| Show Opera Enchanted Audiences v n Yr a II t van W fr R Photo courtesy of Desert Star Theatre From Utah Operas Opera's upcoming production I By Rachel Warner Arts Editor Celebrating its Anniversary Utah Operas Opera's performance of Die was an outstanding outstanding outstanding out out- standing and very entertaining performance Unlike any other Opera to hit the stage of Capitol Theatre Die was performed in English and provided provided provided pro pro- vided humor and spice to the opera An element some might not be use to Die is isa isa isa a story about trust and rekindling love It is a story about a married married married mar mar- ried couple which is faced with r the temptation to cheat on one another The husband named Eisenstein is sentenced to eight days in prison They figure the theman theman theman man inside the home of dressed in nightclothes nightclothes nightclothes night- night clothes having dinner with his wife must be the man they are commanded to take to jail What they failed to figure out was it was Rosalinda's lover Alfredo who they took to jail and not Eisenstein Knowing this Rosalinda is beside herself She hears her husband is partying at atthe atthe atthe the Princes Prince's ball so she takes matters into her own hands At the party she dresses up in a beautiful dress but chooses to wear a mask to hide her iden iden- Everyone is in awe with the beautiful woman and is dying to know who the mysterious woman is especially Eisenstein Rosalinda plays a little game with her husband and finds out j just st what her husband nd has been up to the nights he goes out on on the town All in all the couple realizes once the mask is taken off and the truth is revealed that they are madly in love with each other and they live happily ever after She lets Alfredo go and Eisenstein cant can't believe the beautiful woman at the party was his wife He falls in love with her all over again Instead of it being a sad story with death and many tears like most Operas Opera's are it was a journey of laughter and joy which was a enchanting surprise The performers were amazing and full of such vibrancy it was a truly amazing experience The performers had beautiful voices and could sing with such passion passion passion pas pas- sion it was unbelievable to hear that type of music coming from a human being To experience what the Utah Opera and Symphony have to offer and their upcoming events contact them at ARTS or at C |
