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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (July 4, 1960)
Paget 1 to 12 Medford Tribune Section B MKDFOKD, OHKUON, MONDAY, JULY 4, 10BO f . i .... a '.V; ... T' ' ; ' .' ' ; ' $ OLD WORLD CHARM PLUS OPERA For persons who combine love of good music wllh fondness (or old world charm, nd beauty, summertime England offers ii unlquo und highly fulfilling experience (he Glynclcbourne Opera. This view howi the private house, organ room and opera homo ai seen from the fields, IUPI Telepholo) Good Music, Old World Charm Part of Glyndebourne Opera London itlPH - For periona who combine a love of good music with a fondness (or old world chnrm and beauty, sum mertime Knglund offers a unique and highly fulfilling experience - the Glynde bourne opera. The opera Itself Is of top rank, but that's only part of the story. There's nothing elto In the world quite like Glynde bourne, whose sca.ion runs to Aug. 10. Consider the setting: A 400-ycar-old FMIr.ubclhnn Manor house sitting amidst glorious gardens and lawns that have been cultivated dally for close to 1,000 year. In the Manor house a 730 scal opera auditorium skill fully Integrated architectural ly with the original manse. And all nf It, wllh Its cure fully clipped ancient yew hedges, surroumied by undu lating green tneudnws filled with sheep grazing In the dis tance. Toured Musical festivals Located in the rolling hills of Sussex 34 miles from Lon don, Glyndebourne Is the achievement of John Christie, wealthy, dynamic Eton sci ence teacher whose ancestors have lived at Glyndebourne since Norman times. In 1031 Christie married Audrey St. John Mildmoy, the daughter of a baronet and operatic soprano with the Curl ftosn Opera company. Together the Christies tour- Cubana Airlines Feeling Pinch by Gasoline Firms Hovana OJPD - Cubana Air lines, tho government air car rier, faces the loss of millions of dollars within u few days if the major oil companies do not resume its credit for gas oline throughout the world, sources closo to the airlines aid Saturday. The Itrltlsh - Dutch woned Shell Oil Co. and the American-owned Esso and Texneo companies, nil three of which liad their Cuban facilities con fiscated this week, reported ly have given the airline a mandnte that It must pay cash inr gas at overseas air termi nals or Its planes will go unre fueled. Tho three firms service many of the major overseas ilrporls. The companies said last wrck Hint the Castro govern ment owes them nearly $7(1 million (or oil they have Im ported here within the past year. Caught by Surprise The squeeze by the compa nies apparently caught Fidel Castro by surprise. Recently he boasted that Cuba hnd enough aviation gasoline to last 32 days. Cubans was feeling the pinch shortly after the Esso and Texaco refineries were confiscated. Cubnnn flight 407 to Ma drid was cancelled when Ihc airline was Informed by Shell Hint the company would re fuse to refuel Ihe flight at Bermuda and Lisbon, A flight to New York Sat urday hnd Us passenger load cut from 11)2 persons to 1 32 In allow the plane to load cx trn gasoline for a round-trip flight without linvlng to re fuel In New York. There were reports (hat flights to Mlnmt also will have to tnke on extra fuel. rd the musical festivals of Eu rope - Rnyrouth, Munich and Salzburg, to hear Wagner, Mo zart and Ihe other masters, and to wonder why England had nothing like them. The ambition grew in the Christies to bring that kind of opera to England, and In 1033 Adolf Hitler came to power In Germany and helped them. With the advent of Jllller, Hie great German conductor r'rllr Ilusch left Germany In prolest and took wllh him producer Carl Ebcrt. The Christies persuaded them to come to Glyndebourne, and with them came Rudolf Blng of Berlin's Civic Opera house. Told of Dream The Christies told these men of their dream, and Glyn debourne opera was born. Todny, Busch Is dead. Eb crt is in his 70 s and on the point of retiring, and Bing rules as general manager of the Metropolitan npern in New York. Mrs. Christie Is dead, and Chrlslfe, at 77, Is In seml retlrement. But Glyndebourne lives on. In 11)34 a special Glynclo bourne arts trust was set up which now administers the opera. The first Glyndebourne festival was given in 1034 and It has been going aver since, most of the time under Its own steam. Only once did It receive a government sub sidy. Talent Is recruited from throughout the world. A typ ical cast is apt to Include Americans, Italians, French, Austrians, Germans and Ca nadians among others. Going to the opera at Glyndebourne is unusual In many ways. For one, if you art going up from London you find yourself donning evening clothes - evening dress Is "recommended" at Glyndebourne - In mid-after noon to catch Ihe 3:43 p.m. Glyndebourne special from Victoria station. For another, If you have been to Glynde bourne before you likely will puck a picnic basket. The Glyndebourne estab lishment offers a fine dining room plus a buffet counter, a well-stucked and comfort able bar and lounge, and flow ered terraces on which to sit and sip coffee and brandy, Champagn Goes Along But many prefer the lark of plcnlcing, evening clothes and all, on the grass amid Glyndcbourne's lusli gardens and Illy ponds. And since this is not something anyone gets to do very often, Glynde bourne plcniccrs are prone to packing a bottle or two of Champagne along with the roast chicken Joints, sand wiches and pickles. Glyndcbourne's manage ment makes possible either dining or picnicing in liesure ly style. The evening this writer first saw Glynde bourne, lured by a magnifi cently sung "Der Kozcnka valler," the three -act opera was broken by two long inter vals. The first was of half hour duration, long enough for cocktail and a walk along Ihe terraces and through Glyndcbourne's lux uriously furnished sitting rooms. The second Intermission was an hour. Those who had dining room reservations re paired there, but the greater number. by far collected their picnic baskets from the cloak room or their cars, and head ed for the lawns and gardens. Glyndebourne. founder John Christie has said, "is a survival of the old fashioned courtly values firmly rooted In the modern world." And it Is Just that. WRONGWAY PATROL . Raleigh, N, C. 0JP11 - A high way pnlrol traffic safety ad which appeared In newspa pers here showed a patrol mnn standing beside park ed squad car fnclng the wrong way on a on way street. 0PF-N TUESDAY .19:00 P.M. 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