenor
RANDOLPH of six awards given to women, three went to
LOCKE, baritone STEPHEN LUSMANN and bass singers from the U.S.: TERESA RINGHOLZ,
MICHAEL VAN ENGEN. — The Dayton Opera JUDITH MALAFRONTE and LOMA CULMER.
Ensemble under the guidance of Janice Conrads ENEDINA LLORIS of Spain, ANA FELICIA FILIP
features a quintet of vocalists, this season of Romania and DENIA MAZZOLA of Italy
consisting of LINDA HAVENS and DEBORAH received the other prizes, with Russian GLEB
MARTIN, sopranos, LISA GABRIEL, mezzo, NICOLSKY the only winner in the men's cateMARC SEMTOW, tenor, and PAUL SELLNOW, gory.
baritone.
The first Mirjam Helin Opera and Lieder CompeOn the international circuit, American soprano titon was held in Finland. Fifty-one singers
MARIA RUSSO of Rome, New York, won the representing fifteen countries competed; three
prestigious first prize in Munich, her partici- of the winners came from the Republic of China
pation sponsored by the Institute of Inter- - a mezzo, LIANG NING ($10,000), a soprano
national Education and the L. Korwin Inter- DILBER ($7,000) and a baritone, FU HAI-JING
national Music Competition Project.
ALAN ($4,000). All are graduates of the Peking Music
CEMORE of Bloomington, Indiana, placed third Conservatory. The other honorees included two
in the Munich men's division. — At the Vienna Finnish singers, TANJA KAUPPINEN and SATU
Belvedere International Opera Competition SIPPOLA-NURMINEN ($4,000 and $2,500 respecAmerican singers did not fare as well. The two tively), a Russian baritone, VLADIMIR TSHERfirst places were shared by two singers from NOW ($10,000), an East German baritone, OLAF
China, mezzo MANHUA ZHAN and tenor JIEYI BAR ($7,000), and the recipient of a special
ZHANG. JACEK STRAUCH, a baritone from Tito Gobbi Prize, the West German bass COREngland, took second place.
NELIUS HAUPTMANN. The competition, whose
cash prizes total one of the highest disburseLANI POULSON, mezzo-soprano of Potomac, ments of any European international vocal
Maryland, collected two major prizes in 1984, contest, is judged by an international jury of
a first at the 's-Hertogenbosch Competiton in star singers. With Kim Borg as chairman, it
Holland, and a third in Toulouse, France. Other includes Sena Jurinac, Matti Lehtinen, Jevgeni
winners in the Dutch contest received second Nesterenko, Birgit Nilsson, Aase Nordmo-L6vprizes, two from Japan, one from Great Britain berg, Anna Reynolds and Irmgard Seefried. The
and another from Germany, all in different next competition is scheduled for 1989.
The New England Chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing gave its first
Lillian Nordica prize to baritone JOSEPH WIGGETT. — In Canada, three singers received the
Floyd Chalmers Performing Awards in Voice:
sopranos DEBORAH JEANS and SHARI SAUNDERS, and tenor JAMES McLEAN.
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APPOINTMENTS
Government Agencies
EDWARD R. BIRDWELL was named Director of
the NEA Music Program. A former manager
of the Boston Symphony and a horn player, he
succeeded Adrian Gnam in this government post.
— The NEA Challenge Grant Program will be
directed by JEANNE BUTLER HODGES; her
predecessor was Elizabeth Weil. — Following
the resignation of Ann Darling as Program Director for Opera-Musical Theater, JANET
BRENNER was named her temporary successor
with the title of Acting Director.
ELLEN THURSTON, formerly of the New York
State Arts Council and the Center for Arts
Information, is the new NEA Regional Representative for the Northeast States and the Caribbean. — E. HENRY WILLETT III of Montgomery, Alabama, will represent the Endowment
in the Southern States from Florida to Texas.
For the past seven years Mr. Willett worked
for the Alabama State Council on the Arts and
the Humanities. — The Southern Arts Federation has signed SHARON DONOHUE as its new
Executive Director; her previous experience was
as head of the CART Program of Affiliate
Artists.
National Arts Organizations
The three major collective membership organizations of arts agencies have new head administrators: The National Assembly of Local Arts
Agencies (NALAA) named SELINA ROBERTS,
formerly of the Portland, Oregon, Arts Commission, President, and appointed ROBERT L.
LYNCH, formerly of the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, as Executive Director,
replacing Gretchen Wiest who had resigned.
The National Assembly, of State Arts Agencies
(NASAA), where Executive Director Geoffrey
Platt, Jr. resigned some time ago, now appointed JONATHAN KATZ as Executive Director and ROBIN TRYLOFF Chairman. — The
American Council for the Arts announced the
acceptance of the Chairmanship by DONALD
G. CONRAD, and of the first full-time ACA
Presidency by MILTON RHODES, formerly of
the Winston-Salem Arts Council.
STEPHEN
STAMAS of the New York Philharmonic is ViceChairman in charge of national policy.
The National Music Council announced the
appointmemt of BENJAMIN DUNHAM as National
Vice President; he will also function as editor
of the NMC Newsletter. His previous administrative and editorial positions were with such
The Kentucky Arts Council elected MAR- organizations as the American Symphony OrGARET TREVATHAN Chairman; the Arizona chestra League, Chamber Music America, the
Commission on the Arts named RONALD WAR- Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and,
NER to the chairmanship; the Tennessee Arts lastly, with the American Symphony Orchestra
Commission chose WALTER KNESTRICK for where he was Executive Director. His new
that position; and the Maine State Commission position with NMC was made possible by a grant
on the Arts named FRANCES ABBOTT its from the Bay Foundation.
Chairman. Further, STEPHEN McCRAE, Jr.
has assumed the Chairmanship of the South The artistic director of the Yale Repertory,
Carolina Arts Commission and MARY HUTCHI- Theatre and the O'Neill Theater Center's NaSON TONE that of the Iowa Arts Council, where tional Playwrights Conference is the new Presishe succeeded SAM W. GRABARSKI who, in dent of the Theatre Communications Group.
turn, became Executive Director of the Minne- The office, left vacant through the death of
sota State Arts Board. He is also President Alan Schneider, has been assumed by LLOYD
of the Affiliated State Arts Agencies of the RICHARDS; Peter Zeisler is TCG's Executive
Upper Midwest and, incidentally, is a bassoonist. Director.
Executive Director AL HEAD has moved from
his position with the Louisiana State Arts
Council to the same titled office with the
Alabama Arts Commission. — JAMES BACKAS
has become Director of the D.C. Commission
on the Arts and the Humanities. His former
positions included directorships of the Southern
Arts Federation, the Maryland Arts Council and
the American Arts Alliance. — ALAN ERDOSSY has exchanged the position of director
of the Sharon Arts Center in New Hampshire
for the same post with the Vermont Council
on the Arts.
The National Corporate Theater Fund has signed
W. GRANT BROWNRIGG as its Director.
Previously he was head of the American Council
for the Arts.
IAN HORVATH of the Cleveland Ballet was
elected Chairman of the Board of Dance/USA.
His predecessor, Philip Semark, has been General Manager of the Spoleto Festival USA for
the last year.
Affiliate Artists recently announced several
appointments. KATHARINE HOBLITZELLE is
the new Director of Communications working
Members of the Canadian Music Council elected out of the New York headquarters; she has
PATRICIA TOMPKINS President, an office pre- been with the organization for the last six
viously occupied by soprano Micheline Tessier. years. KATHERINE RAIRIGH was chosen to
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fill the new position of Vice President of
Marketing and Development; her most recent
affiliation was with McGraw-Hill Information
Systems' Marketing and Communications Department. In the Atlanta office, CLAIRE LIEBERWITZ was promoted to Director of Corporate Development for a 14-state southern
region.
of JOHN HIRSCH as Artistic Director of the
Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival, the
search committee chose actor/director JOHN
NEVILLE as his successor. He had been head
of the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton and had
acted in various Stratford productions.
The Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival signed
GERALD FREEDMAN, well-known director of
HARRIET MOGGE was named Director of Prothe dramatic and the musical theater, as its
fessional Programs, in charge of national con- new Artistic Director.
ferences and division meetings, for the Music
Educators National Conference. Her predecesArts Centers, Library and Other Institutions
sor had been in that job for thirty years when
JOHN V. LINDSAY, Mayor of New York 1959he retired earlier this season.
65, was chosen Chairman of the Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center. This is the
With experience gathered at the Florida School
first
step in fulfilling the agreement between
of the Arts, DAVID HUMPHREY has been
engaged as Director of the Alliance for Arts the boards of Lincoln Center and that of the
Theater which, in addition to naming a new
Education at the Kennedy Center.
Chairman, also calls for the appointments of
an artistic manager and of ten new members
Festivals
to the board of directors. The Theater had
JOSEPH J. WEICHER was named General Manbeen plagued by economic, administrative and
ager of the Ravinia Festival outside Chicago
artistic mishaps, and by August '83 the Lincoln
at Highland Park. Edward Gordon is Executive
Center board severed the Beaumont's constitDirector, James Levine is Music Director.
uent status, to be reinstated only after the
CHRISTOPHER HUNT, formerly of the San above mentioned conditions have been met.
Francisco Opera (Artistic Administrator), Opera
Company of Boston, the Wolf Trap Festival New York's 92nd Street Y has again become
(Artistic Director), and Royal Opera Covent one of the city's most desirable educational
Garden (Opera Administrator), has accepted the and performing arts centers. Dr. ROBERT M.
post of Festival Director for PepsiCo Summer- FISHER, former President of the J.F. Kennedy
fare at the State University of New York University in California, was appointed Executive Director, and he announced plans for
(SUNY), Purchase.
further expansion of the institute's cultural and
The Ann Arbor Summer Festival in Michigan educational programs. Dr. Fisher's predecessor
has promoted ROBERT H. ALEXANDER to was Dr. REYNOLD LEVY, who, after seven
Executive Director. He has been replaced as years at the "Y", accepted the Presidency of
Director of Development by GORDON C. DIXON. the newly formed AT&T Foundation.
The 110-year-old Chautauqua Institution in The "Arts in the Garden" classical concert
upstate New York has invited Dr. DANIEL L. series has engaged MARTIN BOOKSPAN, radio
BRATTON, former President of Kansas Wes- and television music commentator, author, and
leyan College, to become its President.
vice president of the Moss Music Group, as
special consultant. The National Westminster
After ten years as Artistic Director of the Bank USA is sponsoring and booking the series
Berkshire Music Center, the summer school at into Madison Square Garden. For many years
Tanglewood, and after a total of some twenty Mr. Bookspan was associated with ASCAP and
years of affiliation with that institute, com- before that with the radio station WQXR.
poser/conductor GUNTHER SCHULLER has resigned. Seiji Ozawa, Music Director of the ROBERT L. MARSHALL was named first Harold
Boston Symphony, who shared some of the Spivacke Consultant to the Music Division of
festival duties with Schuller, will remain as the Library of Congress.
A professor at
sole director.
Brandeis University, Mr. Marshall is a specialist
in Baroque music. The endowed position is
The Opera Theater and Workshop of the Aspen named after Dr. Spivacke who was chief of the
Music Festival will be under the joint leadership Library's Music Division from 1937 until his
of coach/conductor ROBERT SPILLMAN of the retirement in 1972. Donald L. Leavitt is the
Eastman School of Music and stage director current chief of this division.
EDWARD BERKLEY.
Composer ERIC SALZMAN has become Editor
Following the announcement of the resignation of The Musical Quarterly.
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Dance, Chorus, Management
ADAM PINSKER, formerly Director of the
Association of American Dance Companies, has
joined Dance St. Louis as its Executive Director.
— The Boston Ballet announced the appointment of BRUCE MARKS as Director; he is
currently Artistic Director of Ballet West, was
principal dancer and choreographer with many
major ballet companies and former Chairman of
the NEA Dance Program. — The Dance Theatre
of Harlem has engaged CHARLES DARDEN as
its principal conductor.
ROBERT DeCORMIER, Music Director of
New York Choral Society, has announced
resignation effective in the summer
Applications from choral conductors to fill
position are now being accepted.
Presidents. The company also announced that
it expects to run its longest season and spend
its highest budget ($1.8 million) in 1984-85.
Recent elections at the Minnesota Opera in St.
Paul resulted in establishing the following slate
of officers: C.L. WHITEHILL, Chairman of the
Board, DONALD P. BROWN, President, THOMAS
A. KELLER III, Vice President, ROBERT A.
NIELSEN, Treasurer, IRENE KREIDBERG, Assistant Treasurer, and D. CRAIG MOEN, Secretary.
the
his
'87.
this
New officers for the Lyric Opera of Kansas
City, Missouri, have been chosen and have
begun to serve their terms: MRS. CLIFF C.
JONES, President, RACHEL BROWN, Dr. FRED
FOWLER, NORMAN CAPPS and ROBERT
STARK, all Vice Presidents, and PETER W.
ROBERT B.
JAMES ABRUZZO who, as senior consultant to HYDE Recording Secretary;
Opportunity Resouces, has worked with various SNAPP, Jr. continues as Treasurer.
opera companies and other nonprofit organizations on their staff appointments, has joined BILL GOSSARD was named President of the
Executive Search Consultants Tarnow Inc. as Central City Opera House Association, where
Vice President in charge of its nonprofit/enter- he succeeds Paul Powers. — The Vancouver
tainment division. — The Concert Artists (BC) Opera has installed Dr. CARL HOYT as
Guild's new Executive Director is GEORGE the new President of the company. He is Dean
of Business Administration at Simon Fraser
PLASKO.
University.
Opera Companies
The long search for a General Manager of the The opera company listings above pertain to
Metropolitan Opera as a successor to Anthony elected officers only. Mentioned below are
A. Bliss is over and the happy choice falls on those appointments concerning new or exa Met officer. BRUCE CRAWFORD'S evolve- changed administrative positions, heads of comment of positions with the company is reminis- panies and their immediate support teams. It
cent of Mr. Bliss's own history as a member is significant to note the many new positions
of the Board and the President of MOA to the that have been created by long-established and
appointment of General Manager. Mr. Crawford by newer companies, obviously all in need of
has been on the Met Board since 1976, a member a wider and more specialized administration.
of the Executive Committee since 1977, a Vice
President since 1981, and was elected President The Music Center Opera Association of Los
in spring '84 (for further details see Vol. 25, Angeles announced the appointment of PETER
No. 3 "Appointments").
He will resign as HEMMING as Executive Director. The organizaPresident from MOA in 1985, and in April '85 tion, which is part of the Music Center
will exchange the office of President of BBD&O Association, has so far only booked some
for that of Chairman, which he will hold until visiting companies but now also plans to prepare
the end of the year. Finally, on January 1, its own productions (see "News from Com1986, he will assume the full duties of General panies"). Mr. Hemming was with the Sadler's
Manager of the Metropolitan Opera. In August Wells Opera, General Administrator of the
of that year, JAMES LEVINE will become the Scottish Opera, General Manager of the Auscompany's first Artistic Director. Mr. Bliss tralian Opera, and lastly Managing Director of
will continue his association as a member of the London Symphony Orchestra. Thomas Wachthe board and a Managing Director. All other tell is President of the Board of the Music
appointments have been announced before, ex- Center Opera Association, and Placido Domingo
cept for Mr. ALTON E. PETERS, who was was named one of its Directors.
reelected Secretary of the Association - our
apologies.
With the resignation of General Director RICHARD GADDES taking effect after this sumThe Baltimore Opera has elected CHARLES S. mer season, the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis
GARLAND, Jr., President to succeed Donald L. has now assembled a triumvirate of directors
DeVries, and reelected LOWELL BOWEN, CARL to continue the operation. Artistic Director
HECHT and S. JAMES CAMPBELL, Jr., Vice COLIN GRAHAM and Executive Director
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CHARLES MacKAY, whose appointments were
announced earlier, will be joined by JOHN
NELSON as Music Director. Mr. Nelson will
also continue as Music Director of the Indianapolis Symphony. Other new faces with the
St. Louis company this summer will include
DAVIS ALLEN as Director of Development,
formerly of the Houston Symphony, and PAUL
KILMER, a 1982 MONC Regional Finalist who
sang with the company and who is now coming
aboard as Artistic Administrator.
John Crosby, General Director of the Santa Fe
Opera, announced the creation of the new
position of Executive Director and the appointment of ANTHONY RIOLO to fill that post.
His former jobs included Finance and Development Director for the New York City Ballet,
and eonsultantships for the Ford Foundation,
the Seattle Arts Commission and the National
Arts Stabilization Fund. He graduated from
Harvard Law School and is a Fellow of the
International Chamber Music Academy in Rome.
In 1979 and again last year he worked as a
Following the resignation of WILLIAM GIL- consultant for the New Mexico opera company.
LESPIE in order to join the Pittsburgh Opera
as its Company Manager, the Sarasota Opera Following the resignation of GEOFF PETERSON
Company has signed MARK TIARKS, formerly as Managing Director of the Metropolitan Opera
Artistic Administrator of the Opera Theatre of Guild and publisher of Opera News and Ballet
Saint Louis, as its new Managing Director. He News, the Guild's President, Katharine O'Neil,
started as administrative head of the Florida announced the appointment of G. PALMER
company at the beginning of this season.
LeROY to Managing Director. For the last
thirty years Mr. LeRoy was associated with a
After twelve years as General Manager of the major manufacturer of industrial chemical proMobile Opera - she had been the immediate ducts where he held the office of vice president
Mr. Peterson
successor to the company's founder/director, before his recent retirement.
the late Rose Palmai-Tenser - KATHERINE S. was named President of Louise Westergaard
WILLSON has retired. F. EUGENE DYBDAHL, Productions, Ltd.
formerly Director of Opera at Florida State
University in Tallahassee, assumed her position Company manager Valerie Beale resigned after
last fall.
Mrs. Willson was named General six months as General Manager of the VancouManager Emeritus and the company has dedi- ver Opera Company, a post at first denied her
cated the 1984-85 season to her.
when she, as a British citizen, could not obtain
a working permit in Canada.
BEVERLEY
The Boston Lyric Opera has a new General TRIFONIDIS, the company's former financial
Director, ANNE EWERS, who has been company consultant, was engaged as Beale's replacement.
manager and resident stage director for the Although Beale had been hired due to Brian
last two years. She succeeds John Balme who McMaster's insistance and against local sentiresigned earlier this season after completing ment, the Vancouver Opera will continue its
the first phase of fundraising to eliminate the affiliation with the Welsh Opera and its Artistic
1983 accumulated deficit incurred by the com- Director, Mr. McMaster. DAVID WALSH is the
pany's production of Der Ring des Nibelwgen company's Assistant Artistic Director.
His
in Boston and in New York. RANDOLPH J. previous engagements were with such organizaFULLER is President of the company.
tions as the Canadian Opera Company, the
Stratford Festival, the Scottish Opera, and the
Joining the opera companies of Syracuse and Frankfurt opera company.
Indianapolis, Opera Memphis will also be administered by General and Artistic Director HENSON MARKHAM, who resigned as Director
ROBERT DRIVER.
of Business and Finance of the New York City
Opera, was named Managing Director of the
DAVID E. KLEISER, former Business Adminis- Opera Company of Boston by its Artistic
trator of the Washington Opera and prior to Director, Sarah Caldwell.
that a member of the administrative staff of
the New York City Opera, has been engaged The Washington Opera changed FRANCIS
by the Virginia Opera for the newly created RIZZO's title from Dramaturg to Artistic Diposition of General Manager.
rector; another change in the company's administration, the resignation of Gary Fifield,
BRIAN LINGHAM, former Associate General was due to ill health.
Director of the Lyric Opera of Kansas City,
has been promoted to Managing Director, and Expanding MICHAEL HARRISON'S sphere of
EDWARD KANDER became Associate General influence and responsibility, Opera/Columbus
Manager. Founder/Director Russell Patterson's has added the title of Artistic Director to that
titles are General Director and General Artistic of General Manager.
MARIANNE KAITSA
Director.
joined the Ohio company as Tour Manager, and
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JOHN EVANS as Choral Conductor and Principal HARTLY KRUEGER, who had been vice presiAccompanist while also continuing as Musical dent of the Seattle/King County Convention
Administrator of the Chamber Opera Theater and Visitors Bureau for twelve years, became
of New York.
the Director of Development for the Seattle
Following the death of Producer/Director Wil- Opera.
liam Mount-Burke, the Light Opera of Manhattan changed JEAN DALRYMPLE's role and The Portland Opera, which is combining
title from Chairman of the Board - which she Development and Marketing, has engaged Dr.
filled for many years - to President; former MARGRIT A. JAY as Director of this
Associate Director RAYMOND ALLEN and stage department.
manager and choreographer JERRY GOTHAM
now share responsibilities as Co-Artistic Direc- The Chicago Opera's Lyric Opera Center for
tors; General Manager JUDITH O'SULLIVAN is American Artists is now managed by STEVEN
also chief administrative officer in charge of BROWN, who followed Carol Yamamoto in that
day-to-day affairs, and BRUCE R. McKILLIP position (see "Academic Appointments"). Lee
Schaenen is the Center's Music Director.
is the new Director of Marketing.
Texas Opera Theater of the Houston Grand
Opera announced the appointment of conductor
DANIEL LIPTON, formerly of Colombia, South
America, as Music Director for the next two
seasons; WARD HOLMQUIST is the new Assistant Conductor.
TOT has also added the
The Cleveland Opera Theater, which gives following members to its administrative and
summer performances at Kulas Hall of the production staff: AMANDA BURLEIGH as DeCleveland Institute, engaged MICHAEL Mc- velopment Associate, JULIE DEVANE as PubliCONNELL as its new Executive Director.
city Director, LINDA JACKSON as Production
Manager and SHARON BROOKHART as Stage
Manager of Sales and Communications is the Manager for the resident troupe.
new title added to the San Francisco Opera's
administration. CRAIG SCHERFENBERG, for- David DiChiera, Artistic Director, and Dennis
merly of the Guthrie Theater, the Long Wharf Hanthorn, Managing Director, of the Dayton
Theater and Artpark, has been entrusted with Opera, chose JANICE CONRADS to direct the
its responsibilities. SUSAN OVERMAN, whose Dayton Opera Ensemble, the company's educafundraising acumen was sharpened at the U.S. tional outreach program. She is also Chorus
Committee for UNICEF and at CARE Inc., was Master of the main company. KATHY BROWN
named Director of Development.
is the Ensemble's Coordinator. — In preparation of the company's silver anniversary next
The Cincinnati Opera has added three new season, a special committee was appointed with
Managers for special divisions: PATRICIA SUZANNE BASSANI as Chairperson.
BEGGS in Marketing, L. ROBERT ROSENFIELD
in Development and THOMAS SCHNEIDER in The Opera Ensemble of New York has added a
Communications. — NANCY WELSH joined Business Manager/Marketing Director to its
He is JEFFREY W.
the Pennsylvania Opera Theater as Director of administrative staff.
Marketing, in charge of subscription and single STURGEON, formerly with the Lehmann Center
ticket sales, public relations and advertising, for the Performing Arts in New York. —
and BETH MeNALLY was named Development LLOYD WALLINGFORD took over the office
Associate. Both jobs were made possible in of Director of Publicity and Public Relations
from Michael Howell, who resigned after six
part by NEA Advancement Grants.
years in this job with the Canadian Opera
In establishing a joint management team for Company.
the Connecticut Opera, the Hartford Ballet and
Hartford Chamber Orchestra, General Manager The Fort Worth Opera has engaged its first
George Osborne has engaged THOMAS PHILION full-time Production Manager, MICHAEL JARZABSKI.
—
KIM OLMSTED was named
as. Vice President of Marketing.
Production Coordinator for the Anchorage Civic
David Bamberger of the Cleveland Opera an- Opera.
nounced the appointment of SHARON FREIMUTH as Development Director, with KATHY After one season, ANNE RANDOLPH resigned
MEAD as Executive Assistant for Development. as General Director of the Central City Opera
SARAH LEEDER has been promoted to Execu- House Association to found her own public
tive Assistant to the General Manager.
relations firm.
GARY RACE is the new Artistic Director of
the Ithaca Opera, succeeding the late Barbara
Troxell (see "Obituaries"). Mr. Race comes to
the upstate New York company from the Cincinnati Opera.
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Symphony Orchestras
STEPHEN STAMAS, a Vice President of Exxon
Corporation who helped initiate "Live from
Lincoln Center" and who has also been involved
with the Great Performance series on PBS, was
elected President of the New York Philharmonic. He succeeds the late Constance Hoguet
(see "Obituaries"), who served for three years.
Mr. Stamas is also active in the Meet the
Composer residencies, the Exxon/NEA Conductor's Program and the ASOL's Management
Fellowship Program. At the Philharmonic he
will be working closely with Chairman Carlos
Moseley and Managing Director Albert K. Webster.
Director of the Charleston (WV) Symphony and
also remains with Music from Bear Valley in
California, but relinquished his position with
the Amarillo Symphony; - ALVARO CASSUTO,
formerly of the Rhode Island Philharmonic, is
the new Music Director of the National Orchestral Association, the New York training orchestra; - KURT KLIPPSTATTER, who had been in
charge of the Arkansas Symphony, succeeded
Mark Laycock as Music Director of the Greater
Trenton Orchestra; - the Shreveport Symphony
is now led by Music Director PETER LEONARD,
and the Tulsa Philharmonic by BERNARD RUBENSTEIN; - BRUCE HANGEN is in his first
season as Music Director of the Omaha Symphony, and PHILIP GREENBERG in his first
The American Symphony Orchestra in New York, season with the Fresno Philharmonic, where he
founded by Leopold Stokowski in 1964 and succeeded Guy Taylor, who resigned after 15
without a permanent conductor since his resig- years as Music Director.
nation in 1971, has announced the appointment
of JOHN MAUCERI as Music Director. He Orchestra managers in new posts include: PAUL
began his three-year tenure earlier this season. CHUMMERS as Acting General Manager of the
A consultant for the Music Theater at the Chicago Symphony, filling the post left vacant
Kennedy Center, he was Music Director of the by the death of John S. Edwards (see "ObituWashington Opera and has been on the music aries"); - TONY DECHARIO, General Manager
faculty of Yale University for seventeen years. of the Rochester (NY) Philharmonic; - RICHARD
He has appeared as guest conductor with the BASS as Executive Director of the San Diego
Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Santa Symphony; - and with the same title DAVID
Fe Opera and the Spoleto Festival, as well as LEVENSON of the New Orleans Philharmonic;
with many major orchestras.
- FAYE BAILEY, General Manager of The
Florida Orchestra, and her predecessor ROJudging from the long list of new appointments BERT GROSS as General Manager of the
as music directors or principal conductors, this Phoenix (AZ) Symphony; - PETER SMITH forcolumn could well be entitled "Have baton will merly of the Fort Wayne Symphony to General
travel!"
Manager of the Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra; - and HOWARD W. GRANT, formerly of
Beginning next season: SEMYON BYCHKOV will the Long Island Philharmonic as Executive
succeed Julius Rudel as Music Director of the Director of the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra.
Buffalo Philharmonic, when Mo. Rudel will
accept guest engagements only; - JERZY SEM- Academia
KOV, formerly of St. Louis, will become Music The choice for President of the Juilliard School
Advisor and Principal Conductor of the Roches- and successor to the late Dr. Peter Mennin was
ter (NY) Philharmonic; - RUDOLF BARSHAI was made in favor of 36-year-old Dr. JOSEPH W.
named successor to Kazuyoshi Akiyama, Music POLISI. For the last three years he was Dean
Director of the Vancouver (BC) Symphony Or- of the College-Conservatory of Music of the
chestra; - ZDENEK MACAL, the Czech-born University of Cincinnati, and prior to that Dean
conductor who won the Besaneon and Mitropou- of the Faculty at the Manhattan School of
los competitions in the 1960's, will be Principal Music. A Yale graduate with a Doctorate in
Guest Conductor with the Milwaukee Symphony; Musical Arts, he is the author of writings on
- and BRUCE FERDEN of the New York City music education, is a bassoonist and, unlike
Opera and Manhattan School of Music among most past Juilliard School presidents, Dr. Polisi
others will take over the Spokane Symphony is not a composer.
from Music Director Gunther Schuller.
Succeeding Dr. Polisi at the Ohio music instiNew appointments that became effective in fall tute, KAREN WOLFF was named Acting Dean
'84: GERARD SCHWARZ began a three-year of the Conservatory. — ARTHUR R. TOLcontract as Principal Conductor of the Seattle LEFSON assumed the duties of Dean of the
Symphony Orchestra (in addition to his director- School of Music at the University of North
ship of the Mostly Mozart Festival, the New Carolina in Greensboro. — The North Carolina
York Y Chamber Orchestra, Los Angeles School of the Arts in Winston-Salem has a new
Chamber Orchestra and the Waterloo Festival); Chancellor, Dr. ELIZABETH MILLAY, who pre- THOMAS CONLIN assumed the post of Music viously was Dean of the School of Fine Arts
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at California State University at Long Beach.
— Her predecessor in North Carolina was
ROBERT SUDERBURG, who accepted the Presidency of the Cornish Institute of the Arts in
Seattle, a post previously held by Melvin
Strauss.
of the Corpus Christi Symphony and of the
orchestra at the American Institute for Musical
Studies in Graz in the summer, has accepted
the position of Music Director of Symphony and
Opera at the University of Texas in Austin,
formerly held by Dr. Walter Ducloux who retired
in 1983. — ANTHONY ADDISON, who sucPianist GRANT JOHANNESEN, who has been ceeded Dr. Ducloux as head of the Opera
President of the Cleveland Institute of Music Theater, has now taken over the Opera Departfor the last twelve years, has announced his ment at Rice University in Houston.
retirement from the conservatory effective in
July '85 in order to devote more time to his The East Texas State University in Commerce
solo career. He will remain affiliated with the has signed ROBERT HOUSTON as its new
Institute but will relinquish all administrative Director of the Department
of Music,
duties.
succeeding Robert House who retired.
The University of Houston announced that the
position of Director of the School of Music,
vacated by Milton Katims, has been filled by
DAVID J. TOMATZ, formerly of the University
of Wyoming. - WILLIAM F. BUNCH has been
named Dean of the Chicago Musical College of
Roosevelt University, succeeding George H.
Wilson. — East Carolina University in Greenville named CHARLES E. STEVENS Dean of the
School of Music, and Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory of Music in Berea, Ohio, appointed
WILLIAM CARLSON Director to succeed Warren Scharf.
The Saint Louis Conservatory of Music secured
the services of COLIN GRAHAM, Artistic
Director of the opera company in that city; he
will be Production Stage Director of the Conservatory's opera workshop. Earlier this season,
STEPHEN LORD became the Director of the
Opera Studio, succeeding Edward Zambara.
MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER is the new Associate
Dean of the School. — In the summer, Mr.
GRAHAM will return to the Banff School of
the Arts in Alberta to head the opera program.
The Music Academy of the West in Santa
Barbara announced three directors for the 1985
summer session as follows: LAWRENCE LEIGHTON SMITH of the San Antonio Symphony as
Music Director, RICHARD PEARLMAN of the
Eastman School of Music and formerly of Aspen
as Artistic Director, and MARTIAL SINGHER
as Vocal Program Coordinator.
The Blair School of Music of Vanderbilt University in Nashville contracted JOHN FRIEDEL
SAWYER as Dean, and the School of Music of
Ohio University in Athens signed JAMES
STEWART as Director.
Composer JOHN HARBISON is the first permanent holder of the "Class of 1949 Professorship" at the Department of Music of the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
and, for the spring semester, British composer
PETER MAXWELL DAV1ES will be the Fromm
Music Foundation Visiting Professor at Harvard
U niversity.
LINDA MARRA, who headed the Opera Workshop at Western State College in Gunnison,
CAROL YAMAMOTO, former Manager of the Colorado, now occupies the same position at
Chicago Lyric Opera Center for American Central Washington State University in EllensArtists, has joined Columbia College in Chicago burg. HARVEY HARRIMAN is her replacement
as Chairperson of the Arts, Entertainment and in Gunnison. — The Washington (DC) ConserMedia Management Department. She also serves vatory of Music named JOEL LAZAR Conducas management consultant to the National tor-in-Residence of its Conservatory orchestra.
Endowment, the Illinois Arts Council and the
Great Lakes Arts Alliance. — Mrs. DEE Soprano SANDRA BROWNING (Mrs. Mavor
DICKISON is the new Director of Performing Moore) joined the voice faculty of the UniverArts at the Oglebay Institute in West Virginia. sity of British Columbia in Vancouver, and
soprano LUCY SHELTON is now teaching voice
MICHEL SINGHER was named successor to at the New England Conservatory in Boston.
Robert Baustian who retired from Oberlin
College in 1983. Mr. Singher is Music Director HARVEY IDEUS was engaged by Columbia Colof the Opera Theater, head of the orchestral lege in Chicago as Professional Placement and
program and Professor of Conducting. Judith Career Planning Director. The College, which
Layng continues as Artistic Director of the emphasizes the performing arts and arts
Oberlin Opera Theater, and soprano BEVERLEY management, intends with this appointment to
RINALDI has joined the school's voice faculty. expand its internship program and placement
— CORNELIUS EBERHARDT, Music Director service.
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Opera/Music Abroad
The English National Opera has chosen its next
Managing Director to succeed Lord Harewood,
who retires at the end of this season (see Vol.
25, No. 3). The new appointee is British-born
PETER JONAS, who studied singing at the
Eastman School of Music in Rochester, and who
has been Artistic Administrator of the Chicago
Symphony for the past eight years. From 1974
to 1976 he was assistant to Sir Georg Solti.
He is married to soprano Lucia Popp. In summer
'85 he will begin work at ENO, where Mark
Elder is Music Director.
Britain who previously was a recording executive.
KURT HORRES, who assumed the position of
Intendant of the Hamburg Staatsoper last August, has resigned and the company reengaged
ROLF LIEBERMANN for a three-year interim
period while looking for a suitable successor.
Mr. Horres is a likely candidate as Intendant
of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Diisseldorf
when GRISCHA BARFUSS retires in 1988.
In 1987, when MICHAEL GIELEN leaves the
Frankfurt Opera, the office of GeneralmusikThe Royal Opera Covent Garden has appointed direktor
will
go to
GARY
BERTINI.
JEFFREY TATE to the newly created post of — Generalintendant HANS PISCHNER of the
Principal Conductor.
He will assume this Berlin Staatsoper in East Berlin has retired;
position in the 1986-87 season. A sixteen-week his successor is GUNTER RIMKUS.
minimum residency has been agreed upon. The
British conductor made his Met debut with Lulu GIORGIO STREHLER, who left La Scala, Milan,
in 1980, and two years later conducted his in 1983, will return to his former position of
first Royal Opera performance, La Clemenza Artistic Director in 1986, at the same time
di Tito. — New this year with the London that RICCARDO MUTI becomes the theater's
company is Chorus Director PETER BURIAN, Music Director. New Strehler/Muti productions
formerly in charge of the Augsburg Opera shall include Nabucco in '86, Don Giovanni the
Chorus
and
the
Wiener
Sangerknaben. following year, and Manon Lescaut in '88.
BERNARD HAITINK will become the
company's Music Director in fall '87, rather News of major European orchestra appointments
than in '88 as originally planned.
include ZUBIN MEHTA as Chief Conductor of
the orchestra and the Teatro Comunale at the
RICHARD MANTLE, former Deputy Managing Maggio Musicale Fiorentino 1985-87, with
Director of the English National Opera, assumed BRUNO BARTOLETTI as Artistic Advisor;
the duties of Managing Director of the Scottish — COLIN DAVIS in his first season as Music
Opera, where John Cox advanced to Artistic Director of the Bayerische Rundfunk Orchester;
Director with Sir Alexander Gibson as Music — PINCHAS STEINBERG succeeding Peter
Director. — JENNY SLACK became Executive Schneider as Music Director of the Bern SymDirector of the Kent Opera Company.
phony Orchestra in Switzerland; — and HERBERT VON KARAJAN rejoining his Berlin
After a six-year tenure as Director of the Royal Philharmonic as Chief Conductor with some
Opera Stockholm, FOLKE ALBENIUS is stepping restrictive clauses, after a well-publicized
down to be succeeded by conductor LARS AF break between the Maestro and the orchestra
MALMBORG.
musicians.
Plans for the new Ope>a de la Bastille in Paris A number of new appointments and reshuffled
(see Vol. 25, No. 1) are progressing, and JEAN- positions have been announced by Patrick
PIERRE BROSSMANN was appointed Artistic Veitch, General Manager of the Australian
Director, MICHELE AUDON Director General, Opera. MOFFATT OXENBOULD moved from
and FRANCOIS BLOCH-LAINE President. The Artistic Administrator to Artistic Director, with
organization is also retaining the advisory RICHARD BONYNGE continuing as Musical
services of PIERRE BOULEZ, and of MASSIMO Director through 1986, after which time he will
BOGIANCKINO, Director General of the Grand be Musical Director Emeritus and Principal
Ope>a National.
Guest Conductor.
The American conductor
DAVID AGLER, presently Resident Conductor
With CLAUS HELMUT DRESE going to Vienna and Musical Supervisor at the San Francisco
as Staatsoperndirektor in 1986 (see Vol. 25, No. Opera and formerly conductor for the Syracuse
3), the Zurich Opera has engaged CHRISTOPH Opera and the Spoleto Festival, will become
GROSZER as his replacement, beginning in Musical Advisor of the Australian Opera in
summer '86. A new appointment at the Vienna 1985, and the following year Principal ConducOpera not yet announced here is that of tor with a three-year contract. - Australian
WALTER HAGEN-GROLL as Chordirektor. conductor STUART CHALLENDER will have an
— L'Ope>a de Monte Carlo has a new General official position as Guest Conductor for three
Director.
He is JOHN MORDLER of Great years beginning in 1986. He will also be in
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charge of the new Australian Music Theatre
program of developing new works (see "News
from Companies/Developing New Operas") and
act as Advisor on Australian Contemporary
Music Theatre and Opera Composition. Also
added to the musical staff is a new Chorus
Master, GORDON KEMBER, formerly with
Glyndebourne and the Bavarian Radio Chorus.
A reorganization in the opera company's
administration gives Mr. Veitch three Assistant
General Managers: MARK BENVAU in charge
of finances and personnel, JENNIFER BOTT di-
recting press and public relations, and DAVID
COLVILLE supervising earned and contributed
income as well as radio and television.
VIRGINIA HENDERSON and NEROLI HOBBINS
are in charge of development, the former for
corporate donors, the latter for individual
giving; LEWIS NORMAN is Marketing Administrator. And finally, the following three Artistic
Administrators will be working in Moffatt
Oxenbould's department:
PETER BLOOR,
YVONNE SCHWERDT and RUTH YEATMAN. []
Late News: Government
The distinguished author, critic and musicologist PATRICK J. SMITH has been named Program
Director of the NEA Opera-Musical Theater Program. He was President of the Music Critics
Association from 1977 to 1981,.Editor and Publisher of the Musical Newsletter, is a contributor
to many American and Foreign music publications, and is author of The Tenth Muse: A Historical
Study of the Opera Libretto and of A Year at the Met.
Winners
(continued from page 15)
All prizes of this season's Sofia Opera Competition were divided between Bulgarian, Romanian and Russian vocalists, with the Grand
Prix winner VLADIMIR KARIMOV of the USSR.
— Leipzig's Bach Competition in East Germany
chose three singers from the DDR and one
Japanese as winners. Tenor KINZO ISHII, who
placed second in Leipzig, also received the
second prize at 's-Hertogenbosch.
Conductors
The 1984 International Conductors' Competition
in Geneva bestowed its second and third prizes
on two young American conductors: NEAL
GITTLEMAN of Portland, Oregon, and MARC
TARDUE of Hyattsville, Maryland. The first
prize went to GRZEGORY NOWAK of Poland.
— The Viennese conductor WOLFGANG DORNER was first place winner at the 1984 contest
in Besaneon.
For the current season, the Exxon/National
Endowment for the Arts/Affiliate Artists Conductors Program has added two new Conducting
Assistants. DAVID MILNES has been placed
with the San Francisco Symphony and TSUNG
YEH with the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra.
Continuing as Exxon/NEA Conductors in their
second or third year respectively are Enrique
Diemeeke (Rochester Philharmonic), Andrew
Litton (National Symphony Orchestra), Neal
Stulberg (Los Angeles Philharmonic), Kirk Trevor (Dallas Symphony) and Christopher Wilkins
(The Cleveland Orchestra).
Continuing as
Conducting Assistants are Neal Gittleman (see
"Winners" above) (Oregon Symphony) and Stephen Stein (Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra).
The program has a December 1 deadline for
applications for the following season.
Opera Interns
The 1984 recipients of internship grants
awarded by the National Institute for Music
Theater include: 1) for musical preparation and
coaching - ANN BALTZ and DALE JOHNSON
to work with Margaret Singer and Joan Dorneman, respectively; 2) for stage direction
- VICTORIA CLARK and CHRIS STOLLERY to
work with Dorothy Danner and Rhoda Levine,
respectively; 3) for stage design - THOMAS
UMFRID to work with John Conklin; 4) for
opera composing and libretto writing - SHARON
HOLLAND, JAMES LEGG and GEORGE WOLFE
to work with Ira Weitzman and Thea Musgrave,
respectively.
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Arts administrator JULIUS BLOOM, American, 71 years old, in New York
7/6/84. A former administrator at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, he
was the director of Carnegie Hall from 1960 to 1979, and helped to shape
its reputation as a theater which develops and produces its own concerts.
Mr. Bloom, who generated many innovative ideas, was concerned with the
integrity of both the institution and its artists, and worked with Isaac
Stern to save the building when it was threatened with demolition.
Baritone JEAN BORTHAYRE, French, 82 years old, in Montmorency,
France 4/25/84. He made his debut in Algiers in 1937 and resumed his
career after the war, singing in various French and Belgian opera houses.
From 1951 until 1968 he performed major baritone roles at both the Paris
Ope>a and the Opera-Comique.
Soprano LINA BRUNA-RASA, Italian, 77 years old, in Milan 10/84. This
renowned interpreter of verismo roles made her debut in Treviso in 1926
and appeared at La Scala and other major European houses through the
1930's. A favorite of Toscanni and Mascagni, she sang in the premieres
of the latter's Nerone and Wolf-Ferrari's Sly; her performances as Tosca
and Gioconda were particularly noteworthy. Although ill health forced
her retirement in 1940, her recordings, including a Cavalleria rusticana
conducted by the composer, are still well-known.
Bass FERNANDO CORENA, Swiss, 67 years old, in Lugano 11/26/84.
Greatly acclaimed as a buffo specialist, he also performed and recorded
serious basso roles. After making his debut as Varlaam in Boris Godunov
in Trieste in 1947, he sang at major houses and international festivals in
Europe and the United States. Well-known to New York audiences, he
first appeared at the Metropolitan Opera as Leporello in 1954 and
performed over twenty roles in over 700 performances there and on tour
until 1978, including Dulcamara, Bartolo, Falstaff and Don Pasquale. Mr.
Corena, fluent in French and Italian, was noted for both the clarity of
his diction and his comedic skills.
Tenor DAVIS CUNNINGHAM, American, 68 years old, in San Diego 6/19/84.
Known as a singer of musical comedy before the war, he made his operatic
debut at Central City in 1949, where he sang for several summers. He
performed major parts in operatic television productions on NBC and ABC
and sang a number of leading roles at the New York City Opera in 1954
and 1955. After his retirement from the opera stage, he taught voice
and made concert appearances.
Arts adminstrator JOHN S. EDWARDS, American, 72 years old, in Chicago
8/11/84. He served as manager of the Chicago Symphony for more than
17 years and had been its Executive Vice-President since 1977. Beginning
his career as a music critic for the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, he later
held managerial positions with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Baltimore
Symphony, the National Symphony of Washington and the Pittsburgh
Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Edwards was a guiding spirit and constant
supporter of the American Symphony Orchestra League and its programs,
particularly the training seminars for young managers. ASCAP recently
renamed one of its awards the "ASCAP John S. Edwards Award for
Creative Orchestral Programming".
Tenor LORENZ FEHENBERGER, German, 71 years old, in Munich 7/27/84.
He made his debut in Graz in 1939, went on to sing at Dresden and joined
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the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, appearing there from 1945 until
1977. As his career developed, he performed leading roles in Salzburg,
Florence, Buenos Aires and other major theaters. He commanded an
exceptionally wide repertory, and in 1979 created the title role written
specifically for him in Winifred Hiller's Hiob at the Experimentierbiihne
of the Bayerische Staatsoper.
Conductor JANOS FERENCSIK, Hungarian, 77 years old, in Budapest
6/12/84.
He championed the cause of 20th century Hungarian music,
conducting and recording instrumental and operatic works by Bart6k,
Kodaly, Janacek and others. After attending the National Conservatory
in Budapest, he studied with Arturo Toscanini, Bruno Walter and Wilhelm
Furtwangler, and worked at Bayreuth during 1930-31. He joined the
Hungarian State Opera in 1927, making his conducting debut at a 1930
performance of Hansel und Gretel, and was its General Music Director
from 1957 to 1974. After World War II he helped to establish the
Hungarian State Symphony and also became its resident conductor. Mr.
Ferencsik was a guest conductor with the Vienna State Opera and
frequently appeared with major orchestras in Europe and the United States.
Singer and teacher OLGA FORRAI, Hungarian/American, in New York
10/15/84. She had a brief solo career in Central Europe prior to coming
to the United States before World War II. She settled in New York,
where she taught voice privately.
Teacher and contralto MARION SZEKELY FRESCHL, Hungarian/American,
89 years old, in New York 11/23/84. She sang leading roles in Germany,
Austria and Scandinavia before immigrating to the United States in 1941.
During her ten years at the Curtis Institute and twenty-three years at
the Juilliard School, where she headed the Voice Department, she developed
new methods of vocal training. A leading and influential voice teacher,
her students included Marion Anderson and Shirley Verrett. Concerned
with the creation of new vocal music, she established two annual Freschl
Art Song Prizes for composers. Mme. Freschl, the recipient of several
honorary degrees, continued to teach privately after her retirement in
1975. On January 23 the Juilliard School is holding a memorial concert
in her honor.
Author and director CHARLES FRIEDMAN, American, 81 years old, in
New York 7/18/84. Known for his treatment of socially relevant material,
he contributed to and directed the famous Broadway revue Pins and
Needles (1937-41), performed by members of the International Ladies
Garment Workers Union. Mr. Friedman directed Carmen Jones in 1943
and the critically-acclaimed production of Weill's Street Scene three years
later.
He also wrote the book and lyrics for My Darlin' Aida, a
transposition of the Verdi opera to a Civil War setting. This operaturned-musical was produced on Broadway in 1952.
Composer and educator/lecturer FRITZ GEISLER, German, 63 years old,
in Bad Saarow (DDR) 1/11/84. The composer of the operas Der zerbrochene
Krug (1970), Der verriickte Jourdain (1973), Der Schattan (1975) and Das
Chagrinleder (1979) studied in Leipzig where he later became a lecturer
at the university and a professor at the conservatory.
Composer PAUL BEN-HAIM (n6 Frankenburg), German/Israeli, 86 years
old, in Tel Aviv 1/14/84. This influential composer, winner of the Israel
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State Prize in 1957, began his career as a conductor before emigrating
from his native Germany in 1933. Mr. Ben-Haim's music, which was often
performed outside of Israel, integrated Western classical forms with Jewish
folk melodies. Among his vocal works are the oratorio Yoram (1979) and
a five-movement Liturgical Cantata. New York's Hebrew Arts School,
where he was on the board of directors, will present a memorial concert
of his music on February 15.
Playwright and novelist LILLIAN HELLMAN, American, 77 years old, at
Martha's Vineyard, MA 6/30/84. Recognized as one of America's most
important authors, her famous play The Little Foxes (1939), a chronicle
of greed among members of a Southern family, was the basis for Marc
Blitzstein's opera Regina (1949). The Children's Hour (1934), the awardwinning Watch on the Rhine (1941) and Toys in the Attic (1960) are
among her other important works for the theater. In 1956, Ms. Hellman
adapted Voltaire's classic work for Candide, with music by Leonard
Bernstein and lyrics by Richard Wilbur and John LaTouche, a music theater
work which has enjoyed successful revivals in recent years. In later life,
Ms. Hellman, who had always taken a firm stand on civil liberties and
human rights, wrote books based on her personal reminiscences.
Patron of the arts CONSTANCE HOGUET, American, 65 years old, in New
York 7/23/84. Elected the first woman president of the New York Philharmonic in 1981, she had been on the board for 33 years, the longest
tenure of any current member. She was on the original fundraising
committee for Lincoln Center in 1957, and had served on the boards of
various musical organizations since her graduation from Smith College in
1940, where she studied music.
Baritone and teacher GERHARD HUSCH, German, 83 years old, in Munich
11/21/84. An eminent and distinguished Lieder singer, he toured worldwide
and taught master classes in Germany, France, Scandinavia and Japan.
He also had an extensive operatic career, making his debut in Osnabriick
in 1923, later appearing at Cologne, Bayreuth in 1930 and 1931, and in
Berlin from 1930 until 1942. His operatic repertoire included works by
Mozart, Verdi, Puccini and Johann Strauss which he performed at many
international houses, including La Scala, Vienna State Opera and Covent
Garden. His Lieder recordings were reissued and continue to be popular.
Composer and administrator SIEGFRIED KOHLER, German, 57 years old,
in East Germany in spring '84. At the time of his death he was Intendant
at the Dresdener Staatsoper and President of the Society of Composers
and Musicologists in East Germany.
Composer GAIL T. KUBIK, American, 69 years old, in Claremont, CA
7/20/84. A student of Walter Piston at Harvard University and of Nadia
Boulanger, he composed film scores, including the famous animated cartoon
Gerald McBoing-Boing (1950), and serious music punctuated by jazz
elements. A recipient of the Pulitzer Prize and a Guggenheim Fellowship,
he was also a Fellow at the MacDowell Arts Colony in New Hampshire.
He taught at numerous educational institutions in Europe and the United
States and was eomposer-in-residence at Scripps College in California at
the time of his death. Mr. Kubik wrote several vocal works - the operas
A Mirror for the Sky (1939) and Boston Baked Beans (1952), and Record
of Our Time (1970) for chorus, soloist, narrator and orchestra.
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Director LEOPOLD LINDTBERG, Austrian, 81 years old, in Zurich 4/18/84.
Formerly an actor, he began his directing career in Germany in 1926,
and later worked with Erwin Piscator in Berlin. After immigrating to
Switzerland in 1933, he staged several operas in Basel and Zurich, including
a Mozart cycle which was later repeated in Frankfurt under Solti's baton.
Mr. Lindtberg also worked at the Vienna State Opera, and directed
numerous productions of works by Verdi, Puccini, Wagner and 20th century
composers in Hamburg. American audiences are familiar with his Covent
Garden production of Die Fledermaus which has been telecast on several
successive New Year's Eves.
Film director JOSEPH LOSEY, American, 75 years old, in London 6/23/84.
The movies of this eminent director, who worked in Europe after he was
blacklisted in the United States, are characterized by their elegance and
innovation. Winner of the Best Film award at the Cannes Film Festival
in 1971, his work includes films of Pinter's The Servant (1963) and Brecht's
Galileo (1974), a play he had directed in its 1947 premiere. Mr. Losey
filmed two operas, the critically acclaimed Don Giovanni (1978) starring
Kiri Te Kanawa, Jose Van Dam and Ruggiero Raimondi and the Paris
Ope>a production of Boris Godunov (1980).
Businessman and philanthopist J. RODERICK MacARTHUR, American, 63
years old, in Chicago 12/15/84. He established the John D. and Catherine
MacArthur Foundation, awarding large unsolicited, unrestricted "genius"
grants to individuals in the arts and sciences based on the recommendations
of prominent but anonymous members of the board. Operatic stage director
Peter Sellars has been a recent MacArthur recipient. Mr. MacArthur
had also established a philanthropy to aid in civil libertarian causes.
Conductor, producer and director WILLIAM MOUNT-BURKE, American,
48 years old, in New York 7/8/84. As a college student, he established
the Miami Light Opera, went on to lead the Stamford Symphony for three
years and directed musical comedy productions in New York and elsewhere.
After working with the Equity Library Theater in 1968, he founded and
became the driving force behind the Light Opera of Manhattan. Now
located on Manhattan's East Side, LOOM is the only full-time light opera
company in America which also serves as a training ground for young
performers. When his sight began to fail, Mr. Mount-Burke conducted
from memory and continued to stage the troupe's productions until shortly
before his death.
Dancer and teacher VERA NEMTCHINOVA, Russian/American, 84 years
old, in New York 7/22/84. A star of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, she
performed in works by Bronislava Nijinska, George Balanchine and Leonide
Massine, and later appeared with her own company in New York. A
dancer from the age of 15, she also performed with opera companies and
was adept at both the classical and experimental repertory. Her most
famous role was that of "The Girl in Blue" in the 1924 ballet Les Biches.
She taught in New York from 1947 until 1984.
Editor and writer SEYMOUR PECK, American, 67 years old, in New York
1/1/85. A theater critic esteemed for his knowledge and expertise, he
joined the staff of The New York Times in 1952, serving as editor of
the Arts and Leisure section, and later took charge of the Sunday
Magazine. In 1976 he was appointed culture editor of the newspaper,
becoming responsible for the daily coverage of the arts in every field.
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A scholarship fund for study in the arts in memory of Mr. Peck, who
was killed in a car accident, has been established by the newspaper.
Tenor JAN PEERCE, American, 80 years old, in New York 12/15/84. The
versatility of this world famous musician, active for over sixty years,
ranged from cantorial and operatic music to popular songs. As a performer
at Radio City Music Hall in the 1930's, he rose to national popularity as
the singer of "The Bluebird of Happiness." Mr. Peerce made his debut
as The Duke in Rigoletto with the Philadelphia Opera in 1938, and first
appeared at the Metropolitan Opera as Alfredo three years later. He
sang there until 1966, performing eleven roles in New York and on tour,
including Cavaradossi, Riccardo, Rodolfo, Pinkerton, Don Alvaro in La
Forza del destino, Turridu and Manrico, sharing some of these parts with
his brother-in-law Richard Tucker. He last appeared on the Met stage as
Don Ottavio and his final performance took place that summer as Faust at
a Met concert in Central Park. He was a favorite of Arturo Toscanini
and the maestro asked for Mr. Peerce's participation in most of his NBC
radio broadcasts of operas and choral works in the 1940's and 50's. His
busy schedule brought him to many national and international houses, and
in 1955 he became the first American to appear at the Bolshoi Opera.
Loved and esteemed by his colleagues, Mr. Peerce's musicianship was
clearly demonstrated in the recitals he continued to give until the onset
of his illness two years ago. He recorded extensively and appeared in
several films in both singing and non-singing roles.
Theatrical designer RAOUL PENE DU BOIS, American, 72 years old, in
New York 1/1/85. Known for his work in the theater since the mid1920's, he designed sets and costumes for many Broadway musicals,
including Carmen Jones and Weill's Firebrand of Florence.
Union leader JAMES C. PETRILLO, American, 92 years old, in Chicago
10/23/84. A professional musician while still in his teens, he became
head of his local in 1922 and in 1940 was elected president of the
American Federation of Musicians. After calling a long and controversial
strike during World War II, he obtained an agreement from recording
companies for a royalty fund from record sales in order to provide salaries
for musicians at free public events. Mr. Petrillo, who retired in 1958, was
a leading force in the establishing, strengthening and desegregation of
musician's unions.
Conductor and coach GEORGE POSELL, American, in New York 9/10/84.
He worked with various American opera companies before coming to the
Metropolitan Opera in the 1970's. He returned as assistant conductor in
1983, a position he held at the time of his death.
Soprano and teacher JUDITH RASKIN, American, 56 years old, in New
York 12/21/84.
A lyric soprano of great refinement and sensitive
musicianship, she began her musical studies as an instrumentalist (piano
and violin). It was only in college that she discovered her vocal talent.
Her first major professional engagement came in 1957 when she appeared
as Sister Constance in the televised American premiere of Dialogues of
the Carmelites. Two years later she joined the New York City Opera
where she performed leading roles until 1963. She sang with major
companies in Santa Fe, Chicago, San Francisco, Dallas, Washington and
other cities, and was a member of the Metropolitan Opera from 1962 to
1972. Although specializing in Mozart operas, she was equally admired
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for her interpretation of such diverse roles as Nanetta, Marzelline, Sophie,
Adele, Ann Truelove and Baby Doe. A highly communicative artist, she
was a sensitive singer of Lieder and other art songs, and was in great
demand as recitalist and soloist with symphony orchestras, performing
music from the baroque to the contemporary here and abroad. Her
dedication to young singers was evidenced by her indefatigable work at
Mannes College, City College, the 92nd Street Y and the Manhattan
School of Music, as well as in her own private studio. In spite of a full
schedule she always found time to take on additional responsibilities when
called upon to further the cause of music or assist students and colleagues.
She served on the boards and committees of the National Endowment for
the Arts, the National Opera Institute, Central Opera Service and others
and was valued for her wisdom, patience and perception. Beloved and
admired by all who knew her, she enriched many lives by her cheerful
understanding and compassion, and by her accomplished artistry. The
Manhattan School of Music has established a scholarship fund to honor
her memory.
Stage director HEINZ RUCKERT, German, 79 years old, in Berlin 4/84.
He staged operas at theaters in Switzerland and Germany, including the
Komische Oper and Staatsoper in East Berlin, where he played a major
role in the local Handel revival.
Philanthropist LESLIE R. SAMUELS, American, 84 years old, in New York
7/19/84. An ardent music lover who made his fortune in retail merchandising, he and his wife, the late Fan Fox, provided substantial support
for Lincoln Center since 1959. Their foundation, which will continue in
perpetuity, made awards estimated at $13 million to the Center and its
constituents, including the Metropolitan Opera and, most generously, to
the New York City Opera.
Tenor JOACHIM SATTLER, German, 84 years old, in Affalterbaeh im
Odenwald 7/15/84. A discovery of Siegfried Wagner, the tenor sang a
varied repertoire, which encompassed Wagnerian lead and character roles,
in major international houses including La Scala, Barcelona and Vienna.
In Germany he appeared at Bayreuth from 1928 to 1931 and with the
Hamburg State Opera from 1937 to 1952, where he created the role of
Dimmesdale in Vittorio Giannini's The Scarlet Letter.
Composer and producer ARTHUR SCHWARTZ, American, 83 years old, in
Kintnersville, PA 9/3/84. For over 40 years he collaborated on musicals
and songs with lyricists such as Oscar Hammerstein, Ira Gershwin and
Howard Dietz for Broadway, film and television. Many of these celebrated
numbers, including "Dancing in the Dark" from his show The Band Wagon
and "That's Entertainment", remain popular today.
Theater technician and lighting designer HANS SONDHEIMER, German/
American, 82 years old, in New York 9/1/84. He emigrated from Germany
in 1939 and worked extensively with Erwin Piscator before joining the
New York City Opera at its inception in 1944 as lighting designer,
technical director and production coordinator. For almost 40 years he
created the lighting designs for nearly all of the company's productions
and was technical consultant at the time of his death. Mr. Sondheimer
also worked for numerous European companies, including the Hamburg
State Opera.
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Tenor GEORGES THILL, French, 86 years old, in Draguignan, France
10/17/84. The internationally acclaimed French tenor enjoyed a brilliant
career in Europe and North and South America during the 1920's and
30's. A student of Fernando de Lucia, Thill made his debut in Thais at
the Paris Ope>a in 1924. Recognized as a specialist in the French
repertoire, he created roles in operas by Gaubert, Canteloube and others,
but also achieved success in the major works by Verdi, Puccini and Wagner,
ranging from the lyric to the heavier dramatic roles. After appearing at
La Scala in 1929 and 1930, he sang at the Metropolitan Opera for two
seasons, 1930-32, where he was heard as Faust, Rome'o, Gerald in Lakme,
Radames and Cavaradossi. A singer of great range and diversity, the
tenor was also known for his concert performances and roles in operettas
and musicals. He last performed at the Grand Ope>a in 1940 and at the
Ope>a-Comique in 1953; he chose an all-Wagner concert for his final
appearance in 1956. He made numerous recordings and several films,
including Louise directed by Abel Gance in which he starred with Grace
Moore.
Composer, conductor and teacher RANDALL THOMPSON, American, 85
years old, in Boston 7/9/84.
Primarily a composer of choral and
instrumental music, he studied with Ernest Bloch and received his musical
degree from Harvard University, where he was Professor Emeritus at the
time of his death. He won two Guggenheim Fellowships and, after
completing his studies at the American Academy in Rome from 1927-30,
taught at numerous colleges and universities where he often composed
works for glee clubs and choral societies. Mr. Thompson's opera Solomon
and Balkis or The Butterfly that Stamped was premiered in 1942. His
most famous choral work, The Testament of Freedom, is written in a
simple American folk idiom which typifies his style.
Soprano, teacher and arts administrator BARBARA TROXELL, American,
68 years old, in Ithaca, NY 9/23/84. At the time of her death she was
artistic director of the Ithaca Opera Association and a Cornell University
faculty member. Miss Troxell, a pupil of Elisabeth Schumann at the
Curtis Institute, appeared at the Metropolitan Opera during the 1950-51
season and performed leading roles in German opera houses. She sang
in American concert halls under the batons of Beecham, Bernstein,
Stokowski and others.
Teacher and arts administrator JOHN REEVES WHITE, American, 60 years
old, in New York 7/12/84. He served on various music faculties before
becoming Professor of Musicology at Hunter College, a position he held
at the time of his death. He was also the director of an early music
ensemble, the Pro Musica Antiqua.
Composer, lyricist and conductor MEREDITH WILLSON, American, 82 years
old, in Santa Monica, CA 6/15/84. He worked extensively in radio and
films before writing his highly popular musicals The Music Man and The
Unsinkable Molly Brown, whose melodies echo the music he played as a
flautist in Sousa's band. He also wrote serious instrumental music and
one choral work, Anthem for the Atomic Age.
Baritone and teacher FLOYD WORTHINGTON, American, 76 years old, in
Summit, NJ 11/24/84. An opera and concert singer, he appeared with
opera companies and orchestras in North America and Europe. A former
head of the voice department at Interlochen Music Camp, he was president
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of the New York Singing Teachers Association and helped establish several
operatic and choral groups in New Jersey and New York, including the
Community Opera, Inc.
Pianist, conductor and teacher CARLO ZECCHI, Italian, 81 years old, in
Salzburg 8/31/84. A student of Busoni, he became a soloist in his teens
and later appeared internationally as a conductor. For many years he
gave masterclasses at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, where Claudio Abbado,
Zubin Mehta and Daniel Barenboim were among his students.
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PERFORMANCE LISTING 1984-85 (CONTJ INOUDING SOME SUMMER LISTINGS
All performances are staged with orchestra unless marked "conc.pf." or "w.p." (with piano). An
* following a title indicates a new production; a t indicates performances shown with projected
English captions. Performances and news items once listed will not be relisted at the time of
performance. A single date appearing for a listing of several performances indicates the opening
night.
ALABAMA
Actors Company & Alabama Symphony, A. Marino, Mus.Dir., Birmingham
2/23,24/85 Every Good Boy Deserves Favor
Birmingham Civic Opera, D. Grimsley, Art.Dir., Civic Theatre
9/19,20,21,22/84 Help, Help, the Globolinks!
2/28/85 The Coffee Cantata & La Serva padrona d: Dreyfoos
5/17,19/85 The Barber of Seville
Huntingdon College Opera Wksp., J. Shaffer, Dir., Montgomery
10/18-20/84 I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road
11/15-17/84 Balls
4/11-13/85 The Marriage of Figaro
Huntsville Opera Theater, H. Bargetzi, Art.Dir., Huntsville
10/31 11/1,2/84 La Boheme
12/84 The Toy Shop
5/85 Faust'
Mobile Opera, F.E. Dybdahl, Gen.Mgr., Mobile
10/9,11,13/84 La Fille du regiment Eng. Martin; Ommerle, Bonazzi; Olsen, Sullivan;
c: France; d: Gately; ds: Beck/Jones
12/11-16/84 Hansel and Gretel Eng. Bache; Opatz, Aubel, Early; e: Dybdahl; d: Gately;
ds: Kraus; 6 pfs.
3/21,23/85 Faust Eng. Pearlman; Zoghby; Myers, L. Cooper, Dansby; c: Flint; d: Auerbaeh
Spring '85 Starbird tour to schools
Southern Regional Opera, T. Hinds, Mus.Dir., Birmingham
9/21/84 Albert Herring Mathes, McDonald; Morrison; c: Seigel; d: Gainey
University of Alabama Opera Theater, E. White, Dir., Tuscaloosa
11/84 Scenes
12/84 Amahl and the Night Visitors
5/85 The Magic Flute Eng. Porter
University of Montevallo Lyric Theatre, B. Middaugh, Dir., Montevallo
9/24,25,26m,27,28m/84 Snoopy w.p.
11/29/84 Trial by Jury & Lortzing's The Opera Rehearsal w.p.
4/18,19/85 Robertson/Cobb's Bright Hope prem. w.o.
ALASKA
Anchorage Civic Opera, E. Voth, Art.Dir., Anchorage
3/16,18,20,22,24/85 La Boheme E. Davis, Jacobson; Puzzo, Massey; c: Delmoni; d: Cullinan;
Mississippi Opera prod.
4/3,5,6,7,8/85 "Bernstein!" Kaye; Baron; c: Haile; d: Vaughn
4/20,22,24,26,28/85 La Cenerentola S. Graham, Stecker; Fiorito, G. Wilson; c: Minde; d:
Liotta; ds: Trumpler
University of Alaska Opera Wksp., J. Hopkins, Dir., Fairbanks
11/15/84 Scenes w.p.
4/20-28/85 Guys and Dolls 6 pfs. w.o.
ARIZONA
Arizona Opera, G. Ross, GenJDir., Tucson
10/14-11/5/84 Carmencita y el Soldado A. Freeman adapt.; also tour
11/15,17/84 Aida Floyd, Warfield; MeCracken; c: Colacioppo; d: Lucas; also 11/25,27 in
Phoenix
2/7,10/85 Boris Godunov Davidson; Hines, Dykers, Siena; c: Veckstein; d: Tavernia;
ds: Wolf/Mess; also 2/18,19 in Phoenix
3/21,23/85 The Merry Widow Costa; also 3/28,30 in Phoenix
Arizona State Univ. Lyric Opera Theatre, K. Seipp, Dir., Tempe
10/3,5-7,10,12-14/84 Oklahoma!
11/28,30 12/1,5,7-9/84 Hansel and Gretel
2/20,22-24,27 3/1-3/85 H.M.S. Pinafore
4/24,26,27 5/1,3-5/85 The Cunning Little Vixen
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Arizona Theatre Company, G. Gisselman, Art.Dir., Tucson
4/27-5/19/85 The Robber Bridegroom also 5/23-6/9 in Phoenix
Opera Guild of Southern Arizona, Tucson
1/20/85 Gallantry
University of Arizona Opera Wksp., L. Day, Dir., Tucson
10/18-21/84 La Boheme c/d: Ducloux
ARKANSAS
Arkansas Repertory Theatre, C. Baker, Art.Dir., Little Rock
11/7-11/84 Ain't Misbehavin' at Arkansas Arts Center
3/14-24/85 Sing for Your Supper Rodgers & Hart adapt. Lewine & Fearnley; also 3/26-4/22
tour
CALIFORNIA
American Opera Festival, W. Lewis, Dir., K. Cat heart, Mus.Dir., Squaw Valley
6/16-7/21/85 The Ballad of Baby Doe; Amelia Goes to the Ball & The Old Maid and the Thief;
A Hand of Bridge & Lewis's Night Must Fall prem; training and apprentice program
Bakersfield Civic Light Opera, Bakersfield
11/9,10,16,17m/84 Peter Pan
Berkeley Opera (formerly Commedia dell1 Opera), R. Goodman, Art.Dir., Berkeley
11/3,4,9,10,11/84 Albert Herring
4/20,21,26,27,28/85 Vanessa
California Coast Opera, D. Straka, Gen.Dir., Palo Alto
1/13-27/85 Faust Eng.; 4 pfs.
5/7-6/2/85 Strauss's Die schweigsame Frau Eng. Straka
California Institute of Technology Opera Wksp., Pasadena
11/30 12/1,2/84 A Gift of Song & Scenes
California Lyric Grand Opera, E. Hughes, Art.Dir., Los Angeles
3/1/85 fl Trovatore
California State Univ. Opera Wksp. it Theatre Arts Dept., Chico
11/15,16,17,18m/84 Loeffler's Love's Labor's Lost prem.
California State Univ. Theatre Dept., Long Beach
11/9-11,15-17/84 Dames at Sea
California State Univ. Opera Theatre, H. Blankenberg, Dir., Los Angeles
10/26-28/84 Iolanthe
11/2,3,9,10,11/84 Sweeney Todd
California State Univ. Opera Theatre, D. Scott, Dir., Northridge
10/9,10,14,16,17,18/84 A Masked Ball Eng. Scott/Scott/Ruggirello
3/85 Don Giovanni Eng. Martin; 6 pfs.
Carmel Bach Festival, S. Salgo, Mus.Dir., Carmel (7/15-8/4/85)
7/19,26 8/2/85 Handel's Imeneo
Casa Italiana Opera, M. Leonetti, Gen.Dir., Los Angeles
9/9/84 Faust
10/28/84 La Forza del destino
Cinnabar Opera Theater, M. Klebe, Art.Dir., Petaluma
10/5,6,12,13,19,20/84 Henze's Miracle Theater Eng. Balk <5c Henze's End of a World Eng. Balk
2/8,9,15,16,22,23 3/1,2/85 Orff's The Moon
5/10,11,17,18,24,25,31 6/1/85 Falstaff
Claremont College, Claremont
11/11/84 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
College of Notre Dame Opera Wksp., O. Taylor, Dir., Belmont
4/85 Tintypes
Davis Comic Opera, J. Mitchell, Mus.Dir., Davis
9/13-16,20-22/84 Man with a Load of Mischief
Desert Opera Theatre, A. Baekey, Gen. & Art.Dir., Palmdale Cultural Center
4/26,27,28m 5/3,4,5m/85 The Merry Widow
8/16,17,18m/85 children's opera tba
Diablo Light Opera, Walnut Creek
8/31-10/6/84 Naughty Marietta
Dominican College Opera Wksp., M. Frick, Dir., San Rafael
12/84 The Play of Daniel 3 pfs.
3/85 Baroque opera tba; 4 pfs.
East-West Players, Mako, Art.Dir., Los Angeles
5/22-7/7/85 The Threepenny Opera
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Eureka Theatre Co., A. Taccone, Art.Dir., San Francisco
Euterpe Opera of Southern California, H. Pelta, Art.Dir., Los Angeles
12/14/84 60th Anniversary Celebration
2/3,5/85 The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein Eng.adapt.; w.p.
4/28,29/85 The Vampire Eng.adapt.; w.p.
Fullerton Civic Light Opera, G. Duncan, Gen.Mgr., Fullerton
10/19-11/4/84 The King and I
2/15-3/3/85 Gigi
5/17-6/2/85 Annie Get Your Gun
6/21-29/85 "Some Enchanted Evening" w.p.
Gabriel Valley Civic Light Opera, San Gabriel
10/12,13,14/84 The Music Man 4 pfs.
1/2526,27/85 Fiddler on the Roof 4 pfs.
5/3,4,5/85 Peter Pan 4 pfs.
Glendale Music Theatre, Glendale
11/16-12/2/84 Allegro 9 pfs.
Harlequin Opera, Gallery Theatre, Los Angeles
12/1/84 Scenes
1/19/85 Q Tabarro
Hollywood Opera Ensemble, A. Monte, Art.Dir., Los Angeles
10/84 The Merry Widow w.p.
12/8/84 The Barber of Seville
4/85 La Boheme
6/85 The Telephone & Pagliacci
Humboldt State Univ. Opera Wksp., J. Stanard, Dir., Arcata
3/85 Kiss Me, Kate
4/85 The Crucible
La Mirada Civic Theatre, H. Rogers, Exec.Prod., La Mirada
5/7-26/85 Is There Life After High School?
Long Beach Civic Light Opera, H. Waggoner, Exec.Dir., Terrace Theatre, Long Beach
10/20-11/4/84 Shenandoah
3/2-17/85 Song of Norway
5/4-19/85 The Sound of Music
8/10-25/85 Annie
Long Beach Community Playhouse Studio Theatre, Long Beach
11/2-12/15/84 The Fantasticks
Long Beach Opera, M. Milenski, Gen.Dir. (see also Vol. 25, No. 3)
12/15,16/84 Amahl and the Night Visitors 4 pfs.
Los Angeles Master Chorale, R. Wagner, Mus.Dir., Chandler Pavillion
10/27/84 Belshazzar's Feast
1/12/85 Israel in Egypt
3/1,2/85 The Pirates of Penzance
Los Angeles Music Theatre Company, Los Angeles
11/2,3,7,9,10,14,16,18/84 La Boheme
12/2,9,16/84 Amahl and the Night Visitors
Los Angeles Philharmonic, CM. Giulini, Mus.Dir., Chandler Pavilion
ll/24,25m/84 the CIVIL warS Rome segment; Kim, R.Hinds; Gilmore, Duesing, Gallup;
c: Stulberg; conc.pf.
Los Angeles Public Theatre, Coronet Theatre
9/28/84-2/85 Commire's Melody Sisters prem.; previews 9/22-27
Lyric Opera Theatre, B. Kamsler, Art.Dir., San Francisco (see also Vol. 25, No. 3)
1/85 Idomeneo
2/85 n Matrimonio segreto
4/85 CoSi fan tutte
Malibran Society, Los Angeles
9/15/84 Meyerbeer's D Crociato in Egitto excerpts w.p.
Marin Opera, I. Martinez, Art.Dir., Marin Veterans Auditorium
9/22,24,28/84 The Barber of Seville
12/8/84 Gala
12/28,30m/84 Hansel and Gretel c: Adler
2/9,15,17/85 Adriana Lecouvreur
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Modesto Jr. College Opera Theater, L. Woodward, Dir., Modesto
4/26,27 5/3,4/85 Die Fledermaus
Music Academy of the West, M. Singher, Coord., Santa Barbara
8/17,19,21/85 La Finta giardiniera (Lunatics and Lovers) Eng. Pearlman; c: Smith;
d: Pearlman
Music From Bear Valley, J. Gosling, Mus.Dir., Bear Valley
8/1,3/85 La Boheme
New Burbank Theatre Guild, Burbank
11/1-17/84 Fiddler on the Roof
12/7-31/84 James' A Winter's Tale prem.
Novato Lyric Opera, R. Secrist, Mus.Dir., Novato
12/14-28/84 La Cenerentola
Oakland Opera, A. Taylor, Art.Dir., Oakland
11/30 12/1/84 Hansel and Gretel Eng. Ermini
3/9,15,17/85 Madama Butterfly
6/8,14,16/85 Carmen Jones
8/10,16,18/85 The Daughter of the Regiment
Opera a la Carte, R. Sheldon, Dir., Los Angeles
1984-85 tour: H.M.S. Pinafore
Opera Buffet, M. Leonetti, Gen.Mgr., Los Angeles
9/30/84 South Pacific
11/30/84 Hansel and Gretel
12/14/84 Scenes
Opera Buffs, M. Kurkjian, Dir., Los Angeles
9/15/84 Gianni Schicchi California State U. at Fullerton prod.
Opera San Jose, I. Dalis, Exec.Dir., San Jose
10/6,7,13,14/84 The Magic Flute Eng. Porter; c: J.Popper; d: Helfgot
12/15-18/84 Amahl and the Night Visitors 6 pfs.
3/2,3,9,10/85 Albert Herring
6/8,9,15,16/85 La Traviata
Opera Theater of the Inland Empire (formerly West End Opera), F. Fetta, Mus.Dir., Upland
11/29 12/1/84 Tosca
3/2/85 Twentieth Anniversary Gala
5/16,18/85 Carmen
Pacific Chamber Opera, G. Hildenbrand, Art.Dir., San Diego
11/16,18,23,25/84 School for Fathers Eng. Dent; w.p.
2/15,17,23,25/85 Le Nozze di Figaro Eng.; w.p.
4/12,14,20,21/85 Gazzaniga's Don Giovanni Eng. Teutsch
6/21,23,28,30/85 Martha Eng. Dare; w.p.
Pepperdine Univ. Opera Wksp., V. McMahon, Dir., Malibu
11/8-10,14-17/84 Pajama Game
Pocket Opera, D. Pippin, Mus.Dir., Theatre on the Square, San Francisco
2/3 3/3/85 Offenbach's The Bandits* Eng. Pippin; also 3/2 in Stockton
2/10/85 Xerxes
2/17/85 La Cenerentola Eng. Pippin
2/24 3/10/85 Maria Stuarda Eng. Pippin
3/17/85 Imeneo
3/24/85 Martha Eng. Pippin
3/31/85 Tutor in a Tangle (L'Ajo nelT imbarazzo) Eng. Pippin
4/7/85 Atalanta
4/14 5/5/85 Fra Diavolo Eng. Pippin
4/21/85 The Marriage of Figaro Eng. Pippin
4/28/85 Agrippina
Pocket Opera, D. Pippin, Mus.Dir., tour
10/19,20 11/2,3,16,17/84 "Pick of the Pockets"
11/5/84 Tutor in a Tangle (L'Ajo nell' imbarazzo) Eng. Pippin
Pomona College Theatre Dept., Claremont
12/5-8/84 Happy End
Sacramento Opera, M. Oakes, Gen.Dir., Sacramento
ll/16.18m/84 Rigoletto South; Matthews, Serbo, Stapp; c: Kanouse; d: Field; ds: King
2/l,3m/85 Madama Butterfly Cho, Baker; W. MacNeil, Gardner; c: Kanouse; d: Field; ds: King
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San Bernardino Civic Light Opera, CD. Jenks, Gen.Mgr., San Bernardino
11/9-17/84 On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
2/15-23/85 The Unsinkable Molly Brown
5/10-18/85 Fiddler on the Roof
San Diego Civic Light Opera, L. Drew, Exec.Dir., Starlight Bowl
12/20-30/84 Babes in Toyland 14 pfs.
6/20-30/85 George M 14 pfs.
7/11-21/85 The King and I 14 pfs.
8/1-11/85 Where's Charley? 14 pfs.
8/22-9/1/85 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 14 pfs.
San Diego Gilbert & Sullivan Co., Balboa Park
11/9-25/84 H.M.S. Pinafore
San Diego Repertory Theatre, Satellite Theatre, I. Mysior, Mus.Dir., San Diego
11/12,19/84 The Telephone & Pasatieri's Before Breakfast
San Francisco Opera, T. McEwen, Gen.Dir., War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco
6/2,7,12/85 Das Rheingold Schwarz, Paunova; Lewis, W. MacNeil, Pampuch, Berry,
J. Patterson, Morris; Ring c: DeWaart; Ring d: Lehnhoff; Ring ds: Conklin
6/4,9m,15/85 Die Walkiire Gwyneth Jones, Gray, Dernesch; Hofmann, Tomlinson, Morris
6/5,ll,16m/85 Siegfried Marton, Schwarz; Kollo, Pampuch, J.Patterson, T. Stewart
6/6,12,17/85 Wagner Chamber Music Concerts
6/8,13,19/85 Gotterdammerung Marton, Bouleyn, Dernesch; Kollo, Devlin, Tomlinson, Berry
6/14,18,21/85 Der Freischiitz Lorengar; Johns, Devlin; c: Hollreiser; conc.pfs.
6/85 "Wagner" Tony Palmer film w. Richard Burton; 9-hour vers.
San Jose Civic Light Opera, H. Mollicone, Mus.Dir., San Jose
11/16-25/84 Camelot
1/18-27/85 They're Playing Our Song
3/15-24/85 Oklahoma!
5/3-12/85 Annie
San Jose Gilbert & Sullivan Society, San Jose
10/20,21,26-28m 11/1-3/84 Iolanthe
Santa Ana College Opera Wksp., Santa Ana
11/2-18/84 The Robber Bridegroom
Santa Monica Civic Opera, M. Lanza, Mus.Dir., Santa Monica
9/15,16/84 La Traviata
South Coast Repertory, D. Emmes, Prod.Art.Dir., Costa Mesa
2/4-6/14/85 tour to schools: King's The Right Self
Southern California Conservatory Children's Musical Theatre, L. Burgess, Mus.Dir., Sun Valley
9/24-29/84 Burgess/Wolf's A California Fairytale
10/84 Burgess/Wolf's Moufflou prem.
Stanford Savoyards, R. Taylor, Dir., Stanford
11/84 Ruddigore 6 pfs.
Trinity Episcopal Church, San Francisco
12/4,5/84 The Burning Fiery Furnace Kramer Gay Men's Chorale
University of California Opera Wksp., P. Odegard, Chmn., Irvine
11/14-18,20-24/84 A Little Night Music
University of California Opera Theatre, S. Krachmalnick, Dir., Los Angeles
12/1,2/84 Hin und zuruck <5c Trois operas minutes & A Hand of Bridge &
Blacher's The Tide w.o.
3/1/85 Concert
5/10,11,17,18/85 La Boheme
University of Southern California Opera Dept., N. Limonick, Dir., Los Angeles
11/3/84 Rome'o et Juliette c: Holt; d: Boerlage; also 1/12/85 at Wilshire Ebell
12/14,15,16m,16/84 Trois operas minutes <Sc The Bear & Signor Deluso c: Holt; d: Boerlage
University of San Diego, San Diego
11/16-18/84 Scenes
Ventura County Master Chorale & Opera, B. Taft, Mus.Dir., Oxnard Auditorium
10/26,27/84 Hansel and Gretel Eng.; Baker, Ottsen, Hamilton; d: Weinstock; w. West Side
Ballet
10/27-12/22/84 Amahl and the Night Visitors 18 pfs.
12/15/84 Holliday Concert inch Ceremony of Carols
3/8,10m/85 La Boheme South, de la Rosa; Rudat, Matthews; d: J. Hall
5/4/85 Carolina burana w. West Side Ballet
5/85 The Impresario
1984-85 tour to schools: "Pagliacci and Friends"
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West Bay Opera, M. Holt, Gen.Dir., Palo Alto
10/12-14,18-20/84 Carmen c: Sloss; d: Rowland
3/8-10,14-16/85 Un Ballo in maschera c: Cristler; d: Rowland
5/24-26,30,31 6/1/85 The Marriage of Figaro Eng.; c: Ramadanoff; d: Helfgot
West Coast Opera, G. Isaacs, Mus.Dir., San Gabriel
2/7,8,9/85 Cavalleria rusticana & Pagliacci
Western Opera Theater of the San Francisco Opera Center, S. Jordan, Adm.
1984 fall tour: La Cenerentola Eng. Pippin
1985 spring tour: Susa's The Love of Don Perlimplin
Whittier-La Mirada Light Opera, La Mirada
9/28-10/14/84 Peter Pan 11 pfs.
3/22-4/6/85 West Side Story 11 pfs.
6/14-30/85 The Unsaleable Molly Brown 11 pfs.
COLORADO
Aspen Music Festival Opera Wksp., R. Spillman & E. Berkley, Co-Adms., Aspen (6/24-8/25/85)
7/20,21,27,28/85 The Magic Flute
8/17,18/85 A Midsummer Night's Dream
Central City Opera, J. Moriarty, Art.Dir., Central City
7/6,10m,12,14ni,16,18(20ni(24m,26 8/3/85 Carmen Eng. Harnick
7/13,17m,19,21m,30 8/l,3m/85 La Fille du regiment Eng. Martin
7/27,28m,31m 8/2/85 The Desert Song also 8/5,6 in Colorado Springs, 8/8-11 in Denver,
8/13,14 in Fort Collins
7/13,14,21,22,27,28 8/3/85 The Face on the Barroom Floor in Tabor House bap; Apprentice
Singers
Colorado State Univ. Opera Wksp., M. Lipe, Dir., Ft. Collins
11/14-16/84 Godspell
Four Corners Opera, J. Turano &. R. Gregori, Dirs., Durango
6/7,8/85 La Boheme
6/14,15/85 The Rape of Lucretia
6/85 Apprentice Program: The Face on the Barroom Floor
Opera Colorado, N. Merrill, Gen.Dir., Boettcher Hall, Denver
4/13,16,19/85 Tosca Sass; Lamberti, Carroli; c: Quadri; d: Merrill
4/15,17,20/85 n Trovatore Arroyo/Castro-Alberty, Toczyska; Cecchele, Elvira;
c: Guadagno
University of Colorado Music Theatre, D. Jackson, Dir., Boulder
10/11-14/84 The Telephone <5c The Isle of Tulipatan 4 pfs. w.p.
11/17/84 Haydn's La Pescatrice Am.prem.; at NOA Convention
3/14-17/85 La Boheme
University of Northern Colorado Opera Theatre, C. Gerbrandt, Dir., Greeley
10/30 11/16,30/84 1/19/85 Scenes
2/22,23,28 3/1,2/85 The Pajama Game
5/23,24,25/85 Barab's A Piece of String prem.
7-8/85 musicals tba
CONNECTICUT
Connecticut Grand Opera, J. Hiddlestone, Gen.Mgr., Stamford/Bridgeport?
9/15,22§/84 Norma Stapp, Lerner; Lewis, Ventriglia; c: Bellini; d: Gentilesea
11/17§,24/84 Madama Butterfly Kineses, di Carlo; Scano, Arnold; c: Gilgore; d: Renshaw
12/16/84 Amahl and the Night Visitors c: Gilgore; d: Menotti; co-prod. Palace Theatre of
the Arts, Stamford
3/235,30/85 Cosl fan tutte Griffel, Butler, Boky; Naldi, Parker, Capecchi; e: Bellini;
d: Capecchi
5/ll,18§/85 Faust Soviero; Cigoj, Cowan, Diaz; c: Bellini; d: Uzan
Connecticut Opera, G. Osborne, Gen.Dir., Hartford
10/25-27/84 Man of La Mancha Firestone; Reardon, Reni; c: Kosloff; d/cgr: D. Danner
11/29 12/1/84 The Barber of Seville Marsee; Evans, Glassman, Densen, Hammonds; c: Kosloff;
d: Luchsinger; also 11/30 Eng. w. alt. cast
2/21,23/85 Samson et Dalila Dunn; West, Karel; c: Klippstatter; d: Osborne; ds: Rager/
Harding
3/28-30/85 La Traviata Mauti-Nunziata; Johannsson, Phillips
Goodspeed Opera House, M. Price, Gen.Dir./Prod., East Haddam
9-10/84 Merrill's Take Me Along
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Goodspeed at Chester, M. Price, Gen.Dir./Prod., Chester
10/9-11/4/84 Urbont's Mrs. McThing
12/4-30/84 Brown's A Broadway Baby
4/23-5/19/85 tba
Hartt School of Music Opera Theater, A. Bishop, Dir., West Hartford
l l / l l m / 8 4 Opera Gala
11/15-18/84 Two Widows c: Klippstatter; d: Bakman
1/24-27/85 The Fantasticks c: Ashens; d: N. Rhodes
3/4/85 "An Evening of French Opera" Scenes
4/11-14/85 Chicago Theatre Dept.
4/25-28/85 La Boheme c: Hess; d: Bishop; ds: Anania
5/7,8/85 Scenes
Long Wharf Theatre, A. Brown, Art.Dir., New Haven
4/19-6/2/85 Albert Herring
Trinity Players, New Haven
3/7-9,14-16/85 The Fantasticks c: Belucci; d: Winslow
Troupers Light Opera, R. Ashens, Mus.Dir., Darien
4/20,21,26,27/85 The Mikado
Stamford State Opera, G. Consiglio, Art.Dir., Stamford
9/8/84 Gala
9/15/84 La Boheme Page, Goetz; Sandor, Cossa, Contreras; c: Coppola
12/15/84 Die Fledermaus
3/9/85 La Traviata
Yale University Music Dept., New Haven
3/7,8/85 Giulio Cesare Collup; d: Capobianco
DELAWARE
Delaware Theatre Co., C. Morris, Art.Dir., Wilmington
1/15-27/85 Porter's You Never Know
Minikin Opera, J. Cason, Gen.Mgr., S. Mosteller, Mus.Dir., Wilmington
3/22,23,24m/85 Dennison's Rappaccini's Daughter prem. <Sc The Impresario
1984-85 tour: The Telephone; Bastien and Bastienne
OperaDelaware, E. Kjellmark, Pres. (see also Vol. 25, No. 3)
12/16/84 A Gift of Song
Wilmington Drama League, A.D. Grass, Exec.Dir., Wilmington
2/15-3/2/85 Rodgers' Two by Two 6 pfs.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Arena Stage, Z. Fichandler, Prod.Dir., Washington
11/23-12/30/84 Telson's The Gospel at Colonus
Handel Festival, S. Simon, Mus.Dir., Kennedy Center
2/23/85 Giulio Cesare Troyanos
Theatre Chamber Players, Terrace Theatre, Kennedy Center
ll/3,4m/84 Toch's Edgar and Emily Bryn-Julson; Shirley; c: Fleisher; d: G. Shirley
FLORIDA
Asolo State Theater, J. Ulmer, Art.Dir., Sarasota
4/5-5/4/85 Dames at Sea
Coconut Grove Playhouse, J. Ferrer, Art.Adv., Miami
5/15-6/9/85 Pump Boys and Dinettes
Florida Atlantic Univ. Opera Wksp., R. Wright, Dir., Boca Raton
2/85 La Traviata
Florida Opera, T. Palmer, Gen.Dir., St. PetersburgS/Clearwater
11/15,17§/84 Rome'o et Juliette Ringo; Livingston; c: Schuback; d: Symcox
1/10,13/85 Don Giovanni Eng. Porter; Huffstodt, E. Pruett, Telese; Garrison, Craft, Bach;
c: Flint; d: Galterio; ds: Klein/Granata
Florida School of the Arts Opera Wksp., R. Legum, Chmn., Palatka
12/84 Amahl and the Night Visitors
2/85 Show Boat
3/85 The Beggar's Opera
Florida State Univ. Opera, L. Clark, Dir., Tallahassee
11/8-11/84 The Bartered Bride
3/7-10/85 Wargo's The Seduction of a Lady prem.
4/85 Wargo's Music Shop work-in-progress
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Gold Coast Opera Theater, Pompano Beach
2/3,5/85 Don Pasquale C.Cavendish; Gill, Croft, Cossa; c: T.Cavendish; d: Beck;
ds: Stivanello
Orlando Opera, R. Owens, Gen.Mgr. & Art.Dir., Orlando
ll/9,llm/84 Rigoletto Christos; Burchinal, Di Paolo; c: Kronrot; d: Butler; ds: Naecarato
l/25,27m/85 The Magic Flute Eng. Porter; Telese, Cummings; Britton, Byrd; c: Flint;
d: Gately; ds:Romero/Lehmeyer
3/22,24m/85 The Student Prince Peterson; Reed, Cossa, Danner; c: Savia; d: Danner
Palm Beach Opera, A. Guadagno, Art.Dir., Palm Beach
12/7,9,11/84 Madama Butterfly Watanabe, S. Kim; Calleo, Brandstetter; e: Guadagno;
d: Guttman; ds: Gano
12/8/84 Gala Puccini Concert; Ricciarelli; Ciannella
1/25,27,29/85 La Traviata Negri; DiCesare, Augustini; c: Guadagno; d: Lucas; ds: Gano
3/8,10,12/85 Samson et Dalila Budai; Kness, Justus, Dworchak; c: Guadagno; d: Kaufmann
Treasure Coast Opera, Ft. Pierce
1/26/85 Aida
2/23/85 Don Pasquale
GEORGIA
Alliance Theatre Co., F. Chappell, Art.Dir., Atlanta
11/24-12/29/84 She Loves Me
Augusta Opera, E. Bradberry, Art.Dir., Augusta
10/26,27/84 H.MJ3. Pinafore Ommerle; Olsen, Eddleman; c: Mollicone; d: Eddleman
1/18,24/85 Regina R.Freni, Carron, Gamberoni; Stephens, Hammons; c: Scott; d: Auerbaeh;
ds: Joy; also 1/24-26 in Atlanta
DeKalb College Music Theatre, J. Bradford, Dir., Clarkston
11/84 The Magic Flute
Phoenix Opera, O. Loveland, Mng.Dir., Atlanta
11/13-18/84 The Bartered Bride Eng. Loveland
University of Georgia Opera Wksp., D. Stoffel, Dir., Athens
11/84 Scenes
3/85 The Tender Land
Valdosta State College Opera Theatre, C. Mikkelsen, Dir., Valdosta
1/25/85 Signor Deluso
5/85 The Music Man
HAWAII
Hawaii Opera Theatre, B. Freitas, Art.Dir., Honolulu
2/l,3,5m/85 The Magic Flute Eng. Porter; South, Christman; Cornett, Parker, Wildermann;
c: Agler; d: Corsaro; ds: Gullicksen
2/15,17,19m/85 The Flying Dutchman Wyckoff; J. Johnson, Gray, Wildermann; c: LaMarchina;
d: Morelock
3/1,3,6/85 Madama Butterfly Y.M. Kim, S. Kim; R. Estes, Reeve; c: Takeda; d: Bakman
IDAHO
Boise Opera, V. Garets, Gen.Dir., Boise
10/15,16/84 Divas of the Golden West
12/14/84 Marilyn Home in Concert
3/2/85 Madama Butterfly Eng. Gutman; Bauer, Elliott; Thompson, Berg; c: Stern; d: Field
Idaho Falls Opera Theatre, V. Willard, Art.Dir., Idaho Falls
11/15/84 Cavalleria rusticana & Marriage by Lantern Light
3/85 La Pe>ichole
Ricks College Opera Wksp., I. Johnson, Dir., Rexburg
12/8/84 Scenes w.p.
2/9-19/85 My Fair Lady 9 pfs. w.o.
ILLINOIS
Bailiwick Repertory Theatre, Chicago
Chicago Opera Theater, A. Stone, Art.Dir., Athenaeum Theatre
2/2,3,6,8,9,10/85 The Pearl Fishers Eng. Berniek; Gibbons; Adkins, Kreider; c: De Rugeriis;
d: Ehrman; ds: Naecarato
3/16,17,20,22,23,24/85 The Elixir of Love
5/25,26,29,31 6/1,2/85 The Crucible
College of DuPage Opera Theatre, H. Bauer, Dir., Glen Ellyn
10/16/84 Cavalleria rusticana
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Eastern Illinois Univ. Opera Theatre, J. Daniels, Dir., Charleston
11/9,10,11/84 H.M.S. Pinafore
2/25,26/85 Le Nozze di Figaro w.p.
4/18/85 Carmen conc.pf.
Goodman Theatre, G. Mosher, Art.Dir., Chicago
9/21-12/16/84 Candide
Illinois Theatre Center, Park Forest
12/7-30/84 Charlotte Sweet
Light Opera Works, P. Kraus, Art.Dir., B. McDonough, Mng.Dir., Evanston
9/6,7,8,9/84 The Merry Widow Eng. Puffer
12/28,29,30,31/84 Utopia, Ltd.
Millikin Univ. Opera Theatre, S. Fiol, Dir., Decatur
11/15,16,17/84 Wonderful Town
5/3,4/85 Scenes
New Opera Company of Chicago, D. Lapinskas, Art.Dir.
9/1,2/84 Lapinskas1 Dux Magnus prem.; at World Lithuanian Catholic Congress, Toronto
Northern Illinois Univ. Opera Wksp., L. Strawn, Dir., DeKalb
9/26/84 Broadway Scenes
11/2,3,7,8,9,10/84 La Vie parisienne Eng. Roberts
2/14,15/85 Chamber opera tba
4/11,12/85 Opera scenes
Northwestern Univ. Mason & Ragland Opera Theatre, R. Alderson, Chmn., Evanston
11/84 Harnick's Dragons prem.; d: Roland; w. Theatre Dept.
12/5/84 3/6 4/18 5/22 6/11/85 Scenes w.p.
2/21,22,23,24/85 Merikanto's Juha Am.prem.; Eng. Buekbee
5/5,14,19/85 Scenes w.o.
Roosevelt Univ. Opera Theater, C. Reims, Dir., Chicago
11/8,9,14,15,16/84 Sweeney Todd
12/4/84 Scenes
4/17,18,19,20/85 Madama Butterfly
INDIANA
Ball State Univ. Opera Wksp., P. Ewart, Dir., Muncie
11/8/84 Scenes
1/30-2/3/85 Sweeney Todd
4/24-28/85 Kiss Me, Kate
7/5-7/85 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
7/19-21/85 You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
8/2-4/85 Cole
Indiana Opera Theatre, E. Bookwalter, Art.Dir., Indianapolis
6/85 tour: Cavalleria rusticana; Up from Paradise; Help, Help, the Globolinks!
Indiana Repertory Theatre, T. Haas, Art.Dir., Indianapolis
10/1-13/84 Comden and Green
12/11/84-1/5/85 I Do, I Do
12/18/84-1/13/85 Tintypes
2/5-3/2/85 Gershwin (adapt. Farrar)
Indiana Univ. & Purdue Univ. Opera Wksp., J. Myers, Dir., Fort Wayne
11/3,4/84 Amahl and the Night Visitors also 10/26 for Indiana Music Educators Ass'n
Whitewater Opera, C. Combopiano, Art.Dir., Richmond (revised listing)
10/12,13/84 Hello, Dolly!
1/85 Opera Gala w.p.
2/15,16/85 Madama Butterfly Eng. Martin
3/23/85 The Barber of Seville Eng. Martin; in Manchester
4/26,27/85 Die Fledermaus Eng. Dietz/Kanin; w. Indianapolis Ballet
11-12/84 tour: Amahl and the Night Visitors w.p.
Fall '84 tour: Hansel and Gretel incl. 9/21 in Sharpsville
IOWA
Cornell College Opera Wksp., M. Lee, Dir., Mount Vernon
1/26,27/85 The Music Man
Simpson College Opera Wksp., R. Larsen, Dir., Indianola
10/13,14/84 La Boheme Eng. Martin
2/1,2,3/85 L'Incoronazione di Poppea Eng. Leppard
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University of Iowa Opera Theater, B. Glass, Dir., Iowa City
9/7/84 Gallantry w.p.
11/17,18/84 Riders to the Sea & The Wandering Scholar & Britten's Canticle II 'Abraham
and Isaac', w.p.
2/10/85 The Goose Girl 4 pfs.; also 2/24 in Ottumwa, 3/5 in Dyersville <Jc Manchester
5/3,5/85 Manon Eng. Mead; w.o.
7/25,27/85 The Rake's Progress w.o.
KANSAS
Kansas State Univ. Opera Theatre & Wksp., J. Langenkamp, Dir., Manhattan
10/17/84 Scenes
2/28 3/1,2/85 La Traviata
Pittsburg State Univ. Opera Wksp., B. Parker, Dir., Pittsburg
2/85 La Divina & La Serva padrona
Washburn Univ. Opera Wksp., F. Schuetze, Dir., Topeka
11/12/84 5/1/85 Scenes
Wichita State Univ. Opera Theatre, G. Gibson, Dir., Wichita
10/18-21/84 The Mikado
11/29,30 12/1,2/84 Amahl and the Night Visitors
2/12-17/85 Hansel and Gretel Eng. Bache; w.p.
4/11-14/85 Albert Herring
KENTUCKY
Murray State Univ. Opera Wksp., C. Rogers, Dir., Murray
11/15,18/84 The Gondoliers
Opera Go Round, D. Berger, Mus.Dir., touring company of Kentucky Opera
9-11/84 tour: Introduction to Opera; 40 pfs.; also 3/25-4/18/85
Stage One: Louisville Children's Theatre, M. Goldberg, Prod.Dir., Louisville
3/7-28/85 Markham's Tom Sawyer
LOUISIANA
Centenary College Opera, W. Riley, Dir., Shreveport
11/84 Scenes
4/85 The Italian Girl in Algiers
Louisiana Tech Univ. Opera Wksp., S. Yang, Dir., Ruston
12/6,7/84 Amahl and the Night Visitors
3/21,22/85 Valenti's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
MAINE
Portland Stage Co., B. Rosoff, Art.Dir., Portland
11/1-18/84 Marvin's The Portable Pioneer and Prairie Show
MARYLAND
Montgomery College Opera Wksp., G. Midler, Dir., Rockville
11/9-11,15-17/84 Muller/Normile's Ichabod prem.
Prince George's Civic Opera, D. Biondi, Art.Dir., Riverdale/Largo
9/14,16m/84 Don Giovanni Kingston, Lang, Hawkins, Troup, Rhodes; c: Abell; d: Biondi
12/8,9/84 Hansel and Gretel Winter, Finucane, Boyd, Kris; Hawkins
3/22,24m/85 Cavalleria rusticana & Pagliacci
MASSACHUSETTS
American Repertory Theatre, R. Brustein, Art.Dir., Cambridge
2/22-3/17/85 Wilson's the CIVIL warS (Act IV Scene a and Epilogue)
Boston & New England Conservatories Opera Theatre, J. Moriarty, Dir., Boston
1/25-27/85 L'Heure espagnole & The Medium
4/11-14/85 tba
Boston Early Music Festival
5/30/85 Handel's Teseo Am.prem.; c: McGegan; stgd.
Boston Lyric Opera, A. Ewers, Gen.Dir., Northeastern Univ. Aud., Boston
1/11,13/85 The Impresario Eng. & Prima la musica, poi le parole Eng; Saffer, Ganley;
Lurtsema, Scown, Thorpe & Watt, West; Honeysucker, Kleyla; c: Nash; d: Ewers
Boston Symphony Orchestra, S. Ozawa, Mus.Dir., Boston
12/7,8,11/84 Honegger's Jeanne d'Are au bucher narr.: Marthe Keller; also 12/12,13 at
Carnegie Hall
Huntington Theatre Co., P. Altman, Prod.Dir., Boston
9/29-10/21/84 Porter's You Never Know
Music School at River, D. Sherr, Dir., Weston
3/31/85 Davies' Cinderella
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Opera Company of Boston, S. Caldwell, Art.Dir., H. Markham, Mng.Dir. (revised listing)
11/30 12/2,5,9/84 Les Contes d'Hoffmann Welting, Wallis; Fowler, Diaz; c/d: Caldwell
2/3m,5,8,10m/85 The Makropoulos Case* Eng.; Silja; Malas, Ludgin; e/d: Caldwell;
ds: Pond/Senn
n
2/24m,27 3/l,3m/85 La FanciuUa del *i\ V-. olatinaru; c: Caldwell; d: Seott; ds: Pond/Senn
4/14m,17,19,21m/85 Davies' T a " i 9 O Am.prem.; R. Freni; J. Evans, Moulson; e/d: Caldwell
5/2,5m, 10,15/85 Lucia di V\ S _rmoort Welting; Shicoff, Plishka; c/d: Caldwell
5/29 6/2m,6,9tn/85 HancV TSamson Vickers, Plishka; c/d: Caldwell
Opera New England, C. Brooks, Mgr. (see also Vol. 25, No. 3)
11/84 tour incl. Voyage to the Moon
Project Opera, Inc., R. Rescia, Art.Dir., Northampton
12/9/84 Hansel and Gretel
3/10,12/85 Carmen
Stage West, S. Hays, Prod.Dir., Springfield
12/19/84-1/18/85 Ain't Misbehavin1
MICHIGAN
Battle Creek Symphony, G. Zimmermann, Mus.Dir., Battle Creek
3/23/85 Handel's Solomon S. Simon ed.
Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, Y. Takeda, Mus.Dir., Kalamazoo
11/84 Cavalleria rusticana & Pagliacci staged; 2 pfs.
Olivet College Opera Wksp., K. Kleszynski, Dir., Olivet
12/9/84 Amahl and the Night Visitors
Piccolo Opera Co., M. Gordon, Gen.Dir., Detroit
10/11/84 The Pirates of Penzance w.p.
12/1/84 Hansel and Gretel w.p.
1984-85: concerts and showcases
University of Michigan Opera Theatre, G. Meier, Mus.Dir., Ann Arbor
11/84 Die Fledermaus Eng.; d: Morelock
3/28-31/85 Falstaff Eng. Martin; c: Meier; d: Lesenger
4/17-21/85 "A Review of the Music of Jule Styne: I've Heard that Song Before" Theatre
Dept. prod.; d: B. Wagner
University of Michigan Opera Wksp., Flint
11/84 The Threepenny Opera
Western Michigan Univ. Opera Wksp., W.C. Appel, Dir., Kalamazoo
10-11/84 The Consul
3/85 The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
MINNESOTA
At the Foot of the Mountain Theatre, Minneapolis
11/1-12/2/84 1/9-2/3/85 Boesing's The Clue in the Old Birdbath
Guthrie Theatre, L. Ciulei, Art.Dir., Minneapolis
2/5-4/7/85 Anything Goes
Midwest Opera Theater and School, H.W. Balk, Art.Dir., St. Paul
9-11/84 3-4/85 tour: La Boheme Eng. Rizzo/Pearlman; Stephenson, Finley; Stuart, Majoros;
c: Stucki; d: Hudson; ds: Bakkom; also 10/12,13,15/84 at Macalaster College, St. Paul
12/17-22/84 McKeel's Jargonauts, Ahoy! wksp. reading
12/26-31/84 Wargo's The Music Shop wksp. reading
Minneapolis School District, S. Paschke, Dir., Music Division, Minneapolis
1/18,19,25,26/85 Davies' Cinderella & Bastien and Bastienne Angermueller ed.
Minnesota Opera Workshop & Jewish Community Center of Greater Minneapolis
11/84 Cohen's Anne Frank prem. reading of scenes
St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, W. Curry, Mus.Dir., St. Paul
2/8,9/85 Handel's Solomon S. Simon ed.
University of Minnesota Opera Theatre, V. Sutton, Dir., Minneapolis
11/30 12/1/84 Mazzocchi's The Chain of Adonis (La Catena d'Adone) Am.prem.;Eng. Sutton;
new ed.: Livingston
MISSISSIPPI
Mississippi Opera, F. Choset, Gen.Mgr., Jackson
10/9,11/84 La Boheme
2/14,16/85 Salome
4/26,27/85 de Banfield's Lord Byron's Love Letter prof.stg.prem.
New Stage Theatre, Jackson
4/16-27/85 Cosh fan tutte
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University of Southern Mississippi Opera Theatre, K. Brock, Dir., Hattiesburg
9/18,20,21/84 Man of La Mancha
4/25,26/85 The Marriage of Figaro Eng. Martin
MISSOURI
Lyric Opera of Kansas City, R. Patterson, Gen. & Art.Dir., Kansas City
9/22,24,28 10/3/84 Candide Beardsley, E. Murray; G. Wilson, Massey; c: Page; d: Cullinan;
ds: Bromley
9/26,29 10/1,5/84 La Traviata Eng. Machlis; Gutknecht; Wilson, Steele; c: Charry; d: Hicks
10/6,8,10,12/84 Coil fan tutte Eng. Patterson; Cormany, Bunnell, Gumbel; Siebert, Evitts,
Stephens; c: Patterson; d: Cullinan; ds: Smith; plus 7 tour pfs.
10/20/84 Opera Concert with Orchestra and Chorus
4/17-29/85 Turandot Eng. Patterson; c: Patterson; d: Allen; 4 pfs.
4/20-26/85 The Mikado 5 pfs.
MUNY - Municipal Theatre Ass'n of St. Louis
11/28/84 Zorba Quinn; 12 pfs.
1/15/85 Gigi Jourdan; 8 pfs.
4/85 La Cage aux folles
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, C. MacKay, ExecDir., C. Graham, Art.Dir., St. Louis
11/84 tour to schools: Trial by Jury 20 pfs.
12/20/84-1/5/85 The Mikado 15 pfs.
3/15-5/4/85 The Beggar's Opera 18 pfs.; incl. tour to San Antonio & Los Angeles
5/25,29,31 6/6,9,15,18,23/85 The Barber of Seville
5/30 6/1,7,12,23/85 Miki's Joruri prem.
6/5,8,11,14,16,20,22/85 Idomeneo Eng. Porter
6/13,15,19,21/85 Paulus1 The Woodlanders prem.
Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, S. Woolf, Mng.Dir., St. Louis
11/28-12/28/84 The 1940's Radio Hour
St. Louis Conservatory of Music Opera Wksp., E. Zambara, Art.Dir., St. Louis
11/2,3/84 Scenes
4/19,20/85 L'Ormindo
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, L. Slatkin, Mus.Dir., St. Louis
2/14,16/85 Salome conc.pfs.; Kelm
Springfield Regional Opera, D. Emanuel, Mng.Art.Dir., Springfield
12/14-16/84 Hansel and Gretel
6/85 Carmen
7/85 Les Contes d'Hoffmann
Theatre Project Co., F. Syer, Art.Dir., St. Louis
9/5-16/84 Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris
Washington Univ. Opera Studio, J. Perkins, Dir., St. Louis
MONTANA
Intermountain Opera, P. Elvira, Art.Dir., Bozeman
5/17,19/85 La Traviata Corbett; MacDonald, Elvira; c: Salesky
NEBRASKA
Emmy Gifford Children's Theatre, Omaha
11/23/84-1/6/85 Peter Pan
Omaha Magic Theatre, J. Schmidman, Prod.Dir., Omaha
10/1-16/84 tour: Kegger
10/19-11/5/84 Budenholzer's X-Rayed-iate
2/22-3/4/85 Budenholzer's The Rip-it-Up Hate Aggregate Rape Tapes prem.
3/10-4/1/85 Budenholzer's Family Talk
Opera/Omaha, M. Robert, Gen.Dir., Omaha
11/7,9,11/84 Tosca Fernandez; Calleo, Ellis; c: DeMain; d: Auerbach
2/13,15,17/85 Falstaff Wells, Siedentop, James, Bunnell, Noble, Thomsen, Stone; c: France;
d: Auerbach; ds: Pond/Senn
4/10,12,14/85 Gianni Schicchi & Pagliacci Telese; D.Sullivan, Redmann <5c South, West; W.
Justus, Brandstetter; c: France
Nebraska Opera Theatre, M. Robert, Gen.Dir., touring co. of Opera Omaha
1984-85 tour: "Show-Stoppers"; "Once Upon an Opera"
Nebraska Theatre Caravan, C. Jones, Exec.Dir., Omaha
9/9-11/12/84 Candide
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Nebraska Wesleyan Univ. Opera Wksp., W. Wyman, Dir., Lincoln
11/8,9/84 The Fantasticks
2/22-24 3/1-3/85 H.MJS. Pinafore
University of Nebraska Opera Theatre, G. Tallraan, Dir., Lincoln (see also Vol. 25, No. 3)
6/85 Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris 3 pfs.
NEVADA
Nevada Opera, T. Puffer, Gen. & Art.Dir., Reno
10/11,13/84 Otello Thomas; Griee, Willoughby; c: Puffer; d: Gunn; ds: Tagliarino
12/15,16,18/84 The Nutcracker
2/22,23/85 Eugene Onegin Eng.; Burgess; L. Cooper; c/d: Puffer; ds: Tagliarino
4/19,20/85 The Pirates of Penzance
University of Nevada Opera Theatre, C. Kimball, Dir., Las Vegas
11/15-18/84 La Pe>iehole Eng. Pippin; w.p.
3/28,30,31/85 Candide w.o.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
New Hampshire Music Festival, T. Nee, Mus.Dir., P. Walz, ExecDir., Center Harbor
7/9-8/18/85 incl. guest appearance by Opera North of Norwich, VT
New Hampshire Symphony, Manchester
5/17/85 Fidelio conc.pf.; Kelm
Theatre by the Sea, T. Celli, Art.Dir., Portsmouth
10/4-11/3/84 Ain't Misbehavin*
NEW JERSEY
Crossroads Theatre Co., L.K. Richardson, Art.Dir., New Brunswick
11/28/84-1/13/85 Bubblin' Brown Sugar
Family Opera, H. Schlisserman, Mus.Dir., North Bergen
10/14/84 The Barber of Seville w.o.
11/18/84 Aida
12/9/84 La Boheme
1/13/85 La Traviata
2/10/85 Carmen
3/10/85 Rigoletto
4/21/85 The Merry Widow
6/2/85 Madama Butterfly
George Street Playhouse, E. Krebs, Prod.Dir., New Brunswick
11/22-12/23/84 A Little Night Music
2/12-3/10/85 Mgcina's Poppi Nongena
Glassboro State College Opera Wksp., B. Bachman-Granite, Dir., Glassboro
2/21-23/85 H.M.S. Pinafore
Hollybush Festival, V. Zuponcic, Dir., Glassboro (5/7-23/85)
5/9/85 La Traviata Spacagna; Cameron, Dietseh; c: Keltner; d: Clark
5/18/85 Les Mamelles de Tirgsias Ruggles; Harrell; c: Keltner; d: Clark; w. New Jersey Ballet
also: concerts; films
June Opera Festival, M. Pratt & P. Westergaard, Dirs., Kirby Arts Center, Lawrenceville
(6/25-7/7/85)
6/25,30 7/6/85 Albert Herring
6/27,29 7/3,7/85 Don Giovanni Eng. Westergaard
also: concerts
Lubo Opera, J. Lesley, GeiuMgr., Guttenberg
10/20,28/84 n Trovatore
4/22/85 La Traviata
Metro Lyric Opera, E. Tognoli, Art.Dir., Allenhurst/Asbury Park
12/9m/84 La Boheme Corbett, Condardo; Beudert; e: Bracali; d/ds: Stivanello; w.o.
3/29/85 Rigoletto w.p.
5/5/85 Madama Butterfly w.o.
7-8/85 Aida; La Traviata; The Barber of Seville
Montclair State College Opera Wksp., E. Pierson, Dir., Upper Montclair
11/30/84 Scenes
4/26,27/85 The Barber of Seville Eng. Martin
New Jersey State Opera, A. Silipigni, Gen.Dir., Newark
9/9/84 La Traviata conc.pf.; Moffo; c: Silipigni; at War Memorial Auditorium, Trenton
11/18/84 Gala Concert; Stapp; c: Silipigni
2/3/85 Cavalleria rusticana & Pagliacci Esham; McCracken; e: Silipigni; d: Gutttnan
3/17/85 Boris Godunov Hines; c: Silipigni
4/28/85 Rigoletto
6-7/85 Summer Festival; Young Artists Concert
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Opera Classics of New Jersey, R. Ungaro, Pres., Paramus
11/10/84 La Traviata Brustadt; Beudert, Torigi; c: Coppola; d: Moresco; ds: Stivanello
2/9/85 Don Pasquale Dobish; Bertolino, Beudert, Hartman; e: Booth; d: Moresco;
ds: Stivanello
3/23/85 Tosca
4/20/85 The Merry Widow
5/5/85 Annual Gala Concert
Paper Mill Playhouse, A. Del Rossi, Exec.Prod., Millburn
11/7-12/16/84 Guys and Dolls
4/10-5/12/85 Show Boat
5/22-6/30/85 Evita
NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque Opera Theatre, J. Opel, Gen.Dir., Albuquerque
9/29 10/2,6/84 Pagliacci & Gianni Schicchi Turano; Gregori, de Marseille & Yellot; Ives,
Shepperson; c: Frederick; d: Gay
1/26,29 2/2/85 Giulio Cesare Eng.; Baehman, Blatz; Evers, Clawson, Robertson; c: Frederick;
d: Brunyate; ds: Malolepsy/Gustaf
Santa Fe Opera, J. Crosby, Gen.Dir., Santa Fe
6/29 7/5,10,19,30 8/5,8,14,20,24/85 Orpheus in the Underworld Eng. Hebert; Kaye, Gamberoni,
Christin, Haymon, Howard; Kazaras, Frank, Ballam; c: Crosby; d: Hebert; ds: Thun/Feldman
7/3,6,12,29 8/1,7,13,21,23/85 The Marriage of Figaro Esham, M.J.Johnson, Quittmeyer; Ellis,
Ulfung, Langan, Crafts; c: Bergeson; d: Ja'rvefelt; ds: Oberle
7/13,17,26 8/3,6,16/85 Henze's The English Cat Am.pretn.; Nielsen, Gamberoni, Turetzki,
James; Myers, Ballam, Reeve; c: Manahan; d: Ludlam; ds: Rubin
7/20,24 8/2,10,15,22/85 Die Liebe der Danae Putnam, Haymon, Christin, Helton; Bailey,
Ulfung, Braun; c: Crosby; d: Donnell; ds: Ter-Arutunian
7/27,31 8/9,17/85 Eaton's The Tempest prem.; S. Wolf, Quittmeyer, Howard, Kraft; F-ank,
Noble, Rickards, J.Stewart, Beni; c: Bradshaw; d: Hebert; ds: A.C. Klein; cgr: Griffin
8/12,19/85 Apprentice Artists Concerts
NEW YORK
Artpark/Natural Heritage Trust, J. Allison, Exec.Dir., Lewiston (6/26-9/2/85)
6/26,28,30/85 La Traviatat c: Keene
6/27,29/85 Das Rheingoldt c: Keene
7/9-21/85 Mame 16 pfs.
7/24-8/4/85 Oliver 16 pfs.
also: classical, jazz, pops, <5c gospel concerts, dance, circus
Chautauqua Opera, C. Auerbach, Art.Dir., Chautauqua
7/12.15/85 Carmen Eng.
7/19,22,26,29/85 Guys and Dolls
8/2,5/85 Madama Butterfly Eng.
8/9,12/85 Street Scene
Empire State Institute for Performing Arts, P. Snyder, Prod.Dir., Albany
9/23-10/5/84 Jakes/Strauch's Wind in the Willows
12/7-19/84 Raposo's Raggedy Ann prem.
3/15-23/85 Leslie's The Prince and the Pauper
Glimmerglass Opera Theater, P. Kellogg, Gen.Mgr., Cooperstown
6/28,30 7/2,5,7,9/85 The Bartered Bride Poyner; Densen; c: Schneider; d: R.Levine
7/19,21,23,26,28,30/85 Cosl fan tutte Conte, Smith, Robin; Croft, Parcher; c: Schneider
d: Holliday
8/9,11,13,16,18,20/85 Falstaff Telese, Poyner, Levy, Goodson; Steele, Galbraith;
c: Schneider; d: Gately
Ithaca Opera, G. Race, Gen.Dir., Ithaca
10/12,13,19,21/84 The Medium w.o.; also 10/20 studio pf. w.p.
12/84 tour: Amahl and the Might Visitors w.p.
2/17/85 A Concert of Excerpts
3/3/85 Opera Gala
3/8,9/85 Little Mahagonny w. Cornell Chamber Orch.
5/9,11/85 The Barber of Seville
Lake George Opera, P. Haupt-Nolen, Art.Dir., Glens Falls
7/13,15,18,20,29,30 8/2/85 Romeo et Juliette Eng.
7/27 8/1,3,9,13,15m,19/85 The Daughter of the Regiment
8/10,12,15,16,17,20/85 Wargo's Seduction of a Lady prof.stg.prem. <3c Wargo's The Music
Shop prof.stg.prem.
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Nassau Community College, Westbury
3/6-10,13-16/85 Truesdale/Grandison's Godsong
Nassau Lyric Opera, R. Lawson, Art.Dir., Great Neck
10/84 Tomkin's The Dybbuk
1/85 Still's Troubled Island
National Grand Opera, M. Scuderi, Gen.Mgr., L. Halasz, Mus.Dir., E. Williston
12/1/84 Carmen Jones; Bini, Long; also 8/24 in Eisenhower Park
3/16/85 La Traviata Lamy; Calleo
4/20/85 La Boheme South
5/18/85 Aida Jurkiewicz-Scuderi, Conrad; Elvira
7/20/85 Pagliacci at Eisenhower Park
Nazareth College Opera Wksp., Rochester
2/21-23/85 Sunday Excursion & Down in the Valley
Opera Sacra, J. Ledwon, Dir., Buffalo
5/85 Dialogues of the Carmelites
Oswego Opera Theatre, J. Soluri, Art.Dir., Oswego
11/84 Opera Gala w.p.
11/84 Street Scene w.o.
5/15-17/85 La Traviata
Purchase Music Ensemble & Rye Performing Arts Council
12/15,16/84 Flagello's The Piper of Hamelin
Story Concert Players, R. Winokur, Art.Dir., Millwood
1984-85 tour: Winokur's Rip van Winkle; The Nutcracker and the Mouse King; Mainly
Mozart; Once Upon a Woodwind; Silents, Please!; Face to Face
Studio Arena Theatre, D. Frank, Art.Dir., Buffalo
2/6-3/3/85 Anything Goes
SUNY-Fredonia Lyric Theatre, J. Wiles, Dir., Fredonia
11/9-12,14,15/84 Hansel and Gretel Eng. Kelley
3/1-4/85 Scenes
3/15-18,22-24/85 Musical tba
SU NY-Stony Brook Opera Ensemble, G. Glaze, Dir., Stony Brook
1/27 2/2/85 Scenes
Syracuse Musical Theatre for Young People
2/22-24/85 The Dragonslayers 6 pfs.
Syracuse Opera Educational Touring Ensemble, R. Driver, Gen.Dir.
1984-85 tour: The Night Harry Stopped Smoking
Tri-Cities Opera Center, P. Hibbitt & C. Savoca, Dirs., Binghamton (see also Vol. 25, No. 3)
12/7,8,9/84 Giannini's Beauty and the Beast & Handel's Acis and Galatea
Tri-Cities Opera-Go-Round, J. Ardune, Coord, touring co. of Tri-Cities Opera
1984-85 tour: Sid the Serpent Who Wanted to Sing; Little Red Riding Hood; The Toy Shop;
Fair Means or Foul
NEW YORK CITY
After Dinner Opera/Meet the Composers, R. Flusser, Art.Dir., Walter Aud., Lincoln Center
10/22/84 Carlsen's Implications of Melissa & Grantham's From the Diaries of Adam and Eve
12/10/84 Morgenstern's The Big Black Box semi-staged
2/11/85 Luening's Evangeline
4/15/85 Barab's The Predators reading
AMAS Repertory Theatre, R. LeNoire, Art.Dir.
10/25-11/18/84 Stornaiuolo/de Matteis' Anonymous prem.
2/14-3/10/85 Carpenter/Brofsky's Northern Boulevard prem.
4/18-5/12/85 Alter/Heller/Le Tang's Manhattan Serenade prem.
Amato Opera Circle, A. Amato, Dir. (see also Vol. 25, No. 3)
10/21/84 The Secret of Susannah
11/18/84 n Campanello
12/7-9/84 The Magic Flute
2/10/85 Massenet's Therese
3/25/85 Martha abbrev.vers
American Chamber Opera, St. Michaels Church
11/15-18/84 The Telephone <5c Hello Out There
3/21-24/85 The Last Lover & La Serva padrona Eng.
American Place Theatre, W. Handman, Dir.
10/12/84 Hoffman's What's a Nice Country Like You Still Doing in a State Like This?
open run
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Bel Canto Opera, S. Leslie, Gen.Mgr., Joan of Arc Jr. HS Auditorium
10/27 ll/3,4m/84 J.C. Bach's Amadis des Gaules Am.prem.; Miller, Monoyios; Bogdan,
Solomon; w. Baroque Dance Ensemble; d: M.Beretti; ds: Axtell/Ogletree
l/19,20m26,27m/85 Lehar's Giuditta Eng. Carstairs
2/16,17m,23,24m/85 Boughton's The Immortal Hour
4/27,28m 5/4,5m/85 Franchetti's Germania
Brooklyn Academy of Music
12/16,18-22/84 Einstein on the Beach
Brooklyn Opera Society & Arts at St. Ann's, R. Tazzini, Dir., St. Ann's Church, Brooklyn
11/29,30 12/1/84 Carolina burana d: Tazzini; ds: Luetgenhorst/Tan
Brooklyn Philharmonic Meet the Moderns, L. Foss, Mus.Dir., Brooklyn & Cooper Union
1/17,19/85 Cotel's Dreyfus prem; c: Cotel; d: Edwards; ds: Edmonds/Walker; at Carey
Playhouse
2/21,22/85 Schafer's La Testa d'Ariane & Kagel's Match for Three Players & scenes
4/25,26/85 Mayer's Brief Candle & scenes conc.pfs.
Bronx Opera, M. Spierman, Art.Dir., Lehmann College
1/12,13/85 Offenbach's Barbe-Bleu Eng. Kondek; also 1/18,19 at Hunter College
Broque Opera, M. King, Art.Dir.
10/15-12/31/84 Jack and the Beanstalk
1/11,13/85 A Waterbird Talk & Full Moon in March w.p.
l/16m/85 Scenes
3/7-5/7/85 The Ring of the Fettuccines
5/85 Rita; Viva la Mamma; Alice in Wonderland
Capricorn Theater Company, Symphony Space
10/10,11/84 Paul Echols' "Music and the Western Country: A Theater Piece of American
Music, Dance and Readings 1800-1850" c/d: Echols; ds: Thompson/Cornwell
Carnegie Hall Presents, at Carnegie Recital Hall
10/17,18,19,20m,20/84 Ain's Trio Eley, Nelson, Burns; d: Blecher; ds: Lin/Tan/Harrow
Center for Contemporary Opera, R. Marshall, Gen.Dir., Universalist Church
12/4/84 The Stoned Guest & Schickele lecture
12/11/84 Ruth Golden in Recital; at Merkin Hall
1/25/85 Scenes
3/15,16,17/85 The Good Soldier Schweik at Martin Luther King, Jr. Theater
4/9/85 Three Sisters Who Are Not Sisters & Rorem lecture
5/14/85 "Pops Night at the Opera"
Center Stage Community Playhouse, Bronx
2/9,10,16,17,23,24 3/2/85 Babes in Arms
Children's Free Opera of St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble, M. Feldman, Art.Dir.
2/85 Haydn's L'Infedelta delusa Eng. Hess
5/85 Offenbach's Ba-ta-dan
City Stage Company
10-12/84 Swados' The Beautiful Lady
Clarion Music Society, N. Jenkins, Mus.Dir.
2/11/85 Agrippina in celebration of Handel's 300th Birthday; at Tully Hall
5/2/85 Santa Teodosia in celebration of Scarlatti's 325th Birthday; at Merkin Hall
Concert Plus, Manhattan Soloists Chamber Orchestra, Merkin Hall
10/25/84 The Impresario Hoch, Ferguson; Hirst; c: Recchiuti; d: J.Bookspan
Downtown Music Productions & Opera Players, M. Stern-Wolfe, Art.Dir., Midtown YM-YWHA
11/18/84 "A Tribute to Kleinsinger"
1/26,27/85 P.M. Davies' Yellow Cake Revue staged song-cycle; MacAdams; d: N. Evans
4/27/85 "Paris in the Twenties"
5/85 The Sea Journey prem.
Eccentric Circles
12/16-29/84 C. Choset's Messiah adapt. Handel
Ensemble for Early Music, F. Renz, Art.Dir., Cathedral of St. John the Divine
12/8,9,14,15,16/84 Daniel and the Lions also 3/85 Palm Beach; 7/85 in Yugoslavia
8/85 Roman de Fauvel South American tour
Ensemble Studio
12/9/84 Perlman/Lunden's Once on a Summer's Day open run
Equity Library Theater Playhouse, S. Bonnell, Dir.
1/85 Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris
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Eubie Blake Children's Theatre of AMAS Repertory, R. LeNoire, Dir., AMAS
1/19,20/85 Oliver
1984-85 tour: I Can Still Hear and See Them
Falso Movimento, E. Del Prete, Dir., La MaMa E.T.C.
9/11/84 Otello "modernized version"; d: M. Martone
First All Children's Theatre, M. Stein, Art.Dir.
11/17/84-1/1/85 Grown-ups
12/23-27/84 Peaslee's Tanglewood Tales prem.
4/20-5/25/85 Katsaros 1 Hearts prem.
First All Children's Theatre & Performing Arts Collaborative
10/3,4/84 Barnes' Nezha prem. reading
11/4,5/84 Coughlin's Silas prem. reading
Golden Fleece-The Composers Chamber Theatre, L. Rodgers, Dir., TOMI Park Royal Theatre
12/13-16/84 Strouse's Nightingale London vers. 6 pfs.
3/85 Lehrman's A Family Man
Golden Land Productions, Thomas Theatre
10/27/84 opening: Mlotek/Rosenfeld's The Golden Land
Good Shepherd Faith Church
12/84 Turner's The Ballad of Barnaby
Greensboro Civil Rights Fund, Symphony Space
11/9/84 Brown's Jericho prem.; also 10 pfs. at 18th Street Theatre
Harold Clurman Theatre
12/20/84 A Kurt Weill Cabaret Schlamme; Epstein; open run
Hartley House
12/16/84-1/13/85 Stone's Miranda's World
Heckscher Theatre
12/16/84 Grenoldo's Mama, I Want to Sing open run
International Fine Arts Society, Symphony Space
10/29/84 Chakrabarti's Zingha, Queen of Matamba
Jerome Kern Centennial, J. McGlinn, Mus.Dir., Carnegie Recital Hall
1/24-27/85 Oh, Boy! 5 cone.pfs.
2/21-24/85 Oh, Lady! Lady!
3/22-25/85 Zip! Goes a Million
Juilliard American Opera Center, E. Gastelli, Dir. (see also Vol. 25, No. 3)
2/1/85 Scenes w.p.
Juilliard Theatre Center, Lincoln Center
1/17-19/85 The Beggar's Opera new ed. Flower/Silverman; c: Flower; d: Langham; ds:
Stein/Verheyen
Keith King's Local Color, Eden's Expressway
12/7/84 La Plante's Second Species prem.
La Guardia College Music Theatre, T. Fauntleroy, Dir., Long Island City
1/85 n Mondo della luna Eng. Rossi
Lamb's Theatre Company
12/7-23/84 Courts' The Gifts of the Magi prem.; Wintersteller, Hicks; Brian, Michaels,
McCarthy, Hartney; c: Alper; d: Catt; ds: Smith/Hanafin
League ISCM, Carnegie Recital Hall
12/13/84 L'Histoire du soldat Jarrett; Coffin, Beal; & scenes
Liederkranz Opera Showcase, Reihmann Concert Hall, New York University
1/25,26/85 Capriccio
Light Opera of Manhattan, R. Allen & J. Gotham, Art.Dirs., Eastside Playhouse
8/29-9/9/84 Rose Marie 21 pfs.
9/12-23/84 1/30-2/10/85 H.M.S. Pinafore 28 pfs.
9/26-10/7/84 2/27-3/10/85 The Pirates of Penzance* 28 pfs.
10/10-11/18/84 The New Moon* 42 pfs.
11/21-12/2 12/31/84-1/13/85 The Red Mill 19 pfs.
12/5-30/84 Babes in Toyland 30 pfs.
1/16-27/85 The Yeomen of the Guard 14 pfs.
2/13-24/85 Iolanthe 14 pfs.
3/13-24/85 The Mikado 14 pfs.
3/27-4/7/85 The Merry Widow 14 pfs.
4/10-28/85 Mademoiselle Modiste 21 pfs.
5/1-26/85 Naughty Marietta* 28 pfs.
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Little Orchestra Society, 0. Anagnost, Mus.Dir., Tully Hall
12/lm/84 Amahl and the Night Visitors d: Menotti; 2 pfs.
Madison Avenue Baptist Church
12/14,15,17,19/84 Carmines' Christmas Rappings
Manhattan Savoyards
1984-85 tour: The Mikado
Manhattan Savoyards/Opera Northeast, Queens College
1/5/85 The Merry Widow w. Queens Symphony
Manhattan School of Music Opera Studio, C. Lockwood, Dir.
10/26/84 Scenes; d: Galterio
10/31/84 Halloween Scenes; d: Galterio
11/29/84 "A Tribute to Stravinsky" incl. Les Noces w. Purchase Dance Corps
2/l-3m/85 Le Donne curiose Eng. Mead; c: Bryttan; d: Galterio; ds: Umfrid
3/20,22,24m/85 The Nose Eng. Puffer; c: Gilbert; d: Galterio; ds: Umfrid
Mannes Camerata, P.C. Echols, Dir., Christ Church United Methodist
1/11,12/85 Herod & The Slaughter of the Innocents Echols eds.
Medicine Show Theatre Ensemble, B. Vann, Art.Dir.
9/1-30/84 Porter's The New Yorkers
12/1/84-1/5/85 Dennis's Bound to Rise
1/13-2/6/85 Nicola's Swing It!
Meredith Monk at Carnegie Hall
2/7/85 Dolmen Music & other selections
Metropolitan Opera, Spring Tour, A.A. Bliss, Gen.Mgr.
4/11-17/85 La Boheme; Eugene Onegin; Lohengrin; Rigoletto; Simon Boccanegra; Hansel and
Gretel; Cosl fan tutte in Boston
4/29,30 5/1-4/85 Lohengrin; Eugene Onegin; La Boheme; Simon Boccanegra; Cosl fan tutte
Hansel and Gretel; Rigoletto in Cleveland
5/6-11/85 same sequence as Cleveland, in Atlanta
5/13-18/85 same sequence as Cleveland, in Minneapolis
5/20-25/85 same sequence as Cleveland, in Detroit
5/27-31 6/lm,l/85 Lohengrin; Rigoletto; Cosl fan tutte; Lohengrin; Simon Boccanegra
La Boheme; Eugene Onegin in Washington, DC
Metropolitan Opera Guild Benefit, Alice Tully Hall
6/lm/85 "Wagner" Tony Palmer film, w. Richard Burton, 9-hour vers.
Music Theatre Group/Lenox Arts Center, L. Austin, Gen.Dir., St. Clements Church
11/13-12/8/84 Peaslee's The Garden of Earthly Delights prem. final vers.; d: M.Clark
3/5-23/85 Carmines' Making of Americans prem.
4/23-5/11/85 tba
Musical Theatre Works, St. Marks Place Theater
9/13-10/2/84 Phillips/Mullaney's Cradle Song prem.; d: S. Schwartz
1/9-27/85 Braden's Downriver prem.
National Chorale, M. Josman, Mus.Dir., Merkin Hall
2/6/85 Choral selections by Mozart and Salieri
3/6/85 Handel's Alexander's Feast conc.pf.
4/3/85 Dido and Aeneas conc.pf.
5/1/85 "America Sings" choral selections
New Amsterdam Theater Co., Jerome Kern Retrospective, Town Hall
3/10,11/85 Leave It to Jane conc.pf.
4/21,22/85 Music in the Air conc.pf.
5/19,20/85 Sweet Adeline
New Opera Group, E.R. Clark, Dir., Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Church Auditorium
11/15-17/84 La Scala di seta
2/14/85 Valentine's Day Concert, incl. "Liebeslieder-Walzer"
5/17,18,24,25/85 Mondo della luna Eng.
New York Choral Society, R. Bass, Mus.Dir., Carnegie Hall
5/11/85 Honegger's King David
New York City Opera: see next page
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, Symphony Space
12/28/84-1/6/85 The Gondoliers Reed; The Mikado also tour 3-4/85
New York Handel Society, S. Simon, Dir., Metropolitan Museum of Art
spring '85 Aci, Galatea e Polifemo conc.pf.
New York Lyric Opera, N. Johnston, Art.Dir., St. John the Divine
4/19/85 Martin's Le Vin herbe" c: C.Keene; stgd.
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New York City Opera, B. Sills, Art.Dir., State Theater, Lincoln Center (see "Forecast" for
fall operas)
7/5,6m,6,7m,7,19,20m,20,21m/85 The Student Prince
7/9,17,25 8/4/85 La Rondinet
7/11,16,26,31/85 Lucia di Lammermoort
7/12,27m 8/3,6,14,25m/85 Carment
7/13m,13,14m 8/10,llm,16,17m,21/85 The Mikado
7/14,18,27 8/10m/85 Rossini's La Cenerentolat
7/21,28m 8/2/85 La Fille du rtgimentt
7/28 8/3m,8/85 Attilat
8/9,17,20,25,28/85 Normat* c: Bonynge; d: Serban
8/11,18m,22/85 I Puritanit
8/18,23,29/85 Manont
8/24,27/85 Turandott
8/30,31m,31/85 The Merry Widow Eng.
Cast lists and roster to follow
New York Philharmonic, Z. Mehta, Mus.Dir., Avery Fisher Hall
12/20,21,23/84 Oratorio Concert & La Damoiselle elue Malfitano
1/31 2/1,2,5/85 Die WalkOre Act I; eonc.pfs.; Marton; Hofmann, Talvela; c: Mehta
New York Shakespeare Festival, J. Papp, Prod.Dir., Anspacher Theatre
10/30-12/15/84 La Boheme Eng. Spencer; Ronstadt, Williams; Morris; c: Elliott; d: Leach
Norman Thomas Theatre
12/1/84 Mlotek's The Golden Land open run
Opera Ebony/New York, B. Matthews, Art.Dir.
11/15/84 "A Salute to Black Broadway"
2/24/85 Capers' Sojourner prem.; d: Jones & Roberts' Movin', an Underground Journey
ballet prem.; cgr: Jeff
6/85 Moore's Frederick Douglass prem.
Opera Ensemble of New York, R. Bierhoff, Mus.Dir., Lillie Blake School
12/7,8,9,14,15,16/84 Amahl and the Night Visitors
2/3/85 Gala Benefit Concert; Elvira
2/20,22,24m,27 3/l,3m/85 Don Pasquale Eng.
5/3,5,8,10,12,15,17,19/85 The Beggar's Opera
Opera for Our Time Repertory Co., at Paper Moon Cabaret
9/19/84 The Impresario Eng. ("updated" vers.)
Opera Shop of the Vineyard Theatre, J. Lo Schiavo, Art.Dir.
12/7-22/84 Arne's Love in a Village 8 pfs. w.o.
12/22-31/84 Rogers' Spoon Mountain stage prem.; 16 pfs. w.p.
4/12-28/85 Griselda 8 pfs. w.o.
6/85 Rogers' All in the Laundry 12 pfs. w.p.
Opera Stage, Brooklyn
10/14,21,28 11/3/84 The Magic Flute
Opera Uptown, R. Rubinson, Art.Dir., Barnard College
10/19,20m,20/84 The Telephone <3c Hand of Bridge & Valinsky's Freshwater prem.
Operaworks, Ltd., J. Harwood, Bus.Mgr., D. Leighton, Mus.Dir., Richardson Dance Gallery
9/29 10/3,9,11/84 Davies' The Martyrdom of St. Magnus Harris; Eisler, Drake, Campbell,
Javore; c: Leighton; d: Casey
10/1,2,4,12/84 Crumb's Ancient Voices of Children & Voice of the Whale & Night of Four
Moons
10/5,8,10,13/84 Le Nozze di Figaro Johnson, L. Owens; Jonason, D. Owen, Giardina,
Baquerzio; c: Leighton
Oratorio Society of New York, L. Woodside, Mus.Dir.
5/6/85 Carolina burana & Vaughan Williams' Dona Nobis Pacem
Orchestra of Our Time, J. Thome, Mus.Dir., Cooper Union
10/12/84 El Rey de Harlem
P.D.Q. Bach, P. Schickele, Mus.Dir., Avery Fisher Hall
12/27-30m/84 Schickele's The Abduction of Figaro conc.excerpts
Piccolo Theatro DeU'Opera, Brooklyn Academy of Music
12/19,20/84 Amahl and the Night Visitors 4 pfs.
Prominade Theatre
12/30/84-1/6/85 Skloff's Rapunzel
RPM Productions, Beacon Theatre
9/21,23m/84 Otello Capriotti; Magprong, Rucker; c: S.Lau
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Regina Opera, M. Cantonio, Pres., Brooklyn
12/1,2,8,9/84 Faust e: Guzman; d: Simone
3/2,3,9,10/85 La Boheme
6/1,2,8,9/85 Lucia di Lammermoor
10/7 11/4/84 2/3 4/14 5/5/85 Concerts
Repertorio Espagnole, G. Zaldivar, Prod.
1984-85: Dona Francisquita (zarzuela)
Richard Allen Center
12/21/84 Owens' Forever My Darlin' open run
Richard Tucker Music Foundation, Carnegie Hall
11/11/84 Annual Gala Concert
Riverdale YM & YWHA, West 250 St.
12/2/84 Cavalleria rusticana & Pagliacci
Riverwest Theatre
12/16-30/84 Davidson's Horizons
Ryan Repertory, Harry Warren Theatre, Brooklyn
12/16-22/84 Poor Little Richmond
Savoy Singers, Gustavus Adolphus Church
11/16/84 Patience
Scovasso Opera, S. Scovasso, Art.Dir., United Methodist Church, Sheepshead Bay
9/16m,23m/84 Don Giovanni
Silver Beach Community Players, Lincoln Center Holiday Festival, Tully Hall
12/28/84 Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat also 12/6-9 at Lutheran Church
Throggs Neck
StageArts Theater Co., N. Robinson & R.A. Norris, Art.Dirs.
12/1/84 Sullivan and Gilbert prem.; open run
Strawberry, S. Cow ell, Mng.Dir.
3/31m 4/12,21/85 La Clemenza di Tito Eng. Cowell; also 6/19 in Yonkers
Theatre for the New City, H. Seifter, Mng.Dir.
1/3-20/85 Osterman's On the Lam prem. <5c Mernet's Surrender prem. <5c two plays
Theatreworks/USA, J. Harnick, Art.Dir., Promenade Theater
10/84 Tierney's First Lady c: Fisher; d: Davis; cgr: Strauss; ds: Stewart/Hally
3/16-24/85 Kalmanoff s Young Tom Edison
Third Street Music School Settlement Children's Series, B. Flusser, Dir. of Concerts
11/11/84 Karoush's Journey to Dodo Land
1/27/85 Barab's Fair Means or Foul After Dinner Opera prod.; 2 pfs.
12/16/84 2/24 3/31/85 various programs
Triplex Theatre
12/16-30/84 Dei Maria/Picciallo's Christmas Caper
Vienna Choir Boys, Avery Fisher Hall
12/16/84 Monsieur et Madame Denis & other selections; also tour
Village Light Opera Group, R. Noll, Mus.Dir., FJ.T. Theatre
11/30 12/l,2m,7,8,9m/84 The Yeomen of the Guard
3/10/85 Golden Jubilee Celebration
4/26,27,28m 5/3,4,5m/85 Naughty Marietta
The Vineyard Theatre, B.Z. Krieger, ExecDir.
10/12-11/11/84 Merrill's We're Home
West End Opera, Gene Frankel Theater
11/30 12/2/84 La Boheme 3 pfs.
Westchester Lyric Festival, F. Iglesias, Dir., Tully Hall
11/8/84 Madama Butterfly Zeldin; conc.pf.
WNET/PBS Great Performances
9/3/84 Floyd's Willie Stark Houston Grand Opera prod.
9/8/84 Turandot Arena di Verona prod.
9/15/84 Tosca Arena di Verona prod.
9/17/84 La Clemenza di Tito Ponnelle prod.
10/1/84 Samson et Dalila San Francisco Opera prod.
11/2/84 Pagliacci Zeffirelli prod.
12/21,28/84 Bach Tricentennial Celebration
6/85 Happy End Arena Stage prod.
WNET/PBS Live from Lincoln Center
9/26/84 Carmen New York City Opera prod.
10/26/84 Twenty-Fifth Anniversary, Lincoln Center Constituents
2/27/85 Domingo in Concert (Fisher Hall)
4/29/85 Pavarotti in Concert (Fisher Hall)
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WNET/PBS Live from the Met, M. Bronson, Exec.Prod.
10/31/84 La Forza del destino taped 3/24/84
1/3/85 Aida L.Prie* farewell pf., direct transmission
1/30/85 Franceses da Rimini taped 4/7/84
3/27/85 Tosca direct transmission
4/17/85 Simon Boccanegra taped 12/29/84
WPA Theatre, K. Renick, Ait.Dir.
10/17-11/18/84 Kennon's Feathertop d: Schulman; cgr: Lichtefeld; ds: Gianfranceseo
Yeshiva University Music Dept.
1/11/85 Lehrman's The Family Man
York Theatre Company
1/16-20,25-27/85 Kennon's Herringbone 12 pfs.
NORTH CAROLINA
Charlottetowne Players, F. Shatter, Art.Dir., Charlotte
8/24-9/2/84 110 in the Shade 6 pfs. w.o.
2/1-3/85 La P6richole 4 pfs. w.o.
6/21-23/85 The Telephone & Trial by Jury 3 pfs. w.p.
Durham Arts Council, Duke University, Durham
6/8/85: Carmen H.Harris; semi-staged; 5 pfs.
East Carolina Univ. Opera Theater, C. Hiss, Dir., Greenville
10/5,6/84 Scenes
2/21-23/85 H.MJS. Pinafore
Greensboro Opera, P.P. Fuchs, Art.Dir., Greensboro
10/26/84 Tosca Thomson; Raitzin, Cowan; c: Fuchs; d: Beck
National Opera Co., D. Witherspoon, Gen.Mgr., Raleigh
1984-85 tour: The Elixir of Love Eng. Lief; The Merry Wives of Windsor Eng. Addison;
The Italian Girl in Algiers Eng. Gallagher; The Secret Marriage Eng. Bird-Witherspoon
North Carolina Opera, R. Swedberg, Mgr. & Art.Dir., touring co. of Charlotte Opera
12/84 Babes in Toyland 8 pfs.
4/85 The Mikado 8 pfs.
1984-85 tour: La Cenerentola Eng. Swedberg; abbrev.vers. 40 pfs.; The Magic Flute Eng.
Swedberg; abbrev.vers. 40 pfs.; "Extravaganza" 50 pfs.; Hamilton's Raleigh's Dream 40 pfs.
University of North Carolina Opera Wksp., A. Knutsen, Dir., Greensboro
10/3-7/84 The Threepenny Opera w.o.
11/20/84 Scenes w.p.
Young Artists Opera Theatre, P. Russell, Art.Dir., Greensboro
9/84 Don Pasquale
OHIO
Cincinnati May Festival, J. Conlon, Mus.Dir., Cincinnati
5/25/85 Samson et Dalila conc.pf.; McCracken
Cincinnati Opera, J. de Blasis, GenJDir., Cincinnati (see also Vol. 25, No. 3)
6/26,29/85 Faust B. Daniels; Shicoff
7/5,7/85 The Gondoliers D. Kruger; Eddleman; d: Eddleman
7/11,13/85 Carmen W. White; A. Davies
7/18,20/85 Lucia di Lammermoor R. Welting; Holloway, Donaldson
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, M. Murray, Prod.Dir., Cincinnati
1/20-2/17/85 Evans' Amateurs
2/20-3/10/85 Forest's Paradise
Cincinnati Symphony, M. Gielen, Mus.Dir., Cincinnati
3/85 Schoenberg's Erwartung Bryn-Julson; c: Gielen; also 3/25 at Carnegie Hall
Cleveland Institute of Music Opera Theatre, A. Foldi, Dir., Cleveland
11/7,9,llm/84 Hin und zuriick Eng. & La Canterina Eng. & La Voix humaine Eng.;
c: Topilow; d: Foldi; ds: Brooks/M. Foldi
11/25/84 Ibert/Rossini/Respighi/Shostakovieh's The Toy Shop National Marionette Theatre
2/9,10/85 Scenes; d: Foldi
3/10/85 Peter and the Wolf National Marionette Theatre; 2 pfs.
4/10,12,14m/85 L'Heure espagnole & The Secret of Susanna d: R. Levine
Cleveland Opera Theatre, B. Sterbank, Adm.Dir., Cleveland Institute of Music
Cleveland Orchestra, C. von Dohnanyi, Mus.Dir., Severance Hall (see also Vol. 25, No. 3)
10/4/84 Schoenberg's Die Jakobsleiter also 10/17 at Carnegie Hall
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Cleveland Play House, R. Oberlin, Art.Dir., Cleveland
11/28/84-1/13/85 Marren's A Luv Musical
5/8-6/16/85 Gray/Martin's High Spirits
Columbus Symphony Orchestra, C. Badea, Mus.Dir., Columbus
3/85 Parsifal eone.pf.
Dayton Opera Ensemble, K. Brown, Coord, (see also Vol. 25, No. 3)
10-12/84 tour: Gallantry
ECCO!, J. de Blasis, Gen.Dir., touring co. of Cincinnati Opera
10/84-5/85 Sweet Betsy from Pike
11-12/84 Hansel and Gretel
1-5/85 The Barber of Seville abbrev. vers.
2-3/85 La Traviata
Oberlin College Conservatory Opera Theater, J. Layng, Dir., Oberlin
11/14,16,17/84 Hansel and Gretel Eng. Bache
12/14,15/84 5/12/85 Scenes
3/13,15,16/85 The Rake's Progress
Ohio Lyric Theatre, M. KommeU, Prod.Dir., Springfield
5/17,18/85 Die Fledermaus Eng. Dietz/Kanin
Opera/Columbus, M. Harrison, Gen.Mgr. & Art.Dir., Palace Theatre, Columbus
11/1,3/84 Un Ballo in mascherat M. Robinson, Goetz, Rakusin; Johannesson, Fortune;
e: J. Rescigno; d: Gately
2/21,23/85 Romeo et Juliettet Rolandi; Jobin, D.Hamilton, Halfvarson; c: Fournet; d: Uzan
ds: Mariani
4/11,13/85 La Bohemet W. Brown, Helton; W. MacNeil, L. Cooper, Butler; c: Ramin;
d: Stephens
Otterbein College Opera Theatre, M. Achter, Art.Dir., Westerville
2/21,22,23/85 The Coffee Cantata
St. Williams Church, Cincinnati
11/84 Humphreys-Rauscher's Quo vadis domine prem.
Toledo Opera, R. Carlson, Mgr., D. Bamberger, Art.Dir., Toledo
11/3/84 The Barber of Seville Eng.; S.Peterson; Orth, Grahame; c: van der Merwe;
d: Bamberger
2/2/85 Aidat M. Robinson, Rakusin; Gibbs, Wangerin; c: Pallo; d: Bamberger
3/23/85 The Elixir of Love Eng.; C. Page; J. Evans
5/11/85 H.MJS. Pinafore Lamy; Reeder
Tuscarawas Philharmonic, Dover
12/84 Blake's The Snowman prem.
Youngstown Symphony Society, P. Leonard, Mus.Dir., Youngstown
3/2/85 Aida M. Robinson, D. Curry; Paglialunga, Noble; e: Leonard; d: Lloyd; 3 pfs.
OKLAHOMA
American Theatre Co., K. Roberts, Prod.Dir., Tulsa
9/7-22/84 The Fantasticks
4/26-5/25/85 Peter Pan d: Eddleman
Cimmaron Circuit Opera, D. Moore, Gen.Mgr., Norman
11/84 Gala
1/85 Little Red Riding Hood
2/85 The Old Maid and the Thief
Oklahoma Christian College Opera Wksp., WJS. Smith, Dir., Oklahoma City
11/1,2,3/84 Oklahoma!
2/8,9/85 Cavalleria rusticana
Oklahoma City Univ. Opera Theatre, C. Osterhaus, Dir., Oklahoma City
10/12,13,14/84 Little Mary Sunshine
11/16,17,18/84 Cosl fan tutte
2/15,16,17/85 Madama Butterfly
4/12,13,14/85 Destry Rides Again
OREGON
Eugene Opera!, J. Toland, Gen.Mgr., Hult Performing Arts Center, Eugene
10/26,28/84 Faust Henjum, Bergquist; Haddock, R. Wells, Ryerson; c: Bayles; d: Gressler;
ds: Beck
12/30,31/84 La Cenerentola Eng.; Womack; Croft, Hammons, Liebl; c: Haines; d: Toland
3/29,31/85 Tosca
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Rogue Valley Opera, R. Tumbleson, Dir., Ashland
4/85 The Gondoliers
Willamette Univ. Opera Wksp., J. Viamonte, Dir., Salem
11/84 Don Giovanni conc.pf.
PENNSYLVANIA
Academy of Vocal Arts, D. Yannopoulos, Dir., Warden Theater, Philadelphia (50th Anniversary)
11/13,14,16,17/84 The Consul c: Jaber; d: Kugler
12/26-31/84 Little Red Riding Hood 12 pfs.
2/19,20,22,23/85 Albert Herring c: Macatsoris; d: Yannopoulos; w. Concerto Soloists of
Philadelphia
4/25,27/85 Madama Butterfly 1904 vers; c: Macatsoris; d: Yannopoulos; ds: Scheffler;
at Walnut St. Theatre
5/13,15,17,18/85 Davies' The Lighthouse c: Antoniou; d: Yannopoulos
Academy of Vocal Arts Studio, D. Yannopoulos, Dir., Philadelphia
3/25,26,27,29/85 La Boheme
Berks Grand Opera, A. Jurkiewicz, Art. & Mus.Dir., Reading
11/10/84 The Magic Flute Eng. Martin; d: Long; ds: Toth
4/27/85 The Gypsy Baron Eng. Martin
7/85 The Pirates of Penzance 5 pfs.
Civic Light Opera, C. Gray, Ezec.Dir., Pittsburgh
6/25-30/85 Candide
7/2-7/85 FioreUo
7/9-14/85 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
7/16-21/85 Man of La Mancha
7/23-28/85 George M
7/30-8/4/85 Grease
Curtis Institute Opera Wksp., B. Goldovsky, Dir., Philadelphia
11/17,18/84 Gianni Schicchi & Suor Angelica Eng. Goldovsky
3/22,23/85 The Night Bell <Jc The Old Maid and the Thief
Lancaster Opera Workshop, D. Smith, Art.Dir., Lancaster
11/29,30 12/1,2/84 Le Nozze di Figaro Eng.
5/9,10,11,12/85 L'Elisir d'amore Eng.
Muhlenberg College Opera Group, J. Slavin, Dir., Allentown
2/8,9,10,14,15,16/85 The Play of Daniel
Opera Ebony/Philadelphia, B. Matthews, Art.Dir., Academy of Music, Philadelphia
6/6,8/85 Samson and Dalila Eng.; L. Myers; Woodley, Croom; c: W.G. Wilson
The Pennsylvania Opera Theater, B. Silverstein, Art.Dir., Philadelphia
11/18/84 "Showcase Sampler of Contemporary American Works" readings of scenes from
Constantinides' Antigone, Mechem's Tartuffe, Rodriguez' Suor Isabella & McKelvey's
The Golden Island at Moore College of Art
4/13,19,20/85 Persichetti's The Sibyl prem.; Ringo, Yakes; Foss; c: Silverstein; d: Harrer
5/11,17,18/85 L'ltaliana in Algeri Eng. Holliday; Golden; Freeman, Turnage; c: Bonavera;
d: Ehrman
6/1,7,8/85 Rigoletto Eng. Silverstein; E. Hynes; Farina, R. MacFarland; c: Silverstein;
d: Fraad; ds: Montresor
Pennsylvania Stage Co., G. Hurst, Prod.Dir., Allentown
10/1-21/84 Katsaros' Just So
The Philadelphia Company, Plays & Players Theatre
1984-85 season: Charlotte Sweet; Working
WHYY-TV 12 Program, The Muse, Philadelphia
12/28/84 Boyle/Barnett's Crazy Nora excerpts, work-in-progress reading; Dempsey, Kesling;
D. Hamilton, Rodescu; c: Eschelman; d: Knott
Walnut Street Theatre Company, B. Howard, Exec.Dir., Philadelphia
12/1-16/85 The Music Man
Wilma Theatre, B. & J. Zizka, Dirs., Philadelphia
5/21-6/16/85 Happy End
RHODE ISLAND
Providence Opera Theatre, W. Noll, Gen.Dir., Ocean State Arts Center, Providence
11/17/84 n Trovatore
Rhode Island Civic Chorale and Orchestra
10/27/84 Aida Millo, Casei; C.Sullivan, A.Smith; c: R.Bass
5/11/85 Otello Vanelli; McCracken; c: Bass
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SOUTH CAROLINA
Columbia College Opera Wksp., S. Palmer, Dir., Columbia
11/9/84 Scenes w.p.
3/8-10/85 The Secret of Susannah & The Old Maid and the Thief w.o.
Columbia Lyric Opera, D. Gray, Art.Dir., Columbia
3/28,29,31/85 Carmen
Spoleto Festival U.S.A., P. Semark, Gen.Mgr., G.C. Menotti, Art.Dir., Charleston (5/24-6/9/85)
5/24,28 6/2,8/85 La Fanciulla del West e: Badea; d: Beresford; ds: Adam; at Galliard Aud.
5/29,31 6/5,7,9/85 Handel's Ariodante Concert Royal & New York Baroque Dance Co.
prod.; at Dock St. Theatre
also: dance, plays, concerts
TENNESSEE
Carson-Newman College Lyric Theatre, T. Teague, Dir., Jefferson City
10/4,5,6/84 Annie Get Your Gun
Chattanooga Opera, D. Corey, Gen.Mgr., Chattanooga
9/27,29/84 Tosca Eng. Gutman; Holleque; Grice, Embree; c: Bergson; d: Liotta
2/28 3/2/85 Hansel and Gretel Eng. Bache; Shelley, McKnight, Kelly, Curtis, Murphy;
c: Rensink; d: Bernhardt
5/2,4/85 Pagliacci
Cumberland County Playhouse, J. & M. Crabtree, Prod.Dirs., Crossville
10/19-11/18/84 Man of La Mancha
Knoxville Opera, R. Lyall, Gen.Dir., Knozville
11/2/84 Lucia di Lammermoor Peters; Greer, Dietsch, Rouleau; c: Lyall; d: Symcox
12/14,16m/84 Cendrillon Friede, Donahue, Shaulis; Olsen, Bassett; c: Lyall; d: McDonough;
ds: Wears
4/12/85 n Trovatore Negri, Davidson; Bonanome, R.Edwards; c: Lyall; d: Morelock
Nashville Symphony, K. Schermerhorn, Mus.Dir., Nashville
1/31/85 Cavalleria rusticana & Pagliacci Wycoff, D. Casella; Hamrick, Goodloe, Cimino;
c: Schermerhorn
Opera Memphis, R. Driver, Gen. & Art.Dir., Orpheum Theater, Memphis
1/18/85 Leontyne Price in Concert
2/21,23/85 Lucia di Lammermoor C. Nail; Fowler, Brandstetter, Carter; c: Nadler;
d: McConnell; ds: Stone
3/21,23/85 Madama Butterfly Vanelli; Farena; c: Bergeson; d: Brovsky
Playhouse on the Square, J. Nichols, ExecDir., Memphis
9/7-10/20/84 The Mikado
12/7/84-1/19/85 Two by Two
4/26-6/1/85 A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine
TEXAS
Casa Manana Musicals, B. Franks, Gen.Mgr., Fort Worth
6-8/85 Hello, Dolly; The Music Man; Evita; Paint Your Wagon; My Fair Lady
Dallas Opera, P. Karayanis, Gen.Dir., Majestic Theatre (see also Vol. 25, No. 3)
4/11,14,20/85 n Maestro di capellat & La Cambiale di matrimoniot Gamberoni; Lopardo,
Crafts, Bruscantini; c: Rescigno; d: Bruscantini
4/18,21,27/85 The Rape of Lucretia Milsom, Ommerle, Taylor; Otey; c: Rescigno
Dallas Opera Puppet Theatre
1/21-2/20/85 tour: The Ballad of the Bremen Band 80 pfs.
East Texas State Univ. Opera Ensemble, P. Detels, Dir., Commerce
10/19 11/30 12/1/84 4/26,27/85 Scenes
2/21-24,27-3/2/85 Patience
Hardin-Simmons Univ. Opera Theatre, J. Middleton, Dir., Abilene
11/30 12/4/84 Amahl and the Night Visitors
2/85 The Threepenny Opera 4 pfs.
Huntsville Community Choral Society, H. Rex, Mus.Dir., Huntsville
12/84 The Messiah
5/85 Patience 4 pfs. w.o.
Red River Lyric Theatre, R. Hansen, Gen.Dir., Wichita Falls
11/30 12/1/84 Amahl and the Night Visitors w.p.
6/20-22,27-29/85 The Pirates of Penzance w.o.
8/16,17,18/85 Madama Butterfly w.o.
Rice Univ. Opera Theatre, A. Addison, Dir., Houston
11/84 Scenes
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Southwest Texas State Univ. Opera Wksp., J. Neely, Dir., San Marcos
10/31-11/5/84 The Mikado
3/29,30/85 Suor Angelica & Scenes
Southwestern Univ. Chorale, K. Sheppard, Dir., Georgetown
2/20/85 Curlew River
Stage West, Fort Worth
2/27-4/16/85 Chicago
6/26-8/3/85 Strider
Tarrant County Jr. College Opera Wksp., L. Stripling, Dir., Hurst
4/13,14/85 The Consul
Texas Opera Theater, M.J. Weaver, Gen.Mgr., touring co. of Houston Grand Opera
9/29-12/23/84 Residency Troupe Performances w.p.
1/28-3/10/85 La Traviata w.o.
4/8-28/85 The Barber of Seville w.o.
Texas Tech Univ. Music Theatre, J. Gillas, Dir., Lubbock
11/1-3/84 Hansel and Gretel Eng. Kosloff
Theatre Under the Stars, A. Finn, Gen.Mgr., Houston
10/24-11/4/84 Paint Your Wagon 10 pfs.
12/19-30/84 Annie 10 pfs.
2/20-3/3/85 Cabin in the Sky 10 pfs.
4/24-5/5/85 Sugar 10 pfs.
University of Texas Opera Theatre, R. DeSimone, Dir., Austin
11/15-18/84 La Boheme Eng. Martin
12/3-9/84 Amahl and the Night Visitors 10 pfs. w.p.
2/20-24/85 Summer and Smoke
4/9-20/85 Sweeney Todd 10 pfs.
12/11,12/84 4/29,30/85 Scenes w.p.
VERMONT
Friends of Music at Guilford
11/9,10,11/84 Clarke's Lysistrata prem.
VIRGINIA
James Madison Univ. Opera Wksp., J. Little, Dir., Harrisonburg
11/9,10/84 Die Fledermaus Eng. Martin
2/7,8/85 Scenes
Opera Theatre of Northern Virginia, J. Miles, Art.Dir., Arlington
12/3-8/84 The Toy Shop c: Niles; d: Glaser
2/23/85 "An Afternoon of Arias"
4/19,20/85 La Perichole
Southwest Virginia Opera Society, M. Granger, Art.Dir., Center in the Square, Roanoke
9/12/84 2/27/85 Benefit Gala Concerts
9/26,28,29/84 Martha Durham, Granger; Ellinwood, Little; c: Glazebrook; d: M.Granger;
ds: Sailer
5/1,3,4,5/85 Cosi fan tutte
Theatre IV, Richmond
5/10-26/85 A Little Night Music
Vienna Light Opera, D. White, Gen.Dir., Vienna
12/8 m,8,9/84 Amahl and the Night Visitors w.p.
5/85 Romberg's New Moon 2 pfs. w.o.
The Wiggle Club of Theatre IV, Richmond
10/17-27/84 Williams' Charley and the Pirates
11/84 tour: Charley and the Pirates; Giersch's Hugs and Kisses; Gulley's First Ladies
12/1-23/84 tour: Giersch's Santa's Christmas Miracle
12/3-15/84 Babes in Toyland
2/6-16/85 Montgomery's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs also tour
4/16-27/85 Giersch's The Ugly Duckling
5/85 tour: Brisendine's Booker T; Strong's Small Wonders
Wolf Trap Farm Park, The Barns, E. Mattos, ExecDir., Vienna
10/11-14/84 Rorem's Bertha & Fables & Three Sisters Who Are Not Sisters Opera SW prod.
11/1,29/84 1/3/85 Young Artists in Concert (Elizabeth Knighton; Jerry Hadley; Rockwell
Blake)
12/6-9/84 "Golden Age of Broadway"
2/7-9/85 Aida Surrey Opera Co., conc.pfs. w.p.
5/7-12/85 Cotton Patch Gospel
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WASHINGTON
On the Boards, Seattle
1984-85 Durkee's Oxymora prem. reading
Pacific Northwest Festival, S. Jenkins, Gen.Dir., Seattle
7/28,31 8/3/85 Die Walkiiret Kelm, Meier, D.Curry; Busse, Roloff, Macurdy; c: Jordan;
d: Rochaix; ds: Israel
Seattle Civic Light Opera, A. Ford, Art.Dir., Seattle
1984-85 season: Gypsy 12 pfs.; Finian's Rainbow 12 pfs.; The Music Man 12 pfs.
Seattle Repertory Theatre, D. Sullivan, Art.Dir., Seattle
4/13-5/11/85 Guys and Dolls
University of Washington Opera Theatre, V. Liotta & R. Feist, Dirs., Seattle
11/15-18/84 Suor Angelica & L'Heure espagnole Eng.
1984-85: La Rondine; Cendrillon; Candide
WEST VIRGINIA
Actor's Guild of Parkersburg, Parkersburg
11/23-25,30 12/1,2,7,8/84 Annie
Marshall Univ. Opera Theatre, L. Eikum, Dir., Huntington
11/30/84 Dido and Aeneas
West Virginia Univ. Opera Theatre, J. Benner, Dir., Morgantown
11/13-16/84 4/24-27/85 Scenes
3/27-30/85 I Quattro rusteghi (Foolish Fathers) Eng. Benner
WISCONSIN
Florentine Opera of Milwaukee, J. Gage, Gen.Mgr., Milwaukee
11/15,17,18m/84 Aidat Cruz-Romo/Reed, Rakusin; Bartolini, A.Smith, Ventriglia;
c: J.Rescigno; d: Maestrini; ds: Gano/Malabar; New Orleans Opera prod.
3/21,23,24m/85 The Abduction from the Seraglio Eng.; F.Robinson, Beardsley; Aler, Gruett,
Booth; c: R.Peters; d: de Blasis; Pittsburgh Opera prod.
4/25,27,28m/85 The Merry Widow Eng.; M.J. Johnson, Pelle; Stilwell, West; c: J.Reseigno;
d: Danner; Michigan Opera prod.
Madison Opera, R. Palmer, Gen.Mgr., A.Johnson, Dir./Prod., Madison
3/30 4/1/85 La Traviata Calleo
Skylight Comic Opera, C. Cabot, Mng.Dir., Milwaukee
9/12-30/84 Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris Fitzwater, Turner; Saverine;
17 pfs.
10/24-11/11/84 Monteverdi's Orfeo Eng. Wadsworth; Matts, Yakes; Ollmann, Glaum;
e: Pisani; d: Wadsworth; ds: Jampolis; 12 pfs.
11/28-12/31/84 The Pirates of Penzance c: Komasa; d: Oliver; ds: Torney/Wedepohl;
12 pfs. on tour
12/6-31/84 Gutzman's Son of Holiday Punch Skylight Theatre
2/2,3/85 Rusche's Dance of Death prem. readings
2/27-3/17/85 Foss's Griffelkin Fitzwater, Dirks; Saverine, Glaum; c: Barrett; d: Zambello;
ds: Horne/Blake; 20 pfs.
4/17-21/85 Anything Goes c/d: Mulcahy; 6 pfs. at Pabst Theatre
5/8-26/85 Don Pasquale Fitzwater; Glaum; c: D. Johnson; d: Zambello; 12 pfs.
University of Wisconsin Opera Theatre, K. Moser, Dir., Madison
2/15-17/85 Porgy and Bess
4/19-21,24-28/85 Peter Pan
University of Wisconsin Opera Wksp., R. Johnson, Dir., Eau Claire
10/8/84 Scenes
11-12/84 Amahl and the Night Visitors
Viterbo College Opera Wksp., T. Flatt, Dir., LaCrosse
12/1,2/84 Amahl and the Night Visitors
CANADA
Banff Centre Music Theatre Studio Ensemble, M. Bawtree, Art.Dir., Banff
10/19-11/11/84 2/1-24/85 Spokesong
12/6-8/84 McNeff's Bible Bill and the Funny Money Gang prem.
3/28-30/85 Paul Bunyan
8/14-17/85 Falstaff d: Graham
Canadian Opera Company, L. Mansouri, Gen.Dir., St. Lawrence Centre (see also Vol. 25, No. 3)
2/85 CoSl fan tutte 6 pfs. at Bluma Appel Theatre
Canadian Opera Company Ensemble, S. Hamilton, Mus.Dir., Harbourfront Festival and tour
8-12/84 La Traviata
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Comus Music Theatre of Canada, B. Bridgman, Art.Dir., Toronto
9/22/84 Jarvis/Maldar's Chroma
11/17,18/84 Canino/Weill's Lotte and Bert w.p.; wksp./showcase
1/85 Geddes1 Song for a Rainy Thursday wksp./showcase; 7 pfs. w.p.
3/85 Frykbeg's Saxarba wksp./show ease
5-6/85 Gerhard's Space Opera wksp./showcase
Edmonton Opera, J. Boyles, Gen.Mgr., Edmonton
9/27,29 10/1/84 n Trovatore S. Dunn, Berini; Mauro, Edwards, Rouleau; c: Sihpigm;
d: Auerbach
11/22,24,26/84 The Marriage of Figaro E.Hynes, Stubbs, Bouleyn; Corbeil, Opthof;
c: Armenian; d: Guttman
12/18-23/84 Amahl and the Night Visitors 8 pfs. at Northern Light Theatre
1/17,19,21/85 Die Fledermaus Tomlin, Fax-Brown, Stubbs; Brecknock, Belcore, Nolen;
c: Pallo; d: Auerbach; ds: Mess
3/14,16,18/85 Faust Boucher; McCauley, Devlin, Dickson; c: Kohn; d: Guttman
Guelph Spring Festival, N. Goldschmidt, Art.Dir., Guelph (4/26-5/14/85)
4/26,28,30/85 Britten's The Prodigal Son McLean, Belcourt, Kelly, Relyea; c: Goldschmidt;
d: Carson; ds: Paxton
4/29/84 "An Evening with Gilbert & Sullivan"
5/10/85 Marvis Martin in Concert
also concerts, dance, etc.
International Symposium on Music Theatre, Int'l Society for Contemporary Music, Toronto
(9/23-27/84) Montreal (9/28-10/3/84)
9/21,22/84 Globokar's Laboratorium
Le Grand Theatre de Quebec et la Soctete Lyrique d'Aubigny, Quebec City
10/25,27,30 11/1/84 Les Pecheurs de perles Parent; c: Belanger; d: Alarie
5/16,18,21,24/85 Madama Butterfly c: Bglanger; d: Symcox
McGill Univ. Opera Studio, E. Delia Pergola, Dir., Montreal
2/26,27,28/85 Giulio Cesare W. Siegmund-Schulze ed.
McMaster Symphony Orchestra, L. Hepner, Mus.Dir., Hamilton Place, Ont.
3/24/85 Cavalleria rusticana stgd.
Manitoba Opera, I. Guttman, Art.Dir., Winnipeg
11/10,13,16/84 Cavalleria'rusticana & Pagliacci Berini; Ellsworth, Monk & Thomson; Busse,
Pedrotti; c: Somogi; d: Guttman
2/23,26 3/1/85 Faust Spacagna; McCauley, Devlin, Dickson; c: Pallo; d: Morelock
5/4,7,10/85 La Forza del destino Mitchell, Forst; Ruhonen, Opthof, Kavrakos, Bisson;
c: Boncompagni; d: Guttman
National Symphony Orchestra, C. Pilavachi, Mus.Dir., National Arts Centre, Ottawa
3/85 Fidelio conc.pf.
L'Opera de Montreal, J-P. Jeannotte, Art.Dir., Montreal
9/18,21,24,29 10/3,6,9/84 II Barbiere di Siviglia Hamari; Garrison, G.Quilico, Charbonneau,
Corbeil; c: H6tu; d: Gascon; ds: Provost
11/20,23,26 12/1,5,8,11/84 La Traviata Mauti-Nunziata; Cole, L.Quilico; c: Veltri; d: Oswald;
ds: Oswald/Lapiz
2/26 3/1,4,9,13,16,19/85 La BoheTie Kineses, Nazario; Raffanti, Baerg, Barcza, Charbonneau;
o: Armenian; d: Lucas; ds: jirard
4/30 5/3,6,llil5,18/85 Salome L.Andersson, Meyerson; Ingle, Wimberger, Donaldson;
c: Decker; d: Kaslik; ds: S'oboda/Lorain
Opera Hamilton, S. Thomas, Art.Dir., Hamilton
9/20,22/84 Manon Lescaut PeJegrini; Ortiz, Koral, Bisson, Brown; c: Guadagno; d: Thomas
5/2,4/85 La Traviata V.Thomas; Pastine, Monk; c: DeRenzi; d: Thomas
Opera in Concert, S. Hamilton, Prod., Toronto
11/10,llm/84 Puccini's Edgar Bogle/Sirene, Megli/Sadigur; Absalom/Strano, Massel/Neufeld;
c: Hamilton
12/8,9m/84 Saint-Saens Henry v m LeBlanc/Kolomyjec, Graham/Loeb; Barcza/Pedrotti,
Heppner/B.Stilwell; c: Hamilton
2/23,24m/85 La Grande Duchesse de Ge>olstein Stubbs/Curry, Farrell; DuBois/McLean,
Neff; c: Hamilton
4/20,21m/85 Thais Roslak/Landry; LaPerrier/Relyea, Rideout/Evans; c: Hamilton
Pacific Opera, C. More, Gen.Mgr., Victoria
9/13,15,18,20,22/84 Rigoletto Curry; Turgeon, Tessenyi; c: Vernon; ds: Fellows
2/14,16,18,21,23/85 Faust Cantin; Turgeon; c: Vernon
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Societee de Musique Contemporaine du Quebec New Music Series, Ryerson Theatre, Toronto
1/26/85 Rihm's Jakob Lenz Can.prem.; c: Garant
Stratford Festival, J. Neville, Art.Dir., Stratford
5/27/85 The Pirates of Penzanee d: Macdonald; approx. 60 summer pfs.
University of Toronto Opera School, M. Albano, Coord., MacMillan Theatre, Toronto
11/16,17,23,24/84 The Crucible
3/8,9,15,16/85 The Marriage of Figaro Eng.
Vancouver Opera, B. McMaster, Art.Dir., Vancouver
10/20,23,25,27/84 Un Ballo in maschera Murphy, Illing, A.Glass; O'Neill, Maxwell;
c: Armstrong; d: Jarvefelt; ds: Oberle
1/19,22,24,26/85 I Puritani S.Murphy, Wallis; D.O'Neill, Opthof, Patterson; e: J.Smith;
d: Serban; ds: Yeargan; Welsh National Opera prod.
3/9,12,14,16/85 Eugene Onegin Rogers; Pedrotti, Margison, Garrard; c: Ermler; d: Serban;
ds: Yeargan; Welsh National Opera prod.
5/18,21,23,25/85 Co* fan tutte Wallace; c: Bakels; d: Walsh; ds: Boruzescu
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