Utah Opera - 2019-20 Season Brochure

SEASON

19/20

UTAH OPERA SUBSCRIPTIONS START AT

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Temptation! Deception! Romance! This season, drama is going to prevail at Utah Opera. Experience it all—and save 25% off single-opera ticket prices—when you become a subscriber.

Subscriber benefits include the best seats we have to offer, the best price value per ticket, access to exclusive pre-sale events, free ticket exchanges, and discounts on add-on tickets to both Utah Opera and the Utah Symphony.

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VERDI'S

LA TRAVIATA JANET QUINNEY LAWSON CAPITOL THEATRE

OCTOBER 2019 12 (7:30 PM), 14 (7:00 PM), 16 (7:00 PM), 18 (7:30 PM), 20 (2:00 PM) STEVEN WHITE CONDUCTOR GARNETT BRUCE DIRECTOR ANYA MATANOVIČ VIOLETTA RAFAEL MORAS ALFREDO MICHAEL CHIOLDI GERMONT

Come experience Verdi’s heartbreaking masterpiece, and see the opera for yourself that moved Julia Roberts’ character to tears in Pretty Woman.

Sung in Italian with English supertitles.

Production designed by Peter Dean Beck with costumes by Susan Memmott Allred UTAHOPERA.ORG

KEVIN PUTS & MARK CAMPBELL'S

SILENT NIGHT JANET QUINNEY LAWSON CAPITOL THEATRE

JANUARY 2020 18 (7:30 PM), 20 (7:00 PM), 22 (7:00 PM), 24 (7:30 PM), 26 (2:00 PM) ROBERT TWETEN CONDUCTOR TOMER ZVULUN DIRECTOR ANDREW STENSON NIKOLAUS SPRINK ABIGAIL RETHWISCH ANNA SØRENSEN CRAIG IRVIN LT. HORSTMAYER DANIEL BELCHER PONCHEL TROY COOK FATHER PALMER

Witness rare and poignant moments of humanity during the world’s most brutal war in this stunning musical depiction of the legendary Christmas truce of 1914.

Sung in English, German, French, Italian and Latin with English supertitles.

Production designed by Erhard Rom with costumes by Vita Tzykun UTAHOPERA.ORG

ROSSINI'S

THE BARBER OF SEVILLE JANET QUINNEY LAWSON CAPITOL THEATRE

MARCH 2020 14 (7:30 PM), 16 (7:00 PM), 18 (7:00 PM), 20 (7:30 PM), 22 (2:00 PM) GARY THOR WEDOW CONDUCTOR MICHAEL SHELL DIRECTOR MICHAEL ADAMS FIGARO SARAH COIT ROSINA MATTHEW GRILLS COUNT ALMAVIVA KEVIN BURDETTE DON BARTOLO

Having trouble getting close to the woman you love? Don’t worry. Figaro can help, and he might just be the best wingman in all of opera!

Sung in Italian with English supertitles.

Production designed by Shoko Kambara with costumes by Amanda Seymour UTAHOPERA.ORG

MASSENET'S

THAÏS JANET QUINNEY LAWSON CAPITOL THEATRE

MAY 2020 9 (7:30 PM), 11 (7:00 PM), 13 (7:00 PM), 15 (7:30 PM), 17 (2:00 PM) KENNETH MONTGOMERY CONDUCTOR ANDREA CIGNI DIRECTOR NICOLE HEASTON THAÏS TROY COOK ATHANAËL DOMINICK CHENES NICIAS

She’s the sinner. He’s the saint. But what happens when those roles are reversed?

Will either of them survive?

(Hint: this is opera) Sung in French with English supertitles.

Production and costumes designed by Lorenzo Cutùli UTAHOPERA.ORG

JANET QUINNEY LAWSON CAPITOL THEATRE 50 West 200 South, Salt Lake City, Utah

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