Eastman School of Music - Score Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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Fiftieth Anniversary Dreams In Eastmans Fiftieth Anniversary year came the re-opening of the newly refur- bished Eastman Theatre. This has been the home of the Eastman School Gpgfa ns for many years, and many of the greatest operas of the mas- ter-composers have been produced with brilliance there. With so much attention on the school and the theatre this year, an opera had to be chosen with total audi- what better choice than an opera based on Shakespeares fantast- ical blend of fairyland with the human world in A Midsummer Nightg Theatre productio ence appealp and Dream , music bv Beniamin Britten. Thomas Struthers' scenery, as usual, was exquisite and transported the audi- ence into the heart of fairvlandg an enchanted forest. A life-size tree was an inte- gral part of the main set and more than once my heart skipped a beat as Puck an impish fairy aide character, went scampering up into its branches, or when he flew through the air rigged in a nearly invisible harness. Once, however, his aerial acro- batics were curtailed when the power driving his flying-harness stopped and, after a beautiful take-off, he was left dangling in mid-air and mid-stage. Another sur- prise was connected with the fog machine. In this instance, the fog machine literal- ly lost control of itself and began belching forth fog at an incomprehensible rate so that in a matter of seconds, not only could the audience not see the stage, but Sing- ers a few inches apart could not see one another. All mishaps aside though, the opera was a great success and from the size and response of the audience, it was as much fun for them as it was for us. Iudy Dickinson f N 58

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Friday, January 21 Saturday, january 22 A Midsummer Night's Dream by Benjamin Britten LEONARD TREASH, Director EDWIN MCARTHUR, Conductor THOMAS STRUTHERS, Designer V' Y J f Z1 Q -- Pentiere, Jeffrey Regelman, james Singleton, Marc Slavny, anuarl 77 Cobweb Robin Eaton Robin Eaton Peaseblossom Candace Baranows ki Candace Baranowgki Mustardeseed janet Obermeyer janet Obermeyer Moth Doreen DeFeis Doreen DeFei5 Puck Larry Clark Larry Clark Oberon Letty Snethen Laura Angus Tytania Judith Dickison Sharon Harrigon Lysander Booker T. Wilson Bruce Bell Hermia Mary Henderson Maria Floros Dememug, Ralph Griffin Ioseph Bias Helena Cecile Saine Julianne Cross Quince Jemes Courtney james Courtney Flute Carl Bickel David Bezona Smut Bruce Bell Edward Pierce Starveling Tonio DePaolo Tonie DePaolo Bottom Alexander Stephens Alexander Stephens Snug Dan Larson Dan Larson Theseus Fredric Criesinger Fredric Griesinger Hippolyta Laura Angus Letty Snethen Fairy Chorus: Edwin Austin, Steven Bell, Mark Cohen, Thomas johnson, Wil- liam McNeice, Gregory Miller, john Miller, Swan Oe Car Thomas Spittle, Jeffrey VanHall, Henry Warfield, Kevin Wes- LOU. Members of the Eastman Childrens Chours, Milford Fargo, Conductorl 4'8 W Ie V195

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