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Ronnie Gates joins the list of talented juveniles that have cropped up in the past couple of years. His portrayal of Ally is remarkable; and the part is unusually long and demanding. Teena Starr is appealing as the young, lonely widow. Avril Gentles holds Sophie under control much of the time, but has a tendency to push her acting into burlesque. Donna Person and Edward Finnegan provide outstanding support...
...John Luther Long) and play (by David Belasco), it tells what an Italian thinks an American would feel if he went ranching with a Japanese girl. Most of the time, this confusion is compounded by the staging. In the words of an old Far East hand, Cornelius V. Starr, Butterfly productions usually present "a kind of tourist Yokohama, or half New York Chinatown...
...Starr, a wealthy insurance executive, decided to remedy the situation, offered to finance a really authentic new Met production of the opera as viewed through Japanese eyes. The result still had a few blurred edges, but physically and vocally it was surely the handsomest Butterfly ever mounted on a U.S. stage...
Authentic Touches. The previous Met mounting of Butterfly lasted an astonishing 34 seasons, dating back to the year Geraldine Farrar retired from the role. For the new production, General Manager Rudolf Bing suggested several European designers, including Cecil Beaton, but Patron Starr would have none of them, personally went to Japan and brought back two experts: Yoshio Aoyama of Tokyo's Kabukiza Theater as director and Stage Designer Motohiro Nagasaka for sets and costumes. Between them, they stripped Butterfly of all its sukiyaki-styled stage business, painted it in subdued colors ("to express inner harmonies and conflicts"), dressed...
Lady Luck. In Oklahoma City, Policeman R. W. Starr gallantly assisted a woman who was having trouble with a parking meter, banged it hard a couple of times, gave her a summons when a slug appeared behind the glass...