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Show j Opera Company To Present Final Arts Series The noted After Dinner Opera Company of New York will appear ap-pear on stage at the College of Southern Utah auditorium Saturday Sat-urday evening at 8:15 p. m. The presentation of this popular popu-lar group is under the sponsorship sponsor-ship of the Cedar City Music Arts Association and it is the final number of the season for patrons. The opera company will present pre-sent three short comic operas in English. They, include "66" by Jacques Offenbach; "Sweet Betsy From Pike," a horse Opera by Mark Bucsl and "Apollo and Persephone," with music and libretto li-bretto by Gerald CockshotL Three principals will take leading lead-ing roles In each of the productions. produc-tions. They include Claire Simmons, Sim-mons, soprano; Paul Dixon, tenor ten-or and Norman Riggins, bass-baritone. bass-baritone. George Walston is the music director. Linda Cowdell Is the fourth member of the cast Joining in the production of "Sweet Betsy From Pike." The After Dinner Opera Company Com-pany is currently on its annual coasttocoast North American Tour. The group has received in ternational acclaim both in the United States and in Europe as I well. Richard Staurt Flusscr, founder and producer of the company 'and stage director as well, has been highly praised by critics for his "unique and lively operatic opera-tic staging in which singers move with the beauty of dancers and the reality of actors." Music Arts patrons will be admitted ad-mitted on their season tickets. Tickets for the single performance perfor-mance will be available at the door on the evening of the performance, per-formance, Dr. Blaine Johnson, secretary, stated. |