Show 4 Scoff Keddington Star in Musicale By ANNE MATTISON It's probably only in the theatrical world that a man can be a courageous and rugged pioneer one and a wizened the next such things call for a quality which an operatic star must For Norman basso with the New York Opera here for the two Summer Festival and variety is one of the things that keeps an operatic career Although still in his late Scott has a repertoire of more than 50 operatic roles to his credit and all Norman Scott New York basso stars in Summer Festival Dorothy Keddington Is Salt Lake Tabernacle soprano this has been accomplished in the four years since he first launched his He will sing the lead role of Jed in which opens next Tuesday in Stadium On July 14 he will appear as in Gounod's It will be his first major appearance in Salt Lake According to he knew for a long time that he would like to follow a musical It was not until he auditioned for William Herman that he discovered he was really a Salt Lake fans will remember Scott's performances in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and Verdi's Requiem in 1948 and 1949 conducted by When was selecting singers for his NBC broadcasts of Verdi's Aida and Fal it was again Scott who was chosen foi the basso In the concert field he has appeared as a soloist with several well-known orchestras as the Minneapolis the Rochester Philharmonic under Eric Leinsdorf and the Kansas City Scott started out with the but changed to voice les- See page 4 What does it take for a singer to combine family and career cooperation and mutual understanding is the only according to Salt Lake's own Dorothy Kimball soprano star of In of the fact that Keddington has a a and two small boys to care she still finds time to follow an ambitious singing career in both concert and She has been heard regularly on Sunday evenings over for the past two and as soprano soloist with the Salt Lake City Tabernacle she has been heard by thousands of Columbia Broadcasting System listeners throughout the In the field of musical comedy and she has appeared in such productions as and In it was while she was singing the lead in that she met her Richard who appeared in a leading Because both and have the common interest of they have been able 10 cooperate in helping each other out to achieve their is particularly thrilling to me to be selected to sing the role of Celia in Keddington because she has made the trek from See page 4 Scott from page sons at the age of 19 when he heard his first But in spite of his intense interest in the musical he obtained a degree in accounting from City New in an attempt at Later he studied acting at the American Theater Wing in New he takes more than just good voice to carry over the meaning of the music to the You also have to interpret the Scott finds that he likes Salt Lake City and its He especially commended the work of the Summer Festival staff C. Lowell the William ballet and Maurice musical Working with Crawford Gates' fine score is a thrilling said And what does a successful young basso like most to do in his leisure For Scott it's He plays 18 to 27 holes a day for his ideal Keddington from page to Salt Lake City was in 1947 during the Centennial Keddington She was one of the three women selected to re-travel the same route which the Mormon pioneers made in were people in the We had covered wagon tops attached to the and we wore the authentic costumes which the pioneers wore before she Keddington is the great-granddaughter of Heber C. one of the earliest pioneers to help settle the Salt Lake This spring she was the official soloist for the much publicized Mormon Battalion trek from Salt Lake City to An alumna of the University of Keddington received her musical training in Salt Lake City and New York She won both the state and district competition twice in the National Federated Music a few years One of the important things to remember in striving for achievement m any field is to do the best with what a person is given in the way of native according to |