Show “V sw The Salt Lake Tribune Sunday July 10 19 W KICK ME I’M SUPERSTITIOUS Festival Will Continue With ‘La Boheme5 Ballet i Everyone knows it tykes a kickoff to get a football game started in the Ute Stadium But did you know that “La Boheme” also will need a kicker to get under way when Puccini’s opera opens Wednesday night in Stadium Bowl- ?It comes about this way Josephine Asaro the lovely young soprano who sings “Mlml” is extremely superstitious She won’t go on stage unless someone kicks her And “La Boheme" won’t be the only treat the spectators will enjoy Because the opera has no ballet sequences the popular Tschaikowsky excerpts presented by the University Ballet Theatre last spring also will bestag?d In addition to Miss Asaro John Druary popular festival star of two preceding seasons has returned for the leading male role of Rudolfo Also appearing in lead roles will be Claude Heater who charmed Summer Festival audiences all last week with his singing voice as Lt Cable in “South Pacific” as Marcello and Jewell Johnson Cutler outstanding young Salt Laker as Musetta Bob Peterson sings be basso Colline role Reed Hansen a recent University of Utah graduate is cast as Schaunard and Keith Engar will be the comic landlord With this Cast and the surprisingly good Summer Festival orchestra under the baton of Conductor Maurice Abravanel the “Boheme” presentation— like “South Pacific" — should be a highlight of festival hits And we welcome back Sally Bailey the star of the San Francisco Ballet and Conrad Ludlow also from that company as guest stars for that Tschaikowski presentations Puccini adapted the opera from a novel by Henri Murger a Frenchman titled “Vie de Boheme” Four scenes from the opera are taken from the book First produced in Turin Italy in February 1896 it had its Josephine Asaro left who sines “Mlml” In Bowl runs over some of melodies for John Dru-ardebut in the United States in both San Francisco and New Li Boheme” opcnlnr Wednesday In Stadium who sines Rudolpho and Conrad Ludlow York in 1898 Puccini considered it one of his best works We are pleased that the festival officials saw fit to stage the outdoor ballet under the outstanding choreogClaude Heater who has tenor role in “La Boraphy of )Prof 'William ChrisJosephine Asaro and Sally Bailey They apheme” gets makeup advice from experts— pear Wednesday through Saturday at U tensen because it wouldn’t seem like a summer season was complete without Miss TO HONOR U STARS The University’s annual An instrumental ensemble Bailey appearing in the bowl Both these productions ofsummer choral concert will will be heard with the 160 fer sonje of the repertoire’s be presented Monday July 18 voices of the combined beautiful music— the best at 8:15 pm in Kingsbury choruses in several selections By Lowell Durham and waltz Tschaikowsky Hall Dr Hoggard has selected a others and the famed The next three days will see feverish rehearsal activity in Guest conductor for the ocvaried program ranging all Waltz In “Boheme” the Stadium Bowl as University Summer Festival directors casion will be Dr Lara Hog-gar- d the way from Mozart and shift gears from last week’s “South Pacific” production to noted American choral Pianists and teachers will Puccini’s popular grand opera “La to Wagner excerpts Roy Ring conductor and arranger who The annual garden party of have val Dr C Lowell Lees draopportunity to hear Dr Boheme" wald’s arrangement of is currently spending his secOscar Wagner in a week of matic director and Prof w'ill the Ballet Society be held It will require a considerable ond consecutive summer in master classes and lectures at Christensen who handles the popular “While We’re Sunday July 17 at the resiartistic “wrench" to make the our community as guest prowill be recogUniversity of Utah Monday Also slated are sevchoreography Young” dence of Prof and Mrs Wilthe Latin Quarter of Paris in the fessor of music on the U camnized through Friday eral of Dr Hoggard’s own liam Christensen from switch e south sea Long-timisles and the choral conducpus Dr Wagner will concern 200 Invited East arrangements and a work by tor for the Fred Waring orlingo of World War II to himself with technique memMore 200 will be inthan In to addition the annual middle of the last century but with Dr LeRoy J Robertson U ganization Dr Hoggfcrd is ory practice methods and event Ballet the will Messrs Abravanel Lees and Chrisvited reports Mrs W H Hoi now a resident of California Society habits traditions and edimusic department head Solon Alberti New York honor the stars directors and tensen engineering the project we’re Since leaving Waring three ton chairman tions and principles of pedaThe program is free of ballet principals of the Univoice teacher who will be not losing any sleep years ago he has become one gogy in the daily lectures A social hour is scheduled charge the public is invited of Utah versity “South a of the most sought after guest was Pacific" tremena chief moderator for special to attend Tuesday and Friday master for 6 pm and a buffet dinner Honored Guests dous success production-wis- e conductors at the country's and classes will be arranged in summer workshop at 7 she said During the -numerous music festivals and although final which pianists will have opHonored guests will include in private and ehoral music feaThe July 18 concert will tabulations have not been completed party music recorded from portunity to perform under Josephine Asaro w’ho will at the University of Utah will conditions ture the recently organized the University Ballet’s presenit seems highly probably that final role of “Mimi” in the the sing resembling public remain on campus two weeks To tation in Kingsbury Hall last High School Honor Chorus of festival’s production of “La figures will approach— and perhaps playing and to try out compoafter the workshop for private Salt Lake Valley 90 voices summer’s last are sitions spring will be played Boheme” John Druary and surpass— they preparing for instruction from the valley’s eight high Assisting Mrs Horton with Dr “Oklahoma" Claude numbers who Heater Jerome have Wagthe public performance by Popular The special workshop runs schools who will be making are Miss Vera Kern Sigmund Romberg and ner will comment and give Interest will how center on the arrangements male '' Miss roles principal from July their initial appearance beadvice John Philip Sousa will highKirby Mrs H Lee Rawlings four performances of “Boheme" which commence Wednesday ballerina for the Sally Bailey Mr Alberti who has taught fore the public This youthMiss Helen K Redd and Mrs 'Dr Wagner was dean of the San Francisco Ballet and light the weekly Sunday evenight Inasmuch as the opera contains no ballet as such each classes in Los DenAngeles ful choral ensemble will preP Harding Curtis school concert Ludlow Conrad at also Juilliard of the opera will be preceded by a special from the graduate ning presented by performance ver Chicago Omaha Memsent half the program after School of Music in New York San Francisco group Strong’s Military Band at ballet choreographed by Prof Wiliam Christensen Salt Lake City and in which they will be joined to his decision to devote Miss Bailey and Mr LudLiberty Tark at 6 pm It will consist of excepts from representative ballet scores of phis other cities will augment the prior Organ Club Meet the himself to teaching last SepGlenn H Johnson tenor low are here for the ballet by university’s evening Tschaikowsky and will star Sally Bailey and Conrad Ludlow for the postregular faculty chorus the University Chowill appear as soloist with the that will precede “La Botember when he came to Unitwo of America's most The monthly meeting of the young dancers Both are workshop period rale whose 70 voices will band His numbers will be familiar to local audiencespromising of heme” as a Utah each night Wednesday versity Hammond Organ Club will be faculty having appeared with great success blend with those of the high “The Rosary" and “One Aspects of Voice member through Saturday in Stadium held Monday at 8 pm at the here in the past Both are members of the San Francisco school unit in the final porHis students include many Alone" from Romberg’s “DesThe workshop is planned to Bowl home of Miss Elaine Drake Ballet They will be supported by the university’s rapidly tion of the program ert Song" concert assistance Maestro to voice teachteachers Maurice and give Abravanel 2210 pianists Blaine Ave Business de is ballet which maturing corps enjoying continually expanders and students and has outheads of departments in colmusical director for nation-widthe festi matters will be discussed acclaim under Prof Christensen’s ing tutelege lined a study of all aspects of leges He served in a dean-shiThe cast of the opera will be headed by Josephine Asaro the voice capacity at Juilliard and John Druary in the roles of Mimi and Rudolfo Miss since 1926 Among the subjects are vocal anatomy studio and Asaro is a rising young soprano who will be making her Inquiries and reservations be made with the departclassroom may techniques reperfirst local appearance Mr Druary on the other hand has ment of music University of toire and conducting opera starred in festival productions on the hilltop campus during Utah and oratorio composition the preceding two summers He sang the leading role in acoustics “Aida" last season as well as in both “Naughty Marietta" Others on Staff and “La Traviata" in 1953 Others on the workshop Strong Supporting Cast staff include Kathleen Hart A strong supporting cast is headed by tenor Claude Foster recitalist and soloist By George Spelvln Jr Heater the Lt Cable of “South Pacific" who will appear as w’ith ‘All Faces West’ symphonies and currentI guess the record for appearances in Summer Festivals Marcello JewelJohnson Cutler who nearly stopped the show a Salt Lake studio teacher ly Is held by John A Nicolayscn who except for a tooth inin the 1951 production of “Tales of Hoffman" as Olympia Lara Hoggard choral conducSpecial to The Tribune fection back in 1953 which kept him out of “Naughty Marwill he heard in the role of Musetta Bob Peterson possessor tor and dean of the Fred OGDEN— Singer Igor Gorin ietta" comes close to a 100 per cent I thought you might of one of the greatest bass voices to emerge from this region Waring Choral Workshops Saturday had begun rehearslike to know why a director would continually rely upon will sing the Colline role This young artist impressed tremenand Col bariArthur for his fifth season as Kent ing auch a guy year after year after year dously last summer as the King of Egypt in “Aida” Keith tone with the Metropolitan ANGEL CAPITOL DECCA Brigham Young in Ogden’s First of all he’s a first-ratactor No matter what his Luther Engar fresh from last week’s triumphs as now music Opera of to drama Ft assigned pioneer days a star in the Army theater in Japan assignment" whether Billis will demonstrate his versatility by moving into the Douglas VICTOR o CORAL “All Faces West” MERCURY or a supporting actor in the University Theater he comes realm in the comic landlord part operatic Utahns on Mr the Gorin include staff from arrived the through with a top performance His portrayal of Jud in last Schaunard will be sung by Reed Hansen youngest prinDr LeRoy J Robertson chairCOLUMBIA east Thursday evening year’s “Oklahoma" was a beautifully rounded characterizain the cast A recent graduate of the university’s music man cipal of the University of Utah He conferred with Mr and tion Many of us remember his singing of "Lonely Room" music department and Dr department Mr Hansen has a baritone voice of promise Mrs Roland Parry composas a highlight of that show We are moving and wo refuse to movo our Hugo of He rounds the list out artists is Alexander Brough Harry ers of the musical pageant on supporting Schreiner 1 guess the Salt thing I admire most about Nick is his willingstock of RECORDS so wo have cut prices This ness to accept any role as a challenge no matter how large or no stranger to local audiences having appeared in numerous Lake Tabernacle organist changes made in this year's Alcin-dor- o Is To adds beau roles those that chanco he minor to buy records of your choice at huge othe aged your production small Captain Brackett in “South Pacific" is an important in next week’s production “All Faces J West" will be but unglamorous role and I felt that Nick's handling of the reductions Returns to Ilelra presented nightly in Ogden part was a greater contribution to the success of the show Stadium is than realized July Maestro Abravanel will be back at the musical helm There’s always the unexpected in theater which is probfollowing two nights’ absence from the podium last weekend ably the enjoyable part about it On opening night of “South when he was obliged to make a hurried flying trip to Santa A Pacific" Kyle MacDonncll almost froze to death while she addition to Barbara Calif to officiate at the opening of summer activities man washed that Eugene Jelesnik’s Days of '47 water right ouj of her hair with at the Music Academy of the West he being the recently Her torture was made worse because stage manager David Concert appointed musical director of that project He will leave for Pops violinists are four young Weiss had promised the water would be warm Seems known as the lady that post following this week’s “Boheme” performances and “Y" that the warm water rose to the top of the barrel leaving the will remain Olins will be preThey there for the rest of the summer session cold on the bottom from where the water is drawn at sented the Hall Assembly Dr Lees promises an “intimate" production of the Puccini On the second night the barrel burst just before Kyle 19 at 830 pm with the July in keeping with its character The pomp splentragic opera was to use the water When she pulled the chain to turn the dor and spectacle of last summer’s “Aida" will be replaced regular program " Water on nothing came out since there was no pressure That They Include Lynore Hale? by a more delicate sensitive approach The beautiful Puccini broke her higher than a kite but she recovered for her song Ann Johnson Betty Hoover ON ALL THE LATEST RECORDINGS cue and washed the man right out on time Since she had put score’' one of the best loved in the literature is certain to Barbara Stringham-an- d their stars summer under the listeners captivate soap in her hair she did an extra wash job when she got offaccompanist Maxine Stuart LPS 78 45 RPM stage Dave Weiss was almost! in tears— well on second all Brigtiam Young Univer— he’s that’s absurd too because blase ' thought but Kyle sity students They were seRecord Sole Prices Are Also Availably at thought it was funny That little doll really endeared herself lected for the novel nature of to cast and crew the Aluscihw their act for the Pops Concert Richard Collett proved that his press agent was a truthful which- - is sponsored by the gent for he (Collett) drubbed yours truly in a tennis match Salt Lake City Parks DepartMMim II ijr H f m v O I’m not saying that’s a great feat but Richard has a fine Summer Hours: ment and the Salt Lake ExTM4y Throti FrMr e M turn H 1:4 pjm game The only ludicrous thing about his game is a knobby A variety of programs to On Monday Robert McFer Club change SttvrVtf i m t i pm Make reservations now "hat bought in Italy which he insists on wearing despite all suit many tastes in music will Phone rin will perform in a vocal for your bridal the guffaws Man of character Incidentally he fell in love be offered this week at Brigwith our canyons and is staying ip one for a few days after ham Young University during Purchases ‘Cat’ program at 815 pm with sitting and the show closesthe school’s 17th Annual MuCarl Fucrstner at the piano wedding candids NEW YORK July 9 (UPV-T- he Off the ticket stub—Luther Billis (Keith Engar) is cursing sical Festival Diran Akmajian with Joplay “Cat the day that a ship had to be tatooed on his abdomen After Tonight at 830 pm a seph a Hot Tin Roof" has been On Fuerst-ne- b Carl and Singer experimentation it was found that next to a real tatoo only choral concert under the diwill be presented in a’ 'bought by gentian violet would show past the front row So now there rection of Dr Henry Veld as a starring vehicle Is a tatoo which will last for months as any will be presented in the Provo PHOTOGRAPHY 4347 SOUTH MARI Army man can performance on Thursday at for Grace Kelly the movie testify Anyone know a good surgeon? 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