UMS Concert Program, November 19, 1924: Choral Union Series -- The Marriage Of Figaro

Concert: Third
Complete Series: CCCCXVII
Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan

UNIVERSITY'MUiSICAL'SOCIETY
Fortysixth Season Third Concert
No. CCCCXVII Complete Series
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Popular Opera Comique
The Marriage of Figaro
(In English)
MR. ERNEST KNOCH, Musical Director HiUl Auditorium, Ann Arbor, iSItrljiaan
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1924, AT EIGHT O'CLOCK
CAST OF CHARACTERS
The Count Almaviva .............................Alfredo Valenti
The Countess Almaviva ..............................Clytie Hine
Figaro, Count's man servant (formerly the barber of Seville)....
...............................................Pavel Ludikar
Susanna, Countess' maid.........................Editha Fleischer
Cherubino, page.....................................Celia Turrill
Don Basilio, music teacher of the Countess..........Ralph Brainard
Dr. Bartolo, former guardian of the Countess.....Herman Gelhausen
Marcellina, Bartolo's housekeeper.....................Celia Turrill
Antonio, gardener..............................Herman Gelhausen
Don Curzio, Justice of the Peace...................Ralph Brainard
Time--18th Century Scene--Palace and Gardens of the Count in Seville
The opera staged, mounted and produced under the personal direction of WILLIAM WADE HINSHAW
STORY OF THE OPERA
The comedy "The Marriage of Figaro" was written by Beaumarchais as the sequel to his earlier comedy "The Barber of Seville," and the same characters are carried on with a few new ones added. Figaro, the barber, has been rewarded for his services to the Count Almaviva, in winning the hand of Rosina, who is now the Countess Almaviva, by being made the personal servant of the Count. Figaro loves Susanna, maid of the Countess, and who is also the object of the ever changeable affections of the Count, and it is only through a mesh of clever intrigue in which he,is aided b)f the Countess and her page, Cherubino, that he is able to circumvent the Count, save Susanna and force the Count's consent to the marriage. Basilio, music teacher, is the obsequious instrument of the Count in his escapades with women, and the Count receives also aid of Bartolo, and his house keeper, Marcellina. There are plots and counter plots which with intrigue and disguises keep one guessing, and the audience is kept in a continuous stream of laughter when not entranced by the rapturous strains of the music.
Costumes designed by Ethel Fox, New York. Costumes executed by BrooksMahieu, New York. Wigs by Winters, New York. Properties by Wm. Moore, New York.
Stage Furniture and Oriental Rug Loaned by Mack & Co. THE PIANO USED IS A STEINWAY
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COMING EVENTS
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 3:15 P. M.
GUY MAIER, Pianist, will give a Young People's recital with explanatory remarks in Hill Auditorium. "Young People" of all ages are invited. No admission charge.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 4:15 P. M.
PALMER CHRISTIAN, University Organist, will give a recital in Hill Auditorium. No admission charge.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 8:00 P. M.
JASCHA HEIFETZ, Violinist, will give a recital in the Choral Union Series in Hill Auditorium. Tickets, $1.50, $2.00, and $3.00.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 8:00 P. M. THE DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA,
Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Conductor; John Barclay, Baritone, will give a concert in the Extra Concert Series in Hill Auditorium. Tickets, $.50, $1.00, $1.50 and $2.00.