Page Two THE SUMMER DAILY Friday, August 18, 1973 Page Two THE SUMMER DAILY Friday, August 18, 1973 t .vCimarosa opera a toniaht unique experience It ' i i i __ _ 6:00 2 4 9 11 13 News 20 Temple Baptist Church 50 Star Trek-Adventure 6:30.2 11 CBS News-Dan Rather 4 13 NBC News-Garrick Utley 7 24 Reasoner Report 9 Tommy Tompkins 20 Ozzie and Harriet--Comedy 56 What's the Big Idea? 7:00 2 Superstars of Rock 4 George Pierrot-Travel 7 News 9 It's Up To You 11 Hee Haw 13 Lawrence Welk 20 Movie-Thriller BW "Monster from the Surf" (1964) alr of the West--Drama 5LarneWelk 1:30 2 Young Dr. Kildare 4 Johnny Mann's Stand Up theaSor"C(1904 7 Town Meeting $: 9 Norm Cash 56 Musical Encounter 8:00 2 11 All in the Family 4 13 Emergency! 7 24 Partridge Family 9 Tennis 50 World University Games 56 To Be Announced 8:30 2 11 Bridget Loves Bernie 7 24 Paul Lynde-Comedy 20 Movie-Drama BW "Life in Emergency Ward 10." 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(1950) 9 Signs of the Zodiac 13 News 2:30 11 News 3:00 7 News 3:30 2.-Divorce Court 4:00 2 News By KEN FINK "The Secret Marriage" ("11 Matri- monio Segreto"), comic opera in two acts with music by Domienico Cima- rosa and libretto by Giovanni Bertati with English version by David With- erspoon and Robert Bird. Production by The School of Music with the Uni- versity Opera Orchestra, Josef Blatt, Conductor. Directed by Katherine Hilgenberg. Thursday Evening, Au- gust 16, 1972 at 8:00 p.m. Lydia Men- delssohn Theatre. The Cast: Paolino, Jerry Vander Schaaf; Car- olina, Lynne Wienecke; Geronimo, Edmund Toliver; Elisetta, Julia Con- well; Fidalma, Karen Lundgren; Count Robinson, Edward Markward.. Although it is not a steadfast rule of thumb, great operas maintain their greatness not be- cause of their plots but because of their musical contents. Who can Walk out of "The Marriage of Figaro" without . humming or whistling part of an aria or leave "Fidelio" without hearing the trumnet fanfare echo in his head? And as I left "The Secret Mar- riage" I was whistling La ci da- rem la mano from "The Mar- riage of Figaro". However, this is a rare in- stance where the true enjoyment of the evening came not from the music but from the absurd plot and its quite masterful execu- tion by the cast. In brief, Paolino (Jerry Van- der Schaaf), clerk to Geronimo, arranges a marriage between Count Robinson (Edward Mark- ward) and Elisetta (Julia Con- well), Geronimo's daughter, so that he can at last reveal that he has been secretly married to Carolina (Lynne Wienecke), Ger- onimo's younger daughter. Eli- setta's marriage would fulfil Ger- onimo's ambition to belong to the aristocracy. So we see that the plot starts out simple and not the least bit absurd. Everyone seems happy which isn't too hard to tell since they are singing to that effect. Everyone's happiness is short- lived until, of course. the "happy ending" but that comes later. The count, a most colorful per- sonality and excellent voice, pro- ceeds to fall in love with Caro- THE SUMMER DAILY, summer edi- tion of The Michigan Daily Vol. LXXXII, No. 65-S Saturday, August 18, 1973 is edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan. News phone 764-0562. Second class postage paid at Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106. Published daily Tuesday through Sunday morning during the University year at 420 May- nard Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104. Subscription rates: $10 by carrier (cam- pus area); $11 local mail (Michigan and Ohio): $13 non-local mail (other states and foreign). Summer session published Tuesday through Saturday morning. Subscrip- tion rates: $5.50 by carrier (campus area); $6.50 local mail (Michigan and Ohio); $7.90 non-local mullother states and foreign). lina and when the mistaken iden- tity is pointed out to him, he sulks and sing "What a disappointment this is, I shall never know what bliss is." The count, hell-bent now on Carolina for his bride, offers to accept from Geronimo half the dowry if he can have his young- er daughter as his wife. At this point we see that the plot begins to border on the absurd which it plummits into during the next bit of action. Paolino (remember him?) dis- traught over the last bit of ac- tion decides to take Fidalma (Karen Lundgren), Geronimo s sister, into his confidence but she takes the opportunity to con- fess her love for him. We then see Paolino even more distraught, as a matter of fact deep in the anals of distraught- dom as Fidalma sings, "We just got acquainted, and now he has fainted." Carolina discovers them and is rather jealous. At the same time Elisetta, much put down by the count's rejection, manages to convince her father to send Car- olina to a convent early the next morning. It does not seem fair for me to reveal the end but you can put your mind at ease knowing at least that Geronimo" does not marry his sister, Fidalma. The orchestral accompani- ment provided by the University Opera Orchestra proved to be in the spirit of Cimarosa's musical quality. Some of the most en- joyable moments on stage occur when the women are involved in fast paced, heated discussion. Above all I found "The Secret Marriage" to be an excellently staged comic opera with a cast of not only fine singers but fine actors as well. I POCKET THIS AD Bring It Along Monday and Get In FREE Open Until 2:00 A sunoving experience in sound and light 341 S. MAIN ANN ARBOR I I~I' 0 b u 4 0 ANN ARBOR CIVIC THEATRE'S AUDITIONS for ARMS AND THE MAN by G.B. SHAW SUNDAY, Aug. 19 at 7:30 pm. 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