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Show Arts & Entertainment The New Year Brings Western Opera Theatre And "La Traviata" Andre Dumas (whose father wrote The Nutcracker and the Mouse King). The title means the woman having gone astray. Requiring lavish sets and gowns, the story takes place in Paris in the late 1840s. Violetta (the main character) is a woman of great tact and breeding, but she loves luxury, the night life, and the companyof men. Although she is a renowned beauty, she considers other females to be her arch rivals. . With the exception of her maid (Annina) she has only one other close female companion, Flora, who likes the night life as much as she does. Violettas happy life of playing the field is disrupted when she falls in love with Alfredo Germont, a young man of high society who comes to One of her many' parties at her Paris salon. He wants to marry her and she renounces her life of . by Calvin L. Harrington Forum staff writer pleasure. However, Alfredos father (Giorgio Germont) disapproves of the match and meets Violetta secretly to persuade her to give up his son for his own good and for the good of his respectable family. Violetta returns to one of her fqrmerrich male protectors, with whom the jealous Alfredo kills in a duel. Thus, Alfredo is forced to flee the country. Alfredo returns to find poor Violetta dying of consumption (today known as tuberculosis). The New Year will bring the professional touring company of the San Francisco Opera Center to Utah to perform La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi at Kingsbury Hall on the University of Utah campus. Sponsored by the University of Utah, La Traviata will be performed at 8 p.m. on January 9. The production will be presented entirely in English. The opera is based on the novel and play, The Lady of the Camelias by Alex- - Symphony Wishes Happy Holiday On December 20 and 21 at 8:00 pm, the Utah Symphony will wish Utah a happy holiday season through music. Both nights. Maestro Joseph Silverstein will conduct the Orchestra in its annual seasonal concert, Home for the Holidays. The Symphony will perform holiday favorites such as Tchaikovsky s Suite from the The Nutcracker, Anderson s Christmas Festival, the Carol of the Bells and Alders The Feast of Lights. Also appearing on the program will be Hillcrest High School Choir under the direction of Brian Bentley on Friday night and the West High School Choir under the direction of Richard Torgeson on The concert will end with a traditional g of Chirstmas favorites and the choir being featured in Handels Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah. In addition to the choirs and other Christ. sing-alon- . mas works, the Utah Symphony Youth Guild chooses two of its members to be featured soloists. On Friday, Jennie Watson will perform the first movement of Chopins Piano Concerto No. 1. On Saturday, Jenny Oaks will join the Symphony to perform the Conus Violin Concerto. Tickets are available at the Utah Symphony Box Office or by calling 533-NOT- E. himself.. One of her protectors was the Count of Stakelberg, one of the richest men in France at the time, who was almost 80. Her grave in the Montmartre Cemetery in Paris is a tourist attraction. La Traviata is the opera that Richard Gere flew J ulia Roberts to San Francisco to see in the hit film, Pretty Woman. The effective use of music from this opera throughout the film has made La Traviata popular with a whole new generation of youthful audiences. The movie industrys most renowned version of The Lady of the Camelias was Greta Garbos classic film, Camille. The leading role has always been coveted by divas of the operatic world. Maria Callas, Victoria de Los Angeles, Beverly Sills, Joan Sutherland, Montserrat Caballe, Renata Scotto, Anna Moffo, Ileana Cotrubas, and June Anderson have all given their own individual, highly publicized stamps to the role. Locally, Roberta Peters captivated audiences several years ago in the Utah Opera production of La Traviata. The San Francisco Western Opera Theatre, the company that is bringing this production to Utah is an energetic young David Baddley Westminster photo instructor) presents "Great Basin Work" Salt Lake Art Center throughout January! Opening Reception and Party Jan. 3, 1992, at 7 p.m. All Westminster students, staff and faculty welcome! Baddley will be speaking at 7 p.m. troupe; theyve played not only to sophisticated audiences in New York but to school children on remote Indian reservations in New Mexico. They took Puccini to Shanghai, China for the first time and have performed all over the United States. .Tickets for La Traviata are $18 and. $16 (and selling briskly). Discounts are only being offered to U of U students and faculty members. Tickets may be purchased at the box office at Kingsbury Hall (581-710or at all Smiths Tix outlets. 0) Art Instructor's Work In Nutcracker Exhibit At Salt Lake Art Center Gayle Pavola, an adjunct art instructor at Westminster, has her work currently on display in Nutcrackers: The Exhibit. ' This is an exhibition of mixed media by Utah artists, based on the theme of Pavolas work focuses on the Mouse and Clara, from the annual Christmas production of the Nutcracker by Ballet West. The exhibit will run through Dec. 23 at the Salt Lake Art Center, 200 W. South Temple. 3284201. , Unique Gifts At Salt Lake Art Galleries Taken from the Deseret News Stone Age Crafts Gallery is featuring A Pottery Christmas, where ceramics by 18 Utahns are in the spotlight. There are shapes, glazes and colors that would look great in any home's decor. SHOW! ONE-PERSO- N Humanity comes naturally to La Traviata because Violetta was the historical figure Marie Duplessis. She had many lovers including Franz Liszt and Dumas Catching my eye were Ed Palmers graceful pots covered partially with high-fir- e crackle glazes; Dan Stokes wood-fire- d peices sporting a Shino slip; Anita Phillips and Michelle Schacks intriguing clocks; Jim Stewarts ceramics that definitely reflect his distinctive style; Wendy Woods more traditional forms with their shiny finishes, and Andy Watsons planet pots fired in his own electric kiln. Other potters who are exhibiting some h creations include Joe Bennion, Phyllis Purdy and Sandy White. Many of these potters create their own pots in Stone Age Crafts ceramics studio adjacent to the gallery andor have their work fired there. Owners Lee and Michelle Schack have five kilns: One electric, one kilns (including gas, and three wood-fire- d salt and raku). Lee said that anyone can bring pottery pieces there for firing: A Pottery Christmas will remain through Thursday, Jan. 2 at Stone Age top-notc- Crafts Gallery, 3695 S. 300 West. 262-965- 4. Gallery hours are from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday. The Holiday Crafts Exhibit, which opened Dec. 7 at the Park Gallery, also hosts a wide range of gifts at affordable prices. Each year this exhibit expands. More than 80 artists participated this year, providing unusual, distinctive items. Jewelry, ceramics, clothing, paper, glass and wood items are available, as well as numerous holiday accessories, such as cards, nativity scenes, wreaths and ornaments. Soem of the most popular: Joy Andersons smudges (attractively wrapped native American Indian herbs); Abigail Bishops pressed flower pictures; handmade sweaters by Sandi Boyce and e Mattfeld; Steve Daytons bolo ties; Martha Klein Haleys keepsake gift boxes; Carla Jimisons unique clay jewelry; Mark rawhide drums; Valerie Johnsons Prices snakes and containers; and Valentina Vaynshteyns whistles. The show continues through Sunday, Dec. 22 at the Park Gallery, located downstairs in the Art Bam, 54 Finch Lane. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. on Sun-daHer-min- tie-d- ye 596-500- 0. y. ForumPage11 |