Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 April 1950 — Page 18

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Magnificent Musical

- Verdi's Egyptian

Spectacle—

Opera Shows

Off Real Talent of Company

LAFAYETTE, Apr. 20—"“Aida”

demands brilliant staging.

and glory, or not at all. All that deployment of ensemble personnel, together with the stage band and extra trumpets, puts Verdi's Egyptian opus-just-abeut-on-top-of-operatic circuses, Even elephants, on the Purdue: stagecourse, by the immense of that platform. I'm almost willing to eat hum: ble meringue pie over some, things I said about the Met frter geeing “Lohengrin” and “Samron et Dalila” down in Bloomington. “Aida” shows what the company can do.

ings. And the

surd story

without the legendary the, show looked fine helped, of width

torious wants daughter, Aida, captive Ethic asro. As a result Aida, her fa Rhadames is Egyptian

Egyp

Aida hidden of them use

= ” ” ACTION, HOWEVER, still tends to be artificial, and the grouping of personnel in static tableaux 1s European old hat. Bcenery, oc costumes and lighting

Here's Good Luck to o You!

was vocally f man, as Aida, a couple of and clearly.

dianapolis Sy

ress in the An Kurt Baum

the of t

coming hazards

tian king, +, Hines », Singer in the

sang excellent Frank Gua

‘Mét make-up was a convince

his brief tenc . messenger, de

Emil Cooper

Broadcast 6:30 DANCE 9- 1

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with

“Samson

The orchest the show. It a whole musical

Verdi wrote m

Ny doing any FREE

ideas on the got the music

Amneris,

activities alive in a tomb, after the ancient Egyptian layaway plan.

” "2 LAST NIGHT'S

earlier this season a guest with Fabien Sevitzky and the In-

{in need of elevator shoes

er. And I think Paul Franke,

“By HENRY BUTLER, Times Stafl Writer last night in Purdue! |

University’s Hall of Music was by far the Metropolitan Opera's best production of this year’s Indiana visit. To begin with, “Aida” is the sort of bang-up show. that

It's a big pageant that must be put on with pomp xd]

late considerably better than -in the Met's two Bloomington offer-|

ballet, conservative

and unstartling though it is, helps, greatly to liven things. No need here to recite the ab-| in commander-in-chief

full. Rhadames, of the vic-

tian armed forces,

to jilt the king's ardent favor of! § slave-girl daughter of the

in

plan king, Amonof his confabs with ther eavesdropping, convicted of unand placed

He finds and the pair the remaining

there, up

oxygen in a glorius burst of expiring lyricism.

performance irst-rate., Stella Ro-

despite vibrato and!’

flattings, Blanche

sang full Thebom, artist mphony

did mag-

nificently both as singer and act-

ineris role, was a highly satis-

factory Rhadames, skillfully over-

voice

hat

and tenor

fatigue difficult

role. Philip Kinsman, as the Egypand towering probably

Jerome the one opera current world least both. ly. rrera,

in ‘a rather

seedy make- up as Amonasro (the

needs a shake- up) ing actor and singin )r appearance as a serves praise,

Marina Svetlova - and Leon Varkas, heading the ballet, got a4 warm reception from last

night's audience,

= o ” t A BIG MENTION should go to

and the orchestra.

Mr. Cooper, who did so admirably

et Dalila” Tuesday

night in Bloomington, again was right there with everything clear and on the dot. The ‘orchestra is absolutely superb. ra not only carries

Iso makes clear the intent of the com-

| poser. Even in so stagey an operat with such a silly story as “Aida,”!

agnificently.

If the Metropolitan Opera is service, alive the musical side of I'd like to see the Met try new visual side,

it's keeping

opera.

They've down cold

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a year, Walter 8. Russell, technical director of the Theater, is back in Indianapolis

as director Athenaeum Theater. Well-known In

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the city for his work. at the Civic Theater and the Star-

light Musicals in ‘Butler Bowl, "Mr. Riigsell has nad

more

Tense Moment i in ‘Light up the Sky’

Best in ‘Aida’

Jack Messmer, Emily

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In addition to his current posts as director and technical director of the Athenaeum Theater, Russell also is production manager of the opera department at Indiana University. ing three operatic productions at

IU this season.

His first effort as director of the Athenaeum Theater will be “Light Up the Sky.” the Athenaeum auditorium at 8 ~ v - ¥

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1 After an absence of less than p. m, tonight for a three-day run.|

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