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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 29, 1968)
Repeating This Weekend Double Opera Rated Highly By CIIKIS IIOUGI.IM Of ltoi> Kmrrald Two production*—one good, one extraordinary—highlight an evening of opera currently being presented by University Thea tre. The twin presentations—Puc cini's "Gianni Schicchi” and Me nottl’s "The Unicorn, the Gor gon, and the Manticorc"—were staged Friday and Saturday nights, and are scheduled for repeat performances for Thurs day, Friday, uud Saturday of this week Produced In association with the School of Music and the Department of Dance, the play lets offer both an entertaining format to this area, and a com mendable quality of execution in both instances. Puccini's "Gianni Schicchi” is a humorous and romantic opera set in the colorful Florence of the past. Generally recognized as one of its author's best works, it ia a parody of his many ear lier endeavors. Kelatives of the recenty de ceased Huroso Donato are shock ed when they find that he has bequeathed them nothing in his will, and so employ the serv ices of the wily Gianni Schicchi, a vulgar peasant noted for his guile, in having the document altered. Director Jean Cutler has done a fine job of accentuating the potential melodramatic and sa tirical aspects of the production, Collier Provides "Shower Power" As of noon Monday, the men of Collier Hall have been in the showers 301 consecutive hours. They're out to reclaim the world’s showering record, set here by Sheldon Hall last year, and broken recently by Oregon State University. Collier's leaders, John McClay and Allan Hichl, said there had been close cooperation within the University. They said sever al dorms in their complex have helped, contributing partici pants and men to guard the showers from pranksters. Jim Hart now holds the new world's individual showering record—61 hours. When Collier turns olT the showers some time early next weekend, it will be with over 400 straight hours of water down the drain. Europe '68 $383 Portland-London June 17-Sept. 10 Pan-Am Children Vi Fare IMPORTANT The flight is offered in accordance with the Inter national Air Travel Asso ciation fares and regula tions. This is not a charter flight, but is a blocked group on a regularly scheduled Pan American World Airlines polar jet. I.E.C. 319 EMU Ext. 1384 1-5 p.m., Mon.-Fri. and the show thus remains effec tive anil verified without ap pearing intentionally affected. Anthony Kadlec's set is su perb, as usual, and Don Fi biger’s costumes are both color ful and historically accurate. Acting and singing are uni formly good, with Doug Hou ston as Schicchi, Mary Jo Si monds and Hugh Cardon deliv ering standout performances. Only shortcoming of the pro duction was the occasional fail ure of the cast to project above the music of the University Symphony Orchestra, well ■— directed by James Miller. The Menotti mime opera is an incredibly beautiful mixed - me dia affair, an experimental fable which depicts three stages of a poet's life, each portrayed through a fantasy of that par ticular stage. Promenading with unicorn in his early life, a gorgon during middle age, and a manticore late in life, the poet is first scorned, then imitated by towns people. The manticorc takes him to a death of dignity even when he is mocked by those who would destroy his dreams. There was nothing about this production which was not re markable. A .series of motion pictures, produced by Director Cutler, Ron Kinne, and Owen Chamberlain, sup plemepted stage action effectively — thor oughly captivating and remark ably beautiful, they conveyed the special magic of mixed - media to the presentation. The stage action, which is wordless, was imaginatively choreographed by Deborah Ap plegate and was well executed. The stage dialogue, sung ex tremely well by an ensemble, and backed by a seven-piece chamber orchestra, was consis tently lilting, occasionally hu - morous, and frequently touch ing. Kudos to all who participated in the most stimulating and professional presentation to be produced by the UT to my recol lection. Nuttv Souirrel Eludes Fuzz How do you catch a beserk squirrel Apparently you don’t. That was the conclusion that a campus patrolman, Kyle Mays, and a Eugene city patrolman, Mike Michaeison, reached after more than 45 minutes of in tense effort at trying to catch a squirrel. The animal was apparently spotted making continuous left hand turns in a tree near Hen dicks Hall. Students, worried that the rodent might be rabid, called the Eugene City Police Department to remove the ani mal. Students and faculty passing by stopped to see what the com motion was and stayed to sym pathize with the squirrel or of fer helpful hints to the patrol man. Said one graduate student in counseling psychology, "What a life . . . you can’t even chase your tail without people getting all shook up.” Although a tranquilizing gun or regular gun would have un doubtedly been more expedient, the danger of hitting a passer by was too great to be risked. Because of this, the officers were confined to standing un der the tree with cardboard box in hand, waiting for something to happen. After about 45 minutes of this, the patrolmen decided to give up. Their only suggestion was to call the biology department to come pick up the animal and take it back for observation. Tickets Available Student tickets for the UO UCLA game will be available at McArthur Court starting at 1 p.m. Tuesday. There are 5,000 tickets avail able on a first come, first served basis. 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