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MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1960 10 A. MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORE. Gilbert-Sullivan Operas Success With Accepted Masters By DELOS SMITH New York -I1JPB- A phenom enon which has been over looked and one which gives :"fVtsrl you pause - when you ( . think about it 1 is the success Sullivan are ) having as op eratic stage companions of the accepted masters of op- , ueioi amiih era, such as Verdi and Puccini, v You see, opera devotees have never accepted G, and S. "operas" as opera. G. and S. devotees have gone along with raw I '.si -i Court Records MUNICIPAL COUKT Justin Leon Wolfe, ' excessive noise. lo. Louie Kai, improper lane usage, Rudolph John Batzer, following too close. $25. James Milton Kelley, disobeyed traiiic signal, fiu. Mollc A. Sodaro, expired It cense tab, S3. James Milton Kelley, no opera tor's license. S2.30. Earl Earnest Nill, improper left turn, iu. Johnnie Carl Shute, excessive noise, $10. Leo Eona St. Pierre, disobeyed top sign, iu. Dorothy Virginia Taylor, viola' tlon basic rule. $25. Mary Belle Wilson, no operator's liconse, a. Marjorie Jackson, operator's li cense expired, $5. John Thomas Nolmer, disobeyed traffic signal, $10. Huiff Sylvester Martin, dis obeyed stop sign, $10. UcWayne Reinhold Krueger, dis obeyed traffic signal, $10. Glenn Cave, violation basic rule, $35. - Joseph Andrew Moore, no op erator's license. $3. Colbuni Laray Barren violation basic rule. $10. Eclwara Loitoy nasicy, oisoocyeo trnfflc sienal. $10. Michael Kay fnair. venicie lm- cense exDlrcd. $5 suspended ' Frank Jackson Van Dyke, proper rlgnt turn, iu. Franklin Leroy Aim, improper left turn, $10. Louise Edith Kemp, improper left turn, $10. Robert Louis Taylor, disobeyed traffic signal, $10. file Bcchtold Hover, wrong wh: on a one-way street, $10. Dave James Schelenbaum, Im proper left turn, $10. Carl Erwln Vogcl, violation ba sic rule, $10. Kenneth Nell Owen, excessive noise, $10. Junior Edward Flynn, 3D, of 326 Alico st driving while operator's license suspenaea, iuu. MUNICIPAL COURT JaBper Hubert McCarlcy, follow ing too close, collision, Hllbert John Niles, operator's li cense exblrcd. $2.50. ' Dennis Edward Henderson, hand brake, $3. no niRTitinT cnilltT Russell Lommon. no Ilfihfs. $7.50 Lawson C. Walser, Improper Jane usage, sio. Ronald C. Toye, no safety chain, $15. Roland E. Peyton, improper mufiicr, $iu. Richard C. Anderson, violation basic rule, $10. Mary L, Bishop, violation basic rule, $15. John D. Hearn, inadequate brakes, $5. Robert E. Corkle, inadequate - brakes, $5. Jimmy L. Caldwell, no operator's license. $5. Austin E. Caldwell, allowing un licensed person to drive, $15. Ernest W. Hlnkle, overwidth, $10. CIRCUIT COURT Raymond Dale Anderson vs. Mary Joann Anderson, divorce complaint. Jack Milhoan vs. Marilyn Ruth MUhoan, divorce complaint. Phyllis Marie Axtell vs John William Axtell, divorce complaint. MARRIAGE LICENSE APPLICATION Elbert Francis Cooper, 534 Char lotte Anne rd., and Jacqueline Mona Walker, 535 Charlotte Anne rd., Mcdford. Rodney Clark Longanecker, 211 Mead St., Ashland, and Hallie Leah Lynn Holder, 4506 Laurel - avo Grants Pass. MARRIAGE LICENSE APPLICATIONS (Siskiyou County) Billy LeVernc Gassaway and Lillian Missouri Tatuin, both Mt. Shasta. Edward Raymond EUor and Emma Josephine Shelley, both Yrcka. j Dean Lernv Clcmenee. Sclad Valley Ranger station, and Janet larolyn Kecvcs, box 36, sclad val ley, Calif. that with all their hearts. Their men were entirely spe cial and their products were entirely unique, they insisted Furthermore, only dedicated specialists could properly per form those products. Something has given. Times have changed. Here arc G. and S.'s "The Mikado" and "The Pirates of Penzance" in the repertory of the New York City Opera company, along with Verdi's "Rigolettq," Puc cini's "La Boheme," Monte verdi's "Orfeo" which was first staged in 1607 and is the oldest opera still extant, and Dallapiccola's "The Prisoner" which is one of the newest. No Complaints This is the first time a Grade-A professional opera troupe has made G. and S. part of its standard fare and gotten away with it. There have been no complaints that opera singers who do Verdi one night and Puccini the next, make hash of G. and S. and no beefs that opera sing ers have forsaken opera and G. and S. have no right in an opera house. The fact is the customers are patronizing G. and S. no less generously than Verdi, Could this mean opera de votees are becoming less hiah- hat? A Jiggly tune by Sullivan to satirical words by Gilbert definitely is not on the same plane of elevation as full blown area by Puccii. On the other hand, the tune is so fused with the words, it Is high art, too. Could it mean it marks the disappearance of the last ves tige of the Victorian outlook, in this the seventh decade of the 20th Century? Gilbert took the stuffing out of stuff ed shirts of a particular pe riod and you appreciate his wit more, the more familiar you are with the background against which it was first ex ercised. It used to be that a typical G. and S. audience contained numerous relics from the Vic torian age-in attitudes if not in the actual flesh. It would be overwhelmingly an audi ence of specialists who knew both the inner meanings of every barb and the precise way in which the original per formers had delivered the barbs, thus establishing sacred tradition. Couldn't Care Less The current New York Ciiy opera audiences don't know and they - couldn't care less. Yet thoy are intent on these satirical words, floated on mu sic which also, emphasizes and detonates them. You might say they are enraptur ed by them, and this gives you pause because clearly it has dawned on people that Gilbert was blistering (in a deceptively nice way) human beings in general of whatever time, including the present, Th Victorians had no mo nopoly on the so-called human foibles and "weaknesses." Ver di is the opera composer of man's nobility. Puccini ex pounds the troubles he gets into by playing around with romantic love. And now, It seems, opera is admitting the team which with words and music takes the human race apart. TYPHOON HITS ISLANDS Manila. The PhiliDDines-lllPD - Typhoon Kit roared across tlie South China Sea toward (ho - Asinn mainland today. leaving 106 persons dead and million damage in tne Philippines. PL 6 INTEREST PAID SEMI-ANNUALLY Withdraw principal and all accrued Interei whenever you chooie. Any multiple of $10.00 accepted. 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