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3 8 eg5JffSVfKfflS)IS 'f iv mm to mis Sr A 'M 1 td I I a (9 her high solo passages had, a tendency to flat. Collette Boky, previously miscast in prima donna coloratura roles, has found a joyous niche in soubrette parts like the saucy, sexy Iespma. She seems more comfortable as a lady of the night than a queen of it. Baritone Renato Capecchi, 'returning to the Met after 20 years' absence as Don Alfonso, is now an- accomplished buffo artist, though bis occasional fidgety hamming gives too much vinegar to a role which should be pure oiL He often sang too loudly, as in the heavenly "Soeve sia il vento" trio, which conductor Kazimierx Kord took toe fast, anyway. Kord's conducting was uneven; it was nearly always vivacious, but his tempo relationships were sometimes faulty like 4-to-l rather than 2-to-l in adagio-allegro, Patrick tabby's direction may be a bit too broad, but the precision of its execution by all artists made it work.

The singers obviously had fun and communicated -their enjoyment to the audience. The 24-year-old Rolf Gerard sets stand up amazingly well, and the new costumes are attractive. One could pick nits over this "Cosi," but the main news is that Mozart's most beautiful opera is back in a 'good performance and productionthat should be enough "for anyone with music in his heart. BILL ZAKARFASEN It seem faintly amusing tiat the Wednesday of International Women's "Week, tjie Metropolitan Opera revived Mozart's classic ef 'the fairer sex, "Cosi Fan Tritte." Perhaps to en-tore av thorough restudying of tie- text 'and music, th Met provided a completely new and Indeed, four "young and very handsome singers made their debuts the' Bob Carol Ted roles of opera, and if their vocalism vtasn't always stellar, it was cleanly in-: the proper ensem-blo spirit without which this elusiye 'masterpiece cannot succeed J' of the new sjngers was bari ton StiSwell, the best Guglielmo I ran recall hearing or seeing. Both he and tenor Ryland Davies (Ferrando) were, hi-larious perfection in depicting these classic male chauvinist pigs.

Davies voice is rather small and monochromatic, but bis. technique and musicianship-are of utmost polish. Anne Howells (Mrs. Davies off-stage) has a phimmy, but never thick mezzo which suits Dorebella to a especially as contrasted with Elizabeth Harwood's breezy, sometimes breathy soprano a Fiordiligi-Both acted with jwoperly melodramatic posturings and were near-flawless in ensemble work, though Harwood in Joe leaps a ly PATRICIA O'HAIRE When Joseph Buloff is onstage in "The Fifth Season," at the Eden Theater (Second Ave. and 12th one needs a even though the production is.

almost completely in Yiddislfc. Sylvia Regan's comedy about the trials and errors of garment center firm had a respectable run (653 performances) in English on Broadway two decades ago. Not surprisingly, it's beginning to show a few wrinkles, but in T-BtilofFs hands it is almost ageless. -Ay-Max Pincus (or Pinky), partner In a tottering Sev- entb Ave. "dress house, Buloff manages to work a thousand years of worry into his face without submerging the essential optimism of the character.

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t3. 11 enuncniLi-s tlAFCCD AK3 STEAKH0USS BRINGS BROADWAY BACK TO LIFE! MOUDLY PRESENTING IN THE SHOW LOUNGE SINGING SENSATION VIC ROMA LIVE BJLXS FCX TOTS MXCUffi PLEASURE K3 COVER ELEGANT CUISINE MODERATE TARIFF FOR RESERVATIONS CALL 757-6370 IN A SUNIEV SCHNEIDEH mOOUCTION A SVDNCV POttACRBlM 3 DAYS TH2 CONDOR u. JOHN HOUSEMAN ucPAW6GHUSIMjtoiNiHNOK ibwthicono JAMES DAVtORAYFtELyraooucEOBrSlANLET SCHNEIDER mecth ASTOR PL AZA LOEIVS St. 869-8340 72nd St. Elder's sdtemen TTi latent crisis' involves Pinsky's partner, played by Stan Porter.

Although married. Porter has beeir mixing business with pleasure namely with one of theJUrm's models, and she's beenldoing a little mixing on her own with dress buyer, wh Te-setnds a big order when he finds that he's sharing jhe model with It all works out in the however: Porter and his wife (Evelyn Kingsley) reconcile, the buyer (Jack Reehzeit) relents, and Pinky even finds love with a widowed bookkeeper (Miriam Kressyn). The production was adapted by Luba Kadison. with music, probably because Porter has such a good, strong, interesting voice. Not being a speaker of Yiddish, I must confess, however, that only Buloff wizardry was able to carry me ef-J ortlessly over the language; barrier.

Buloff also directed. 7 Earl George, head of the Col- lege of Visual and Perform- in Arts at Syracuse Umver- sity, contained jazzy, funerary and what I took to be military, comments on march -moods- and rhythms. An inter-' esting idea marred by a compulsion, to. reiterate small melodic figures literally- and all too predictably. INFLATION- The price, of.

the de luxe five-volume edition of Leonardo da Vinci's "Madrid Codices" will jump "from $750 to $1,000 next Jan- 1, the publisher (McGraw-Hill) reports. TR AtTI'S PATTY. The New York Theater Ensemble will bring "Tania," a new play by Mario Fratti, to the boards on Nov. 6. The.

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