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BLOOMINGTON, Mar, 3—"“La Boheme,”

Busch pattern of music

By HENRY BUTLER, Times Staff Writer

ally opened Indiana University music. school's East ‘Hall last night, is better in staging and acting than ‘in singing. Pe This TU opera production, to be repeated tonight with 4 a different group’ -of principals and again tomorrow with last night's cast, carries on the new Ernst Haffman- Hans

bigger “technique. drama livelier than the Met- their best and rose magnificently

“Young Man With a Hern.” with fort, Brana: fied Jae, tnd Oris AY, at N an which form- i

“Cry Murder,” with Carole Mathswe and Lor at 11:15. 2:25. 3:40 and 8:50. KEITH'S 3 Hetiday, * with William 018 iL 45, 4:30, 7:25 and “Belle of Old Mexico.” with EsteHta Rogr iguez, at 12:35, 3:25. 6:15

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“ropolitan’s. TTT The challenge This “oper. pres] Lis ; 4 ee a sents. Doris Day is the too-good-to- | Guadalcanal Diary.” with Pres” With admirable settings by: 1, Mons Vay p-goog-1o. | and - Lloyd Nolan, 8% Richard C. Scammon of Dr. Lee," human beings on a stage be-frue singer with The band in | Ware and

Norvelle's department of speech and technical direction by Walter Latin 8. Russell, this version of Puc- sme ajive. cini's tender tragedy is far su- ment. perior as a spectacle to what the Of last Met brought here some seasons |ijana Larson, as

back greatest vocal But there the superiority ends.’ power.

their directors and coaches that nay

vocally. Grand opera requires the high notes. grand voices. Nervousness Apparent Before ‘1 single out performers Pepka, as fri this brilliant student version Campbell, of an extremely difficult score, let veteran IU me say that first-night nervous: ard Kahl,

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singers’ style. was satisfactory, often movingly| effective, in the middle register. managed

Singing generally did excellently.

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they made the comedy and pathos) of this music-drama about Paris! quarter life a century ago

That's a big achieve- Editor tn Give Talk night's principals,

‘assurance 1ee Fiser, It's no fault of the students and sirove mightily to make a poig- cipal speaker at the Be-Bop Sa: world traveler, will speak on the expressive they just don’t make the grade sound like an Italian tenor's in/nual dinner in the Flahger House the Purdue Hall of Music at 8 |

Others Do Excellently Peter. Smith, as Marcel: Schaunard; . As. Colline opera comedian” How-

ness undoubtedly cramped some Benoit, and later as Alcindor, ali fuence in current use trends

Barbara Atkins, the impish and wilful That's not just reproach. 1 kept flouncing of that soiibrette’s role thinking some of the principals better than the extremely taxing in last night's cast were doing a vocal requirements, The ensemble sang and acted attempt w without bigger voices and with spirit and animation.

first rate lighting and of Dayton, O. Ernst

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