The H-SU Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 34, Ed. 1, Friday, February 13, 1970 Page: 3 of 4
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STAGING Boris Goldovsky uses a miniature stage to
plan movements for the opera "La Traviata."
Goldovsky's Opera started
in Boston by music lovers
In the winter of 1946 a new-
comer to Boston- wrote a dozen
letters' to well-known music lov-
ers' in the city asking them to sup-
port an opera theatre which would
provide talented young singers
with opportunities to gain the
performing experience essential
to their future success.
. The writer said that if after
seeing his ideas in action the con-
tributors were not in sympathy
with the results he would abandon-
the idea and would bother
them no further. Happily his sup-
porters increased in number after
witnessing the first successful pro-
eduction "The Marriage of Figaro"
at Jordan Hall in February 1946
'so 'that today the Goldovsky
Grand Opera Theatre is of nation
al as wen as local importance.
; As the. first season came to an
end Bqston's music lovers agreed
that Boris Goldovsky the author
of the letters had more than lived
!up to his word. These first audien-
ces witnessed an entirely new
J concept of operatic production
one in which realistic convincing
stage action was happily united
with musical and vocal excellence.
They heard smoothly flowing
. '" English versions enunciated so
j v" clearly that every word could be
understood. They saw exciting
. ''young' singers who seemed to
.; "live" their roles without even
v V ' a momentary glance at the con-
t ductox who looked and acted
V vtheir assignments as well as they
" "- s'ang them. And no wonder for
' ' vamong the singers who made
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first season of the Goldovsky
Grand Opera Theatre were Phyllis
Curtain now internationally ac-
claimed and Mildred Miller Paul
Franke and Sherrill Milnes who
are now among the most valued
singing actors of the Metropolitan
Opera Company.
As the years went on each sea
son bringing new excitement
Bostonians learned that there was
more to this continued success
than just hard work and a flair
for discovering gifted young sing-
ers. There was a methodical and
dedicated approach to the count-
less problems of the musical the-
atre. Unusual rehearsal and train-
ing methods electronic aids to in-
sure correct tempo and musical
ensemble new acoustical mater-
ials for building scenery experi
mental projection devices and
above all a never-ending drive to
uncover significant operas and a
continued research to ensure
authenticity of presentation.
Thanks to the Goldovsky Opera
Theatre Bostonians were the first
in this country to see and hear
Mozart's - "Idomeneo" Rossini's
"Count Ory'V Berlioz' "The Tro-
jans" and Britten's "Albert Her-
ring" to mention just a few of
the most memorable operatic pre-
mieres. Bostonians were the first
to hear Bizet's "Carmen" in its
original form with the many un-
published sections of the score
the authentic restoration of Ros-
sini's "Barber of Seville" and
Verdi's "Rigoletto" not to mention
the many model productions of
the masterworks of Mozart whom
BABY BOTQER
Mr. Goldovsky admires abpve all
operatic composers.
While the activities of the com-
pany are of great importance to
opera lovers here and throughout
the United States another major
concern of the Opera Theatre is
to help and train young Ameri
can singers. Its achievements in
this field have been amply demon-
strated One needs only to men-
tion a few singers who have made
their operatic debuts with the
company Adele Addison Eu-
nice Alberts Mildred Allen Jac-
queline Bazinet McHenry Boat-
wright Rosalind Elias Saramae
Endrich Robert McFerrin Nancy
Williams and Sherrill Milnes.
The basic creed of the Goldov-
sky Grand Opera Theatre can be
summarized in one phrase: uni-
fied and homogeneous musical
and theatrical style. Adherence to
this dictum is one of the reasons
that Goldovsky is reluctant to em-
ploy conventionally trained sing-
ers conductors and stage direc-
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UhABILhNt:
Debaters fly
to St. Louis
Two debate teams from H-SU
will fly to St. Louis this weekend
to compete with about 25 other
schools in a debate tournament.
In the Baylor University tour-
nament Feb. 6-7 Grubaugh and
Shelburne won three of five
rounds. Jane and Judy won two
of five rounds. All five teams they
met went on to compete in the
final round.
After the St. Louis tournament
teams will be composed of Gru-
baugh and Jane Hix and Shel-
burne and Tommy Culwell fresh-
man. They will prepare' for com-
petition in Louisiana in March.
The topic for debate this year is
the following Resolved: That the
federal government should grant
annually a specific percentage of
its income tax revenue to the
state governments.
Ed Jackson is the debate coach.
CHURCHES
continued from p. 1
votionals by Lilly Ann- Treadwell
and Martha Chism; Friendship of
Millsap Frank Lawson; First
Swenson slides songs and testi-
monies on Indiana.
Evening worship services will
include First Cross Plains Dr.
Lloyd Huff; Belmont Odessa
Keith Vaughn; Hillside of San
Angelo Dr. G. Norman Weaver;
Green Hill of Snyder Dr Guy
Greenfield .(morning and even
ing); Oklaunion Farren Sadler;
Highland Baptist Amarillo By-
ron Bryant.
Northwest Hills of San Anton-
io Dr. W. T. Walton; Fannin Ter-
race of Midland Dr. William O.
(Bill Beazley; Belmont of Abilene
Kenneth Hill Friendship of Abi-
lene Dr. James Zambus.
Students will also be in charge
of banquet entertainment Satur-
day night at First Baptist church-
es of Crowell and Eden and will
lead in worship services the next
day.
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Students to sign
for financial aid
Students receiving financial
aid must sign notes grants
scholarship certificates of
credit and other forms Feb.
16-27.
The Financial Aid office is
Room B2 in the basement of
Moody Center. The office is
open 8:30 a.m. 12 noon and
1-4:30 p.m. each week day.
Failure to sign the papers
will result in penalty reductions.
Coupons buy machine
for Wayland student
Wayland Baptist College stu-
denst have gone over the top in
their efforts to raise 600000 Betty
Crocker coupons to purchase a
kidney machine for former Way-
land student Larry Parks Circle-
ville Ohio. The goal was reached
the fourteenth day of the drive.
A 24-year-old freshman min-
isterial student Parks is a victim
of Brights disease. In order "to
live he must have a kidney
transplant or a kidney machine.
The Betty Crocker coupons
will be redeemed for cash which
will be used to purchase the ma-
chine. In addition to the coupons
student received $1300 in cash
and more than 1000 green stamp
books. Churches communities
organizations and individuals
from across the country re-
sponded to the Baptist students.
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