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Show University of Utah Will Present 'The Music Man', 'Tannhauser' University of Utah 1962 Summer Festival stars are, left: Harry Hickox, star of The Music Man; center, Joan Weldon, feminine lead of Music Man; and right, Brian Sullivan, star of Tannhauser. The 1962 University of Utah Summer Festival will present Richard Wagner's great music drama Tannhauser, and Meredith Willson's hit musical The Music Man. Summer Festival under the stars will begin in the Stadium Bowl June 26 at 8:30 p.m. with Tanhauser. Brian Sullivan, leading lead-ing tenor of the Metropolitan opera, will sing the title role of this opera which will be performed per-formed June 26, 28 and 30. All other leading roles in this opera will be performed by Utah's own outstanding musical talent including in-cluding Cohleen Bischoff. Roy Samuelson, Jean Preston, and Warren Wood. In the title role of The Music Man Summer Festival will pre sent Harry Hickox, veteran of nation wide tours of this Broadway Broad-way smash hit. Meredith Willson, author and composer of this long run Broadway Broad-way favorite, has indicated that Mr. Hickox is possibly his first choice of those who have performed per-formed the role. Hickox's vivacity viva-city and enthusiasm bring full reality to his playing of Professor Pro-fessor Hill. In the role of the shy and lovely love-ly librarian, Summer Festival will present Joan Weldon, feminine femi-nine lead of the National Company Com-pany of Music Man. Miss Weldon has played more than 400 performances per-formances of this musical. Most recently she was leading lady to Alfred Drake in Kean on Broadway. Broad-way. Miss Weldon is also a motion mo-tion picture and television star. The University Ballet Company Com-pany and members of the Utah Symphony Orchestra will per- ,f, form in both productions. i. Summer Festival is directed again this year by the trio of i trailblazers who have made this v an annual highlight on Utah's list of summer events, C. Lowell jj Lees, Maurice Abravanel, and I William F. Christensen. if- |