PAGE FIGHT '1"Ytu. all Y, r t3K t, rliiX 7, 1957 PAGE EIGHT 4xaE iWitxiz~AN bAiji Thui~SbA~, kEBk~LIARY 7,1957 ORMANDY, JOHNSON TO CONDUCT: May Festival to Feature Opera Stars U' TV Service Salutes Greece's National Hero I Among the featured participants' in the 64th University May Festi- val will be six leading singers of the Metropolitan Opera Company. The Festival will be held in Hill Auditorium, May 2, 3, 4 and 5 un- der the auspices of the University Musical Society. Rise Stevens, mezzo-soprano; Martha Lipton, - contralto; Kurt Baum, tenor; Robert McFerrin, baritone; Robert Merrill, baritone; and Nicola Moscona, bass are the Metropolitan stars who will be singing in May Festival Concerts. 'Porgy and Bess' Star Leontyne Price of "Porgy and Bess' fame and Donald Gramm, renowned American bass-baritone will also sing at the Festival. Instrumentalists who will be playing are Gina Bachauer, Greek pianist; Alexander Brailowsky, pianist; Joseph Szigeti, Hungari- an violinist; and John Krell, pic- colo, a graduate of the University who for several years has been a member of the Philadelphia Or- chestra, Eugene Ormandy, Thor John- son and William Smith will con- duct the Festival programs. All Beethoven Concert At the opening concert Thurs- day, May 2, an all-Beethoven pro-, gram will be presented including "Leonore Overture, No. 3;" "Sym- phony No. 8;" and "Concerto No. 3" with Alexander Brailowsky, pianist. Thor Johnson will conduct a concert version of Verdi's "Aida" with the University Choral Union, Friday, May 3. Soloists will in- clude Leontyne Price, "Aida;" Martha Lipton, "Amneris;" Kurt Baum, "Radames;" Robert Mc- Ferrin, "Amonasro;" and Nicola Moscona, "High Priest." William R. Smith, assistant conductor of the Philadelphia Or- chestra, will open the Saturday, May 4, program with the Rossini Overture, "La Scala di Seta." To Feature Violinist Violinist Joseph Szigeti will be heard with the orchestra in the Tartini "Concerto in D minor," Bartok's "Portrait No. 1, Op. 5," A mission of international good- will has set the wheels of the Uni- versity's Television Service in mo- tion. In response to a request given to the American Embassy in Athens by a Committee representing the Greek Island of Xante, University Television has produced "A Salute to Solomos" celebrating the one hundredth anniversary . of thea death of the Greek national poet, Dionisios Solomos. Celebrations recalling his con- tributions to Greek literature and to the war for Greek indepen- dence are being held throughout Greece this year. Features Singers, Dancers The Television Services film features the Michigan Singers, a group of Greek-American dancers from the Ann Arbor Greek com- munity and a speech by Univer- sity President Harlan Hatcher. Dionisios Solomos, aristocratic son of a nobleman, was born on Xante in 1802 and died in 1857. He was educated in Italy and ac- tually had to learn the Greek language to become the national poet of Greece. When the Greek revolution against the Turks broke out, Sol- omos was approached and asked to write songs and poems that might stir the Greeks into greater nationalism, In the process, he introduced elements of Western literature to the archaic forms of Greek literature. Poetry Recognized Solomos was eminently success- ful. The Greek revolution suc- ceeded in throwing off Turkish rule, and Solomos' poetry and revolution of Greek literature were recognized throughout the world. In portraying Solomos' life, the TV Service has produced a chron- ological narrative of the high points of his life. Read by Prof. Warren E. Blake of the speech de- partment, the narrative is injected with-dancing and songs of Greek origin. The musical theme throughout is the Greek national anthem, written by Solomos and sung by members of the Michigan Singers. fri., sat., sun. no 2-5915 es'.. C ann a masc onic temple 327 s. 4th ave. KURT BAUM RISE STEVENS ROBERT MERRILL ... tenor ... mezzo soprano ... baritone Corelli's "La Folia," and Mendels- sohn's "Symphony No. 4 in A Ma- jor." In the same program, the Festi- val Youth Chorus will be heard in Fletcher's "Walrus and the Car- penter under the direction of Geneva Nelson. Ormandy will present Robert Merrill Saturday evening, in two groups of operatic arias and will lead the orchestra in Wagner's Tw Professors Claimed by Death Death claimed two University faculty members recently. Prof. Josselyn Van Tyne, curator of birds in the Museum of Zool- ogy and member of the zoology department, sdccumbed January 30, at his home. He had been Mu- seum curator since 1931 and from 1950-3 served as president of the American Ornithologists Union. Prof. Chester S. Schoepfle, for- mer chairman of the chemistry department died January 24 at the Saline Convalescent Hospital. "Overture to Die Meistersinger;"f Barber's "Adagio for Strings," Haydn's "Symphony No. 88," and the Rimsky-Korsakoff Overture, "Russian Easter." Thor Johnson will again con- duct Sunday, May 5, opening the program with Vivaldi "Concerto in A minor for Piccolo and Or- chestra," with John Krell, solo- ist. Vaughan Williams' chorall work, "Five Tudor Portraits," will be heard with the University Choral Union.' Soloists will be Martha Lipton, contralto, and Donald Gramm, bass-baritone. F oa11 o w i n g this work, Gina Bachauer will make her Ann Arbor debut in Brahms' "Concerto No. 2 for Piano and Orchestra." The Festival will close Sunday night 'with Rise Stevens as solo- ist. She will be heard in two groups of arias under Eugene Or- mandy. The orchestral portion of the program. will include Brahms' "Academic Festival" Overture, the Harris "Symphony No. 3," Prelude to "Afternoon of a Faun," and Ra- vel's "La Valse." Conn Honored A University endocrinologist, Dr. Jerome W. Conin, has been selected to receive Modern Medicine maga- zine's 1957 distinguished achieve- ment award. A professor of internal medicine in the Medical School and chief of University Hospital's Endocrinol- ogy and Metabolism Unit, Dr. Conn was nominated by readers of Modern Medicine and by deans of medical schools on the basis of his contributions in the field of medicine. lifford odet's broadway and hollywood success rbor's professional arena theatre r " DlAY AND IGHt'5T CLASSES STARTING FEB. 1l and 12 TYPING OPTIONAL Over 400 schools will assist you in review or placement. 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