California Western University - Loma Del Mar Yearbook (San Diego, CA)

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Verdi ' s opera, Luisa Miller, began a four-day run in December, opening the opera season for California Western. So- prano star in the opera was Mrs. Francis Pool, and Neil Oehl, a tenor, sang the leading male role. The opera chorus, twenty voices strong, was drawn almost exclusively from Cal Western students. Dr. Walter Teutsch, who founded the workshop, directed the entire production. VERDI OPERA PRESENTED ' iH1ieiX S !!:. ' i, r t?,i.«9: % ' ' Y ' fW .f ,•;., V David Caylor, who ploys the port of o peosont, poses to show off the detoil in his makeup. 131

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Patricio Velsir, as Federico, looks disapprovingly at the octton between Luisa and Rodolfo; Count Wolter (Louis McKay) points an accusing finger at the miller, played by Robert Ross. Robert Stowers, as Wurm, wonders what will happen. Robert Ross, in full costume, awaits his turn to go on stage during dress rehearsals of Luisa Miller 130 I i

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The Cal Western Opera Workshop pre- sented two one-act comic operas by Italian composers in April. The works were Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari ' s II Segreto di Susanna (The Secret of Suzanne) and Gian-Carlo Menotti ' s Amelia Goes to the Bail. Both operas are combinations of wit and fun, and both were repre- sentative of the early achievements of their composers. The main leads were off-campus participants, with Cal Wes- tern students playing supporting roles. Again Dr. Walter Teutsch directed the two buffas, which were presented in English. OPERAS DRAW STUDENTS AINDi 132 Amelia ' s husband, played by Robert Ross, is taken away by two gendarmes, as ordered by Chief cf Police (Louis McKay).