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Show Thursday, October THE GREEN SHEET IB 22, 1W i Opera Really Is Painless Say Those Who Should Know by Helen (ilissmeyer Green Sheet Staff H riter WEST VALLEY If your wife asks you to go to the opera, do you answer: 'You go dear, Ill stay home with the children9 If a friend offers you some opera tickets do you tell him, Id rather go to the dentist9 If so, then you are in the majority But there are a few residents of the Green Sheet area who would like to change this situation As opera singers themselves, they want to proclaim that opera not only is but is delightful, painless marvelous and very entertaining Marion Gull, 4075 Minuet Ct in West Valley, is in the chorus of the Utah Opera Company for the seventh season and has been singing arias for longer than that She laments that very few of her friends will give opera a try I wish I had a lot of tickets to give out and I'd say, try it, ou'll like it She thinks they stereotv pe opera with the heavy lady who sings heavy opera on television or radio She suggests people should start by going to some light production and discover the magic of seeing it done on the stage The voices are so beautiful The scenery looks so real that you would become captured by it, advocates Mrs Gull The local productions are very professional and have added the super titles to help understand the words She believes that Mozarts The Magic Flute is a good opera to on It has lighthearted teethe comedy and romance and has dialogue in English, although the singing is in German (with super titles). Puccinis La Boheme coming in January is another charming one, she suggests It is considered to be one of the most popular operas in the world today Mrs Gulls husband is a professional musician who specializes in country, rock and jazz, but still enjoys classical music - - and opera Most of the nine Gull children delight m opera. The daughter is probably the biggest family fan She sits enthralled If Mrs Gull chose her favorites is difficult to do - - she would list Rossinis Barber o( Seville. La Traviata and Der Fliedermaus Usually Mrs Gull sings soprano, but in The Magic Flute is a mezzo soprano Her summed-ufeeling is that opera can be overwhelmingly beautiful. Another opera enthusiast is Juli Earl. 3988 So 6740 West, who is with the Opera Company for the third season However, she just had a new baby m July so took a leave of absence for The Magic Flute DRIVEWAYS GARAGES ROOFS BATHS INSURANCE REPAIRS MASONRY s, m'QualitvV Y. Call 261-482- 3783 So 500 stage because I get singing and story at the same time " She says she is trying to introduce her friends to this type of entertain- - ment She has her own formula for people becoming opera buffs She says Try it not just once Try it three times before you decide if you like it ' Her husband is being a good sport she says He has attended five tiroes and has acquired an appreciation for it At first her husbands supportive words were Ill tend the kids, but do I have to go9" Her two older children, eight and six years of age have gone to the opera and enjoyed being there Mrs Earl, who listened to a great deal of classical music while growing up, says her mother and stepfather get season tickets and her grandmother comes up from Provo Her in laws also attend Puccini is Mrs Earls most ad mired composer and Madame Butterfly her favorite opera John Naylor, 5905 Tierra Dr in Kearns, who was a tenor with the Utah Opera chorus 4U years thinks opera is particularly entertaining Although he is taking some time out from opera to go back to school, he still is an advocate of the art Says Naylor If you look at opera as strictly a cultural experience, it will be less than satisfying He believes that if people go with the idea that they are going to be enter p tamed, the' me tome turned ViVlo' who (Iiipli fi o'- - , '1Ju id profes-.nm.iiMge' In iris-,.loi muie in star'ed Moitg.'tc musica i, cuter and 'ota ui , ' opera He studied foi a when w Glade Peterson foundt r of the ' ' Opera Company ' I ng on taae always enjoy never get tired of it he savs His w ife also is a danc er and j u mi mi r He has five children and his t o e oldest girls (11 and 10 ha enjoyed opera Most people h know s dm ( II much interest in opein I ' i e offeied flee tickets and peoj ,t l) excuses hesays But then t have attended have ieal!v e, it If a person goes ome he the idea of going back So the general mosaic of tteme it who really know then opi n it doesn t hurt a bit l g -- r 30 yrs experience Free Estimates Licensed and Insured for a free estimate 8 Hofheins Construction Company . something electric live opera performance, Earl It is a neat live exIt is so much fun being on is it KITCHENS ROOM ADDITIONS There about a says Mrs perience W No 4 SLC.UT 84115 &3 i HOFHBNS CYnn.-to- n Co y CATCHING Marion Gull, a member of the Utah Opera Company, and her daughters Amy and Jackie look over costume from the recently completed run of The Magic Flute at the Capitoal Theatre. Mrs. Gull is in her seventh season with the company and performed as a member of the chorus. EYE L . . . 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