WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1970
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
PAGE 7
Student-produced opera
opens at Kimball Hall
Met head keynotes music week
"Cavalleria Rusticana," the
opera opening the theater
season of the School of Music,
will be staged Wednesday
thrviugh Saturday at the new
Kimball Recital Hall.
almost exclusively student
produced, the opera will be
sung in English. Pietro
Mascagni's story of love, in
fidelity and violence takes
place in a Sicilian village.
John Zei, producer and
director of the opera, said that
no major problems were en
countered during production.
Zei praised the ideas of
production designer and
coordinator Dean Tschetter.
"The set for Cavalleria is
unique," he said. "It's almost
surrealistic."
"I think this is one of the
finest companies I've worked
with," Zei said. "We've ex
panded a great deal since we
began this opera program at
the University six years ago."
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Zei said the opera has been
triple cast, with a chorus of
about 40 people.
"We're looking forward to
putting on some grand shows
in Kimball after this," Zei
said. "We now will have a
regular musical theatre
season."
Future productions will in
clude the puppet show-opera,"
Hansel and Gretel"; "Gianni
Schicchi," an operatic comedy;
"Faust," to be presented this
summer; and a regular
Broadway show in the fall, Zei
added.
Reservations for tickets can
be obtained by calling the
Kimball Hall box office, 472
3375, or they may be purchased
at the box office through
Friday.
Rudolf Bing, general
manager of the Metropolitan
Opera, will keynote the ninth
annual Weekend with Music
beginning Friday at 8 p.m.
"This may be the first ap
pearance Mr. Bing has ever
made on a college campus,"
said Emanuel Wlshnow,
director of the school of music.
"He has been the head of the
Met, which is probably the
greatest opera company in the
world, for twenty years."
Bing will be the featured
speaker at a luncheon to be
held in the Nebraska Union
Centennial Room Saturday at
11:45 a.m.
The annual Weekend of
Music begins Wednesday with
the performance of Mascagni's
'Cavalleria Rusticana' at
Kimball Recital Hall.
Saturday a Beethoven Bi
centennial Program, com
memorating the German
composer's 200th birthday, will
be narrated by Larry Lusk, a
faculty member in the school
of music.
The program will be a lecture-recital,
added Lusk, and
a side show will be used to
illustrate the program.
Thomas Fritz will then play
the first movement of
Beethoven's Appassionata
Sonata, Opus 57 on piano, and
Arnold Schatz will play the
first movement from
Beethoven's last violin sonata
and will be accompanied by
Harvey Hinshaw on piano.
Persons wishing to attend
Weekend with Music should
contact the University Ex
tension Division, as soon as
possible. Registration, which
includes admission to all
events, is $10 for adults and
$6 for students.
Wildlife Club
elects officers
A senior from Lincoln, Don
Gabelhouse, Jr., has been
elected president of the
University Wildlife Club.
Other newly elected officers
are Steven Waters of
Lexington, vice-president, and
Norman Kopecky of David
City, secretary.
Gayle Angus from Spencer
will serve as treasurer. Gerald
Coates from Beaver Crossing
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