Vol. Z, No. 24
North Carolina School of the Arts
March 10, 1969
Musk Department
To Present
Mozart Opera
Calm Agreement
Achievement
A striking difference was per
ceived last week when a group of as
sorted concerned students assembled
in room 327 to discuss the "drug
problem" with Mr. Ward. It all goes
to show that the students here are
objective, logical, and rational.
As we look around the nation at
other schools where the "drug prob
lem" exists, we see the students
striking a direct blow at the admin
istration in their yearning for pow
er. Peaceful agreements are hard to
come by these days, with the world
becoming a teeming mass of agressive
narrow-minded factions.
At the confrontation with Mr.
Ward there was an aura of solidarity
among the students, the primary con
dition for achievement. No yearning
for power, no irrationality, just
extreme positive feelings toward co
operation. There was a bit of un
easiness ("Am I going to be labeled
a drug user?") among the students
and certainly Mr. Ward was a little
sensitive himself after reading in
the papers what happens in similar
situations to the symbol of autho
rity.
Keep your faith, man.
COUNTRY JOE AND
THE MARIJUANA PLANT
SAN FRANCISCO, (LNS) Barry
Melton got busted because some mari
juana mysteriously took root in his
front lawn. The 21-year old lead
guitarist for Country Joe and the
Fish was arrested on grass charges
recently in Berkeley, according to
Rolling Stone magazine. They got
Jinette, his wife, as well.
The music department of the
North Carolina School of the Arts
will present Mozart's opera, "Cosi
fan tutte" at 8:15 p.m. Friday and
Saturday, March 14 and 15, in the
auditorium of Main Hall at the
School of the Arts. Performances
are open to the public. Admission
will be charged ($2 for adults, $1
for students of college level and
under).
Norman Johnson is musical di
rector and will conduct the School
of the Arts orchestra. Duncan Noble
is stage director. Sets have been
designed by Michael Hotopp.
Johnson is opera director and
choral conductor at the School of
the Arts and artistic director and
conductor of the Denver Lyric Opera
at Denver, Col. Noble is choreogra
pher and teacher of ballet and mod
ern dance at the School of the Arts,
He was resident choreographer and
director for musical productions for
four years at the Pittsburgh Play
house in Pittsburgh, Pa., and for
three summers, he has been produc
tion coordinator for the "Lost Col
ony" outdoor drama at Manteo. Ho
topp is instructor and resident de
signer in the design and production
department. He was resident design
er for three seasons with the Good-
speed Opera Company at East Haddam,
Conn. and has designed for American
Saboyards, which produces Gilbert
and Sullivan operettas in New York.
He has also designed a number of
Off-Broadway shows.
Freundlich
To Hold Cla ss
Mr. Irvin Freundlich will hold
a piano master class Tuesday, March
18, at 7:30 p.m. in the Auditorium
of Main Hall at the School of the
Arts. Everyone is invited and stu
dents are urged to bring acpres.
The major works to be played
are: Concerto in E Flat Major K. 482
by Mozart played by Drucilla Engel
and the DavidsbundlertHaze of Schu
mann played by Ruth Rendleman.
Mr. Freundlich will speak
briefly on Schumann and read exerpts
from his critical writings.
Left to Right: Steven Eassj Martha
Lindsey, John Cheek, Georgyn Geet-
lein, and Johnny yiHiams, alt to
appear in Mozart Opera this week.
Lighting will be designed by
Charles Harrill of Sanford, and cos
tumes will be designed by Annabelle
Bailey of Salisbury; both are stu
dents majoring in the department of
design and production.
Cast of characters include:
Fiordiligi and Dorabella,
ladies from Ferrara and sisters,
living in Naples to be sung by so
prano Georgyn Geetlein of Westfield,
N.J., student of Rose Bampton, and
soprano Elizabeth Peeler of Shelby,
student of Norman Farrow.
Guglielm, officer betrothed to
Fiordiligi - to be sung by baritone
John Cheek of Wilmington, student
of Norman Farrow.
Ferrando, officer, betrothed to
Dorabella - be be sung by tenor Ste
ven Haas of Miami, Fla., student of
Norman Farrow.
Despina, chambermaid to the la
dies - to be sung by soprano Martha
Lindsey of Chesapeake, Va., student
of Rose Bampton.
Don Alfonso, an old philosopher
- to be sung by bass Johnny Williams
of Raleigh, student of Norman Far
row.
The roles of two servants will
be performed by dance students Re
becca Slifkin of Chapel Hill and
Jeffrey Judson of Columbia, S.C.
Mozart's two-act opera, "Cosi
fan tutte" osia "La scuila degli am-
anti" ("All Women Behave Like That"
or "The School for Lovers"), was
completed in January 1790, not quite
two years before the composer's
death. Librettist was Lorenzo da
Ponte, the same man who had written '
the texts for "Figaro" and "Don Gio-
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