Copyright 2010, Michigan Opera Theatremotlibrary.slis.wayne.edu/images/programs/A_PRO_19641965_001.pdf · Renata Tebaldi Franco Corelli Anselmo Colzani Ezio Flagello Norman Scott

DETROIT GRAND OPERA ASSOCIATION

with Oakland University

University Center for Adult Education Detroit Public Library

presents

OVERTURE TO OPERA IV 1965 Season

A program of excerpts taken from Operas to be presented in Detroit by the Metropolitan Opera Company of New York in May and

the Metropolitan Opera National Company in October, 1965.


OUEKTUR£ 70 OPERA IV

CALENDAR

FEBRUARY 8, 1:15 p.m.-Dondero High School, Royal Oak (for students)

FEBRUARY 9, 8:15 p.m.-Dondero High School, Royal Oak. Admission: $1.00 For ticket information call: Mrs. Denton Kunze, Ll 2-7545; Mrs. Arthur Moore, LI 1-3779; Mrs. John Redfield, Ll 6-7560

FEBRUARY 14, 3:15 p.m.-Oakland University, University Theater, Rochester Admission: $1.00, no charge to students and faculty. For ticket information call: Mr. James Petty, 338-7211

FEBRUARY 17, 2:00 p.m.-Ferndale High School (for students)

FEBRUARY 21, 8:00 p.m.-Fries Auditorium, Grosse Pointe War Memorial. Admission: $1.00 For ticket information call: TU 1-7511

FEBRUARY 24, 8:15 p.m.-Ambassador Auditorium, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario Admission: Adults $1 .25, students 75 cents. For ticket information call: Music Department, 253-4232;

Mrs. Stuart Young, 252-3335

FEBRUARY 28, 3:00 p.m.-Ford Central Office Building Auditorium, The American Road, Dearborn Admission: $1.00. For ticket information call: Mrs. James Beard, LO 1-9176; Mrs. Bruce Simpson, LO 5-2522

MARCH 3,8:15 p.m.-Copernicus Junior High School, Hamtramck. Admission: $1.00 For ticket information call : Mrs. Arthur Rooks, Jr., 867-2876

MARCH 4, 1:30 p.m.-Copernicus Junior High School, Hamtramck (for students)

MARCH 8, 2:00 p.m.-Lincoln Park High School (for students)

MARCH 10, 8:15 p.m.-Rackham Memorial Auditorium, Detroit. Admission: $1.00 For ticket information call : Mrs. Abraham Cooper, UN 1-1532; Mrs. John Greene, TO 8-0957

MARCH 11, 4:00 p.m.-Rackham Memorial Auditorium, Detroit (for students)

MARCH 17, 1:30 p.m.-Pontiac Central High School (for students)

MARCH 22, 8:15 p.m.-Trenton High School. Admission: $1.00 For ticket information call: Mrs. Thomas Hunt, OR 6-7361; Mrs. Henry Rotay, DU 1-5168

MARCH 26, 8:15 p.m.-Bloomfield· Hills High School. Admission: $1.00 For ticket information call : Mrs. Ralph Fox, MI 4-8228; Mrs. Henry Whiting, MI6-1260

MARCH 29, 2:30 p.m.-Grosse Pointe High School (for students)


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Dr. David Di Chiera Overture Chairman*

Overture Co-Chairman . .. ... . ...... . . . .. . . Mrs. Robert Anderson

Producer and Music Director . . Dr. David Di Chiera

Stage Director . . . . . John Gregory

Scenic and Lighting Design Tom A. Aston

Accompanist .

Costumes .

Production Manager

Second Stage Manager

. Lawrence La Gore

. Metropolitan Opera Company . . Tom A. Aston . Serwind Netzler

Costume Alteration . .. ..... . . . ...... ... .. . ... .. . Jim Rousku Lighting . .. . . ...... .. .. .... ... ..... . . ... . .. .. . . Jim Hays

Scenery Construction . .... ....... Tenya Algor and Serwind Netzler

*Dr. David Di Chiera, 29,. was appointed to the faculty of Oakland University in 1962 · Previously, Dr. Di Chlera taught at U.C.L.A. , where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree with highest honors, a master's degree in composition, and e doctorate In musicology, with the Atwater Kenl and Gershwin

awards as additional honors . In 1958, he received a Fulbright award lor further study In Italy He was commissioned by the U. S. information Service to compose a piano sonllta for the Naples festi· val of contemporary Italian and American music, which was broadcast nationally and highly praised

by the Italian press - In 1959, Dr. 01 CI,iera was selected for membership in the National Association for American Composers and Conductors . In the field of musicology, Dr. Di Chiera was given inter· national ecognllion in 1961 for his research In eighteenth·century opera when he was rnvited to New York to participate in the Eighth International Congress of Musicology. In addilion to his teaching

responsibilities at Oakland University, he has recently been apPOinted Assistant Dean lor Continuing Education in the Arts. Opera Overture Is honored to have Dr. 01 Chiera as producer and musiC

director for the second year.


W esley Dalton

Rosemarie Murch

OUE.'KI11RE TO OPERA IV

FEATURED ARTISTS

Alice Dutcher

Ernestine Nimmons Roma Riddell

Russell Smith Jonathan Swift

Doralene McNelly

Raymond Sharp


OUE1ffi1R£ 70 OPERA IV

'PROgRAM MADAME BUTTERFLY

Giacomo Puccini Act I, Love Duet

Butterfly: Ernestine Nimmons Lt. Pinkerton: Wesley Dalton

TOSCA Giacomo Puccini

Act II, Last Scene Floria T osca: Roma Riddell

Baron Scarpia : Russell Smith Spoletta: Edward Kingins; Jonathan Swift

SAMSON AND DELILAH Camille Saint-Saens Act II, Scene III

Samson: Edward Kingins; Jonathan Swift Delilah: Alice Dutcher; Rosemarie Murch

o TELLO Giuseppe Verdi

Act IV, Scene I Desdemona: Doralene McNelly

Emilia: Alice Dutcher; Rosemarie Murch

SUSANNAH Car/isle Floyd

Act II, Scene III Susannah Pollc: Roma Riddell Olin Blitch: Raymond Sharp

RIGOLETTO Giuseppe Verdi

Act IV, Scene I Gilda: Doralene McNelly; Ernestine Nimmons Maddalena: Alice Dutcher; Rosemarie Murch

Duke of Mantua: Edward Kingins; Jonathan Swift Rigoletto: Raymond Sharp; Russell Smith


1965 METIZOPOLITAN OPER...A SEASON IN'DETR01T (at Masonic Temple)

Monday, May 24 (Betlefit performance for Detroit Symphony Orchestra)

THE LAST SA V AGE MenoHi

Roberta Peters Teresa Stratas Lili Chookasian Arturo Sergi Walter Cassel Morley Meredith Donald Gramm

Tuesday, May 25

AIDA Verdi

Mary Curtis-Verna Giulietta Simionato Franco Corelli Frank Guarrera Ezio Flagello Louis Sgarro

Wednesday, May 26

o TELLO Verdi

Renata Tebaldi Dimiter Uzunov Anselmo Colzani Janis Martin Paul Franke Justino Diaz

Thursday, May 27

RlGOLETTO Verdi

Gianna d'Angelo Mignon Dunn Richard Tucker Robert Merrill Bonaldo Giaiotti John Macurdy

Friday, May 28

SAMSON AND DELTLAH Saint-Sa ens

Giulietta Simionato Jon Vickers Norman Mittelmann John Macurdy Justino Diaz

Saturday, May 29 (Matinee)

TOSCA Puccini

Renata Tebaldi Franco Corelli Anselmo Colzani Ezio Flagello Norman Scott

Saturday, May 29 (Evening)

THE f[ YING DUTCHMAN Wagner

Leonie Rysanek Sandor Konya George London Ernst Wiemann Gladys Kriese George Shirley

TICKETS FOR METROPOLITAN OPERA PERFORMANCES : MQil Orders:

Detroit Grand Opera Association 20 East Jefferson Avenue Detroit, Michigan 48226

Window Ticket SQles: ApproximQtely April 1 Box Office

Ford Auditorium Detroit, Michigan


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DETROIT TO WELCOME

NEW OPERA COMPANY

A special plus for opera lovers is scheduled for Detroit this

fall . The newly established National Company of the Metro-

politan Opera will visit Detroit for performances of Bizet's

" Carmen", Rossini's " Cinderella", Puccini's "Madame

Butterfly", and Carlisle Floyd's "Susannah". There will be

performances of these operas in English.

It is anticipated that the National Company will be welcomed

to the Fisher Theatre from October 18 through the 23. The

National Company is a repertory opera company which will

perform in over seventy communities in order to nurture

American and Canadian talent and contribute to the vitality

and growth of opera throughout the United States and Canada.

The emphasis for the National Company will be the over-all

quality of the operatic production. To compete with the legiti-

mate stage, the movies and television, it will combine those

elements from which all great entertainment stems-artistic

ability, direction, and design.

The General Managers of the Company are Miss Rise Stevens

and Mr. Michael Manuel.

Watch for this exciting opening.


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DETR01T GRAND OPERA ASSOCIATION, Inc. 1965 Season

Frank W. Donovan Chairman

Wilber H. Mack President

Mrs. Lynn A. Townsend General Chairman

Mrs. Max M. Fisher General Co-Chairman

Mrs. Theodore O . Yntema Honorary Chairman

Unfortunately, most cultural undertakings are not completely self-supporting. The Detroit Grand

Opera Association is dependent upon your gifts and donations to continue to bring the

Metropolitan Opera to our community. The Association gratefully acknowledges these contributions by

publicly placing the donors on its preferred ticket list; thus entitling them to primary consideration

in the distribution of opera seats.

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Copyright 2010, Michigan Opera Theatremotlibrary.slis.wayne.edu/images/programs/A_PRO_19641965_001.pdf · Renata Tebaldi Franco Corelli Anselmo Colzani Ezio Flagello Norman Scott