European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 2, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes wednesday november a 1988 Madame Butterfly soars at London opening from frets dispatches american Soprano Catherine Milf Lino was charred after a great performance in tie title role of Madame Butterfly monday night at London s Royal opera House in covent Garden the House had been sold out for weeks for he new production of Gracomo put uni a pm by Span ish actress and theater director Noria Espert. Espert shared the acclaim when she joined the cast and production team in taking 11 curtain Calls. Few women producers Are in the opera business. Espert. Who has her own theater company in Madrid has done Only one other opera. But she is quickly adding a reputation for the difficult Art to her Fame As an actress and stage director. Asked later in a dressing room interview if she found any difference Between direction by a woman and a Man. Malfitano replied there in t any. But Nuria is full of wonderful ideas and i was Able to ask her questions about the Rob which i would have been hesitant to put 10 a Man the new York bom Singer added if there is a Dif Ference it s a sense that she feels things i might feel about the character because she is a woman. But that s nolo say that men Aren t intuitive and  Malfitano gave a wan lugging interpretation of Cio Cio san. The japanese Aeisha Eirl known As Butterfly who Falls in toys Witri american Navy officer Benjamin Franklin e Ink Carton. In what looks like a very in japanese reaction the Singer writhes on the floor of her tenement apart ment when she learns that Pinkerton has deserted her and in lends to take their son away. Nuria had me do thai we both have great love for clo Cio san Malfitano explained. We did t do it from a japanese viewpoint. This is an opera by a european and it s a european View of Japan. Bui 1 think reaction to pain and grief is univer Sal. When we arc alone we do things the world would not is pct to see la s a private moment that s very painful an extreme moment we express in an extreme Way. It should be shocking and almost Surpris ing a and it has the ring of truth the Singer said. Malfano s paternal grandparents emigrated to the United slates from Zungu Glossa and Flum Creddo i Scilla in the Foothills of the my Etna Volcano Welsh Tenor Arthur Dales who Sang Pinkerton also said he found no difference in being directed by a woman. Chewing on a piece of butterscotch it moist ens the Mouth and i just happened to have it in my pocket he said Nuria knows the piece and it s just a matter of interpretation. It s what she wanted and i Hope we be made sense of  the opera was firs staged As a contemporary Story in 1904. Espert places it in 1937 to heighten the tension gathering Malfitano Ai Madame Butterfly Between americans and japanese four years before the attack at Paul Harbor. Bui she does not transform the Story in any Way. She said before the first night she does t believe in director s  Mezzo Soprano lao Ping who Sang the role Ocio Cio san i servant Suzuki in her British debut is the first chinese Artel to sing with the Royal opera and she looked delighted waving her bouquet at the audience. Fogerty s plagiarism blues Singer John Fogerty hoisted a guitar on the wit Ness stand in Federal court in sin Francisco and plucked out a Wang tune in an Effort to prove he s innocent of plagiarism charges. To Gariy led jurors monday through his musical roots in 1950s blues songs playing laps of allow Len Wolf and to diddle a before picking up an electric guitar for a Rendit Ion of diddly s bring it to  Fogerty is fighting a plagiarism lawsuit by his for Mer record company that claims he stole one of his own Croc dance Clearwater revival songs for a later ," though in a different style has a Simi Lar tune to the two tongs involved in the lawsuit run through the Jungle a 1970 Cree Dente Hii and old Man Down the Road a song Fogerty wrote in 1984 for his Solo Centerfield album. Fantasy records which distributed credence music before the group disbanded in 1972, claims Fogerty copied the Melody of run through the Jungle when he wrote old Man Down the  fantasy records owns the rights to run through the  Fogerty contends the similarities Between the Longs arc part of his composing style and Are shared by several of his songs for credence for which he was the Lead Singer and songwriter. Cher s Beau s court cose Cher s Boyfriend dodged the press in Len Angela and entered an Early innocent Pica to charges Stem Ming from an alleged attempt to run Down a photographer in the actress s Ferrari. Robert Camilletti 24, was due in court for arraign ment on one count of reckless driving and two counts of malicious mischief. He had his lawyers enter innocent pleas to the Misdemeanour charge acuity attorney s spoils Man said. Camill Clu s  court appearance is nov. I a. Camilletti who has lived with the pop i inner a truss in her Benedict Canyon Home maintained that he was upset by Pesky photographers when he lost control of the Black sports car outside the driveway and smashed into a photographer s parked car. The photographer Peter Brandt accused Camil Letti of Irving to run him Down and of smashing �2,200 Worth of photo gear and a cellular phone in the july 27 incident. 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