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Svm* from Vermont Opera Theatre s production of *L knfnntel les sortileges' (The Bewitched Child) of Havel.Vermont Opera Theatreis in residence at JohnsonJOHNSON — The Vermont Opera Theatre is back in rreidence on the campus of Johnson State College after a successful tour of Vermont communities in January this year. Johnson will be the site of the company’s fourth annual summer opera workshop, beginning June 21, under the direction of Barbara Owens, founder of the Vermont Opera Theatre.This year the program has been expanded to include a vocal workshop, which alsobegins June 21 with instruction by soprano Nan Nall. Ms. Nall will also appear this summer as guest soloist with the Vermont Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Efrain Guigui. In addition, she will give a recital for the Summer Music Associates of New London, New Hampshire.The opera workshop will culminate in a performance on July 23 in Johnson’s Dibden Auditorium of selected scenes from opera. In a change from previous years, the Vermont1r*-rrLA*:Him* Larthsrape* !\ Lucille \K ilhelm, whose hatiks:^ . W . V Z It. ■ 'X . arc on displa) through June 30 at the Le\erett(raftsmen and \rlisfs Inc. in Leverett Center, Mass.(rafts instructionin Lev ere tty Mass.LEVERETT, Mass. -Silverworking and weaving classes will begin this month at Leverett Craftsmen Artists, Leverett, Mass. Nancy Crump, LCA’s residert weaver, will teuch a course in tapestry and rug weaving beginning Saturday, June 19. The class will meet twice a week on Saturday afternoons and Wednesday mornings and will run through July.Joanna K. Stone, LCA’s resident silversmith, will offer a course in silverworking on Monday and Wednesdayevenings starting June 14. A few openings are available in these classes and interested students should contact LCA.LCA’s regular summer session begins July 12 and will offer day and evening classes in pottery, photography, reed basketry and jewelry casting. The summer session will feature special classes for children and teens including pottery, drawing and painting, reed basketry and prirtmaking. For a detailed listing of classes and registration information, contact LCA by calling 413-549-6871.Opera Theatre will conduct it annual residency tour of th state in May and June of 1977 rather than in January. Thi season’s production is Giai Carlo Menotti’s “Help, Help the Globolinks!a con temporary opera by thlt; American composer of “Amah and the Night Visitors.’’ Onlt;music critic has callet“Globolinks!” an. “irresistibl. delight,” and it has beeiproclaimed “a hit” by all.The series of residencies ii Vermont cities and towns wil feature in-class workshops foi school children to explain thlt; why and wherefore of opera. Ii each community there will also be public performances by thlt;company for adults ancchildren. The Vermont Oper. Theatre’s program is supportet in part by the Vermont Counci on the Arts, and it is listed wit! the Touring Aid Register of the Vermont Council.The administrative and ar tistic director of the Vermon Opera Theatre is Barbare Owens, chairman of the opere department at the Oberlir College Conservatory of Music Ms. Owens has acted as stage director in cities and on college campuses all over the United States, including seven years with the New York City Opera and as guest opera director in Germany, Austria, Holland, and South Vietnam. She has conducted opera workshops in this country, in South America, and in Europe, and has held several prestigious grants, among them the Fulbright, for the study of theater abroad. In addition, she has served as a member of the Board of Judges for the Metropolitan Opera Regional Auditions.Nan Nall, associate director of the Vermont Opera Theatre, has performed throughout the Middle Elast, Asia, Europe,New Zealand, South America, and the United States. Bookingsfor residencies in late May and early June, 1977 are being accepted at Box 181, Johnson, Vt. 05656. The Vermont Opera Theatre is Vermont’s first professional opera company and is in residence at Johnson State College through the generosity of the administration of the college. 1\ARBOURI
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Bennington Banner
Bennington, Vermont, US
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