The Ranger (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, February 6, 1981 Page: 4 of 10
ten pages : ill. ; page 23 x 16 in. Scanned from physical pages.View a full description of this newspaper.
- Highlighting
- Highlighting On/Off
- Color:
- Adjust Image
- Rotate Left
- Rotate Right
- Brightness, Contrast, etc. (Experimental)
- Cropping Tool
- Download Sizes
- Preview all sizes/dimensions or...
- Download Thumbnail
- Download Small
- Download Medium
- Download Large
- High Resolution Files
- IIIF Image JSON
- IIIF Image URL
- Accessibility
- View Extracted Text
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
Spanish baroque opera to premiere in San Antonio
*
4 THE RANGER ■ FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 19$1
*
1
Coffeehouse fills to The Max
Laurent Perron, Max drummer, takes his turn at vocals.
Elizabethan concert features California trio
♦
I
*
Evita Peron book reveals Argentine atrocities
1
'0,
I
<2
i
I
'V!
' 1/
4
“Eva, Evita: The Life and Death of
Eva Peron" by Paul L. Montgomery,
Simon and Schuster, New York City.
eludes poetry, prose, song and music,
evolved from a seminar structured by
Goldberg and her at-that-time music stu-
dent Lossy.
The preview, attended by approx-
imately 75 students and faculty, was in-
formal and informative. Each performer
took her turn at describing her contribu-
tion to the entertainment, including
quick history lessons about the
Elizabethan attitude concerning women,
poetry and music.
Demonstrating that musicians of that
period improvised much like today’s jazz
pianists, Goldberg performed six varia-
tions of a composition by Jan P. Sweelin-
ck. She demonstrated remarkable dex-
By Barbara Swinny
Flanger Staff Writer
By Martin Delfin
Ranger Fine Arts Editor
k ’ ■
By Page Jackson
Ranger Staff Writer
I
I
&
A
I
I?
recording arid
soon. All their
well taken care of
to gain solidarity by returning the body
which had been buried in Milan.
In 1974, Isabel announced the
preserved Eva would be displayed in the
on the opera’s
libretto. Stroud is also producer of the
project.
The opera will be performed by the
Collegium Musicum, a group of Trinity
students and graduates. \
“Celos aun del aire matan” is especial-
ly important to operatic and literary
history because it is the only existing 17th
century Spanish baroque opera. The few
operas written have been lost, Stroud
said.
“There were only two operas written
by Calderon during the 17th century —
‘La Purpura de la Rosa’ and ‘Celos aun
rL
I
v 1
woman suffrage.
Creating the Eva Peron Foundation,
she invited “her descamisados,” the
shirtless, into her office, handing out
food, medicine and $10 bills. The
charitable foundation transferred
government funds to the poor. (Later, it
would be learned profits from the foun-
dation amounted to $15 billion in Swiss
bank accounts.)
The present military government in
Argentina would like to forget the era of
“Peronismo” which made Argentina one
of Latin America’s most powerful coun-
tries.
Born illegitimately in Junin, La Pam-
pas region, Maria Eva Duarte came
from a poor family. Her mother ran a
boarding house, catering to many politi-
cians and military personnel of the 1920s
and 1930s.
Montgomery suggests it was a place of
prostitution, but admits lack of evidence
to the assertation.
Maria Eva Duarte, at 14, came to
Buenos Aires to seek out an acting
career. Through many struggles and sex-
ual manipulations, she became a starlet
I
1
Actress Rella Lossy, harpsichordist
Laurette Goldberg and soprano Anna
Carol Dudley are the Elizabethan Trio.
All perform and teach in the San Fran-
cisco Bay area.
The form of their program, which in-
jy I
at Chapman Great Hall at Trinity. introduction and notes
Tickets are $5 and $4 for students and
are available at Ruth Taylor Concert
Hall box office.
Anticipation of the event included the
possible arrival of King Juan Carlos and
Queen Sophia of Spain to view the opera.
King Carlos postponed the visit, which
was to have included several U.S. cities,
while Spain works through government
changes caused by the surprise resigna-
tion last week of Prime Minister Adolfo
Suarez.
Dr. Matthew D. Stroud, professor of
foreign languages at Trinity, wrote the
Portugal and Spain, made connections,
and was soon on his way back with the
original “Celos aun del aire matan.’’
“The opera is a very philosophical
story with a lot of action on stage —
that’s one reason why I like this opera.
It’s about the Greek god, Dionysos; his
nymph falls in love with another man, a
very long mythical opera,” he explained.
“Calderon was a very philosophical
writer. He had very conventional ideas,
as did most people in Spain at that time,
about life, death and love,” Dr. Stroud
explains.
“He was
■IL jo. ■
Chapel of Olivos in Buenos Aires, next to
the coffin of Juan Peron.
Buneos Aires made headlines as the
wire services carried pictures of the glass
coffin. Twenty-five years later, Eva was
still fresh, clean and beautiful as though
she were asleep, Montgomery, a witness,
writes.
But Argentina continued with other
problems. The inflation rate rose to 240 i
percent and political chaos continued to
grow. A military coup d’etat came in
March 1976 — 21 months after Isabel
assumed the presidency.
Montgomery reports in 1979 Isabel
Peron was hospitalized for “depression,”
still awaiting trial for extortion — a
scapegoat for the situation.
The book, overall, is an excellent ac-
count of Argentina’s scintillating period.
It is non-technical. In other words,
Montgomery does not deal with percen-
tage figures, philosophies of political par-
ties nor economic figures which might
have discouraged readers.
Montgomery is true to factual events
but at times may fail to cite significant
detail. It is safe to say the book merely
touches on major events of the era, a
minus to the serious history student.
In all, the book is not deceiving.
Montgomery reveals the truth and does
not speculate.
The recent rock opera by Tim Rice
and Andrew Lloyd Webber, entitled
“Evita,"’ is misleading. A picturesque
With period costumes hanging on
stage and using folding metal chairs as
props, three talented Calfornia women
presented a preview of their program en-
titled “The Elizabethan Lady” Wednes-
day morning in the auditorium of
McAllister Fine Arts Center.
' _________________________
J
By Martin Delfin
Ranger Fine Arts Editor
Chalk up another first for San An-
tonio. The city will host a 20th century
premiere of the only existing 17th cen-
tury Spanish baroque opera.
As part of an international celebration
commemorating the death of Spanish
playwright Calderon de la Barca in 1681,
Trinity University will present
Calderon’s opera “Celos aun del aire
matan," (“Jealousy even of the air
kills.”)
The Trinity production will be at 7:30
p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and Feb. 19-21
terity on the harpsichord and complete
understanding of the musical setting of
that era.
Soprano Dudley explained that the
words in Elizabethan songs are most im-
portant. The spirit of the poem and the
metrical system also must mesh, but
understanding what the piece is about is
foremost. The audience applauded her
loudly, obviously appreciating her clear,
lilting tones. Every word was enunciated
flawlessly.
Artistic director of the trio, actress
Lossy creates the scripts based on
research here and in England. She chose
Shakespeare’s Sonnet No. 145 to
demonstrate the importance of place-
McAllister Fine Arts Center. Admission to the performance is free
advance tickets are required.
Tickets are available in the student activities office in LSC.
Finally, after many attempts, a
biography of Eva Peron exposes her true
identity of one of the bloodiest tyrants of
the 20th century.
“Eva, Evita: The Life and Times of
Eva Peron, by Paul L. Montgomery, a
New York Times reporter, reveals the
atrocities of Juan and Eva Peron in one
of South America’s brutal dictatorships.
Past accounts have not dealt with the
subject intensively. They have concen-
trated on the “Peronismo" eras, dealing
with political jargon, or have contained
many inaccuracies of Eva’s life. Mon-
tgomery s book explores Eva Peron, her
life and the planet of “Peronismo"
revolving around her.
During her days in El Casa Rosada,
the presidential palace, Eva doubled the
salaries of labor workers, increased
Argentina's beef exports and fought for
-
Davis, Lombard to feature
A light documentary of female sexuality on the Hollywood screen in-
cludes shorts featuring Lillain Gish, Carole Lombard, Bette Davis,
Marlene Dietrich and other film stars.
The documentary, “The Love Goddesses,” will be shown Wednes-
day and Thursday as part of the special events film committee continu-
ing series.
The film will be presented at 1:30 p.m. both days in the Coffeehouse
of Loftin Student Center, and at 6:30 p.m. both days in the small
auditorium of McCreless Hall. Admission is free.
Laurent Perron said,
things a little easier.”
The group does some
plans to cut an album
are
Cheap Trick was
band played an
medley, beginning with an incredible
reproduction of “Dream Police,” and
running quickly into “Ain’t that ah
Shame.”
Band members stayed lively during places.
“We just signed an exclusive agree-
ment with Rock Arts Inc. in Austin,
who produced Christopher Cross.
a lot of connections in
now since the Christopher
came out. We’re probably
going to warm up for them when they go
Bank sponsors art exhibit
Michael Kincaid, art instructor, will exhibit recent paintings at a :
one-man show at the Banco de San Antonio beginning Thursday.
The show will continue through March 5 with viewing hours 9 a.m.
to 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays.
a very moralistic writer
del aire matan .”
“The music to ‘La Purpura’ has been
lost. But a modern version was done in
1701 in Lima.”
Stroud said no traces of “Celos” have
been found since the 17th century. The
music had been lost and was recently
found in Portugal.
“It all started in 1976. Jack Sage, a
professor of Spanish at King’s College in
London, was in Austin to attend a con-
ference. He called me from Austin saying
he knew where the original script and
music was.”
After a short time, Stroud traveled to
because he was a friar. He would include
the already established ideas by the <
Catholic church in his plays and operas*”
The Christian personification
(Catholic), which has been evident
among other Calderon works, can be -
traced in “Celos.” Stroud added.
The Coffeehouse was packed Wednes-
day afternoon as the audience enjoyed
the lively sounds of The Max.
The band played all original music in
the first set, beginning with “She Don’t
Love You,” which received a great au-
dience response. Their second song, “I
Know I’m in Love Again,” was a lively
number sounding like a cross between
Country Joe MacDonald and the
Beatles.
Rhythm guitarist Jimmy Donahue in-
troduced singer-guitarist Mike Morales
who performed his own original song
“Leave You,” which particularly cap-
tured the audience.
The band then played its own “no
nuke” song entitled “Blue Skies of
History,” in which all group members
sang, providing a fuller sound than most
bands give. Mike Morales' leads were
scalar but energetic, making it even
easier to enjoy the music.
They closed the first set with another
original song about the hard life on the
road, called “There’s A Road,” that
displayed a unique sound and portrayed
a lot of emotion.
Most of the crowd remained in their
seats so not to lose them when the next
act began.
The second act opened with “Let's
Spend The Night Together.” Then the
band asked for requests.
Presley in “All Shook Up,” had the au-
dience amused, yet impressed with the
similarity.
Band members spoke easily with the
audience as they rolled into the new
Police hit “Da Doo Doo Doo Da Da Da
Da,” which was once again an im-
pressive reproduction of the original.
The response got better when the band
played “Whip It.”
The act was closed with a lively Cars
medley in which drummer Laurent Per-
ron did most of the singing. The closing
number was a well-arranged version of
“Just What I Needed.”
The Max’s original music displayed a
new, inventive flare for writing which
goes over quite well with the public. It
has a new lively style that is hard to
describe.
“I guess you could call it dancable
rock,” drummer, Laurent Perron said.
traced in “Celos,” Stroud added.
“Celos aun del aire matan” was fi£st
performed on Dec. 5, 1660 by two pro-
fessional acting companies for King
Philip IV and his court at the Palace of
the Buen Retiro. The performance was
given to honor the third birthday of the
heir apparent, “el infante Felipe Pro-
spero." *
requested and the “There’s a Road,” gained the most
entire Cheap Trick positive response from the audience.
an incredible “That song says it all,” Perron said.
“The Max is definitely on the road.”
The Max has a lot on the ball, and we
may be seeing their name in bigger
The art advertising art department is co-sponsoring the exhibit with ?
the bank. There is no charge for admission.
An opening reception will honor the artist from 5 to 7 p.m. Thurs-
day. Wine and cheese will be served, and the public is invited.
Banco de San Antonio is located at 1 Romano Plaza, Main at San :
Pedro. Parking is available in the bank lot.
Singer-guitarist Jimmy Donahue
played with the very popular group,
Morning. Mike Morales was played with
London.
One of the helpful features of the
group is a sufficient sound system, which
more than did the trick for the Cof-
feehouse.
“We were very impressed with
Christopher Cross’ sound system jso
we’ve tried to design ours similar to
theirs.
“My brother graduated from UT **>
Austin University of Texas at Austin
with a master’s in electronic engineering, I
“That makes
ment of long vowel sounds for intensity
and to show the structure of poetry dur-
ing Shakespeare’s time. She compared
sonnets of this era to the modern
limerick, saying that both are used to
demonstrate “verbal cleverness."
The preview ended on a delightful
note as the three combined their in-
dividual expertise in performing one
complete sonnet, interweaving the music
and poetry in a captivating manner and
with consummate skill.
The Elizabethan Trio was sponsored
by the office of student activities and per-
formed as part of the Elizabethan
Festival, which continues with presenta-
tions through Feb. 17.
of the 1930s.
The author cites instances where her
road to fame was by stepping through in-
timate involvements.
Eventually she met Juan Domingo
Peron, secretary of labor under a new
military regime. Unfortunately, Mont-
gomery fails to detail the events leading
to Peron’s rise to power. He writes only
of Eva’s connections through a sexual
appetite and becoming a major radio per-
sonality at the national Radio Belgrano.
During the course of time, Peron was
imprisoned. Eva called for a general
workers’ strike for Peron’s release. With
the paralyzed economy, the military
released him. During the following
general election, the “Peronists" won an
overwhelming majority with Juan Peron
as the new president of Argentina in
1945.
The author continues through the life
of Juan Peron after Eva’s death from in-
testinal cancer in 1952. Six years later,
Peron was toppled by a military junta,
but regained power in 1973 with the help
of his new wife, Isabel Martinez de
Peron.
Isabelita, as she labeled herself,
became vice president under her hus-
band, and with Peron’s death one year
later at 78, she became the first female
head of state in the Americas. She ac-
complished what Eva had hoped to do.
But the story of Eva Peron does not
end there. For more than 25 years, the fairy tale, it is written in the eyes of “her
well-preserved body of Eva would cap- descamisados,” depicting Eva as she
ture Argentina s curiosity. sings, “Don’t cry for me Argentina, for
With the separation of political fac- the truth is I shall not leave you,” a line
tions in the Peronist Party, Isabel hoped sfoe actually said in one of her speeches.
Currently, plans are underway for a
television movie based on Montgomery’s
book, starring Faye Dunaway in the title
role.
the entire act and appeared to be enjoy-
ing themselves, further adding to the en-
joyment of the audience.
The Max finished their Cheap Trick They’ve got
medley with songs like “Voices,” California
“Surrender” and the popular, “I Want Cross album
You to Want Me.”
Jimmy Donahue’s impression of Elvis on their next tour,” Perron said.
“Austin is a hell-of-a lot closer to Los
Angeles than San Antonio," Perron said.
The Max consists of Marius “Bubba”
Perron, former bassist of Stardust, who recording needs
now plays keyboards for The Max and since Bubba Perron is also an engineer at
drummer Laurent Perron, who also United Audio Recording.
played in Stardust. Keep an eye out for The Max.
4
Festival slates recital, film
The office of student activities continues its celebration of the
Elizabeth Festival Monday and Tuesday with a film and recital.
The Early Music Ensemble will preesnt “Music in the Time of
Shakespeare” at 8 p.m. Monday in the small auditorium of McCreless
Hall.
Franco Zefirellis"Romeo and Juliet” will be presented at 1:30 p.m.
and 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Coffeehouse of Loftin Student Center.
Tickets are still available to the National Shakespeare Company's
production of “Richard III” at 8 p.m. Feb. 17 in the auditorium of
, but .
I
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Matching Search Results
View seven places within this issue that match your search.Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
San Antonio College. The Ranger (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, February 6, 1981, newspaper, February 6, 1981; San Antonio, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1350503/m1/4/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting San Antonio College.