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Show Utah Opera opens 'Elixir of Love' , .,X jLZZfi , - wJtmM s, rtZkm,mimMn'm''m THE CURTAIN WILL rise at the Capitol Theatre in Salt Lake City Thursday on the Utah Opera's final production of "The Elixir of Love," the story of a love-struck farm boy and his quest for the love of a wealthy country girl. SALT LAKE CITY-Thursday, May 8th will find the Capitol Theatre curtain rising on the Utah Opera's final production of the season, sea-son, Donizetti's delightful comedy, com-edy, "L'Elisird'Amore" (The Elixir Eli-xir of Love). Described as "comic opera's brightest jewel," "The Elixir Eli-xir of Love" is unlikely ever to lose its popularity. The composer's musical style is lively and brilliant, and his ability to inject sentiment and feeling into the texture of the comedy sets this comic opera apart from most others, whose characters charac-ters are often presented as creatures crea-tures of farce. THE STORY is of a love-struck farm boy, Nemorino, and his quest for the love of a wealthy country girl (Adina). Audiences will thrill as tenor Tonio Di Paolo sings one of the most famous of all opera's tenor arias, "Una Furtiva Lagri-ma." Lagri-ma." Mr. Di Paolo returns to the Utah Opera after his 1982 performance perform-ance here as the Duke in Rigoletto. He -is currently one of the most sought-after Nemorinos on the opera circuit. His engagements this season included Seattle, San Francisco Fran-cisco and Canadian Opera Companies Com-panies as well as concerts with the Buffalo Philharmonic and at Carnegie Car-negie Hall. Husband and wife team, Claudette Peterson and David Kline will sing Adina and the crafty Dr. Dulcamara (purveyor of the magic love potion). Ms. Peterson was: heard by millions of Amer-. icans first as Lisette in La Rondine, shown on PBS's "Live from Lincoln Lin-coln Center" last October, and later la-ter as one of the singers representing represent-ing the New York City Opera on the Kennedy Center Honors Prog-ram.,honoring Prog-ram.,honoring Beverly Sills. Mr. Kline, renowned for his appearances appear-ances with leading American opera companies and orchestras in a variety vari-ety of repertoire, is especially acclaimed for his portrayal of the great "buffo" roles: Dr. Dulca mara, Bartolo, Don Pasquale, Leporello and Don Alfonso. BARITONE LAWRENCE Cooper will appear in the role of Belcore. the seargeant whose hold on the lovely Adina must be broken for our shy but sincere Nemorino to succeed in his quest. Mr. Cooper has appeared with opera companies com-panies throughout the United States and Canada, including the Canadian Opera, Hawaii Opera, Los Angeles, Baltimore, New York and many others. Pulling the production together with finesse will be Conductor Hal France and Stage Director Andrew Foldi. Mr. France served as Resident Resi-dent Conductor with the Houston Grand Opera from 1980-84; his extensive ex-tensive repertoire ranges from Monteverdi's "Coronation of Pop-pea," Pop-pea," Puccini's "Madame Butterfly" Butterf-ly" and Verdi's "Falstaff" to Bernstein's "Candide." Andrew Foldi, recognized as one of today's finest basso-buffos in both the United Un-ited States and Europe, and practicing prac-ticing stage director since 1961, brings his extensive experience to the production. He sang the role of Dulcamara in 1978 for a PBS broadcast. ALSO APPEARING will be local singers, Lisa Howe (May 8 and 12) and Julie Ann Reed (May 10 and 14), in the role of Gianetta. All performances of "L'Elisir . d'Amore" will be performed in the original Italian, and accompanied by the popular English "Superti-tles" "Superti-tles" translation. The translation was composed by Jerry Sherk and Francesca Opera. The set comes from Seattle Opera, design by Alessandro Sanquirico. Sponsors for the production are: S.J. and Jessie E. Quinney Foundaiton, Ray, Quinney & Nebeker Foundation, Founda-tion, Union Pacific Foundation, Marriner S. Eccles Foundation and Marie Eccles Cain Foundation. |
