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PAGE TWO THE MICHIGAN DAILY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21. 1962
ARTS AND LETTERS:
Goldovsky Reflects on Opera
By JEFFREY K. CHASE
"Nobody an act convincingly,
in anything but his own lan-
guage,", Boris Goldovsky, producer,;
director, and conductor of the
Goldovsky Grand Opera Theater,;
said in an interview on Friday.-
No performer can act convinc-
ingly' if he does not thoroughly
know and understand what he is
singing about. He 'ill be too con-
cerned with the dramatic aspects
of the opera to pay due attention
to the nuances and inflections of
the language. This is not condu-
cive to a convincing performance
Regents Receive
Radio Fund Gift
The Regents accepted at their
regular meeting Wednesday a gift
of $2004 for the Radio Broadcast-
ing Fund from Frederick J. Vogt
of Grand Rapids.-
The Board also approved the
establishment of the William C.
Hoad Student Loan Fund to pro-
vide finapcial aid to students in
the field of civil engineering.
of high quality, explained Goldov-
sky.
- "All of our performances are in1
English because we employ only
American singers. The director of
an opera company must decide if:
the translation of a libretto will
compensate for the loss of the ef-r
fect of the original language. In
our case the performances - are
more successful in English," Gold-
ovsky said..
International Cast
A company such as the New,
York Metropolitan Opera, with an,
international cast, cannot, of
course, perform in the language
of all the singers, therefore they,
are more successful when they use
the opera's original language.
Often, however, a translation in-
creases the beauty of the music,
put to words, as long as the trans-
lator strives for English phrases
which .will sound as if the com-
poser had actually coordinated his
music to the words, Goldovsky
continued.
"During a performance the peo-
ple on the stage are the main,
show; the singers are the bosses.
I have directed and guided them
Program Notes
Comedian Bob Newhart will be
a major attraction in a Home-
coming Weekend performance
which will also feature the Don
Jacoby Sextet. Newhart, one of
the new comedians popularized on
records, will appear at 8 p.m. Sat-
urday in Hill Aud.
French Orchestra .. .
The French National Orchestra,
directed by Charles Munch will
perform at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday
in Hill Aud. The program will be
"Le Corsaire" by Berlioz, "Seren-
ade" by Milhaud, "La Mer" by De-
bussy, "La Valse" by Ravel and
"Bacchus and Ariane."
{Ghosts'....
The APA will present Ibsen's
"Ghosts" at 8:30 p.m. Wed.
through Friday in Lydia Mendels-
sohn Theatre. Saturday's perform-
ances will be at 6 and 9 p.m.; the
matinee Sunday will be at 3 p.m.
Choral Groups...
The University All-State High
School Choir will join the Univer-
sity Choir and Men's Glee Club in
a concert at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in
Hill Aud.
George Romney ...,
Students for Romney will pre-
sent a film of George Romney's
appearance on the Guy Nunn-
UAW Telescope Program this
evening at 8 p.m in the Multi-
purpose Rm. of the UGLI. A sec-
ond film, "George Romney: A Por-
trait of Leadership" will also be
shown.
k rchaeology...
The department of classical stu-
dies will present Prof. Lionel Cas-
son from New York University
speaking on archaeological under-
water excavations at 4:15 p.m.
Monday in Aud. B, Angell Hall..
in rehearsal, where all of my work
is done. During the performance
the less I am seen the happier I
am. Then I only supervise and
synchronize, not direct. If a per-
former deviates from the routinef
established in rehearsal, I have no1
choice but to follow him," he ex-e
plained.
Separation of Conductor t
The singers must give the im-t
pression of being autonomous and
must show no dependence upon
either the orchestra or the con-t
ductor. "In my opera company,
therefore, we have a rule that if a
performer looks at the conductort
during a performance he will be
fined money. This is done to forcet
the singers to devote their full at- t
tention to their work," Goldovsky
explained.e
"I do not mean to say that the
performers and the conductor do
not communicate during a per-
formance. We have an elaborate
system of oral cues, which I take
from the singers. I follow them.
This is where operatic conducting
differs from symphonic conduct-
ing, he said.t
Restrict Presentations Y
"Our company has discovered a
solution to the economic problems
of quality opera production. We
must restrict the presentations to
the 'best sellers,' such as 'Don Gio-
vanni' and 'Madame Butterfly,' to
sell tickets and must play at least
eleven performances every two
weeks. Somehow we manage to
break even, a phenomenon almost
unheard of in opera production,"
Goldovsky noted.
"In Boston, where our perform-'
ances are subsidized, we can also
perform contemporary operas. Our'
tour audiences react adversely to
these, and do not accept them.
This is why we travel only with
the old standards. It is unfortun-
Iate that the dissonances of 20th
century opera, often written as far
back as 1914, have not yet be-
come commonplace to today's
public. Perhaps we have reached
a saturation point in regard to
what the ear can assimilate and
appreciate," Goldovsky mused.
Friday night's performance of
Verdi's "La Traviata" marks the
first full operatic production ever
presented by the University Mu-
sical Society. The recent addition
of an orhestra pit to Hill Aud.
made this performance possible.
Bretton Notes
Lacy of Reaity
Prof. Henry L. Bretton of the
political science department, Dem-
ocratic candidate for state repre-
sentative from Washtenaw coun-
ty's first district, told the Ann
Arbor Western Kiwanis Club
Tuesday that, "people talking in
terms of 'town and own' are not
in touch with reality."
Bretton said that for this area
of the state to continue growing
and remain in a position to com-
pete with other areas "the truth
must be acknowledged: the Uni-
versity, the city and the county
have so thoroughly become inter-
twined that for all practical pur-
poses they are one and indivisible.
"The University's interest vis-
a-vis other competing interests in
the state also is the interest of
Washtenaw county," he con-
cluded.
Campus UN
Deliberates
Peace Costs
By STEVEN HALLER 1
The controversial topic of thef
financing of United Nations peace-
keeping operations was the subject
of the first regular session of thej
General Assembly of the Campus
United Nations, which met yes-
terday
Despite such minor annoyances
as the sound of the member na-
tions' signs crashing to the floor,]
and delegates rushing back and1
forth for informal caucuses with
those from other countries, the
General Assembly somehow man-
aged to bring matters to its even-
tual adjournment.
The Campus UN met for the'
expressed purpose of considering a
motion which "noted with con-
cern" the deficits which have aris-
en in the UN because of the refu-'
sal of various member nations to
meet their financial commitments.
The expenses in question (incurred;
by the sending of UN troops to
Suez and 'the Congo) were judged
to be legitimate ones, and "it was
resolved that any member nation'
delinquent in the payment of more
than one fourth of its assessment
12 months after the assessment
shall have been made, shall lose
its power of vote in all branches
and agencies of the United Na-
tions until the assessment is paid.'
The amount of such assessment
was to be subject to future read-
justment by the UN Financial
Committee.
The moderator, Kent Cart-
wright, '65, and the clerk, William
Lemay, '66, remained unperturbed
at the late arrival of the Soviet
delegation. Cartwright ran into
his first obstacle of the evening,
however, when one member of the
Russian delegation asked that the
Assembly observe a minute of si-
lence "for our fallen Czech dele-
gate," referring to a UN delegate
who committed suicide two days
ago. This request was refused, and
the refusal was greeted with ap-
plause by the other hiations.
Cartwright read the resolution
on UN finances to the members
and one of the American delegates
stepped to the rostrum to speak
on it. He stated that he was "not
worried about the number of dol-
lars owed, but about the number
of nations which are eager for such
UN peace-keeping actions and yet
unwilling to help pay their cost."
"The World Court has ruled that
these costs are legitimate, and we
must decide whether to accept or
reject this decision wholly or in
part," he went on.
Various countries now proposed
amendments to this resolution, all
of which failed to pass the numer-
ous roll call votes and re-votes re-
quested by the Soviet delegation.
But these amendments had not
seen the last of their efforts, for
in what appeared to be a last-ditch
stalling measure near the end of
the session, the USSR and others
asked for a recall of each amend-
ment. The recalls failed as the
previous ones had done, and the
pounding of shoes on tables re-
sounded throughout the room.
Following an hour or so more of
parliamentary arguments, during
which three delegations had
walked out and others had thinned
out, the Assembly moved to vote on
the bill at hand. The final count
was ten votes against, one for, and
three abstentions.
College Roundup
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ROME {'P)-Classes have reop-
ened in Italty's 2? universities af-I
ter a nine-day strike by assistant
professors and students.
The education ministry promis-
ed to submit a bill to parliament
incorporating most of their de-
mands: more job security for pro-
fessors, cheaper medical care and
restaurants for students.
* * *
ISTANBUL - Istanbul Univer-
sity students protesting against a
proposed amnesty for political
prisoners clashed with other stu-
dents recently as they marched
through the streets shouting: "No
amnesty for killers."
There was fighting in front of
the Istanbul daily newspaper Yeni,
which strongly favors an amnesty
for former deputies and officials
of the deposed regime of the form-
er Premier, Adnam Menderes, who
was hanged a year ago.
As the students neared the
newspaper office, a crowd of
about 200 men began shouting
pro-amnesty slogans. Before the
police and soldiers could inter-
fere the fighting started. Over-
whelmed by about 5,000 students,
the hecklers disappeared. About 25
persons were reported to have
been injured..
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GAINSVILLE-A motion invit-
ing a Communist speaker to en-
gage in debate with a University
of Florida professor was slapped
down, 26-24 Tuesday by the uni-
versity's Legislative Council.
The action followed in the wake
of last week's refusal by the presi-'
dent, J. Wayne Reitz, to permit
speeches "by active members of
the Communist Party speaking on
campus."
Reitz's statement and the vote
Tuesday originated with a letter
received by the student newspaper,
the Alligator, in which the Com-
munist Party asked to visit the
university for lectures and debates.
The discussion and vote were re-
quested earlier in the week by the
student body president, Bill Trickel
in a letter to council members.
TrickeI said he was "personally
opposed" to a Red speaker invita-
tion, but felt "a representative
opinion of the student body should
be made known."
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JAKARTA-Reports from Ban-
dung that a freshman at Padjad-
jaran University had been found
dead in a swimming pool at the
end of hazing week brought sharp
reaction yesterday from Indo-
nesia's Minister of Higher Learn-
ing and Science, Tojib Hadiwid-
jaja.
He said, "Any worn out method
of ragging (hazing), such as those
ruling in colonial times, should be
done away with at once. Any form
of ragging which is not in accord-
ance with the national identity
and which is not in line with the
system of guided study cannot be
tolerated and should be forbidden."
Starring
.iEANNE MOREAU
" CONTINUOUS TODAY FROM 1 P.M.@
"SAD AND COMIC, UNUSUAL
AND EXCITING,
Truffaut's boldness is admirable, the range
of his expression is exceptional."
-Paul V. Beckley, Herald Tribune
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PROF. JAMES ZUMBERGE
. . . radio-active waste
architecture and design school
and Victor Miesel of the history
of art department will examine
several painters' interpretations of
reality at noon on Sunday on
WWJ-TV.
A view of the latest works by
five University sculptors will be
presented at 7:15 a.m. Saturday
on WJBK-TV.
English Histor"y...
John Habakkuk will lecture on
"The English Aristocracy in the
18th Century" at 4:10 p.m. Thurs-
day in Rackham Amphitheater.
Organ Recita l...
Robert Glasgow, organist, will
present a program at 8:30 p.m.
Friday in Hill Aud.
Art Exhibit .,.*
Forty paintings by American
artists of the past half century in
the Neuberger collection will be
the major exhibition of the Mu-
seum of Art. The exhibition will
run from Oct. 20 to Nov. 18.
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Economics ...
Prof. Alvin Hansen, sponsored
by the Economics Club will speak
on "The Latent Full Employment
Surplus" at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the
Multi-purpose Rm. of the UGLI.
Anthropology...
Prof. A. A. Gerbrands, spon-
sored by the anthropology depart-
ment will lecture on "Primitive
Art in New Guinea" at 4:15 p.m.
Wed., in Aud. l,.
TV Programs...
Professors James Zumberge,
John Ayers, Gerald Gill and Rob-
ert Augustine will discuss the
problem of radio-active waste cre-
ated by nuclear technology at 8
a.m. Sunday on WXYZ-TV.
University faculty will analyze
academic freedom and responsibil-
ity in a free society at 8:30 p.m.
Sunday on WXYZ-TV.
Professors Guy Palazzola of the
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Students for Romney present
Film of GUY NUNN'S Interview
With
GEORGE ROMNEY
Sunday, October 21 at 8:00 P.M.
Multipurpose Room, UGLI
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