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Show VA Pge - THE DAILY HERALD, Prwo, VLzh, Sunday, April 2, 19J Temple 8 avarotti contes coming back to life Sy LESLEY VALC3 Knigbf-Ridd- Newspapers sr NEW YORK - The Luciano Pavarotti International Voice Competition is coming back to life wish the kind of bang people (ike to associate with the opera dynamo. The big question is: Will an audio recording, two live national telecasts, and a documentary about the Philadelphia contest, sponsored by : the most famous of The Three ' Tenors, do anywhere near as well as, say, "The Three Ten-- : ors?" Since its release last summer, "The Three Tenors" (Atlantic Records) has towered oyer : ; classical CDs selling 2 mil- -' lion units in the United States iafcne. And a video Warner Vi- -' the son) of the phenom event concert with Pavarotti, Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras, performed last year at the ; world Cup has sold half a ; million units, way ahead of any classical concert video. the impresaTibor Rudas rio behind "The Three Tenors" says he doesn't care if planned spinoffs of the Philadelphia voice competition blow the roof off the entertainment charts. "That's not the point," Rudas says. "This is my tribute to Luciano." ' Since the fall, when he announced he was throwing his weight behind the fifth Pavarotti competition, Rudas has been steering the planning at a prestissimo pace. The gala finals, he said Wednesday, are tentatively slated for Nov, 1 3 at Philadelphia's Academy of Music. Set for next year are public performances, featuring the tenor the with selected winners the for winners. prize : The impresario was in New York (he s based in Northern 'California) to introduce these ; plans for the competition at a .news conference Thursday. 'He's focusing on the American semifinals that Pavarotti is judging here at the Beacon Theater, along with Pittsburgh Opera general director Tito Pavarotti also is in tpwn to appear in "Tosca" at ; the Met, Pavarotti began the semifi- -' rials Sunday, By the time they . end Friday night, he is expected to have heard nearly all 123 hopefuls selected from 675 singers in the preliminaries. The competition had been sponsored by the Opera Company of Philadelphia until two seasons ago, when the company decided that its goals for growth diverged from the competition's, and dropped it, Pavarotti d the contest at a ; New Year's Eve stadium concert in Portland, Ore., in December; he held preliminaries I there and in each city where he sang in North and South American stadium. (Rudas initiated the stadium concerts more than a decade ago and has produced mem ever since.) The preliminaries ended in Philadelphia ". : jump-starte- last week, Next week and in the months 'ahead, the tenor, Rudas, and longtime competition director Jane Nemeth will take the contest to London, Paris, Budapest Pavaand Madrid. In rotti will preside over the Euro- pean semifinals in his hometown of Modena, Italy, Right behind them, through all of it so far and all of it to ' come, is a camera crew led by . Wayne Baruch, a University of ; Pennsylvania graduate, who . mid-Jun- e, ," t m asr ss "s w w please call " " A ry ensemtion in 1990, the ble has earned a reputation for excellence in performance in styles as varied as ancient to contemporary classic, vocal jazz, and folk 26-voi- ' if ' I If selected to appear on Disney's American Teacher Awards Jive telecast from Washington. D.C., last November, where its director, Paul W. Ritter, was honored. BountiApril 12; The ful High School A Cappella Choir, under the direction of Merilee Webb, performs a concert of choral masterworks in the Assembly Hall, the major and concluding work being Leonard Bernstein's "Chichester Psalms," The extensive choral program of Bountiful High School, with Webb as choral director, numbers seven choirs with 650 singing participants. April 14: The Jay Welch Chorale, under the direction of Sterling S. Pouison, opens its spring concert with a group of classic sacred choral works. Joining forces with the Jay Welch Orchestra, the chorale will then perform Durufle's 1 Rudas put in a million. The impresario plans that the opera production, also, will be telecast live possibly, Rudas a on says, Sunday afternoon to accommodate a request from executives at the BBC who would like to show it during prime time on Sunday night. 57-voi- "Requiem," with Matthew Faer-be- r conducting, Kenneth Udy as organist, and soprano Colleen Butler and bass Judd Sheranian the featured soloists. "Requiem" was composed in 1947 and strongly influenced by ancient plainsong. April 15; The Mormon Youth h tl Jlji Daily Herald PhotoPatrick al Bar1993 by conductor-composry E, Kopetz, This evening's program wiil include works of Shostaer kovich, Gustav Hoist, Brahms, and Robert Russell Bennett's "Suite of Old American Dances, April 21; Assembly Hall concert goers will hear Haydn's masterpiece sacred choral wurk, "The n Creation," performed by the Choir. Director Community Evelyn Harris has gained prominence as a solo singer, conductor, and teacher, chairing the private vocal area at Weber State University. This evening's soloists will be Og-de- d, By DIANE SAMMS RUSH r Newspapers announced his involvement with the contest, he said he was hoping to keep the tenor to 36 winners. He still hopes that is possible. Whether it will happen, he can't say. But one concession he has wrung from the celebrity tenor is that the televised concert and the televised opera will feature different sets of young winners. "This is my idea, my progression for the contest," he says. Knight-Ridde- The evolution from working cowboys on the plains in the late 9th century to singing cowboys such as Gene Autry and Roy Rogers is captured simply and effectively in "Cowboy Jubilee: Celebrating the National Cowboy Hall of Fame," a Nashville Network special that will air at 8 p.m. ET Wednesday, repeating at 8 p.m. 1 and midnight April II. The fascination with the cowboy has sparked Americans' imagination for a century. Wild West shows fed the curiosity of Easterners, giving them a glimpse of the skills needed to tend cattle on the wide-ope- n ranges of the West. An early film, shot in New Jersey, shows men dressed as cowboys having a shootout, much like mini- mum cost of this competition at a million more $3.5 million than the fourth competition. The money does not appear to faze him. "Who knows?" he wonders aloud. "We may be hearing a young Callas or even a Pavarotti," which would make these recorded documents the confrontations described ir. the popular pulp novels of the day. Gene Autry and Roy Rogers gave us the singing cowboy, and from that heritage sprang Riders in the Sky, a trio of men who, for more than 17 years, have embodied the cowboy style in everything from dress (fringe and chaps) to speech ("Howdy") to morality ("It may not be the easy way, but it's the cowboy way"). I caught up with Ranger Doug Green earlier this week on the entertainment trail. He was in Kensington, Minn., where winter had not yet given over to spring. He and his sidekicks. Woody Paul ("King of the Cowboy Fiddlers") and Too Slim, were preparing for their 3,1 18th show. In the background, daughter Grace ("Princess Grace" to her fi- selected from the ranks choir, April 22: of the r Founder-directo- Ronald Staheli, to Utah audiences, brings his "Canti con brio" to the Assembly Hall in a program which includes songs of Handel, Brahms, Robert H, Young, and concludes with "Four Songs of Zion." Howard Hanson's seldom-hear- d "lament for Beowulf," the text excerpted from the ancient epic poem referred to as "the most precious relic of Old English and indeed all early Germanic literature," is the major work to be performed by this newly formed and select group of Brigham Young University choral alumni. April 26; Viva Voce, a women's choir with members drawn from both Salt Lake and well-know- n 45-voi- ce Utah Valleys, makes its Terri8e Square debut in a program repre sentative of classic, contemporary; early American folk, and hymn literature. The choral ensemble was formed in 1994 under the leaders ship of directors Jean S. Applorue and Rosalind Hall, both of whqjn have extensive backgrounds ,aj choral conductors and educators and have been affiliated profes sionally with Brigham Young Un .' ' versity. State Utah 28: The UniApril versity Symphonic Band and WpKj Ensemble will present a program including familiar works of Ralph Williams, Vaughan Morton Z Gould, and Sousa. The Northern 29: Chapltf April of NATS Student Honors recital will be presented in the Assembly Hall. to them. dad) fussed. We talked about the resurgence of interest in things Western. "It's astonishing to me," Green said. The explanation, he said, was in the values of the cowboy culture, and he sees people returning to the sense of respect for the land and a balance with nature. Cowboy music naturally sets the tone. "There's a certain lope to Western music," Green said, "that you don't hear anywhere else. There's no primal beat." That's what makes shows like "Cowboy Jubilee" and Oklahoma City's National Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center so important. In the special, others who have a deep regard for the West join Riders to talk about the things that are most important t v. Reba McEntire, who grew up m a rodeo family, tells us about cowgirls, how they evolved from helpers on family ranches to in the rodeo ring. Michael Martin Murphey discusses gun fighters. Raphael Christy brings tf life Charles Russell, perhaps the best known of all Western artists. cdm-petito- rs i Don't miss this opportunity. hear the melody of our past. W v r THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOLTATION MEMORIAL PROGRAM.,! 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Admission to the concerts is free; children must be at (east The Assmbly Half st Tempts Square in Salt Lske City will be the site of a variety of musical Chorus and Symphony, under the direction of Robert Bowden, will present an Easter Concert in the Tabernacle at 8 p.m. April 19; The Salt Lake Symphonic Winds, a adult ensemble, was founded in J. Kj6wi Nashville Network special celebrates the cowboy for its multiple winners. One year there were 56; last in 1992, the figure was 38. In December, when Rudas ;Ib?rmho 4 no - ii n a n i - V BLAINE FHAZIEH'S U Jtarf tf 1 0 ft s up n 1 m wilP H section spotlighting soloists from within the choir. April 8: The Delphian Choir, established in 1958 in the Great Falls (Mont.) High School, ranks today as one of the top high school choirs in the nation, having been touches your 5 p " " - Us repertoire. This evening's program will feature Ravel's "Trois Chansons" (Three Songs) and a taugned out loud heart fis well $ your j funny bone." f founder-directo- :frm start to finish. It f niecr IJ - - "If you liked 'Free Willy; : you'll Ioyc 'Born to be Wild' I )- -i - ur sw 240-332- 3. April 5: Utah Opera baritone Robert Prosch, with Brigham Young University faculty member James Margetts at the piano, presents an evening of song cycles. "Four Songs of Don Quichotte" by Jacques Ibert will open the program, with Robert Schumann's "Dichterliebe" comprising the major work of the recital, Ralph Vaughan Williams' "Songs of Travel," set to poems by Robert Louis Stevenson, conclude the evening's program. r April i: With the at Mark A. Henderson podium, the Weber State University Chamber Choir appears in the Assembly Hall in a program of choral works English ranging from (Thomas Tallis) to those of the conductor himself. Since its incep- wimmmMK iieies smiuii ii irrti m ; -- at 7;30 p.m, unless otherwise noted. For additional information, event, which included many nonprofit and corporate sponsors, cost roughly $2 million, Rudas estimates the of eoneefts hosts variety. w The Temple Square Conceit form. Rudas says he would like the City of Philadelphia to sponsor the concert and the opera, and intends to take Mayor Edward Rendeil's administration a copy of his January contract with die city of Miami Beach, "where everybody thought I was an idiot" to produce Pavarotti in a free concert on the beach. After the concert, Rudas says, "the mayor was kissing me," That well-know- m 'suit Series has scheduled a variety of events for April, Admission to the concern is free; however, it is limited to those S-- y ears-ol- d and older. All concerts are presented in the Assembly Hall on Temple Square wrote and conceived "The Three Tenors" concert video, and "The Making of the Three Tenors" (Warner Vision), released this month. Rudas intends to release a video about the competition for home distribution late next year. "It's a calculated risk," he says about the video, for which he also plans some audio tape release, "But if they fail, I will make it up on other things. If we do only J 0 percent of what 'The Three Tenors' did, I will be happy. This is my way of honoring a man who has given more of his time and more advice to young singers than anyone. I know mis, and the people of Philadelphia know this, but the main thing is for me to put this on television so the world can see it." Live television. In May 1996, Rudas plans to televise a special concert featuring the winners of the fifth Pavarotti competition; he expects the concert to be in Philadelphia. He is negotiating with PBS and, he said Wednesday, "with networks in 50 countries." Moreover, he said, winners of the competition will be presented in a fully staged opera at the Academy of Music in September 1996. An official at the Academy verified Wednesday that the house has been booked by the competition for two weeks at that time, Rudas expects that a Philadelphia-based production team will be assembled by Nemeth to stage the opera. Pavarotti will select the opera based on the abilities of the competition winners, with whom he will per- Pavarotti's contest is g m Dunford-Jcckma- n David Dif.n Todd KrvtH David Miflmnn Bates Brian Cannon Blaine Frszisr UicHI Leurs Rm.')6fn Ivan Handerton Oliver Parson Wilson Ong Tony Flckartng Helan McMillan Shirley Smlthera Latl Henderson Lou Qne Carter ART - the lasting gift!!! fj JL ,Wr ill jm.m |