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美国圣达菲歌剧院

      The opera（歌剧）house（院）in Santa Fe（圣达菲）, New Mexico（新墨西哥）, is one of the most beautiful in the United States. It is small and open, with one roof（顶棚）over the stage where singers（歌手）perform（演出）and another roof over part of the audience（观众）. This opera house in the mountain is one of the best in the country, which may seem surprising（吃惊的，难以置信的）because performances（演出）are only given during seven weeks in the summer, and because Santa Fe is a very small city.
      One reason why the Santa Fe Opera is so good is that it attracts（吸引）many excellent young singers. They all hope to sing in famous opera houses like Metropolitan（大都会）in New York（纽约）someday, and they work hard to become well - known during the summer. The musicians（音乐家）and directors are experts（专家）who come from the best orchestras （管弦乐队）and operas（歌剧院）in the country during their vacations（假期）. They enjoy working there because they like to live in Santa Fe, which is near both the mountains and the desert（沙漠）. It is very beautiful there in the summer.
      The state government of New Mexico advertises（做广告）the Santa Fe Opera in newspapers all over the country, and a great many tourists（游客）come to New Mexico because of the opera. Still, most of the audience does come from Santa Fe and other nearby cities, and all the seats in the theater are sold for every show.
      There is only one thing that some people do not like about the Santa Fe Opera, and that is the cold weather. Because the theater is open（露天的）, performances cannot start before it gets dark at nine o’clock in the evening, and then the mountain air becomes very cold. Sometimes people complain（抱怨）about the cold air, but because the opera are good, these people come back again——wearing warm coats.