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Jesuit Father José María Vélaz made sure that his 28 schoolboys went to confession and Communion before they boarded the chartered DC-3 that was to take them to Caracas for the holidays. The lads, aged 9 to 17, sons of prominent Caracas families, were students at Father Vélaz' Colegio de San Jose at Merida in western Venezuela; two were nephews of President German Suárez Flamerich. As they walked out to the plane in the midday heat, strapping, Chilean-born Father Vélaz waved goodbye...
...Show-of-the-Month Club), which closed at week's end, was half harrowingly cute, half harmlessly dull. At the start, some children and their elders decide to produce an opera, using the audience for chorus. While the cast rehearses in "the school auditorium," Musical Director Norman Del Mar flirtatiously coaches the onlookers through various songs-one of which turns the audience into owls, chaffinches and turtledoves. After that, the opera itself-a period tale about a chimney sweep-is performed...
...Benjamin Britten, a leading composer of modern operas, must have had a wonderful time writing this. The complete originality of the first act either charms or annoys the listener, depending on his own responsiveness. The children appear as awful amateurs who have only enthusiasm. And when conductor Norman Del Mar comes out to rehearse the audience, the thing really gets silly. His charm and cunning slowly leads the audience into loud and violent song. At one point, they must imitate birds, and the "Kaaahs" and "To-whoos" ring out through the theatre...
During the second act, the uniqueness fades. Mr. Del Mar changes from his informal, rehearsal garb of the first act to conductor's full dress, and the opera begins. It is here that Benjamin Britten's music comes out as the intriguing element. Between the scenes of the first act, music written for four hands on a plane and percussion gave hints of what follows. Britten unfolds music of gay brightness, reminiscent of his work in the humorous opera "Albert Horring." The plot of the bedtime story is naturally flabby, and the acting of the children, though excellent...
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