Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 April 1951 — Page 22

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Work of Art—

Students Shine In Verdi Opera

Production Reaches New High, Look at Dress Rehearsal Shows

> By Henry Butler

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BLOOMINGTON, Apr. 26—When the curtain rises on

the Indiana University School of Music production of “Rigo-

Jetto” tomorrow, East Hall s opera should be done.

Verdi's grim Renaissance tragedy of lust, hatred and

vengeance can seem mighty c fashion. | But with Hans Busch doing

the stiging and Ernst Hoffman directing the music, this student production reaches a new high. While it's not quite so big an undertaking as the now nationally famous IU ‘“Parsifal” it's nevertheless a work of art few professional companies could hope to equal. Last night's dress rehearsal of the “A” company (the students who will sing major roles in tomorrow's opening) was intense and beautiful and marred not at all by Mr. Busch's nervous-athletic correcting of action and lighting or Mr. Hoffman's occasional suggestions to singers and orchestra, The performance rolled smoothlv. with nice long intermissions

Dr. Wells a Director

pectators will again see how

orny if it's put on in routine

Ky.,, does a fine job with the Rigoletto role, expressing with poignant tone the plight of the jester, Saturday’s cast will be different. In place of Miss Ray will be Phyllis Hagel, as Gilda.

Hale Will sing the Duke, and Nona Espina will be Rigoletto. This entire production will be repeated May 4 and 5.

Dr. Herman B Wells, president of Indiana University, was named a director of Indiana Bell Telephone Company at a meeting of stockholders yesterday. The group also named Frank Mussetter, former assistant vice president of

Pacific Telephone and Telegraph, as vice president in charge of Indiana Bell's public relations program.

for talk and cigarets when musicians. technicians, reporters and chorus members in costume could parade outside. One evil-looking PTOET desperado who hailed me turned out to be Tom Bovd of Indianapolis, composer of those memorable teen-age musicals “Chalet” and “Heavens to Betsy.” Tom is taking music seriously these days. Visual Authenticity

What Mr. Busch and Mr. Hoffman and Dean Wiifred C. Bains music faculty have done is something no other music school in this country can touch. That's not just™“my opinion. One of Dean Bain's coworkers who knows the) big-endowment music schools,! East and West, last night told] me, “This is real.” . Verdi's dreadful story (out of, Victor Hugo) of the nasty hunchback jester whose only real love! is for his daughter has new meaning in this production. Mr, Busch and Miss Theda Taylor. his tech-! mical assistant, have used William Crayon's designs for a series of settings that look like Italian Renaissance paintings. Big lighted candelabras, fine, arches. spear-head fences and amazingly eontrived palace-to-! slums architecture give this production a visual authenticity the Metropolitan Opera might well envy. Incidentally. the Met will have a chance to see the IU “Rigoletto” in a special performance ~ Tuesday afternoon, May 8—second day of the Met's IU sojourn.

Quality and Range

In the singing department.| “Rigoletto” again demonstrates the great truth that young talent, guided and inspired, can accomplish the impossible.

Jean Ray, Indianapolis, sings a marvelous Gilda: Miss Ray, pepped up by this big venture. turns out as nice a “Caro Nome” as vou'll ever hope to hear. Still better, she looks cute, in one of the happy coincidences that make TU operas fascinating, Jack DeLon, of Kokomo. in the tenor role of the Duke, has bigtime power, quality and range. 4nd Richard Dales, of Louisville, .

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