Utah Opera's 2025-2026 season announcement immediately piqued my curiosity since the company would be opening with composer Paul Moravec and librettist Mark Campell's adaptation of Stephen King's The Shining. I admit to not having been an avid Stephen King fan over the course of my life, but I was nevertheless very intrigued to see how... Continue Reading →
Utah Opera's production of Madame Butterfly opened Saturday night at Capitol Theatre. I was excited and intrigued to attend because I hadn't seen this classic opera before. Madame Butterfly is a problematic opera for companies to stage because its premise relies on racist, sexist stereotypes and practices that reduce Japanese women and culture to "exotic"... Continue Reading →
Utah Opera's production of Pagliacci opened Saturday night at Capitol Theatre, and I was pleased to attend. I first saw Pagliacci in 2018 when I was a relatively new opera-goer and initially familiarizing myself with the genre's classics, so I looked forward to this opportunity to see it again and reacquaint myself with the music... Continue Reading →
For two years running, January 20th has found me at Capitol Theatre enjoying a Utah Opera production. Last year, I was there to see Portman and Wright's The Little Prince. This year, I went to see Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel. I found the production to be a delightful adaptation of the fairytale --- featuring a... Continue Reading →
Utah Opera opens its 2024-2025 with Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's Sweeney Todd. This is one of two works in the company's season line-up that I was excited to see because I hadn't seen it before. It is a work that challenges the distinction between musical and opera, having elements of both genres, so both... Continue Reading →
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Utah Opera is currently staging Rachel Portman and Nicholas Wright's The Little Prince, having debuted this opera in January of 2019. I was fortunate to see and fall in love with the debut production,... Continue Reading →
I saw Giacomo Puccini's La bohème for the first time in October 2017 when Utah Opera staged a production to open its 40th season, giving a nod to the company's first production of its inaugural season in 1978. I was a relatively new opera patron in 2017, slowly becoming familiar with key composers and their... Continue Reading →
Utah Opera's production of The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs opened Saturday night at Capitol Theatre. I was incredibly skeptical about seeing this production when Utah Opera announced its 2022-2023 season last spring because a contemporary subject, especially a technological one, seemed terribly mismatched with a traditional art form like opera. But then I listened to... Continue Reading →
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