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Opera Under the Stars |
| Section: THE ARTS / MUSIC |
| Author: Lawrence O'Toole |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 7/1/1992 |
| Size: 1,832 Words, 10,918 Characters |
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There are few places to hear music as unlikely (yet as salutary) as Santa Fe. A short drive out of the city stands the Santa Fe Opera in the voluptuously fresh air and, at night, watched by the stars. The roof of the building's shell reaches out over some of the seats, leaving others in the open air, creating a practically perfect acoustic environment. It is amazing that such a venue exists--and has for thirty-six years--where there is no major urban center for support. Yet, every July and August people come from all over the world to the opera in Santa Fe.
There is a simple reason for this: both the quality and nature of the productions. For one thing, Santa Fe has made a specialty out of presenting little-known operas by Richard Strauss to an apparently hungry opera-going public. W...
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...l, which mounted last year's Oedipus, will return as director and designer for this production, featuring Kurt Ollmann, Charlotte Hellenkant, Jake Gardner, and Ann Panagulias in the principal roles. All in all, the season promises to be a quintessential Santa Fe offering, a delight for those who yearn to see fine operatic productions while in the embrace of nature, beneath the watchful stars.
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