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[[Concert program in French and English]] [[image – photo: face, captioned: LEONARD DE PAUR]] [[image – photo: face, captioned: INEZ MATTHEWS]] [[image – photo: face, captioned: LAWRENCE WINTERS]] [[image – photo: face, captioned: LUTHER SAXON]] CANADIAN ARTS & ARTISTS INC. Presents DE PAUR [[OPERA?]] GALA Directeur: [[?]] de PAUR, Conductor Assisté de [[WIL?]] [[JACKSON?]], Assistant Conductor [[?]] – Featuring [[LAWRENCE?]] WINTERS, Baritone INEZ MATTHEWS [[, soprano?]] – LUTHER SAXON, Ténor JOY MEARIMORE [[?]] WALTER P. BROWN, BERNIECE HALL [[CLYDE?]] GEORGE MARSHALL CHŒUR et [[?]] – CHORUS and ORCHESTRA PROGRAMME – [[left side of pages in French]] [[right side of page is in English]] PART 1 FOUR SAINTS IN THREE ACTS An opera to be sung Libretto by GERTRUDE STEIN – Music by VIRGIL THOMPSON "Four Saints in Three Acts" is something between an opera and oratorio. It's subjetc is the religious life, its leading characters Saint Teresa of Avila and Saint Ignatius Loyola along with the younger saints who are their pupils and apprentices, so to speak. There are also a Compère and Commère, a lady and a gentleman who converse with the chorus, the leading players and with each other about the progress of the play. Please do not try to understand the words of this opera literally, or to seek in its music any direct reference to Spain. If, by means of the poet's liberties answer all hi there with logic and the composer's usage of the simplest musical vernacular, something is evoqued of the gaiety and mystical strength of lives consecrated to non-materialistic end, the authors will consider their message to have been communicated. CAST IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE Commère… Joy Mearimore McLean Compère… Walter P. Brown St. Settlement… Berniece Hall St. Teresa I… Inez Matthews St. Stephen… Clyde Turner St. Ignatius… Lawrence Winters St. Chavez… Luther Saxon St. Plan… George Marshall (By arrangement with Mercury Music Corp.) RCA VICTOR recording #LCT 1139 PROLOGUE and ACT I – St. Teresa at Ávila, surrounded by younger saints and visited by St. Ignatius. St. Teresa's religious experience and her active life as a religious organizer. ACT III – St. Ignatius with his pupils and St. Chavez near Barcelona; a visit from St. Teresa accompanied by her women; vision of the Holy Ghost, Last Judgment and expiatory procession. (Program continued on pages 11 and 14) [[/right side of program]] CAPITAL THEATRE, QUÉBEC – April 3 Avril 1957 Impresario: Emile Caouette DE PAUR'S OPERA GALA is managed by COLUMBIA [[ARTIST?]] MANAGEMENT INC. PERSONAL DIRECTION [[PPICUS & [[end page]] [[start page]] [[letter]] [[preprinted]] INSTITUTE OF MEDIEVAL MUSIC 1751 West 9th Street Brooklyn 23, N.Y., U.S.A. [[/preprinted]] July 6, 1959 Mrs. Joy McLain 175 West 94th Street New York 25, New York Dear Mrs. Mclain: It is always a pleasure to hear from you and I fear that I have been somewhat remiss in answering your previous letters. Naturally, I am very happy that you have found a school, the New York College of Music, where you can continue your studies at suitable hours. We are looking forward to having you in the graduate school at Brooklyn College again and hope that you can fully qualify soon. If it is convenient to you, I should like to see you in my Editing (of older music) course on Thursdays beginning at 7 P.M. With kindest wishes for a most pleasant summer, I remain Most sincerelyyours, [[signature]] Luther A. Dittmer [[/letter]] [[photo mostly obscured by letter above]] the back of a male figure on the right-hand side people on the left side bottom – all we can see her their shoes [[blue text]][[?]] SL Cotillion 1958 McClean Choreographed & rehearsed The [[?]][[/blue text]] [[/photo]]
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