UMS Concert Program, March 13, 1964: Chicago Opera Ballet -- Patricia Klekovic

Season: Eighty-fifth
Concert: Tenth
Complete Series: 3421
Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan

1963 Eighty-fifth Season 1964
UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY
THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
Charles A. Sink, President Gail VV. Rector, Executive Director Lester McCoy, Conductor
Tenth Concert Eighty-fifth Annual Choral Union Series Complete Series 3421
RUTH PAGE'S
CHICAGO OPERA BALLET
Friday Evening, March 13, 1964, at 8:30 Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan
PATRICIA KLEKOVIC and KENNETH JOHNSON
ORRIN KAYAN
DOLORES LIPINSKI ELLEN EVERETT CHARLES SCHICK
LARRY LONG JEANNE ARMIN
Guest Stars
KIRSTEN SIMONE and HENNING KRONSTAM Courtesy of Royal Danish Ballet
CORPS DE BALLET
Esther Adelman Alexandra Nadal John Landowski
Diana Algase Birute Borodicaite Charles Burke
Juanita Lopez Maureen Byrnes Paul Krumm
Jeanne Ocasek Paula Perrine James Morski
Skiles Ricketts Vicki Fisera William Breedlove
Robert Freund Alan Kirk
in the Original Ruth Page Ballets:
"CARMEN"--"DIE FLEDERMAUS"
and Pas de deux from "SLEEPING BEAUTY"
Orchestra under the Direction of Simon Sadoff
Musical adaptations by Isaac Van Grove
Assistant to Miss Page, Kenneth Johnson
Ballet Master, Larry Long
ARS LONGA VITA BREVIS
PROGRAM
"CARMEN"
A Ballet Drama in three scenes.
Music by Georges Bizet
Arranged and Orchestrated by Isaac Van Grove
Staged and choreographed by Ruth Page
Scenery and costumes after Bernard Dayde
Ballet adaptation by Isaac Van Grove and Ruth Page
Costumes executed by Alyette Samazeuilh
Scene I--The Tavern Scene II--The Prison Scene III--Outside the Bullring
Carmen.............Patricia Klekovic
Jose.............Kenneth Johnson
Micaela.........Ellen Everett or Jeanne Armin
Escamillo.............Orrin Kayan
Captain Zuniga............Robert Freuntj
Mercedes ............Maureen Byrnes
Frasquita.............Esther Adelman
Death Figure............Paul Krumm
BlRUTE BORODICAITE, PAULA PeRRIXE, VlCKI FlSERA, DlANA AlGASE, SkILES RlCKETTS,
Juanita Lopez, Alexandra Nadal.
John Landowski, Charles Burke, James Morski, William Breedlove, Alan Kirk.
The Death Card has revealed to Carmen that she will die at the hands of one of her lovers. She is attracted to Jose, an intense young soldier, who, though betrothed to Micaela, quickly falls victim to her wiles. But Carmen's loves are short-lived, and when Escamillo casts an eye on her, Jose, in a jealous rage, rushes at him threateningly, inadvertently killing Captain Zuniga, who had interfered to protect Escamillo.
In prison, Jose is tortured by visions of his past life. Micaela is thrust out of his mind by the siren Carmen, who drives him to frenzy when he imagines her in the arms of her lover, Escamillo. He stabs wildly at a phantom Carmen.
Jose escapes from prison. He follows Carmen to the bullring where she has gone to meet his rival, Escamillo. Though her friends Mercedes and Frasquita have warned her of Jose's presence and dangerous mood, she prefers to face him, and flaunts her new love at him. She dies, choked by the same scarf she had once given him as a token of her love.
PAS DE DEUX from "SLEEPING BEAUTY'
Music by Peter Ilitch Tchaikovsky
Choreography by Marius Petipa Kirsten Simone and Henning Kronstam
INTERMISSION
"DIE FLEDERMAUS" {THE BAT) A Ballet Comedy in three scenes.
Music by Johakn Strauss
Arranged and orchestrated by Isaac Van Grove
Staged and Choreographed by Ruth Page
Costumes and Scenery after Andre Delfau
Costumes executed by Karinska
Scene I--Street in Vienna
Scene II--Frau Eisenstein's Boudoir
Scene III--The Masked Ball
Gabriel von Eisenstein, a Viennese gentleman Frau von Eisenstein (Rosalinda), his wife
Adele, their maid......
Otto, their valet......
Dr. Falke, the Ballmaster ....
His Girl Friends......
Costumer.......
Circus Girls.......
Guests at the Masked Ball
Butterflies......
Turkish couple.....
Flower couple.....
Japanese couple.....
Goya couple.....
Siamese couple......
.....Orrin Kayan
Dolores Lipinski Ellen Everett or Jeanne Armtn
.....Larry Long
.....Charles Sciuck
BlRUTE BORODICAITE, VlCKI FlSERA
......Alan Kirk
Maureen Byrnes, Diana Algase
Alexandra Nadal, William Breedlove
blrute borodicaite, john landowski
Skills Ricketts, Alan Kirk
Vicki Fisera, Charles Burke
Paula Perrine, Paul Krumm
Jeanne Ocasek, James Morski
Some Viennese students, returning at dawn from an all-night revel with their young ladies, raid a costume shop. They spy Dr. Falke, the noted Ballmaster, with two girls on his arms, and Gabriel von Eisenstein, their ring-leader, incites them to dress up Falke in a bat-costume, and then to leave him dangling helplessly from a lamp-post. When later Falke is released by his girl-friends, he plans a fitting revenge on his friend Eisenstein.
In Frau Eisenstein's boudoir, her maid, Adele, bemoans the fact that, although she has been invited to a masked ball, she cannot go because she has "nothing to wear." Otto, the valet, in love with Adele, suggests borrowing Frau Eisenstein's dress, which he is ironing. Frau Eisenstein, whose name is Rosalinda, enters, followed by her husband. He is in a gay mood and, while making extravagant love to his wife, he also flirts outrageously with Adele. Dr. Falke comes to call, to invite Eisenstein to the ball, suggesting that he take Adele along as his partner. While these two slip away to dress, Falke calls in Frau Eisenstein and Otto, and hurriedly hides them behind a screen. Enraged by what they have overseen, Frau Eisenstein and Otto decide to attend the ball in masked disguise as a Hungarian Count and Countess.
At the ball Eisenstein is infatuated with the mysterious Countess, never dreaming that he is making love to his own wife, and Adele, likewise, flirts unknowingly with her dis?guised fiance, Otto. When the gaiety is at its height, Falke suddenly appears dressed as a Bat. As the chimes sound midnight, he unmasks Rosalinda, to Eisenstein's utter embarrass?ment. He then unmasks Otto, to Adele's consternation. Now Doctor Bat has had his revenge. All are forgiven, and deceived and deceivers dance happily together, as the curtain falls.
1963 UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY PRESENTATIONS 1964
All presentations are at 8:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted.
Remaining Presentations in Hill Auditorium
Anna Moffo, Soprano.........Friday, April 3
Program:
Se Florindo e fedele......... Scarlatti
Caldo sangue (aria from II Sedecia)...... Scarlatti
Alleluja, from the motet, "Exsultate, Jubilate"..... Mozart
Lerchengesang...........Brahms
Der Tod das ist die kiihlc Nacht.......Brahms
Morgen..........Richard Strauss
Standchen..........Richard Strauss
Aria: "Una voce poco fa" from The Barber of Seville . . . Rossini
Ce doux petit visage ......... Poulenc
C6............. Poulenc
Green, from "Ariettes oubliees"....... Debussy
Fantoches, from "Fetes galantcs"....... Debussy
Nocturne............Barber
Daisies.............Barber
Love's Philosophy.........Roger Quilter
Waltz Song, from Romeo el Juliette......Gounod
Tickets: $4.50--$4.00--3.SO--$3.00--$2.25 and $1.50
Remaining Presentation in Rackham Auditorium
Orchestra San Pietro of Naples.....Thursday, March 19
Program:
Sinfonia "Edipo A Colona"....... A. Sacchlni
Concerto for Oboe and Strings....... Marcello
Sinfonia in D major......... Cimarosa
Concertino No. 1 in G major....... Pergolesi
"Nel cor piu non mi sento" ........ Bottesini
Musikalischer Spass, K. 522........Mozart
Tickets: $3.50--$2.50--$2.00
ANN ARBOR MAY FESTIVAL April 30, May 1, 2, 3
The Philadelphia Orchestra at all six concerts PRESENTATIONS FOR THE 1964-1965 SEASON WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN APRIL.
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