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...oldest opera presented was Livietta and Tracollo by Pergolesi. This work was originally written to be performed between the acts of a grand and tragic opera; now only the light-hearted and melodic spoof survives. The production, staged and adroitly conducted by Arthur Schoep, was acted in a spirit of god fun by all, and well sung by Pauline Gingras and William Nethercut...
What Pergolesi did for one century, Chabrier did for the next. An Incomplete Education is the most professional of the productions--again under Schoep--and completely delightful in music, story, staging and orchestral playing. The plot concerns a young man on his wedding night, whose troubles are due more to ignorance than lack of cooperation by his bride. The cast was excellent: Elaine Freybler was a coy but charming bride, Robert Corbright was a properly backward bridegroom, and Ronald Gerbrands added spice as the tutor. This is a piece that shouldn't be missed...
...technical aspects of the production are quite impressive, considering the difficulties that are involved. Here Conductor Hewitt Pantaleoni deserves much of the musical credit for his general victory in the running battle to keep everyone together with his 25-piece orchestra, while the stage direction of Arthur Schoep also keeps the pace lively with an abundance of stage movement. There is never a quiet moment. The borrowed sets are very stylish, as are Leo Van Witsen's costumes. The biggest advantage of using Agassiz is that its small size allows most of the words to be heard. The Barber...
...most important task fell to the singers themselves. The great majority had never had major roles before and few of those who had stage experience had sung in grand opera. Still fewer were familiar with Boris Goldovsky's directing techniques as presented by Schoep...
Goldovsky followers may well see how successful the technique is in training excellent but comparatively inexperienced talent, for Schoep has done an amazing job readying the cast for opening night in a limited period of time...