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CosAnsclcoSitaca Friday, July 3, 1981 Part VI 7 ADVENTURE CONTINUES THE 4 1 1 This Fourt 'MEISTERSINGER' Continued from First Page tessitura better than most bassos can, and he does command a big, dark, healthy sound. He does not go in for much coloring of the text, however, and, like many a Sachs before him, he tires rather painfully in that final, potentially offensive ode to the supremacy of German thought and German art Such, at any rate, was the case Tuesday night at the War Memorial Opera House. Ridderbusch's performance seems all the more clumsy when observed in context with Gottfried Hornik's exceptionally restrained, finely etched portrait of Beck-messer. Unlike too many predecessors in the role, Hornik does not play for laughs, does not reduce the town clerk to an idiotic caricature, does not sputter and whine in music that was written, after all, for a master singer. This Beckmesser is a man of some intelligence and dignity.

He just doesn't happen to be a man of warmth or vision. He is motivated by genuine love for Eva note the sad, wounded kiss he blows in her direction at the end of the riot scene and he is confused by a fickle society that scorns him for following the accepted rules. Ultimately, the Austrian baritone sees Beckmesser as a pitiable, if not tragic, figure, and he reinforces this perspective with beautifully detailed, handsomely pointed vocalism. Hornik is a major artist I There may not be any other major artists in this cast, but William Johns commands respect as a carefully paced, bel-canto Stolzing who rides the mighty climaxes with a decent clarion ring, ventures a tender pianissimo when appropriate, and actually gets over the late hurdle of the Prize Song without apparent exhaustion. Hannelore Bode, a debutante from Berlin, is an Eva better seen than heard: girlish and pretty, but small-scale, shrill and prone to choppy legato.

Kurt Rydl, a youthful Pogner from Vienna, introduces a sumptuous dark basso compromised by huffing, puffing and wobbling. Marvellee Cariaga as Magdalene is appropriately hearty in appearance but strangely hooty in tone. More successful, on the other hand, are David Gordon, a sweet-voiced, nimble David (who replaced the originally scheduled James Hoback); John Del Carlo, a Koth-ner who really sings the winding melismas of the tabu-latures and avoids comic excess; and Kevin Langan, who utters the dictums of the Night Watchman with imposing amplitude. Inheriting the conventional, stylized sets Roberto Oswald designed in 1971, Peter Brenner directs theatrical traffic with a knowing, conventional hand. One might regret the placidity of the tamest riot in the history of Western civilization or debate the advisability of bringing a chastened Beckmesser back for the final curtain.

Nevertheless, one must applaud Brenner's sense of proportion, and of caution. The surprise hero of this "Meistersinger," however, is Kurt Herbert Adler, the general director of San Francisco Opera and a sometimes undervalued conductor. On this festive occasion he brought genuine sentiment without sentimentality to the virtually untouched five-hour marathon, and power without pomp. He sustained tension, capitalized on a broad dynamic scale but built the evening to a properly cathartic climax at 5 minutes to 12. Other conductors may offer more technical virtuosity, greater introspection for the magic of Midsummer's Eve or heightened grandeur in the expansive ensembles.

But few, these days, approach this work with such lyricism, vitality and obvious, infectious, affection. off July ceiebmte truth, sSice, and the merican JC I I 1 It, l'! wish CLARA BOW TRIBUTE WILL FEATURE SCREEIJfNG OF 'IT Clara Bow, the "It" girl of the 1920s who captured the mood and imagination of an entire generation, will be the subject of a special tribute by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at 8 p.m. July 27 in the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater, 8949 Wilshire Blvd. The program will include a rare screening of the recently restored 1927 classic, "It," as well as clips from "Mantrap" (1926), "The Wild Party" (1929), "Wings" 1927), "Dangerous Curves" 1929) and others. The event is open to the public.

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