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PBS to broadca By Herb Reeves schec PBS will broadcast the New York work Metropolitan Opera production of Alth< Hector Berlioz's masterpiece "The no c< Trojans" at 8 p.m. tonight on "Live his li Thn \A f*t ' * itVi ar/\lin a T/> 1 I v/ 111 I WV I**VV. UV/U in V^Ul Vlllia 1 \J Educational Television Stations will centi carry the broadcast, which will be and simulcast in stereo over SCETV's genii associated radio network. work Soprano Jessey Norman, a native of the Augusta, GA., sings the role of eveni Cassandra. Placido Domingo is indul Aeneas, and Tatiana Troyanos is Dido. nor 1 James Levine conducts. Verd The Met production is not the first in recent years. Several seasons ago, BI James Levine conducted the Chicago tien Symphony Orchestra and soloists in a bure series of concert performances of the were work, and Sarah Caldwell staged a stitui memorable production in Boston. with men! GIVEN THE Met's vast radio and W television audience, this production of him, "The Trojans" during the Met's 100th jans' anniversary season might well be the life I boost needed to launch Berlioz's "Ae masterpiece firmly into the operatic frien mainstream, where it has properly have belonged for more than a century. But It's not unusual for operas to fade in year: and out of fashion, and it is certainly stag< an exception for any opera to enjoy cut t untroubled first years. But it is unusual muc for a major work by a leading com- sing< poser to be neglected for nearly a cen- cues tury for reasons that have nothing to sevei do with the music. Berlioz's "The Tro- 55-n jans" is such a work. 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March 30th LOCATION: HUSSell MOi PRESENTED BY: The ( I ' ist Berlioz maste lule and a serious illness, Berlioz of the circuit ed on it for the next three years. work itself, e< 3ugh accepted by the Paris Opera, quent myths a )mplete performance was given in inordinate len fetime. ing requireme; be a musical success in 19th- However, < lry France meant operatic success, clear to those Berlioz's operatic career, despite themselves 1 ? a i 4 . u 1. ?. untiu CIIIU IUI iiaiu uiiuugii ICCUI< ;, simply failed. He had neither mances; "The good fortune of Wagner, who piece of antiq tually enjoyed the patronage and and alive, floe Igence of Ludwig II of Barvaria, orchestral colt :he level-headed business sense of well-known. i. A FEW exc ?RLIOZ NEVER mastered the pa- Hunt and Sto ce to endure the French the Trojans,' aucracy, in which musical affairs popularity in I overseen by a formally con- until conduct ted government agency, replete vent Garden corruption and political appoint- 1950s did the ts of the musically ignorant. begin to realiz ith 25 years of frustration behind opera is of eq the comDOsition of "The Tro- Enthusiasm " was a gamble, inspired by a only shared, long devotion to Vergil's of raising ex] neid," and encouraged by close levels. To th< ids who worked on his behalf to time, howe it accepted by the Paris Opera. delivers. No production was delayed for five well as music s, and by then, in order to get it Kolodin did ; id at all, Berlioz had to agree to review of the ] he first two acts entirely and delete ding of the w h of the rest. 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TIME: 7:30 p.m. jse University Union Golden Spur [_ !rP'ece ISpring D; istances, much less the 4> isily accepted the subse- |J|jl|#ll5^ Q | nd rumors of the opera's * gth and impossible stag- From Staff Reports rite A ,,lJ' rt Ji\Uj WUi Kr a IIIUUCI one thing has become ballet will be highlights < : who have familiarized Spring Dance Concert with "The Trojans" Theatre. dings and of live per for- Direct or/choreograp! Trojans" is not a period promises to be one of t ue interest. It is vibrant ever done. >ded with melody and the Performances will be fr>r Rprlir\7 ic cr\ I a 51 .v,. n..m. "v. .?v^ jvy p.m. on /vpru i. Earle's ballet will be prepared her version o erpts such as the "Royal the 1950s by choreogn rm" and the "March of dancer Dame Margot F ' have always enjoyed Earle kept the title an the concert halls, but not sea sprite, but has her er Rafael Kublik's Co- In this case, "Ondii performance in the late creature who falls in 1< musical public at large promised her love and I e that all the music of the In a rage, Neptune t ual magnificence. snake-headed creature cannot be impartial ? Ondine reluctantly agn Thprp it a1cr? thp Hanopr O ?r ? ?.v. v .a v.viv n.v jgi uwoi^ii^i ou^au vj pectations to unrealistic Brooks have prepared ^se willing to invest the for the ballet, ver, ''The Trojans" The music for Earle' one has said it quite as son's "Symphone No.; critic and author Irving phony") and his "Mer several years ago, in his overture to "The Schoc srize-winning 1969 recor- Pines of Rome." ork, led by Colin Davis: "The music sounds whom the ears are as im- said. She directed the di e eyes, ("The Trojans") ble swimming. erience akin to seeing the For ticket's, call 7' n for the first time, or the Monday-Saturday. Ticl nal of Micheangelo's Friday and Saturday e> Afferent as they are, they other three performan< quality of being weekend evening perfo QXiStCLTi JH j Delicious Grc ana American BUY ONE GREEK SM GET SECOND ONE Vi Gyro A Grecian delight of lamb, onion, tomat Constantine's own special sauce on pita bread. Souvlaki A Grecian delight of beef tenderloii Greek spices, served with onions, tomatoes &. 1< bread. Greek Steak Thin cut rib steak with sautee Constantine's special steak sauce on Hoagie Ro A '?f) IVfoof innr W P/'kin m hi ;) V iUVVVlll^ f ? VUV vy \/ I Mftll [ I 10:00 to 10:00 Monday thru Saturday Owned Ill III I IISMHM8?W r\ /T*> /? a I Richland mall dutch soua r e Now Selecting Moi For Free Hairstyling i ii i i ana mew look A Master Artisan Symposium will be held at the at Richland Mall by Graham Webb team from I 10. 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