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Doloiei Wilson ond Rwrii Jorodow "Fiddler on the Roof," coming to Posodena Cmc Auditorium July 75. Dolores Wilson Carries Top Role in 'Fiddler on the Roof Dolores Wilson, who will be seen as the wife and mother, Golde, in "Fiddler on the Roof" when it opens a two week engagement in the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, July 25, made her debut with the Metropolitan Opera in 1954 in "Lucia di Lam- wermoor," and promptly Oie audience to cheering. She has sung in every major opera house in Europe a Tiesta Mexicana 9 Scheduled "Fiesta Mexicans," an exotic spectacular of Mayan. Aztec and Spanish interpretive folk dances and songs comes to Carousel Theatre in West Covina for one performance the night of Monday, July 25. The troupe of nearly a hundred Mexican artists is fresh from a tour of Spain, France, Germany and Britain a el European critics raved unanimously about the beamy and professional skills of a dedicated company.

"Fiesta Mexicans cannot be surpassed," said the France Soir critic. The Madrid paper Ex- pana Tanger opined. "True ambassadors of art." The leading Naples critics called the show, "CTery airy and overflowing with fun." Tickets for tnis Los Angeles performance of "Fiesta Mexicana" at Carousel Theatre, July 25, went on sale this week at the theatre boxolfiec- in West Covina. South America. With the Metropolitan she has sung Gilda in "Rigoletto," Susanna in "The Marriage of Figaro," the Queen of the Nigbt in "The a i Flute," Oscar in "Ballo in Maschero," and Norina in "Don Pasquale." Dolores Wilson also created the title role in the Douglas Moore John La Touche opera "The Ballad of Baby Dee," for its world premiere in the Central City Opera Festival in Col- oraelo.

Even with this tremendous background music, her role in "Fiddler on the Hoof," calls for her to sing only three numbers in consort with Luther Adler as Tevye, "Sabbath Prayer, "Sunrise, Sunset," and "Do You Love Me?" The two weeks of "Fiddler on the Roof" in Pasadena Civic Auditorium, July 25 through Aug. 6 will positively be the last time to enjoy this exceptional show this season, it is announced. Fantasy-Musical Play 'Brigadoon 9 at Covina Romance and song combine to provide an enchanting evening in the whimsical musical fantasy "Brigadoon," which is starring Robert Horton during its two-week run at West Covina's Carousel Theatre. Horton is enacting one of two American tourists who stumble upon Brigadoon, a village which appears every 100 years out of the Scottish Highlands mist, only to disappear after a single day. Hoi-ton's talented wife, Marilynn, is portraying the lovely- Scottish lass with whom he falls in love.

'Funny Girl 9 Composer Started Noting at Eight J. Julc Siyne, one ol the most prolific and successful -composers in the history of the American stage, began his musical career as a concert pianist. The composer of the music "Funny Girl," now at The Music Center, was born in London, began his music Studies in Chicago at the age at eight and later a soloist in a concert with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Following years of playing in night clubs with his own orchestra, Jule Styne decided to move to Hollywood in where he soon composed the score for 15 films, among them "Anchors Aweigh," "The West Point Story," "Three Coins in the "Romance on the High Seas," and "My Sister Eileen." The quaint Scottish village sets provide an ideal setting for this romantic tale, and the songs reflect young love in their lyrics and music. Some of these which have become outsganding hits are, "Almost Like Being in Love," "Come to Me, Bend to Me," "There But For You Go "The Love of My Life," "Waitin" For My Dearie," and "I'll Go Home With Bonnie Jean." The famed team of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe created "Brigadoon," which had 581 performances on Broadway in 3947.

After Hollywood came Broadway and such triumphs as "Hi Button Shoes," "Gentle-men Pir- fer Blondes," "Peter Pan," "The Bells Are Hinging," "Gypsy," "Funny Girl," and "Do Me." Today Mr. Styne has broadened his theatrical activities to encompass producing and directing. His latest Broadway effort is a musical adaptation Ot Arnold Bennett's play "Buried Alive." "Funny Girl," starring Wai i- lyn Michaels, Anthony George and Nancy Andrews playing through July 23. will be followe-d by Edwin Lester's new production of "The Student Prince," on July 26 starring Frank For- retta, Eileen Christy. Hans Cun- reid, Walter Cassell, ami lira Petina.

MUSIC MATTERS By Dick Benke Possibly the first complete 20th Century performance of Handel's oratorio, "Esther," wfll be staged 7 p.m. tonight in the Los Angeles Music Center Pavilion. With Roger Wagner conducting, the Los Angeles a Chorale and Sinfonia Orchestra will perform the choral drama which is based on the book of Esther from the Old Testament. Handel wrote it in 1720 and revised it into its present form 12 years later, but portions (rf the work were lost over the years. Only recently have the missing bits been found.

Featured soloists wiD be Carol Neblcll. soprano, as Esther, and Ken Remo, tenor, as King Aha- A not her first will be violinist Carol Purdy's performance of Ernest Toch's new "Impromptu for Violin" at USC's Hancock Auditorium, 8:30 p.m. Monday. Miss Purdy will also play Mozart's Major Violin Sonata, the Hindemith Sonata, No. 2, and the Bach Sonata, No.

4. The Eolshoi Ballet opens in Los Angeles Wednesday. The group will dance "Don Quixote." a ballet in three acts, at p.m. in the auditorium, repeating same Thursday. "Swan Lake" will be done Friday at 8 p.m., and "Giselle," in its full-length version, will follow on Saturday at 8:30 p.m.

Beginning July 7, the ballet moves to Hollywood Bowl for a five day engagement. Barry Socber, the finf 18-year- oW violinist who has been with the Pasadena Symphony for the last four seasons this year in the first violin section and who is a student at USC, will be presenting part ot a recital in the university's Hancock Auditorium Thursday at p.m. Also set tor Thursday is the American Uebut ol Vera DuV.va, harpist from the Soviet Union, 8:30 p.m. in Macgowjtn Hall Playhouse, UCLA. The harp will be featured again next Sunday in UCLA's Sehoenberg Hall, with West Coast harpists Anna Suzanne Balderston.

Mai jorie.Call, Stanley Chaloupka. Catheime Gotthoffer, Dorothy Paula Schertzinger ami Ann Mason Stockton. They'll be joined by the Los Angeles Brass Ensemble in performing works by Ravel, Castelnuovo Ti-desui, Rayner Brown and others. Saturday at 8 p.m., a concert of gospel music will be ht-W in Long Beach Municipal Auditorium featuring Jake and the Imperials, as well as the Jubil- aires quartet from San Dir-go. Of course, each Sunday, there is the "Sunday at the Bowl" picnic-concert-an exhibit wt.k-h begins at 1 p.m.

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