European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 23, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Europe s s w j n g i n g summer by John Neumyer staff writer wherever you travel in Europe you can have music the univer Sal language that knows no barriers. Promoters of Continental culture can find an excuse for a music festival at the drop of a tourist Dollar the affair May Honor a composer a legendary hero a fairy tale a historical event Orthe annual grape Harvest. No matter what the excuse the accents on the sound from the British Isles and Scandinavia Down to Spain Italy and the greek islands. But How do you like your music for pure solemnity and 20 hours of sitting during four consecutive after Noons and evenings try the Richard Wagner festival at Bayreuth Germany where the ring of the Nibelung has been packing pm in since 1876. Date this year Are july 25-aug. 18 and opera fans pay up to $23.75 for one perform Ance. There Are seven or eight operas offered each year. On the lighter Side Are the inter National music festival in Wiesbaden May 1-june 3, which features every thing from stolid Street Corner oomph pahs to Ballet chamber music an symphony concerts the Schwet Zingen festival which combines the heritage of being Queen of the asparagus Belt with that of annual hostess for the fines music of the baroque Era. The season is april 30-May 27. On saturdays from May 18 to sept. 28, Are the eerie concerts by candlelight in the Herren Chi Emsee Palace built on an Island in the Chi Emsee by the mad King Ludwig ii of Bavaria. The Netherlands will present its 20thannual Holland festival from june 15 july 9, featuring drama by the univer sity of Southern California. All events opera theater Ballet an music will be scattered Between Amsterdam the Hague Schev Ningen an Rotterdam. As the hollanders say the Holland festival covers the country buts do the Swift and frequent  other headliners will be the nether lands Royal vocal ensemble the Hague resident symphony orchestra thei Batsheva dance company the Rotter dam radio chamber orchestra the Alv Nalley american dance theater the Amsterdam radio choir the nether lands chamber orchestra the nether lands wind ensemble choirs of belgian radio and to and the Rotterdam Phil harmonic. If your tastes run to Bright Livel operettas in an unusual setting you might try Coblenz during july an August for performances on floating stages on the left Bank of the  for pure medieval frivolity there Are serenades within the Castle Wal sin Nuernberg from late May to Early August. Germany s list of musical offering seems endless when one notes festivals devoted solely to choral groups organists boys choirs jazz and contemporary music. Austria s favorite son composer Wolf gang amadeus Mozart will be featured at the Salzburg music festival fro july 26-aug. 30. His operas Don Giovanni the marriage of Figaro symphonies chamber music his string quartets rank with the greatest son Atas and concertos Are sprinkled throughout a festival including other such As Ludwig von Beethoven fidelio and Giochino Rossini the Barber of Seville. Austria s Bregenz festival played on floating stages on Placid Lake con stance from july 23 to aug. 21, will feature the Vienna symphony orches tra the Vienna state opera and Ballet and soloists from the famed la Scala opera in Milan. This year s festival of Vienna may18-june 16 will present Mozart operas along with those of Richard Strauss. Spain is almost too much when incomes to enticing the tourist. It seems every other Day is a religious Holiday and an excuse for a costume Parade with liturgical laments and smoking candles. But then gaiety intrudes and every town becomes a proving ground for an International music and dance festival which knows no daily hour of termination but which overflows continuously Day and night. For instance take the one at Granada from june 24 july 7, or at Malaga aug. 1-9, or the running of the bulls festival at Pam Plona a combined comic tragic Demon stration from july 7-20, during which the wails of the trampled Are drowned by the Click Ity Clack of castanets and the Strum of guitars. Bregenz music festival is staged on Lake Constance. Alvin Alley dance theater will represent . In Holland festival. Italy aside from being famous for operas has an annual May festival which has been swinging since the Middle Ages. This is a song and dance contest Between two wards of the Cit of Assisi and is performed according to medieval traditions and in authentic dress. The dates Are april 29-May 1. Pa0e 12 be of Italy s most prodigious fetes takes place in Florence May 2-june 25, when the salons will vibrate under the spell of operas concerts and ballets and from May 26-june 30 during the annual Competition for Young conductors. Until the end of june opera will Lea the list of musical marathons in Milan Naples Palermo and Rome Lak Como will be ablaze with azaleas in full Bloom and will stage a Gigantic open air Ballet May 5. Vicenza will offer con certs Ballet and folklore through  july Verona which boasts the old est open air opera season in Italy will present its 46th schedule in the roman Arena. Poleto Home of the festival of two worlds will use the weeks of june 27 july 14 to stage its ninth annual offer ing of drama Art music and films. In Switzerland the accent is on International music festivals. Ton artists who will converge on Lausanne may7-15 to present in eight concerts the works of Bach Beethoven Mozart Chopin and Tchaikovsky and four operas Zurich will feature concerts and opera during  june festival weeks from May 24-july 2. The tiny grand duchy of Limbourg will Strain its Borders of 23, a National Holiday that car1parades, concerts Street Dan ii fireworks. Throughout the land july and August Luxembourg i the setting for what is Colle named a tourist festival certs folklore ballets choirs works. Greece will Combine Operand drama in its Athens Stivas a do urn ii at a i ii a a. 15-sept. 15, but the emphasis on music by the Athens a. Chestra the Vienna radio Ore the chamber orchestra of Colow Netherlands Ballet and the a opera of Greece. Belgium s contribution to the of music lovers will include a ring operas beginning May Antwerp and will emerge Foa somber level on july 12 Wuh International Folk dance few Schoten during which champs a. It  Naler Athens ancient Herod Atticus theater draws music Loving throng my s. The stars and stripes owiiuiv11, Ull lulls  formers in the gayest of Cost ii to the swinging est of  represent the United states Sia Portugal and a Echo slovak. Contest closes july 19. France with All of its ions manages to Sprinkle a Tion of music throughout its a notable attractions Are. Burgundy in Dijon la i a jejune the May festival of Nice May 1-june 3 the it steal a of arc in Orleans May 7 Ana phonic concerts on the Rhine � tuesday april & 1968 House every saturday from May 15 july so. In Ireland the Cork International choral and Folk dance festival will pit choirs and dancers from Europe Africa North and South America Andasia against each other. The dates Are May 8-12. An Irish maytime dancing festival is scheduled for Dublin May 10-12 and a similar affair takes place in Dundalk county Louth May 16-26. What is described As Ireland s mos unusual gathering of traditional musicians will take place May 1-3 in clones county Mayo. Singers dancers Accordi on players fiddlers flu lists whistlers pipers and Balladeer will Render Ori Ginal compositions in informal Competition and at formal gatherings. In England the London philharmonic orchestra will perform at the Royal Albert Hull London May 3,again on May 5, 9 and 12 at the Royal festival Hall along with the new Phil harmonic orchestra May 7 and 12 and the Royal philharmonic orchestra May 12, 16, 19, 21, 26 and 30after which the Bournemouth symphony or Chestra will take Over for performances on May 24 and 25.a jazz festival is slated for birding Ham june 3, and the English Bac festival will take place from june 22 july 7 at  you have a Quick look at the old world arid its music. It s Only smattering of what s actually pro framed but music like Gold is where you find it. Vat be s Swa Kaw Wjk to  bulls loosed in streets of Pamplona during festival week tempt Novice Toreador to test courage Talent. Irish fiddlers Are part of tradition at maytime dancing fest which includes singers flu lists whistlers and Balladeer. Germany  a Wagner festival is presented annually in Bayreuth. The stars and stripes Page 13