Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 April 1951 — Page 14

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‘So Inexpert’—

‘Gloomy Report

‘On Production

Jordan College's Opera

Performance Is Found Wanting |

By Henry Butler

Last night’ s opening of *“ duced by the Jordan College

The Tales of Hoffmann,” of Music opera department

drew a good crowd to the Athenaeum.

This version of Offenbach’s charming fantasy, repeated at 8:15 p. m. today, is Jordan's most ambitious

production since Leola Turner assumed direction of the

school's opera department. And I wish TI could say the

good intentins have been . realized. Unfortunately, they haven't been, and so this report is bound to be gloomy. But first it's essenial to absolve from blame. the students _participating. They do. their best against unequal odds. For one thing, the.score calls for more opera-trained singers than Jordan evidently was able to supply. For

another thing, the most competent!

Singers, like John Rooney in the licult tenor role of Hoffmann, ave dishearteningly poor support from orchestra and chorus. Out of Tune It seemed strange last night that a music-school orchestra Which-includes some faculty and a few Indianapolis. Symphony ‘members could sound so inexpert. There appeared to be no correlation between Director

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(was out of tune.

This general sourness and in-

eptitude of the Jordan orchestra

is nothing new. I.can’'t believe it's necessary, and 1 think something drastic ought to be done about it. When a schoo! venture like “The Tales of Hoffmann” enters the competitive semi - professional field, all directors concerned must be prepared to compete with directors elsewhere who do these things well. Not Professional Level

The opera chorus, trained by Richard Whittington, may suffered somewhat from the Athenaeum’s dead acoustics. stage, and with full throttle, the choristers were ragged in cues and! deficient in volume.

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