Show U Grand Opera Presented Mosquitoes Enhance Evening Cast Assembled Under the magic beauty of a alar lar large e rotund silvery moon which sent its beauteous gleams from Heaven above and amidst the natural natural natural nat nat- ural artistic setting of our campus campus campus cam cam- pus enhanced by ideal lighting effects effects effects ef ef- the tenth annual grand opera opera opera op op- op- op era presentation of the University Music department was given Wednesday Wednesday Wed Wed- evening on the plaza of the Park building I forgot to give the merited praise to that vast army anny of mosquitoes that so nobly contributed to the sublimity of the evening The cast of world famous notables notables no no- no-I no tables assembled for the opera I performed to perfection J John olm MacKenzie as the greasy skulking half-breed half Castro because of his realistic portrayal won himself a ajob ajob ajob job on the railroad section gang The only flaw in Jay Knudson's interpretation of his role as the hot-headed hot passionate Spaniard was that he did not emit loud enough howls of agony when he was stabbed in the middle of his kidnapping l plot Newell Evans lent much pleasure to the evenings evening's evenings evening's evenings evening's even even- ings ing's function through his interpretation interpretation interpretation inter inter- of one of the heaviest parts on the opera He dr drew w much applause especially when he howled ee Ai at the wrong time He also was the one who heralded the approach of the United States navy nay both of them Lou Burgener Burgen Burgen- er the dear little thing sang the Bull Song so realistically we ducked ducked ducked duck duck- ed every time a mosquito flew by We Ve suspect that hi his successful I rendition of this number is due more to his natural ability along this line than to his ability Eldon Tolman as the fond papa was all right we guess While he was busy on the stage I we were busy with our own little little tribe of mosquitoes George Catmull Cat- Cat Catmull Catmull mull the Holy Padre was simply Weve We've decided to goto go goto goto to church regularly church regularly now and just on the strength of his portrayal too too- Lamar Duncan as the sergeant sergeant sergeant ser ser- geant was frankly a big wash wash- out Miss liss Florence Norman Martin l and Miss bliss Jessie Perry singing the leading roles orthe of or the opera gave very artistic in interpretations interpretations interpretations in- in of or their parts also The Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestra under the baton of Professor Professor Professor Pro Pro- fessor Thomas Giles upheld their laurels as one of the five leading orchestras of America by b their display of coordinated musicianship musicianship musicianship musician musician- ship in the playing of the orches- orches estral accompaniment And now fellas in conclusion let us all thank Mother Nature for the magnanimous evening she borrowed us last evening Good night |