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Show a\. Apr i979, THE Hk RALD, Provo, Utah—Page 45 Suzuki Concert Planned Dr Shinichi Suzuki and of his students, ages 7 20 14, from Salt Lake's Sister City Mat sumoto, Japan, will form in a special concert with members of the Utah Symphony on Tues day. 8 p.m., Lake Tabe in the Salt Their performance will be presented during the ‘Week of the Young Child April 1-7 declared this week by Governer Scott M Mathesonas Utah's part of national child recogni- OSCAR (Matthew Woodbury, left) threatens “Regina,” an opera. The opera will open in the Leo (Nolan Goodwin) in the Brigham Young Harris Fine Arts Center Nelke Experimental University music theater production of Theater at 8 p.m. on Friday. BYU Musical Play ‘Regina’ To Open Friday at Theater The music theatre precuclion “Regina, sed on the play ‘‘The Little Foxes’ by Lillian Hellman, will open at Brigham Young UniverThswed April 6. e production, which was orginally written as a condemnation of merciless capitalism in the American South, will begin at 8 p.m. in the Nelke Experimental Theatre, Harris Fine Arts Center. Other performances will be at 8 pi Saturday and April 0-13, “Regina,”’ written by Mare Blitzstein, premiered on Broadway with Maurice Abravanel conducting in 1949. Blitzstein, an Americantheatre composer who continually experimented with different ways of combinin, music and drama, is well known for ‘The Cradle Will Rock,”’ a landmark in Broadway musical history during the depression hen he wrote “Regina,” he was interested in creating a legitimate opera with three-dimensional characters. Lester Trimble of ‘Nation’ magazine in 1958 described Blitzstein's originality as “a piece that has evolved for itself a subtle and complicated medium... a mosaic of speech, songs and action in which ieces of all sizes can be itted.”” According to Mike Evenden, a senior majoring in theatre and cinematic arts and director of the BYU presentation of ‘‘Regina,’’ Blitzstein consulted with Ms NY Metropolitan Opera Star To Sing With Utah Symphony Maurice, Abravanel has programmed a lyrical concert for the Utah Symphony and New York Metropolitan Opera star Judith Blegen on Friday, in the Ogden Val A Browning Center and on Saturdayin the Salt Lake Tabernacle. Both concerts begin at 8 P.M Theorchestra will open the evening with Purcell’s Chaconne in G minor. Judith Blegen will then join the orchestra for Handel's ‘‘Let the bright Seraphim,” from ‘‘Samson,’’ Handel's ‘Care selve"’ from Atalanta,” and Scarlatti’s “Seigeloso”’ from Endimione e Cinta.” The Symphonywill end the first half of the concert with Ravel's ‘'Pavane for a Dead Princess” and ‘‘Alborado del Gracioso.”’ Opening the second half will be Weber's Invitation to the Dance,” following which Miss Blegen and rthe orchestra will form ‘‘Oh! Quante volte’ from ‘‘Montecchi et the Vienna State Opera Bornin Missoula, Mon Capulett,”’ by Bellini, and the ‘Waltz Song’’ from daughter of a surgeon “Romeo and Juliet by and a mother who taught Gounod. violin, Miss Blegen Ravel’s ‘‘La Valse’’ studied voice and violin will complete the Friday at the Curtis Institute in and Saturday concerts Philadelphia. In her The beautiful soprano fourth year at the Inhas been acclaimed as stitute, she gave up the one of the Metropolitan violin to concentrate on Opera's brightest new singing. stars. Within one year of Tickets for the Friday Miss Blegen's 1970 concert in the Val A Metropolitan debut, she Browning Performing starred in three new Met Arts Center in Ogden are productions, winning in- on sale at the Ogden ternationalpraise for her Symphony Guild, 2580 Marzelinnein ‘‘Fidelio,”’ Jefferson Avenue, Ogden. Sophie in ‘‘Werther,”’ and Utah 84401 Melisande in ‘‘Pelieas et Tickets for the SaturMelisande.”’ day, performance can be She has also performed obtained at 55 West Ist at Carnegie Hall, where South, or, during the hour “‘spontaneous ovationsall just before the concert, at but stopped the show,” the ticket booth located wrote the ‘“‘New York outside the south gate of Times’ about her dif- Temple Square. ficult coloratura arias in both Handel's “‘Ezio’’ and “Judas Maccabaeus.”’ Judith Blegen's European triumphs have included performances in Covent Garden, at the Salzburg Festival and at Hellman about the adaptation, he characterized Regina and several other characters very differently. The cold-hearted Regina in Ms. Hellman’s play becomes a more charmjn, , flirtatious Southern belle in Blitzstein's version. Since the music reveals to the audience her feelings in greater depth, Regina becomes moreclearly a victim of her ownruthlessness. She becomesless of a marble figure of evil and more like a real person. ‘Foxes’ is a melodrama,” Ms. HelImansaid, but “Regina,” using the composer’s inventiveness and witt! stylization, has muc more comedy and richer characterization Ms. Hellman, admitting she was skeptical about ‘‘Regina,”’ has said the play was improved by its musical treatment Even Ms. Hellman came to recognize ‘‘Regina”’ as “the most interesting of American operas,’ according to Evenden. Like ‘‘Regina,”’ the play, ‘Little Foxes,” was a greal success, Theplay, based partly on Ms. HelIman’s personal experience with her own family, was revived in New York in the 1970's with a successful production with Anne Bancroft as Regina and George C Scott and E.G. Marshall Tickets for Reina sponsored by the music departmentat BYU, areavailable at the Music TicketOffice, Harris Fine Arts Center. tion week. For their Tuesday program, Dr Suzuki and his youthful performers will offer a musical gift of love As Dr. Suzuki says “Music brings friendship and understanding in the homeand the world.” The programwill offer selections from 10 composers with three violin groups performing the works of Bach, MozartKreisler, Eccles, Fiocco, Vivaldi, Dvorak Schumann, Martini, and Suzuki, along with a piano solo of Haydn's Piano Concerto in D major (1st movement). Ardean Watts will conduct the members of the Utah Symphony As one music critic wrote after reviewing a performance of Dr Suzuki andhis students., ‘There's nothing childish about the music they choose. As their small fingers brought beautiful music into the concert hall it became harder and harder to remember that the poised performers were elementaryschool age.”” Dr. Suzuki, world renowned for his innovative Suzuki Method of instrumental music instruction, has achieved remarkable success in teaching very young children through the method hecalls ‘Talent DR. DAVID DALTON, left, Dr. Reid Nibley, de Jong Concert Hall Though freeto the public Harold Laycock Brigham Young audience embers are advised tc attend at music professors will present an their own risk and Dr University April Fool's concert on Friday at 8 p.m. in the Bach Spoof Slated P.D.Q. Bach, (1807 1742)? in Memoriam’ will be presented by the Brigham Young University music department in an April Fool's Concert Friday Beginning at 8 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall of the Harris Fine Arts Center, members of the Chamber Orchestra and Chamber Choir and conductors Dr. David Dalton and Dr Ralph Woodward, will open the program with the “Fanfare for the Common Cold.” David Zabriskie, BYU undergraduate Bach. This composition, which requires pring Sale. eera ARM VETTE” PA A-DIAL student who recently was noted as the composer of the oratorio, ‘‘Israel,” may be putting his reputation ontheline as he performs with Karen Kirkham his own ‘Variations on the Cougareat for Twenty Thumbs.” Following Zabriskie's travesty comes the “Sonata for Viola Four Hands and Harpsichord” by P.D.Q. Distrubutors Authorized LAY-A-WAY pretentious Education.’ In discussing his program Dr Suzuki said, ‘Teaching music before the war, I found to my amazement that small children develop their abilities far physical pyrotechnics, will be essayed by music rofessors Dr. Harold aycock, Dr. Reid Nibley, and Dalton. beyond what anyone would expect of them. Given normal mental ability, any child can be taught to appreciate music. public. 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