Three Met Opera Telecasts Set for Vermont ETV Season
Three Metropolitan Opera performances will be telecast live on Vermont ETV in 1977 78 following last spring’s La Boheme broadcast on PBS. Rigoletto on Nov 7 features Levine conducting with Cotrubas Jones MacNeil Domingo Diaz and Cheek. Don Giovanni on Mar 16 stars Sutherland Morris Varady Tourangeau Brecknock Dacquier Monk Nacurdy conducted by Bonynge. Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci air Apr 5 with Troyanos Jones Domingo MacNeil Stratas and Monk. Randall hosts. Live from the Met is funded by Texaco and the National Endowment for the Arts. Met Opera Guild aids intermission features. WNET New York produces for PBS national.
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Metropolitan Opera
Vermont
ETV
PBS
Metropolitan
James Levine
The
Nena Cotrubas
Gilda
Isola Jones
Maddalena
Cornell MacNeil
Placido Domingo
Duke
Justino Diaz
Sparafucile
John Cheek
Monterone
Mozart
Don Giovanni
Joan Sutherland
Donna Anna
James Morris
Julia Varady
Donna Elvira
Huguette Tourange
Exhibit highlights first books by American authors
A Chapin Library exhibit at Williams College features first books and earliest separate publications by American authors. Twenty six authors including Bryant, Crane, Hawthorne, Twain and Whitman are shown, with nine more represented by first books. The show runs Nov 7 to Dec 9 and honors John S. Van E. Kohn.
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Williamstown
Mass
Chapin Library
Williams College
William Cullen Bryant
Stephen Crane
T.S. Elliot
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Mark Twain
Walt Whitman
Robert L. Volz
John S. van E. Kohn
Williams
Kohn
New York City
Bryant
Emerson
Second Church and Society
R.H. Stoddard
Masterpiece Theater to air Claudius series on PBS
A new Masterpiece Theatre series dramatizes Robert Graves described Claudians with Derek Jacobi as Claudius. The chronicle starts November 6 and runs Sundays through January 29, tracing Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula and Claudius with strong cast and historical intrigue.
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Masterpiece Theatre
Caesar
J. Claudius
PBS
Rome
BBC
Robert Graves
Claudius
Derek Jacobi
Augustus Caesar
Williams College Co Produces Paul Whiteman LP Set
Williams College in Massachusetts releases a three LP set drawn from Paul Whiteman and his orchestra with studio transcriptions from the Whiteman Collection. The two hour program spans Limehouse Blues to Cuban Overture and Rhapsody in Blue with liner notes by Carl Johnson. Available by mail from Publishers Central Bureau or through Williams College Whiteman Collection for $9.59.
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Williamstown
Mass
Paul Whiteman
Whiteman
Williams College
George Gershwin
Carl Johnson
MF. Records
Central Bureau
Champion Avenue
Avenel
N.J
Williams
Shakespeare and Beckett open season at Williams theater
Williams College theater opens a repertory season with The Comedy of Errors and Waiting for Godot directed by Gregory Boyd and Jean-Bernard Bucky. Set by Joel C. Stoehr, the two plays explore reflections and routines linking classical and modern comic forms. Performances run November 9 to 19 at Adams Memorial Theater, 8:30 p.m. Tickets (413) 458-3023.
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Williamstown
Mass
William Shakespeare
Waiting For Godot
Samuel Beckett
Williams Theater
Williams College Department of Theater
Gregory Boyd
Joel C. Stoehr
Boyd
Bucky
Williams Theatre
Clark Institute to screen five Laughton films in Nov Dec
Clark Institute presents a five film Tuesday series featuring Charles Laughton’s famed roles from 1935 to 1957. The lineup runs Nov 8 through Dec 6 at Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown with $1 admission. Films include Ruggles of Red Gap Rembrandt Hunchback of Notre Dame Witness for the Prosecution and The Private Life of Henry VIII.
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Williamstown
Mass
Charles Laughton
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute
Laughton
Red Gap
Leo McCarey
Mary Boland
Charles Ruggles
Zasu Pitts
New York Film Critics Award
Ramrod Butler
Rembrandt
Alexander Korda
Elsa
Lanchester
Gertrude Lawrence
Notre Dame
William Dieterle
Maureen O’hara
Cedric Harwicke
Edmond O’brien
Bellringer
Paris
Billy Wilder
Marlene Dietrich
Tyrone Power
Elsa Lanchester
London
Henry VIII
Elton John ends road career on high note in London
Elton John told a 12,000 strong audience that he will stop live performances, ending his road career while promising to continue recording. He called the decision painful but necessary, noting a new album due next year and that there is more for him beyond touring.
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Augustus Caesar
Tiberius
Livia
George Baker
Royal Shakespeare Company
Caesars
Caligula
John Hurt
London
UPI
Elton John
Britain
John
Creation of the World and Other Business opens SUNY theatre season
SUNYA launches the 1977-78 season with Arthur Miller's The Creation of the World and Other Business directed by Jerome Hanley. James E. Parker led scenic design with Marilyn Pulawski crafting costumes and Thomas Clark lighting. Presented in Studio Theatre November 8–12 at 8 p.m. Mature audiences advised. Call PAC Box Office for info and group rates.
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Albany
N.Y
Jerome Hanley
Arthur Miller
God
Lucifer
Adam
Eve
Cain
Abel
James E. Parker
Marilyn Pulawski
Thomas Clark
SUNYA
University
Performing Arts Center
PAC
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Pagliacci
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Santuzza
Lola
Turiddu
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Metropolitan Opera Guild
Metropolitan Opera Association
WNET
New York
Sian Phillips
Brian’ Blessed
Augustus
Blessed
Katharine Hepburn
Oedipus
Gorky
National Theatre
Classic
I, Claudius
Jacobi
Hamlet
Old Vic
Lord Fawn
Margaret Tyzack
Jack Pulman
Bromley Mtn. Road
Manchester
Boogie Beast
Jimmy T
Davis Bros
Happy Hour
Williamstheater
Jean-Bernard Bucky
Beckett
Lawrence Graver
Adams Memorial Theatre
Godot
Clark Institute
Merle Oberon
Henry
Berlin
Dietrich Fischer Dieskau
Soviet Union
Fischer-Dieskau
Moscow
Leningrad
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Franz Schubert
Hugo Wolf
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Cinema
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Egory Peck
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President Lin
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