| Show VERDIS VERDI'S VERDIS VERDI'S AIDA PRESENTED BY UNIVERSITY I Cam Campus pus Scene Of Open Air Ait Production Monday Mast Masterpiece Portraying Portraying- Life Life- and Passions of Anci Ancient t E Egypt Egypt t Will be Given on Tenth Anniversary of First Production at University Local stars tars tar Appear At the sunset hour Monda Monday evening the tie University Musical s society will commence the open air J production of ot the magnificent grand opera Aida one of Verdis Verdi's great masterpieces s w with th Professor Thomas Giles s head of the music department directing The concrete Crete plaza in in irl front of of Ii the Park building is to be the scene of the performance The cast choruses choruses choruses chor chor- uses and ballet have been working working work work- j ing diligently for months to prepare prepare prepare pre pre- pare for the greatest musical production production pro pro- production the University has has attempted attempted attempted at at- tempted for several years and they are now in readiness for the per per- Miss Jessie Perry soprano Soprano will Win carry the title role while Norman Martin tenor will play the part of Rhadames the center of the plot Margaret And Anderson will be seen in the role of a priestess Inthe In Inthe inthe the Egyptian temple templer the part pan of Amneris the Egyptian Egypti n princ princess ss and rival rival o of Aida Aida for tJ e of Rhadames will be sung by G Georgia Geor Geor- igia i gia Standing Ethi Ethiopian pian king king and nd father fathe of of Aida fAida is to to be played by Glen Lee Stewart McMasters McMasters McMasters Mc- Mc Masters will essay the role of a priest the king of Egypt is the part to be interpreted by Reed Parkin Parkin Par Par- kin and A. A is listed as asa asa asa a messenger A mixed chorus of one hundred and fifty voices will sing sing- in production and art an r Egyptian ballet of eighty girls un nn I der the direction of Miss Hattie Tipton of the phys physical education de department des de will take part Two orchestras orchestras or or- or- or chestr under the direction of Cr J. J r. r Hawkins 1 and Arthur Freber will complete te the number o of oY ci- ci pants i t i iThe The setting and costumes will be entirely in keeping ing with the Egyptian Egypt Egypt- ran ian an atmosphere of the production With the massive steps and pillars pillars' P of the Park building as an live sive background the scenes have been leen planned to to give an effect o off impressive simp simplicity simplicity I i Miss Jane Seymour h has full full charge of f all all scenic arrangements and arrangements costumes and she is being assisted by Elmer AzbilL The story of Aida is isone one of pasion pas assion as- as a sion ion and tragedy and when ively played holds the audience audien in n a spell of ancient Egypt and its its its' oriental atmosphere The plot cenera centers centers cen- cen era around the love and jealousies i of f the Egyptian people in the days of f that nations nation's glory and power y Rhadames Rhadames the warrior and leader of f the Egyptian hosts in their batles batties bat bat- f ties les against the Ethiopians Is loved oved by Amneris the Egyptian Egyptian- princess and Aida the Ethiopian I princess who appears in the story I as a slave The play of the passion oj centering entering around the warrior furnishes fur fur- e niches many dramatic dramatic- scenes re- re i. i in musical and dramatic possibilities and sweeps on to its culmination in the final final- scene scene be between between between be- be s tween Aida ida and Rh Rhadames dames C Continued on Page 2 ft 4 I AI n R 0 V t r K KC C from Continued from page page 1 stud Student tio committees lt es working on on the business end of ot he affair to to-as- to assure as as assure sure its financial success include Paul Manwaring Merrill Bennion Wesley D. D Amott the student body officers officers and a and d' d the vigilance commit commit- tee Reserved s 's seats seats' ats' ats in the center section section m may may y be s secured by students by-students for twenty five cents cents' I upon presentation presen presen- tati tation n of student body cards at the book s willbe will be be one thousand thousand thousand thou thou- sand seats provided free in addition addition addition addi tion to the reserved section It has been been announced that that four four ova former governors of the state stat in addition to the present Governor I v D Denv Dern m will will ily b be pre present ent as as 8 honored honored guests as well as former presidents presidents dents of the University of Utah A record crowd crowdis 1 is expect expected d to attend the performance performa ce in ll that the opera is a of the music-loving music public |
