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THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 8, 1928 . -,., , , "Music Department i : ; This week we will reTiew sereralj of Mozart'8 operas. The first one will be Le Nozze dl Flfaro. more commanly knowa The Marriage of Figaro. Mozart's opera In four acts with words by Lorenzo la Ponte. First produced at the National Theater In Vienna on May 1st, 1786, with Mozart conducting. Some of the opera stars who hate appeared in this music drama at the Metropolitan Opera' House in New York are , Sembrich, Kames, Farrar. Fritz! Scheft, Scotti, de Reszke, Hempel. Matzenauer. Cast of Cbarasters Count AlmaTlva Baritone Figara, his valet Baritone Doctor Bartolo, a Physician . . Bass Don Basilio Cherubino? a page . . . consent to his ralet's wedding for he wishes to carry on an intrigue with Susanna, underestimating Susanna's lore for Figaro. Mean while Figaro has contrived a plan for gaining the consent of the Count to his wedding with Susan na, and hia scheme is to make the Count ashamed of himself and he has sent him a letter telling of a supposed rendezvous of the Count ess in the castle garden, and Su Banna is at the same time to meet the Count at the same place, but Cherubino. in Susanna's clothes will meet the Count, and both will be caught by the Count and Count ess and then be confused. At' this point we have the ex quisite aria; "Vol che sapete, che Tnor cosa e amor (wnat Is tnis reeling Rnnrano! makes me so sad.) Veterans Column , Bass Antonio, a gardner . .... Don Curzlo, counsellor at law . .Tenor eeal' has been forgotten Countess Alma viva Soprano j hese a knock is heard. The Countess finds, on examin ing the officers' commission, the During It is the Susanna, her personal maid, f ount. This causes confusion, and affianced to Figaro. Soorano! Cherubino runs Into the Count- Marcellina, a dueuna ". . . ."Soprano Barbarina, Antonio's daughter Soprano Time 17th Century. Place The Count's chateau of Aguas Frescas, near Seville. This opera was composed by Mozart by the order of the Em peror Joseph II of Austria. After tl first performance the Emperor showered praises upon the com poser and he said, to him: "You must admit, my dear Mozart, that there are a great many notes in Tour score." "Not one too many. Sire," was Mozart's reply. The opera opens with an over ture. Now, in act one, we learn 4 fcl . rliro vr Onamn Alma viva 'o vaiet, wants to marry Susanna. The Count has given them a room near his because he desires that his valet be near enough to be able to be quickly responsive to bis call. And this is the scene ol this act. Susanna, however, in forms her lover that the real rea son for the Count's selecting this room is the fact that their master Is enamored of her. At this time Figaro is in a mud dle as he has borrowed money from Bartolo's housekeeper, and in return has promised to marry her if he is unable to- repay her. She now appears and demands payment; Bartolo. out of spite for Figaro, and because he wants to get rid of this old woman, and who was his mistress, and bore him a son, which was kidnapped soon after its birth, eggs Marcellina on. The next scene introduces to us Cherubino, who loves every petti coat he sees and. Susanna, and he The advlstory J)oard of the Pa cific, Legion held a regular con clave yesterday in Portland. Just what they did and 'did not do would be hard to say. Everyone ef ficiently during the absence of the commander. George E. Love, state commtn-. Brown who haa performed to wa. vmq imu UVVU v aa a Salem visitor Friday and while here he called en several Legion naires. He was enroute from his home to the state headquarters In Portland. A conclave of District No. 2 will be held in Salem on the evening of July 13 in the Legion rooma There will be delegates present from nearly every post In the five counties, Washington, Marlon, Polk, Yamhill and Tillamook. This is expected to be one of the larg est gatherings of a similar nature an Legion Department of Oregon. Members of the state executive committee had their pictures In the magazine and each one had an article relative to his work of the year. Ever since the return of the National Guard we have been look ing for Rufe White and just lo cated him the other day. He re ported a most entertaining en campinent and says it is all right for a time with emphasis on the time. The dedication of the airport at Vernonla on Sunday, July 1 was postponed owing to the rainy sea son. In spits of that rains they had a large turnout of people and two planes were there carrying pas sengers and otherwise performing stunts for the crowds. ( ings in the south part of the coun- ftry will know that wis wiu om mo small affair,. "The Greatest ev er , according to ine wise one who appear to know. On to Med- ford. appears to expecting some def-ln he tte tala year. lnite recommendation .from the board at the state convention so one will probably be forthcoming. The board is composed of John Beckwith of . Portland, Robert C. Dillard of Cooe Bay Post No. 17, Marshfield. and Irl . S. McSberry of Capital Post No. 9 of Salem. entreats Susanna to influence the Count in his behalf, who has pre viously discharged him. Cherubino craves the company of the Count ess ana sings tne aria MNon so plu cosa son, cosa faccio" (Ata. what feelings new possess me!") The Count's step is uearc. tjmr blno hides behind a chair and from; this position hears the Count making love to Susanna. We now hear the voice of the music mas ter on the stage. The Count goes toward the door. Cherubino now contga from behind the chair and cvceals himself under a .dress that has been thrown over a chair. The Count conceals himself be hind the chair where Cherubino has. been. Basilto now enters and casts insinuating remarks con cerning jthe flirtations of Cherubi no with Susanna and the Count-es.- This enrages the Count, on hearing .his wifo's name so freely used,- so that he comes from be hind the chair with the remark that- he has caught the rascal. Cherubino with: Barbarina, the gardener's daughter (with whom the Count I4, co flirted.) In Illustrating he says that Cherubi no was hidden under" a coverlet. "just as If he was under this dress here.' so lifting the gown from the chair, lo and behold! there stands Cherubino. This, makes the Count furious. Now as the page heard him making love to Susanna, and) while Figaro and others come to beg that he be forgiven, the Count gives him a commislon as aaof fleer In his own regiment, but will not permit him to remain In the castle. At this, moment we bave that daehing martial air, "Non piu arwdral, farfallone amo roso" (play do more the part of a lover.) " Act Two The Count has not given his ess s room, wane Susanna nides behind the curtain, and the Count, being very jealous, is very suspi cious of the embarrassment of his wife. He tries the door through which Cherubino has gone, " and finding it bolted, goes to get tools with which to break it down, tak ing his wife with him. While they are gone Cherubino slips through the window into the garden. Su sanna enters and bolts the door, and when the Count breaks the door open, discovers Susanna' only, in his wife's room. And all would have been well, but, unfortunate ly, Antonio enters and says a man has jumped out of the Countess' window, and in doing so haa broken a flowerpot. Figaro enters now, and Immediately sensing that something is wrong, says that it was he that 'jumped out of the window, but Antonio has found a paper and shows it, and it is Cherubino's commission. The ques tion arises how did Figaro come I by it if he jumped out of the win dow. But the situation for the moment when the Countess whis pers to Figaro, and Figaro says' that Cherubino gave it to him so that he might obtain the missing seal. Things seem to have been clear ed up when Marcellina and Bar-' tolo enter to lodge complaint against Figaro for breech of prom ise. This again gives the Count a pretext to refuse his consent 10 Figaro's and Susanna's marriage. Act Three In this act at the trial between Marcellina and Figaro, we find that Figaro is her long-lost nat ural son. Susanna pays all the costs of the trial, and it seems now that all the obstacles aavs been cleared away and the mar riage can take place. But thei Count hs not been cured of his fickle fancies, so the Countess and Susanna - decide upon another scheme,- which is that during the wedding festivities, Susanna is to see that the Cbunf secretly receives a note inviting him to meet her. but the Countess is to be dressed in Susanna's clothes and will meet hhn instead. Of this plan Figaro knows nothing,' but finding out about the note, he becomes jeal ous. This scene of the letter brings out the most beautiful arts in the opera, the "letter duet" or Can sonetta rail' aria (the 'Canzonet- ta ef the'Zepbyr') "Che soave zefflretto,r (Hither gentle zephyr) a beautiful melody, the lady dic tates, 'the maid writes down, 'and the result is an exquisite duet. - The final act, after a series of amusing contretempts, brings about the desired results in ' the garden. The Count is on his knees before the Countess, and at the' fall of the curtain we leave the opera with the feeling' that" the Count has been taught a lesson and is prepared to mend his ways. '- szn ptn ishrde-) .'7t0$. . E. B. O., Editor. The first regular meeting of Capital Post No. 5 of the American Legion is scheduled for Tuesday evening at eight o'clock, in the club rooms. Commander "Fod" Maison has returned from his va Several very important matters will be discussed at this meeting and the resolutions to be presented to the state convention by the ex ecutive committee will be read and considered. Among the problems Word has just been received from state headquarters of the American Legion that Capital Post No. 9 is scheduled ttr stage a pub lic Initiation at the stats conven tion this year. The local degree team won quite some reputation for Itself in that line of endeavor during the pass. year. The team has been composed of R. H. Mais on, Herman . Brown, Irl S. Mc- to be discussed will be the election1 Sherry, R. L. Royal and Lyle Dun ana installation or post oniciais, smoore. the granting of voting powers to district executive committeemen, and the ever present in the past problem the Pacific Legion. A little lees than one month and the Legionnaires of Oregon will be gathering in Medford for the great event of the year. Tr con vention dates are August 2, 3 and 4 and the official program will be adopted In the next few days and then made public. Suffice it to say at the present time that re ports comlna from Medford indi cats that they have a real celebra tlon planned right now and those who have attended former gather- Waldo R. Mills Leads New Woodmen Officers clerk; J.- C. Formlck, assistant clerk; L. W. DuBois, escort; Ray V. Shelton, watchman: O. L. Dar ling, sentry; C. C. Wols, George T. Walker and G. W. Chapman, managers: L. O. Allman. physi cian; Charles Jacquet, captain. 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