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Two free laboratory plays directed by UNL drama students
will be presented Monday night. The Return by Mario Faratti, .
directed by Marlene Grothe will be presented 8 p.m. in 201,
Temple Building. High Sign by Louis J. Carlino, directed by
Dan Stratman will be presented 8:30 p.m. in the Arena
Theater, Temple Building.
Jazz trumpeter Clark Terry will be on the UNL campus to
play a concert with the NU Jazz Band Friday, and take part in
Black Culture Week activities.
Terry, who plays trumpet and flugelhorn with NBC's
"Tonight Show" band, will appear with the Jazz Band at Phi
Mu Alpha Sinfonia "Portraits in Jazz" concert at 8 p.m.
Friday in Kimball Recital Hall.
Terry will appear on a panel with two others on Thursday at
10 a.m. in the main lounge of the Nebraska Union and will
take part in a jam session with Preston Love on Thursday at
3:30 p.m. in the South Crib of the Union.
In addition, he will conduct jazz clinics in 130, Westbrook
Music Building on Thursday, 1:30-3 p.m. and on Friday,
1:30-3:30 p.m. and a question-answer seminar on Friday,
3:30-5 p.m. All functions are open to the public.
The Union Black Activities Committee and the Black
Studies Council are co-sponsoring Terry's appearance. Tickets
for the coricert Friday night are $2.
The Harlem Globetrotters will be at Pershing Auditorium on
Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. and Three Dog Night will be at Pershing
on Friday at 8 p.m. Tickets are still available for both.
Liricoln Community Concerts will present the musical
Company at Pershing Auditorium at 8 p.m. on Saturday Feb
26. '
Nebraska Wesleyan will present The Bartered Bride on
Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and again on March 4 and 5.
Recommended television movies:
Monday
KMTV, Channel 3, 8 p.m.. Probe itarring Hugh O'Brian. Elk
Sommer and Sir John Gielgud. Space-age secret agent goes after gem
, collection.
KOLN, Channel 10. and WOW, Channel 6, 10:30 p.m. The Priest's
Wife starring Sophia Loron and Marcello Mastroianni. Priestly celibacy
is questioned.
Tuesday
KETV. Channel 7, 7:30 p.m., Kung Fu starring David Carradine.
Chinese-American priest gets involved with the welfare of coolies In the
1860'sWest.
Wednesday
KETV, Channel 7, 8 p.m.. The Hustler starring Paul Newman and
Jackie Gleason. 1961 flick about the rise and fall of a pool hustler.
Thursday
WOW,. Channel 6, 8 p.m.. The Miracle Worker starring Patty Duke
and Anne Bancroft. Story of Helen Keller.
KOLN, Channel 10, 8 p.m.. Bandolero starring James Stewart, Dean
Martin and Raquel Welch. Western about two outlaw brothers.
KOLN. Channel 10, and WOW. Channel 6, 10:30 p.m., Trog starring
Joai Craford. Sci-fi about the discovery of a living prehistoric man.
Friday
KOLN. Channel 10. and WOW. Channel 6. 7 p.m.. To All My Friends
On Shore starring Bill Cosby. Poor black's son develops side cell
anemia.
KOLN, Channel 10, and WOW, Channel 6, 8:30 p.m.. Look
Homeward, Angel starring Geraldine Page and E.G. Marshall. Turn of
- the century family life in the South.
KUON, Channel 12, 9:30 p.m., Ivan The Terrible, Part I starring
Nikolai Cherkassov and Ludmila Tselikovskaya. Sergei Eisentein's 1945
film tracing the intrigue-ridden carrer of Russia's first czar.
Saturday
KOLN, Channel 10, midnight. Treasure of the Sierra Madre starring
Humphrey Bogart. Another Bogey goodie.
'Rigoletto' reflects opera growth
Review by Bill Wall is
For several reasons the . Omaha Opera
Company's production of Vetch's Rjgolettp
last Friday and Saturday nights reflects real
growth of area interest in the art of opera. It
was a fine production in may ways. The
singing, opera's chief glory, was
exceptionally fine.
The story is one of passion, intrigue and
finally, revenge and murder. The jester of
the Duke of Mantua ridicules one too many
members of the court. He is cursed by the
wronged nobleman. The court's revenge on
Rigoletto involes the kidnapping and
seduction of the jester's only beloved
daughter.
The jester's own plan for revenge, which
involves the Duke's murder (it was he who
seduced the daughter), goes astray when the
daughter, who has fallen in love with her
seducer, sacrifices herself to save him. The
jester is left alone with his anguish and
madness.
Louis Quilico in the title role was
excellent: a malicious and rollicking court
clown, a lonely and dejected private citizen
of Mantua, a loving and intemperate father.
Quilico's tfoice is large' and handsome',
securely focused, well -modulated and golden
in tone and timbre. One can hardly imagine
a finer Rigoletto.
Gail Robinson sang exquisitely and was,
of all things, a believable Gilda. She fully
lived up to her reputation as one of the
finest young vocal artists in America. Her
stage presence is both lovely and expressive;
her voice is simply breath-taking at times,
but always beautiful.
Barry Morell brought his fine, secure,
resonant tenor voice to the role of the Duke
of Mantua. Arnold Voketaitus offered his
considerable dramatic power, as well as a
rich bass-baritone voice, to the demonic role
of the cut throat, Sparafucile.
Marlena Kleinmann was engaging as the
buxom peasant prostitute, Maddalena, who
falls for the Duke and persuades her assassin '
brother to substitute victims, foiling
Rigoletto's revenge.
John Zei of the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln School of Music brought a
striking stage figure and rich baritone voice
to the role of the Count of Monterone, the
outraged nobleman who curses both the
Duke and his jester.
Sets and lighting were adequate but
innocuous. They lent some mood and tone
to the production, but were hardly on a par
with the rest of the opera.
The orchestra, directed by Leo Kopp, was
excellent. Balance between singers and
orchestra was good.
The problems of the production are those
of all civic opera theater: inadequate
rehearsal time for the more difficult scenes
to jell dramatically, and sometimes
musically. This production for the most part
overcame these difficulties admirably.
Minor character portrayals were generally
weak. This was especially true of the roles of
Giovanna and the page. These voices had
pitch problems in addition to being largely
inaudible.
Directors Leo Kopp and James De Blasis
and the cast are to be congratulated. Thanks
is due the Omaha Opera Guild and Company
for bringing such productions to the public.
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