CENTRAL OPERA SERVICE BULLETINSponsored by the Metropolitan Opera National Council • 147 West 39th Street • New York, N.Y. 10018 • PE 6-1200

September - October, 1965

NEW OPERAS AND PREMIERES

Premieres of the following operas by American composers have taken placein Spring 1965: (see also Spring issue of the Bulletin)-WING OF EXPECTATION with music and libretto by Kenneth Wright, at theOpera Theatre of the University of Kentucky in Lexington on April 7. Thetitle is a quotation from a letter by Mary Todd Lincoln who is the centralcharacter of the three-act opera. The production employed three guestartists and 21 soloists, chorus and dancers from the University.

-REFUGE by composer Lutz Mayer, at the New York State University in .Cortland, where Mr. Mayer is professor of music, on July 20. Edward Devanyadapted the libretto from his play by the same name. The drama is con-ceived in one act, playing time about one hour; the cast of five is made up ofsopt», mezzo., bar., 2 children.

-THE EMPEROR CLOTHED ANEW by Donald Jenni, another children's opera adaptedfrom Hans Christian Anderson's fairy tale (Douglas Moore used the samesubject), premiered at De Paul University, Chicago,on April 2.

-THE WASPS by Truman R,May 21.

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Recent operatic commissions include:-Dr. Waiter Kaufmann, protessor at Indiana University in Bloomington,commissioned by the Indiana Historical Society and by Miss Elsie Sweeney,member of the Metropolitan Opera National Council and resident of Columbus,Ind., to write an opera for next year's Sesquicentennial Celebration ofthe State of Indiana. Mr. Kaufmann is writing his own libretto for "AHOOSIER TALE" which will be based on true historical events. Planned fora grand presentation by Indiana University in summer 1966, the work willemploy a large cast, 3 choruses and a large orchestra.

-$12,500 given by the Floyd S. Chalmers Foundation of Canada to the CanadianOpera Co. for the commission and production of a Canadian opera to be pre-miered during Canada's CentemialCelebration.

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First U.S. performance of foreign operas during 1965-66 season -Rossini's LA PIETRA DEL PARAGONE in the Gunther Rennert version and newEnglish translation by Walter Ducloux under the title LOVE ON TRIAL atthe University of Southern California, Los Angeles^on December 3, 1965.

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-Dittersdorf's ARCIFANFARO, KING OF FOOLS in the English version by Audenand Kallman in concert form at New York's Town Hall on November 11, 1965,produced by Clarion Concerts.

-Werner Egk's PEER GYNT at Hartt College of Music, Hartford, Conn, onFebruary 23, 1966, in an English translation by Walter Ducloux speciallycommissioned by Elemer Nagy for Hartford University.

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Recent and forthcoming European premieres:-ALISSA by Ra±±aello de Bantield, libretto by Richard Miller, in Geneva,on May 15, 1965. This one-hour, fantasy-love story featured VirginiaZeani and Kostas Paskalis in leading roles.

-SOUTH by American composer Kenton Coe after the play by Julien Green inMarseille on October 14, 1965.

-THE HAPPY PRINCE after Oscar Wilde by British composer Malcolm Williamsonin Farnham, Surrey, to be performed by a children's cast and recorded byDecca this Fall.

-THE MAN WHO NEVER DIED by Alan Bush based on a play by American playwrightBarrie Stavies, and HERR PUNTILA UND SEIN KNECHT MATTI by Paul Dessau basedon a play by Brecht; both at the East Berlin State Opera during the currentseason.

-Hans Werner Henze's DIE BASSARIDEN with a book by Auden and Kallman,Haubenstock-Ramati's AMERIKA after the Kafka novel, Dallapiccola's ULYSSES,and South Korean composer Isang Yun's THE DREAM OF LIU-TUNG,all during the1966 Festival Weeks at the Deutsche Oper, West Berlin.

-THE LABYRINTH by Dutch composer Peter Schat, pupil of Pierre Boulez, atthe 1966 Holland Festival.

THE WAYS TO AID THE ARTS ARE MANYFederalWith the President's signing into law the new Federal AID-TO-THE ARTS BILL,authorizing the government to spend $21 million annually for the nextthree years on grants and subsidies, the recently created NationalEndowment and National Foundation for the Arts and Humanitites has receivedits working capital. (For details of the functions of both organizations,see page 6 in the March 1965 Bulletin). The President mentioned the variousgroups that will benefit by the Federal aid; e.g. opera, repertory theatre,ballet companies, symphony orchestras, film institutes, as well as indi-vidual artists through commissions,and college and universities throughresidence grants.

Another confirmation of the President's and the First Lady's interest inthe support of the Arts was the all-day ARTS FESTIVAL held at the WHITEHOUSE in June. Not only did it serve to bring together some 500 leadersrepresenting all phases of the arts from all over the country, but throughits extensive press coverage, also brought a renewed awareness of the

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the interest and enthusiasm of the country's cultural leaders to all itscitizens.

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NationalFollowing close on the heels of this distinguished marathon, the NationalConference of the ARTS COUNCILS OF AMERICA was held in Washington. (Detailson the ACA can be found on page 5 of the March 1965 Bulletin). Majordiscussion concentrated on the ways and means of forming a State Counciland of obtaining legislative approval. -The ACA has established nationalheadquarters in New York, 1290 Avenue of the Americas, Room 4100, and hasappointed Mr. Ralph Burgard, formerly executive director of the St. PaulCouncil of the Arts and director of the American Symphony Orchestra League,to the newly created post of executive director. The ACA offers itsmembers a news bulletin incorporated into the American Symphony OrchestraLeague's Newsletter. It also prepares special reports on governmentalprograms, e.g. National Endowment of the Arts, Elementary and SecondaryEducation Acts of the Office of Education, etc. and interprets theirsignificance to arts councils and performing groups. Minimum membershipdues for the Council are $25 and vary according to individual councils f

budgets; non-profit organizations other than arts Councils pay $25 annually.

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StateTHE MISSOURI COUNCIL ON THE ARTS, signed into law by Governor Warren Hearnesin June, held its first meeting in September. The 15 Council members ,appointed by the Govanor, heard reports on operational plans from itsworking committees on 1. Education, 2. Music, 3. Opera, 4. Theatre, 5.Visual Arts; the formation of advisory committees on Architecture and onthe Art of Film was also discussed. The next day Howard Adams, Chairman,announced the Council's first sponsorship, a guest performance by theKansas City Lyric Opera Company of "Madama Butterfly" in Chillicothe.

THE NEW YORK STATE ARTS COUNCIL is branching out further in its artisticprograms and has added "instructional performances" in music, dance andthe theatre. Especially designed for assistance to those areas in N.Y.State that have few professional performances, lecture-demonstrations byprofessional performing artists will be presented at schools, colleges,community groups and workshops. As in most other Council-sponsored pro-grams, support will be partial, supplementing locally raised funds.Other programs include a part-sponsorship of operatic tour-performancesand a special grant for "technical assistance". This assistance providesthe presence of the stage designer for those opera groups who-exchange setsand costumes. The designer instructs local stagehands in setting up thescenery, refitting the costumes, etc.

The New York State Council has also assisted in the formation of the NEWYORK STATE OPERA LEAGUE, an organization which is successfully promotingcooperation and exchange programs among its members. Within the last yearit was decided that the League had come "of age" and the Council is nolonger part of the League's board. Advice and aid from the State Councilis still available to individual groups; applications are judged on themerits of each request.

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LocalThe Los Angeles Music Center has a new patron in the form of the recentlyestablished PERFORMING ARTS COUNCIL. Mrs. Dorothy Chandler, president ofthe Council, announced that the organization will finance the center'sresident companies, -the Los Angeles Opera Company, Los Angeles Civic LightOpera Company, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra and the Los AngelesMaster Chorale. The Council will also select resident companies in thefields of theatre, ballet and chamber music, and hopes to commission newworks, initiate training programs, expand educational programs and add atheatre for children. - The Pavilion, the Center's first building whichopened last season, will be complemented by two more structures, the MarkTaper Forum and the Center Theatre, to be completed in 1967.

New York's "music street", West 57th Street, boasts a new CULTURAL INFOR-MATION CENTER. Believed to be the first of its kind on a permanent basis,the Center was opened by Mayor Wagner and New York's Cultural Executive,Robert Dowling, in June. The office at 148 West 57th Street (phone JUdson2-5555), has schedules and programs of cultural activities and entertain-ment in New York City for the visitor as well as for the native. Attentionperforming companies. Do not fail to inform the Center of your productions,and if possible, supply programs and ticket information.

NEW3 FROM OPERA COMPANIES

In addition to the Metropolitan Opera debuts previously reported in theMay Bulletin, Mr. Bing has announced the additional signing of the followingnew artists for the current season: Montserrat Caballe, Ludmila Dvorakova,Reri Grist, Pilar Lorengar, Felicia Weathers, sopranos; Grace Bumbry, mezzo;Gaetano Bardini, Alfred Kraus, Dan Marek, Robert Schmorr, tenors; GeneBoucher, John Dunlap, Sherrill Milnes, John Reardon, baritones; RaymondMichalski, bass. -Joan Sutherland's return to the Met was announced for the1966-67 season when she is scheduled to resume the title role of Lucia andalso sing Donna Anna in Don Giovanni. -Rudolf Bing also announced theMetropolitan Opera debut of Herbert von Karajan who will conduct and stagea complete Ring des Nibelungen at the Metropolitan. (The first opera is tobe presented during the 1967-68 season.) While these will be new productions,the first performance of each of the four operas will be given in Salzburgat the preceding Easter Festival - an innovation of Mr. von Karajan'sscheduled to start in the Spring of 1967. Two sets of scenery will bebuilt, one in Salzburg, one in New York, both following the same design;major roles will be sung in both places by the same singers. The BerlinPhilharmonic will play in Salzburg while the Met's own orchestra will bein the pit at Lincoln Center.

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The CENTER OPERA COMPANY in Minneapolis has added an opera workshop, thefirst in that area not affiliated with any college or university. Thestaff engaged to work with the young singers include stage directors ofthe Center Opera Company as well as of theGuthrie Theatre, tWo music directorsand two movement coaches. It is hoped that some of the more successfulstudents in the workshop will fill roles in productions of the mothercompany. The workshop has presented its first matinee and evening ofoperatic scenes.

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Apprentiee prog rams attached to summer festivals have proven to be verysuccessful. The SANTA FE OPERA COMPANY'S program just completed its 6thseason and the LAKE GEORGE OPERA FESTIVAL continued its program, initiatedin 1964. - The SARATOGA SPRINGS (N.Y.) SUMMER FESTIVAL, which will open inJuly 1966 hopes to coordinate, music and art summer courses with SkidmoreCollege.

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San Francisco's OPERA WEST FOUNDATION has merged with the resident Gilbertand Sullivan repertory company, THE LAMPLIGHTERS.

CANADA CORNER

During the summer,settlement was reached between the UNION DES ARTISTESand ACTOR'S EQUITY regarding performers appearing at Montreal's Placedes Arts. Equity will retain jurisdiction over performers and attractionsof the "English milieu" while the Union will have the same jurisdictionover performers and attractions of the "French milieu". All AGMA membersare included in the Equity agreement.

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The Faculty of Music of the UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO announced the establish-ment of a "Bachelor of Music in Performance" degree. This four-year courseis offered to especially gifted singers and instrumentalists preparing fora professional career. Eligible are students holding an Ontario SecondarySchool Graduation Diploma (Grade XII) or equivalent. Applications shouldbe addressed to: The Secretary, Faculty of Music, Edward Johnson Bldg.,University of Toronto, Toronto 5, Ontario.

NEW AND REBUILT STAGES FOR MUSIC MAKING

Much of the music heard this summer in New York was presented in shellsdesigned and built by Stagecraft Corp. of Connecticut. The newest designpresented to New York audiences was the glass fiber shell at the NEW YORKPHILHARMONIC park concerts. Avoiding installation of three different saellsin the three boroughs where the Philharmonic was scheduled to play, Stage-craft designed a transportable shell. Divided into four sections, eachsection is permanently attached to its own trailer, which also houses all;technical equipment, lights, amplification, etc. The trailers are backedup next to each other and the she 11,lifted by hydraulic equipment, isassembled within a few hours and ready to receive the orchestra. Theproblem of soft ground has been solved by placing each nine-ton sectionon "grass pods" - steel structures that spread the weight evenly. An un-even or rolling meadow, however, has to be leveled before assembling theshell. Stagecraft is also responsible for the new shell and amplificationequipment used by the METROPOLITAN OPERA at Lewisohn Stadium in the pastsummer.

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Eggeis and Higgins are the architects who have won the New York City ArtCommission's approval for their design of a bandshell to be erected inDamrosch Park at Lincoln Center. Shaped like a spiralling onion cut inhalf, it will shelter an elliptical stage accoraodating about 75 musicians.The paved and landscaped area in front of the shell will provide seatingfor 4,500 people. The shell was made possible through a $500,000,giftfrom the Guggerfieim Foundation and will be known as the FLORENCE AND DANIELGUGGEIM2IM BANDSHELL.

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The famous white and orange music tent in Aspen, Colorado, designed byEero Saarinen in 1949 as a temporary home for the FESTIVAL, has been re-placed this year by a more solid structure. The new design- by Aspenarchitect, Herbert Bayer, retains some of the features of the original tent;for example, the wide, white canvas roof, which made it a landmark for Aspen,and the wooden benches forming a semi-circle around the stage. There is,however, a cement base and stage (the latter sporting a wooden canopy foracoustical purposes), and the ropes of the tent have been replaced by wirecables and metal fasteners. The all-over size and seating capacity alsohave been enlarged.

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Music Fair Enterprises Inc., who has been booking attractions at the Westbury(Long Island, N.Y.) MUSIC FAIR tent will assist in the financing of a per-manent structure to be erected this year at Westbury. Two more theatreswill be built by the company during the next two years, one in the suburbsof Baltimore and another outside Washington, D. C. The Westbury tent ••':allowed for a season of 13 weeks while the new building will facilitateall-year occupancy. Herman Hassinger and Gerald Schwam, the architects,collaborate with Jules Fisher (lights and stage design), and Michael Koderas(acoustician) on the new building. The auditorium is convertable in eighthours from a 3,000-seat arena theater to a proscenium theater seating 1,000,or to a three-quarters arena with a thrust stage and with a seating capacityof 1,500.

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One of America's major music festival groups, the SANTA FE OPERA COMPANY,has made some sweeping improvements in its theatre. It was opened to alarger audience, partially sheltered from possible rain, and new technicalfacilities were added. The theatre originally accomodated 480 people; nowafter the fourth expansion, it has a seating capacity of 1,153. Santa Fe'sown architects, McHugh and Hooker, designed the newly added balcony andcantilevered roof which covers about half the seating area; enough standingroom is available in the rear of the auditorium to allow those exposed topossible showers to take quick refuge. The orchestra pit was enlarged andnow holds up to seventy-five musicians who are sheltered under the newlyextended stage roof. Adding a new baffle to this roof further improved theacoustics and also permitted a new Kliegl light system to be installed.A closed foyer was also added.

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While winters or springs are used for the rebuilding of summer centers, theshort summer recess at New York PHILHARMONIC HALL was used to make furtherimprovements. Audiences, critics, and musicians agree that the acousticsare incomparably better. In the process the looks of the hall have under-gone drastic changes. While the overhead clouds were lifted and fused to-gether last year, and the back and sides of the stage were filled in toserve as a sounding board or a shell, now, the walls of the auditorium havebeen covered with wavy, sound-reflecting wood panelling, the gold carpetingreplaced by black vinyl, and the gold plush seats have been stripped of somepadding and recovered in apricot velour. H. Keilholz supervised the changes.

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New theatres at colleges, universities and music schools include -- CLOWESHALL at Butler University in Indianapolis, Ind. , designed by Bolt, Beranek,and Newman, site of the debut of the Metropolitan Opera National Companyon September 20. Capacity of the hall is 2,200. - The NATE AND FRANCESSPINGARN THEATRE at Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass., at a cost of$3.5 million. The circular, three-story structure contains a 750-seattheatre, designed in Greek Theatre style by Max Abramovitz of Harrison andAbramovitz. - The WILLIAM W. TOMLINSON THEATRE at Temple University inPhiladelphia, Pa. It will be part of the university's new center for theperforming arts and communication, to be housed in three buildings on theuniversity campus. - THE EASTMAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC, Rochester, N.Y. ,announced the renovation of its quarters at an estimated cost of $5 million.Built 40 years ago to accomodate about 100 students, Eastman now has an en-rollment of over 500. - The MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC received a $2 mil-lion Ford Foundation grant towards the school's $9.5 million expansionprogram in connection with its move in 1967 to the buildings now occupiedby the Juilliard School of Music. The existing structure will be rebuiltto accomodate a college enrollment of 1,000 (candidates for Bachelor orMaster's degree). Since Juilliard will discontinue its preparatory de-partment when it moves to Lincoln Center, the Manhattan School expects anincreased number of applicants at that level. - Albuquerque, N.M.,isbuilding a Fine Arts Center which will become part of the UNIVERSITY OFNEW MEXICO. The university's music department recently moved into thepartially finished Center, where it has been allotted teaching studios andrehearsal rooms and has at its disposal an extensive music library and thenewest in audio equipment. The 2,000-seat auditorium, equipped to present;opera as well as concerts, will be ready for use in the Fall of 1966; a325-seat recital and chamber music hall is already in use.

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New opera houses are being built on other continents -- two in Europeand one in Australia. - The model of a Performing Arts Center was unveiledrecently in London by the South Bank Theatre and Opera House Board andarchitect, Denys Lasdun. The Royal Festival Hall, built in 1951 on thesouth bank of the Thames,and a National Film Theatre and small concert hallnow being erected south of Festival Hall, will be part of the Center. Thetwo additions to the Center to be erected north of Festival Hall are the1,000-seat National Theatre and 1,650-seat opera house, which will be thenew home for the Sadler's Wells Company. Completion date is set for 1973. -Paris impresario Jean Vilar plans to construct a 3,000-seat new opera housein the French capital. It will be called the Theatre Lyrique Populaire, andall tickets will be offered at a uniform low price. -

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Sidney, Australia, started work on its new Opera House, designed by Danisharchitect, Joern Utzon,in 1959, and completion is estimated for 1969. Thestructure, which is of most unusual design, is topped by what appears to belarge, billowing sails made of concrete. It is this part of the buildingwhich poses some severe constructional (and financial) problems, requiringcomputors and handcrafted parts. Situated on Bennelong Point, the $55million building will house the opera auditorium seating 2,800, two concerthalls with 1,100 and 300 seats respectively, a theatre and restaurants.The orchestra seats in the opera house will be on a n inclining plane, therear of the orchestra reaching balcony height. $6.5 million have.beenraised towards the building costs by a special lottery.

VOCAL AUDITIONS AND SOME RECENT WINNERS

The dates for the Regional Finals of the METROPOLITAN OPERA NATIONAL COUNCILAUDITIONS have been announced as follows:Washington, D.C.(Mid-Atlantic) 1/29/66 San Antonio (Southwest) 1/29/66Seattle (Northwest) 2/6/66 Memphis (Mid-South) 2/5/66Cleveland (Great Lakes) 2/13/66 Honolulu (Pan Pacific) 2/12/66Los Angeles (Western) 2/13/66 Boston (New England) 2/13/66Minneapolis (Upper Midwest) 2/22/66 Kansas City (Midwest) 2/19/66Bloomington (Tri-State) 2/24/66 Chicago (Central) 2/23/66New York (Eastern) 3/3/66 Denver (Rocky Mountain) 2/26/66Atlanta (Southeast) 3/12/66 Shreveport (Gulf Coast) 3/5/66'National Finals, Sunday, March 27, 3 p.m., Metropolitan Opera House,New YorkApplications must be mailed to District Directors; Opera Producers are ur-gently requested to attend. Please address any inquiries to: Howard J.Hook, Jr. National Chairman, Auditions Program, 147 West 39th St., New York,New York 10018

The NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST/SCHOEN-RENE CONCERT will be held on November11, 1965 at 4:15 p.m. at Carnegie Recital Hall in New York and will presentthe following winners of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions:sopranos Veronica Tyler and Jane Marsh and tenor James McCray. Compli-mentory tickets are available to opera producers or representatives ofopera companies or workshops by writing to Auditions Program, 147 West 39thStreet, New York, New York

The SAN FRANCISCO OPERA AUDITION*s winners for 1965 were Carol Ann Kirkpatrick,mezzo-soprano from Tucson, Arizona, who was awarded the $1,000 SchwabacherAward, Karan Armstrong, Los Angeles soprano who received the $750 FlorenceBruce Award, and Richard Clark, bass-baritone from Tucson, who won the$1,000 Gropper Memorial Awardfadministered by the Merola Opera Training Pro-gram.

The 1965 winners of the NATIONAL FEDERATION OF MUSIC CLUBS were Dale Duesingand Nancy Ann Gay; tenor Paul W. Wiggin received the Anne Gannett Award- -For 1965-66 season's applications write to Mrs. Ronald A. Dougan, Box 620,Colley Road, Beloit, Wisconsin.

Winners of the YOUNG ARTISTS' AUDITIONS sponsored by the National Federationof Music Clubs were tenor Melvin Brown from California, and mezzo-sopranosJeanne Grealish from Albuquerque, N.M. and Claudine Carlson from San Francisco.

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The SOCIETY OF AMERICAN MUSICIANS COMPETIONS, sponsored by the McCormickFoundation and the Chicago Tribune,presented its winners at the ChicagolandMusic Festival in August. Miss Lavelle McKinnie, a twenty-three year olddramatic soprano from Kankakee, 111., won first prize ($2,000) in the women'svoice category, Andrew Smith, a baritone of the same age and resident ofLexington, Ky., took the honors in the men's voices.

The ILLINOIS OPERA GUILD ON THE AIR contest, co-sponsored by Radio StationWGN, was won by Sylvia Friederich, mezzo-soprano from New York and graduateof the Eastman School of Music, Manuel lielendes, tenor from New Mexico, andCarolyn Jo Smith, soprano from Chicago.

The BALTIMORE CIVIC OPERA COMPANY TALENT AWARD, co-sponsored by the CarlingBrewing Co., of Baltimore, named Rachel Clarke Mathes, a 24-year old dra-matic soprano as its first prize winner. Miss Mathes, recipient of a pre-vious Fulbright scholarship, is a native of Atlanta, Ga. and presentlystudies in New York City. Second place was won by baritone Ted Lambrinos ,one of the 1965 Met. Opera Auditions' winners; soprano Barbara Altman fromNew York finished third.

Philadelphia's ACADEMY OF VOCAL ARTS in cooperation with NATIONAL RADIOAUDITIONS presented its 1965 winner, Andrea Veronica Crockett of Elliston,Va.

Winifred Cecil's JOY OF SINGING CONTEST, a Town Hall Recital, was won byJudith Keller^mezzo-soprano from New York.

The WASHINGTON FRIDAY MORNING MUSIC CLUB awarded its $1,000 prize to so-prano Esther Hinds.

The JOHN HAY WHITNEY FOUNDATION has chosen five young singers as recipientsof its Opportunity Fellowships for 1965: Gwendolyn Killebrew of Philadelphia,Mayda Testa of Hawthorne, N.J., and from New York Roger Shores, Jr., JohnA. Swift and Claudia Lindsey (1965 Met. Audition winner).

Among the six CINTAS FELLOWSHIPS awarded this year, the one for music wentto Cuban-born music educator Salomon Gadles Mikowsky, as announced by theInstitute of International Education.

Not included in the COS Awards for Singers Brochure (1965 amendment) are thefollowing two European competitions: CONCORSO DI BUSSETO, Via Paolo d£Cannabbio 2, Milano, Italy. Age limit for sopranos and tenors is 32, formezzos, baritones and basses 35. The competition takes place in June,applications have to be received before May. -- Sp onsored by the TEATROMASSIMO in PALERMO, the International School of Singing offers 20 scholar-ships (free room and board and tuition) for the training of young operasingers. Applications must be forwarded to the Teatro Massimo in Palermothrough Italian diplomatic representatives and have to be accompanied bya curriculum and documentation of studies by an accredited American Collegeof Music.

PERSONALITIES AND APPOINTMENTS

LOUIS A, MENNIN, composer, formerly teacher at Eastmann School of Music,brother of Juilliard's Dean Peter Mennin, appointed Dean of the School ofMusic at North Carolina Schbol of the Arts in Winston-Salem.

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Soprano SELMA AMANSKY was named teacher of vocal diction at the same school.

DAVID S. COOPER, former Dean of the] Peabody Conservatory of Music and VicePresident of Associated Music Publishers, to the newly created post of Exe-cutive Administrator of the Manhatten School of Music in New York.

JERROLD ROSS named President of the N.Y. College of Music, succeeding ArvedKurtz, who is now President Emeritus.

LASZLO HALASZ appointed visiting professor of Conducting at the Eastman Schoolof Music.

CLAUDE MONTEUX, son of Pierre Monteux, replacing Mr. Halasz as head of thePeabody Conservatory's orchestral and conducting department. FRANK VALENTINO(Met. Opera, 1940-61), is in charge of the Opera Department.

HERBERT GLASS, formerly publicity department of the New York Philharmonic,now Publicity Director of the San Francisco Opera.

WILFRED C. BAIN, Dean of Indiana University's School of Music, electedhonorary member of the faculty of the University of Chile in Santiago,inrecognition of his contribution to the development of Latin American musicthrough the establishment of an Inter-American Center at Bloomington.

MARIAN ANDERSON, resident of Danbury, Conn., appointed member to the newlycreated Connecticut State Commission on the Arts by Governor John Dempsey.

JAMES BROWNING, General Manager of the American Music Center and formerlystaff administrator at the Met. Opera National Council,adds the job ofExecutive Secretary of the National Music Council to the one he holds at AMC.

Composer HUGO WEI3GALL, faculty member of Juilliard School of Music and ofQueens College, appointed as Associate to the Lincoln Center Fund for Edu-cation and Creative Artistic Advancement.

RALPH BURGARD, former Executive Director of the St. Paul Council of the Artsand Sciences named to fill the newly created post of Executive Director ofthe Arts Councils of America (see page3 ).

ROBERT P. FOUNTAIN, Director of the Oberlin College Choir named Dean ofthe Oberlin Conservatory of Music.

VINCENZO GIANNINI, chorus master of the San Francisco Opera and the SanFrancisco Philharmonic Chorus, engaged to head a newly established operaworkshop at the San Francisco Music and Arts Institute.

LEONTYNE PRICE,chosen as recepient of this year's Spingarn Medal awardedby the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Formerwinners include Marian Anderson and Roland Hayes.

HAROLD SPIVACKE, Chief of the Library of Congress' Music Division since 1937,received the Library's Distinguished Service Award.

PETER DIAMOND, former Director of the Holland Festival, named Artistic Di-rector of the Edinburgh Festival following the resignation of the Earlof Harewood.

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B00K3 AND MUSIC PUBLICATIONS

THE BOSTON OPERA COMPANY, by Quaintance Eaton, tells of the glamourous butshort-lived company whose roster included the most famous internationaloperatic stars between 1909 and 1914. This attractively illustrated volumeof 338 pages includes a list of performances, casts and tour dates. Theprice is $8.95.

Selected documents, writings and sayings on the history of opera make upthe recently published THE ESSENCE OF OPERA. Ulrich Weisstein of IndianaUniversity edited and annotated the book, commenting on the reprintedselections; Paul Nettl wrote the introduction. Published by the Free Pressof Glencove, the book sells for $6.95.

Conducting is the subject of two new books; one called CONDUCTING by EmilKahn of Montclair State Teachers College, published by the Free Press ofGlencove in two volumes, a textbook for $6.50 and an accompanying workbooksfor $3.50. The other book is THE CONDUCTOR'S ART, edited by Carl Bambergerof the Mannes College of Music. It is published by McGraw-Hill and avail-able for $6.50.

The MUSIC JOURNAL'S October issue is devoted in its intirety to opera witharticles covering all phases of the media. An editorial evaluating theoperatic scene in America mentions the Central Opera Service and "itshighly praiseworthy function". - A newly added feature is the monthly Opera/Concert Calender which lists all musical events taking place on twelve ofNew York's musical stages.

Beginning with the October issue, the British publication OPERA will addabout ten pages to its monthly magazine, bringing the total to an average ofeighty pages. The additional space will accomodate increased coverage oflive performances (reports, reviews and photos)as well as reviews of booksand records. The new subscription rate for the twelve monthly issues, plusFestival issue and annual index is U.S. $10.00.

ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS AND OTHER NEWS FROM PUBLISHERS

Walter Ducloux has finished three new translations and all will be sung dur-ing the current season. Rossini's "La Pietra del Paragone" as LOVE ON TRIALand Hindemith's MATHIS DER MALER will both be performed at the Universityof Southern California (see perf. listings); Werner Egk's PEER GYNT will bepremiered by the Hartt College of Music in Hartford.

Oxford University Press announces the publication of Arthur Jacob's Englishtranslation of ELISIR D'AMORE in libretto form, price $1.50 and Jacobs'English version of Berlioz's BENVENUTO CELLINI, arranged as a choral suitefor mixed voices and orchestra (vocal score with piano - $3.70).

Cimarosa's IL MAESTRO DI CAPELLA and Riviere's POUR UN DON QUICHOTTE areboth available in English translations from G. Ricordi & Co. Canada Ltd.,51 Prince Arthur Avenue, Toronto 5, Ont. (represented in New York by FrancoColombo). The first work was translated by Lee Hepner, the other oneby Rita Ubriaco.

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Theodore Presser Co. has become the sole agent for the GOLDEN MUSICPUBLISHER'S catalogue of choral music in the U.S.

From now on most categories of the NOVELLO & CO. LTD. catalogue will beavailable in the U.S. from Mills Music, Inc. H. W. Gray Co. in New Yorkstill handles a limited number of scores of the British publisher, but allrental material is available from Mills Music exclusively.

CENTRAL OPERA SERVICE INSIDE INFORMATION

Because of the great demand for the List of Opera Companies and Workshopsin the U.S. and Canada and its accompanying list arranged by categories andnumber of performances, and because of the constant changes in these listings,Central Opera Service has published a complete new edition of both lists.Available also is an updated list of AGMA members. Further brochures inpreperation are: a new Amendment to the Awards for Singers Brochure and theList of English Translations.

Watch the next issue of the Bulletin for the announcement of the COS Na-tional Conference in Spring 1966 in New York. ~

WELCOME NEW COS MEMBERS

Lt. Col. Gordon G. Andrews, P.O.B. 356, Port Jefferson, L.I., New YorkAngel Records, John Coveney, 1290 Ave. of the Americas, N.Y., N.Y.Boston Opera, 172 Newbury Street, Boston, MassachusettsCarthage College, Music Dept., Florence Avery, Kenosha, WisconsinMiss Andonea Chronopulos, 302 Second Ave., New York, New YorkCleveland Institute of Music, A. Addison, Opera Theatre, 11021 East Blvd.Ian Docherty, 3676 W. 35 Ave., Vancouver 13, B.C., CanadaMrs. Peter L. Edwards, 1932 Beacon Street, Brookline, MassachusettsMme. Marion Freschl, 260 West End Avenue, New York, New YorkMiss Marianne Hayes, 500 West 22nd Street, New York, New YorkUniversity of Iowa Opera Workshop, Herald Stark, Iowa City, IowaLake George Opera Festival, Aviation Road Exit, Glens Falls, New YorkMr. Lutz Mayer, 8 Sands Street, Cortland, New YorkMrs. Genevieve McGiffert, 2330 South Cook Street, Denver, ColoradoNew England Conservatory of Music, Thomas Phillips, Boston, MassachusettsPerforming Arts Opera Co., B. Bullock, 2709 Hermosa, N.E., Albuquerque, N.M.Miss Lillian M. Schroeck, 145 Bleecker Street, New York, New YorkJim Scovotti Assoc, 200 West 57th Street, New York, New YorkMr. David C. Sennema, 13 Arcade, Columbia, South CarolinaMme. Maria de Varady, 33 Riverside Drive, New York, New York

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PERFORMANCE LISTING, 1965 - 1966 SEASONCALIFORNIA

Los Angeles Opera Company1/21-23/66 "L'ltaliana in Algeri"Opera West, The Lamplighters, Harding Theatre, San Francisco97lS-ll/20>63 "Patience"2/26-4/30/66 "Pirates of Penzance"San Francisco Opera, War Memorial Op. House, Adler, Gen. Mgr.9/10,16 10/2/65 "Andrea Chenier" 11/16/65 Los Angeles9/11,17 10/3/65 "Die Meistersinger" 11/12/65 Los Angeles9/14,18,24,30 10/10/65 "Die Fledermaus"ll/l5,21,27/65 Los Angeles 11/24/65

San Diego9/19,23,29/65 "La Boheme" 11/20,25/65 Los Angeles9/21,26/65 "La Fanciulla del West" ll/l3/65 Los Angeles, ll/l0/65 San Diego9/25 10/1/65 "Lulu" 11/18/65 Los Angeles9/28 10/5,9/65 "La Forza del Destino" ll/ll,14/65 Los Angeles10/6,7,7,11,12,24,25/65 "Barbiere di Siviglia" 11/28/65 Los Angeles10/8,14,17(Berkeley, ll/l(Sacramento)/65 "Lohengrin" ll/6,22/65 Los Angeles

11/17/65 San Diego10/15,22,30/65 "Don Giovanni" ll/8,23/65 Los Angeles10/16,21 11/2/65 "Tosca" 11/21,26/65 Los Angeles10/19,28,31/65 "Ballo in Maschera"10/23,26/65 "Ariadne auf Naxos" 11/19/65 Los Angeles10/29 11/3/65 "Pelleas et Melisande" 11/9/65 Los Angeles(For company members, please see May Bulletin)University of Southern California, Los Angeles, W. Ducloux12/3,5,12/65 "Love on Trial" (Pietra del Paragone) Rennert Version, Eng.Ducloux, American Premiere4/16,22,24/66 "Mathis der Maler" Eng. Ducloux, West Coast Premiere

CONNECTICUTConnectTcut Opera Association, Bushnell Memorial. F. Pandolfi, Dir.11/4/65 "Don Carlo", Collier, Rankin; Barioni, Hines12/3/65 "Carmen", Madeira, Reale; Konya, Ludgin1/12/66 "I Puritani", Maliponte, Jaia; Sordello, Flagello3/11/66 "Aida", Ross, Hoffman; Corelli, Ludgin4/l2(student-4/13,14,15)/65 "II Trovatore", Caballe, Warfield; McCrackenHartt College of Music, Elemer Nagy, Dir. Opera, Hartford2/23-26/66 "Peer Gynt" Werner Egk, American Premiere, Eng. Ducloux

FLORIDAOpera Guild of Greater Miami, Arturo di Filippi1/24,27,29/66 "La Boheme" Maliponte, Brooks;Konya, Kerns,Malas,Cossa2/14,16,19/66 "Aida" Curtis-Verna,Dunn;Corelli,Plagello,Colzani,Doe3/21,23,26/66 "II Trovatore" Amara, Hoffman;McCracken,MacNeilState Opera Assn. of Florida,State Univ.,School of Music.Tallahassee11/12,13/65 "Masked Ball" ~ * *

ILLINOISLyric Opera, 20 No. Wacker Drive, Carol Fox, Gen.Mgr.h

16/8,13,16,18/65"Mefistofele" Tebaldi,Suliotis,Casoni;Kraus,GhiaurovlO/ll,15,20,23/65"Simon Boccanegra"Ligabue;Cioni,Gobbi,Cesare,Arie10/22,25,27,30/65"La Boheme"Freni,Martelli,Corelli,Bruscantini10/29 ll/l,4,6,10/65"Madama Butterfly"Scotto,Casoni;Cioni,Bruscantini10/3,5,8,13/65"Samson et Dalila"Bumbry;Vickers,Bruscantini,Meredith11/12,15,17,20/65"L'Heure Espagnole"&"Carmina"Berganza;Kraus,Tadeo11/19,22 12/l/65"Wozzeck"Pilarczyk,Rbggero;Handt,Evans,Meredith (Eng.)11/24,27,30 12/3,6/65"Aida"Price,Cossotto;Casellato,Bastianini,Vinco11/26,29 12/4,8/65"Rigoletto"Scotto,Casoni;Kraus,MacNeil,VincoChicago Symphony Orchestra, Jean Martinon10/65 "Damnation of Faust" Horne;Verreau,Flagello

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IIPERFORMANCE LISTING, 1965 - 1966 con't.INDIANA

Bethel College, Elliot Nordgren, Mishawaka11/21,23/65 "Hansel and Gretel", Eng. Bache5/14,15/66 "Little Harlequinade" Salierif Eng. HartwigSchool of Music, Indiana University, Bloomington, W. Bain10/16,23,30/65 "Don Pasquale"11/13,20-12/4/65 "Diologues of the Carmelites"1/8,15-2/12,19/66 "The Magic Flute"2/26-3/5 ,12-3/9/66 "Macbeth"3/20/66 "Parsifal"5/7,21/66 "Opera Gala"to be announced "Der Rosenkavalier"

LOUISIANAShreveport Civic Opera Association10/11/65 "Rigoletto". Scovotti;McNeil,Merighi

MINNESOTASymphony Orchestra, H. Herz,

9/17,19/65 "Ballo in Maschera", staged perf.MISSOURI

Kansas City Lyric Theatre, R. Patterson, Dir."9/21/65 "Vanessa", Moynagh,Kolk

"Tales of Hoffmann""Madama Butterfly""La Travita"

10/19/65 "Madama Butterfly", Missouri Council on the Arts Tour , ChilicotheNEBRASKA

Omaha Civic Opera Society1/27,29/66 "Rigoletto"4/28,30/66 "Madama Butterfly"

NEW YORKCivic Opera Association

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11/6,7/65 "Cosi tan Tutte1', sets from Chautauqua(Martha Baird RockefellerFoundation)North Shore Friends of Opera, 84 Prospect Ave.,Douglaston, F Mugdan10/24/65 "Magic Flute",Eng.,Shane?Valente Protero;Bender,Smith,Cnertokl/29/66"Taming of the Shrew", cond:Meier, stg.dirrEdelman3/5/66"Elixir of Love" Eng. Martin, condrMester, stg.d irrEdelman12/29/65 "Hansel and Gretel"4/2/66 "Traviata" Eng.Machlis, condrMester, dirrEdelamn, desrGreenleaf

NEW YORK CITYAmato Opera Theatre, Inc., 319 Bowery, A,, Amato9/10 ,11,17 ,18 ,24,25 ,25/'65 "Aid a"10/1,2,8,9,15,16,16/65 "Madama Butterfly"10/22,23,29,30 ll/5,6/65 "Don Giovanni"11/12,13,19,20.26,27,27/65 "Lucia di Lammermoor"12/3,4,10,11,17,18,18/65 "Carmen"1/14,15,21,22,28,29,29/66 "La Boheme"11/26,27-12/29/65 "Hansel and Gretel"12/22,22,27/65 "The Mikado"12/28,28/65 "Cinderella"12/30,30/65 "The Pied Piper"Amor Artis Chorale and Orchestra at Town Hall10/22/65 "Susamia'CHandel) Boatwright ,Curtin,Davrath;Kipnis,Rehfuss,Smith11/24/65 "Semele " cond: J. Somari4/1/66 "Esther"

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PERFORMANCE LISTING, 1965 - 1966 con't.NEW YORK CITY, con't.

Brooklyn Academy of Music in association with the Opera Society of Brooklyn10/9/65 "Cosi ±an Tutte", Boris Goldovsky,Opera Theatre, Eng.10/30/65 "Magic Flute", North Shore Opera Company, Eng.11/13/65 "Marriage of Figaro", North Shore Opera Company, Eng.12/ll/65 "Don Giovanni", Boris Goldovsky Opera Theatre, Eng.Clarion Concerts, Town Hall, Newell Jenkins, Music Director11/11/65 "Arci±anfaro, King of Fools",Eng., Steber,Brooks;Malas,McCullumFriends of French Opera, Robert Lawrence, Dir.,Carnegie Hall11/14/65 "Werther",Gorr,Elgar,Gedda,UppmanNew York City Opera, Julius Rudel, General Director9/22,26 10/20,28/65 "Flaming Angel"9/24 10/10,21,31/65 "Carmen"9/25-10/3,23 n/7/65 "Die Fledermaus"9/25 10/17 11/12/65 "Madama Butterfly"9/26 10/8,23/65 "Faust"9/29 10/9/65 "Saint of Bleeker Street"9/30-10/16,24/65 "Marriage of Figaro"10/2,15,30- 11/14/65 "Merry Widow"10/2,17 11/5,13/65 "La Boheme"10/3,29 11/14/65 "Don Giovanni"10/7,22 11/6,13/65 "Barber of Seville"10/9,24 11/7/65 "La Traviata"10/10,16,31/65 "Cavalleria Rusticana" & "Pagliacci"10/14,30 11/6/65 "Tales of Hoffmann"10/27-11/3/65 "Capriccio"ll/4,10/65 "Miss Julie", World PremiereMetropolitan Opera Association, R. Bing, Gen. Mgr."Faust" 9/27 10/2,6,12,23* 11/1,8,19,27 12/2,9,22/65 ~~"Pique Dame" 9/28 10/4,16*,21 11/20,24 12/3,28/65"La Boheme" 9/29 10/5 ,8,11,23,28 ll/6*,ll 12/4,10,14,30/65"Lucia" 9/30 10/9*,16,22,27 ll/2 12/13/65"Arabella" 10/1,9,14,19,23-11/29 12/8,18*/65"Don Carlo" 10/7,15,30 ll/4,10,16,22 12/ll*/65"Madama Butterfly" 10/13,18,30* Il/l3,20*,26/65 l/l/66"II Trovatore" 10/20,26-11/6,9,15,25-12/4*,25/65"Manon Lescaut" 10/25 11/3,13*,18/65"Falstaff" 10/29 11/5/65"L'Elisir D'Amore" ll/l2,17,27*,30 12/11,16,24/65"Fanciulla del West" 12/1,7,17,23/65"Samson et Dalila" 12/6,15,20 l/l*/66"La Perichole" 12/18,25*,31/65"Tosca" 12/21,27/65"Aida" 12/29 * = matineeOpera Theatre of New Yorky/l/65 "Otello" Central Park9/2/65 "Otello" East River Drive AmphitheatreOpera.Workshop Community Center, 270 West 89th Street8/31/65 "La Traviata"Ruff into Opera Theatre, Judson Hall8/30/65 "La Traviata"9/18/65 "II Trovatore"

NEW HAMPSHIRENew Hampshire Music Festival, C. Schiff, mus. dir.,Meredith9/2/65 "Faust" , Carolyn Heainer, concert form r"1* *~ '

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PERFORMANCE LISTING 1965 - 1966, con't.NORTH CAROLINA

CharlotCeTOpera Association, 519 Fenton Place, John R. McCrae, Dir.11/1/65 "La Boheme"2/7/66 "La Forza del Destino"

OHIOLake Erie Opera Theatre, Cleveland9/10,11,12/65 "Abduction trom the Seraglio" , Eng. Siegl-Lyman9/17,18,19/65 "The Love for Three Oranges", Eng. Seroff

OKLAHOMATulsa Opera Inc., Tulsa11/5,7/65 "L'Elisir d 'Amore",Peters;Valletti ,Tajo,Gioravanti,Cond:Moresco12/10,11,12/65"Hansel and Gretel"Eng.,Coulter,Kova;Ludgin,Kelley3/10,12/66"Faust",Si11s;Treigle,Moulson;cond:Moresco;dir rYannopoulos

ONTARIOCanadian Opera Company, Q'Keefe Centre, Toronto9/17,21,27-10/2,6,9/65"Turandof'Crader ,Zarou ,Sapinsky ;Glynne,Campora9/18,22,25-10/1,4/65"Barber of Seville"Strathdee,Rideout;Gray,Arab,Rubes9/20,24,30-10/9/65"Rigoletto"Pe'llegrini;Glossop,Savelli,Rubes,cond:Barbini9/23,28-10/2,8/65"La Boheme" Coulter,Protero/CalbesjBonhomme,Gray,condrCraig9/25,29-10/5,7/65"Salome'Tynes,Meadows;Reaves,Stark,cond:Martin, and "Mavra"Piercey/Rideout;Clerke,cond:Bernardi

PENNSYLVANIAPhiladelphia Grand Opera Company, A. Terraciano, Gen.Mgr.10/22/65 "Faust"Guiot,Kova;Lance,Moscona,Guarrera11/18/65 "Die Fledermaus" Peters,Lewis,Kova;Bartlett12/10/65 '<Madama Butterf ly"Tucci ,Roggero;Barioni,Beck1/20/66 "Cavalleria Rusticana"& "Pagliacci"Ross,Kova;Barrena,Hernandez2/18/66 "La Boheme",Righetti,Leon;Tagliavini,Montefusco,Moscona,Baccaloni3/22/66 "Rigoletto"Gugliemi,Kova;Tucker,Hernandez,Densen4/22/66 "La Gioco.nda"Ross ,Rankin,Roggero;Tucker ,MosconaPhiladelphia Lyric Opera Company10/12/65 "Turandot" Nilsson;Corelli10/20,26/65 "Mefistofele" Ligabue,Ghiaurov,Kraus11/5/65 "La Traviata" Kirsten,Ausensi,Cosutto11/18/65 "Madama Butterfly" Scotto.Wolff,Romai11/23/65 "Lucia di Lammermoor" Mofro,Romani,Colzani1/18/66 "Flying Dutchman" Dvorakova;Cassell2/8/66 "Aida" Corelli,Flagello3/1/66 "La Boheme" Tebaldi;Tagliavini4/5/66 "Andrea Chenier" Caballe,Dondi,CorelliRittenhouse Opera Society, M. Farnese, Art Dir.^Philadelphia11/24,26,27/65 "The Virgin and the Fawn"(Eugene Zador^East Coast Prem.2/9,11,12/66 "Zaza"5/18,20,21/66 "La Boheme"

QUEBECMontreal Symphony Orchestra, Zubin Mehta, Place des Arts10/11,18,21,23,26/65 "Aida", Zeani,Chookasian;Vickers

SOUTH CAROLINABob Jones University, Greenville4/28,30/66 "Ernani", Jordan;Watson,Fredericks, Meredith

TEXASDallas Civic Opera, 818 Reliance Life Bldg.,Lawrence Kelley, Gen.Mgr.11/5,8,ll/65"Tosca"Tebaldi;Tagliavini,Taddei;dir:Houseman;des^all11/6,13,20,24/65"La Traviata"Caballe,Bonisolli,Zanasi,dir rMaestrini11/19,21/65"Julius Caesar"MarimpietrijDoMioQuez,dir:Novaro;des:Hall11/26,28/65 to be announced

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Houston Grand Opera Association, 3030 Louisiana Street, W. Herbert,Gen.Dir10/7,9/65 "Rigoletto" Scovotti,Kova:MacNeill,Merighi

'65 "Tosca" Collier;Tagliavini,Bardelli/66 "Flying Dutchman" Tatum; O'Leary,Treigle

2/3,5/66 "Samson et Dalila" KramarichjVickers,Sordello4/14,16/66 "Gypsy Baron" Fenn,Stark,Cole;Sullivan,Price

VIRGINIAArlington Opera Theatre. A. Christensen, Pres., 300 N. Park Drive10/15,16,17/65 "La Traviata"1/28,29,30/66 "Don Pasquale"4/15,16,17/66 "Manon"

WASHINGTONSeattle Opera Association9/16,18/65 "La Boheme" Sills,Saldari10/28,30/65 "Samson et Dalila" McCracken,V/arfield2/3,5/66 "Lohengrin Bjoner,Sullivan4/14,16/66 "II Trovatore" Farrell,Cassilly

Many COS members have found it useful to collect the Performance Listingsthroughout each season. To facilitate this, these pages will henceforthbe numbered consecutively in Roman numerals.

I N D E XSubject PageNEW OPERAS AND PREMIERES 1

Premieres of American Operas, Operatic Com-missions, American Premiere of Foreign Operas,European Premieres

THE WAYS TO AID THE ARTS ARE MANY 2Federal, National, State, Local

NEWS FROM OPERA COMPANIES 4CANADA CORNER 5NEW AND REBUILT STAGES FOR MUSIC MAKING . . . . . 5

Stagecraft Glass Fiber Shell; Lewisohn Stadium,Guggenheim Bandshell, Aspen Tent, Music FairTent, Santa Fe Opera, N.Y.Philharmonic Hall,University and Music School Auditoriums;London, Paris, Sidney

VOCAL AUDITIONS AND RECENT WINNERS 8PERSONALITIES AND APPOINTMENTS .."..* 9BOOKS AND MUSIC PUBLICATIONS . . . . . 11ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS - NEWS FROM PUBLISHERS . . . 11COS INSIDE INFORMATION 12ANNOUNCEMENT 12PERFORMANCE LISTING, 1965-66 SEASON I - VWORLD AND AMERICAN PREMIERES IN THE U.S.1964-65 SEASON Addendum

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SURVEY OF WORLD AND AMERICAN PREMIERES IN THE U.S. 1964-65 SEASON

WORLD PREMIERES

BARTLEBY,Walter Aschaffenburg, Oberlin Coll., Ohio 11/12/64THE BOSS,Ludwig Lenel, Muhlenberg Coll., Allentown, Pa. 5/13/65THE BURNING HOUSE,Alan Hovhaness, Gatlinburg Summer Fest., Term. 8/23/64COUSIN ESTHER,Evelyn Pittman, Cousin Esther Showcase, N.Y.C. ll/lO/64CYRANO DE BERGERAC,Cecil Effinger, Univ. of Colo..Boulder,Colo. 7/21/65ENGAGED OR CHEVIOT'S CHOICE,Gilbert/Sullivan,Village Light Opera,N.Y.C.4/23/65THE EMPEROR COLTHED ANEW,Donald Jenny, De Riul Univ.,Chicago,111. 4/2/65THE FINAL INGREDIENT,Davis Amram, ABC-TV, N.Y.C. 4/ll/65A FISHERMAN CALLED PETER,Richard Owen, Drew Church, Carmel,N.Y. 3/14/65HAT SPAT,Elton Burgstahler, S.W. Missouri State Coll.,Springfield,Mo. 5/2/65INTO THE SILENCE,George Wehner.Heights Opera Assn., Brooklyn,N.Y. 6/24/64KITCHEN SINK,Susan La Mothe, N.Y. State Univ., Buffalo, N.Y. 2/19/65THE LEGEND,Morris Knight, Ball State Teachers Coll., Muncie, Ind. 1/28/65LIZZY BORDEN, Jack Beeson, New York City Opera, N.Y.C. 3/25/65THE MERCHANT'S M0ON,D6nald Morrison, Morningside Coll.,Sioux City,Iowa 10/64NATALIA PETROVNA,Lee Hoiby, New York City Opera, N.Y.C. 10/8/64NEW ENGLAND SAMPLER,Joseph Wagner, After Dinner Opera Tour,Los Angeles 2/26/65A NEW WORLD FOR NELLIE,Florence Du Page,Advent Tuller School,Westbury,N.Y.6/ll/6fREFUGE,Lutz Mayer, New York State Univ., Cortland, N.Y. 7/20/65REQUIEM FOR A RICH YOUNG MAN.Normand Lockwood ,Univ. of Denver, Colo*. 11/24/64SERENADE AT NOON,Peter Paul Fuchs, La. State Univ.,Baton Rouge, La. 3/21/65THE SUMMONS,Anthony Taff, Albion Coll., Mich. 6/7/64THREE AGAINST CHRISTMAS,Andrew Imrie, Univ. of Cal.,Berkeley,Cal.,12/3/64THREE DAYS AFTER,George Wehner, Amato Opera, N.Y.C. 6/18/65UNDERWORLD,Salvatore Martirano, Univ. of 111.,Town Hall, N.Y.C. 5/9/65VIDEOMANIA,Martin Kalmanoff, Denison Univ.,Granville, Ohio 2/18/65THE WALKER-THROUGH-WALLS,Anthony Donato,Northwestern Univ.,Evanston,111. 2/26/65THE WASPS,Truman R. Fisher,Occidental Coll., Los Angeles, Cal. 5/21/65WING OF EXPECTATION,Kenneth Wright, Univ. of Ky..Lexington, Ky. 4/7/65

AMERICAN PREMIERES

BENVENUTO CELLINI,Hector Berlioz, Concert Opera Assn., N.Y.C. 3/22/65CASTOR ET POLLUX,Jean-Philippe Rameau, Concert Opera Assn., N.Y.C. l/ll/65ELEGY FOR YOUNG LOVERS,Hans Werner Henze, Juilliard School,N.Y.C. 4/29/65INTOLLERANZA 1960,Lu±gi Nono, Boston Opera Group, Boston, Mass. 2/19/65KATERINA ISMAILOVA,Dmitri Shostakovich, San Francisco Opera, Cal. 10/23/64MARIA STUARDA.Gaetano Donizetti, Concert Opera Assn.,N.Y.C. ll/l6/64MARTIN'S LIE.Gian Carlo Menotti, CBS-TV, N.Y.C. 5/30/65THE NOSE,Dmitri Shostakovich, Santa Fe Opera Company, New Mexico 8/ll/65LA NOTTE DI UN NEVRASTENICO.Nino Rota, Met. Opera Studio, N.Y.C. ll/l/64OLIMPIADE,Antonio Vivaldi, Mannes College of Music, N.Y.C. l/l9/65ORFEO ED EURIDICE,Joseph Haydn, MIT-Vassar Glee Clubs.Cambridge,Mass. 5/l/65IL RE CERVO.Hans Werner Henze, Santa Fe Opera Company, New Mexico 8/4/65

NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERETHE RISE AND FALL OF THE CITY OF MAHAGONNY, Kurt Weill,Stratford,Ontario 7/2/65

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