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Show "AIDA" BILLED FOR SECOND "U" FESTIVAL PRODUCTION JULY 26 Verdi's romantic opera "Aida" the second' production of the University of Utah Summer Festival, Fes-tival, is the most ambitious undertaking un-dertaking of the Festival series seven year history. It will be presented July 26, 28, 30, and 31. Over 300' actors, singers and dancers will appear in the spectacular spec-tacular production with as many as 192 appearing on stage at one time. More than 400 costumes are being made for the Egyptian setting set-ting theme. Another "first" in the Summer Festival records is set by the stage of "Aida". It is the largest stage ever built in Stadium Bowl having 4900 square feet of floor space on four different levels. Nationally known operatic stars Beverly Sills, soprano; j John Druary, tenor; Gloria Lane, i soprano and Grant Garnell, bari-1 tone lead the talented cast. I Sally Bailey, prominent San' Francisco ballet star, will star in I the dance sequences of the pro- j duction. I Local singers join the stars in j supporting roles. C. Austin Sea-; fer of Ogden, Robert Peterson of alt Lake City, and Dale Black- j burn, Ogden, who just finished a leading role in Summer Festivals "Oklahoma!" Musical director for "Aida" is Maurice Abravanel, conductor of the Utah Symphony Orchestra. Dr. C. Lowell Lees, head of the university speech department, assumes production director duties. du-ties. William F. Christensen, director di-rector of Ballet theatre at the U, is dance director. Mail order tickets can be obtained ob-tained through the Summer Festival Fes-tival Box Office, U of U. Prices for "Aida" tickets are $3, $2.50, $1.75, $1.50 and $1. Specify for which night tickets are desired. O i |