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NEW OPERAS AND PREMIERESA QUIET PLACE is the title of Leonard Bernstein's new opera, the NEWpreviously announced sequel to Trouble in Tahiti. The two-act , 40- AMERICANminute work has a l ibret to by Stephen Wadsworth, and will be premiered OPERASon June 17 by the Houston Grand Opera, together with i ts companionpiece. Following some ten performances there , the double-bill willmove to Kennedy Center for two weeks in October , and then to LaScala, Milan, for six or eight performances in January '84.

The West Coast Opera in San Gabriel, California, has scheduled theprofessional premiere of Gregory Isaacs ' THE DEATH OF TINTAGILESfor February 25, 1983. The one-act , 4-scene, 25-minute work willshare a triple-bill with Suor Angelica and The Medium. It is basedon a Maeterlinck play which Mr. Isaacs t ransla ted and adapted for hisl ibre t to . The work is scored for chamber orchestra , and features amezzo, a young girl or boy soprano, and a bari tone in leading roles,with three supporting singers. It was presented in a workshop productionwith piano a t Simpson College in 1973.

On November 9, the Florida Lyric Opera in Largo gave the firstperformance of the l a tes t musical adaptat ion of Hawthorne's shortstory, Rappaccini's Daughter. This one was composed by FrancescoZampini and is enti t led MARIA RAPPACCINI.

The New Lec tu re Hall a t American University will be the si te of thepremiere of Nata l ia Raigorodsky's THE WHITE CLIFFS OF DOVER.The Opera Thea t re of Washington will produce the work during t hecurrent season.

THE FATHER, by Nicholas Scarim, is based on the Strindberg play.Although conceived in th ree ac ts , it is to be played without intermissionin about 75 minutes . The leading roles are portrayed by a bari toneand a mezzo, with five supporting singers. A piano-vocal score isavailable from the composer at 417 Clinton St., Brooklyn, New York11231. (See also Children's Operas.)

The Lake George Opera plans to give the first production of GlennPaxton's THE ADVENTURES OF FRIAR TUCK this summer. Scenesof this musical t hea t r e piece were heard a t the Opera AmericaComposer Showcase two years ago, and it also appeared a t the O'NeillCenter Composer /Libret t is t Workshop last year .

A fi t t ing t r ibute for the 300th anniversary celebrat ion of the C i ty of AMERICANPhiladelphia was the stage premiere of Romeo Cascarino's WILLIAM SUBJECTS &PENN. The production, a joint effort of the Concer to Soloists of SETTINGSPhiladelphia, the Philadelphia Singers, and Combs College of Music,opened on October 24 a t the Academy of Music. The cast featuredDolores Fer ra ro and John Cheek, with Christopher Macatsoris con-ducting, Dino Yannopoulos staging, and Toni Businger responsible forthe designs. The work was previously heard in concert a t DrexelUniversity in 1975.

THE PONDER HEART, set in a town in rural Mississippi, first appearedas a short s tory in The New Yorker. It was then turned into a bookby its author, Eudora Welty, subsequently dramatized for Broadway,

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and is now enjoying performances as a comic opera in Jackson,Mississippi. Alice Parker wrote the music to a libretto especiallyprepared by Miss Welty. The opening date was September 10, theplace the New Stage Theatre.

Composer Carol Sams collaborated with librettist and opera directorRalph Rosinbum to create BENJAMIN BALLOU. It was presented bythe Opera Theatre of the University of Washington, Seattle, duringthe November NOA Conference in Portland.

O. Henry's THE RANSOM OF RED CHIEF has been made into a newopera by composer Sarah Fuller-Hall. The premiere was staged lastseason at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina.

Composer Odaline de Martinez, an alumna of Tulane University, iscurrently working on a full-length opera based on the life of AIMEESEMPLE McPHERSON. A premiere is projected for spring "84 atTulane, to coincide with the World's Fair planned for New Orleansthat year. The composer, writing in an avant-garde style, is therecipient of a recent Guggenheim Fellowship.

Among the operas being considered by the Composer/Librettist Con-ference at the O'Neill Theatre Center for possible inclusion in the1983 workshop is the full-length JOHN BROWN by Roger L. Nelson.The librettist, John Driver, is co-author of the prize-winning play,Chekov in Yalta. The first act of the new work is set in Kansas in1857, the second act in Virginia, where we follow the raid on Harper'sFerry, Brown's trial, and his execution. The opera requires seven maincharacters, five supporting roles, and a chorus. The piano/vocal scoreas well as a full orchestral score is complete, and is available fromthe composer at 21 West 86 Street, New York, 10024.

Composer and United States District Judge Richard Owen will havehis latest one-act opera THE DEATH OF THE VIRGIN performed inFebruary. The New York Lyric Opera will present the premiere ona double-bill with Paulus' The Village Singer.

Carl Zytowski heads the opera department of the University of Cali-fornia at Santa Barbara, where his THE PLAY OF THE THREESHEPHERDS will premiere this season. Sharing the program will behis Thomas of Canterbury, first heard last year.

THE PROMISE is the title of Claude L. Bass's one-act, seven-sceneChristmas opera. The first performance took place at SouthwesternBaptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth on November 23.

This season's Opera at Peterloon Festival in Cincinnati premieredJUDITH, a poem by Pauline Smolin set to music by Douglas R. Smith.Its score includes electronic instruments. The first performance wason September 3, with a repeat the following day.

The story of Jewish immigrants in New York City at the turn of thecentury is the subject of THE GOLDEN LAND, written in English andYiddish by Zahmen Mlotek and Moishe Rosenfeld. It was produced bythe Workmen's Circle at the Folksbiene Playhouse in New York onOctober 16, under the musical direction of the composer.

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Isaac Bashevis Singer's story MAZEL AND SHLIMAZEL has been adaptedinto an opera with music by Farago. The Camerata Opera Theatrein Haddonfield, New Jersey, gave the premiere last season.

The Santa Fe Opera has commissioned John Eaton (Myshkin, Cry ofClytaemnestra, etc.) to compose a new opera for a premiere in 1985.The title and subject matter have not yet been revealed.

Similarly, Thea Musgrave is working on a yet untitled opera commis-sioned jointly by the Houston Grand Opera and the Royal Opera, CoventGarden. It is to be completed for the 1985-86 season.

The team of composer Michael Valenti, director-designer Beni Mon-tresor, and producer J. William Fisher has obtained permission to writean opera based on Fellini's LA STRADA. (See also New Operas Abroad.)

Dependent upon funding, the Pennsylvania Opera Festival and OperaWorkshop in Pittsburgh will present the premiere of Joseph Summer'sHYPOLITUS next summer. The composer wrote his own libretto forthe two-act work.

Thomas Pasatieri has been commissioned by the University of ArizonaOpera Theatre and its director, Larry Day, to write a one-act opera.The result, MARIA ELENA, will have its first performance on April8 in Tucson.

DESIRE UNDER THE ELMS, announced in Vol. 24, No. 1 as being CANCELLATIONSpremiered last summer, was cancelled when the producing organization,the Central City Opera, had to suspend its entire season. — In thesame issue, Robert Wilson/Gavin Bryar's MEDEA was listed for apremiere by the Next Wave Series at Brooklyn College. As the workis not ready, it will be replaced by Wilson's GREAT DAY IN THEMORNING in its American premiere. The first performance occurredin Paris last September, and featured Jessye Norman. The Brooklyndates are in December. — Laurie Anderson's UNITED STATES I-IVwas postponed from October '82 to February '83.

THE GENTLE BOY is the title of a one-act opera by Philip Rhodes,presented by Carleton College at the Northfield Arts Guild in Min-nesota.

"An American Trilogy", performed in June by the Opera Studio at NewYork University, included the premiere of Steven Cohen's THE COPAND THE ANTHEM, a work first heard at the 1980 composer/librettistworkshop of the Lake George Opera.

Clayton Jr. College in Morrow, Georgia, produced the premiere ofLarry Corse's THE OPEN WINDOW, a one-act opera performed May19 on a double-bill with The Devil and Daniel Webster. Corse adaptedthe libretto from a short story by Saki (H.H. Munro), and scored thework for tenor, soprano, alto, three baritones, and a chamber orchestraof eight.

The University of Georgia in Athens has announced the first productionof THE TELLING OF THE NORTH STAR, a one-act chamber operawith music by John Corina and a libretto by Vincent Ferinni. The

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premiere will take place on March 28, 1983. — The same operaworkshop premiered DEBORAH SAMPSON, by Watson, in April '81.This one-act opera is accompanied by wind instruments. Its maincharacter is based on a heroine who fought in the Revolutionary War.

Next season, Jacksonville University in Florida plans to present a newwork by one of its faculty members: William Schirmer's OUR TOWN.

While various organizations have mounted an opera with its relatedplay alternately, the Philadelphia College of the Performing Artsoffered a combination of both media last March. Students performedthe play and opera intertwined under the title FIGARO'S MARRIAGE,using an English translation for Beaumarchais' words but the originalItalian for the Mozart opera excerpts.

Robert Nathan's PORTRAIT OF JENNIE, which received the secondannual Richard Rodgers Production Award and which was a part ofthe O'Neill Theatre Center workshop last summer, is under considerationfor performances at Playwrights Horizons. The following new musictheatre works have been staged at that theatre recently: NIGHT CITYDIARIES by Richard P. Isen, written for five singer/actors accompaniedby piano, flute, violin, and bass; composer Skip Kennon and librettistEllen Fitzhugh's HERRINGBONE; and composer/lyricist Michael Finn'sTHE SOUP KITCHEN.

Also in New York City, AMAS Repertory Theatre mounted the followingnew musical theatre pieces last season: Osayandi Baruti's WILL THEYEVER LOVE US ON BROADWAY?; Franklin Tramutola, Joseph d'Ago-stino, and Gary Romero's WINDS OF CHANGE; and Laurence Holderand John Braden's FIVE POINTS. Bradley Wexler and Rocky Stone'sLOUISIANA SUMMER and Laurence Holder's HER STORMY WEATHERwill be premiered this season.

Composer James Dashow received a special Rockefeller Foundationgrant to complete his opera, THE LITTLE PRINCE, based on theSaint-Exupe'ry book. It is written for voices, laser, and multi-channel,digitally synthesized, electronic music.

The new children's opera by Gian Carlo Menotti, THE BOY WHO GREWTOO FAST, was premiered by OperaDelaware. The one-act work,featuring six adult singers and a children's chorus, opened a three-dayschedule on September 24, and was staged by the composer.

UNDER ONE ROOF, by Karen DiChiera and Joan Hill, is billed as a"revue for family entertainment". Henry Holt is credited with thestory idea. The work is scored for two adult singers with pianoaccompaniment, and was performed at schools and community centersin Michigan.

The Story Concert Players is a group with adults performing forchildren. Last season's program included Roselyn Winokur's MAINLYMOZART in a "multi-arts production"; also the same composer/lib-rettist's THE PRINCESS WHO TALKED BACKWARDS in a revisedversion for four voices.

The First All Children's Theatre in New York has scheduled the premiere

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of the two-act version cf CHILDREN'S CRUSADE, by Richard Peasleeand Kenneth Cavander, for February.

The latest works premiered at Southern California Conservatory ofMusic include Sally Wolf and Lurrine Burgess' one-act OLD PIPES ANDTHE DRYAD and the same team's PINOCCHIO, both with pianoaccompaniment.

Brooklyn composer Nicholas Scarim has prepared three new operas forchildren. WE WANT A PLACE was created for 7 to 12-year-oldperformers; its overture and 18 songs tell of kids' lives in the big city.WE'RE GONNA DRIVE THEM CRAZY is a "street wise" comedy for14 to 18-year-old performers; it is based on the Lysistrata story, isabout 30 minutes in duration, and is accompanied by a rock combo.SPACE is a children's musical written for some 40 young performers;it was premiered at the Third Street Settlement in March.

THE MUSICIANS OF BREMEN, A Not-So-Grimm Modern Musical FairyTale, by Alfred Balkin, t ransforms the robbers into a rock band calledThe Robbers . Although primari ly intended to be performed by adultsfor children, s tudents a t Third S t ree t Se t t l ement have successfullypresented a shor tened version of this one-and-one-half-hour opera . Itcombines a var ie ty of musical s tyles and requires audience par t ic ipat ion.It is published by Now View Music, 170 NE 33 St . , F t . Lauderdale ,Florida 33334.

Freder ick Delius' one-ac t MARGOT-LA-ROUGE was composed in 1902 FOREIGN OPERASbut never performed. It exists in an unpublished full score , and in a PREMIERE IN USpiano reduct ion made by Ravel . The work was recen t ly edi ted by EricFenby and will be produced for t he first t ime anywhere by the OperaThea t r e of Saint Louis on June 8, 1983. Mo. Fenby will conduct iton a double-bill with Les Mamelles de Tiresias.

The Yamaha Music Development Association sponsored the premiereof the two-ac t BEAUTIFUL SUNDAY, with music by Shimon Masatoand book and l ib re t to by Yutaka Okada. I t could be seen and hearda t the Chernuchin Thea t re in New York in 16 performances betweenJuly 21 and August 14, 1982.

American composer J a m e s Wade wrote the music for THE MARTYRED, AMERICANwith a story based on a book and an incident in North Korea in t he OPERASearly 50's. The l ib re t to is by Korean-born Richard Kim; the premiere ABROADtook place at t he National Theat re of Seoul las t June.

Although an American opera, Nicholas Flagello's THE JUDGEMENTOF SAINT FRANCIS was brought back to its original scene when itwas presented, in i ts European premiere, at the Summer Festival ofAssisi last July. It was first performed in New York in 1966.

In May '83, the Com us Music Theatre in Toronto will s tage a " theatr ical NEW CANADIANhappening with music" at the Ontario Science Cent re . The company OPERAScommissioned Don Radford and R. Murray Schafer to crea te and writethe music for RA, a celebration of the mysteries of the Egyptian sungod. The performances are continuous over eight hours, from dusk todawn. The cast includes singers, actors , dancers, and instrumentalists .

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Another commission by Comus went to Sean Mulcahy and the CanadianElectronic Ensemble, which will create a two-act work entitled NIGHT-BLOOM. The premiere date is to be announced.

Last season the Banff Centre Music Theatre Studio Ensemble premieredStephen McNeff and Michael Bawtree's one-act PEKING DUST on adouble-bill with The Price of Oil (10/30/81), and Richard PearsonThomas and Leofwin Luke's THE GRIMWOOD CLOCK (12/11/81). Thisseason's new works will include Stephen Oliver's ARTISTS AND AD-MIRERS* This full-length music theatre piece is based on Ostrovsky'sbook of the same title; it is scored for chamber orchestra. Thepremiere on April 7 will be conducted by Steuart Bedford and directedby Colin Graham, with sets designed by Neil Jampolis.

The same Studio Ensemble recently staged the first North Americanperformance of Roy Hudd's BEAUTIFUL DREAMER. The two-actmusic theatre piece, previously seen at the Haymarket Theatre inLeicester and the Greenwich Young People's Theatre in London, isbased on Stephen Foster's life, and incorporates much of his music.The Banff performances took place on October 22 and 23, were directedby Campbell Smith, and subsequently toured Alberta.

Francesco Cavalli's L'ORIONE, originally heard in three acts and aprologue in Milan in 1653, will have its first modern performance nextJuly 23 in Santa Fe. This will be the first production of the recentlycompleted reconstruction by Raymond Leppard. The text is by F.Melosio. — The following summer, Santa Fe audiences will have anopportunity to witness the American premiere of Hans Werner Henze'sWE COME TO THE RIVER. The work was composed to an Englishtext by Edward Bond.

Edward Downes and H.C. Robbins Landon are responsible for the newedition of Johann Christian Bach's TEMISTOCLE, originally premieredin 1772. The new edition was first used in Stuttgart in 1965, andNew York's Bel Canto Opera just staged the first American performanceon October 30, with Victoria Bond conducting, Anton Jaworski directing,and Edward Downes functioning as artistic advisor.

The premiere date of Donizetti's Af ARIA PADILLA was 1841, the placeLa Scala, Milan. Now it will be performed by two U.S. companieswithin one week. The Pocket Opera will stage the premiere on April17 in San Francisco, and the Long Island Opera Society will presentit in concert on April 23 in Stony Brook, New York.

Richard Wagner's second opera, DAS LIEBESVERBOT, will soon receiveits American premiere. It will be performed in concert on July 9 atthe Waterloo Festival in New Jersey under the baton of Gerard Schwarz,sponsored by the Wagner Society of New York.

Johanna Dordick and her Los Angeles Opera Theatre were able toprocure the rights to the American premiere of Iain Hamilton's ANNAKARENINA, first performed by the English National Opera in Londonin 1981. This new production of the Tolstoy story will be presentedat the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles March 16-19, and willuse slide and film projections shot on location in Europe by Ron Chase.These will include a German castle backdrop for the ballroom scene.

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The American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, Robert Brustein, pro-ducer, will offer the first American production of Peter MaxwellDavies1 THE LIGHTHOUSE in 1983. The Fires of London gave thefirst performances at the Edinburgh Festival two years ago. TheAmerican performances will be staged by Peter Sellars.

Washington, D.C., will be treated to the American premieres of twoCzech operas, both to be mounted by the Sokol Opera. The first, inspring '83, is DRATENIK by FrantiSek Skroup (dating back to 1826),the other, which will appear the following season, is KRAL A UHLIR(The King and the Coalminer) by Antonin Dvofdlc (premiered 1871,revised 1887). Both operas will be sung in the original language.

Another Dvof6k opera which is being considered for a premiere produc-tion in the U.S. is DIMITRU, first heard in Prague in 1882. A concertperformance by the Collegiate Chorale at Carnegie Hall is contemplatedfor 1983-84.

When the Finnish National Opera visits New York next April, it willbring two contemporary Finnish works for presentation here at theMet. April 26 is the opening date for the one-week guest appearance,and the operas are Kokkonen's THE LAST TEMPTATION and Sallinen'sTHE RED LINE.

December 9-12 will bring the first staged production of Gluck's PARISAND HELEN to Queens College. It will be performed in a new Englishtranslation by Lee Goldstein. The work was first heard here at TownHall (American Opera Society) in 1954.

Aulis Sallinen has been commissioned jointly by the Savonlinna Festival NEW OPERASand the BBC to write THE KING GOES FORTH TO FRANCE. A ABROADpremiere is planned for summer '84 at the Finnish festival, to befollowed by performances at the Royal Opera, Covent Garden and byBBC broadcasts.

The Royal Opera, Covent Garden has three additional commissionsoutstanding, two of them also in collaboration with other opera com-panies. One was awarded Edward Cowie to write NED KELLY forthe Victoria State Opera in Australia, where it will be heard beforebeing brought to London. The second is a new opera by Thea Musgrave,ordered jointly by the Houston Grand Opera and the Royal Opera.The solo commission went to Gyorgi Ligeti, who is to complete a workfor a first performance in 1990. Meanwhile, Covent Garden plansBritish firsts of Stockhausen's Donnerstag aus Licht for 1985-86, andBerio's La Vera storia for the following season. The English NationalOpera announced the first British performance of Ligeti's Le Grandmacabre for the current season.

A classical Persian poem is the basis of an opera commissioned fromAnthony Powers by the Nedina High School in Newport, Isle of Wight,England. The premiere of the two-act THE SEARCH FOR THESIMORGH took place on May 14. Described as "an allegorical questfor self-knowledge", the opera has a libretto by Dick Davis.

On January 5, Den Jyske Opera in Aarhus, Denmark, will premierePer Norgaard's fourth opera, THE DIVINE CIRCUS. — Last April,

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Stockholm's Oskar Theatern offered a new children's opera, DER MAER-CHENPROFESSOR. Lasse Dahlberg and Bjorn Isfalt wrote the music,Britt Hallquist and Christina Lagerson the text.

LA TERESINA is an Italian children's opera by Roberto Hazon, witha text by V.A. Castiglioni. It was premiered in 1972, although notpreviously reported here, and has had repeated performances in Italy,Germany, France, and Belgium, all in respective translations. It hasalso enjoyed several television broadcasts in these countries. Thetwo-act, 70-minute work was written to be performed for and bychildren in the 10-12 year age group. It is available from SonzognoPublishers, and is scored for chamber orchestra or piano accompani-ment. — Mr. Hazon's earlier music theatre work, L'AMANTE CUBISTA,was given an 80-performance tour through Europe and Canada underthe auspices of Les Jeunesses musicales. The two character (sopranoand baritone) story is accompanied by two pianos, and the publisheris Curci, Italy. — The same composer's mono-opera Madame Landru,for mezzo-soprano with two pianos, first heard in Majorca in 1963, isavailable from Sonzogno, not Riccordi as listed in an earlier COSdirectory.

The 1983 Salzburg Festival plans to present Luciano Berio's latestoperatic work, UN RE IN ASCOLTA. — DER ALCHEMIST, afull-length opera by Max Lang, is scheduled for a first performanceon April 15 at the Stadttheater, St. Gallen, in Switzerland. — Thesame month, Freiburg, Germany, is planning the premiere of SENN-TUNTSCHI, created by Swiss composer Jost Meier and librettist MartinMarkun. — Ingomar Griinauer's latest opera, AMLETH UND FENGO,is scheduled for a first production on May 30, 1983, by the Stadttheaterin Heidelberg. — Walter Haupt, whose various music theatre pieceswere premiered at Munich's Experimentierbiihne, will see his one-actMARAT produced for the first time at the opera house in Kassel.The opening date is June 23, 1983; the work will share the programwith the German premiere of Don Perlimplin.

With no copyright recognition in Eastern bloc countries, Czech composerVa'clav Kaslik needed no permission to adapt Fellini's LA STRADA intoa one-act opera (see also Commissions). The first performance tookplace at Prague's S met ana Theatre on January 13, 1982, with sets andprojections designed by Josef Svoboda. — Jan F. Fischer's latestwork, COPERNICUS, will be premiered by the National Theatre Com-pany in Prague on June 16, 1983. — ROSES FOR JOHANNA, byOtmar Mdcha with a libretto by Josef Pavek, is loosely based on theHeydrich assassination during the German occupation of Prague. TheJanacek Opera House in Brno staged the premiere on January 8, 1982,with Jiri Pinkas conducting. •

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NEWS FROM OPERA COMPANIESThe formation of THE SALT LAKE CITY OPERA THEATRE has not NEW COMPANIESpreviously been reported here. In its first year, the company offeredthe Verdi Requiem, followed in 1980 by a double-bill of Cavalleriarusticana and Suor Angelica. Last season, the Opera Theatre graduatedto two full productions, Madama Butterfly, and Gianni Schicchi togetherwith II Tabarro, each performed four times. Founder Bob Zabriskieis general manager and David Baer is director of personnel. Offeringemployment opportunities primarily for area artists, the companyperforms in the 2,000-seat Kingsbury Hall of the University of Utah,and uses an orchestra of about 60. — The Utah Opera, under GladePeterson, is the older company in the city, having started in 1977. Itgives three productions in 14 performances, and imports its leadingsingers fron the East and West coasts.

A new company in Nevada is THE LAS VEGAS OPERA. It openedwith a benefit concert last June, and has scheduled Don Giovanni andMacbeth for its inaugural season. Its managing director is R. Sullivan.

The SAN JOSE COMMUNITY OPERA THEATRE is the result of aslow evolution of the Opera Theatre at San Jose State University intoan independent organization. Both are under the directorship of IreneDalis. This season the Community Opera will offer Amahl and theNight Visitors together with a dance piece with music by Kirke Mechem,another contemporary double-bill of Hoiby's The Scarf and Hollings-worth's Harrison Loved His Umbrella, and in the spring, Cosi fan tutte.The company's Outreach Program will take the Hollingsworth operaand Many Moons to schools and community centers, while the thirdprogram, under the title of Community Opera Touring, travels withRita, The Old Maid and the Thief, and an opera scenes program.

Another company which has its roots in the academic opera workshopis the RED RIVER LYRIC THEATRE in Wichita Falls, Texas. BaritoneRobert Hanson, who heads the workshop at Midwestern State Universityin the same city, opened his first season with four performances ofDie Fledermaus; he mounted two productions last summer, and plansto give 15 performances of three operas in repertory during July '83.

"An Evening in the Eighteenth Century", presenting La Serva padronaand The Impresario, will introduce the newly formed AMERICANSINGERS ENSEMBLE in New York. Affiliated with Musica Nobilis,Inc., and the Cultural Council Foundation, the ensemble is devoted toopera in English presented in "total theatricality". The Church of theGood Shepherd on West 66 Street is the group's theatre.

The first SAN ANTONIO FESTIVAL (see Vol. 24, No. 1) will featuresome 80 separate events between May 14 and June 5, 1983. All typesof music, from symphonic (San Antonio Symphony, Dallas and Houstonorchestras) to jazz and western will be offered; ballet performanceswill include a number of visiting companies, and opera will featurethe first U.S. visit by the Deutsche Oper Berlin. May 22, 25, and 28are the performance dates for Salome, with Karan Armstrong, RuthHesse, Ingvar Wixell, and Hans Beirer in a production staged by GotzFriedrich and designed by Wieland Wagner. Horst Stein will conduct,with the San Antonio Symphony in the pit. The orchestra, under itsmusic director Lawrence Smith, will also give a concert performance

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of La Damnation de Faust, with Frederica von Stade and Paul Plishka,at the Theatre for the Performing Arts . In addition, Britten's ProdigalSon will be performed at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, and "Bernsteinon Broadway" at Beethoven Hall. Enhancing the interest in the Straussopera will be performances of the original Wilde play May 17-21.

A CHANGE A determined move to put the NEW YORK CITY OPERA on a sounderIN SEASON financial footing resulted in the consolidation of the fall and spring

seasons beginning in 1983. The company will open at the Sta te Theatrein early July and play uninterruptedly until mid-November. The summerweeks, when there are tourists but no staged opera performances atLincoln Center , will include a three-week run of an operet ta , whilerehearsals for new fall productions take place simultaneously. Thetwo or three-week guest engagement in Los Angeles at the end of theNew York season is expected to continue, and additional tour possibil-ities are under investigation. These would be independent of thecompany's touring ensemble, formerly known as the National OperaTouring Company and now renamed the New York City Opera NationalCompany. — Meanwhile, due to the severity of the situation, thecompany's art ists and staff members, in conjunction with their unions,have agreed to a wage freeze for the current season. New contractswith ten different unions were to have been re-negotiated this fall.— Other assistance came in the form of a $500,000 grant from WarnerCommunications Inc. for new productions over the next three years,a $100,000 grant from ITT to underwrite the rehearsal costs of thefour new productions this season, and a substantial increase in sub-scriptions following the intensive campaign, with a 20 percent discountoffer.

CANCELLATIONS A notice of cancellation came from the ATLANTA CIVIC OPERA,which had originally planned two productions for this season. Thiscompany, too, hopes to raise sufficient monies within a year to coverpast deficits and reopen in 1983-84.

The SAN DIEGO OPERA has cancelled its 1983 Verdi Festival in orderto conserve funds. The promise to resume in 1984 has been confirmedby the announcement that the Festival will present Mme. Sutherlandin / Masnadieri, and Sherrill Milnes in Simon Boccanegra.

MORE Similarly, the CENTRAL CITY OPERA will reopen with two productionsREOPEN INGS in summer 1983, after suspending the 1982 season for lack of funds.

La Traviata and L'Elisir d'amore will be performed in repertory, andthe Apprentice Program will also be reactivated.

Several other companies which remained on the sidelines during the1981-82 season have announced programs for the current year. TheNEW YORK LYRIC OPERA plans three contemporary works in atraditional theatre setting, and Monteverdi's Coronation of Poppea ata New York discotheque; the NATIONAL LYRIC OPERA in Washington,D.C., has ambitious plans for productions of Faust and Boris Godunov,the NORTH MIAMI BEACH OPERA will return with two full productionsand the Verdi Requiem; the COLORADO OPERA FESTIVAL will in-crease its productions to two next summer; the NEW YORK CITYOPERA NATIONAL COMPANY resumes its tour performances this fall,and the INDIANAPOLIS OPERA is returning to a four-productionschedule after a season curtailed to one single opera.

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Due to the NEW YORK CITY OPERA'S new schedule (see above), itsperformances this season will be greatly curtailed. The fall seasonbegan, as it always had, in late August, to finish in December in LosAngeles. There will not be a spring season, which consequently reducesthe number of productions from 26 to 16, and the weeks of performancesfrom 26 to 14. — The NEW ORLEANS OPERA is the only othermajor company to cut back the number of its productions, offeringfour instead of five operas. — The San Francisco Opera's WESTERNOPERA THEATER will be restricted to a fall tour of one opera only.

There have been a number of opera companies which started as adivision of the resident orchestra - Orlando, Columbus, San Antonio,to name ju:t a few. However, the LYRIC OPERA OF KANSAS CITYmay well be the first opera company, certainly the first Americanopera company, to take on the management of the local symphonyorchestra. After some years of financial problems and little visiblecommunity support, the Kansas City Philharmonic finally disbanded,an orchestra with a history of almost 50 years. A gift of $1 millionfrom R. Crosby Kemper facilitated the founding of a new orchestra,the Kansas City Symphony, under the auspices of the Lyric Opera andits founder and director Russell Patterson. The new symphony iscomprised of 72 musicians, primarily members of the former Phil-harmonic, and serves, of course, the opera and also the ballet. Withintwo months of its formation, it organized and offered a subscriptionseries of ten pairs of concerts. It plans to include pops and outreachprograms in addition to subscription concerts featuring internationalartists. The events are held from November until May at the LyricTheatre, a house owned and operated by the opera company. Thesuccess and/or problems of the first season will determine whetherthe present affiliation between the opera company and the orchestrashall become a permanent arrangement.

At the same time, the LYRIC OPERA OF KANSAS CITY is increasingits own productions and performances this season. Three operas ofthe classic repertoire were given 14 performances in September-October, and a third work will be added to the usual two given duringthe spring season. To celebrate its 25th anniversary, the April themeis American contemporary opera, and there will be a total of tenperformances within this series (see Performance Listing).

The neighboring OPERA THEATRE OF SAINT LOUIS, perhaps coinci-dentally, continues to widen its performance sphere and expand itsactivities. Supported by the Raintree Arts Council, a production ofThe Beggar's Opera was staged by the company in a most unusualsetting, The Apple Shed in Clarksville. In December, the companywill return to Washington University with The Pirates of Penzance.The main June season features four productions (again including onepremiere) in 25 performances at the Loretto-Hilton Theatre at WebsterCollege. July and August are reserved for "Opera on the Road", aconcert tour of seven young singers and an accompanist offering"favorite selections" from opera, operetta, and musicals in communitycenters, parks, schools, etc.

Thanks to the BOSTON LYRIC OPERA, Wagnerites could hear thecomplete Ring des Nibelungen in concert last summer, and stagedproductions of the tetralogy are being considered for next summer.

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This would again be under the auspices of the Wagner InternationalInstitution, Inc. Meanwhile, this season's varied fare will offer threemajor productions in six performances, one opera with piano at theGardner Museum, and three evenings of different chamber operas ata dinner theatre. (See Performance Listing.)

For the last two seasons, the MISSISSIPPI OPERA restricted its twoproductions to a June Festival in conjunction with a young artistsprogram at Millsaps College. With the engagement of a new artis-tic/musical director (see Appointments), the company will return toindependently given performances this year. It has scheduled Aida forFebruary, and The Barber of Seville for May and a subsequent tour.The apprentice program has been suspended, at least temporarily.

The seven-year-old OAKLAND OPERA will move to a new theatrethis season, and will also change from three to five productions in tenperformances. As the relocation is from a non-union to a union house,the company expects to double its budget of last season.

NEW NAMES To avoid mistaken identities, the former Eastern Opera Theatre hasNEW ADDRESSES been more descriptively renamed the BALTIMORE OPERA TOURING

THEATRE. (Another Eastern Opera Theatre tours out of New York.)

Similarly, the former National Touring Opera Company is now easilyrecognizable as the NEW YORK CITY OPERA NATIONAL COMPANY.(The National Opera Company is the 32-year-old touring ensemblebased in Raleigh, North Carolina.)

The DALLAS OPERA moved its administrative offices to the MajesticTheatre, 1925 Elm Street, Dallas, Texas 75201, with a new telephonenumber of (214) 747-8600. The move was prompted by the generousoffer of the Hoblitzelle Foundation, the original owner of the theatre,to underwrite the office space costs. This may also bring the companya step closer to the realization of a spring season of chamber operaat the Majestic. The international fall season is presented at the3,400-seat Music Hall at Fair Park.

The administrative offices of the LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO havea new telephone number: (312) 332-2244.

MOREOVERSEASTOURS

The Reichhold Center for the Arts at the College of the Virgin Islandshas invited the ORLANDO OPERA to bring its production of DieEntfuhrung aus dem Serail to St. Thomas. The performance will takeplace at the end of March and will use a local chorus and a newEnglish adaptation entitled The Abduction from the Harem.

May and June 1984 will find the ENGLISH NATIONAL OPERA visitingthe United States for the first time. The tour, sponsored by the U.S.Friends of ENO, will start in Texas with performances in Houston,Austin, and San Antonio, continue on to New Orleans, and close withperformances at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York. Thefollowing operas have been mentioned as the possible repertoire of thetour: War and Peace, Patience, Salome, Turn of the Screw, and Britten'sGloriana, which would be an American premiere. If the Strauss operais shown in San Antonio it might make for an interesting comparisonwith the imported production of the Berlin Opera (see New Companies).

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OPERA THEATRE NORTHWEST is t he n a m e of t he tour ing ensemble EDUCATIONALof t he Po r t l and O p e r a . L a s t s eason i t gave 22 pe r fo rmances of t h r e e & COMMUNITYoperas , and over 70 pe r fo rmances of workshop and ensemble p rog rams . PROGRAMS

The Florentine Opera's educational program travels in and aroundMilwaukee under the name of WISCONSIN OPERA THEATER. Thisyear's opera is Rossini's Cenerentola, coproduced with the Music forYouth Orchestra.

Additional performance opportunities for the young artists participatingin the SAN FRANCISCO OPERA CENTER training program will befour after-dinner performances of "Opera at Maxwell's Plum". Aprogram of arias and ensembles has been prepared for November andDecember presentations.

For the first time, the ASOLO OPERA in Sarasota has acceptedapprentice singers who are to work with the company's professionalstaff and participate in performances as chorus members and/or corn-prim arios.

Under the title MATINEE OPERA, young singers of the Florida LyricOpera offer programs of scenes and arias in costume with piano.Apprentices, who also receive instruction and training, are acceptedwithout charge and without pay; preference is given to residents ofthe Tampa Bay area.

Arts organizations receiving a bonus from American Express whenevera card is used or a new subscriber enrolled was mentioned in an earlierissue of the Bulletin. Similarly, to promote its new direct route fromDallas/Fort Worth airport to London, AMERICAN AIRLINES donates$5 to the Dallas Symphony for each passenger boarding this non-stopflight from the Texas airport. Further arrangements make Americanthe official airline of the Symphony's 1984 tour of Great Britain.Other airlines have flown an entire performing arts ensemble free ofcharge, or have given special consideration to artists, in exchange forthe use of the names in publicity material. Some accept shortpromotional films from performing arts organizations located in citiesserved by the carrier, for in-flight showings.

Special favors or privileges for patrons or subscribers are welcomedby them and may even put a little extra cash into the companies'coffers. A special discount arrangement with a record store (on alloperatic records or on artists or operas in a company's season) or aspecial discount on pre-opera dinners at restaurants near the theatreare only two of many options. The VIRGINIA OPERA offers eachnew subscriber a "free box-seat ticket to the Met", in this casereferring to its Metro Park, where the local baseball team plays. TheBOSTON LYRIC OPERA COMPANY benefitted from a special antiquesappraisal by a major auction firm, with $5 for a verbal appraisal ofone item, $12.50 for three. Several companies arrange for benefitopera film screenings; the BALTIMORE OPERA got its bid in earlyfor Pavarotti in Yes, Giorgio before he was seen in commercial moviehouses in the city, and the SAN FRANCISCO OPERA orchestra lastyear accompanied Gance's Napoleon. In PORTLAND, where WutheringHeights was just premiered, the opera company devised a special filmfestival featuring those movies for which Bernard Hermann, the opera's

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composer, had written the score (Citizen Kane, Jane Eyre, Psycho,Taxi Driver).

While the idea of opera cookbooks may not be a novelty, the WASHING-TON OPERA capitalized on its location by featuring in its newpublication recipies from five first ladies, from long-time White Housechef Henry Haller, and from members of the diplomatic and socialelite. The 288-page, illustrated book was launched at a formal receptionwhich featured some of the special dishes included in this gourmetguide. It may be ordered for $10 postpaid from the Washington Opera.

OPERADELAWARE and HIDDEN VALLEY MUSIC both benefitted thisyear from "Designer Showcases" especially arranged for their patrons.Twenty-three and 16 interior designers participated in the respectiveexhibits. The Delaware event was held in cooperation with the Divisionof Parks and Recreation, and a special lecture series was sponsoredby the University of Delaware Department of Textiles, Design, andConsumer Economics.

We have frequently reported on the promotional value of coordinatingattractions with the ethnic or cultural background, history, or settingof a specific opera. Madama Butterfly is not the only example,although it seems the one which inspires the greatest activities. TheCHARLOTTE OPERA, which invited Shozo Sako to stage its productionin Kabuki style, will offer a number of events including special lecturesand courses by the visiting Kabuki master. The MICHIGAN OPERAin Detroit, which included an Armenian opera in last year's scheduleand a Polish one this year, is soliciting and receiving support fromthose segments of the city's population. The large Polish communityorganized special polka parties, a visit to an old Polish church wherea dinner was served, and special guest lectures, all in connection withand for the benefit of the opera company. A committee even arrangedfor the loan of authentic Polish costumes for the performances.

Among the buttons, slogans, and other promotional materials distributedby companies, two ideas seem particularly catchy. The VANCOUVERSYMPHONY offers "your golden opportunity to perform for the or-chestra — no musical training required". This solicitation letter,followed by telephone calls, resulted in a more than doubling of donorsand donations. — TRI-CITIES OPERA confidently states, "We Appealto You".

SUBSCRIPTION The SEATTLE OPERA is one of a number of companies offering aAND TICKETS "Short Season Package", a subscription to the remainder of its season,

following the performances of its first production. — The DALLASOPERA has continued its special discount for student subscriptions incertain areas of the house, and TRI-CITIES OPERA offers a 42 percentdiscount for a senior citizen's subscription to its Sunday matinee series.— The FLORENTINE OPERA in Milwaukee offered a 15 percentdiscount on group sales of 25 or more tickets for its opening production.

The DALLAS company also announced that, for the first time, itsopera tickets will be available through Ticketron in 18 major citiesacross the country.

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sales, despite, or because of, the inclusion of the American premiereof a contemporary British opera in its repertoire. — The WASHINGTONOPERA and the LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO also report heavydemands for tickets, and full houses.

It is interesting to note that those companies which raised their ticketprices for the 1981-82 season, almost without exception continuedthose prices in the current season. Companies whose prices remainedstable from 80-81 to 81-82 increased their fees this year. The mostexpensive tickets run $60 and $55 at the Met (respectively, weekendsand weekdays), $60 at the Seattle Festival, $50 in Washington, Miami,and San Francisco, $48 at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, $45 in Houstonand Den/er (Opera Colorado), $40 in Santa Fe, Dallas, and Tulsa, and$35 in Philadelphia. Shreveport, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Portland, NewJersey State, Connecticut Opera, and Connecticut Grand are amongthose receiving $30 for their best seats.

The original Sadler's Wells Opera Company took its name from the NEW COMPANIEStheatre in which it performed. Later, it changed its name to English ABROADNational Opera , and moved to the Coliseum. Now a NEW SADLER'SWELLS OPERA COMPANY has been founded. It produces t h ree lightoperas during January and February in a to t a l of 30 per formances . In1983, when t h e Sadler 's Wells Thea t r e ce l eb ra t e s i ts 300th anniversary,the company will offer The Count of Luxembourg, Countess Maritza,and The Mikado. — Austra l ia has added a new company under Genera lDi rec to r Neil Duncan, the LYRIC OPERA OF QUEENSLAND.

Unresolved labor negotiat ions be tween management and dancers of the BRIEFLYAMERICAN BALLET THEATRE caused a work s toppage which began NOTED:in ear ly September and which las ted near ly t h r e e months . Appearances BALLETin Par is , Boston, and Washington were cancel led; a November s e t t l e m e n tfinally saved the remainder of the season.

The J O F F R E Y BALLET will become t h e res ident dance company ofthe Los Angeles Music Cen te r beginning in the 1983-84 season. Thecompany will cont inue i ts annual nat ional tours .

A new orches t ra , the MARYLAND SYMPHONY, has been founded in SYMPHONYHagerstown. Internationally renowned horn virtuoso Barry Tuekwell isits music director , and the first concer t took place in November.

Negotiat ions on various orchestra cont rac t s brought differing resul ts .In addition to the aforementioned Kansas City Philharmonic, the18-year-old FLORIDA PHILHARMONIC in Miami was dissolved. Mem-bers of the NATIONAL SYMPHONY in Washington agreed to a one-yearmoratorium on wages (as did members of t he New York Ci ty Opera)after seeing the orchestra 's books and projected budget. Agreementswere reached in CHICAGO and NEW YORK, although the former didnot s e t t l e until after a two-week s t r ike . Musicians of the SYRACUSEORCHESTRA also struck before an agreement was signed.

THEATRE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP, the service organization for THEATREnot-for-profit theatres, reported that seven of its member theatresclosed for financial reasons during the 1981-82 season. Some of thesetheatres were long-established, one being founded 18 years ago. •

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SUMMER '83 The SAN FRANCISCO OPERA FESTIVAL, which opens May 27, willintroduce new productions of the first two works of Der Ring desNibelungen. Siegfried will be added in 1984, and Gbtterdammerung in1985, at which time the complete cycle of these new productions willconstitute the Festival. The performances will be conducted by Edode Waart, music director of the San Francisco Symphony, directed byNikolaus Lehnhoff, and designed by John Conklin. In addition to DasRheingold and Die Walkiire, the 1983 Festival will also include produc-tions of La Boheme, Cosi fan tutte, and Carmen.

The PACIFIC NORTHWEST FESTIVAL in Seattle will again show theGerman and English Ring Cycles between July 23 and August 6.

The SANTA FE OPERA has announced a varied 1983 season, openingwith Orpheus in the Underworld and followed by Don Pasquale, thefirst American staging of Cavalli's L'Orione, Arabella, and closing withThe Turn of the Screw.

May 20 to June 5 are the dates of the SPOLETO FESTIVAL USA inCharleston, South Carolina, where this year's operatic fare will featureBarber's Antony and Cleopatra, Menotti's A Bride from Pluto, andPuccini's La Rondine. — Colorado tourists and residents will havethe opportunity to hear La Traviata and L'Elisir d'amore in CENTRALCITY, and Don Giovanni and Carmen produced by the COLORADOOPERA FESTIVAL at the new Pikes Peak Performing Arts Center.

The DES MOINES METRO OPERA in Indianola, Iowa, will contrast thelight La Fille du regiment and The Merry Widow with the verismodouble-bill of Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci. — Camelot, TheYeomen of the Guard, and Cosi fan tutte will make up this summer'sseason of the RED RIVER LYRIC THEATRE in Wichita Falls, Texas.

As always, New York State abounds in music festivals, and the ambitioustraveller will be able to hear Lucia di Lammermoor, Ariadne aufNaxos, Kiss Me Kate, and the premiere of Paxton's The Adventuresof Friar Tuck in Glens Falls, as produced by the LAKE GEORGEOPERA, The Mikado, Rigoletto, and The Abduction from the Seraglioin Cooperstown, performed by the GLIMMERGLASS OPERA, The MerryWidow, Manon Lescaut, Of Mice and Men, and Le Nozze di Figaro inCHAUTAUQUA, and Hello, Dolly!, H.M.S. Pinafore, Salome, and Ri-goletto in Lewiston, presented by ARTPARK. Venturing further north,one might see Eugene Onegin and La Cenerentola at the National ArtsCentre, produced by the OTTAWA FESTIVAL OPERA.

1983-84 cont. Terence McEwen, general director of the SAN FRANCISCO OPERA,announced the engagement of the Italian composer/conductor GiuseppeSinopoli. In September '83, he will lead La Traviata, and return inSeptember '84 for Emani.

Emani will also be in the METROPOLITAN OPERA'S repertoire in1983-84. The company's centennial season will open with Les Troyens,featuring Jessye Norman and Placido Domingo.

Fall '83 will bring a new production of Aida to the LYRIC OPERAOF CHICAGO, with Anna Tomowa-Sintow and Fiorenza Cossotto vying

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for Luciano Pavarotti's favor. A revival of Der fliegende Hollanderis also on the schedule.

More Wagner, in this centennial year of his death, is included in theprograms of the SAN DIEGO OPERA (Lohengrin in September) and theBALTIMORE OPERA (Die Walkure in February).

The NEW YORK CITY OPERA will continue its baroque festival withRaymond Leppard conducting Handel's Alcina next fall. Other newproductions include Pique Dame, sponsored by Warner Communications,and La Rondine, sponsored by the Gramma Fisher Foundation.

The Rake's Progress, La Forza del destino, Carmen, and La Fille duregiment comprise the 1983 season of the DALLAS OPERA. Eachwill be given four performances between November 3 and December23; the first two mentioned are works new to the area. — Thecompany continues to work toward the completion of its new Ringproduction with the addition of Siegfried in 1984, and Gotterdammerungthe following year.

Madama Butterfly and Salome will be two of the three operas presentedby the FLORENTINE OPERA of Milwaukee.

The four operas announced by L'OPERA DE MONTREAL for the comingseason are Manon, Le Nozze di Figaro, Turandot, and Rigoletto. —TheMANITOBA OPERA will share Edmonton 's Norma, and, in addit ion,will t r e a t Winnipeg audiences to per fo rmances of L'Elisir d'amore andAida.

Herbe r t von Karajan will honor Wagner a t the SALZBURG EASTER EUROPEANFESTIVAL by present ing a new product ion of Lohengrin. — A t the FESTIVALSSUMMER FESTIVAL, he will d i rec t and conduct a new product ion ofDer Roserikavalier. The other major operas to be performed therewill be Idomeneo and Die Zauberflb'te under James Levine, Fideliounder Lorin Maazel, and Cos\ fan tutte under Riccardo Muti.

Another Austrian festival, that in BREGENZ, will bring Kiss Me Kateto its floating stage on the lake, and Der Freischiitz, in a Schenk/Schnei-der-Siemssen production, to its new Festspielhaus. Performances arescheduled between July 22 and August 20.

The GLYNDEBOURNE FESTIVAL will run from May 26 to August 10,and will feature new productions of Idomeneo and La Cenerentola, andrevivals of Die EntfUhrung aus dem Serail, Intermezzo, and The Lovefor Three Oranges. — The following summer will be the 50thanniversary of the Festival, and two Mozart operas which were pre-sented in the opening year will return in 1984: Le Nozze di Figaroand Cosi fan tutte. L'lncoronazione di Poppea, the first baroque operaat Glyndebourne, has also been scheduled, as has the highly acclaimedproduction of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Appearing at Glyndebournefor the first time will be Strauss's Arabella.

BAYREUTH is getting ready for a completely new production of DerRing des Nibelungen, this time under the musical direction of Sir GeorgSolti and staged by Peter Hall. Rounding out the Wagner centennialseason will be productions of Die M eistersinger von NUmberg, Tristanund Isolde, and Parsifal. •

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NEA As of early December, no congressional vote had decided the specificamount to be appropriated for the NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THEARTS or the NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES. Bothare operating under the interim measure of a "continuing resolution"which set the appropriation level a t that of the previous year. Thus,NEA is currently working with a $143 million allocation. Of thisamount, $11.5 million was distributed in challenge grants requiring athree to one match; the largest , $800,000, went to Dance Theatre ofHarlem. Last year, a total of $15 million was spent in challengegrants. — The FY'82 Music Program distributed $8.4 million inorchestral grants to 154 organizations, and $433,200 in choral grantsto 81 professional choruses and two choral projects. The Opera-MusicalTheater Program made 130 grants in FY'82, disbursing $5.6 million.

The National Council on the Arts recently voted in favor of a newpilot project which allows the National Endowment to make directfederal grants to small, community-based arts organizations. Here-tofore, these had been served only by s ta te or local arts councils.Between $1 million and $2 million will be set aside for what is expectedto total some 15 grants in the first year. Recipients will be chosenby peer panel reviews, and the federal monies will have to be matchedlocally before the grant can be realized.

A new NEA Fellowship Program sponsors six to twelve months of studyin Japan. For further information contact Kathleen Bannon.

NEA Regional Representatives were reduced from twelve to six, andthe regions were re-drawn. (A listing is available from COS.)

REGIONAL 6 The GREAT LAKES ARTS ALLIANCE announced the publication of aSTATE AGENCIES resource directory entitled "Touring Performing Companies". En-

compassing the s ta tes of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio, the $8directory lists some 200 companies. It is a companion publication to"Presenters of Performing Arts". Both are available from the Alliance,11424 Bellflower Rd., Cleveland, Ohio 44106.

For the first t ime last year, OREGON taxpayers were able to designate$5 or less of their tax refunds for use by the arts in their s ta te . Inorder to avoid a conflict with the Sta te Arts Council funds, tax-refundmoney will be used exclusively for arts facilities (acquisition, reno-vation, or construction). The 1981 returns netted over $100,000 towardsthe program. — ALABAMA and LOUISIANA recently passed similarlaws, although these funds will be administered by the respective s ta tearts councils. New York, which was the first s t a te to propose sucha tax check-off, has yet to pass the bilL

MUNICIPAL The City of SANTA FE is granting part of the monies raised by itsPROGRAMS hotel/motel tax to local arts organizations.

Arts Management honors especially generous and particularly imagina-tive corporate donors on the national level, and some communitiesconduct similar programs on a municipal scale. The KANSAS CITYARTS COUNCIL joined with the Chamber of Commerce, CorporateReport magazine, and the Kansas City Star in selecting and honoringin the first category a corporation which donated $1 million to an art

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gallery, and in the second category a law firm which provided pro-fessional assistance to a theatre.

The PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIESnamed Diane Brokaw as its executive director and opened offices at726 Jackson Place NW, Washington, DC 20503.

President Reagan's latest appointed member of the NATIONAL COUN-CIL ON THE ARTS is C. Douglas Dillon, chairman of the board ofthe Metropolitan Museum and former Secretary of the Treasury.

The former National Assembly of Community Arts Agencies is nowcalled t t e NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF LOCAL ARTS AGENCIES.

OPERA AMERICA, DANCE USA, and the AMERICAN SYMPHONYORCHESTRA LEAGUE have all vacated their former offices and willhenceforth share the same building: 633 E Street NW, Washington, DC20004.

The new address of CHAMBER MUSIC AMERICA is 215 Park AvenueSouth, New York, NY 10003.

The U.S. branch of the BRITISH AMERICAN ARTS ASSOCIATIONopened an office at 1789 Columbia Rd. NW, Washington, DC 20009.Nan S. Levinson is executive director and Hamish Sandison is president.

A new organization, THE ASSOCIATION FOR CLASSICAL MUSIC, hasbeen founded for the promotion of classical music. Its address is 128Central Park South, Suite 5D, New York, NY 10019. The foundingboard of governors includes Matt Biberfeld, Martin Bookspan, MargaretCarson, Schuyler Chapin, John Corigliano, Leonard Marcus, Roy Moore,Jack Romann, Stuart Schwartz, Gerard Schwarz, and Teri Noel Towe.

The ACUCAA has established a technical assistance fund to aidpresenting organizations with specific problems in marketing, fund-raising, programming, facility operation, etc. In order to be eligible,Technical Assistance Program (TAP) applicants must have been inexistence for at least two years, maintain a yearly or seasonal programof at least five professional touring presentations, and have a minimumof one full-time administrator.

BOX OFFICE MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL will hold its conventionin London January 25-28. The title of the meeting is "Box Office inTransition - New Perspective". For further information, address BOMIat 500 East 77 Street, New York, NY 10162.

The CANADA COUNCIL is considering the creation of a separate"Media Arts Section", which would also include the performing arts asthey relate to media art. At the moment, Media Art is part of theCC's Visual Arts Section. •

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Although there was a slight decrease in performing organizations andin performances last season (see COS Inside Information), academicopera workshops registered a small gain, both in performing groupsand in number of performances. Indiana University Opera Theatrestill leads with eight full evening productions, with Arizona StateUniversity in Tempe running a close second with seven productions.In fact, the performances in Arizona exceed those in Indiana by 20.If we consider only workshop performances with orchestral accompani-ment, and count two short operas as one full evening, we find theUniversity of Illinois in Urbana next in line with six productions in 28performances, and the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia with sixproductions in 18 performances. Five full productions were staged byCalifornia State University in Northridge, Florida State University inTallahassee, University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, and TulaneUniversity in New Orleans. (For premieres and unusual repertoire, see"Holding Pattern" in the November issue of Opera News.)

Thirty-three schools of music or opera departments now award specificdegrees in opera or music theatre performance, as compared to 30the previous year; 51 institutions reported cooperative programs withprofessional opera companies in their area. However, many of thesesounded rather vague, and a more formal structure or at least a moredefined and scheduled program would assure some continuation oncethe dialogue was started and some collaboration established.

Two exceptions are the programs established by the Madison CivicOpera in collaboration with MADISON AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGEand the UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, whereby the opera companyaccepts students for apprenticeships in stage lighting, design, etc. Italso includes several singers as understudies. — The Oswego OperaTheatre and SUNY-OSWEGO have arranged for interns in performance,design, and administration to work with the company in order to getsome practical experience and receive academic credit.

Due to curtailed budgets, fewer opera departments took independenttours into the community. The number dropped from 93 to 75institutions, although more community-based organizations were foundto assist with such tours. As we previously reported with the programsof USC and CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY SAN JOSE, the OperaTheatre of the UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON in Seattle has formeda support group, "the F.riends of University Opera", which gives bothfinancial and promotional assistance. This committee also sponsorspre-performance lectures by invited guest speakers such as EdwardDownes, who will open the series. The Lyric Theatre of the UNIVER-SITY OF NORTHERN IOWA in Cedar Falls has its own touring arm,"Opera on the Road", which is supported in part by a grant from theState Arts Council. Three different programs are offered to communitycenters or grade schools: the 30-minute Watch Out! or the Music WillGet You, a 90-minute version of Working, the show based on the bookby Studs Terkel with music by six composers, and a one-hour Workshopin Music Theatre.

The PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF PERFORMING ARTS alternatedlast season's performances of Don Pasquale between the original Italianand an English translation.

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Nine institutions indicated they offer a degree in coaching/accom-panying. Among them is the UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA in Tucson,where John Wustman held masterclasses in Lieder and operatic litera-ture this October.

Next summer, HARVARD UNIVERSITY will hold a special SummerOpera Workshop under music director Christoph Wolf and stage directorPeter Sellars. It will be a seminar for singers, pianists, directors, anddesigners, preparing and performing The Magic Flute. Other projectswill include the staging of several of the major song cycles.

The FESTIVAL OF LEARNING AND PERFORMING, at Loyola-Mary-mount College in Orange, California, offers nine master sessions inOpera, Art Song, Musical Theatre, Body Coordination, and Stage Presen-tation. Teachers include Martial Singher, Giorgio Tozzi, DorothyWarenskjold, and Mona Paulee, with Dr. Susan Brenner as foundingdirector. Each teacher presents his students in one public concert.Singers under 35 may apply; some experience and repertoire arerequired, as are two recommendations and a fee of $35. The firstFestival took place this November. Inquiries should be addressed toSusan Brenner, Director, Festival of Learning and Performing, Box 921,Santa Ana, California 92702.

One of the most demanding musical theatre workshops is administeredby the LOS ANGELES CIVIC LIGHT OPERA. Now in its 20th year,the Workshop accepts just over 20 students, who must be "seasonedperformers, not beginners". Address inquiries to LACLO, The MusicCenter, 135 Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90012.

New York's HIGH SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND ART and HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI WANTED!OF THE PERFORMING ARTS would like to invite their famous grad-uates to the opening celebrations of their new joint building nearLincoln Center. Suggestions of names and addresses of colleagues arerequested.

THE BANFF CENTRE in Alberta is also seeking its graduates, particu-larly those enrolled in the opening year, to be founding members ofa new Alumni Association. 1983 will be the school's 50th anniversary. •

PERFORMERS' COLLECTIONS AND ARCHIVESDana College in Blair, Nebraska, has established nowned soprano, with Gilda Cruz-Romo, Sheilaa LAURITZ MELCHIOR ARCHIVE, at present Nadler, and Spiro Malas participating,holding some memorabilia and recordings. Ad-ditional material relating to the celebrated Hel- _.

VILLA PACE, Rosa Ponselle's home in Green- and is open to visitors during the summerspring Valley, a suburb of Baltimore, has been months. In addition to viewing the exhibitedopened as a museum. The inaugural festivities memorabilia, guests receive free postcards andincluded a special concert honoring the re- will find recordings for sale. •

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NFW ARTS CENTFRS. RFNOVATED THEATRES

Building booms come in cycles, and there is currently an abundanceof new theatres and performing arts centers under construction oropening this season. This column in the last Bulletin issue aloneoffered peepholes into ten construction sites; another 19 were men-tioned in the preceding issue.

Even more have come to our attention now. The G & D WHARTONCENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS at Michigan State Universityin East Lansing, built at a cost of $20.1 million, and the $16.2 millionDOROTHY DALTON CENTER at Western Michigan University in Kala-mazoo both opened this fall. The latter includes a multi-media roomwith a continuous 250-foot cyclorama, and over 100 prefabricatedpractice rooms.

The KENTUCKY CENTER in Louisville will be completed in September'83 at a cost of $50 million, and the $14 million PIKES PEAK CENTERin Colorado Springs will open later this season. The previously men-tioned arts center in Eugene, Oregon, has been renamed THE HULTCENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, in honor of a $3 millionendowment fund established by the Hult family to assure continuingoperation, maintenance funds, assistance for programming, etc. Thearts center was built with money realized from a municipal bond issueand various grants, without the assistance of any federal or statefunds. The 2,530-seat Silva Concert Hall is named after the majordonor of its $18.5 million cost. The hall has the distinction of beingone of the first to be electronically tuned for resonance response.

A 1985 completion date has been tentatively set for the new TAMPABAY ARTS CENTER, expected to cost $49.5 million. It will house a2,400-seat auditorium, a 900-seat theatre, and a 300-seat convertiblespace. During that same year, the $59 million ORANGE COUNTYPERFORMING ARTS CENTER in Mesa, California, and the $20 millionSIERRA ARTS CENTER in Reno are expected to open. Also underconstruction is a new theatre/concert hall in CLEARWATER, Florida,expected to cost under $10 million.

The Baltimore Symphony inaugurated the new MEYERHOFF CONCERTHALL this fall, and the Lyric Theatre was renovated for the BaltimoreOpera. At the company's November opening it was renamed theBALTIMORE LYRIC OPERA HOUSE.

The 752-seat KINO THEATRE in Albuquerque, New Mexico, has beenrestored to its original 1920's "Pueblo/Art Deeo" design, and all tech-nical facilities have been modernized. The Albuquerque Opera Theatrenow performs there. At the theatre's 1927 opening, a program byPueblo dancers preceded the showing of a movie.

The CALGARY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS projects anopening concert in July '84, when the Calgary Philharmonic will beconducted by its new music director, Mario Bernardi.

Three years ago, the historic PAPER MILL PLAYHOUSE in Millburn,New Jersey, burned down. Because it is the official theatre of thestate, state funds helped in the rebuilding, which cost $4.5 million. The

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house reopened in November with the 1964 British musical, Robertand Elizabeth.

With a special congressional legislation allowing a $9 million governmentgrant and an additional $8 million government loan, WOLF TRAP FARMPARK hopes to commence rebuilding its Filene Center this winter.Additional funds will be raised privately.

Plans are underway to expand the 15-year-old LOS ANGELES MUSICCENTER. It has been suggested to double the present facilities byconstructing adjoining buildings to house a 3,200-seat concert hall/the-atre, a 1,500-seat theatre, and a 500-seat flexible space. Costestimates run about $40 million; construction may begin in 1984-85.

With all this innovation and renovation going on, it is sad to reportthat one of the most beautiful theatre buildings, Lincoln Center'sVIVIAN BEAUMONT THEATRE, has yet to find its rightful place inNew York production schedules. To make the hall more practical andversatile, alterations had been suggested. However, they were neverstarted and the proposed costs have jumped from $4 million to $8million. As a result, the Fan Fox and Leslie Samuels Foundationrecently withdrew its pledge of $4 million. One can only hope thata solution will soon be found to bring life back into the buildingdesigned by Eero Saarinen.

The renovation of Prague's NATIONAL THEATRE is taking longer thanwas first anticipated, and although this is the 100th anniversary ofthe Ndrodni Divadlo, the house will not reopen before fall '83. In themeantime, the company continues to perform in the two other theatreswhich also form part of the National Opera, the Smetana Theatre andthe more intimate baroque Tyl Theatre. •

PUBLISHERS' NEWSG. SCHIRMER, INC., the publisher of Menotti's latest, The Death of the Virgin.latest opera, The Boy Who Grew Too Fast,announced the installation of a toll-free tele- CASA RICORDI and the UNIVERSITY OF CHI-phone number for its performance department: CAGO PRESS have announced the publication1-800-221-4755. This number should be used of Rigoletto in a critical edition by Martinfor rental and performance arrangements only. Chusid. This is the first of a complete criticalThe regular 212 number must be used for in- edition of Verdi operas, with one work to bequiries and orders for purchases. added annually.

George Rochberg*s The Confidence Man is pub- The Romanian State Opera recently revived alished by THEODORE PRESSER, Bryn Mawr, number of operas by Nicolae Bretan (1887-1968);Pennsylvania. some of these performances were broadcast

here on National Public Radio. The RomanianMUSIC ASSOCIATES OF AMERICA in Engle- composer's operatic and other musical materialwood, New Jersey, is the representative of is available for review and performance fromcomposer Richard Owen. His operas include his daughter, Judith Bretan le Bovet, care ofMary Dyer, A Fisherman Called Peter, and his ASCAP. •

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Richard Marshall, former general director of the Charlotte Opera, hasestablished the CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY OPERA, INC., in NewYork. Dedicated to commissioning and producing contemporary operasand musical theatre works for the theatre/opera house, concerts,television, radio, and recording, the Center hopes, through its variousactivities, to further the cause of contemporary opera. Among thepossible projects mentioned are special seminars and workshops forcomposers, librettists, producers, and performers on contemporary operaand its performances. Coordinating joint productions of new works byseveral companies is yet another aim of the Center. Mr. Marshall'sfirst priority is to assemble a committed and supportive board ofdirectors. For further information write Mr. Marshall at Box 1704,New York, New York 10023.

The O'NEILL THEATRE CENTERNATIONAL OPERA/MUSIC THEATRECONFERENCE (formerly the Composer/Librettist Conference) is con-tinuing its successful operation. The dates for this year's Conferenceare again May and June. The categories are opera, music theatreworks, musicals, children's musicals, and music theatre pieces fortelevision. As always, the composer and librettist must be in residenceduring the period in which the work is being developed. They receivefree transportation, room and board, and a $250 per week stipend.

This year's BMI and ASCAP workshops for composers, librettists, andlyricists are held in collaboration with the Dramatists Guild. Thistuition-free MUSICAL THEATER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM has ar-ranged with Playwrights Horizons for possible staged readings, withprofessional performers, of selected works from the program.

The Musical Theatre Program of the TISCH SCHOOL OF THE ARTSat New York University offers academic training for composers, lib-rettists, lyricists, and directors. A recent gift enables the school tooffer two scholarships, established in memory of Oscar Hammerstein II.

Brooklyn College announced the second annual competition for anunpublished, unperformed chamber opera. It must be suitable forstudent performers, have no more than eight solo roles, and be scoredfor no more than ten instruments. The composer must supply a fullscore and parts. The winning work will be performed in February.Last year's winner was Constantinides' Intimations.

The INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOR MUSICAL COMPOSITIONOF OPERA AND BALLET in Geneva is awarding its prizes for orchestralor ballet compositions this coming year. The competition is biennial,and in 1985 will again include operatic compositions. Cosponsored byRadio-Television Suisse Romande, the 1983 contest is dedicated toErnest Ansermet on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his birth.Further information may be obtained from Maison de la Radio, 66Boulevard Carl-Vogt, CH-1211, Geneva, Switzerland.

The CENTER FOR ARTS INFORMATION, 625 Broadway, New York,New York 10012, has published a guide to "Artist Colonies", includingsuch information as residency season, application deadline, and financialassistance. Fifteen such retreats are open to composers and/or per-formers; the list is available from the Center for $1.50.

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Yehudi Menuhin has been named honorary president of the ALEXANDER COMPOSERS'TCHEREPNIN SOCIETY, INC., 270 Madison Avenue, 7th floor, New SOCIETIESYork, New York 10016. In addition to promoting interest in andperformances of the composer's music, the Society plans to assistyoung composers by commissioning new works and offering exchangefellowships.

The STEFAN WOLPE SOCIETY was founded earlier this year in com-memoration of the 80th anniversary of the composer's birth. In additionto promoting performances, the Society hopes to edit and copy thecomposer's unpublished works. Further information is available fromMrs. Hilda Morley Wolpe, 463 West Street, Apt. 321C, New York, NewYork 1C014.

The WAGNER INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTION has opened a new South-ern California chapter, chaired by Irene and Dr. Sherwin Sloan. Itwas inaugurated with a reception and musieale in the Conference Roomof the Los Angeles Music Center. — To avoid confusion, we wouldlike to clarify: the above mentioned Institution has chapters in variouscities with headquarters in New York under Ingo von Boenigk, president.The WAGNER SOCIETY OF NEW YORK is an independent membershiporganization with educational programs, sponsorship of some perfor-mances, and a bimonthly newsletter. Yet another group dedicated tothe promulgation of the composer's works is the WAGNER SOCIETYOF AMERICA, located in Chicago. •

SPECIAL VERSIONS AND ADAPTATIONSWhen THE BEGGAR'S OPERA was staged by text which was used on this occasion. Mr.the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis on an open Haber previously staged the Monteverdi operastage and making use of the total auditorium in the traditional style for other opera com-- The Apple Shed - it was performed in a panies.dramatic adaptation by director Colin Grahamand a musical adaptation by Raymond Leppard. Tom Durrie is responsible for abbreviated ver-

sions of five standard operas for use in schoolmu u-_!.i • J XT v i o-* /-. presentations. He wrote English texts and nar-The highly Praised New York City Opera pro- £ i o n s f TrovStore, Faust, Rigo-duction of CANDDE presented the work in a ftnd ^ f ' M ^ ^new two-act version with some of the original f o ' r m e d b t n e educational program of thematerial restored, the book expanded, and a ^meoma Q

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Canada V5L 4K8.The Malipiero version of Monteverdi's L'lNCO-RONAZIONE DI POPPEA has been scored by The H.C. Robbins Landon edition of Haydn's LEMichael Ward for electronic instruments, to be PESCATRIC1 was used in the opera's premieresung by jazz and rock singers in performances performance in Eisenstadt, Austria, last sum-at the Xenon discotheque in New York. The mer. The performing group consisted of mem-New York Lyric Opera was the performing bers of the Classical Music Seminar of thegroup; its artistic director, John Haber, col- University of Iowa, which held a summer sessionlaborated with Mr. Ward on the new English in Haydn's old home town. •

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COS INSIDE INFORMATIONCOS POSITION A number of posi t ions have r e c e n t l y been filled as a r e su l t of theASSISTANCE COS POSITION ASSISTANCE P R O G R A M , and we have had mos t g r a t i -PROGRAM fying responses from companies remarking on the speed with which

we circulate information on openings and on the high level of theapplicants. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all forthe favorable comments and to remind others who do not use theservice regularly of the categories we cover.

1) High level administrative posts (general manager, executive director,etc.)

2) Director of Development3) Director of Press and/or Public Relations and/or Marketing4) Assistants to any of the above5) Conductor or music director6) Coach/accompanists7) Technical personnel (including stage manager)

We have, for the time being, discontinued the service for stage directorsand for designers, as there have not been sufficient offers of positionsto warrant subscription. In the event that several companies feel aneed for service in these areas and inform us of the positions, weshall be glad to reinstate stage directors and designers to the program.

We are also pleased to report that we will be collaborating withOpportunity Resources for the Performing Arts to assist in distributingsuitable announcements.

COS The 1982-83 ed i t ion of THE DIRECTORY OF OPERA/MUSICAL THE-PUBLICATIONS ATRE COMPANIES AND WORKSHOPS IN THE U.S. AND CANADA

is now available for $9.25 postpaid. As always, the listing is arrangedby state and city. Entries are coded as to budget categories, festivals,orchestras, academic workshops, non-profit theatres, etc., and theinformation includes the name of the company, address, telephonenumber, names of general and artistic directors, and the performingfacility, its capacity, and stage type and dimensions.

Also available is the 1981-82 OPERA REPERTORY USA, divided intocontemporary operas (and indicating world premieres, American pre-mieres, or premiere readings), classical or standard operas and operettas(indicating American premieres), musicals, and Gilbert and Sullivanoperettas. Each list is arranged by title, primarily in the originallanguage, with the composer's name indicated and showing the numberof performances given during the season. The complete list may beordered for $2.50 postpaid. Repertory lists are available for the past10 years, each at the above price.

Finally, the latest Addenda to the CAREER GUIDE FOR THE YOUNGAMERICAN SINGER is always available, and we urge all singers whohave the original 1978 publication to order the Addenda. There arecontinual changes in deadlines, addresses, and managers, new compe-titions are added and others deleted, and it will save the seriousapplicant much time and effort to have the latest information. Anew feature, a supplement to the Addenda, lists audition dates andplaces for the 1983 apprentice or special training programs. The latestAddenda, including the supplement, is available for $2 postpaid.

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CENTRAL OPERA SERVICE ANNUAL U.S. SURVEY STATISTICS

Opera/Musical Theatre Companies and Workshops

PERFORMING GROUPS*

Companies: over $100,000 budgetCompanies: otherCollege/University workshops

Total

NUMBER OF PERFORMANCES

Standard repertoireContemporary foreign repertoireContemporary American repertoire

sub-total

Musicals (exclusive of commercial theatre)Total

NUMBER 0 ' OPERAS PERFORMED

StandardContemporary (foreign)Contemporary (American)

sub-total

Musicals

Total

World Premieres (79 American contemp.)

Premiere Readings (not incl. in World Prems.)

American Premieres

Audiences (in millions)

EXPENSES (in millions)Companies: over $100,000 budgetCompanies: $25,000-$99,999 budgetsAll others

Total

81-82

133416444993

80-81 79-80 78-79 77-78 74-75 70-71 64-65 54-55

127456436

1,019

109458419986

27554

242571

122693

94

14

31

10.9

26362

234559

118677

88

27

25

11.1

95456415966

5,534 5,475 5,482 5,181535 555 548 609

3,456 3,653 3,361 2,7649,510 9,683 9,391 8,554

2,233 2,251 1,397 1,43011,758 11,934 10,788 9,984

23747213497

104601

79

23

22

10.7

78458420956

5,191523

2,0927,806

9068,712

24254

202498

72570

64

7

18

9.94

23755156448

43491

42

21

9.76

54335418807

4,097677

1,6546,428

20971

107387

$191.1 $161.6 $133.6 $111.5 $96.34.9 4.9 3.7 3.8 4.4

41.0 42.4 38.5 31.1 29.8$237.0 $208.9 $175.8 $146.4 $130.5

40269376685

11

8.0

1586799

324

27296409732

167164

na331

11

6.0

$41.2na

280167447

3,332 2,643504 1,533

1,410 na na5,246 4,176 3,217

1,8441,373

103107

nana

•DETAIL OF PERFORMING GROUPS

Companies: budget over $1 millionCompanies: budget over $500,000Companies: budget over $200,000Companies: budget over $100,000

Companies: budget over $50,000Companies: budget over $25,000

Orchestra/Festival/ChorusA vocational/Clubs, etc.Theatres (non-profit)

Total Companies

College/University Workshops

Total Opera Producing Organizations

number of companies1981-82 1980-81

number of performances1981-82 1980-81

1

sub-total

sub-total

sub-total

Dns

28263940

133

514192

95128101324

549

444

993

25244038

127

503282

9419882

374

583

436

1,019

3,513

1,092

3,759

3,394

11,758

3,329

891

4,612

3,102

11,934

MISCELLANEOUS

Companies: community/educationalservice programs

Academia: community/educational programs12075

12893

4,621 (in addition to regular season)759 (in addition to regular season)

Light repertoire of opera companies, workshops, and non-profit theatres included aboveGilbert & Sullivan (14) 1,001 849 performancesClassical operetta (25) 576 648 "Musicals (122) 2,233 2,251 "

3,810 3,748

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COS 1981-82 The annual survey a r t i c l e , covering t rends and de ta i l s of the seasonSURVEY just past , is in the November issue of Opera News. This is the

fifteenth article by Maria F. Rich, executive director of COS andeditor of the COS Bulletin. This year she celebrates her 20th anni-versary with Central Opera Service.

COS SALUTES

...our own METROPOLITAN OPERA NATIONAL COUNCIL on its 30thanniversary, and the four founding members who were honored at aspecial anniversary dinner: Mrs. John Barry Ryan, Mrs. Norris Darrell,Mr. Lowell Wadmond, and Mr. Howard Hook, Jr.

...the SAN FRANCISCO OPERA, celebrating its 60th anniversary, and50 years of performing in the War Memorial Opera House.

...the FLORENTINE OPERA OF MILWAUKEE and THE BANFF CENTREin Alberta on their golden anniversaries, and the LYRIC OPERA OFKANSAS CITY on its silver anniversary.

...THE LAMPLIGHTERS, of San Francisco, on reaching its 30th anniver-sary, and the HIDDEN VALLEY MUSIC SEMINAR AND FESTIVAL inCalifornia and the EDMONTON OPERA on their 20th anniversaries.

...the 10-year-old ANNAPOLIS OPERA in Maryland, the ARKANSASOPERA in Little Rock, which began as the Henderson Opera Theatrein Arkadelphia, and, across the seas, the unique SYDNEY OPERAHOUSE, which was completed in 1973.

...YOUNG AUDIENCES, founded 30 years ago, which in its first yearbrought music to 2,000 school children; last year it reached 3.5 million.

...the RICHARD WAGNER CENTENNIAL YEAR, which will open inJanuary with the nationwide PBS telecast of the Chereau/Boulez Ringproduction from Bayreuth, and which will bring all 13 Wagner operasto the stage of the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich between Januaryand July f83 (all staged with the exception of Die Feen).

...RUSSELL PATTERSON, general and artistic director of the LyricOpera of Kansas City, who received from Columbia University the1982 Ditson Conductor of the Year Award for "sustained service tocontemporary American music, especially in opera by Americans".

...EUGENE ORMANDY, conductor laureate of the Philadelphia Or-chestra of which he was music director for 44 years, on being chosena 1982 Kennedy Center Honoree in the Arts.

...RALPH BURGARD, recipient of the 1982 ACUCAA Award of Meritas "father of the community arts council movement". After headingarts councils in Winston-Salem and St. Paul, he became the firstdirector of the American Council for the Arts (1965-70).

...bass and educator ITALO TAJO on being the first occupant of theJ. Ralph Corbett Distinguished Chair in Opera, endowed at the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati. •

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APPOINTMENTS AND RESIGNATIONSGOVERNMENT AGENCIESNANCY REAGAN was named Honorary Chair-man of the President's Committee on the Artsand Humanities, whose 16 members are headedby ANDREW HEISKELL. DIANE J. BROKAWis Executive Director.

A Presidential appointment made C. DOUGLASDILLON, Chairman of the Board of the Metro-politan Museum of Art and former Secretaryof the Treasury, a new member of the NationalCouncil on the Arts.

PAUL E. FRAN was named Assistant Directorof the NEA Music Program. Formerly withChamber Music America, he will be workingwith Program Director Adrian Gnam.

The following changes have occurred in leadingpositions at state levels: BETTIE B. BARK-DULL, Chairman of the Florida State ArtsCouncil; GERALD JOHNSON, Chairman of theMaryland State Arts Council; HUGO NEUHAUS,Chairman of the Texas Commission on the Arts;DAVID ISHII, Chairman of the Washington StateArts Commission; SUSAN ROACH KELLY,Chairman of the Connecticut Commission onthe Arts; CLEMENT PRICE, Chairman of theNew Jersey State Council on the Arts; THOMASCREECH, Chairman of the South Carolina ArtsCommission; KATHERINE BYE-MURPHY,Chairman, and JAMES OLSEN, Executive Di-rector of the Minnesota Arts Board; CHRISTINAWHITE, Director of the Rhode Island State ArtsCouncil; and DAVID FRAHER, Director of theWyoming State Arts CounciL

PLATO KARAYANIS, General Director of theDallas Opera, was appointed to serve on theMusic Advisory Panel of the Texas Commissionon the Arts for a three-year term.

After five years as Commissioner of CulturalAffairs of the City of New York, HENRYGELDZAHLER resigned the post effective De-cember 15. During his term, the Department'sbudget rose from $22 million to $42 million,and in 1980 he was able to prevent a threatenedclosing of the department. Before his municipalappointment he had been Curator of 20th Cen-tury Art at the Metropolitan Museum.

NATIONAL ARTS ORGANIZATIONSMARSHALL COGAN, former President of theAmerican Council for the Arts, was electedChairman of the Board, and MILTON RHODESsucceeded him as President. LOUIS HARRISwas named Chairman of the Executive Com-mittee, and PETER DUCHIN, STEPHEN SAMAS,

and ESTHER WACHTELL were elected ViceChairmen.

The Business Committee for the Arts electedJUDITH JEDLICKA President, succeeding Ed-ward M. Strauss, Jr. RALPH P. DAVIDSON,Chairman of Time, Inc., is BCA's new Chairman.

Theatre Communications Group has named oneof its 1961 founders, ALLAN SCHNEIDER, Pres-ident for a two-year term.

Director HAROLD PRINCE succeeds BeverlySills as Chairman of the Board of the NationalOpera Institute. Other nominations for officerswere accepted as follows: LEE DAY GILLESPIE,President; SUE YAGER COOK, ANN GETTY,and JAMES H. SEMANS, Vice Presidents; RU-DOLPH W. DRISCOLL, Secretary; HERMAN E.MULLER, Jr., Treasurer; and, as CommitteeChairpersons: ROBERT WARD, Executive; JO-SEPH CUTLER, Finance; and SUE YAGERCOOK, Nominating.

Following the retirement of DeLloyd Tibbs,Metropolitan Opera baritone GENE BOUCHERwas appointed the new Executive Secretary ofthe American Guild of Musical Artists.

The Alliance for Arts Education at the KennedyCenter named DAN CANNON Director, to suc-ceed Acting Director Anne Moore. Mr. Cannonhas been associated with AAE on a regionalbasis for 10 years. In Washington he will beworking with the Center's Director of Educa-tion, Jack Kukuk.

Dr. DAVID KLEIN, whose term as President ofthe Cleveland Opera ended last summer, waselected Chairman of the Board of ChamberMusic America.

As a result of Hugh Southern's departure fromthe Theatre Development Fund to join NEA asDeputy Director of Programs (see VoL 24, No.1), HENRY GUETTEL was elected to succeedhim as TDF's Executive Director.

JOHN HOBDAY exchanged the position of na-tional Director of the Canadian Conference ofthe Arts for that of Director of CorporateDonations of Seagram & Sons, Canada.

MARTHALIE FURBER returned to her formerpost as Director of Education at Opera America,after a brief interlude at Wolf Trap in the samecapacity. In her absence, CLIFFORD BROOKSheld the job at Opera America; he has nowmoved on as Director of Education with theOpera Company of Boston.

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ARTS CENTERSJOHN MAZZOLA recently resigned as Presidentof Lincoln Center after 20 years with the or-ganization. He was appointed Senior Vice Pres-ident in 1967, Managing Director in 1969, andhas been President for the past five years. Hewill remain as Special Consultant through 1983.

LAURA LONGLEY joined Kennedy Center forthe Performing Arts as Director of Public Re-lations, succeeding Leo Sullivan, who will re-main associated with the Center as Consultant.Ms. Longley had been Editor of the WashingtonPost Magazine. — The Midland Music Societyof the Midland Center for the Arts in Michiganengaged the former Technical Director of Sym-phony Hall in Springfield, Massachusetts, RO-BERT L. HERMAN, as Coordinator of Pro-duction and Education.

OPERA COMPANIESThe Board of Directors of the Cleveland Operahas elected NICHOLAS PEAY to succeed Dr.David Klein (see National Organizations) asPresident and, in turn, LOIS GOODMAN tosucceed Mr. Peay as Vice President.

The New York City Opera announced the ap-pointment of CHRISTOPHER KEENE as ArtisticSupervisor, a newly created position of secondin command on artistic matters. He will beworking with and directly under Beverly Sills,advising and supervising artistic policy, and isto conduct a significant number of performancesand new productions. The 35-year-old Maestro,who is Music Director of the Syracuse Symphonyand the Artpark Festival, was the first recipientof the Julius Rudel Award for young conductorsin 1969. He made his New York City Operadebut with Ginastera's Don Rodrigo in 1970.Although the new appointment is effective im-mediately and he will conduct some 20 perfor-mances next season, it will be 1984 before heis able to spend the greater part of his timeat the opera house, due to prior commitments.Daniel Rule continues as Managing Director incharge of administrative matters.

When the Central City Opera reopens next sum-mer, it will be under Artistic Director JOHNMORIARTY, Director and Chairman of the jointOpera Departments of the New England and theBoston conservatories. J. GLEN ARKO is thecompany's Managing Director, and DUAINWOLFE, Chairman of the Fine Arts Departmentof the Colorado Academy, was named ArtisticAdministrator.

At the end of November, EDWARD CORN lefthis position as Vice President and General Di-rector of the Wolf Trap Foundation to becomethe General Director of the Minnesota Opera

in St. Paul. Mr. Corn's previous affiliationsinclude the Metropolitan Opera, the San Fran-cisco Opera, and the Opera Company of Phila-delphia. In 1980 and 1981 he was Director ofthe NEA Opera-Musical Theater Program.

The Mississippi Opera in Jackson engagedFRANKLIN CHOSET as General Manager andArtistic Director, succeeding James Goolsby.Mo. Choset had been Artistic Director of OperaMetropolitana in Caracas and, prior to that,was affiliated with the Israel National Opera.

Several changes occurred in officer and staffpositions at the Edmonton Opera last fall.MORLEY WORKUN succeeded Merv Stewart asPresident, and JAMES A. BOYLES, formerly ofCBC, has been named General Manager. LORINMOORE, his predecessor in the post for thelast 10 years, is now the company's Directorof Fundraising. Irving Guttman remained Artis-tic Director, and WILLIAM SHOOKHOFF, MusicDirector of the Regina Symphony in Saskatche-wan, accepted the position of Resident MusicDirector with the opera company.

C. WILLIAM HARWOOD, who is the Exxon/Af-filiate Artist Associate Conductor with theHouston Symphony and who conducted two pre-miere operas last summer, was made MusicDirector of the Arkansas Opera Theatre in Lit-tle Rock. — ROBERT ASHENS, who teachesat the Hartt School of Music, has become MusicDirector of the Troupers Light Opera in SouthNorwalk, Connecticut.

Designer CAREY WONG, former Resident De-signer with the Portland Opera, has joined OperaMemphis as Associate Artistic Director. —The San Antonio Symphony and Grand Opera,with Lawrence Smith, Music Director, has re-tained FRANS BOERLAGE as Special OperaConsultant.

Opera/Omaha has a new team heading the com-pany. They are MARY ROBERT as GeneralDirector and GEORGE MANAHAN as MusicDirector. — DIANE BENNINGHOFF has takenover from Robert Patterson as Executive Direc-tor of the Colorado Opera Festival, where Don-ald Jenkins is Artistic Director.

VERITY BOSTICK, formerly with the NEAOpera-Musical Theater Program and Managerof the Intermountain Opera, has become Man-aging Director of the Light Opera of Manhattan.— JOHN HIDDLESTONE has been engaged asGeneral Manager of the Connecticut GrandOpera in Bridgeport.

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Civic Opera, following Ms. McClung's retire-ment. — The North Carolina Opera, the touringand educational arm of the Charlotte Opera,signed ROBERT SWEDBERG as Manager andArtistic Director. He is a former semi-finalistof the Metropolitan Opera National CouncilAuditions and winner of the Alexander Saunder-son award; he was also an apprentice to WesleyBalk in stage direction. He succeeds PatriciaHeuermann, who occupied the position for twoyears.

Using experience gathered while with the NewYork City Opera and the Central City Opera,DAVID E. KLEISER is working as the newBusiness Manager and Comptroller of the Wash-ington Opera. — Robert Driver, General Man-ager of the Opera Theatre of Syracuse, an-nounceJ the promotion of CHRISTINE DAY toManager of the company. — Another promotionis that of ROBERT L. HULL of the DallasOpera, whose new title is Assistant GeneralDirector/Development. JOHN A. TOOHEY, for-merly of Fort Worth, joined the company asMarketing Director. — Four new appointmentswere announced by the Lyric Opera of KansasCity. BRIAN LINGHAM was named Directorof Marketing, DAVINA GRACE HILL Directorof Public Relations, MARY FRANCES GORDONProduction Manager, and CATHY TRABUE BoxOffice Manager.

The San Diego Opera Center, the outreach andeducational programs, and the tours are nowunder the jurisdiction of Administrator WIL-LIAM GILLESPIE. SABA McWILLIAMS is As-sociate Director of Marketing and Public Rela-tions at the San Diego company. — TexasOpera Theater's Managing Director M. JaneWeaver has engaged the following new adminis-trators: TIM FOX as Development Director,ERIC KANTOR as Marketing Director, LULULOPEZ as Publicity Director, and GEORGEGLANDER as Company Manager.

There were two recent resignations from theadministrative staff of the New York CityOpera. They were Press Director SHEILA POR-TER, and Director of Development ALBERTHUDES.

SYMPHONY ORCHESTRASThe following maestri took over new orchestrasat the beginning of the current season: GER-HARDT ZIMMERMANN North Carolina Sym-phony in Raleigh; ISAIAH JACKSON Flint Sym-phony in Michigan and Anchorage Symphony inAlaska; ADRIAN GNAM, NEA Program Directorfor Music, the Midland Symphony in Michigan,and SIDNEY ROTHSTEIN the Florida Symphonyin Orlando, in addition to holding the sameposition in Charleston and Reading (Pennsyl-vania).

MARIO BERNARDI, former Music Director ofthe National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa,will take over the Calgary Philharmonic in thesummer of '84. He is moving from a chambersize orchestra to a full symphony. In themeantime, he is guest conducting various U.S.and Canadian performances.

DAVID ZINMAN signed a two-year contract asPrincipal Guest Conductor of the BaltimoreSymphony; he starts next fall. — SERGIUCOMISSIONA resigned as Music Advisor of theAmerican Symphony Orchestra to accept anassignment as Permanent Guest Conductor ofthe Radio Philharmonic of the Netherlands. —Inaddition to being the Chorus Director of theChicago Symphony Chorus, MARGARET HILLISbecame Director of the Chorus of the SanFrancisco Symphony last August.

Orchestra administrators in new positions in-clude BENJAMIN S. DUNHAM, former Execu-tive Director of Chamber Music America andDirector of Special Projects of the ChamberMusic Society of Lincoln Center, to ExecutiveDirector of the American Symphony Orchestrain New York, MICHAEL A. SMITH to GeneralManager of the Detroit Symphony, and NATGREENBERG to Manager of the newly formedKansas City Symphony. Mr. Greenberg, whowas Managing Director of the San Antonio Sym-phony for five years, also managed orchestrasin Columbus, Rochester (New York), and FortWayne. He began his career as Personnel Man-ager of the Kansas City Philharmonic in 1950.

FESTIVALSThe Caramoor Festival in Katonah, New York,has engaged JOHN NELSON as Music Director.His three-year contract begins next summer.The last music director of the Festival wasJulius Rudel, who served from 1963 to 1976.Michael Feldman, of the St. Luke's ChamberEnsemble, remains as Musical Advisor, and hisEnsemble will continue to form the core of theCaramoor orchestra. In addition to his guestappearances with major orchestras and operacompanies, Mo. Nelson is Music Director of theIndianapolis Symphony.

Following the resignation of Edward Corn, theWolf Trap Foundation announced the appoint-ment of EDWARD H. MATTOS as ExecutiveDirector. His previous positions include thoseof Director of Public Affairs at the KennedyCenter, and Director of the Arts and HumanitiesProgram of the USIA. — The new San AntonioFestival (see News from Companies) is adminis-tered by General Director PARVAN BAKAR-DJIEV, Director of Marketing and Public Rela-tions JOHN CUNNINGHAM, Director of De-velopment JULIA ANN FLEMING, Director of

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Finance KEVIN FITZPATRICK, and Music Ad-ministrator MARK JANAS.

JAMES T. KEARNEY, General Manager of theSpoleto Festival USA, will terminate his con-tract after the 1983 season, which will be hisfifth with the Charleston company.

ACADEMIAAt the beginning of this school year, sopranoADELAIDE BISHOP, former head of the operadepartment at Boston University, became Chair-man and Artistic Director of the Hartt OperaTheatre at the Hartt School of Music of theUniversity of Hartford. She will also continueto work as a free-lance stage director forvarious opera companies, and, in the summer,as Artistic Director of the Wolf Trap OperaCompany.

Composer ALVIN BREHM was appointed Deanof Music at SUNY at Purchase. He has beenon the music faculty there for the past 10years. — Oglebay Institute, in Wheeling, WestVirginia, named SARAH SHELLEY Director ofPerforming Arts. — Baritone ALFRED AN-DERSON was recently promoted to Chairmanof the Music Department at Southern MississippiUniversity in Hattiesburg. He combines teach-ing with a performing career. — Anotherpromotion was awarded to L. GENE BLACKwhen he was named Dean of the School ofMusic of Samford University in Birmingham.—From De Paul University in Chicago, wherehe had been Chairman of the Music PerformanceStudies Department, tenor FRANK LITTLE wentto Furman University in Greenville, South Caro-lina, as Chairman of the Music Department.

Washington University in Pullman engaged tenorGARY GRICE as Director of its Opera Work-shop. — TOMAS C. HERNANDEZ is the newDirector of Opera and Associate Professor ofTheatre at Kansas State University in Man-hattan.

EDWARD HOUSER, formerly with Shaw Con-certs, was appointed Director of the GreenwichHouse Music School in New York. — TheThird Street Music School Settlement has signedBETH FLUSSER as Director of Concerts andCommunity Activities. Her predecessor in thatpost was Marcy Horwitz.

Soprano VIRGINIA ZEANI joined the voice fac-ulty at Indiana University in Bloomington aftersinging her farewell performance in Dialoguesdes Carmilites at the San Francisco Opera lastfalL She participated in the world premiereof that opera in 1957. — A Professor of Voiceat the University of Michigan since 1966, so-

prano EVA LIKOVA will take early retirementfrom the school in order to accept a Profes-sorship at the Bavarian State Academy of Musicin Munich. She will be succeeded as Directorof the opera studio at Ann Arbor by JOHANVAN DER MERWE; soprano LORNA HAYWOODwill join the faculty as Professor of Voice. —New to the voice faculty of the New EnglandConservatory this year are dramatic sopranoDONNA ROLL and diction coach TODD GOR-DON. — Soprano SUSAN ERICKSON has beenadded to the vocal department of the ClevelandInstitute of Music as Assistant Professor. —Dramatic mezzo CANDACE DE LATTRE be-came Assistant Professor of Voice at OregonState University in Corvallis.

AND MUSIC ABROADNext fall, PETER KATONA will become ArtisticAdministrator of the Royal Opera, Covent Gar-den. — London's Royal Philharmonic has an-nounced the appointment of ANDRE PREVINas Music Director, effective June '85. He willcontinue as Music Director of the PittsburghSymphony, but will terminate his associationwith the London Symphony Orchestra, where heholds the title of Conductor Emeritus. —MAREK JANOWSKI, who conducts at variousEuropean opera houses, was named Senior Con-ductor and Artistic Advisor to the Royal Liver-pool Philharmonic.

In addition to his position as General MusicDirector of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein inDilsseldorf, HIROSHI WAKASUGI became Per-manent Conductor of the Dresden Philharmonieand the Dresden Oper. He conducted the latterat recent guest appearances at the EdinburghFestival.

The San Carlo Opera in Naples has engagedmusic critic FRANCESCO CANESSA as itsSopraintendente. — Two resignations of majorimportance occurred recently in Italy. GIOR-GIO STREHLER left La Scala as Artistic Di-rector, and DANIEL OREN the Teatro dell'Opera in Rome, where he was Musical Director.

RUDOLF NUREYEV has signed a three-yearcontract as Director of the Paris Opera Ballet,effective fall '83. He has agreed to choreographseveral works, dance in 30 performances an-nually, and to reside in Paris for six monthseach year. Thierry Fouquet remains as BalletAdministrator. Mr. Nureyev's predecessor wasthe American, Rosella Hightower.

With the beginning of the current season,PETER MAAG became Music Director of theSymphony Orchestra of Berne, Switzerland,where he succeeded Gustav Kuhn. •

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WINNERSTwenty-two singers entered the San FranciscoOpera Finals and 10 received special cashawards. They are listed here in order of theirprizes, with the first prize amounting to $2,500and the 10th prize $500: tenur MICHAEL SYL-VESTER, soprano RUTH ANN SWENSON, mezzoCARLA COOK, sopranos TERESA RINGHOLZ,NANCY GUSTAFSON, and SYLVIA McNAIR,baritone MARK RUCKER, mezzo DONNA BRU-NO, soprano JEAN HERZBERG, and baritoneDAVID MALIS. The Otto Guth Memorial Awardfor apprentice coaches was shared by JULIANREED, SUSAN CALDWELL, WILLIAM JONES,and MICHELLE KRISEL. A special Stage Di-rector Talent Award was given to apprenticedirectors KEN CAZAN and BEN KRYWOSZ. —In addition Miss RINGHOLZ won the LeonaGordon Lewin Memorial Prize of the MerolaProgram and also placed second in the '82Liederkranz Competition.

The 1982 American Music Competition, co-sponsored by Carnegie Hall and the RockefellerFoundation, held its two-day semi-finals in openconcerts at Carnegie Hall. Because of itsimportance, and the large amount of moneydistributed to the winner, a very prestigiousjury listened to several selections by each semi-finalist before reaching a decision. BaritoneHENRY HERFORD, a Scotsman who lives inLondon, received the first prize of $10,000 andvarious benefits such as concert and recordingcontracts. His winning selections were Rorem's"War Scenes" and Thomson's "Five Songs fromWilliam Blake". — Second prize was awardedAmerican sopranos MARGARET CUSACK, ofNew York, and DIANA WALKER-LEUCK, whoeach received $4,000. (For a listing of thesemi-finalists, see Vol. 24, No. 1.)

Soprano FAITH ESHAM is the 1982 NaumburgAward winner. Among the benefits is a concertrecital at the Library of Congress. — Anothercompetition which presents its winner in a NewYork debut recital is Joy of Singing. Its latestaward went to BEN HOLT. — The 1982 NormanTreigle Prize was awarded baritone DAVIDMALIS (see also San Francisco); the CorbettPrize went to mezzo HILARY NICHOLSON.Both prizes are awarded through the College-Conservatory of Cincinnati University. — Thisyear's Bruce Yarnell Memorial Competitionfound two baritones worthy of prizes. ROBERTGALBRAITH and ROGER ROLOFF shared thehonors and the cash.

The Eleanor Steber Music Foundation was ableto disburse a total of $12,000 to its '82 winners.They were sopranos CECILY NALL from Cin-cinnati, and JOYCE GUYER-HILLER from New

York, mezzo WENDY CAROL HILLHOUSE fromRedwood City, California, tenor JOHN FOWLERfrom New York, and baritone RICHARD HAR-RELL, also from New York. They were pre-sented in a joint concert at Merkin Hall, andreceived cash awards.

Other competitions' prizes may include a paidtrip to Europe for the purpose of auditions.Such an all-expense-paid trip, in this case toGermany, was won by New York lyric sopranoSHARON COONER, a result of the second an-nual voice competition of International Opera,Ltd., in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. She also receiveda contract to sing with the Wisconsin companynext summer. A second prize of $200 and a1983 engagement with the company was award-ed Milwaukee soprano LESLIE MULDER; thirdprize went to coloratura soprano JENNIFERFOSTER of Boston. — The Zachary SocietyOpera Award also pays for an audition trip toGermany, and this year's two recipients aretenor EDUARDO VILLA and mezzo WENDYHILLHOUSE. The other winners of the Society'scash awards were sopranos ELLEN KERRIGANand HELEN CENTNER. — The Bel CantoFoundation of Chicago's first prize is an all-expense paid trip to Italy to study with TitoGobbi for six weeks. This year's recipient wasChicago soprano PAMELA HOFFMAN.

The 11-month program of the Lyric Opera Cen-ter for American Artists (the former School ofthe Lyric Opera of Chicago) is a much desiredtraining ground. After a screening of some 400applicants, 24 entered the semi-finals and 10were chosen to participate in the 1983 program:sopranos MARCIA COPE (California) and ILENERUTTENBERG (New York), mezzos ALICEELIZABETH BAKER (California) and ROBYNNLEIGH REDMON (Texas), tenors WILLIAMCHAMBERLAIN (Texas) and PAUL HARTFIELD(Missouri), baritones RICHARD COWAN (NewYork), PAUL K. KREIDER (Minnesota), and BRI-AN MONTGOMERY (Washington), and bassGREGORY FRANK, who had been an '82 ap-prentice. All the above are paid between$12,500 and $15,000 for the 11 months beginningin January. In addition, the Apprentice Programaccepted soprano LEE ANNE CAMPOS, con-tralto GWENNETH BEAN, and bass BRIANJAUHIAINEN.

The current High Noon Opera Ensemble of theDallas Opera consists of Oklahoma soprano SU-SAN PETERSON, Massachusetts mezzo JOANTIRRELL, Texas tenor BARRY CRAFT, andFlorida baritone GEORGE MASSEY. — In itsfirst year, the Baton Rouge Opera has engagedone intern for an eight-week contract. She is

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soprano JULIE ASHTON, a graduate of theHouston Opera Studio educational program. —Baritone JOHN BRANDSTETTER is the 1982"Sun Affiliate Artist" with the Tulsa Opera,where he presents Affiliate Artists' successful"informances".

In Canada, the Guelph Spring Festival presentedsix of its competition winners in a gala concertaccompanied by the Kitchener-Waterloo Sym-phony. The first prize of $5,000 was won byJANE MacKENZIE, a soprano from British Co-lumbia. Tenor JAMES McLEAN and sopranoJEANNE KILOMYJEC received second and thirdprizes, respectively, and honorable mentionwent to soprano SHARI SAUNDERS and mezzosTANIA PARRISH and LAETITIA SNETHAN.

In European competitions, Americans were, asalways, prominent winners. KAAREN HERRERICKSON, 28-year-old soprano from Califor-nia, received first prize at the Munich Inter-national Competition. — DONNA MOREIN, amezzo from Philadelphia and a member of theZurich Opera Studio, won the Toti Dal MonteCompetition in Treviso, and as a result will besinging Princess Eboli in some 10 performancesin Treviso, Bergamo, and Rovigo. Her com-patriot, tenor LAWRENCE BAKST, won the roleof Don Carlo in the same performances. —In the vocal category of the Tchaikovsky Com-petition in Moscow, Americans reached thirdplace with mezzo DOLORA-MARIA ZAGIC re-ceiving the bronze medal. Baritone STEVENWEST of San Diego placed seventh and wasespecially honored for "best performance of aRussian composition". — Austria's Belvedere

International Competition, held last summerunder the auspices of the Vienna ChamberOpera, chose American tenor JOHN HURST asfirst-prize winner; second place was shared byan Italian tenor and a South Korean baritone,and third prize was won by Canadian sopranoJANE MacKENZIE. (See also Guelph.)

The three winners at the Oralia DominguezVocal Competition in Mexico were baritoneNICHOLAS KAROUSATOS, tenor FLAVIO BE-CERRA, and soprano PAMELA HINCHMAN. —The Argentine chapter of the Wagner Interna-tional Institution awarded its first prize, around-trip ticket Buenos Aires-Bayreuth, to Ar-gentinian tenor GUIDO DE KEHRIG. The jurywas chaired by Placido Domingo.

COMPOSERS & CONDUCTORSRecipients of the Kennedy Center/FriedheimAward, "given this year in recognition of aparticular symphonic composition, were DOMI-NICK ARGENTO, THOMAS LUDWIG, GUN-DARIS PONE, IVANA THEMMEN, and DAVIDDEL TREDICI.

The latest San Diego Opera Young AmericanConductors Program accepted the following pro-mising maestri: SUSAN HAIG, JOHN McKIN-NON, STEVEN STUCKI, MARK GIBSON, andSTEPHEN STEIN. The last mentioned also re-ceived a special award at the end of the pro-gram and will be an assistant to Sarah Caldwellat the Opera Company of Boston this season.— KIRK TREVOR, former associate conductorof the Charlotte Symphony, has been selectedas Exxon/NEA/Affiliate Artist Conductor withthe Dallas Symphony. •

FINALS CONCERT WITH ORCHESTRAWhen the ten or eleven winners of the 1983METROPOLITAN OPERA NATIONAL COUNCILAUDITIONS are presented in concert on thestage of the Met, they wilL for the first time,be accompanied by an orchestra in the pit. Theconcert is scheduled for Sunday afternoon,March 27.

The four finalists of the 1983 BENSON AND

HEDGES INTERNATIONAL GOLD AWARD con-test will be heard on October 2, 1983 in aconcert at Covent Garden, accompanied by theRoyal Opera orchestra. Semi-finals will takeplace at the Royal Academy of Music September27 and 28. Cash prizes have been increasedto £3,000 for a first place winner. Please notea change of address for applications: 5 GrovePlace, Bedford, MK40 3JJ, England. •

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CAREER GUIDE AMENDMENTA new edition of the Addenda to the originalCareer Guide for the Young American Singerhas been published and includes, for the firsttime, a list of the current audition dates forapprentice programs. Copies of the completeAddenda are available for $2 postpaid.

The next DALLAS MORNING NEWS/G.B. DEA-LEY AWARD will be given in 1983; the applica-tion deadline is February 1. The competitionwill hold regional auditions in Dallas, New York,San Francisco, and Chicago in March, with thefinals in Dallas in May. Cash prizes have beenincreased to a top of $7,500; eligibility is nowon an international basis; applicants must beunder 32 as of May 5, 1983.All inquiries regarding competitions sponsoredby the NATIONAL FEDERATION OF MUSICCLUBS should be addressed to 1336 N. DelawareSt., Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, and a self-addressed, stamped envelope enclosed.

While YOUNG AUDIENCES programs are pri-marily oriented toward the instrumentalist,some chapters do engage singers to lecture andperform in schools. The national office, at 115East 92 Street, New York 10028, has the ad-dresses of the various regional chapters. Singersresiding in New York may write the ProgramDirector, Community of Young Audiences NewYork, 2112 Broadway, New York, 10023.

Deadline for applications for participation inthe 1983 CONCERT ARTISTS GUILD COMPE-TITION is January 14. Audition dates are April13-17; the contest is also open to Canadiansingers.

The application deadline for the Young SoloistsCompetition of the NATIONAL SYMPHONYORCHESTRA in Washington, DC, has beenchanged to February 6, 1983.

Although the deadline for Career DevelopmentAwards given by the NATIONAL OPERA INSTI-TUTE was September, singers are reminded thatthere is no deadline for applications for SpecialProject Grants.

The following competitions listed in the originalCareer Guide have been discontinued: FINAN-CIAL FEDERAL SHOWCASE page 7, ROCHES-TER SYMPHONY COMPETITION page 10,VOICES OF TOMORROW page 11, SYMPHONYOF THE NEW WORLD page 13, MUSIC TEACH-ERS NATIONAL ASSOCIATION COLLEGIATEARTISTS AWARD page 14, CHARLESTON SYM-PHONY COMPETITION page 15, AMARILLONATIONAL ARTISTS AUDITIONS page 15,MONTREAL SYMPHONY page 18.

APPRENTICE PROGRAMSThe SAN DIEGO OPERA CENTER training pro-gram has been extended to ten weeks. Thisyear's enrollment includes 14 singers, plus sevenmusic and drama students registered in univer-sity programs.

The fifth MINNESOTA OPERA INSTITUTE willbe held in St. Paul June 13 to July 1, 1983.The program, directed by H. Wesley Balk, isfor singers, directors, and coaches, and is re-suming after a two-year hiatus. Enrollment islimited (about 40) and a fee of $450 is charged.For further information write the company at850 Grand Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota 55105.

Three additional opera companies have begunto accept young singers as apprentices. TheASOLO OPERA in Sarasota offers some trainingand performance opportunities to seven or eightyoung artists for a three-month period. — Thenew BATON ROUGE OPERA has accepted itsfirst apprentice for the current season. — TheFOUR CORNERS OPERA is holding a three-week Young Artists Workshop for 20 singers.A public concert of staged operatic scenes isheld at the end of the session.

APPRENTICESHIPS, OTHER AREASOPERA MEMPHIS is accepting applications forapprenticeships in the following areas: admini-stration, musical preparation (coaching), andproduction. The latter includes stage directors,designers, and technical stage personnel. Appli-cants must have an undergraduate degree andbe working toward an advanced degree in theirfield. Apprentices will be working and trainingunder Carey Wong, the company's AssociateArtistic Administrator. Application deadlinesare October 15 to begin work November 1, andJanuary 5 to begin February 1.

The CHAMBER OPERA THEATRE OF NEWYORK offers one or two internships to aspiringarts administrators.

For the first time last summer, the MEROLAOPERA PROGRAM of the San Francisco Operaoffered a training and apprentice program forstage directors. Wesley Balk of the MinnesotaOpera was in charge.

The HOUSTON OPERA STUDIO has expandedits program to include a few exceptionallygifted stage directors, designers, coaches, con-ductors, composers, and librettists. Some pro-fessional experience is required. For partici-pation in the 1983-84 Studio program, singershad to apply by October 25, 1982. •

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Conductor CHARLOTTE BERGEN, American, 84 years old, in Ber-nardsville, NJ 7/10/82. An amateur musician, she began to conductconcerts in New York at Town Hall and later at Carnegie Hall. Sheunderwrote all expenses and did not charge admission. The first ofher annual concerts was in 1967, when she gave a concert performanceof Monteverdi's La Favola d'Orfeo.

Mezzo-soprano MARIA CASTAGNA, Italian, 81 years old, in BuenosAires in summer '82. The sister of the renowned Bruna Castagna, shebegan her singing career in 1928, appearing soon after at La Scalaand other Italian opera houses. She often sang under the name MariaFalliani-Fullin. She appeared in North and South America and in 1952settled in Argentina where she taught singing.

Music critic and tenor MAX DE SCHAUENSEE, American, 82 yearsold, in Philadelphia 7/24/82. "In his later years considered the deanof American music critics, he was the leading critic in Philadelphiafor nearly 40 years, writing as music editor of the Philadelphia EveningBulletin. In addition, he wrote for many music magazines; his book,The Collector's Verdi and Puccini, was published in 1962. He studiedat the Curtis Institute of Music, and sang tenor roles with thePhiladelphia Opera and the Cosmopolitan Opera in the 30's.

Conductor OLIVIERI DE FABRITIIS, Italian, 80 years old, in Italy8/12/82. An internationally famous conductor of opera and symphony,he made his operatic debut in 1925 in Salerno and his symphonic debutwith Radio Rome. He was artistic administrator of the Rome Opera1934-44, and conducted at most major Italian, German, and Austriantheatres, and also in London and Japan. His American guest appear-ances included the opera companies in San Antonio and San Francisco.

Tenor MARIO DEL MONACO, Italian, 67 years old, in Venice 10/16/82.He was one of the Metropolitan Opera's most celebrated tenors, singing16 leading roles of the Italian dramatic repertoire for the companyfrom 1951 to 1959. His first U.S. appearance was in 1950 as Radameswith the San Francisco Opera, his last a Carnegie Hall concert in1962. In the interim, he sang more than 100 performances at theMet, but divided his time between the U.S. and Europe throughout theheight of his career. He made his debut as Lt. Pinkerton in Milan in1941, before his induction into the Italian army. At the time of hisLa Scala debut in the late 40's he was already in international demand.In 1973, he retired to his house near Venice and turned to teaching.

Voice teacher PHILIP A. DUEY, American, in Chapel Hill, NC 4/7/82.A member of the voice faculty at the University of Michigan in AnnArbor, he was named Professor Emeritus after his retirement in 1970.Earlier he had headed the Music Department of Butler University, andwas previously affiliated with CCNY. He was President of NATS, andin 1951 wrote a book entitled Bel Canto in its Golden Age.

Conductor and author LEHMAN ENGEL, American, 71 years old, inNew York 8/29/82. In his long career he conducted over 100 Broadwaymusicals. He won Antoinette Perry awards for his conducting of the1950 premiere production of The Consul and, in 1953, for conductingWonderful Town and various Gilbert and Sullivan operettas; he also

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conducted the first American production of The Threepenny Opera in1933. He studied composition at Juilliard under Roger Sessions, andoccasionally composed for Martha Graham and incidental music forseveral plays. His books include Words with Music, The AmericanMusical Theater, Their Words are Music, This Bright Day, and GettingStarted in the Theater.

Opera patron CARROLL G. HARPER, American, 53 years old, in NewYork 6/28/82. He was a lawyer by profession, but his avocation wasthe Metropolitan Opera, of which he was a devoted supporter. Along-time member of the Metropolitan Opera National Council, he wasnational chairman of its auditions program from 1969 to 1974. Hewas also president of the Metropolitan Opera Club.

Voice teacher and tenor HANS JOACHIM HEINZ, Austrian/American,77 years old, in Albany, NY 8/5/82. In the 1930's he sang tenor rolesin smaller European houses, and came to the U.S. in 1937 upon therecommendation of Otto Klemperer. He joined the voice faculty ofthe Juilliard School of Music in 1956, becoming one of its mostprominent members. He retired in 1979. Many world famous singerswere among his pupils.

Coach, accompanist and baritone ROYAL HINMAN, American, 74 yearsold, in Boulder, CO 10/20/81 (not previously reported). For more than20 years he was coach and accompanist for many Metropolitan Operasingers, both in New York and on tour, and also taught at the TurtleBay Music School and at the Neighborhood Playhouse. He returnedto his native Colorado, where he joined the faculty of ColoradoUniversity and also coached privately.

Composer TEIJI ITO, Japanese/American, 47 years old, in Haiti (onvacation) 8/16/82. His scores for Off Broadway theatre won him anObie Award; he also composed for Broadway plays, the New York CityBallet, and for experimental films. He also played various instrumentsand was especially interested in styles of playing drums.

Tenor FREDERICK JAGEL, American, 85 years old, in San Francisco7/5/82. One of the most celebrated American singers, he was a leadingtenor at the Metropolitan Opera for 23 years. He began his careerin Italy in 1924 under the Italianized name of Federico Jeghelli, andmade his Metropolitan Opera debut in November 1927 as Radames.Leading roles in the Italian and French repertory of the Met followed,and he later added such German roles as Florestan and Herod; throughengagements with the Chicago, San Francisco, and New York CityOpera companies, he expanded his repertoire to include some 60 roles.He portrayed Peter Grimes at the Met in the first American professionalproduction of the Britten work in 1948. In 1969 he sang Luka in theNBC Television production of Jan£cek's From the House of the Dead.After retiring from the Met in 1950, he became Chairman of the voicedepartment at the New England Conservatory of Music. He movedto San Francisco in 1970, and continued to teach privately.

Soprano MARIA JERITZA (ne'e Mitzi Jedlicka), Czech/American, 94years old, in Orange, NJ 7/10/82. She was one of the great primadonnas of opera, an international star who fascinated her audiencesas much by her dramatic personality as by her expressive voice. While

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she excelled in a wide repertoire, her portrayal of Tosca was probablyher greatest single triumph. It was the role in which she took NewYork by storm, after making her debut the same season (1921) in Dietote Stadt. She sang at the Metropolitan Opera annually from 1921to 1932, and again in 1951 in a special benefit performance of DieFledermaus in English. She appeared in 20 roles in New York, andsang in some 60 different operas almost exclusively in Vienna and NewYork. After a debut in Olmiitz in 1910 as Elsa in Lohengrin, sheportrayed Elisabeth in Tannhauser at the Vienna Volksoper the sameyear. Her first appearance at the Wiener Staatsoper occurred twoyears later, after the Austrian emperor heard her Rosalinde in theAustrian spa of Bad Ischl. She created the title role in the worldpremiere of Ariadne auf Naxos, the Empress in Die Frau ohne Schatten,and the German language Jenufa in Vienna in 1918, which she repeatedin New York in 1924. Until quite recently she could be seen regularlyat Metropolitan Opera performances on Saturday afternoons, and wasactive at Austrian social functions in New York.

Composer GEORGE KLEINSINGER, American, 68 years old, in NewYork 7/28/82. His best known work for the stage is the chamberopera archy and mehitabel, premiered at Town Hall in 1954 andexpanded into Shinbone Alley for Broadway three years later. HisBrooklyn Baseball Cantata was recently performed at the Third StreetMusic School Settlement.

Art and opera patron GERALD KLOT, American, 75 years old, in NewYork 8/21/82. He was the founder of the Bronx Opera Company andthe Bronx Symphony, and a former member of the board of directorsof the Bronx Council of the Arts. He assisted in bringing liveperformances into the New York City school system.

Soprano NANNY LARSEN-TODSEN, Swedish, 97 years old, in Stockholm5/26/82. After making her debut as Agathe at the Royal Opera in1906, she sang with the Stockholm company until 1923. Toscaninibrought her to La Scala as Isolde the following season, and from 1924to 1928 she sang the heavy, dramatic repertoire at the MetropolitanOpera. She appeared in Bayreuth between 1927 and 1931, and herfarewell performance was as Isolde in Paris in 1937. She retired toStockholm, where she taught singing.

Tenor PETER MARKWORT, German, 84 years old, in Hamburg 6/9/82.When he retired from the Hamburg Opera in 1968 he had been amember of the company for 37 years, and had sung over 100 differentroles there. These included Peter Grimes in the first German productionin 1947. In 1950 he sang Mime in the Ring performances at La Scala,which were conducted by Furtwangler.

Company founder and director Sister MARY ELISE S.B.S., American,84 years old, in Cornwells Heights, PA 7/21/82. Using her dedication,great determination, and unflagging energy, she founded three operacompanies, each devoted to the advancement of black artists. Thefirst was at Xavier University in New Orleans, the second was Opera/South in Jackson, Mississippi, which quickly developed professionalqualities and national recognition. The third company is Opera Ebonyin Philadelphia. COS members may recall her softly spoken commentsand great sense of humor at the various conferences she attended.

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Soprano ESTER MAZZOLENI, Italian, 99 years old, in Palermo 5/17/82.A member of La Scala from 1908 to 1911 and again in 1916-1917, shehad a large repertory of Italian and French operas, but on occasionwas also featured in Wagnerian roles. She portrayed Aida at theopening of the Arena di Verona in 1913, and was a guest at otherEuropean and South American theatres. She retired after a performanceof Norma in Naples in 1925, then taught in Palermo and at theAccademia Chigiana in Siena until the early 50's.

Educator ALEXANDER RICHTER, Russian/American, 78 years old, inNew York 11/6/82. In 1936, Mayor La Guardia and Walter Damroschappointed him chairman of the music department of the newly foundedHigh School of Music and Art. He was responsible for developing themusic curriculum and teaching method which became the model forthe New York school system. He also established a program whereinAmerican composers wrote small pieces to be performed by schoolensembles.

Set designer, artist, architect, and educator RICHARD RYCHTARIK,Czech/American, 87 years old, in New York 7/10/82. He pursued aversatile career, which began in the U.S. in the 20's as a teacher oftheatre history, design, and architecture, first at Case Western ReserveUniversity and then at the Cleveland Institute of Music. At the sametime, he designed sets and costumes for the Cleveland Playhouse. Hewas appointed chief designer for the Great Lakes Exposition, whichincluded a music shell and 16 acres of "Streets of the World", a displayso successful that it was later included in the New York World's Fair.His first operatic stage designs were for the Cleveland Opera Theatreand included the American premiere of Shostakovich's Lady Macbethof Mtsensk under Artur Rodzinsky, which the Cleveland Orchestrabrought to the stage of the Metropolitan Opera in 1935. He wasidentified with other American premieres, such as that of Peter Grimesat Tanglewood in 1946 under Bernstein, and Mozart's Idomeneo alsoat the Berkshire Festival in the following year. He also designed thefirst American production of Dvorak's Rusalka in 1935. In the late30's he began work for the newly formed New York City Opera, andin 1942 was appointed designer and technical coordinator of theMetropolitan Opera. There he remained until 1950, when he joinedCBS television as senior designer and co-founder of Studio One. Hisproductions at the Met included Die ZauberflSte under conductor BrunoWalter, Gluck's Alceste, and Lucia di Lammermoor. The San FranciscoOpera engaged him to design the 1952 opening night production ofDon Giovanni, in which he introduced slide projection into Americanopera production: Also in the 50's he designed Falstaff for La Scala,and two Puccini operas for the Arena di Verona, with Herbert Grafas stage director. Summers were spent at Red Rocks Theatre inColorado, where he created the designs for the memorable outdoorproductions of Die WalMire, La Fanciulla del West, and the first stagedversion of Haydn's The Creation.

Conductor CALVIN SIMMONS, American, 32 years old, Connery Pondnear Lake Placid, NY (by accidental drowning) 8/21/82. At the timeof his tragically early death, he was music director and conductor ofthe Oakland Symphony Orchestra in California, a post he had held forthe past three years. He led the American Symphony Orchestra inhis New York debut in 1976, and returned to the city two years later

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to conduct Hansel and Gretel at the Metropolitan Opera. That sameyear he made his San Francisco Opera conducting debut. In 1980 heled The Pearl Fishers at the New York City Opera, and in 1981collaborated with Jonathan Miller on Cosi fan tutte in St. Louis. In1975 he made his debut in England as the first American conductorto appear at the Glyndebourne Festival. He also had the distinctionof being the youngest black conductor to be appointed music directorof a major American orchestra. In his childhood he was a memberof the San Francisco Boys Chorus; his musical studies were under theguidance of Max Rudolf, first in Cincinnati and later at the CurtisInstitute. He was considered one of the country's most promisingyoung conductors, and the current season would have seen him returnas guest conductor to the New York City Opera, the Opera Theatreof Saint Louis, the Houston Symphony, and the Los Angeles Philhar-monic, where he began his career as assistant conductor to ZubinMehta. Kurt Herbert Adler led the Oakland Symphony in a memorialconcert last September; the Orchestra is establishing a Simmons Memo-rial Fund to assist young musicians, especially young conductors.

Conductor RUDOLF VASATA, Czech, 70 years old, in Prague 6/8/82.From 1937 to 1949 he was chief conductor of the National Opera inPrague, and rejoined that company in 1970 for another 10 year period,following positions as music director in Ostrava and Liberec. He alsoappeared as guest conductor in Germany, Sweden and Argentina. Hewas married to soprano Ludmila Dvordkova".

Intendant and conductor BRUNO VON DEN HOFF, German, 80 yearsold, in Frankfurt 7/7/82. He was the first Generalmusikdirektor ofthe Frankfurt Oper after World War II, and continued in that postuntil 1950.

Bass OTTO VON ROHR, German, 68 years old, near Stuttgart 7/15/82.After singing at provincial opera houses in Germany, he joined theStuttgart Opera in 1941, where he remained a member until the late60's. While with the company he visited London and Edinburgh, appearedat La Scala, the Paris Opera, and Vienna State Opera, and in 1961sang the German repertoire at the San Francisco Opera.

Composer JOHN WATTS, American, 52 years old, in New York 7/2/82.He wrote over 100 compositions, including various music theatre pieces.His frequent and dexterous use of the electronic synthesizer helpedmake this instrument popular, and for this achievement he receivedvarious awards and many performance invitations.

Soprano DOROTHEA WEISS, Austrian, 44 years old, in Berlin 6/17/82.As a member of the Deutsche Oper, Berlin, she achieved prominencein many leading dramatic roles of the German repertoire, such asAgathe and Leonore in Fidelio. She also participated in many premiereproductions of experimental works.

In addition, this report must include mention of the deaths of thewidows of two prominent composers. VERA STRAVINSKY, secondwife of Igor Stravinsky, 93 years old, in New York 9/17/82, and pianistDITTA PASZTORY-BARTOK, second wife of Bela Bartdk, 80 yearsold, in Budapest 11/21/82. •

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This compilation contains the latest 1982-83 information, listed here for the first time.

ARGENTO, DOMINICKPostcard from Morocco (c) Malabar, Ltd. (Mess '81)

BARAB, SEYMOURLittle Red Riding Hood (c) Malabar, Ltd. (Killiek '80)

BART, LIONELOliver (c) Malabar, Ltd.

BECKWITH, JOHNShivaree (s) Comus Music Theatre (Dinwiddie '81) 1/

BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG vanLeonore (s,c) Princeton Opera Theatre ('82) - set in 1805

BIZET, GEORGESCarmen (s) Cleveland Opera (Stone '81) 48x32; 1/45'

(s) Lake George Opera (Anania '77) - FOR SALE(s) Louisiana Opera Theatre, Shreveport ('80)(s) Sacramento Opera (Moore '82) 1/40'(c) Fullerton Civic Light Opera, CA ('82)(c) University of Illinois, Urbana (Harris '81)

BLITZSTEIN, MARCRegina (s) Chautauqua Opera (Joy '82)

BLOW, JOHNVenus and Adonis (c) Rutgers University Opera Workshop

BOCK, JERRYFiddler on the Roof (c) Malabar, Ltd.

BOIELDIEU, FRANCOIS-ADRIENHa tante Aurore (s,c) Asolo Opera (Cornell/Jackson '82)

BOITO, ARRIGOMefistofele (c) Malabar, Ltd. (Roberts '80)

BRITTEN, BENJAMINRape of Lucretia (s) Boston University Opera Theatre (Isackes '82)Turn of the Screw (c) Malabar, Ltd.

DI CAPUA, RINALDOn Bravo burlato (s) Denison University Opera Wksp., OH (Galbreath '82)

DONIZETTI, GAETANODon Pasquale (s) Glimmerglass Opera (Beck '82) 1/30'

(c) Long Beach Grand Opera (Cox '82)(c) Malabar, Ltd. (Lehmeyer '80)

L'Elisir d'amore (s) Chattanooga Opera (Higgins T82) 1/20'delete Kentucky Opera

Lucia di Lammermoor (s) Cleveland Opera (Stone '82) 40x28 expandable; 1/45' - replacesearlier Merrill Stone listing .

DVORAK, ANTONINTwo Widows (c) Malabar, Ltd. (Mess '82)

FLOYD, CARLISLESusannah (s) Five Penny Opera, CA (Chardonnay '82)

(s) Opera Memphis (Wong '82) 1/40'FRIML, RUDOLF

The Vagabond King (c) Malabar, Ltd.GELD, GARY

Shenandoah (s) Cleveland Opera (Tschetter '82) variable; 1/40'GERSHWIN, GEORGE

Porgy and Bess (s,c) Pioneer Memorial Theatre, Salt Lake City ('81)

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GIORDANO, UMBERTOAndrea Chenier (s) Greater Miami Opera (Benois '83)

GOETZ, HERMANNDer Widerspenstigen Zahmung (c) Malabar, Ltd.

GOUNOD, CHARLESFaust (s) Cleveland Opera (Stone '81) 50x30 expandable; 1/45' - replaces earlier listing

(s) Greater Miami Opera (Businger '83)(s) Lake George Opera (Anania '78) - FOR SALE(s) Project Opera, Boston ('82) - all soft w. 5 circular platforms

Romeo et Juliette (s) Cincinnati Opera (Debenbroek '82)(s) Dallas Opera ('81)delete Virginia Opera/Tri-Cities Opera

HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEFLa Cantarina (c) St. Cecilia Opera Repertory, Chicago

HANDEL, GEORG FRIEDRICHAlceste (s,e) Kentucky Opera (Butlin '82) *Rinaldo (c) Malabar, Ltd. (Negin '82)

HERBERT, VICTORNaughty Marietta (s) Cleveland Opera (Peektal '81) 40x32 expandable; 1/40'The Red Mill (c) Malabar, Ltd.

HERMAN, JERRYHello Dolly! (c) Malabar, Ltd.

(c) University of Portland, OR (Peterson '81)Mame (c) Malabar, Ltd.

HERRMANN, BERNARDWuthering Heights (s,c) Portland Opera ('82)

HUMPERDINCK, ENGELBERTHansel and Gretel (s) Opera Theatre of Rochester, NY - FOR SALE

(s) Pittsburgh Chamber Opera Theatre (Heymann '81)(c) University of Illinois, Urbana (Lines '80)

JANACEK, LEOSJenufa (s) Baltimore Opera (Klein '81) 2/40'

KERN, JEROMEShow Boat (c) Malabar, Ltd.

LEHAR, FRANZDas Land des Lachelns (c) Malabar, Ltd.Die lustige Witwe (c) Fullerton Civic Light Opera, CA ('81)

(c) Malabar, Ltd. (Mess '82)LEIGH, MITCH

Man of La Mancha (s,c) Vancouver Opera (Simon '81) 1/45'(c) Arizona State University, Tempe (Turner '82)

LOEWE, FRITZBrigadoon (c) Malabar, Ltd.Camelot (s,c) Pioneer Memorial Theatre, Salt Lake CityMy Fair Lady (c) Malabar, Ltd.

MASCAGNI, PIETROCavalleria rusticana delete Opera Theatre of Syracuse

MASSENET, JULESLa Navarraise (c) Malabar, Ltd. (Mess '79)

MENDELSSOHN, FELIXElijah (c) Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville (Paris '82)

MENOTTI, GIAN CARLOAmahl and the Night Visitors (s,c) Virginia Opera (Hemink '82)

(c) Rutgers University Opera Wksp.(c) University of Illinois, Urbana (Lines '80)

A Bride from Pluto (s,c) Kennedy Center (Brown '82)

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The Consul (s) Cleveland Opera (Stone '79) 40x50x20; 1/12' <5c 1/24' - replaces earlierMerrill Stone listing(e) Arizona State University, Tempe (Turner '81)

The Egg (c) Brooklyn PhilharmonicMONTEVERDI, CLAUDIO

La Favola d"Orfeo (c) Southern Methodist University (Powell '81)MOORE, DOUGLAS

The Devil and Daniel Webster (c) Malabar, Ltd.MOZART, WOLFGANG AMADEUS

COM fan tutte (s,c) Kentucky Opera (Owen/Wilhelm '83)(s,e) Opera Theatre of Saint Louis (Conklin '82) 1/45'(s) Los Angeles Opera Theatre (Shaffner '82) 1/40'

Don Giovanni (s) Lake George Opera (Anania 79) - FOR SALE(c) University of Illinois, Urbana (Lotsof '81)delete Virginia Opera

Entfiihrung aus dem Serail (s) Chicago Opera Theatre ('82)(s) Opera Memphis (Wong '83) 1/40'(s) St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble ('82)delete Chautauqua Operadelete University of Illinois

Le Nozze di Figaro (s) Florida State University, Tallahassee ('80)(s) Pittsburgh Chamber Opera Theatre (Heymann '81)

L'Oea del Cairo (s) Lyric Opera of Kansas City (James '82)Der Schauspieldirektor (c) St. Cecilia Opera Repertory, ChicagoDie Zauberflote (s,c) Oswego Opera Theatre (Mineher/Stark '82) 1/40'

(c) Arizona State University, Tempe (Turner '82)delete Merrill Stone

MUSSORGSKY, MODISTEBoris Godunov delete Tulsa Opera

OFFENBACH, JACQUESOrphe"e aux enfers delete Opera Company of BostonLa PeVichole (s) Chicago Opera Theatre ('80)

(s) San Diego Opera (Scheffler '74) 2/45'PASATIERI, THOMAS

Black Widow (s) Atlanta Civic OperaThe Goose Girl (c) Malabar, Ltd. (Killick '80)The Seagull (c) Malabar, Ltd. (Killick '80)

PAULUS, STEPHENThe Village Singer (s) Chattanooga Opera (Mack '82) 1/24'

delete Minnesota OperaPORTER, COLE

Kiss Me Kate (c) Malabar, Ltd.PROKOFIEV, SERGE

Love For Three Oranges (c) Arizona Opera ('82)PUCCINI, GIACOMO

La Boheme (s,c) Chattanooga Opera (Higgins '80) 1/20' - replaces earlier listing(s) Charlotte Opera (Stevens '81) 1/40'(s) New Orleans Opera (Gano '82) - replaces earlier listing(s) Virginia Opera (Detweiler '79) - replaces earlier listing(c) Portland Opera ('79)(c) University of Illinois, Urbana (Melloy '82)delete Merrill Stone

La Fanciulla del West (s) Toledo Opera (King '81) 1/24'(c) Portland Opera ('83)

Madama Butterfly (s) Cleveland Opera (Isackes'80) 44x32; 1/45'(s) Glimmerglass Opera (Beck '82) 1/30'

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Butterfly (cont.) (s) Los Angeles Opera Theatre (Beck '82) 1/45'(c) University of Illinois, Urbana (Sato '79)delete Lyric Opera of Kansas City

La Rondine (s) Pittsburgh Opera ('82) 1/40'Turandot (s) Merrill Stone (Stone '81) 3/40'

PURCELL, HENRYDido and Aeneas (s) DePaul University, Chicago (Anderson '82)

(s) Houston Grand Opera Studio - FOR SALERAIMONDI, PIETRO

n Ventaglio (s) Philadelphia College of Performing Arts (Koziara '82) 1/20'RAVEL, MAURICE

L'Heure espagnole (s) Houston Grand Opera Studio - FOR SALEREA, ALAN

The Enchanted Flute (s) Sierra Chamber Opera, CA ('82)RODGERS, RICHARD

Carousel (c) Malabar, Ltd.The King and I (c) Malabar, Ltd.Oklahoma! (c) Malabar, Ltd.The Sound of Music (c) Malabar, Ltd.South Pacific (s,c) Pioneer Memorial Theatre, Salt Lake City ('83)

(s) Chautauqua Opera (Baird '82)ROMBERG, SIGMUND

The Desert Song (c) Fullerton Civic Light Opera, CA ('79)The Student Prince (c) Fullerton Civic Light Opera ('78)

(c) Malabar, Ltd.ROSSINI, GIOCCHINO

n Barbiere di Siviglia (s,c) Washington Opera (Brown '81) 1/45'(s) Opera Hamilton, Ont. (Sawchuk '82) 1/40'(s) Pittsburgh Chamber Opera Theatre (Heymann '80) 1/14'(c) Long Beach Grand Opera (Cox '82)(c) University of Illinois, Urbana (Harris '80)

Litaliana in Algeri (c) Arizona Opera ('81)La Seala di seta (s) St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble, New York ('82)

SAINT-SAENS, CAMILLESamson et Dalila (s) New Orleans Opera (Gano '82)

SCHMIDT, HARVEYThe Fantasticks (s) Cleveland Opera (Isackes '82) 36x26; 1/30'

SHOSTAKOVICH, DMITRIKatya Kabanova (s) Houston Grand Opera (Bjornson '81)Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (s,c) Spoleto Festival USA ('80)

SHAPIRO/HOLT/FRIEDMANThe Me Nobody Knows (s,c) La Guardia Comm. College (Stewart/Thomas '82)

STRAUSS, JOHANNDie Fledermaus (s) Virginia Opera (Romero '82) 1/40'

(c) Malabar, Ltd. (Mess '81)(c) Portland Opera ('83)

STRAUSS, RICHARDAriadne auf Naxos (s) Atlanta Civic Opera ('81)

(s) Palm Beach Opera - FOR SALE (stored in Kentucky)(c) University of Illinois, Urbana (Harris '82)delete Opera Theatre of Saint Louis

Elektra (s) New Orleans Opera (Gano '82)Die Liebe der Danae (s,c) Santa Fe Opera (Ter-Arutunian '82)Der Rosenkavalier (c) Malabar, Ltd. (Differn '81)

STRAVINSKY, IGORThe Rake's Progress (s) Opera Ensemble of New York (Metheny '82) 1/20'

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SULLIVAN, ARTHURThe Gondoliers (e) Malabar, Ltd.

delete Vancouver OperaH.M.S. Pinafore (s) Glendale College, CA (Wood '82) 1/24'

(c) Malabar, Ltd.(c) Rutgers University Opera Wksp.

The Mikado (s,e) Desert Opera Theatre, Palm Desert (Zeisler '82) 1/(s,c) New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players(s,c) Saskatoon Opera ('82) 1/(s) Augusta Opera (Brehm '82) 1/35'(c) Malabar, Ltd.

Patience (s,e) New York Gilbert <5c Sullivan PlayersThe Pirates of Penzance (s,e) Fullerton Civic Light Opera, CA ('82)

(s,c) New York Gilbert 6c Sullivan Players(e) Arizona State University, Tempe (Turner '81)(c) Malabar, Ltd.

Ruddigore (s,c) New York Gilbert <5c Sullivan PlayersTrial by Jury (e) Malabar, Ltd.The Yeomen of the Guard (s) Cornell Savoyards, New York 081)

(c) Malabar, Ltd.(c) Troupers Light Opera, Connecticut

SUSA, CONRADBlack River delete Minnesota Opera

TIGRANIAN, ARMENAnosh (s,c) Michigan Opera (Colavecchia '81) 1/45'

VERDI, GIUSEPPEAida (s) Merrill Stone (Stone '81) 3/45'Un Ballo in maschera (s) Canadian Opera (Skalicki '81)

(s) Cleveland Opera (Stone '82) 40x34; 1/40'Ernani (s,c) Dallas Opera ('81)Falstaff (s) Cleveland Opera (Stone '82) 40x34; 1/40'

(s) University of Washington, Seattle (Dahlstrom '82)Macbeth (s) Virginia Opera (Romero '83)

(c) Arizona Opera, Tucson ('79)Otello (s) Cincinnati Opera (Debenbrock '82) 1/45'

(c) Malabar, Ltd. (Differn '81)La Traviata (s) Cleveland Opera (Stone '82) 40x34/ 1/40' - replaces earlier Merrill Stone

listing(s) Los Angeles Opera Theatre (Beck '82) 1/45'(c) Portland Opera ('82)(c) University of Illinois, Urbana (Harris '79)delete Opera Theatre of Syracuse

n Trovatore delete Tri-Cities OperaVAN EATON,

Christopher Robin's Dreams (c) Oklahoma State University, StillwaterWAGNER, RICHARD

Lohengrin (c) Arizona Opera ('80)WARD, ROBERT

Abelard and Heloise (c) Malabar, Ltd. (Killick '82)WEILL, KURT

Der Jasager (c) Rutgers University Opera WorkshopWILLIAMSON, MALCOLM

The Happy Prince (c) Syracuse University Opera WorkshopWILLSON, MEREDITH

The Music Man (c) Malabar, Ltd.(continued on page 48)

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Second Shepherd's Play Betty-Jane Wylie, Comus Music Theatre, TorontoALFANO, FRANCO

Risurrezione Andrew Porter, E. Snapp, Inc.BARTOK, BELA

Bluebeard's Castle George Lawner, University of Kansas, LawrenceBEETHOVEN, LUDWIG van

Fidelio Russell Patterson, Lyric Opera of Kansas CityLeonore Peter Westergaard, Princeton University

BERG, ALBANWozzeck Harford/Blackall, Indiana University, Bloomington

BRETON, THOMASVerbena de la Paloma Jose Vasquez & Mayda Prado, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis

CAVALLI, FRANCESCOEritrea Anne Ridler, Phoenix Opera, LondonOrione Raymond Leppard, Santa Fe Opera

OLE A, FRANCESCOAdriana Lecouvreur Bliss Hebert (BM) - formerly Greater Miami Opera

CIMAROSA, DOMENICOn Hatrimonio segreto Jan Popper (26 Walton, San Carlos, CA 94070)

D'ALBERT, EUGENTiefland Ruth <5c Thomas Martin, Liederkranz Society, New York

DiCAPUA, RENATOn Bravo burlato R. Lee Bostian, Denison University, Ohio

DONIZETTI, GAETANOFille du regiment Bair-Smith, Opera a la Carte, FloridaFrancesca di Foix Camden Festival, EnglandFurioso all'isola di San Domingo William Ashbrook, Pennsylvania Opera TheaterLucia di Lammermoor Donald Pippin, Pocket Opera, San FranciscoMaria PadUla Donald Pippin, Pocket Opera, San FranciscoLa Romanziera Camden Festival, England

GLUCK, CHRISTOF WILLIBALDParis and Helen Lee Goldstein, Queens College, New York

GOUNOD, CHARLESLe M&Jecin malgre' lui Lee Goldstein & Donald Frame, Queens College, New York

HANDEL, GEORG FRIEDRICHAgrippina Anne Ridler, Kent Opera, EnglandGiulio Cesare Brian Trowell, San Francisco Opera

HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEFLa Cantarina Heiden/Viamonte, Willamette University, OregonLo Speziale Thomas Holliday (50 Waverly St., Potsdam, NY 13676)

HINDEMITH, PAULCardillac Cinnabar Opera Theatre, Petaluma, CASancta Susanna John Moriarty, Boston Conservatory of Music

HUMPERDINCK, ENGELBERTHansel und Gretel K. Frederick, Albuquerque Opera Theatre

Mildred Miller & Helen Knox, Pittsburgh Chamber OperaRobert Murray, Shreveport OperaSudermann, Michiana Opera, South Bend, Indiana

JANACEK, LEOSFrom the House of the Dead Yvetta Graff & Robert Jones, New York Philharmonic

David Pountney, Welsh National Opera

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LEHAR, FRANZDer Graf von Luxemburg Ruth & Thomas Martin (AB-Glv) - incorrectly listed as GSDie lustige Witwe Thomas Holliday (50 Waverly, Potsdam, NY 13676)

Alice Hammerstein Mathias, Light Opera of ManhattanM.A. Microutsicos, International Opera, Sheboygan

Der Zarewich (AB-Glv)Zigeunerliebe (AB-Glv)

MONIUSZKO, STANISLAWThe Haunted Castle Sally Williams-Haik, Michigan Opera Theatre

MONTEVERDI, CLAUDIOLa Favola d'Orfeo Anne Ridler (GS-Fab) - formerly Castle Hill FestivalLTncoronazione di Poppea Haber dc Ward, New York Lyric Opera (eontemp. setting)

MOZART, WOLFGANG AMADEUSCosi fan tutte Thomas Holliday (40 Waverly, Potsdam, NY 13676)Don Giovanni Heinz Blankenburg, California State Univ. at Los Angeles

Guest, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NYDie Entfiihrung aus dem Serail James Atherton (dialogue only), Opera Memphis

Dwight Bowes, Orlando OperaLe Nozze di Figaro Jeral Becker, University of Missouri, St. Louis

Heinz Blankenburg, California State Univ. at Los AngelesDer Schauspieldirektor Tomas Hernandez & Franz Vote, Kansas State Univ., ManhattanDie Zauberflote Andrew Porter, E. Snapp, Inc.

MUSSORGSKY, MODISTEBoris Godunov Wadad Saba, Seattle Pacific University

NEDBAL, OSKARPolish Blood Dagmar White, Vienna Light Opera, Virginia

NICOLAI, OTTODie lustigen Weiber von Windsor Hancock, Indiana University, Bloomington

OFFENBACH, JACQUESLa belle Helene David Warraek, Canadian Opera CompanyManage aux lanterns Boris Goldovsky (154 West 57 St., New York, NY 10019)Orphee aux enfers Bliss Hebert, Santa Fe OperaPepito Thomas East, University of Toledo, OhioLa P6richole Peter Knapp, Southern Methodist UniversityLa Vie parisienne Donald Pippin (BM)

PAISIELLO, GIOVANNIn Barbiere di Siviglia Joan Smith, Dominican College, San Rafael, CA

PERGOLESI, GIOVANNI BATTISTAn Geloso schernito Paul Mallalieu (GS-Sik) - formerly Belwin-MillsD Maestro di musica Janet Bookspan (155 West 68 St., New York, NY 10023)La Serva padrona Hamilton Benz (GS) - formerly Mankato State Univ.

PROKOFIEV, SERGEMaddalena Edward Downes, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis

PUCCINI, GIACOMOLa Boheme Gay, University of North Carolina, Greensboro

Russell Patterson, Lyric Opera of Kansas CityGianni Schicchi Philip A. Kraus, Light Opera Works, Evanston, IL

Zias, Opera Theatre of Washingtonn Tabarro Zias, Opera Theatre of WashingtonTosca Robert Murray, Shreveport Opera

Thomas Philips, Albuquerque Opera TheatreRIMSKY-KORSAKOV, NICOLAI

Mozart and Salieri Boris Goldovsky (154 West 57 St., New York, NY 10019)ROSSINI, GIOACCHINO

La Cambiale di matrimonio Clifford Reims, Roosevelt University, ChicagoLa Cenerentola Donald Pippin, Pocket Opera, San Francisco

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SAINT-SAENS, CAMILLEHenry VB3 Andrew Porter, E. Snapp, Inc.

SCHUBERT, FRANZDer Advokaten Jeral Becker, University of Missouri, St. LouisFreunde von Salamanka Thomas Holliday (50 Waverly, Potsdam, NY 13676)

SHOSTAKOVICH, DMITRILady Macbeth of Mtsensk Edward Downes, Spoleto Festival USA

SMETANA, BEDRICHThe Bartered Bride Tony Harrison (GS) - formerly Metropolitan Opera

David Pountney & Leonard Hancock, Opera North, Leeds, EnglandTwo Widows Donald Pippin, Pocket Opera, San Francisco

STRAUSS, JOHANNDie Fledermaus Lou Galterio (dialogue only), Santa Fe Opera

Wolfe, Eugene OperaZigeunerbaron Gore, Ohio Light Opera

TCHAIKOVSKY, PETER ILYICHEugene Onegin Donald Pippin, Pocket Opera, San Francisco

THOMAS, AMBROISEHamlet Andrew Porter, E. Snapp, Inc.

TIGRANIAN, ARMENAnosh Gerald Papasian, Michigan Opera Theatre

VERDI, GIUSEPPEUn Giorno di regno Mark Herman & Ronnie Apter (13 Woodside Rd., Madison, NJ 07940)Luisa Miller Donald Pippin, Pocket Opera, San FranciscoRigoletto James Fenton, English National Opera, LondonLa Traviata Anthony Addison, University of Texas, Austin

David Bamberger, Cleveland OperaWAGNER, RICHARD

Gotterdammerung Frederick Jameson (GS)WEBER, CARL MARIA von

Abu Hassan Marilyn Tyler, Jacksonville University, FloridaPLEASE NOTE: The following publishers' catalogues have changed hands; make the appro-priate changes in your 1974 Directory of English Translations.

Baerenreiter — from G. Schirmer to MagnaMusic-BatonChappell - to Theodore PresserChester - from G. Schirmer to MagnaMusic-BatonFaber - from G. Schirmer to MagnaMusie-BatonHansen - from G. Schirmer to MagnaMusic-BatonNovello - from Belwin-Mills to Theodore PresserRiccordi - from Belwin-Mills to G. SchirmerSalabert - to G. SchirmerSchott, Mainz/London - from Belwin-Mills to European American Music DistributorsSuvini-Zerboni - from Belwin-Mills to Boosey & HawkesUniversal Editions - from T. Presser to European American Music Distributors •

Additions to Directory of Sets and Costumes(continued from page k5)

WRIGHT/FORRESTKismet (s,c) Pioneer Memorial Theatre, Salt Lake City ('82)Song of Norway (c) Fullerton Civic Light Opera, CA ('80)

ZIMMERMANN, BERND ALOISDie Soldaten (c) Malabar, Ltd. (Differn '81)

All New York City Opera sets listed in the Addenda only should be deleted. Address allNew York City Opera rental inquiries to Daniel Rule, Managing Director. •

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PERFORMANCE LISTING 1982-83 (CONT.)

Ail performances are staged with orchestra unless marked "cone, pf." or "w.p." (with piano)— * following an opera title indicates a new production. — Performances and news itemsonce announced will not be relisted at the time of performance. A single date appearingfor a listing of several performances indicates the opening night.

ALABAMABirmingham Southern College Opera Wksp., T. Gibbs, Dir., Birmingham

11/4,5,6/82 Suor Angelica & Gianni SchicchiMobile Opera, K. Willson, Gen.Dir., Mobile

10/12,14,16/82 The Elixir of Love Eng. Martin; Telese, G. Wilson; Galbraith, Sullivan;c: Hess; d: Gately

12/2/82 Gala3/17,19/83 Carmen Eng. Martin; Quittmeyer; c: Hess

Southern Regional Opera, W.C. Stewart, Pres., Birmingham10/30/82 The Student Prince Brooks; Tonne, Procter; c: Hinds; d: Pennybaker4/9/83 The Old Maid and the Thief

University of Montevallo Lyric Theatre, B. Middaugh, Dir., Montevallo9/20,21/82 Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris w.p.12/4/82 Amahl and the Night Visitors w.o.3/8/83 The Four Note Opera <5c The Stoned Guest w.p.4/21,22/83 Camelot w.o.

ALASKAAlaska Repertory Theatre, R. Farley, Art.Dir., Anchorage

12/19/82-1/15/83 Strouse's Nightingale2/27-3/26/83 Ain't Misbehavin'

Anchorage Civic Opera, M. More, Exec.Dir., Anchorage10/15,17,19,21,23/82 Cavalleria rusticana & Pagliacci Mirel; Arbizu, Jimerson & G.

Moser; Winter, Petersen; c: Silverstein; d: Ehman; ds: Veazy/Zeldis12/7,8,10,12,13/82 Hansel and Gretel3/14-20/83 The Face on the Barroom Floor4/22,24,26,28,30/83 La Perichole

ARIZONAArizona Opera, R. Woitach, Art.Adv., Tucson <5c Phoenix

9/30 10/2,7,9/82 The Ballad of Baby Doe Flasch, Krueger; Rhodes; c: Woitach; d:Lloyd; ds: Schwanke/Campbell

2/3,6,10,12/83 Carmen4/21,23 5/5,7/83 L'Elisir tfamore

Arizona State Univ. Lyric Opera Theatre, K. Seipp, Dir., Tempe10/1,2,3,6,8,9,10/82 Camelot11/19,20 12/1,3,4/82 Titus's Rosina2/16,18,19/83 Kismet4/22,23,27,29,30/83 The Marriage of Figaro

Grand Canyon College Opera Wksp., M. Sherman, Dir., Phoenix12/82 The Marriage of Figaro 3 pfs.2/83 Song of Norway

Northern Arizona Univ. Opera Theatre, H. Pickup, Dir., Flagstaff10/22,23,24/82 Camelot12/8/82 Amahl and the Night Visitors2/16,17/83 Opera Scenes w.p.4/15,16/83 The Magic Flute Eng. Swift

Prescott Fine Arts Ass*n, B. Gackle, Dir.Pfg.Arts, Prescott10/21-23,28-30/82 Damn Yankees w. combo12/16-19/82 Amahl and the Night Visitors 8 pfs. w.p.3/17-20,24-27/83 I Do, I Do w.p.

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ARKANSASArkansas Opera Theatre, A. Chotard, Gen.Dir., Little Rock

9/11,12/82 Madama Butterfly Eng. Martin; J. Stewart; Ballam, MaeFarland12/12/82 English Carol Service4/23,24/83 Cosi fan tutte Eng. Martin

Arkansas State Univ. Opera Wksp., D. Niederbrach, Dir., State University12/2,3/82 The Marriage of Figaro Eng. Martin

CALIFORNIABerkeley Symphony, K. Nagano, Mus.Dir., R. Halper, Dramaturg, Berkeley

1/20/83 Gluck's Armide c: CurtisCalifornia State Univ. Opera Theatre, M. Kurkjian, Dir., Fullerton

9/24,25/82 Do I Hear a Waltz?11/19,20/82 Opera Scenes w.p.4/16,17,18/83 La Traviata Eng. Martin

California State Univ. Opera Wksp., H. Lampl, Dir., Long Beach11/12-14,18-20/82 Pippin12/14,16/82 5/18/83 Opera Scenes w.p.3/18-20,24-26/83 The Turn of the Screw

California State Univ. Opera Theatre, D. Scott, Dir., Northridge11/82 Adriana Lecouvreur Eng. Hebert; 6 pfs.3/83 Cosi fan tutte Eng. Martin; 6 pfs.

Cinnabar Opera Theatre, M. Klebe, Art.Dir., Petaluma10/8,9,15-17,23-25/82 The Secret Marriage Eng. Popper11/5-7,12-14/82 Cardillac Eng.2-3/83 The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny

Dominican College Opera Wksp., M. Frick, Dir., San Rafael12/3,4/82 Opera Scenes w.p.3/18,19,25,26/83 Paisiello's The Barber of Seville Eng. Smith & Bach's Peasant Cantata

Five Penny Opera, C. Chardonnay, Dir., Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa11/3,5,6,10,12,13/82 The Merry Widow Eng. Harnick3/2,4,6,8,10,12/83 The Merry Wives of Windsor Eng. Blatt (alt w. Shakespeare's play)

Glendale College Music Theatre Wksp., M. Young, Dir., Glendale11/19-12/5/82 The Music Man4/8-24/83 The Mikado

Hollywood Opera Ensemble, A. Monte, GeruDir., Los Angeles10/10/82 La Boheme2/83 Don Pasquale5/83 The Barber of Seville

Lamplighters, G. Russak, Mus.Dir., San Francisco9/25 10/1-3,8,9,15-17,22,23,29-31/82 Ruddigore12/10-12/82 Galas3/5,11-13,18,19,25-27 4/8-10,15-17/83 The Pirates of Penzance6/18,24-26 7/8,9,15-17,22,23,29-31/83 La belle Helene Eng. Pippin

Long Beach Grand Opera, M. MQenski, Gen.Dir., Long Beach10/6/82 The Barber of Seville Dubinbaum; Nimnicht, Densen; c: Fried; d: Muni; ds:

Wright3/5/83 Death in Venice Retno, Hedlund

Los Angeles Music Theatre Co., L. White, Dir., Los Angeles10/22,23,29,30/82 L'Amieo Fritz Eng., w.p.

Los Angeles Opera Theatre, J. Dordick, Art.Dir./Gen.Mgr., Wflshire Ebell Theatre3/16,18,19/83 Hamilton's Anna Karenina Am.prem.; Rawlins, Christin; Bortnick, Roloff,

Cooper; c: Cantrell; d: Pearlman; ds.& proj: Chase4/20,22,23/83 The Elixir of Love Eng.; Gamberoni; Sylvester, McFarland, Gallup; c:

Nance; d: Muni5/18,20,21/83 Tosca* Rogers; Calleo, Gallup; c: Cantrell; d: Fraad; ds: Montresor

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Marin Opera, I. Martinez, GeiuDir., San Rafael10/1,9,15/82 Lucia di Lammermoor10/2,10,16/82 Faust c: Rinaldi12/10/82 Gala Concert w.o.5/83 Die Fledermaus; Madama Butterfly 3 pfs. each

Modesto Jr. College Opera Theatre, L. Woodward, Dir., Modesto11/19,20/82 The Four Mote Opera w.p.5/6,7,13,14/83 Susannah w.o.

Novato Lyric Opera, J. Palunco, Mus.Dir., Novato9/24-26 10/1-3/82 Suor Angelica <5c La Serva padrona

Oakland Opera, A. Taylor, GeruDir., Oakland10/13/82 Madama Butterfly at Oakland Arts Festival11/27 12/4,5/82 Amahl and the Night Visitors3/26,27/83 La Traviata6/25,26/83 The Barber of Seville8/27,28/83 The Marriage of Figaro

Pocket Opera, D. Pippin, Mus.Dir., Marines Memorial Theatre, San Francisco2/6/83 La belle Helene Eng. Pippin2/13/83 Handel's Teseo2/20/83 Martha Eng. Pippin2/27/83 Handel's Orlando3/6/83 Cosl fan tutte Eng. Pippin3/13/83 Lltaliana in Algeri Eng. Pippin3/20 4/10/83 Eugene Onegin Eng. Pippin3/27/83 Lucia di Lammermoor Eng. Pippin4/17/83 Donizetti's Maria Padilla Am.prem.; Eng. Pippin

Sacramento Opera, M. Oaks, Gen.Dir., Sacramento10/29/82 Carmen Gwendolyn Jones, Norskog; Fay; c: Kanouse; d: Conrad; 2 pfs.4/83 The Barber of Seville 2 pfs.

San Diego Opera Center/San Diego State Univ., T. Capobianco, Dir., San Diego11/9,11,13,15/82 Gianni Schicchi Eng. Grossman <5c Mozart and Salieri Eng. MotykaFall '82 outreach tour: Little Red Riding Hood; Many Moons; Opera, It's Grand!1982-83 tour to schools: Hansel and Gretel 4 pfs.

San Francisco Children's Opera, N. Gingold, Dir., Herbst Theatre11/20/82 Cinderella 12/18/82 Santa Claus1 Beard1/29/83 The Emperor's New Clothes 3/26/83 Suzanne and Her Double prem.4/23/83 Sinbad the Sailor 5/21/83 Snow White and Rose Red

San Francisco Talent Bank, C. Dayton, Mgr., San Francisco12/82 Amahl and the Night Visitors 2 pfs. 1/83 Opera Scenes5/83 Chip and His Dog 2 pfs.

San Jose Community Opera, I. Dalis, Dir., Montgomery Auditorium, San Jose12/11,12,18,19/82 Amahl and the Night Visitors3/5,6,12,13/83 The Scarf & Harrison Loved His Umbrella4/30 5/1,7,8/83 Cos! fan tutte Eng. Martin1982-83 Outreach Opera: Harrison Loved His Umbrella 20 pfs.10/82-6/83 touring community theatre: Many Moons 30 pfs.; w.p.

San Jose Symphony/Opera, R. Wright, Gen.Mgr., San Jose2/10,12,14/83 Rigoletto

Scholar Opera, D. Straka, Gen.Dir., Palo Alto11/5,7,12,14,20,21/82 Carmen 1/22,23,28,29 2/5,6/83 The Elixir of Love

Shasta College Fine Arts Div., C. Johnson, Dir., Redding3/10-13,18,19/83 La Boheme Eng. Martin; c: Tognozzi

Sonoma State Univ. Opera Theatre, P. Donovan-Jeffry, Dir., Rohnert Park12/82 Musgrave's A Christmas Carol4/83 The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County w.p.

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University of Southern California Opera, N. Limonick, Gen.Dir., Los Angeles11/1/82 4/1/83 The Daughter of the Regiment11/19-21/82 The Rape of Lucretia3/18,19,21,22/83 La Clemenza di Tito4/4-5/6/83 tour to schools: Opera Scenes w.p.

University of the Pacific Opera Theatre, G. Buckbee, Dir., Stockton12/1-5/82 Guys and Dolls5/83 Dido and Aeneas & The Outcasts of Poker Flat 2 pfs.

West Bay Opera, H. Holt, Gen.Dir., Palo Alto10/15-17,21-23/82 Madama Butterfly c: Ramadanoff2/11-13,17-19/83 The Ballad of Baby Doe Knight; c: Holt5/13-15,19-21/83 Rigoletto

Western Opera Theater, T. McEwen, Gen.Dir., touring company of San Francisco Opera9/23-11/29/82 Rigoletto 40 pfs.

Youth in Arts, N. Koppich, Exec.Dir., Greenbrae3/24/83 The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County

COLORADOColorado State Univ. Opera Wksp., J. Lueck, Dir., Fort Collins

11/11,12/82 The Telephone & Sweet Betsy from Pike12/5/82 Amahl and the Night Visitors3/3,4/83 Pagliacci Eng.

Denver Center Theatre Co., E.P. Call, Art.Dir., Denver11/8-12/18/82 Damashek's Quitters; also tour 5/2-29/83

San Luis Valley Community Opera, M. Wienand, Dir., Alamosa10/15,16/82 The Mikado w.p. 6/12,13/83 The Merry Widow

University of Colorado Opera Theater, D. Jackson, Dir., Boulder11/18,19,20/82 The Turn of the Screw12/5/82 Amahl and the Night Visitors3/10,11,12,13/83 The Secret Marriage Eng. Popper7/8,10,12,14,16,18,20,22/83 The Gondoliers7/9,11,13,15,17,19,21,23/83 Trial by Jury & The Sorcerer

University of Denver Opera Theatre, R. Worstell, Dir., Denver11/10/82 La Vida breve 2/24,25,26 3/4,5,6/83 A Little Night Music

CONNECTICUTConnecticut Grand Opera, G. Campora, Art.Dir., Darien/Bridgeport

9/25/82 La Boheme Soviero, Conte; Cigoj, Parker, Seabury; c: Pallo; d: Gentilesea;ds: Cartaya

11/20/82 The Saint of Bleecker Street Casella, Volkman, R. Freni; Poll, Densen; c:L. Mutij d: Menotti; ds: Cartaya

4/9/83 Verdi Requiem c: Gandolfi5/28/83 The Merry Widow Eng.; Palmer; Campora, Crossfield, Billings, Densen; c:

Pallo; d: LucasOpera Express, G. Osborne, Dir., touring company of Connecticut Opera

4/6-9/83 and tour: Hansel and GretelStamford State Opera, G. Consiglio, Art.Dir., Stamford

10/2/82 II Trovatore Regis, Nadler; Consiglio, Manuguerra; c: Coppola; d/ds: Stivanello11/30/82 Amahl and the Night Visitors2/12/83 The Marriage of Figaro Eng.; Niska, S. Daniels; Hartman; Lake George Opera

prod.4/16/83 The Secret of Susanna & Pagliacci Consiglio

Troupers Light Opera, R. Luchsinger, Dir., S. Norwalk4/83 The Sorcerer 4 pfs. w.o.

DELAWAREMinikin Opera Co., J. Cason, GeiuMgr., Wilmington

1982-83 tour: The Boor; An Incomplete Education; Bastien and Bastienne; Dr. Miracle

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OperaDelaware, E. Kjellmark, Jr., Pres., Grand Opera House, Wilmington9/24,25m,25,26/82 Menotti's The Boy Who Grew Too Fast prem.; c: Swensson; d:

Menotti11/20,26,27/82 Tosca Ciesinski; Adkins, Crafts; e: Macatsoris; d: Kugler; ds: Kimball2/25,26,27/83 II Furioso all'isola di San Domingo Eng.; co-prod. Pennsylvania Opera4/30 5/6,7/83 La Perichole

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIANational Lyric Opera, N. Wells, Gen.Mgr., Lisner Auditorium, Washington

12/10,11/82 Faust Christos; Calleo, BeU; c: FowlerNational Symphony Orchestra, M. Rostropovich, Mus.Dir., Kennedy Center

11/82 Carmina burana Bradley; c: de BurgosTheater Chamber Players of Kennedy Center, L. Fleisher & D. Koston, Dirs.

10/2,3m/82 L'Histoire du soldat narr: Claire BloomFLORIDA

Florida Lyric Opera, R. Maresca, Dir., Clearwater10/23/82 Gala Concert11/9,10,12,13/82 Zampini's Maria Rappaccini prem.; c: Zampini; d: Pascual12/1,2,3,5/82 Amahl and the Night Visitors12/21/82 Hansel and Gretel1/29/83 II Trovatore2/26/83 La Boheme3/26 4/2/83 The Barber of Seville

Florida Opera West, T. Palmer, Gen.Mgr., St. Petersburg11/13/82 Die Fledermaus Eng.; Thomson, Boky, Bonazzi; Garrison, Campora; c: Schubaek;

d: Symeox; ds: O'Hearn1/22/83 Cosl fan tutte Eng.; Flaseh, Fortunato; Britton, Stone; c: Cullison2/25/83 Roberta Peters Gala Concert; c: Harwood3/2/83 Lucia di Lammermoor Welting; diGiuseppe, Cossa, Bell; c: Coppola; d: Igesz

Florida State Univ. Opera Wksp., F. Dybdahl, Dir., Tallahassee11/4-7/82 Cosi fan tutte 3/17-20/83 Carmen7/16,17/83 n Matrimonio segreto w.p.

Greater Miami Opera, R. Herman, Gen.Dir., Miami1/17,19,22,25/83 Andrea Chenier Savova; Domingo, Sardinero; c: Buckley; d: Frisell;

ds: Benois/Mess; also 1/18,23 Eng.2/14,16,19/83 La Grande Duchesse de Gerolstein Lear, Langton; Kays, Stewart; c:

Crosby; d: Hebert; ds: Klein; Santa Fe Opera prod.; also 2/15,20 Eng.3/14,16,19,22/83 Faust Niculescu, Hegierski; Lima, Duesing, Morris;, c: de Almeida;

d: Yannopoulos; ds: Businger; also 3/15,20 Eng.4/11,13,16,19/83 Un Ballo in maschera Zylis-Gara, Rolandi, Conrad; Pavarotti, Milnes;

c: Buckley; d: Lucas; ds: Brown/Collins; Washington Opera prod.; also 4/12,17 Eng.North Miami Beach Opera, L. Siegel, Mus.Dir., N. Miami Beach

1/23/83 Madama Butterfly2/27/83 Verdi Requiem3/26/83 Don Giovanni

Opera a la Carte/Opera Jacksonville, A. Smith, Gen.Mgr., Jacksonville11/6,7/82 Otello Ferrell; Pastorello, Young; <s Maraffi2/19,20/83 Don Pasquale Eng. Csonka/Theslof5/7,8/83 Pagliacci <5c The Impresario Eng. Cardelli

Orlando Opera, D. Bowes, Gen.Mgr., Orlando11/12,14/82 La Boheme Soviero, Fernandez; Reed, Poulimenos; c: Savia; d: Uzan; ds:

Shortt2/11,13/83 The Marriage of Figaro Eng. Martin; Wildes, Zoghby, Schuman; Cheek,

Embree3/30,31 4/2/83 The Abduction from the Harem Eng. Bowes; Dolbashian, Keesling;

McKee; <s Woodbury; d: Bowes; also 3/26 in St. Thomas, V.I.

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Palm Beach Opera, J. St-John, Acting GeiuDir., Palm Beach12/10,12,14/82 Pagliacci & Gianni Schicchi Graham; McCracken, Quintero & Rada;

Farina, Beni; c: de Almeida; d: Beni1/21,23,25/83 The Magic Flute French, Wolf, J. Evans, Uppman, Langan; c: Csonka3/4,6,8/83 Lucia di Lammermoor

Treasure Coast Opera, Ft. Pierce1/15/83 Carmen2/83 D Barbiere di SivigUa

GEORGIAAlliance Theatre Co., F. Chappell, Art.Dir., Atlanta

12/1/82-1/2/83 Mame1/24-3/25/83 The Pirates of Penzance2/23-3/27/83 A Little Night Music

Augusta Opera, E. Bradberry, Art.Dir., Augusta10/15,16/82 The Mikado Sanabria, Curry; Harger, J. Stephens; c: Gaughan; d: Brovsky1/28,29/83 Carmen White, Burgess; Evanko, Wexler; c: Flint; d: Missimi3/11,12/83 La Boheme

Clayton Jr. College Music Theatre Ensemble, L. Corse, Dir., Morrow12/1-6/82 The Mikado3/83 Cabaret 7 pfs.5/83 The Beggar's Opera 4 pfs.

Shoestring Opera, M. Oietrichs, GeiuDir., Atlanta10/14,16/82 Die Fledermaus Eng. Kanin; w.p.5/26,28/83 Madama Butterfly w.p.

University of Georgia Opera Wksp., D. Stoffel, Dir., Athens2/10-15/33 The Mikado3/28,29/83 Corina's The Telling of the North Star prem.

Valdosta State College Opera Theatre, C. Mikkelsen, Dir., Valdosta5/12-14,19-21/83 Carousel

HAWAIIHawaii Opera Theatre, A. Taylor Glessner, GeiuMgr., Honolulu

1/14,16,18/83 Rigoletto McNair; Willoughby, M. Myers; c: Johanos; d: Morelock; ds:Gullicksen

1/28,30 2/1/83 The Marriage of Figaro Eng. Porter; Cook, Petersen, Quittmeyer; Kline,Woodman; c: Adler; d: Darling; ds: Gullicksen

2/11,13,15/83 Eugene Onegin Cook; Walker, Long; c: LaMarchina; d: CorsaroUniversity of Hawaii Opera Wksp., J. Mount, Dir., Honolulu

11/20,21/82 Zytowski's The Emperor's New Clothes (adapt, of Mozart)IDAHO

Boise Civic Opera, V. Eke, Gen.Dir., Boise9/30 10/2/82 Tosca c: Stern; d: Rosinbum1/27-29/83 The Barber of Seville Eng.

Boise State Univ. Opera Theatre, V. Chacon, Dir., Boise11/18-21/82 The Marriage of Figaro Eng. Martin; 4 pfs.4/29/83 Opera Scenes w.p.

ILLINOISIllinois Wesleyan Univ. Opera Theatre, L. Snyder, Dir., Bloomington

11/4/82 Opera Scenes w.p.12/3,4/82 Amahl and the Night Visitors w.p.4/22-24 5/1/83 West Side Story w.o.

Light Opera Works, P. Kraus, Art.Dir., Evanston9/9-12/82 The Beautiful Galatea Eng. & Gianni Schicchi Eng. Kraus; c: Jones12/30/82-1/2/83 Candide c: Jones

Lithuanian Opera Co., V. Radzius, Gen.Mgr., Chicago6-7/83 Ponchielli's I Lituani 3 pfs.

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Lyric Opera of Chicago, A. Krainik, Gen-Dir. (see also Vol. 24, No. 1)5/13-28/83 The Mikado c: CSmith; d: Sellars; ds: Lobel/Ryaek; 8 pfs.

MOlikin Univ. Opera Theatre, S. Fiol, Dir., Decatur10/22-24,29-31/82 Pippin5/6,7/83 H.M.S. Pinafore

Northwestern Univ. Opera Theatre, R. Gay, Dir., Evanston12/8/82 3/9 4/18,25/83 Opera Scenes w.p.2/25,27 3/4,6/83 The Cunning Little Vixen Eng. Graff/Jones

Roosevelt Univ. Opera Theatre, C. Reims, Dir., Chicago12/11,12,13/82 The Ballad of Baby DoeSpring '83 tour: Isle of Tidipatan Eng. Marvin; 6 pfs.

St. Cecilia Opera Repertory Co., H. Lopez, Mng.Dir., IVS School of Music, Oak Park5/13/83 Mozart and Salieri & Une Demoiselle en loterie Eng. Lehmeyer5/14/83 The Stronger &. La Cantarina Eng. Zytowski

Southern Illinois Univ. Marjorie Lawrence Opera Theatre, M. Blum, Dir., Carbondale10/16/82 COM fan tutte Eng.; also tour12/4-6/82 Rodgers' Cinderella3/3-6/83 Carmen Eng.4/16/83 Side by Side by Sondheim and tour4/24/83 Gianni Schicchi <5c Suor Angelica Eng.; w.p.

University of Illinois Opera Theatre, D. Lloyd, Art.Dir., Urbana11/4/82 The Marriage of Figaro Eng. Martin; 4 pfs.12/5/82 Hansel and Gretel scenes <5c Amahl and the Night Visitors 4 pfs.3/4/83 La Rondine Eng. Hess; 4 pfs.4/3/83 "Best of Broadway" 4 pfs.4/28/83 Handel's Rodelinda 4 pfs.

INDIANABall State Univ. Opera Wksp., P. Ewart, Dir., Muncie

11/6/82 Opera Scenes5/6,7/83 Madama Butterfly

Michiana Opera Guild, R. Demaree, Art.Dir., South Bend12/15-24/82 La Cenerentola 10 pfs. w.p.7/23,24/83 Carousel w.o.

Northern Indiana Opera Ass n, W. Jaworski, Gen-Mgr., HuntingtonFall '82 tour: Little Red Riding HoodSpring '83 tour: The Old Maid and the Thief; The Impresario6/83 La Traviata 3 pfs. w. Ft. Wayne Symphony

IOWADrake Univ. Opera Theatre, M. Hall, Dir., Des Moines

11/4-6/82 South PacificFaith Baptist Bible College Opera Wksp., M. Doonan, Dir., Anekeny

4/29/83 Mendelssohn's Elijah stgd.Old Creamery Theatre Co., J. SmulL ExecDir., Garrison

9/1-10/10/82 Once Upon a MattressUniversity of Northern Iowa Lyric Theatre, J. Pape, Dir., Cedar Falls

10/7-9,14-16/82 The Mikado3/3-11/83 Schwartz's Working also tour in Feb.1982-83 tour: Miner's Watch Out! Or the Music Will Get You 12 pfs.

KANSASKansas State Univ. Opera Dept., T. Hernandez, Dir., Manhattan

3/83 Susannah c: Winkier; d: Hernandez; 3 pfs.University of Kansas Opera Theatre, G. Lawner, Dir., Lawrence

11/4-6,11-13/82 A Little Night Music4/1,2,8,9/83 The Magic Flute Eng.

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KENTUCKYKentucky Opera Educational Dept., T. Smillie, Gen-Dir. (see also Vol. 24, No. 1)

1982-83 tour: The Face on the Barroom Floor 14 pfs.Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Opera Wksp., C. Gerbrandt, Dir., Louisville

11/9,11/82 The Medium & Scenes3/22,24/83 D Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda

Western Kentucky Univ. Opera Wksp., V. Hale, Dir., Bowling Green2/22-27/83 Faust Eng. Martin

LOUISIANANorthwestern State Univ. Opera Wksp., J. Taylor, Dir., Natehitoehes

11/10-12/82 Opera Scenes4/20-24/83 The Music Man

Northeast Louisiana Univ. Opera Wksp., S. Hickman, Dir., Monroe2/4,5/83 Cosi fan tutte Eng. Martin

MARYLANDAnnapolis Opera, R. Gretz, Art.Dir. (see also Vol. 24, No. 1)

3/3,5/83 The Medium <5c The Secret of Susanna-Eng. (replaces Frankenstein prem.)4/30/83 Concert

Baltimore Touring Opera Theatre (formerly Eastern Opera Theatre), J. Lehmeyer, Prod.Fall '82: The Medium c: Wendelkin-Wilson; d/ds: Lehmeyer

Peabody Conservatory Opera Theatre, R. Brunyate, Dir., Baltimore11/9,10/82 2/25,26 4/29 5/1/83 Opera Scenes w.p.12/3-5/82 The Turn of the Screw4/15-17/83 LTncoronazione di Poppea Eng.;

Prince George's Civic Opera, D. Biondi, Art.Dir., Riverdale9/17,19/82 The Tales of Hoffmann Eng.; c: Meena3/18,20/83 Madama Butterfly Spring '83: "Operafest"

MASSACHUSETTSBoston Lyric Opera, J. Balme, Gen-Dir. (see also Vol. 24, No. 1)

9/24/82 Oberto, Conte di San Bonifacio w.p. at Gardner Museum11/17/82 The Apothecary dinner theatre pf.2/2/83 Bastien and Bastienne dinner theatre pf.4/6/83 Rita dinner theatre pf.

Opera Company of Boston, S. Caldwell, Art.Dir., Boston2/18,20,24,27/83 Turandot3/17,20,24,27/83 Carmen4/15,17,21,24/83 The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh5/20,22,26,29/83 tba

Opera New England, K. Porter, Mgr., touring company of Opera Company of Boston1982-83 tour: La Traviata; Abduction from the Seraglio; children's opera

Project Opera, R. Reseia, ArUDir., Northampton10/82 Fidelio 2 cone. pfs. 5/83 n Barbiere di Siviglia 2 pfs.

MICHIGANMeadow Brook Performing Arts Co., R. Dearth, Dir., Rochester

4/27-5/15/83 The Fantasticks 30 pfs.Michigan Opera Theatre, D. DiChiera, Gen-Dir., Detroit

10/l,2,3,6m,8,9/82 Moniuszko's The Haunted Castle Eng. Williams-Haik; Gutknecht,Segar, Baniewicz; Greer, Wells, van Lidth de Jeude; c: Kasprzyk; d: Wojciech-Haik;ds: Benedyktowics

10/15,16,17,20,22,23/82 Lucia di Lammermoor Devia/P. Myers; Fowler/Aquirre, Warner;c: Flint; d: Gratale

11/12,13,14,17,19,20/82 Treemonisha Balthrop, Ivory; Duckens; c: Leon; d: Robinson;ds: Colavecchia; Houston Grand Opera prod.

1/14,15,16,19,21,22/83 The Marriage of Figaro Eng.; Fernandez; also 6 pfs. on tour1/28-2/13/83 The Sound of Music

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Olivet College Opera Wskp., K. Kleszynski, Dir., Olivet11/82 La Cantarina Eng. Zytowski; 3 pfs.3/83 Pippin 3 pfs.

Opera Company of Greater Lansing, D. Burkh, Gen.Mgr., East Lansing11/18,20/82 Fidelio c: Burkh; d: Ross2/3,5/83 The Marriage of Figaro4/21-23/83 The Rape of Lucretia Davidson, Helzberg; Serrano, C. Sullivan; c: Burkh;

d: BaldwinOpera Grand Rapids, R. Peterson, Gen.Dir., Grand Rapids

11/18,20/82 Carmen Eng. Harniek; McCaffrey, Webber; C. Sullivan, Reeve; c: Nance;d: Karp; ds: Dahlstrom

12/28,30,31/82 The Merry Widow4/28,30/83 La Cenerentola Clarey

University of Michigan Opera Theatre, G. Meier, Mus.Dir., Ann Arbor11/5,6,7/82 The Rake's Progress c: Meier; d: R. Altman; ds: Kruger/Bushnell3/31-4/3/83 Le Nozze di Figaro8/18-21/83 tba

Western Michigan Univ. Opera Wksp., W. Appel, Dir., Kalamazoo10/14-17,21-24/82 Grease3/83 The Pirates of Penzance 4 pfs.

MINNESOTAChildren's Theatre Company, J. Donahue, Art.Dir., Minneapolis

9/17-11/14/82 The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins11/26-12/29/82 Titus's Mr. Pickwick's Christmas prem.2/11-3/26/83 Rydberg's The Red Shoes prem.4/28-6/12/83 Rydberg's The Wind in the Willows

College of St. Catherine Opera Wksp., M. Hedges, Dir. St. Paul11/20/82 The Threepenny Opera

Duluth-Superior Symphony, T. Virkhaus, Mus.Dir., Duluth9/26,28/82 Die Fledermaus Vasquez, C. Peterson, Felty; Roe

Midwest Opera Theater, W. Balk, Art.Dir., touring company of Minnesota Opera10-11/82 tour: The Barber of Seville

Minnesota Opera, E. Corn, Gen.Dir., H.W. Balk, Art.Dir., St. Paul12/10-12,17-19/82 Hansel and Gretel Eng. Kelly; Florez, Wright; Briggle, McKeel;

c: Brunelle1/28,29 2/4/83 Lucia di Lammermoor Eng. Grossman; Cummings, Villa; Parsons; c:

Brunelle3/5,11,12/83 W. Mayer's A Death in the Family prem.; c: Brunelle; d: Balk4/8,9,15/83 Kiss Me Kate

MISSOURILyric Opera of Kansas City, R. Patterson, Gen.Dir., Kansas City

9/18,20,24,29/82 La Boheme Eng. Martin; Del George, S. Daniels; Schwisow, Steele;c: Patterson; d: Ulfung; ds: Joy

9/22,25,27 10/1/82 The Barber of Seville Eng. Patterson; Schuman; Freeman, Evitts;c: Patterson; d: Cullinan; ds: McBroom

10/2,4,6,8/82 Rigoletto Eng. Porter; Paschal; Grayson, Karel; c: Patterson; d: Hicks;ds: Joy

4/16,18,22,27/83 The Ballad of Baby Doe4/20,23,25,29/83 Kander's The Happy Time4/30 5/2/83 The Mother of Us All

Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, R. Gaddes, Gen.Dir., Loretto Hilton Theatre9/10,llm,ll,12m,17,18,19m/82 The Beggar's Opera Leppard/Graham ed.; Bonazzi, Son-

nenberg; Parsons, Holleman; c: Leppard; d: Graham; at The Apple Shed, Clarksville12/15/82-1/2/83 The Pirates of Penzance c: McGegan; d: Graham; ds: Ferger; 17 pfs.

at Washington Univ.

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Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, cont.5/28-6/25/83 La Traviata Eng.; d: Graham; 7 pfs.6/2-25/83 Don Giovanni Eng. Porter; ds: Conklin; 8 pfs.6/8-26/83 Les Mamelles de Tiresias & Deli us' Margot la rouge prem.; c: Fenby; 5 pfs.6/16-26/83 Beatrice and Benedict c: Nelson; d: Lamas; 5 pfs.

Washington Univ. Baroque Festival, Music & Comparative Lit. Depts., St. Louis2/23-27/83 incl. Handel's Orlando

MISSISSIPPIMississippi Opera, F. Choset, Gen.Mgr. & Mus.Dir., Jackson

2/4/83 Aida5/83 The Barber of Seville

New Stage Theatre, Jackson9/10-19/82 Parker's The Ponder Heart prem.; Holland, Hale, Waldeek; Wolpe, Campbell;

c: Parker; d: PartlanOpera/South, E.N. Thomas, GenMgr., Jackson

4/22,23/83 FaustMONTANA

Intermountain Opera, P. Elvira, Art.Dir., Bozeman5/20,22/83 The Elixir of Love Eng. Martin; Elvira; c: Salesky

NEBRASKAOpera/Omaha, M. Robert, GeiuDir., Omaha

11/2,5/82 Don Pasquale Petros; Sullivan, Cameron, Baker; c: Manahan; d: Danner2/8,11,13/83 Faust South; MeCauley, Brandstetter, Crafts; c: DeMain3/22,24,27/83 Madama Butterfly Haddon; Di Paolo, Gardner; c: Manahan; d: Kahn

University of Nebraska Opera Wksp., G. Tallman, Dir., Lincoln10/28-31/82 Side by Side by Sondheim w.p.2/4-7/83 Manon Eng.; w.o.

NEVADANevada Opera, T. Puffer, Art.Dir., Reno

10/22,23,24/82 Die Flederraaus Eng. Puffer; c: Mesrobian12/11,12,18,19/82 Nutcracker Ballet2/18,19,20/83 Macbeth Eng. Puffer4/15,16,17/83 La Boheme Eng. Puffer

University of Nevada Opera Theatre, C. Kim ball, Dir., Las Vegas10/15,16,17/82 Little Mary Sunshine3/4,5,6/83 Die Fledermaus Eng. Martin

NEW HAMPSHIRETheatre by the Sea, J. KimbalL Dir., Portsmouth

9/1-10/24/82 Dansieker's Swing Shift4/27-5/22/83 Pippin

NEW JERSEYFamily Opera, H. Schlisserman, Mus.Dir., N. Bergen

10/10/82 Tosca 11/7/82 La Traviata12/5/82 La Boheme 1/9/83 Rigoletto2/6/83 The Barber of Seville 3/6/83 Cavalleria rusticana & scenes5/1/83 The Merry Widow 6/5/83 Aida

Glassboro State College Opera Wksp., B. Bachman-Granite, Dir., Glassboro4/19m,21,23,24/83 Suor Angelica & Gianni Scnicchi

Jersey Lyric Opera, S. Lewis, Gen.Mgr., Westfield10/23/82 Die Fledermaus4/9,17/83 Madama Butterfly

Lubo Opera, J. Lasky, Art.Dir., Guttenberg10/31 11/6/82 Cavalleria rusticana & Pagliacci1/15/83 Fidelio4/24/83 The Gypsy Baron

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Metro Lyric Opera, E. Tognoli, ExecDir., Allenhurst11/6/82 Madama Butterfly w.p. 12/5/82 2/83 The Merry Widow Eng. Tognoli4/83 La Boheme 6/83 Cavalleria rusticana <5c Pagliacci8/83 n Trovatore

New Jersey State Opera, A. Silipigni, Art.Dir., Newark10/23/82 Victor Borge Benefit Concert3/20/83 Tosca Zeani; Johns, Elvira; c: Silipigni; d: Rossi-Lemeni4/17/83 II Trovatore Troitskaya, Nadler; Montana, Padovan; c: Silipigni; d: HansenSummer '83 tour: Concerts

Opera Classics of New Jersey, G. Ungaro, Gen.Mgr., Paramus11/20/82 La Boheme c: Coppola; d: Moresco2/5/83 Carmen 3/26/83 Cavalleria rusticana & Pagliacci4/23/83 Rigoletto 5/15/83 Gala Concert

Paper Mill Playhouse, A. Del Rossi, Prod., Millburn11/13-12/19/82 Millar/Grainer's Robert and Elizabeth c: Coleman; d/cgr: Johanson

Red Oak Music Theatre, A. PourmeL Art.Dir., Lakewood10/22,23,29,30/82 The King and I1/28,29 2/4,5/83 Bells are Ringing4/22,23,29,30/83 The Boys from Syracuse

Ridgewood Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Co., R. Weber, Mgr., Ridgewood11-12/82 The Sorcerer 7 pfs. 4-6/83 The Mikado 12 pfs.

Waterloo Festival, G. Schwarz, Mus.Dir.7/9/83 Wagner's Das Liebesverbot conc.pf.; Am.prem.

NEW MEXICOAlbuquerque Opera Theatre, J. Opel, Adm., Albuquerque

10/15,16/82 Tosca Eng. Philips; K. Wilson; Paxton, Gregory; c: Landis; d: Philips; ds:Prouse/Bratcher

11/20,21/82 Hansel and Gretel Eng. Frederick1/28,29/83 The Merry Wives of Windsor Eng. Blatt; Mendius, Yellott, M. Barrett; c:

Bratcher; d: Opel2/25,26/83 Double-bill of contemporary operas4/29,30 5/6,7/83 Carmen

Four Corners Opera, R. Gregori, Gen.Dir., Farmington11/5,6/82 Hansel and Gretel Eng.; c: Frederick; d: Opel; ds: Prouse/Bratcher2/25,26/83 Gala Concert w.p.6/2,4/83 La Traviata Eng. Machlis

University of New Mexico Opera Studio, S. Daniel, Dir., Albuquerque11-12/82 Opera Scenes 4/83 Candide 8 pfs.

NEW YORKCornell Savoyards, J. Mueller, Pres., Ithaca

10/29-31 11/5-7/82 The Pirates of Penzance 4/8-10,15,16/83 PatienceEastman School of Music Opera Theatre, R. Pearlman, Dir., Rochester

10/21-24/82 The Turn of the Screw12/3,4,5/82 n Matrimonio segreto Eng.2/11,12,13,14/83 La Cenerentola Eng.

Empire State Institute of the Performing Arts, Albany12/3-19/82 The Wizard of Oz1/28-2/5/83 Strauch's The Wind in the Willows5/13-21/83 Strouse's Nightingale

Opera Theatre of Rochester, R. Rosenberg, Art.Dir., Rochester9/24,25/82 The Barber of Seville H. Harris; Brandstetter, Livings, Halfvarson; c: Flint;

d: Auerbach11/27,28/82 Daisy c: Hodkinson; d: Muni1/7,8/83 The Merry Widow Lani, S. Harrison; Bortnick, R. Estes; c: Hess; d: Lehmeyer5/13,14/83 II Trovatore Opera Theatre of Syracuse prod.

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Story Concert Players, R. Winokur, Art.Dir., Millwood1982-83 tour: Rip van Winkle; The Nutcracker and the Mouse King; With Strings At-

tached; Mainly Mozart; Silents, Please; Once Upon a Woodwind; Face to FaceSUNY-Fredonia Lyric Theatre Wksp., J. Wiles, Dir., Fredonia

10/14-17,21-24/82 A Little Night Music11/11-13/82 The Telephone ic Amelia Goes to the Ball w.p.3/15-21/83 H.M.S. Pinafore

SUNY-Potsdam Crane Opera Theatre, T. Holliday, Dir., Potsdam11/4-7/82 Albert Herring 3/10-13/83 Kiss Me Kate

Syracuse Univ. Opera Wksp., D. Miller, Dir., Syracuse10/24/82 Opera Scenes w.p.3/18,19/83 Philidor's Tom Jones1982-83 tour to schools: The Faun in the Forest w.p.

NEW YORK CITYAMAS Repertory Co., R. LeNoire, Art.Dir., Amas Theatre

10/28-11/21/82 Stone's Louisiana Summer prem.; w.p.2/24-3/27/83 Holder's Her Stormy Weather prem.4/21-5/15/83 tba

Amato Opera, A. Amato, Pres., Amato Theatre9/18,19m,25,26m 10/2,3m,8,9,16,17m/82 Don Giovanni10/30,31m ll/6,7m, 13,14m, 19,20,27,28m/82 Carmen12/ll,12m,17,18,19m,31/82 l/2m,7,8,9m/83 La Boheme2/18,19,20m,26,27m 3/4,5,6m,12,13m/83 The Marriage of Figaro Eng.3/25,26,27m 4/8,9,10m,15,16,17m,22,23,24m/83 Madama Butterfly5/14,15m,21,22m,28,29m 6/3,4,11,12m/83 Nerone Eng.

Amato Opera Circle, A. Amato, Pres.11/21/82 Hin und zuriick & Mavra1/23/83 Haydn's La Contadina

Association for Opera Awareness, C. Cates, Pres., West End Theatre11/10-14/82 Rita <Jc Not a Spanish Kiss

Bel Canto Opera, T. Sieh, Dir., Wagner HJS. Auditorium10/30 11/7/82 J.C. Bach's Temistocle Am.prem.; Downes/Bond/Robbins Landon ed.;

Williams, Walker, Lazenby; Talley, Dillon, Voorhees; c: Bond; d: Jaworski1/15,16,22,23/83 Donizetti's Caterina Cornaro3/12,13,19,20/83 Offenbach's Robinson Crusoe6/4,5,11,12/83 Moniuszko's Halka Eng.

Bronx Opera, M. Spierman, Art.Dir., Bronx H.S. & *Hunter Collegel/8,9,14*,15*/83 Nielsen's Maskarade4/29,30 5/6 *,7 */83 Verdi's On Giorno di regno Eng. Herman/Apter

Brooklyn Lyric Opera, N. Myrvick, Gen.Mgr., Brooklyn1982-83: La Traviata; Die Fledermaus; Lucia di Lammermoor

Chamber Music at the Y, G. Schwarz, Mus.Dir., Kaufmann Auditorium9/28/82 L*Histoire du soldat narr: Houseman; w. Baird Puppets11/6/82 Pergolesi's The Music Master Eng.; Thorngren; Heist, Evitts; c: Schwarz; d:

Books panChamber Opera Theatre Forum, Marymount Manhattan

10/5/82 Mozart's n Re pastore c: FinkChildren's Free Opera, M. Feldman, Art.Dir.

1/83 The Abduction from the Seraglio Eng. Hess; 10 pfs.3/83 Lo Speziale Eng. Hess; 10 pfs.5/83 La Scala di seta Eng. Hess; 10 pfs.

Children's Musical Theatre, M. Stern-Wolfe, Dir., Third Street Settlement School11/14/82 Kleinsinger's The Story of Celeste1/9/83 "The Wonderful World of Opera" After Dinner Opera prod.3/5,6,11,12/83 Scarim's Space prem. & Kleinsinger's Brooklyn Baseball Cantata

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Collegiate Chorale, R. Bass, Mus.Dir., Carnegie Hall11/12/82 Handel's Esther Blegen; Cole, D.R. Albert

Eastern Opera Theatre, D. Westwood, Dir., state tour10-11/82 The Barber of Seville Eng.

Ensemble for Early Music, F. Renz, Dir., Cathedral of St. John the Divine12/10-12/82 Daniel and the Lions

Finnish National Opera, Metropolitan Opera House4/26-30/83 Kokkonen's The Last Temptation; Sallinen's The Red Line Am.prems.

First All Children's Theatre, M. Stein, Art.Dir.12/19/82-1/15/83 Strouse's Nightingale2-4/83 Peaslee/Cavander's Children's Crusade (new 2-aet vers.)

S.H. Goldman, Prod., Radio City Music Hall3/19-5/1/83 Porgy and Bess c: Harwood; d: O'Brien; ds: Schmidt/Potts

Goldovsky Opera Theatre, B. Goldovsky, Art.Dir.10/10-11/6/82 tour: La Boheme 16 pfs.

Juilliard American Opera Center, E. Gastelli, Adm., Lincoln Center12/9,10,12,13/82 Manon c: Master; d: Ayrton; ds: Landwehr/Mess2/24,25,26,27/83 I Capuleti ed i Montecchi c: Vaughan; d: Strasfogel; ds: Lee

Light Opera of Manhattan, W. Mount-Burke, Prod.Dir., Eastside Playhouse9/8-26782 The Red Mill9/29-10/17/82 Mile. Modiste10/20-31/82 2/23-3/6 4/6-17/83 The Mikado11/3-14 12/1-5,31/82 1/2-16/83 H.M.S. Pinafore11/17-28/82 Iolanthe12/8-30/82 Babes in Toyland1/19-2/6/83 The Desert Song2/9-20/83 The Gondoliers3/1/83 Savoyard Masque - 15th Anniversary Gala3/9-20/83 Patience3/23-4/3/83 The Pirates of Penzance4/20-5/1/83 The Merry Widow Eng. Mathias5/4-29/83 Rose Marie

Little Orchestra Society, D. Anagnost, Mus.Dir., A very Fisher Hallll/4m/82 Amahl and the Night Visitors Davidson; Vas, Boyd, Kline, Pierson; c:

Anagnost; d: Menotti12/8/82 L*Enfance du Christ conc.pf. w. Greek Choral Society

Live from the Met, M. Bronson, Exee.Prod., PBS/WNET10/7/82 Der Rosenkavalier Te Kanawa, Troyanos, Blegen; Moll, Hammond-Stroud; c:

Levine12/3/82 "In Concert at the Met" Price, Home; c: Levine (taped 3/28/82)12/25m,29/82 Hansel and Gretel Eng.; Blegen, von Stade, Eli as, Kraft; Devlin;

c: Fulton1/26/83 Idomeneo Cotrubas, Behrens, von Stade; Pavarotti, Alexander; c: Levine; d/ds:

Ponnelle3/23/83 Tannhauser Marton, Troyanos; Cassilly, Weikl; c: Levine (taped 12/20/82)

Live from Lincoln Center, J. Goberman, Exee.Prod., PBS/WNET10/20/82 Madama Butterfly Haddon, Christin; Hadley, Titus; c: Keene; New York City

Opera prod.Long Island Opera Society, D. Lawton, Mus.Dir.

4/23/83 Donizetti's Maria Padilla conc.pf.Metropolitan Opera Concert/Recital Series, A.A. Bliss, GeiuDir., (see also Vol. 24, No. 1)

12/12/82 Frederica von Stade & Nicolai Gedda; ace: Levine1/30/83 Placido Domingo & Sherrill Milnes; c: Levine2/13/83 Renata Scotto; ace: Levine3/6/83 Christa Ludwig; ace: Levine

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New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, A. Bergeret, Art.Dir., Symphony Space9/23-10/3/82 The Pirates of Penzance 9 pfs.12/31/82-1/9/83 Iolanthe 9 pfs.4/7-17/83 The Gondoliers 9 pfs.6/2-12/83 The Mikado 9 pfs.

New York Grand Opera, V. LaSelva, Mus.Dir., Brooklyn Academy of Music12/15/82 Amahl and the Night Visitors

New York Lyric Opera, J. Haber, Art.Dir., N. Johnson, Mus.Dir., FIT Theatre11/17,19,21,23,25,26,27/82 The Coronation of Poppea Eng. Haber/Ward; Dennis; d:

Haber; ds: Liitgenhorst; at Xenon Disco2/4,6,10,12,13/83 Owen's Death of the Virgin prem. & Paulus1 The Village Singer4/21,23,27,29,30/83 Maxwell Da vies' The Martyrdom of St. Magnus

New York Opera Repertory Theatre, L. Gore, Dir.10/21/82 The Rape of Lucretia at Tully Hall12/16,17,18m,18,19m/82 Sandow's A Christmas Carol at Symphony Space6/10,12/83 Beeson's Captain Jinks of the Horse-Marines at City Center

Opera Camerata, J. Holcombe, Art.Dir., TO MI Theatre10/8-10,15-17/82 Falstaff12/11,12,18,19/82 Hansel and Gretel 8 pfs.5/6,7,8m,14,15m/83 La Traviata

Opera Ensemble of New York, R. Bierhoff, Art.Dir., Lillie Blake Theatre11/5,7,10,12,14,17,19,21/82 Werther Beer, Hayden-Brown; Breeden, Crawford; c: Sheehan2/11,13,16,18,20,23,25,27/83 Bastien and Bastienne 6c Dido and Aeneas5/6,8,11,13,15,18,20,22/83 A Midsummer Night's Dream

Opera Stage of Brooklyn Lyric Opera, N. Myrvick, Gen.Dir.1982-83: La Traviata; Die Fledermaus; Rigoletto; Andrea Chlnier

Queens College Opera Studio, H. Weisgall, Dir., Flushing12/9,10,11,12/82 Gluek's Paris and Helen Eng. Goldstein; Am.stg.prem.; d: Olon-

ScrymgeourQueens Opera, J. Messina, Gen.Dir., Brooklyn

11/82 Tosea 4/83 II Trovatore7-8/83 La Bone me conc.pf.

Regina Opera Theatre, M. Cantoni, Pres., Regina Hall, Brooklyn11/27,28 12/4,5/82 Carmen w.o. 3/5,6,12,13/83 tba6/4,5,11,12/83 Rigoletto

Scovasso Opera, S. Scovasso, Art.Dir., Lundy Hall, Sheepshead Bay8/25 9/11,12,19,25/82 Die Fledermaus Eng. Martin; w.p.11/21/82 5/22/83 Concerts12/4,5,11,12/82 Cosi fan tutte Eng. Martin; w.p.3/12,13,19,20/83 Madama Butterfly w.p.6/11,12,18,19/83 Tosea w.p.

WNET-Channel 13, The Ring, Bayreuth Prod., P. Boulez, Mus.Dir., P. Chereau, Dir./Ds.1/17/83 "A Ring for Television"1/24/83 Das Rheingold2/21/83 Die WalkUre Act I2/28/83 Die Walkiire Acts II and III4/83 Siegfried6/83 Gotterdammerung

Workmens Circle, Folksbiene Playhouse10/16,17m, 17/82 Mlotek's The Golden Land prem.

NORTH CAROLINACharlotte Opera, B. Chalmers, Gen.Dir., Charlotte

10/1/82 Concert with Charlotte Symphony c: Driehuys11/18,20/82 Madama Butterfly J. Stewart, Hegierski; Austin, Tyeska; c: Rosekrans;

d/ds: Sato; co-prod, w. Piedmont <5c Augusta operas

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Charlotte Opera cont.1/27,29/83 Fidelio Eng. Hammond/Blumer; Telep-Ehrlich, Webber; -J. West, Smith, S.

West; e: Rosekrans; d: Deutsch; ds: Dunham/White4/14,16/83 The Pirates of Penzance Om merle, Levy; Abruzzo, Griffin; e: Rosekrans;

d: Gately; ds: Jasien; also tour by North Carolina OperaEast Carolina Univ. Opera Theatre, C. Hiss, Dir., Greenville

10/15,16/82 Opera Scenes2/23,25,26/83 The Bartered Bride Eng.

Greensboro Opera Co., P.P. Fuchs, Art.Dir., War Memorial Auditorium10/22/82 Lucia di Lammermoor Russell; Price, Kendall, McGraw; c: Fuchs; d: Beck

National Opera Company, D. Witherspoon, Gen.Mgr.1982-83 tour: Cos! fan tutte; Der Wildschiitz Eng. Cowden; Don Pasquale Eng. Wilder/

Witherspoon; Die Fledermaus Eng. MartinPiedmont Opera Theatre, N. Johnson, Art.Dir., Winston-Salem

9/24,26/82 Madama Butterfly J. Stewart, Hegierski; Austin, Tyeska; c: Johnson; d/ds:Sato; co-prod. Charlotte & Augusta operas

University of North Carolina Opera Theatre, M. Marvin, Dir., Chapel Hill9/13-24/83 A Game of Chance w.p.10/28/82 de la Halle/Milhaud's The Play of Robin and Marion11/20/82 The Impresario4/15,16/83 Albert Herring

University of North Carolina Opera Wksp., J. Dillard, Dir., Charlotte2/11,12/83 The Merry Widow Eng. Harnick

NORTH DAKOTAFargo-Moorhead Civic Opera, D. Martin, Art.Dir., Fargo

10/21/82 Zar und Zimmermann Eng. D. Martin; 3 pfs.1/83 Tosca 3 pfs.4/83 The Gondoliers 3 pfs.

OHIOCincinnati Opera, J. de Blasis, Gen.Dir., Cincinnati

11/3,5/82 Rigoletto Gonzalez, Goodson; Molese, Justus, Voketaitis; c: Ryan; d: de Blasis;ds: Klein/Brown

3/17,19/83 Madama Butterfly Craig, Curry; c: Ryan; d: de Blasis6/23,25/83 Alfano's Risurrezione Eng. Porter; c: Keene6/30 7/2/83 Die Meistersinger von Niirnberg Alexander7/7,9/83 Manon Lescaut Neblett; Theyard; d: de Blasis7/14,16/83 COM fan tutte Eng.; Garrison, Reeve; c: Coppola7/21,22,23/83 Carousel Edwards; c: Ryan7/27-31/83 The Music Man c: Coppola

Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, M. Murray, Prod.Dir., Cincinnati11/16-12/18/82 The Wizard of Oz

Cleveland Play House, R. Oberlin, Dir., Cleveland1/12-2/27/83 Tomfoolery 4/6-5/8/83 The Robber Bridegroom

Dayton Opera, D. DiChiera, Art.Dir., Dayton10/30,31/82 Lucia di Lammermoor Devia/P. Myers; Fowler/Aquirre, Warner; c: Flint;

cfc Gratale; Michigan Opera prod.3/12,13/83 The Marriage of Figaro Michigan Opera prod.4/30 5/1/83 H.M.S. Pinafore5/14,15/83 La Boneme

Oberlin College/Conservatory Opera Theatre, J. Layng, Dir., Oberlin11/17,19,20/82 Falstaff Eng. Porter; Milan vers.3/16,18,19/83 Albert Herring 12/82 5/83 Opera Scenes w.p.

Ohio State Univ. Opera Theatre, R. Stephens, Dir., Columbus11/82 West Side Story 2 pfs. 2/83 Opera Scenes5/83 Falstaff 2 pfs.

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Opera at Peterloon, C. Combopiano, Mus.Dir., Cincinnati9/2,3/82 The Wandering Scholar & El Retablo de Maese Pedro9/4,5/82 L'Osteria portoghese & O.R. Smith's Judith prem.

Otterbein College Opera Theatre, M. Achter, Dir., Westerville2/24-26/83 The Beggar's Opera

Youngstown State Univ. Dana School of Music, D. Vogel, Dir., Youngstown11/22,23/82 HeUo Out There & The Four Note Opera2/14/83 Opera Scenes5/19-21/83 Cosi fan tutte Eng.

Youngstown Symphony Orchestra, J. Hynes, Mgr., Youngstown3/11/83 La Traviata Goetz, Cortez, Rhodes; c: Leonard; d: Lloyd

OKLAHOMACimarron Circuit Opera, D. Moore, Gen.Mgr., Norman

1982-83 tour: Rigoletto; Hansel and Gretel; Cosi fan tutte; ScenesOklahoma City Univ. Opera Wksp., C. Osterhaus, Dir., Oklahoma City

10/15,16,17/82 On the Town11/19,20,21/82 Naughty Marietta2/25,26,27/83 The Tales of Hoffmann4/8,9,10/83 Purlie

Oklahoma State Univ. Opera Theatre, S. Van Eaton, Dir., Stilwater10/29,30/82 Little Red Riding Hood 2/10,11/83 Opera Scenes

Southwestern Oklahoma State Univ. Opera Wksp, C. Chapman, Dir., Weatherford10/21,22/82 Rigoletto 4/13,14,15,16/83 The Fantasticks

University of Oklahoma Music Theatre, J. Birkhead, Dir., Norman10/22-24/82 The King and I 4 pfs.2/4-8/83 La Penehole Eng. Valency; 4 pfs.4/23-26/83 The Mikado 4 pfs.

University of Tulsa Opera Theatre, J. Auer, Dir., Tulsa12/3,4,5/82 Amahl and the Night Visitors 4/83 Opera Scenes

OREGONEugene Opera, J. Toland, Gen.Mgr., Eugene Performing Arts Center

10/9/82 La Boheme Eng. Martin; Jaffe, England; Ford, N. Wilson; c: Bayles; d: Gillas;ds: Williams/Freedman

12/31/82 Die Fledermaus Eng. Wolfe; Bauer, Hurwitz; Poole, Lash; c: Bayles; d: Gressler5/7/83 Don Pasquale Eng. Martin6/23-26/83 The Yeomen of the Guard

National Opera Ass'n Convention, Portland11/11/82 The Face on the Barroom Floor dinner theatre/Portland Opera prod.; Sam's

Benjamin Ballou prem.; University of Washington at Seattle prod.11/13/82 Zytowski's The Play of the Three Shepherds prem. & Thomas of Canterbury

University of California Santa Barbara prod.University of Portland Opera Wksp., R. Doyle, Dir., Portland

12/82 The Fantasticks 4 pfs.Willamette Univ. Opera Theatre, J. Viamonte, Dir., Salem

3/2,4,5,6/83 Gianni Schicchi Eng. Pitt & La Cantarina Eng. Heiden/ViamontePENNSYLVANIA

Academy of Vocal Arts, D. Yannopoulos, Dir., Philadelphia1/25,26,28,29/83 Cosi fan tutte2/22,23,25,26/83 Capriccio3/22,23,25,26/83 Der Schauspieldirektor & Prima la musica, poi le parole4/26,27,29,30/83 The Marriage of Figaro5/17,18,20,21/83 The Magic Flute

Berks Grand Opera, A. Jurkiewicz, Art.Dir., Reading11/6/82 Carmen Eng. Martin4/16/83 Manon Lescaut

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Bucknell Univ. Opera Wksp., J. Kelly, Dir., Lewisburg3/83 A Game of Chance <5c Scenes

Combs College & William Penn Opera Committee, Academy of Music, Philadelphia10/24,26,29/82 Cascarino's William Penn prem.; Ferraro; Cheek; c: Macatsoris; d:

Yannopoulos; ds: Businger; w. Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia & Philadelphia SingersCurtis Institute of Music Opera Dept., B. Goldovsky, Dir., Philadelphia

12/82 The Marriage of Figaro Eng.Indiana Univ. of Pennsylvania Opera Wksp., J. Wildeboor, Dir., Indiana

10/28,29,30/82 The Mikado2/3,4,5/83 My Fair Lady4/21,22,23/83 The Magic Flute Eng. Martin

Opera Ebony, M. Poindexter, Mgr., Academy of Music, Philadelphia5/5,7/83 Nabucco

Philadelphia College of Performing Arts Opera Wksp., K. Walker, Coord., Philadelphia10/29-31 11/13/82 Don Pasquale d: Walker; 10/30 Eng.11/17 12/10-12,20,21/82 Opera Scenes2/11-13/83 The Secret of Susanna & Scenes

Pittsburgh Chamber Opera Theatre, M. Miller-Posvar, Art.Dir., touring company of Pitts-burg Opera

11/28,29 12/4,5/82 Hansel and Gretel12/11,12/82 Amahl and the Night Visitors2/1-10/83 Cos! fan tutte3/83 The Barber of Seville4/18,19/83 The Marriage of Figaro

Pittsburgh Public Theatre, B. Shaktman, Art.Dir., Pittsburgh9/1-10/24/82 Damashek's Tom Jones12/16/82-1/30/83 Damashek's Quilters

RHODE ISLANDProvidence Opera Theatre, W. Noll, Gen.Dir., Ocean State Pfg. Arts Center

10/22,23/82 Lucia di Lammermoor Ringo; Morales, Cunningham; c: Peress; d: Oliver3/11,12/83 Tosca4/15,16/83 Carmen

SOUTH CAROLINABob Jones Univ. Opera Ass'n, E. Gustafson, Dir., Greenville

3/22,24,26/83 Tosea Telep-Ehrlich; Gibbs, FlagelloCharleston Opera, H. Dukes, Pres., Charleston

10/29,30,31 11/5,6/82 Gypsy2/25,27 3/5,6/83 Die Fledermaus4/8,10,15,16/83 Hansel and Gretel

TENNESSEECarson-Newman College Lyric Theatre, T. Teague, Dir., Jefferson City

10/21,22,23/82 Oklahoma!Spring '83 Elijah stgd. pfs.

Chattanooga Opera, R. Austin, Art.Dir., Chattanooga10/7,9/82 La Traviata P. Hunter; Farina, C. Smith; c: Austin2/24,26/83 Madama Butterfly4/21,23/83 The Ballad of Baby Doe

Maryville College Opera Wksp., K. Skinner, Dir., Maryville10/19,21/82 Gallantry & Hin und zuriick & A Hand of Bridge w.p.2/18,19,23,24,25,26/83 Fiddler on the Roof4/12,14/83 Stop the World, I Want to Get Off

Opera Memphis/Southern Opera Theatre, A.A. Randolph, Exec.Dir., tour11/29-12/17/82 Larsen's Silver Fox 15 pfs.1/10-5/1/83 The Pirates of Penzance 48 pfs.American Opera Series: 9/82 Face on the Barroom Floor 8 pfs.; 10/82 Titus' Rosina 4 pfs.

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Opera Memphis, A. A. Randolph, Exec.Dir., Memphis10/16/82 Renata Scotto in Concert11/18,20/82 Susannah P.Myers; Vining, M.Talley, Dooley; c: Hess; d: Bakman; ds: Wong2/24,26/83 Carmen Senn, Williams; Gibbs4/15,17/83 The Abduction from the Seraglio Eng. dialogue Atherton; Pruett, Bradley;

AthertonPlayhouse on the Square, J. Nichols, Exec.Dir., Memphis

9/1-10/23/82 Chicago12/10/82-1/15/83 Cabaret5/17-7/4/83 1776

University of Tennessee Opera Theatre, D. Pennebaker, Dir., Chattanooga1/21,23/83 Summer and Smoke3/24,25/83 The Pirates of Penzance

TEXASBaylor Univ. Opera Theatre, J. McFadden, Mus.Oir., Waco

10/18,19/82 The Telephone <5c Gianni Schicchi Eng. Grossman2/25,26,27,28/83 The Magic Flute Eng. Martin

Dallas Theatre Center, P. Baker, Art.Dir., Dallas3/29-5/7/83 The Threepenny Opera

Hardin-Simmons Univ. Opera Theatre, J. Middleton, Dir., Abilene11/23/82 Opera Scenes w.p.2/83 Something's Afoot

Houston Grand Opera, D. Gockley, Gen.Dir., Houston (see also Vol. 24, No. 1)11/10/82 Kiri Te Kanawa in Concert1/22,26,27/83 The Daughter of the Regiment Mills, Krueger; Cameron, Sullivan; e:

France; d: Gately2/27/83 Leontyne Price in Concert3/26,30,31/83 The Merry Widow Putnam, Holliday; Freeman, Trussel; c: France; d:

Gately5/4,5,7/83 Sugar Babies Miller; Rooney; National Company prod.6/17,18,19m,20,22,23,24/83 Trouble in Tahiti & Bernstein's A Quiet Place prem.Previously announced Lohengrin cancelled

Lamar Univ. Opera Theatre, J. Truncate, Dir., Beaumont2/4,5,6/83 The Medium <5c Amelia al ballo8/83 Opera Scenes

Midwestern State Univ. Opera Wksp., R. Hansen, Dir., Wichita Falls11/11,12/82 Bastien und Bastienne <5c The Old Maid and the Thief4/7,8,9,10/83 Company

San Antonio Symphony/Grand Opera, L. Smith, Mus.Dir., San Antonio1/27,29/83 II Tabarro & Gianni Schicchi Galvany; D. Bailey, Rhodes <5c Galvani, Gut-

knecht; D.R. Smith2/25,27/83 Don Pasquale4/8,10/83 Eugene Onegin Sundine; Cross

Southern Methodist Univ. Music Theatre, J. Burrows, Dir., Dallas11/82 The Magic FluteSpring '83 The Rake's Progress

Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Opera Wksp., S. Gray, Dir., Ft. Worth11/29,30/82 Amahl and the Night Visitors4/18,19/83 Noye's Fludde

Stephen F. Austin State Univ. Opera Wksp., D. Jones, Dir., Nacogdoches3/23-26/83 I/Elisir d'amore Eng. Martin

Tarleton State Univ. Opera Wksp., J. Kavanaugh, Dir., Stephensville2/25/83 Anything Goes

Texas Christian Univ. Opera Wksp., A. Hopkin, Dir., Ft. Worth3/25,27/83 Gianni Schicchi & Suor Angelica

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Texas Tech Univ. Music Theatre, J. Gillas, Dir., Lubbock10/28,29,30/82 La Traviata Eng. Machlis

Theatre Three, J. Alder, Prod.Dir., Dallas9/24-11/6/82 Sweeney Todd d: Eddleman7/8-8/21/83 Tomfoolery

Trinity Univ. Dept. of Music, Stravinsky Centennial Music Festival, San Antonio11/12-14/82 inch L'Histoire du soldat; Les Noces; guest speaker: Craft

University of Texas Opera Theatre, W. Ducloux, Dir., Austin10/21-24/82 Don Giovanni Eng. Martin11/11-14/82 The Yeomen of the Guard3/4-6/83 A Masked Ball Eng. Fuchs

UTAHBtigham Young Univ. Music Theatre, C. Robison, Dir., Provo

12/9-11/82 Amahl and the Night Visitors2/18,19,23,25,26/83 The Consul

Pioneer Memorial Theatre, K. Engar, Exec.Dir., Salt Lake City9/29-10/16/82 Kismet d: Martin2/16-3/5/83 Fanny d: Engar5/11-28/83 South Pacific d: Hewett

VIRGINIAJames Madison Univ. Opera Wksp., J. Little, Dir., Harrisonburg

12/3,4,9,10/82 La Cantarina Eng. Geiringer & Benjamin's The Prima Donna2/22-27/83 The Marriage of Figaro Eng. Dent

Southwest Virginia Opera Society, M. Granger, Art.Dir., Roanoke9/82 Falstaff 3 pfs.5/83 Madama Butterfly 3 pfs.

WASHINGTONCivic Light Opera, A. Ford, Art.Dir., Seattle

10/8-31/82 Kiss Me Kate2/18-3/13/83 The Most Happy Fella4/22-5/15/83 Flower Drum Song

Seattle Opera, G. Ross, Gen.Dir., Seattle (see also Vol. 24, No. 1)12/13,14,17,18,19/82 Amahl and the Night Visitors c: Mitchell; d: Ross

Seattle Pacific College Opera Wksp., W. Saba, Dir., Seattle12/3,4/82 Amahl and the Night Visitors

University of Washington Opera Theatre, R. Rosinbum & R. Feist, Dirs., Seattle11/12/82 Sams' Benjamin Ballou prem.; at NOA Convention, Portlandll/17,19,20,21m/82 The Marriage of Figaro Eng. Martin; c: Feist; d: Rosinbum; ds:

F orrester/Dahlstrom2/83 tba5/83 Lakml

WEST VIRGINIAWest Virginia Univ. Opera Theatre, J. Benner, Dir., Morgantown

11/3-5/82 4/83 Opera Scenes w.p.3/9-12/83 The Marriage of Figaro w.o.

WISCONSINMadison Civic Opera, R. Johnson, Mus.Dir., Madison

3/18,20/83 The Bartered Bride Eng.; Gutknecht; D. Nelson, Voketaitis; d: A. JohnsonSkylight Comic Opera Community/Education Prog, (see also Vol. 24, No. 1)

1982-83 tour: Marriage by Lanternlight; Cox and BoxTheatre X, K. McCain, Mng.Dir., Milwaukee

10/22-24/82 Hindemith's Baden Baden Learning Play (Lehrstiick) c: FossWisconsin Opera Theatre of the Florentine Opera, J. Gage, Gen.Mgr., Milwaukee

10/7-10/82 La Cenerentola Eng.; w. Youth Orchestra; at Pabst Theatre

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PUERTO RICOOpera de Camera, L. Pereira, Gen.Dir., Rio Piedras

8/30-9/13/82 5/83 La Serva padrona 9 pfs.12/25,26/82 1/1,2,6/83 Amahl and the Night Visitors8/83 Bastien und Bastienne 6c Arlecchino & David and Goliath

CANADABanff Centre School of Fine Arts Music Theatre Studio Ensemble, M. Bawtree, Dir.

11/22,23/82 Hudd's Beautiful Dreamer N. Am.prem.; d: C. Smith; ds: Porteous; alsotour

12/9,10/82 The Shivaree4/7,8,9/83 Oliver's Artists and Admirers prem.; c: Bedford; d: Graham; ds: Jampolis

Carnaval Souvenir de Chicoutimi, R. Mimeault, Dir., Chicoutimi2/3-13/83 La belle Helene

Comus Music Theatre, B. Bridgman, Art.Dir., Toronto5/83 Schafer's Ra prem.; 29 pfs.

Cosmopolitan Opera, M. Strano, Pres., Toronto9/12,24/83 Madama Butterfly Castaneda, Sadegur; Strano, Ingram; c: Shookhoff; d: Aster12/10,11/82 n Trovatore Castaneda, Richardson; Strano; c: de Clara; d: Thomas

Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra, H. Robertson, GeiuMgr., Hamilton2/9,10/83 Carmen eonc.pf.2/12/83 Die Fledermaus eonc.pf.

McGill Univ. Opera Studio, E. Delia Pergola, Dir., Montreal11/21/82 1/30 4/10/83 Opera Scenes w.p.3/9,10,12,13/83 Les Contes d'Hoffmann w.o.

Montreal Symphony Orchestra, C. Dutoit, Mus.Dir., Place des Arts, Montreal5/83 Samson et Dalila excerpts in concert; Norman; McCracken, Quilico; also 5/21

at Carnegie HallNational Arts Centre, D. MacSween, Gen.Dir., Ottawa

11/10-14/82 The Mikado Stratford Festival prod.Opera in Concert, S. Hamilton, Prod., Toronto

10/23,24/82 Vanessa Jean/Blaser, Loeb/James; Silva-Marin/Evans, Cameron/Katz12/4,5/82 The Gypsy Baron Tomlin/Roslak, Maltese/MacPhail; Stilwell/McLean2/5,6/83 Rameau's Hippolyte et Aricie Patenaude/Browning, Dorenfeld/Smith; DuBois/

McLean4/9,10/83 Samson et Dalila Forrester; Jones/Shust, Barcza/Baerg

Opera Hamilton, S. Thomas, Art.Dir., Hamilton9/16,18/82 Madama Butterfly Pellegrini, Malakova; Bartolini, Elvira; c: Guadagno;5/12,14/83 Aida Gessendorf, Paunova; de Marseille, Garrard; c: Woitaeh; d: Thomas

Pacific Opera Ass'n, C. More, Gen.Mgr., Victoria9/16,18,21,23,25/82 Die Fledermaus Noye; Margison, Evans; c: Vernon; d: Leyshon; ds:

Simon12/17,18/82 Cinderella in Salerno (La Cenerentola) adapt. Walker/Beaumont; Pacific

Opera Children's Chorus2/17,19,21,24,26/83 Tosea Stevenson; Cole, Turgeon; c: Vernon; ds: Fellows

University of Toronto Opera Wksp., M. Albano, Dir., Toronto11/19,20,26,27/82 Don Giovanni c: Craig; d: Fisher3/4,5,11,12/83 Dido and Aeneas & L'Heure espagnole c: Craig/Evans; d: Albano

Vancouver Opera, H. McClymont, Gen.Mgr., Vancouver12/4,7,9,11/82 La Boheme Lorange, Forst; Bello, Burchinal, Albert, Barcza; c: Vernon;

d: Guttman1/22,25,27,29/83 La Traviata Faix-Brown; Bini, Opthof; c: Guadagno; d: Kaufmann3/12,15,17,19/83 Carmen Vergara, Collier; McCracken, Clark; c: Guadagno; ds: Naccarato

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