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November-December 1964

NEW OPERAS AND PREMIERES

Famous Contemporary Books and Plays are the basis of a number ofnew operas:

Leon Kirchner is using Saul Bellow's HENDERSON, THE RAIN ICING forthe book of his new three-act opera. This will be the first operafor Mr. Kirchner, who is writing it under a Fromm Foundation grant.

NINE RIVERS FROM JORDAN is being converted into an opera librettoby its author, Dennis Johnston, for composer Hugo Weisgall. Thework is slated for a premiere at the New York City Center, whereMr. Weisgall's "Six Characters in Search of an Author" was firstperformed. His "Athalia1' was premiered by the Concert Opera Assn.at New York's Philharmonic Hall. After completing NINE RIVERS,Mr. Weisgall's next operatic venture will be to set to musicHENRY IV by Pirandello.

Paul Reif and Henry Butler have acquired the rights to Louis Auchin-closs' best selling novel PORTRAIT IN BROWNSTONE. In dramatizingit for the operatic stage they will employ an unconvential flash-back technique. Mr. Butler, who is writing the libretto, has beenin the news lately for his libretto of "Mourning Becomes Electra"to be premiered at the Metropolitan Opera 1966-67. Mr. Reif'smost recently performed works include his cantata "Triple City" atPhilharmonic Hall and the premiere of his musical setting of RobertFrost's"Birches" by George Shirley and the National Orchestral Assn.at Carnegie Hall in February 1965.

The Canada Council commissioned Raymond Pannell, composer of "Ariada Capo", to write a new opera for the Canadian Opera Co. Mr.Pannell chose for his book Brian Moore's novel THE LUCK OF GINGERCOFFEY, currently on Broadway as a play. The libretto will be byRonald Hambleton.

THE FINAL INGREDIENT, a play by Reginald Rose set in a German con-centration camp, will be the basis for a one-hour TV opera byDavis Araram. It was commissioned by ABC Television and will bepremiered in April 1965.

Not so contemporary is the book which has attracted Lester Trimbleas the subject for his first full-length opera. It is Boccaccio'sNIGHTING A LE and George Maxim Ross is collaborating on the libretto.

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New Operas at University Opera Workshops:

Andrew Imbrie, professor of music at the University of Californiaat Berkley, has completed his first opera THREE AGAINST CHRISTMAS.The one-act, four~scene fantasy will be premiered at Berkley onDecember 3 with repeat performances on the 4th and 5th. Thelibrevto was written by New York attorney Richard Wincor. 37musicians of the Oakland Symphony Orchestra, a chorus of 80 andfive soloists will be conducted by Robert Commanday; sets and costumesare being designed by the university's professor of dramatic arts,Henry {"lay, and Arthur Conrad is responsible for the stage direction.The double bill includes Mozart's "The Impresario".

Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa, performed THE MERCHANT'SMOON during October. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Morrison collaboratedon writing the opera which is based on a Korean folk tale; Mr.Morrison is professor of music at Morningside.

Anthony Donato, professor of music and composition at North-western University, has completed his first opera THE WALKER-THROUGH -WALLS , based on a short story by Marcel Aymel The workwill be performed at Northwestern Unjy opera workshop on February26 and 28.

A one-act opera, NEW ENGLAND SAMPLER, written by Joseph Wagner,faculty member at Pepperdine College in Los Angeles,is being per-formed by the After Dinner Opera Co. on its current nationwide tour.

Commissions from Abroad:Th? Hamburg (Germany) Opera House and its director, Rolf Ldbermann,have commissioned Gunther Schuller to write an opera for premiereat Hamburg.

Jan Meyerowitz received a commission by the Italian Radio (RAI)to write an opera for presentation over the air. For subjectmatter he chose episodes from the Babylonian Talmud which will bewritten into libretto form by Fedele d'Amico.

Richard Owen, NY attorney and composer, in his spare time will havehis first opera premiered in Buenos Aires during November. UNMOMENTO DI GUERRA has a cast of three singers; Mr. Owen wrote hisown libretto in English, subsequently translated into Spanish.

The London (England) County Council commissioned Nicholas Mawto write a full-length opera for the opening of the JeanettaCochrane Theatre at the Central School of Arts and Crafts inLondon on November 12. Arthur Jacobs, known translator andassistant editor of "Opera" wrote the libretto for the resultingcomic opera,ONE MAN SHOW. The three-act work employs a smallorchestra. *******

Other New Operas:The Lucy Borden case will be the subject of an opera to be writtenby Jack Beeson on a Ford grant. Mr. Beeson's former ventures intoopera include "The Sweet Bye-and-Bye and "Hello, Out There".

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Ulysses Kay, who received an award for his opera "The PeacefulLand", is now working on a full-length work under a Guggenheimgrant. The new opera will be called THE GAME.

William Mayer, composer of "One Christmas Long Ago", claims tohave written the shortest three act opera. BRIEF CANDLE burnsfor six minutes, has a libretto by Milton Feist and is publishedby Mercury Music.

George Wehner's INTO THE SILENCE, which was premiered during thesummer by the Heights Opera Workshop, is the composer's seventhopera. The story deals with six different people and their in-dividual reaction to an international catastrophe.

THREE MAJOR MUSICAL ORGANIZATIONS SOLD

On December 15 MUSICAL AMERICA will officially merge with BillboardPublishing Company's HIGH FIDELITY MAGAZINE. Although the AnnualArtists' issue will be published as an independent unit, MusicalAmerica will henceforth appear as an insert in High Fidelity.Warren B. Syer, publisher of High Fidelity, announced that MusicalAmerica's monthly coverage of musical events here and abroad willbe continued and that its identity and 66-year*old tradition wouldbe preserved. Subscribers to Musical America will automaticallyreceive High Fidelity with the new insert for the remainder oftheir subscription. The new combined subscription rate for 12annual issues has not yet been determined, but High Fidelity willalso be available without the new insert at its former rate ($7.00per annum). Roland Gelatt, editor-in-chief of High Fidelity, willtake over the editorial direction of Musical America with ShirleyFleming, former assistant editor of High Fidelity, serving asmanaging editor. Norman S. Redmon, advertising director, wallcontinue with Musical America. Present circulation of HighFidelity Magazine is over 120,000, Musical America's is 13,000.The Consumer Magazine Division of Billboard Publishing Company hasnot disclosed the price paid for Musical America. - Publicity mate-rial should henceforth be sent to: Musical America, 165 West 46thStreet, New York, New York 10036

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ASSOCIATED MUSIC PUBLISHERS INC., a subsidiary of the licensingorganization Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI), has been sold to G. SCHIRMERINC. With it Schirmer acquires the rights and published works ofsuch American contemporary composers as Milton Babbitt, Elliot Carter,Henry Cowell, Roy Harris, Leon Kirchner, Walter Piston, the lateWallingford Riegger, Vittorio Rieti, Gunther Schuller, Carlos Surinach,as well as the representation for many European publishers: Boteand Bock - Berlin, Breitkopf und Haertel - Wiesbaden and Leipzig,Casa Sonzogno - Milan, Ludwig Doblinger - Vienna, Enoch & Co. - Paris,Max Eschig - Paris, Richard Schauer - London, Schott - London andMainz, Union Musical Espaghola - Madrid. Schirmer officials saidthat Associated will be operated as an independent company withBenjamin Grasso, now an executive with Associated, as its manager,

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and that all its music will continue to be licensed by BMI.The offices, too, will remain at the present address: One West47th Street, New York, New York.

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THE MUSIC CORPORATION OF AMERICA INC. has purchased the assets andworld-wide copyrights of LEEDS MUSIC CORPORATION, DUCHESSE MUSICCORPORATION, and all subsidiaries of those two companies. Founderand former owner of Leeds Music, Lou Levey, and former executivevice president, Sal Chianti, have been made officers of MUSICCORPORATION OF AMERICA and will remain in charge of operation atLeeds and Duchesse. The offices will remain at the former addressand any inquiries concerning music represented by either companyshould be addressed as before to Leeds Music Company, 322 West 48thStreet, New York, New York.

MORE FOUNDATION'S PROGRAMS

When the curtain goes up on "Hansel and Gretel" at the Tulsa OperaCompany on December 18, the audience will be seeing a new productionwhich, hopefully, will be seen over much of the country. A specialgrant from the MARTHA BAIRD ROCKEFELLER FUND FOR MUSIC INC. broughtthis long-term project to fruition. Under an agreement with theTulsa Opera Company, the Foundation gave a grant for the designingand building of sets and the making of costumes, executed in Tulsa,with the provision that the Tulsa Opera Company make the productionavailable free of charge to other opera companies. Tulsa Operawill store the properties and handle the distribution and, in turn,has first performance rights and priority for its use. The onlyexpense to any borrowing company will be transportation, insurance,cleaning of costumes and, whenever necessary, refurbishing of theproperties or repair if any damage has been incurred. Opera Companiesinterested in sharing in this project should write to JeanetteTurner, Manager, Tulsa Opera Inc., 1610 South Boulder, Tulsa 19, Okla.,mentioning the dates of performances. -- It was under a similaragreement that the Martha Baird Rockefeller Foundation for Music Inc.gave a grant to the Chautauqua Opera Assn. for sets and costumes for"The Magic Flute" presented at Chautauqua, New York, for the firsttime in the summer of 1963. This grant was arranged in cooperationwith the New York State Opera League and the free use of the"MagicFlute"properties is regionally limited to the New York State area.Interested opera groups may address their inquiries to Mr. JohnD. Howell, Gen. Director, Chautauqua Opera Association, 853 SeventhAvenue, New York 19, New York. -- The third such grant given by thesame foundation was awarded to the New York City Opera Companyfor its production of Britten's "Midsummer Night's Dream". Thecostumes and sets are again stored at its first-performance-companyand are available free of rental charges to other companies,freight, insurance, and "reconditioning" listed as the only costsfor their use. For availability of the "Midsummer Night's Dream"properties, please contact the New York City Opera Company, 130West 56th Street, New York 19, New York. -- Designs for all of theseabove operatic sets were executed with thought to maximum adap-tability without loss of artistic or visual values.

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In its continued efforts to assist the contemporary composer aswell as the opera company wanting to produce contemporary works,the FORD FOUNDATION sponsored another "opera reading". TheMetropolitan Opera Studio, under the supervision of John Gutmanand George Schick performed scenes from four operas at theGallery of Modern Art, New York: "The Gilded Cage" by AmericanBenjamin Lees, "Les Caprices de Marianne" by French HenrySauget, "Figaro laesst sich scheiden" by German Giselher Klebe,and the complete short opera "La Notte di un Nevrastenico" byItalian Nino Rota. The invited audience was composed of asampling of representatives of each phase in music: producers,performers, composers, sponsors, heads of music schools, conserva-tories, foundations and music libraries. The first such OperaReading sponsored by the Ford Foundation took place about two yearsago when the Metropolitan Opera Studio performed scenes fromWalter Kaufmann's "Sganarelle"; during the 1962-63 season MarvinLevi's "Mourning Becomes Electra" had its first hearing (first act)and the following season the second act of the work was pre-sented, again under the sponsorship of the Ford Foundation. Itwas after this second hearing that the Metropolitan Opera announcedacceptance of the work and scheduled the premiere for its firstseason at Lincoln Center. One more Opera Reading is scheduled forthis season, probably sometime in March.

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Within its program of direct grants to opera companies the FORDFOUNDATION has pledged $20,000 a year for five consecutive yearsto the Opera Guild of Greater Miami with the proviso that the Guildraises enough money to add a third to its annual two productions.This accomplished, "Otello", "Lucia" and "Figaro" will be pro-duced this season. (See perf. listing June '64 Bulletin)

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On February 1, 1965, Mr. Norman Lloyd, former Dean of OberlinCollege Conservatory of Music and prior to this, Director ofEducation at Juilliard School of Music, will join THE ROCKEFELLERFOUNDATION. He will fill the newly created post of Director forthe Arts. In conferring the appointment, Dr. J. George Harrar,President of the Foundation, stated that during the last decadesthe foundation was privileged to contribute to the artisticdevelopement of outstanding individuals and organizations. Nowthe foundation is concentrating its activities in the artswithin a program of its own under the direction of Mr. Lloyd withthe hope that it will be even more effective in training andassisting in the work of exceptionally talented individuals and infurthering close relationships between professional performinggroups and universities.

THE CANADA COUNCIL will initiate a training program for youngaspirants to administrative or managerial positions in thearts. Similar to the Ford Foundation's program of the 1962-63 season, the Canada Council has the cooperation of four major

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Canadian performing groups: The Montreal Symphony Orchestra (alsoproducer of opera), the Canadian Players, the Stratford Shake-spearean Festival, and the Manitoba Theatre Center. Each organi-zation will take a suitable trainee for a year and see him throughall phases of business and administrative operation. The salary willbe $6,000 of which one third will be paid by the employer and twothirds by the Council. The search for the young trainees is handledby a national firm of management consultants in Montreal and theannouncement of the names of the candidates is expected later thisyear.

NEW CASES OF OPERATIC COOPERATION

"Merry Mount" by Howard Hanson, a full-length opera which had itsworld premiere at the Metropolitan Opera in 1934 and one of its sub-sequent performances at the Eastman School of Music in 1955, willbe performed at San Antonio on December 5. The San Antonio SymphonyOrchestra will be in the pit under the baton of the composer, thescenery will be flown in from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester,New York. Also coming from Eastman School will be Dr. L. Treash, Direc-tor of its Opera Department, who will function as stage director, andwith him eight singers for supporting roles. In four leading roleswell known operatic stars will be featured. The chorus, theMeistersinger Chorale of 120 voices, organized by Victor Alessandrofor the San Antonio Spring Opera Festival, will join forces with theSan Antonio College Chorus, and the corps de ballet from the TexasChristian University in Fort Worth will be on hand for the dances.The production is sponsored by the Ford Foundation, the fifth or-ganization participating in this "national production".

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With much good will and a reshuffling of casts, the performance of"La Fanciulla del West" at Philadelphia's Lyric on November 10 wassaved. The Italian baritone Gian Giacomo Guelfi was taken ill. Thesinger who could best substitute for him, having sung the role atthe Metropolitan Opera three years ago, was Anselmo Colzani, who wasscheduled to sing Falstaff the next night at the Metropolitan Opera.If the company released him for Philadelphia, it was in need of anotherFalstaff--and the San Francisco Opera entered the triangle herebyreleasing Geraint Evans for the crucial date.

ARTS CENTERS PROGRESSING

ST. PAUL has just opened an ARTS AND SCIENCE CENTER, completing theseven-year project planned by the St. Paul Council of Arts andSciences. First to perform in the $3 million center was TheatreSt. Paul, playing in the 400-seat auditorium. An art show is plannedfor the next attraction. It will also serve as the home for theSt. Paul Civic Opera.

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January 12 will mark the inauguration of SAN DIEGO'S new 3,000-seatCivic Theatre, part of a $21 million community center. A 14-storycity administration building, a convention hall and a ten-level park-ing garage, all part of the center, have been thus far completed. Thenew Theatre-Concert Hall will have continental seating, but a centeraisle can be created when needed. Stage facilities are provided fordramatic presentations, symphonic concerts, opera productions(anadequate orchestra pit has been provided), ballet,and film projection.Dorothy Kirsten and Brian Sullivan will be the soloists with theSan Diego Symphony Orchestra conducted by Earl Bernard Murray onopening night, sponsored jointly by the San Diego Opera Guild andthe San Diego Symphony Association. During the first week offestivities the San Diego Ballet, with guest artists Maria Tallchiefand Kent Stowell, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic under ZubinMehta's baton will be performing at the new theatre.

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The ground breaking ceremony for the $31-million JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTERFOR THE PERFORMING ARTS has been set for December 2. President Johnsonwill participate in the ceremony to which 2,000 Government leadershave been invited. Construction will begin next summer and be com-pleted by late 1967.

COLGATE UNIVERSITY at Hamilton, N. Y., has started work on a $1.2-million CREATIVE ARTS CENTER. During October a two-day arts festivalwas held there with Roger L. Stevens, Norman Mailer, Lucas Foss,Richard Lippold among the participants. The After Dinner Opera Co.of New York gave a performance, films were shown and various artexibits were displayed.

NEW OPERA COMPANIES

The OPERA STUDIO THEATRE with offices at the Hotel Ansonia, Broadway -73rd Street, New York, is operating under the auspices of the ItalianWelfare League, Inc. Begun in March of this year and employingyoung aspiring singers, Carlo A. Ruffino, general manager, plans togive two performances monthly during the year. They are staged atthe 1500 seat auditorium of the Washington Irving High School. Aticket contribution of $1 is solicited, and patrons of the organizationdonate $5. A special donation of $200 assures a performance withorchestra. Thanks to two generous contributors, two such performancesare scheduled for this fall. Otherwise the operas have pianoaccompaniment. For schedules see performance listing.

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Gloria Lind, former Metropolitan Opera soprano, is busy forming anew opera workshop in Highwood, 111. , with an eye to presentingpopular grand opera with young singers. Her first step, securing

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a suitable place for performances, was successful. Performanceswill be held in the local theatre.

FILM, T.V. AND RADIO NEWS

The SHREVEPORT CIVIC OPERA GUILD announces that a 16 mm film of "Hanseland Gretel" with sound projection is available for rental. The operawas taped at the Shreveport Opera Association's T.V. performance lastseason. Anyone interested in rental should please contact the Shreve-port Civic Opera Guild, 906 Wilkinson Street, Shreveport, Louisiana.

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A Russian film of Tchaikovsky's one-act opera IOLANTHE is scheduledto open in New York about December 21. Playing for a limited en-gagement at the Carnegie Hall Cinema, Seventh Avenue -57th Street,the 90 minute color film has been made by the Bolshoi Theatre andwill be shown here with English subtitles. Sharing the bill will bea ballet picture of filmed excerpts performed by the Leningrad KirovBallet Company.

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Another Soviet film, an operetta set in today's Russia, will come tothe Cameo Theatre in New York in late November. Its English titleis"Song Ovei Moscow"* and the score written especially for this pictureis by none other than Dimitri Shostakovich. It is a light heartedstory of some young Moscovites and their joys and tribulations ingetting a new apartment in Moscow.

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Two operas will be seen on television during the Christmas season.NBC OPERA presents its annual "Amahl and the Night Visitors" onDecember 20 in color. This fifteenth NBC presentation of the opera,originally commissioned from Mr. Menotti by NBC Opera, will be seenin last year's new production featuring Martha King, Kurt Yaghjian,John McCollum, Willis Patterson and Richard Cross. Herbert Grossmanconducts.

On December 27 at 10 am EST Benjamin Britten's "Noye's Fludde" willbe shown by CBS TV in a tape made of the performance at St. GeorgeEpiscopal Church in May 1964. Marie Powers, Norman Riggins andFrancis Barnard are the soloists; Charles Henderson is in charge ofthe musical direction. 200 children are participating in the production.

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NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION has rented the following filmed operasto be shown over its networks: from Cine Lirica Italiana "Rita", "LaServa Padrona", "La Scala di Seta", and from Radiotelevisione Italiana"Tosca", "The Marriage of Figaro", "Un Ballo in Maschera", "Otello",and "La Traviata".

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While opera on television is still relatively a rare occurrence,more and more operatic programs make their appearance on radio. Thevenerable institution of the coast-to-coast Texaco broadcasts ofthe Saturday matinees from the Metropolitan Opera is celebrating itstwenty-fifth anniversary this year. The opera buff as well as thelayman awaits with great anticipation the weekly performances andwith no less interest the varied intermission features heard over a120-stationed network. Opera News Magazine, originally conceivedas an illustrated program for the radio listener has long ago out-grown this concept..and is today the leading American opera magazine.

Now in its seventh season, Mr. Alan Wagner's two-hour program overNew York City's own station WNYC features opera recordings and dis-cussions of current opera topics.

Two opera singers have started interview programs with operaticpersonalities here and abroad. Mine. Blanche Thebom, MetropolitanOpera mezzo-soprano, can be heard on Sunday evening over WOR and bassLorenzo Alvary, member of the same company, interviews his guestsweekly on Sunday at 1 p.m. over UBAI.-- Peter Gravina, publicrelations counsel, holds forth on "Bel Canto", his weekly radio pro-gram, on Friday at 9:05 p.m. over WABC-FM.

PUBLISHERS' NOTES

MILLS MUSIC, Inc., 1619 Broadway, New York, N. Y. , is agent and soledistributor in the U.S. for the British publishing house Novello &Company, Ltd. Among other can posers Novello represents Hoist, Elgarand Coates.

Ginastero's "Don Rodrigo" (Sept. Bulletin) has been published byBOOSEY AND HAWKES, 30 West 57th Street, who has also acquired therights to Beeson's "Sweet Bye and Bye".

The English libretto of Shostakovich's "Katerina Ismailova" inthe translation by Edward Downs is available from LEEDS MUSIC CO.

C. F. PETERS CORP., 373 Park Ave., is the sole agent in this countryfor the sixth edition of the "Koechel", chronological thematic cata-logue of works by Mozart. This $50, cloth-bound volume has beenre-published by Breitkopf& Haertel, Wie sbaden, and contains 1024 pages.

Howard Hanson has been named Editor-in-Chief of the SCRIBNER'S SONSI NC. Music Library.

TRANSLATIONS

Chabrier's opera-comique L'ETOILE, published in Paris by Enoch & Cie.,has been translated into English by Robert Ackart and Gene Boucher(one of last year's winners of the National Council Auditions).Futher inquiries should be addressed to Mr. R. Ackart, 408 E 58th St.;

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the English title is THE HOROSCOPE.

Oxford Press has published Arthur Jacob's translation of L'ELISIRD'AMORE.

BOOKS ON OPERA

This has been a very productive fall for authors on operatic subjects.RICHARD STRAUSS - "A Critical Study of the Operas" was written byWilliam Mann, music critic of the London Times. Published in Englandby Cassell & Co., the 464-page book contains analyses of fifteenStrauss operas, 32 pages of illustrations and some 500 music samples.It sells for about $10.

Lotte Lehmann, who has always been closely related to Richard Straussand his operas has put to paper her thoughts as well as her knowledgeof the man, the operas, and in particular, the roles she has madeher own. The book is named FIVE OPERAS AND RICHARD STRAUSS--the operasbeing "Der Rosenkavalier", "Ariadne", "Die Frau ohne Schatten", "In-termezzo" and "Arabella". Macmillan, N.Y., is the publisher; the costof the book, $5.

Frank Russell, drama and music critic now with the Whitney Museum inNew York, has given us a biography of the famous Henrietta Sontag.In retelling the soprano's life, QUEEN OF SONG,he touches on meetingswith Rossini, Beethoven, and Goethe, among others. Published byExposition Press Inc., the book sells for $5.

Another British book tells the history of this old part of London--Covent Garden. LONDON HAS A GARDEN is written by Clemence Dane,published by W.W. Norton & Co. and is priced at $5.95.

THE CONCISE OXFORD DICTIONARY OF OPERA has been edited by HaroldRosenthal (editor of London Opera Magazine) and John Warrack. Con-taining over 3,000 entries, it is a ready source of reference onany operatic subject. Oxford University Press is the publisher,the book is available for $6.50.

Kobbe"'s COMPLETE OPERA BOOK has been revised by the Earl of Harewoodand in an updated edition published by Oxford University Press.Covering 237 operas in 1260 pages, information includes details onmusical themes with musical examples, synopses, a history of the operaand some of its productions. The book is arranged by centuries andsubdivided into countries. It sells for $10.95.

OPERAS ON AMERICAN SUBJECTS is a compilation of published and un-published works, listed in alphabetical order by composer, indexed-by;topic and locale, with further information pertaining to performances,productions, etc. on some of the works. Earle Johnson has assembledthe material and written an introduction. The publisher is Coleman-Ross, the price is $4.50.

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Ullrich Weisstein has edited a collection of quotations and writingson the subject of opera by a variety of famous personalities. Pub-lished by the Pree Press of Glencoe, N.Y., a subsidiary of Macmillan,THE ESSENCE OF OPERA sells for $6.95.

NEWS FROM THE BRITISH ISLES

The Earl of Harewood, cousin of Queen Elizabeth, announced his re-signation from the post of artistic director of the Edinburgh Festival,effective in six months. No reason was given for his resignationfrom the position which he has held since 1961. However, it is knownthat Lord Harewood advocated the construction of an opera house andopposed the cutting of the budget at this time.

In addition to La Scala's visit to the Soviet Union this Fall (seeSept. Bulletin), the ENGLISH OPERA GROUP is currently touring theUSSR, presenting three contemporary English operas: "Albert Herring","The Rape of Lucretia", and "The Turn of the Screw".

METROPOLITAN OPERA FORECASTS

With the opening of the new Metropolitan Opera House at LincolnCenter fast approaching, announcements of the Metropolitan'sadvance plans are awaited with even more anticipation than usual.The first of these has been made and COS is delighted to transmitthe information to its members. The premiere of Samuel Barber's"Antony and Cleopatra" will open the new house in October, 1966.This work, especially commissioned for the occasion, will beconducted by Thomas Schippers;, and Leontyne Price will sing Cleopatra.The other American contemporary opera to be premiered during thatseason will be Marvin David Levy's "Mourning Becomes Electra".Five additional new productions have been announced for the seasonand with it names of some of the participating artists. A new"Traviata" will be staged by Alfred Lunt and designed by CecilBeaton. Strauss' "Die Frau ohne Schatten" in its first per-formance by the Metropolitan, will be conducted by Karl Boehm, stagedby Nathaniel Merrill and designed by Robert O'Hearn. IVieland Wagnerwill be on hand as designer and director for the new production of"Lohengrin" which will mark his American debut. Karl Boehm willconduct. Marc Chagall has been commissioned to design a productionof "Die Zauberfloete", M. Chagall's first venture into opera.Guenther Rennert has been signed as director for the Mozart work.Last but not least, there will be another English language opera,this one by Benjamin Britten. "Peter Grimes", first produced bythe Metropolitan in the 1947-48 season will be newly staged byTyrone Guthrie with sets and costumes by Tanya Moisewitch. Theproductions of "Die Zauberfloete" and "Lohengrin" are made possibleby a gift from Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and "La Traviata" bythe gift of Mrs. Albert D. Lasker and the Metropolitan OperaNational Council. Last year's National Council contribution to

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the Metropolitan Opera was used for the new production of "Samsonet Dalila" and for the production of the ballet "Les Sylphides".—Two announcements were made concerning the 1965-66 season. Thesame opera which opened the present opera house in 1883 -"Faust"-will open the last season in a new production. Jean-Louis Barraultwas chosen as stage director, Jacques Dupont as designer, GeorgesPretre as conductor and featured in the leading roles will beGabriella Tucci, Nicolai Gedda, and Cesare Siepi. Nicolai Ghiaurov,.the Bulgarian bass, will make his debut at the Metropolitan Operanext season.

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The Metropolitan Opera NATIONAL COMPANY has announced some of itsdirectors and designers for the first season; there has also beenone change from the previously announced repertory. "Madama Butter-fly" will replace "La Traviata". It will be directed by YoshioAoyama and designed by Ming Cho Lee, who collaborated on theMetropolitan Opera production of "Butterfly" in 1957. The operawill be sung in its original language as well as in an English trans-lation, as will "Carmen". Two Frenchmen have been entrusted withthe direction and designs for "Carmen", Louis Ducreux and BernardDayde" respectively. Rossini's "Cenerentola", to be sung in theMartin translation only, will be in the hands of director GuntherRennert while Beni Montresor (The Last Savage) will create the setsand costumes. For Floyd's "Susannah" Mr. Jose" Quintero has beensigned as director and David Hays as designer. Mr. Samuel Krach-malnick will join the company as conductor; Robert La Marchina isits musical director. Miss Stevens and Mr. Manuel, co-managers,have announced that during the inaugural season, beginning inSeptember» 1965, the company of 125 members will travel to somesixty-five cities throughout the United States and Canada over aperiod of thirty-four weeks.

COS INSIDE INFORMATION

The first of various COS REGIONAL CONFERENCES has been scheduled.It is the Upper Midwest Regional Conference to be held on February21 and 22, 1965,to coincide with the Regional Finals of theMetropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. This will offer theyoung contestants a chance to be heard by impresarios on their homeground, and it will assist the operatic producer in finding youngtalent within his own region. Further events scheduled for thismeeting in Minneapolis will be announced.

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We are pleased to announce that an updated AMENDMENT TO THE AWARDSFOR SINGERS brochure has been published. COS members may write tothe New York office for copies which are complimentary. Pleasespecify whether you also want the original brochure.

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COS is compiling information for a COMPLETE LISTING OP ENGLISH TRANS-LATIONS of foreign language operas. Anyone in possession of rights toa translation not previously listed with COS is urged to contact the office.

NEW MEMBERS (FALL 1964)

Miss Clarissa Anthony, 80 Evergreen Ave., Nutley, N. J.Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust, A. Arthur, 235 East 87th St., N.Y.: .Y.Miss Martha L. Baxter, Boosey and Hawkes, 30 West 57th St., N.Y., N.Y.Don W. Moore, Dept. of Music, Eastern New Mexico University, Portales.Mr. Alvin C. Eurich, P.O. BOX 219, Aspen, ColoradoUniv. of Florida, Music Dept., Sarah Turner, Gainesville, Pla.Mr. Hurbert G. Foster, Trans American Life Building, Port Worth, TexasMiss Jeanne Goodman, 166-03 26th Ave., Flushing, L.I., N.Y.Oakland City College, Dr. R. Hunt, Opera Workshop, Oakland 9, Calf.Miss Regina L. Japp, 3026 West Lake St.r Minneapolis, Minn.Mr. Howard M. Jarratt, 2433 Potomac Ave., Dallas 5, TexasKansas State College, Laurence W. Siegle, Dir. Opera W., Pittsburg, Kan.Lake Erie Opera Theatre, Miss D. Humel, 2764 Landon Rd., Cleveland, Ohio.Long Island Opera Showcase, Inc. B. Hart, Dir., 1789 Harriet St.,Elmont,NYMr. Thomas Me Intosh, 628 West End Ave., New York 24, N.Y.Mr. Fritz Mahler, 340 West 72nd. St., New York, New YorkMiss Ann Matheny, 11404 Montgomery Rd., Beltsville, MarylandUniversity of Michigan, J. Blatt, Dir., Opera Prod.,School of Mus.,Ann ArborNew Haven Opera Soc, Inc., Mrs. H. Glaz Redlich, P.O. Box 6144, Hamden,Conn.Opera West Found., Mrs. C.W. Robinson, 2950 Vallejo St., San Francisco,Calf.Miss Teresa Punaro, 435 East Avenue, North Augusta, South CarolinaMr. Alfredo Rogeri, 152-72 Melbourne Ave.,Flushing, L.I., New YorkRoyal Conservatory of Music, Dr. E. Vinci, 86 Queens Park, Toronto 5, Can.Queens Borough Pub. Lib., Periodicals Div., 89-14 Parsons Blvd.,Jamaica,NYSacramento Civic Opera, Nadine Salonites, Man.Dir., P.O. Box 1682, Sacra.Calf.Miss Ruth Turner, 107 West 82nd§treet, New York, New YorkUnion College, Dr. D. Maxwell, School of Music, Barbourville, KentuckyMr. Perry S. Williams, 3232 Holmes Avenue, Minneapolis, Minn.

INDEX

Subject 1NEW OPERAS AND PREMIERES 1THREE MAJOR MUSICAL ORGANIZATIONS SOLD 3MORE FOUNDATION'S PROGRAMS 4NEW CASES OF OPERATIC COOPERATION 6ARTS CENTERS PROGRESSING 6NEW OPERA COMPANIES 7FILM, T.V., AND RADIO NEWS 8PUBLISHERS ' NOTES 9TRANSLATIONS .9BOOKS ON OPERA 10NEWS FROM THE BRITISH ISLES 11METROPOLITAN OPERA FORECASTS 11COS INSIDE INFORMATION 12NEW MEMBERS(FALL 1964) 13PERFORMATION LISTING (1964-65 SEASON) 14

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CALIFORNIACalifornia Western University, Opera Workshop. Dr. W. Teutsch.San pie^o11/17,18,20,21/64 "L 'El i s i r d'Amore" Eng.Martin; Newton;Pool,NevilleSan Francisco Opera Guild Talent Bank, P.Donovan,art.dir.12/57X8/64 "Amahl and the Night V i s i t o r s "1/20/65 " L ' E l i s i r d'Ainore" w.Oakland Symphony2/5 /65 "Cenerentola" w. Oakland Symphony5/2,9/65 "The Turk in Italy"West Bay Opera Assn,, Henry Holt.gen.dir., Palo Alto10/23,24,25/64 "The Magic Flute'1 Eng.Mrs.Barrett and Mr. Holt2/19,20,21/65 "The Gypsy Baron" Eng.Messrs.Holt and Cuevas5/21,22,23/65 "Un Ballo in Maschera"

COLORADOColorado Spr ings Opera A s s n . , D r . J . B a i r d , d i r . , C o l o r a d o Spr ings10/23,24/64 "Faust" 2 /5 ,6 /65 "Tosca" 4 /3 ,4 /65 "Fledermaus"

CONNECTICUTOpera Assn . , Frank P a n d o l f i , d i r . , HartfordC p ,

11/9/64 "Les Pecheurs de P e r l e s " Maliponte;Verreau,Gott l iebjcondrGaadagno.12/3/64 "Manon" Cos ta ; Di Stefano,Bertol ino,Moscona;cond:Moresco1/21/65 "La Boheme" Moffo; Romani,Volta ,Bertol ino;cond:Moresco3/16/65 "Faust" Su the r l and , E l k i n s ; Verreau,Cross;cond:BonyngeUnivers i ty of Har t fo rd , Har t t College of Music, Dr.Paranov and Dr. Nagy2/17 ,18 ,19 ,20 /65 Massenet ' s "Don Quixote" Eng.4 /28 ,29 ,30 /65 "Dialogues of the C a r m e l i t e s " Eng.Tour t o community schools "Hansel and G r e t e l "Yale U n i v e r s i t y , School of Music and A r t , Gustav Meier ,cond.7/18/64 D e l i b e s ' 'The P a t i e n t " Eng.Parke & G i l l i n g t o n w."Riders t o the Sea"8/14/64 Joseph Horov i t z ' "Gentlemen's I s l and" w. Mozar t ' s "The Impresar ioP e r p l e x t " Eng.Eric Blom, w. Monsigny's "Rose and Col in" Eng.George Mully

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIAOpera Soc ie ty of Washington,D.C., Mrs. Loudon M e l l e n , v i c e - p r e s .11/27,29,30/64 "The Marriage of F iga ro" Moynagh,Brooks,Wolff; Diaz , Ben i ,Cla twor thy; .cond.>(for a l l operas ) P .Ca l l away ;d i r :H .Bu t l e r ;des :P i tk in ,Mel l en1/22,24,25/65 "Maria Golovin" Neway,Bonazzi; Reardon2/19 ,21 ,22 /65 "Madarna B u t t e r f l y " d i Gerlando,Evans; d i V i rg i l i o ,Me tca l f3 /26 ,28 ,29/65 t o be announced

GEORGIAOpera A t l a n t a , William Leonard ,mus .d i r .12/12/64 "One Chr i s tmas , Long Ago"

ILLINOISLake Fores t Chamber Orches t r a , H.G.Bauer ,mus.dir .3 /5 ,7 /65 "Bast ien und Bas t i enne" , "Lazarus"Opera Reper to i r e Gui ld , Erna Rounds,St.Alphonsus Athenaeum Theatre ,Chicago6/27/64 "La Bohene"

INDIANABal l S t a t e Teachers Co l l ege , John Campbe l l ,mus .d i r . , Muncie11/12,13,14/64 "The Marriage of F iga ro"1/28,29/65 "The Impresar io" and Morris Knigh t ' s "The L*gend"Indiana U n i v e r s i t y , Dean W.Bain. Bloomington-changes-other perf.Sept.3uXl.12/5 ,12/64 1/9,16/65 "The Turk in I t a l y " 2/13,20^27/65 "Boris Godunov1'

EENTUCKY^ Qpera Assn . . Moritz Bomhard ,d i r . , L o u i s v i l l e

"10/27,28/64 "Fledermaus12/1,2/64 "Cosi Fan Tut te" Coulter2/2,3/65 "Oedipus Rex"3/30,31/65 "The Tales of Hoffmann"

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Shreveport C iv i c Opera A s s n . , Robert E. Brown,pres.11/17/64 "Otello"

MARYLANDBaltimore Civic Opera, Russell Wonderlich, pres.11/6,7,9/64 "II Trovatore" King,Chookasian; Deis,Torigi,Harrower;cond:2/12,13,15/65 "Faust" Cassilly,Treig*e; cond:Rudel Adler4/2,3,5/65 "Tosca" Schauler; di Virgilio,Ludgin;cond:Shapiro

MINNESOTACenter Opera Co . , Walker Art Cen te r , J.Ludwig, gen.mgr. ,Minneapolis11/28,29 12/5 ,6 /64 'The Rape o± L u c r e t i a " Lindusky;Work;cond:Nee;dir:Olon-Scrymgeour ;des :Parke r,Wines1/16,17,23,24/65 O r f f ' s "The Wise Wom»n and the King"(Die Kluge)

MISSISSIPPIof Southern M i s s i s s i p p i , Fine Ar ts Dep t . , Hat t iesburg

11/16,17/64 "Hansel and Gretel"4/8,9,10/65 "The Consul"

MISSOURISt . Louis Opera Theatre, H. Blumenfeld,mus.dir. at City Arts Museum Audit12/iy/64 "Hansel and Grete l"3/2-7/65 "The Coronation of Poppea"May '65 "The Bartered Bride"University of Missouri at Kansas Ci ty , Russell Pat terson,mus.di r .2/11,12,13,18,19,20/65 Orf f ' s "Die Kluge"

NEW JERSEYPaterson Lyric Opera Theatre, Armen Boyaj ian ,d i r . , at P.S. 2612/12/64 "La Boheme*' Ful ler ,Testa ;Boyaj ian,Demetr ios ;s t .d i r rGrata le3/13/65 "Un Ballo in Maschera"6/12/65 "Rigolet to"

NEW YORK^ Civ ic Opera Assn . , Ken Baumann ,a r t .d i r .

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11/6,7/64 "The Magic Flu te" se t s and costumes from Chautauqua (see Foundat i o n ' s Programs)Long Island Ogera Showcase.Inc., Bernard H a r t . a r t . d i r .10/10,11/64 "Madama But terf ly" 11/28,2y/64 "Lucia di Lammermoor"1/12/65 "Opera Cameos" (benefit for production fund)2/27,28/65 "The Barber of Sev i l l e " 3/27,28/65 "Faust"5/1,2/65 "Aida"North Shore Friends of Opera, Edith Mugdan,dir. ,at Queens Col lege .L . I .11/14/64 "Madame But terf ly" Sena,Williams; Bullard,Clatworthy;cond:Meier12/27/64 "The Turk in I t a l y " Scovott i ,Berberian; Holgate,Beni;cond:Meier2/13/65 "The Merry Wives of Windsor" Allen; Malas,Harris;cond:Grossman4/4/65 "Cosi Fan Tut te" condrMester

NEW YORK CITYSociety, Newell Jenkins , d i r . , at Town Hall^ f , } j f . . y

2/23/65 " I I Maestro di Cappella" concert form; RehfussCousin Esther Showcase,111 West 57 S t r e e t , Evelyn Pittman PaurH/lO/64 "Cousin Esther" folk opera; £ason;Scott,Thomas,Cartier;cond:dep'Oyly Carte Opera Co. , at N.Y.City Center11/17-12/20/64 "Io lanthe" , "Ruddigore", "Pi ra tes of Penzance", "Mikado","Trial by Jury", "H.M.S.Pinafore".CBS Television s t a t i o n , channel 212/27/64 IT3 am EST "Noye's Fludde"Five Nights of Opera, V.Mauret, at Finch College Auditorium11/16/64 "The Barber of Sev i l l e " 1/11/65 "L^Elisir d'Amore"3/8/65 "Mignon" 4/12/65 "La Travia ta" 5/24/65"Cosi Fan Tut te"

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Lincoln Square Opera, Hortense Hornby, 2144 62 S t . , Brooklyn12/5,8/64 "Cavalleria" & ••Pagliacci" (l2/5 - Staten Island, 12/8- PS 199)Lyric Arts Opera Inc. , Grace Panvini, at Fashion Arts Auditorium12/13/64 ••Faust" 1/23/65 HThe Magic Flute" 2/27/65 "Rigoletto"Messina Opera Co., Joseph Messina, d i r .12/5/64 "Madama Butterfly" w. Maria Candida,winner Natl.Council Auditions12/19/64 "The Barber of Seville" Lang; Covington,HarrisrSgarroNBC Opera, National Broadcasting Co., channel 412/20/64 3 pin EST "Amahl and the Night Visitors"New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonic Hall12/10,11,12/64 "Elektra" Varnay, Resnik, Curtm; Cassell; cond:SteinbergOpera Studio Theatre, Carlo Ruffino, gen.mgr., (see New Companies)9/5/64 "II Trovatore" 9/26/64 "Marriage of Figaro" 10/10/64 "La Boheme"10/25/64 "La Gioconda" 11/8/64 "Tosca" 11/15/64 "Cavalleria&Pagl."11/21/64 "Rigoletto" 12/13/64 "La Boheme" 12/26^64 "La Gioconda"

2/21/6.4/4/65 "Rigoletto" 4/18/65 "Aida" 5/l/65 "La Traviata"

65 "Norma" 1/24/65"Barber of Seville" 2/7/65 "La Traviata'2/21/65 "Carmen" 3/7/65 "Forza del Destino" 3/21/65 "La Boheme"

5/15/65 "Tosca" 5/29/65 "NormaNORTH CAROLINA

National 'Opera Co . , Grass Roots Foundation, A . J . F l e t c h e r . Raleigh1964-65 t o u r : N.C. schools "B arber of S e v i l l e " , " I I Matrimonio Segreto"

out of s t a t e t o u r : "Barber of S e v i l l e " , "The Vagabond King"OHIO

Dayton Opera Assn . , Donald Schweller10/31/64 "Aida" Roberto, Roggero; Campora,Bertolino;cond:LaSelva1/23/65 "Cava l l e r i a" &"Pagl iacci" Rimoch;Lacona,Cossa;-Gabriele; Con-sig l io ,Budney; cond:Bamboschek4/24/65 "La T r a v i a t a " Carron; Hayward,Buckley;cond:MorescoKaramu Theatre, Benno Frank,Helmuth Wolfes ,d i r s . ,Cleve land10/30-11/28/64 Haydn's "House A f i r e " CDie Feuersbruns t )2/12-3/13/65 Liebermann's "School for Wives" Eng.12/64 "Sweet Betsy from Pike" w. " L i t t l e Red Riding Hood"f i n a l production of the season t o be announcedOberl in Col lege , Norman Lloyd,dean11/12,13,14/64 "Bar t leby" (see Premieres)Toledo Opera Assn . , Lester Freeman10/24/64 "Aida*' for cas t s see Dayton Opera Assn.1/16/65 "Cava l le r ia Rust icana" & ' 'Pag l i acc i "5/1/65 "La T r a v i a t a "

PENNSYLVANIA

2/14 /65 "Andrea C h e n i e r " R.Lawrence, speakerA/21/65 "Ariadne auf Naxos" R.Woitach, speakerP h i l a d e l p h i a Grand Opera, A . T e r r a c c i o n o , gen.mgr.10/13/64 " O t e l l o " Yeend; d e l Monaco ,Barde l i i , d i Giuseppe11/27/64 "Samson e t D a l i l a " Rankin; d e l Monaco,Moscona12/11/64 "Carmen" Madei ra ,Likova; Uzunov,Treigle1/13/65 "Aida" Ross , Rankin; Bergonzi2 /10/65 " I I T r o v a t o r e " Ross , Kramarich; Tucker3/17/65 "Tosca" Curtis-Verna; Tagliavini, BardeliiA/9/65 "La Traviata" Righetti; Tagliavini,Montefusco

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Philadelphia Lyric, A.Pabiani, mgr.11/10/64 "La Fanciulla del "Vest" Kirsten; Corelli;cond:Guadagno11/24/64 "Les Pecheurs de Per les" Maliponte; Verreau,Bacquier,Vokataitis12/4/64 "Aida" Hoffman; Thomas, Flagello12/15/64 "Tosca" Tebaldi; di Stefano, Quilico1/12/65 "La Boheme" Moffo; di Stefano,Bertolino,Beck1/19/65 "Otello" Bjoner; McCracken,Bacquier,Hayward2/2/65 "Salome" Pilarczyk,Hoffman; Savelli,Meredith;cond:Varviso3/2/65 "Die Walkuere" Kuchta,Crespin,Dunn;Vickers,Ward;cond:Rosenstock3/9/65 "Faust" Sutherland,Elkins; Verreau,Cross; condrBonynge4/14/65 "La Forza del Destino" Farre l l ,Gr i l lo ;Core l l i ,Colzani ,F lagel loPhiladelphia Orchestra, Academy of Music12/12/64 "One Christmas, Long Ago" Kraft,Williams;Beattie,Boucher;cond:.Rittenhouse Opera Society , Marco Farnese , d i r . , Philadelphia Smith10/29,31/64 "Luisa Miller"12/3,4,5/64 "La Navarraise" w. "Zingari"3/25,26,27/65 "The Devil and Daniel Webster" w. "Gianni Schicchi"5/8,18/65 "Madama Butterf ly" (5/8 in Morristown, N . J . )5/20/65 "Suor Angelica" w. "Le V i l l i "5/22/65 "La Boheme"

TEXASDallas Civic Opera, Lawrence Kel ly r gen.d i r . , ( see also Sept .Bullet in)l i /19,21/64 "Samson et Dali la" Gorr; del Monaco,Sordello,Zaccaria

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Dear Mrs. Rich:You may remember that in July 1963 I wrote to you for information on "Howto form an opera workshop" and on the basis of your most informative letteletter we did form a wokshop in April 1964.We gave our first three presentations in the Teatro Colon here in Septem-ber, performing parts of "Traviata", "Rigoletto" and "Trovatore". We hadnine soloists and chorus. The idea was to show the people the voices wehad to work with and the possibilities for doing a complete opera in thefuture. The performances were a tremendous success. Members of theAmerican Embassy have encouraged us to continue and are now working onthe possibility of having a Fulbright scholar come here to help us nextsummer.We also thought that we should try to exchange young singers from theUnited States for a few months. During the summer here is the heightof the season and singers from the United States might like the ideaof working in a Latin country for a while. They could certainly learnmuch by living with the natives and learning their customs. It wouldbe great for Pan-American relations and could provide a strong musicallink between the two countries. - The airlines might be convinced topay for the passage. They often do that here to help promote art andculture. The singers could live with families here so that all theywould need is spending money. Could you announce this idea in yourBULLETIN? Individual singers or groups should write to us directly forfurther information on this exchange.Many thanks again for all your assistance in the past.

TEATRO EXPERIMENTAL DE LA OPERAMiss Jacqueline Michot de CeballosCalle 69 #5-32Bogota, Columbia, South America

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