OPERA NEWS - VOLUME 24 - NUMBER 11 - JANUARY 16, 1960 - PELLEAS ET MELISANDE

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OPERA NEWS (Volume 24, Number 11, January 16, 1960) highlights Metropolitan Opera Guild membership events and benefits for the Production Fund, including a revival of Verdi’s Simon Boccaneegra and upcoming working rehearsals featuring Die Walküre and Andrea Chénier. The issue lists educational media offered by the Guild, such as “A Visit to the Metropolitan” slides, color filmstrips, and Operagraph recordings with aria and plot narration. It also introduces the magazine’s contents, editors, and weekly programming notes.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryStory & Novel

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Pages36

Reading Time55 min

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Member’s Corner

Contents

Names, Dates, Faces

This Week

And Next

Names·Dates·Faces

OPERA NEWS VOLUME 24·NUMBER 11·PUBLISHED BY THE METROPOLITAN OPERA GUILD·PRICE 25 CENTS JANUARY 16,1960 PELLEAS ET MELISANDE MEMBER’S CORNER... Three cxciting evcnts are yet to take placc at thc OpcraHouse this season for members of The Mctropolitan OpcraCuild.On March 1 a revival of Giuseppe Verdi's Simon Boc-eanegra,last heard at the Metropolitan during the 1949-50seaso,will be presented as the third of our eurrent Guildbenefits to aid the Production Fund.Resplendent in newsettings by Frederick Fox,made possible by a Guild con-tribution,the Verdi opera will be direeted by MargaretWebster and conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos.RenataTebaldi adds another portrayal to her Metropolitan repertoryon this occasion-Maria Boccancgra-and is surrounded byan exccptional cast:Leonard Warren as the ill-fated Doge,Simon;Giorgio Tozzi as his adversary,Fiesco;and RichardTucker as the ardcnt young patriot,Gabrielc.You may rc-call that although the opera stcms from Verdi's middlepcriod,the composer revised it with Boito's aid after thepremicre of Aida;Simon Boeeanegra lcd Verdi and Boitodirectly to Otello and Falstaff.Tickets for this distinguishedrevival may be purchased from Guild Headquarters,654Madison Avenue,New York City,either in person or by mail. Two remaining Working Rehearsals have alrcady beencompletely subscribed by Sustaining,Contributing and Donormembers,who receive admission as a privilege of Guild mem-bership.At 11:30 a.m.on February 5,Die Walkire(Acts Hand II)will be rehearsed;Andrea Chénier follows on March 3.The cast heard at a Guild rehearsal is usually thc samethat sings the important first performance of the season. I should like to call your attcntion once again to severaleducational aids available from the Guild.“A Visit to theMetropolitan,"twenty full-color 35mm slides,may be ordcredfor $5.50 postpaid.This handsome collection includes scenesfrom thirteen operas,photographed in action on the Met-ropolitan stage.Seven shots of the exterior and interior ofthe Opera House and a curtain call,together with five pagesof notes,complete thc set.Another visual aid,35mm colorFilmstrips of La Bohème,Carmen and Tosca,feature actionphotographs of Mmes.Stevens,Amara and Callas and Messrs.Peercc,Tucker,Tozzi and London,among others.Each Film-strip comprises forty-five pictures,suitable for single mount-ing as transparencics,and costs $4;all three are availabletogether for only $9.60.Operagraphs,or long-playing re-cordings,of highlights froim La Bohème(Amara,Lewis,Morell,Harvuot),Carmen(Elias,Cundari,Gari,Uppman)and Bigoletto(Hurlcy,Elias,Hayward,McFerrin)may bepurchascd for $3 each,or all threc for $7.50.Each Opcra-graph offers the best-loved arias,ducts and cnsemblcs,alongwith a narration of the opera's background and plot;pianoaccompanimcnt is provided by Ignace Strasfogcl for Bohèmeand Carmen and by Robert Lawrence for Rigoletto.Thescrecordings constitute the perfect introduction to opera foryoumg listeners. 。h_ OPERA NEWS CONTENTS FRANK MERKLINGEditor Names.Dates.Faces2Most Unhappy Fella-II,by George McElroy4The Expressive Silences,by Katluerine Grifith6A Study in Estrangement,by William Ashbrook8Scenes from an Enchanted Life: MARY JANE MATZContributing Editor 6.Baritone and Mélisande,by Ernest de Weerth10Callas from the Chorus12Birth of a Salesman:Howard J.Hook,Jr.13The Hidden Debussy,by Katlileen Hoocer14The Difficulty of Simple Things:De Los Angeles15Opera of the Weck:Debussy's Pélleas et Mélisande16The Story.… .. ….……… ….18 GERALD FITZGERALDFLORENCE STEVENSONAssistant Editors JOHN W.FREEMANRecord Editor A Pelléas Samplcr.…. 20The Stage Picture...…… ……………21What to Read……… ………22High Fidelity:Stereo Amplifiers-II, AITHUR SOLIN Art Editor by Karl F.Renling…… …… 23 Opera on Records.… 24 ALPHA VAN VALKENBURGHAdvertising Manager Reports:Naples,Washington,New York……26New Books:Conversations with Igor Stravinsky,Conversations witl Toscanini,St

FAQs

What major member benefit revival is announced for March 1?

A revival of Giuseppe Verdi’s Simon Boccaneegra is scheduled for March 1 as a third current Guild benefit supporting the Production Fund.

Which two working rehearsals are listed as upcoming?

Die Walküre (Acts I and II) will be rehearsed at 11:30 a.m. on February 5, and Andrea Chénier follows on March 3.

What educational visual aids does the Guild offer in this issue?

The Guild offers “A Visit to the Metropolitan” slides, 35mm color filmstrips of La Bohème, Carmen, and Tosca, and Operagraph long-playing recordings with narration and piano accompaniment.

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