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...when it began its program in 1983. Wisconsin collected $472,000, compared with $291,000 in 1983. "State agencies realize they have another constituency besides hunters and fishermen," says Scott Feierabend, a wildlife biologist and legislative representative for the National Wildlife Federation in Washington. "They're considering bird watchers and those who don't pursue wildlife with...
...afraid," said with no emotion. He folds another sheet and raises and lowers it in the air. He mutters, "Bird...
...Grimm fairy tale, the Juniper Tree libretto, by Children's Author Arthur Yorinks, recounts the fable of an evil stepmother (Mezzo Ruby Hinds) who murders her stepson (Soprano Lynn Torgove) and serves the dismembered boy to his father (Baritone Sanford Sylvan) in a stew. His spirit reincarnated as a bird, the boy takes his revenge by dropping a millstone on the stepmother and is joyfully restored to his father and half sister. Watching over all is the juniper tree, in which dwells the benign spirit of the boy's real mother...
...dividing the opera's six scenes roughly equally between them, the composers have maintained stylistic integrity even while sharing melodic motifs and a unified dramatic plan. The interplay between them is slickly accomplished, especially in the final scene, when Moran picks up Glass's folk- style setting of the bird's lament and brings the opera to a peaceful close. Musical collaborations historically have not been very successful, but Glass's hypnotic arpeggios and Moran's dry Stravinskian syncopations are harmoniously soldered in a chamber opera that should prove practical and durable. The Juniper Tree represents the triumph of experience...
More is on the way. The Children's Television Workshop is producing six educational cassettes featuring Big Bird and other popular Sesame Street characters. Such children's TV personalities as the Messrs. Wizard and Rogers will soon be appearing on cassettes. The networks are also getting into the act. ABC is putting 50 of its critically praised Weekend Specials on cassette and is contemplating the production of original shows for home video as well. Says ABC Vice President Squire Rushnell: "There's a greater consciousness now that in producing programming for children, we have to stop and think: How will...