The Icelandic Canadian - 01.06.1973, Side 53

THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
51
—Holmfridur Danielson
The Festival O pera Group Perf
ormance
Once again the Festival Opera
Group, under the artistic direction of
Elma Gislason, has given us an even-
ing of enjoyment, with their singing
May 24 and 25 at the Manitoba
Theatre Centre.
This was a very ambitious under-
taking for people who follow the satis-
fying work of acting and singing as
an avocation, you might say, but on
the whole it was most successful and
artistically done. Here Elma has the
assistance of Don S. Williams, as pro-
ducer and choreographer, and Peter
Kaczmarek, set and costume designer,
as well as some other welbknown
theatre workers.
This is not an attempt to write a
“critique” on the musical effort, but
rather to give the impression of one
who enjoyed the preformance thor-
oughly and took delight in the spon-
taneous abandonment displayed by
these talented people who numbered
about sixty.
The opera excerpts were well con-
trasted, and Elma chooses her princ-
ipals to fit the roles both vocally and
visually. Wayne Little had a busy time
in his two leading roles as Alfredo, in
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