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Show Sanpete track star 'Local boy' featured in concert , -' -.v...mi) npu uf x JJ J f . ;x - -1 One talented Utahn has changed his running surface from ' a cinder track to the polished !l boards of operatic stages around e the world. i Glade Peterson, class of 1950, l: starred on the track team of North Sanpete High School in Mt. s Pleasant before venturing to Salt s Lake City. Here he came under l: tutelage of Emma Lucy Gates 6 Bowen and Carlos Alexander, 1 both of whom could look back upon operatic careers of their own. Opera winner Before his own star was to shine, Glade donned the il non-operatic costume of a military ' policeman for Uncle Sam. He returned to the campus in the ; mid-50s to sing in several Summer Festival productions. Along the way he also won the I Utah Concerts Council Young Artists competition, which took him around the state on a series of recitals. In 1956, he also won the regional Metropolitan Opera auditions-a feather in any singer's cap. Sings in Europe Next came a stint with the NBC Opera Company in New York back in the days of live TV when Elaine Malbin's "Salome" won hands-down over trips to the refrigerator or the john. Glade sang important roles in the "La Boheme," "Madame Butterfly" and "War and Peace" of that top-notch series. While preparing for and performing in these operas, he also concertized in the East and South until he was tapped by Dr Herbert Graf to sing in Zurich. In seven years there, he has worked his way up to the leading tenor spot. Zurich is his home base now. From Alp-land, however, Glade has roamed far and wide. In 1962, he debuted with the San Francisco and Santa Fe Opera companies with "Der Rosenkavalier." He also sang special concerts under the batons of Karl Boehm and Pablo Casals. Top singers with whom he has appeared include Maria Callas, Rosa Ponselle, Birgit Nilsson, Mary Costa and many others. Set for Kingsbury Besides an appearance at the fabled La Scala Opera, he has sung in Vienna, Munich, Frankfurt, Salzburg, Berlin, Hamburg, Stuttgart and many other places on the continent. Just before returning to Utah, he sang "Das Rheingold" in Los Angeles with the touring San Francisco Opera Company. He'll round out the Civic Music series next Thursday when he sings in Kingsbury Hall at 8:15 p.m. For this concert, the Civic Music directors have opened the doors to the public - a step they have been reluctant to take in 39 years. Glade Peterson, a native Utah tenor of national reknown, will sine in the Civic Music Series Thursday, 8 p.m., in Kingsbury Hall. Tickets are on sale in the Lectures and Concerts office, Annex 1164, and will be sold at the door -as long as they last. Students with ID cards may take advantage of the usual 50$ rate for other Civic Music concerts. From a track star baton carrier to an operatic spear carrier and then into "big-time" opera stardom is quite a step for the boy from Fairview. As he did with his track records, Glade Peterson has taken it all "in stride." |
