Show U. U Festival Presents Opera La Traviata iP vY w wY ws s Y g yN eh r. r jon ln The University of Utah 1953 1053 Summer Bummer Festival will close under the stars In Stadium Bowl Saturday night with thelast the thelast last lat performance of La Ls Traviata Verdi Ver Ver- di popular romantic opera A perennial favorite of music lover loveri the opera U Is being sung tung in English a at as have all operas opera presented In the festival since Inte 1949 This U is the centennial year of the he work which ha hILI never been out of standard reper repertoires repertoire of leading com coma panics since Ince Its premier performance Leading eliding role roles of Violetta and ana Alfred the lovers are being sung Bung by Beverly Sills and John Druary who starred In Inthe Inthe inthe the festivals festival's opening hit Naughty Marietta last week Grant Orant Garnell Cornell powerful baritone of the New York City Opera Co Is starred co-starred as Germont Sally Bailey and Gordon again are seen In lending leading dancing roles supported supported supported sup sup- ported by the university's ballet under choreographer William Christensen Maurice Maurice Maurice Mau Mau- rice Abravanel music director conducts a p. 40 piece symphony orchestra and a 36 30 voice chorus that critics have called the best to appear In any festival to date In the supporting singing roles are aie some of Utah's brightest young singing I stars Nica Whorton Harold Brereton Sven Nilsson Robert Peterson Patricia Judd Lamar Eskelson and Lloyd Neal Keal i Tickets for Traviata are on sale at box offices at Second South and Main I in Salt Lake City and Olen Glen Bros Music I Co 2546 Washington Blvd Ogden They also may be bought at the stadium ticket office on nights of the performance perform perform- ance or ordered by mall mail from the perform perform-I Summer Summer Summer Sum Sum- mer Festival University of Utah |