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4HNPIMMMtMT STAK-MtWS. SUNDAY. OCT. CLUB-Organizalion of Club, Junior Exchange, got underway with members of the recent outstanding-graduates of junior highs now Pasadena High School. Is instructor Douglas Lafferiy.

Randy Is president of the group which was sponsored by Pasadena Exchange Club. Entertained Magnificent Opera Cast g. By ROV COPPER UD The San Francisco Opera ripened its 25th Los Angeles iJeason Friday night in the Shrine Auditorium with Verdi's "A Masked Ball." It was the kind of performance that is savored in the memory long after the music has died away. The east, with Giuseppi Zampieri as the king, Ettore Bastianini as Renato, and Gre Brouwenstijn as Amelia, was exceptionally happy. The curtain had not been up long before it became evident that this was one of those rare occasions when everything falls into place so well it all seems foreordained.

"A Masked Ball," In brief, is based on the historical fact of the assassination of King Gustav 111 of'Sweden at a masked ball at the Stockholm Opera House in 3792. The deed is done by a (Count Anckar- strom), who, though he has been the king's secretary and best friend, and has saved his life from plotters, gets a new slant on things when lie discovers his wife the King are in love. For various reasons, the sympathy of the audience remains wilh all three members of this triangle--the 1 noble king with the ing eye, Jbyal and jealous courtier, and his susceptible but distraught wife. Time and again the proceedings on stage were interrupted by applause. Sometimes opening-night audiences are carried away by the festivity of the occasion, hut it is a pleasure to report that in this instance the tributes were fully earned.

Zampier! sang the role o( the King with style and conviction. Bastianini underplayed the part of Renato, with great skill and to telling effect. The role of Amelia, calling as It does for avoidance and concealment much of the time, limits the impression that can be made by acting, but Miss Brouwen- Mijn made the most of her opportunities. All the singers were in magnificent voice. As a sidelight, Miss Erou- wcnstijn svas not very careful to keep her face covered or averted when her husband surprised her and the King in a rendezvous.

Consequently, I was on tenterhooks lest the husband should recognize her ahead of time and change the whole course of the plot. Graziella Sciutti was utterly captivating in the role of the page, and at the same time displayed admirable vocal resources. The' audience took her to its heart. Margarethe Bence was moving and effective as Ulrica, the sorceress. Andrew Fpldi and Plinio Clabassi did the parts of the conspirators to a fine conspirational turn.

If there were any deficiencies in the enactment of the other supporting roles, they did not come to my attention. The settings, redesigned for this production by Ming- cho Leo, are imaginative though basically traditional. A notable job was done wilh the scene that takes place at the gallows hill, which is as bleak and grisly as one could wish. The more successful the performance, the less one is likely to be aware of the role of the conductor, but of course on such occasions he deserves more credit than ever. The man In charge was Francesco Mollnafi-Pra- delli, and the stage director was Dino Yannopoulos.

There were many musical high spots, but perhaps the highest of all were the lone duct by (he King and Amelia in Act III, Qual Soave Brivldo," and Bastianinl's singing of the famous "Eri Tu," a masterly job. As usual at operatic first nights, many of the audience competed for attention with the performers on the stage, ant! a turn around the lobby at Intermission was like a visit to the zoo. Why women of an uncertain age will dye their frizzy hair orange and exhibit large areas of epidermis resembling the landscape of the moon might make a good psychiatric case study. On the other hand, the museum pieces were compensated by the display of a good deal of youth, beauty, and fashion. A Masked Ball" will be repeated Saturday, Nov.

11, with the same cast. All told, the season will comprise 21 performances of 13 operas. Youth Concert Celebrates Dr. Hanson's Birthday Yesterday was the birthday of Dr. Howard Hanson, the distinguished composer, conductor, and director of the Eastman School of Music, who obviously holds to the principle that it Is blessed to give than to receive.

At any rate, he was host, as conductor, at a party of sorts the first of the season's concerts presented by the Pasadena Area Youth Music Council in the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, and played by the Lo Angeles Philharmonic. There were two performances, one right after the other, to accommodate all the ticket holders. Dr. Hanson, who was to a young audience. For one thing, it steered clear of the war horses that often dominate children's concerts.

For another, Dr. Hanson's music has a well- defined shape, knows where it is going, and is full of life. The response to it was warm and immediate. Dr. Hanson and the orchestra played the "Prelude to Act II and Maypole Dance" from his opera "Merry Mount," the second movement from his Symphony No.

1 (Nordic), the third movement from Symphony No. 2 (Romantic), and, with Neal. a high school student Sun Valley, as soloist, cither 64 or G5, depending on. second of .1 his whether you took the word piano concerto. Yourig'Mr.

of the program or of "Who's Who in' America," superficially Thomas Brustoff did himself proud. i Beecham, another musical' eminence, chiefly, because of his goatee. While Sir Thomas is peppery, Dr. Hanson is warm, cheerful, and wholly unpretentious. He hit it off immediately with the youngsters, as he would with any audience.

i i charmed to discover that composer is not necessarily just a name. In a book, but Is a real person who can talk, smile; and have birthdays. The program was made up of four excerpts, from Dr. Hanson's own compositions, and was particularly suited Dr. Hanson talked engagingly about the music, snf down at the piano fo illustrate and sometimes had the orchestra play them, before launching Into each selection.

He singled out Sinclair Lott, the principal horn, for applause after a prominent that was beautifully played. This concert, one in a series that Dr. Hanson is conducting for young audiences in the metropolitan area, constitutes a kind of warm-up for the Los Angeles Philharmonic, whose winter season opens next month. The sound Is produced was bright and crisp. R.

C. Library Friends Elect Two Huntington Kin, Attorney Named Collls H. Holladay a larlno and Robert G. Blanch- rd, Los Angeles attorney, ave -been elected to the board directors of the Friends of le Huntington Library, it was nnounced a by eorge H. Whitney, president the Friends.

The two irectors were elected to Jill unexpired terms caused by he death, ol Keith Spalding nd the resignation of Albert 3. Ruddock. Holladay, nephew of Henry Huntington, the founder of rie Huntington Library and Vrt Gallery, was for many ears electrical engineer he Southern California Edion Co. and engineer 5 and reasurer for the Los Angeles tailway Corp. He is a trustee the Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena and erves as director of a number organizations Including the "Jeurovascular Research Foun- lation and the Pasadena Hos- ital Association.

Born In San Francisco, Holladay is a long Ime resident of Southern Cal- fornia. His affiliations include membership in the Society ol California Pioneers, the Twi Club, the Valley and the California Club Blanchard is a native of Los A graduate of Jniversity of Southern Call- ornia Law School, lie is part- ler In the Los Angeles law irm of Hastings, Blanchard nd Hastings. He is author ol The Mechanics of Judo" re- cntly published in Tokyo and a collector of modern first editions including the works Rudyard Kipling and John Buchan. He is a member of he American Bar Association, he Los Angeles Bar Associa- ion, the Los Angeles County Museum Associates, the South vest Museum and the Zamo- ano Club. Margaret Resting LONDON UP1 Princess Margaret, who expecls her irst child soon, spent the veekcnd in London.

For tlie iast three weekends she has gone to the royal lodge near Vindsor with her husband, the of Snowdon. The Business Division'of the asadena-Alladcna Community Chest will klckbff Us phase of he 1961 campaign at a special meeting Monday morning at ts headquarters, 118 So. Oak Knoll Pasadena, it was ari announced today by Kyhl S. Srncby, campaign chairman. The division, under the chairmanship of Thomas E.

will ask the city's 3,500 companies with fewer than 10 employes for a total gift of "10,000. Attending the meeting de- sides Smeby and Crum will' be Rains Claim 65 Lives TOKYO DPI Torrential which.caused widespread loodtng and landslides In Southern Japan took at least 65 lives, police reported yes- crday. Twenty-nine persons were, reported missing. MARCH TIME--Solly Grant, PCC sfudenl, demonstrates the technique of leading a band for Lyle Cheney, chairman of the Music Commitlee of the Tournament of Roses, (center), and Henry Kearns, committee coordinator and member of the Association's Executive Committee. Selection is now in process of 20 of the nation's foremost musical units from hundreds of applicants for participation in the January 1 parade.

SPEAKER Constanlin Boldyreff, Russian anti-Communist underground leader, will discuss "Russian Anti- Communists at Work" on the Tuesday Evening Forum in -Sexson Auditorium at PCC at 8 this Tuesday. Drummer Collapses During Parade, Dies Edgar Mosley, 69, of Los Angeles, a "river boat drum mcr from New Orleans," col lapsed yes'terday during the Sierra Madre Pioneer Days parade and was pronouncec dead on arrival at the Sierra Madre Community Hospital Mr. Mosley, who was a mem her of the Southern California Hot Jazz Society Band, had just finished playing the "Washington and Lee when he was stricken, appar eiitiy from a heart atlack. The band withdrew from tin parade following the incident Group Meet Set Hank: Culberlson, vice man of the. division, and this following area chairmen: Miss Lisa Churchill, Mrs, Jonn Me- Hugh; George Turner, William Sims, Bailey Bishop, and Rich- Wood, District leaders, 'section chairmen, and workers also will be present.

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