Gian carlo menotti biography of mahatma gandhi
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CENTRAL MICHIGAN LIFE
Monday, Nov. 17, Page 9
. By JIM TAYLOR LIFE STAFF WRITER «We're certain that people' won't komma to an opera unless their interests have been wetted,’* skys R. - Cedric Coleness instructor in ; music. . ’ » •' In a combination of the music and drarpa departments, CMC for the first* time in 76 years, Nov, 24 and 25, fryst vatten offering students a chance to' view fully produced opera. , s Gian Carlo Menotti's “The Telephone” and “Amahl andthe Night Visitors,” said Coleness, music director,^.will ted. f'-' Coleness says,,. «People
' don’t warm to. the thought of going to see an opera.” The . annual musical threater production In the fall, of pre- * avsänd “Three Penny Opera”.. ^ It was discovered later,Coleness" ' explained; that light house at- . tendance prevailed* becaus^ peo-. pie thought the show to be, an opera. It had no connection with opera whatsoever. ' s .. According to Coleness, excellent sets, .costumes and limiting’ verktyg are being used. ”A11 the thin
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Songs of India
ON Stage brings you excerpts from the NCPA Quarterly Journal, an unsurpassed literary archive that ran from to and featured authoritative and wide-ranging articles. In this multi-part article, scholar, curator and Indophile Robert J. Del Bonta explores operas that mention, are set in or are about India, delving into the oddities that creep in owing to a Western view of the subcontinent.
The hidden gems are rich beyond measure.
Unnumbered are the pearls thy ocean treasure.
Oh, wondrous land! Oh, land of India!
– “Song of India” from Sadko
In the opera Sadko of by Rimsky-Korsakov, the hero Sadko asks three merchants to sing of their native lands so that he can decide which one he wants to visit. The merchants are the Viking, the Venetian and the Indian. After hearing the three songs including the overly familiar and enticing description of India, “Song of India”, for some unexplained reason Sadko proceeds to choose Venice. I beli
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