DETROIT GRAND OPERA ASSOCIATION
WITH OAKLAND UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR ADULT EDUCATION
DETROIT PUBLIC LIBRARY
OVERTURE TO OPERA III
1964 SEASON
A program of scenes from operas to be performed by the Metropolitan Opera Company during its 1964 Detroit season. To be given twelve times in the Metropolitan area of Detroit as lis ted.
AlDA, Giuseppe Verdi-ACT II, SCENE I; Duet, Aida and Amneris
DON GIOVANNI, w. A Mozart-ACT I, SCENES II & III; Donna Elvira, Don Giovanni, Leporello and Zerlina
LA BOHEME, Giacomo Puccini-ACT I, SCENE II; Mimi and
Rodolfo
FAUST, Charles Gounod - FINAL SCENE; Marguerite, Faust and Mephistopheles
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credik! PRODUCER-DIRECTOR .... .. .. .. .. ............ ... Dr. David Di Chiera Department of Music , Oakland University STAGE DIRECTOR ... ... .. ..... .. ... .... ..... ... . Christopher Flynn LIGHTING DESIGNER AND STAGE MANAGER . .. . . .. .... .. Tom A. Aston ACCOMPANIST Lawrence La Gore COSTUMES . ..... .. . ....... ..... ...... Metropolitan Opera Company COLOR AND COSTUME COORDINATION .... .. .. . ..... . . .. . . John Greene
cast
AIDA Earnestine Nimmons; Maria Roumell
AMNERIS .. ....................... Alice Engram; Rosemarie Murch
DONNA ELVIRA .. . .. ......... . Imogene Wiel Bird; Doralene McNelly
DON GIOVANNI. Raymond Sharp; Rodney Stenborg
LEPORELLO Conwell Carrington; Russell Smith
ZERLINA .............. ..... . . ... Shirley Zaft Benyas; Roma Riddell
MIMI. . . ........ . ... . .......... Shirley Zaft Benyas; Roma Riddell
RODOLFO ....... . .... .. ........... Robert Angus; Edward Kingins
MARGUERITE .... ... ..... . .. Doralene McNelly; Earnestine Nimmons
FAUST ..... . .. .. . .. .. ........... Thomas W. Cole; Edward Kingins
MEPHISTOPHELES ... ... . ... ..... .. Conwell Carrington; Russell Smith
CHORUS members of Oakland University Chamber Singers
OVERTURE TO OPERA III
For ticket iI/formation call :
P.M. Bloomfield
High
Mrs.
Mrs. Henry Whiting MI.
MI. 6-1260 FEBRUARY
8:15 P.M. Student Center, University of Windsor, Ont. Mrs.
Howard Stephenson
FEBRUARY 7 1 :30 P.M. Ferndale High School (for students) FEBRUARY 18 8:15 P.M. Ferndale High School Mrs. Louis Gasparott LI. 2-1031 FEBRUARY 21 2:00 P.M. Grosse Pointe High School (for students) FEBRUARY 26 8:15 P.M. Copernicus Junior High School, Hamtramck Mrs. Arthur Rooks, Jr. 867-2876 MARCH 3 8:15 P.M. Rackham Memorial Auditorium, Detroit Mrs. Abraham Cooper UN. 1-1532 MARCH 8 3:00 P M. Ford Central Office Bldg. Auditorium The American Road, Dearborn Mrs. Michael Orlovich LO. 3-2981 MARCH 17 8:15 P.M_ Fries Auditorium Grosse Pointe War Memorial TU. 1-7511 APRIL 3 8:15 P.M. Oakland University University Theater, Rochester Mr. Gary Beeman 338-7211 APRIL 8 8 :15 P.M. Trenton High School Auditorium Mrs. Thomas Hunt OR. 6-7361 APRIL 11 10:30 A.M. Oak Park High School (for students)
JANUARY 29 8:15
Hills
School
Ralph Fox
4-8228
3
J.
945-8229
1964 Metropolitan Op (at Masonic.
MONDAY, MAY 25
PUCCINI'S LA BOHEME-with Tebaldi; Tucker, Guarrera, Tozzi
TUESDAY, MAY 26
DONIZE'ITI'S LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR-with Sutherland; Corelli, Colzani
WEDNESDAY, MAY 27
VERDI'S AIDA-with Price, Gorr; Bergonzi, MacNeil, Siepi
THURSDAY, MAY 28
GOUNOD'S FAUST-with Panni or Tucci; Morell, Sereni, Hines
for Metropolitan Opera tickets:
MAIL ORDERS: Detroit Grand Opera Association 20 East Jefferson, Detroit 26
WINDOW Approximately March IS
TICKET SALES: Box Office, Ford Auditorium Detroit 26
Season in Detroit Auditorium)
FRIDAY, MAY 29
MASSENET'S MANON-with Moffo; Gedda, Guarrera, Tozzi
SATURDAY, MAY 30 (Matinee)
MOZART'S DON GlO0J.NNI-with Price, Amara; Ghitti, Uppman, Coren a, Siepi
SATURDAY, MAY 30 (Evening)
VERDI'S FALSTAFF-with Tucci, Resnik, Elias; Alva, Sereni, Colzani
( DETROIT GRAND OPERA ASSOCIATION UNIVERSITY C E N TER FOR ADULT EDUCATION (W.S.U.-THE U. o f M.-E . M.U . ) 60 FARNSWORTH DETROIT, MICH. 48202 Non-Profit Organ i za ti on U . S . POSTAGE PAID DETROIT, MICH PERMIT NO . 3844 2010, Michigan Opera Theatre