Opera in The 20th Century; 3; Une Squardo del Porte

good evening this is walter sharp or to welcome you to another program in our series of operas of the twentieth century opera tonight is one was what about pumping by lorenzo russell evening the basis for the two act music drama is arthur miller's play of the same title the view from the bridge the libretto was taken directly from jail rather weary areas translation of the playa must follows the play closely with only a few minor cuts the tattered double butter and rohm was the site of the world premiere of the opera on march eleventh nineteen sixty one the first american performance was given in philadelphia and by the philadelphia lyric opera on october seventeenth nineteen sixty seven the cast of the performance from radio telling easy on italia is led by three singers who participated in the american premiere based nicholas in the manias at the soprano maria lay ms beatrice and soprano and john dalley as catherine mr austin a man in this valley also signed the road in the world premiere as lieutenant job on the notion of the role of a bottle tonight we'll also hear baritone

mario bauza yourself theory and baritone antoniou boy a as marco i was awakened arts with your history course of riot milan when asked what about pandey is another is no tradition of italian opera as modified in the vote by puccini in his review of the philadelphia performance for musical america critic package a smith wrote that the musical world are awfully nice opera is roughly that of madame a butterfly on a conduit go west following the plan of the original miller play the opera libretto calls for the several settings in reaction to be on stage all the time with the audience's attention directed from one to the other by the lighting the overall scene is in the red hook section of brooklyn not far from the bridge in the late nineteen forties a lawyer our fury introduces reaction after a brief orchestral tribute and he appears throughout as a narrator and a kind of chorus commenting on the action as well as taking part in it as

act one begins to reflect gloomily on the tribulations of being a lawyer among people who make their own laws and commit an endless series of criminal offenses they live in a new country but they brought their old ways with them these man down the law are natural enemies of cary says just as they were in their native sicily the lights go down on him in his offices they come up the show eddie carbone me on his way home from work he's a forty year old longshoreman working on the brooklyn box as he enters his ground floor apartment his beautiful young niece catherine goes through window and waved to a friendless who also worked on the docks the girl was wearing a new dress and eddie cantor about that she's lived with him and his wives and her mother died when she was a little girl and his wife beatrice comes in from the kitchen and it tells about the boat bringing two of her young cousins from italy has landed the men are entering the country illegally hoping to be able to earn money for their starting families at home beatrice and catherine praise ready for his kindness and seeing that the new arrivals are taken care of and letting them live in his apartment

catherine tells it that she's been offered a secretarial job but he wanted to finish school and worries about her safety amongst rate cuts troubled this reminder of them that catherine is no longer a child and says he should give her permission to take the job praising the girl's beauty and he gives and catherine noting sadly that she will soon leave them the women are apprehensive about housing illegal immigrants and that he warned them not to mention their presence to anyone and explains that the necessary people have been paid off the lights come up again on our fury to observe that it was a good man and work hard that night mark owen his brother of awful arrive at and the women greet him warmly the brothers describe your life in sicily telling how difficult it is to get work there you must send money to his wife and children are so poor is that they eat sometime asked if he's married to rodolfo said that he isn't he's a singer he says it wants to become an american anti eyes rudolph was handsome creatures and long

hair suspiciously he also notices that catherine can't take her eyes off the young man when he starts to show off his voice that he stops him saying the singing will give away his presence in the house the light brightening our fear and who express as one of the eddie carbone in a man who'd expected noah to work and roll should have a destiny a moment later edie is seen in his doorway waiting for kathryn rudolph would come home from the movies because walked up the street and smile but it looks the way she asks what he has against rodolfo the boys sing songs we'll all the motions on the ship's he works on and with that heroin is he's like a chorus girl he didn't bring up his knees for a character like that it says but beatrice has other worries it's three months she tells him since he was a husband to her she goes inside in lewiston mike stroll by an invite any to go bow and but he says he's too tired they comment on the gulf or sense of humor and laughter they see him approaching a cap or they go off and it sends an awful inside along with disney's

eddie tells of that rodolfo wants to marry her just so he can become a citizen catherine denies this vehemently be charting what rodolfo loves her and she rushes into the house then the apartment beatrice and monitor the girl for walking around the house in her sweats and talking to eddie while he's shaving in his underwear though she was still a baby she's a grown woman and a house with a grown man and most actively shaken captain promises to cry and he goes to get advice from a house here he tells a lawyer that road awful has become the laughingstock of the dark because of his gentle manner his blond hair and his singing he also says that he's worried about kevin's infatuation with the flow of theory tells it that the law cannot prevent their marriage he cautioned it about his obsessive preoccupation catherine and advising him to let her grow up and we had these replies that he's sacrificed everything for his wife's nice nicolo lassila many heads the cast of the rye production of rounds arteries opera and the role of eddie carbone

soprano joan and alice harris catherine that's a soprano gloria lane as beatrice baritone mario bauza your own theory animal general bondi know rodolfo and baritone antonio war ii a margaux the parts of town a michael lewis the son by our coaches at me and alfredo quinones artur mas la conduct the chorus an orchestra of riot milan here's packed guano was one of about one picked by lorenzo rosalee when our fear a caution zandi about his obsessive jealousy of catherine a longshoreman replies that he's sacrificed everything for his wife's pleas we've heard the first fact that runs awfully nice when was love about on play a view from the bridge based on the arthur miller play

principal roles are sung by niccolo wasilla many as eddie jun a galley catherine gloria lane because joe blandino rodolfo and malia was your how he had a little buzzing there is the conductor you're listening to resign radio's regular weekly series of programs devoted to operas of the twentieth century will continue with back to organize opera in thirty seconds at one in six point seven this is w r v e r d fm station of the riverside church in new york city election night nineteen sixty nine not here in america but in germany when the people go to the polls to decide who will govern the federal court look for the next four years on election night sunday september twenty eight from four to six pm eastern daylight time the national educational radio network will present live coverage of the election results as well as commentary and interviews direct from bonn we hope you will join us on this station

as zack to review from the bridge opens of fairy tales as that on december twenty third of awful and catherine were alone in the apartment for the first time the girl was preoccupied if they get married she asks could they live in italy but also scoffs at the notion of leaving a rich country to start in a poor one realizing that she's testing him he accuses eddie of planting his trust in her mind catherine weitz that it has always been so good to her that she can suddenly turn against him taking her hand got awful leaves her gently into the bedroom after a few moments and he arrives home from work slightly drunk catherine comes from the bedroom adjusting her grandson of awful peers behind her and ray eddy orders of awful out of the house and catherine announcer she'll go to it seizes the girl embraces her and kisses her on the mouth rodolfo comes to catherine's defense but any pinned his arms laughs at him and kisses

him derisively catherine scratches and pummeled or the need to make him let go and he wants more orders rodolfo out of the house four days later it again goes to our fear is office as he left the lawyer asks my wife talks about moving them upstairs to the answers i'll fairytales and that he has no moral legal right to interfere with the young people they cannot alter the natural course of events let her go he advises or you will end up without a friend leaving our series office in a desperate mood eddie find a telephone poles and cause the immigration service and report margot unlawful presence and during his apartment it learns from beatrice that she's moved the brothers upstairs witnesses john barrow she advises him to leave it off when catherine alone are getting married on saturday and she advises him to which catherine good luck when the girl comes down payment on their apartment two thousand the two other illegal immigrants are also hiding their relatives of the power of the butcher and is alarmed by this news

and then as a repeated knocking at the door immigration agents enter look around and then go upstairs in a few moments they come back leading marco rodolfo in the paris reuters realizing what's happened margo breaks away and spits an empty space as the men are led off neighbors including mr masood empowering gather around the door again freeing himself momentarily margot points at it i accuse him yells that one killed my children he took the bread out of their miles and the immigration agents leave of their prisoners at each into a pari lewis and micah defend himself but they walk away from him the lights go down on the apartment and a moment later come upon a room in the police station out fearing that awful and catherine pleaded marco to promise that he won't kill it the lawyer will get him out on bail until deprecation hearing if he agrees and my country you'd already be dead markets to him a promise

not to kill a dishonorable but he grudgingly a sense the scene and well theories warning to marco that only god can dispense justice the lights come up again on the apartment beatrice and catherine addressed for the wedding but eddie is waiting for michael's apology you tell beatrice that if she goes to the wedding before he gets it she can never come back again here either with me or with them isis rodolfo runs in from outside calling it is named he warns that his brother is coming for eddie he reaches for annie's hand saying that everything is his all it jerks away margot must give him back his name in front of the neighborhood he says what you really want is catherine whitaker says bitterly from outside comes marco toys calling it names the approaches beatrice tries to borrow the door but it goes out into the street where the neighbors have gathered tell everyone you are a liar and hurled himself at largo knocks him down mark was about to put his foot on his victim when any whips out a knife and lunges again

marco grabbed his arm and turns the blade and wind pressing at home falling to his knees and he dies and beatrice of arms all ferry steps out of the crowd and turned to the audience for the last time the lights fade and the weeping women as he says that he loved eddie carbone a better than a sensible clients because it alone but himself the holy mountain here's the last act of lula's won no doubt on that until recently and he dies and addresses are and stabbed to death in his own life and our fear of pronounces his sorrow for apollo we've heard a complete performance of runs or so the knees when was one go about on play a view from the bridge and operatic setting the play by arthur miller of

audio to leave is the only italian a production was conducted by a little buzz elect of the chorus an orchestra of riding along based niccolo lassila many head of the cast in the role of had a soprano jan dalley with her as catherine matzo soprano gloria lane beatrice enter new job monday know what awful that own money about your own theory and baritone antonio boy a marble the incidental parts of tony mike lewis an immigration agent the sun but compost is it me and alfredo quinones with this recording was one of the pond today we reached the end of the third programme in our weekly series devoted to operas of the twentieth century a next week's program dr become alive by fauci in the cast in east to the region coast their legal leone baritone denise shirley was obviously proud and forty now the orchestra and chorus of the paris opera will be under the direction appears they will the recording was one of about conte was

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