Carry Nation subject of new opera
The curtain will rise April 28 on the first premiere of an opera in Kansas when "Carry Nation" makes its debut on the stage of Murphy Hall.
An audience in formal attire—including critics from various publications—will see and hear a love story that probes beyond the stereotype of Carry Nation as a hatchet-wielding temperance fanatic.
Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Douglas Moore and New York freelance writer William North Jayme collaborated on the opera, dedicated to the University's centennial.
THE TITLE ROLE will be sung by mezzo-soprano Beverly Wolff of the New York City Opera Company. The three other principal roles also will be sung by professional singers—Metropolitan Opera baritone John Rearson, Met bass-baritone Kenneth Smith, who joined the KU faculty last fall, and lyric coloratura soprano Patricia Brooks of the New York City Opera.
They will be supported by a student cast. KU's Robert Baustian, who conducted Moore's popular "Ballad of Baby Doe" last spring at the New York City Opera, will conduct.
The production is being staged by Lewin Goff, chairman of the Drama Department. Clayton Krehbiel, professor of voice, is choral director. KU students also will step into the lead roles one of the four nights. April 29.
The student cast will take to the road after the production at Mt. Oread, performing "Carry" in Wichita May 7 and in Kansas City May 14.
Opera companies across the country have expressed interest in staging "Carry Nation," and the San Francisco Opera Company has scheduled a performance June 14 with Miss Wolff again in the title role.
MOORE RETAINS rights to the opera, to be published by Galaxy Music Co. The composer won the Pulitzer Prize in 1951 for his opera "Giants of the Earth." His other musical works include "The Devil and Daniel Webster" and "The Wings of the Dove."
Moore retired in 1962 after 22 years as head of Columbia University's department of music. He is in residence this semester at KU as Rose Morgan Visiting Professor. Moore began composing "Carry" late in 1963 after conferring with Dean Thomas Gorton of the KU School of Fine Arts.
1st inventory sheets
Students received an inventory sheet of activities at enrollment time for the first time in the spring of 1957.
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Tuesday. April 12. 1966
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