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Antheil: the Wish (Kentucky Opera Association, Louisville Orchestra conducted by Moritz Bomhard-Louisville Orchestra Commissioning Series). A one-act opera, written and composed by a master orchestrator with a surrealist imagination. The plot is wispish and dreamlike, designed to prove that love is eternal. The music is tuneful, often witty and sometimes engrossing, although it shows signs of its creator's glib...
...telecasting 30-minute condensations of such favorites as La Bohême, Traviata and Hansel and Gretel. All of the operas are sung in English; the casts are made up of local housewives, radio performers and music students. The station supplies free scenery, costumes and technicians, while Director Moritz Bomhard and his staff come from the university. Says Bomhard: "The cost is so low I don't like to mention...
...discarding all subplots, Bomhard is able to tell the story of each opera in 30 minutes. He pays as much attention to the acting and sets as to the singing ("Opera must not only be good music, but also good theater"). Station WAVE-TV gets an encouraging mail response from its TV audience. Better still, no one has complained that he would rather have hillbilly music or western movies. Bomhard hopes to be back this fall with his second series. He" also hopes that other stations throughout the nation will take the plunge into opera, because "it's unhealthy...
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