Hansel and Gretel' featured
by University Opera Workshop
By KEITH POWEIJ„
Emerald Feature Editor
It h. unfortunate that a highly
misleading Idea concerning opera
has wide elreulation In America.
Thin popular concept seems to be
a compilation of impressions re
ceived from auch popular opera
singers an Mario Danza, cartoons
with balding and bored pluto
cratH at the opera in general
circulation n agazines, and fat,
flowing ladies In horned helmet*.
THOME WHO WOULD like to
have Hurh prejudice!* dispelled
> hould attend the Univcrmty'n
Opera Workshop production of
Humperdinck'* opera "Hamad and
(Jretel." The three-act opera will
U- presented in the school of tnu
bIc'm auditorium Friday at 8 p.m.
The performance, which will be
an abridged version of the opera
will be sung in English. Edward
Zambara, the director of the
Opera Workshop, takes “the
middle view" about opera in Eng
lish. Unfik** purists who will not
Atheists...
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personal experience, from what
I've lead, arid from what others
have Huid to me, I can find no
reason to believe in the existence
of a god."
As in most discussions, the
point of focus shifted at random.
Professor Dykstra asked, "Is it
not true that the Christian feels
an obligation to make others see
his point of view?”
THE REVEREND BtRTNEB
answered that "the Christian tries
to bring others to his point of
view through love.”
McReynolds, continuing the
discussion of promulgation of
belief saiJ, "although Deists
usually have more formal vehicles
for spreading the word, such as
churches, the atheist and agnos
tic nrc generally able to make
themselves heard."
IliOMi \I.LV summarizing the
two points of view, Professor
Dykstra Maid, "to the Deist the
word 'atheist' usually connotes
Immorality and evil |>ersonality,
while to the atheist, the word
'I feist' means stupid and super
stitious."
Following the discussion was a
brief question and answer period
for audience participation. One
spectator asked if the beliefs in
Darwinism and Theism could
exist congruously in the same per
son. Lindstrom, for the Atheists,
answered "No." For the Deists,
The Reverend Burtner answered
"Yea.”
The roundtable discussion topic
for the next meeting February 3
will be "Morals and College Stu
dents."
Letters...
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supposed friend and adviser of
L'O students (according to n
previous Oregana), has violated
a trust placed in him. I refer to
his listing of Gary Gregory’s
fall term grades plus his impli
cation that perhaps one of
Gregory’s grades was unde
served because of irregular at
tendance ot classes.
Whatever DuShane’s opinions,
they certainly weren't the best
kind to spread over the front
page of a newspaper.
Perhaps this whole affair will
provide the “founding fathers”
of the A8UO with the needed
precedent for establishing a
more rigid constitution. Obvious
ly such rules as the succession
of office will have to be spelled
out in order to keep students In
tlie future from alibing their
way out of their duties.
Robert D. Simmons
President of Inter hull
Council (I.H.C.)
tolerate operatic translations, |
Zambara produces Opera Work-1
shop operaa in English if good,
singable translations are avail
ably Opera performance* in many
European countries Germany, for
instance, are in the language of
that country.
In Germany, Russian, Krench
and Italian operas are all per
formed in German, Zambara ex
plained that often operas are
formed in America in the original
language because of the "melt
ing pot" quality of races and na
tionalities that the country has,
/A MBA HA himself is a singer,
having had experience with the
Boston Opera, the New England
Opera Theatre, the Harvard
Opera Company, and has been di
rector of the Opera Workshop at
the University of Tennessee for
five years.
Zambara wings 16 bass roles
including Boris Gudonov, and
Hans Sachs in Wagner's Meister
singer He also sang the title role
in the Harvard opera group'H
American premiere of Apiadis by
Lully.
The Opera Workshop is a credit
class, presenting each year an
many operas as possible. Last
year's productions were Amahl
and the Night Visitors by Me
notti and the west coast pre
miere of Petit's opera, "Love is
a Game of Chance." This last
production's response was "very
good, excellent," cheers Zambara.
An orchestra was used for the
Amahl production, the Petit pre
miere using a piano. Friday's
opera production will utilize
piano accmpaniment.
Enrollment...
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the law school only 3 arc women,
the fewest enrolled in any school.
GENERAL STUDIES showed
the biggest percentage growth
with 60 per cent. It also has the
smallest enrollment with only 56
students. The education school
had a 17 per cent increase. It is
the second largest department on
campus and the only school with
more women than men registered.
Of the 483 students enrolled, 287
I are women and 196 are men.
The College of Liberal Arts is
| still the largest department with
4.139 students.
THE OTHER schools recorded
! enrollments ot: architecture, 331;
.business administration. 480;
health a n d physical education,
' 264; journalism 89; and music 77.
The number of special students
j increased by one per cent to a
; total of 149, while the graduate
school reported a growth of 14
per cent to a total of 918.
Zambara feels that the Opera
Workshop program at Oregon is
“well-rounded with classical, ro
mantic and contemporary operas.
I feel that specialization in opera
is wrong." The opera director
points out that last year's two
operas were contemporary works,
while “Hansel and Oretei" is a
“standard work."
THE CAHT of the opera to be
presented Friday will be an all
student one. Zambara points with
pride to the fact that there are
music students at Oregon with
the technical ability and mastery
of singing to present operas.
Roberta Clemens and Anne Tem
pleton, respectively, will perform
the roles of Hansel and Gretel.
The opera was first written by
Humperdinck for his sister as a
short musical play. Cater the
composer enlarged upon the origi
nal, and this extended version
was first performed in 1893. It
was broadcast by the Metropoli
tan in the 1930s as the first com
plete opera broadcast in America.
It has enjoyed the reputation of
having over 100 performances at
the Metropolitan.
Frances Dougherty of the phyi
cal education department is doing
the opera's choreography, and the
chorus is being directed by Max
Risinger. Sets are being done by
students of the music school.
ZAMBARA FEELS that col
leges and universities have a duty
to present contemporary operas
which strike out in new' operatic
directions and may not find a
ready public among admirers of
“Carmen" and “Aida.”
Zambara hopes to do Purcell's
"Dido” and “Aeneas” and several
of the works of Carl Orff.
Meeting scheduled
by Duck Preview
Duck Preview tour leaders will
meet in the Greater Oregon office
at 4 p.m. today, according to John
Packham.
The meeting will consist of an
orientation of tour leaders by
Doug Fisk.
Tours will begin immediately
after the Duck Preview luncheon
and will continue until 5 p.m.
Table tennis games
won by Larry Wu
Larrv Wu, fifth year student
in political science, won first place
in the University's table tennis
tournament. George Kahanuk
placed second.
These winners will represent
the University at the Northwest
Regional table tennis tournament
i in April at the University of
I Washington.
Handball instruction
open to grads, faculty
Graduate students and mem
bers of the faculty will have the
opportunity to get some profes
sional instruction in the sport of
handball at a coaching session !
set for tonight at 7.
THE SESSION is being spon
sored by Phi Epsilon Kappa,
physical education professional
fraternity. Members of the fra
ternity will conduct the classes, j
Those planning on attending
the session are to bring their
own gym shoes and should obtain
a locker and gym clothing through
the Gym Suit Service of the
physical education school. Hand
ball gloves are desirable but not
essential as ordinary leather
gloves can be used as a substi
tute.
Western meet draws
UO placement director
Eugene W. Dils, director of the \
University placement service, is'
presently attending the tenth con- I
ference of the Western College i
Placement Association January
21-22.
Dils will conduct an orientation
program for new industry recruit
ers and college placement offi
cials at the conference. Purpose
of the meeting, he remarks, is to
coordinate efforts of industry and
colleges in selection and place
ment of college graduates.
Bevan worsens
LONDON (UPI) — Deputy
British Labor party leader Aneu
rin Bevan has taken a turn for
the worse.
Doctors in a London hospital
say the 62-year-old politician suf
fered a relapse and his condition
causes great anxiety. The Labor
ite leader underwent a major ab
dominal surgery on December 29.
Award presented
to ROTC units
The University’s army and air
force ROTC units were presented,
a Citation of Merit award for
the work the cadets did during
the recent Porchiight Drive of
the Muscular Dystrophy Asso
ciation.
The award was presented by
E. G. Hulett, president of the
Lane County Muscular Dystrophy
Association at a banquet given at
the Crippled Children’s Home
Wednesday evening.
Infirmary
Conined to the Infirmary are: Barbara
K. Kuhn. Patricia J. Stone*, Judith A.
Hodfe*. Patricia A. Young, Roland K.
Hukill, Gary X. Johnson, James L. Wash
burne, David Ling. Gary Dahl, N'ancey
Anne Grave,. Margaret A. Myatt, Janet
L. Parker and Alice J. Kugenia.
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