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Regina

Based on the play The Little Foxes by Lillian Hellman, Regina holds special note for Utahns as it premiered on Broadway in 1949 with conductor Maurice Abravanel. Set in the Deep South in the year 1900, this distinctively American opera chronicles the demise of a wealthy southern family torn apart by greed. Regina Giddens schemes and double-crosses until she is left with only her wealth and loneliness. Though Blitzstein’s work is little-known today, it has been said that in his era, no one surpassed his genius for setting American words to American music. In Regina, Blitzstein adeptly blends operatic lyricism, spirituals, ragtime, blues, and Dixieland.


Marriage of Figaro

Marriage of Figaro  is an opera of triangles of amore. Figaro is set to marry the beautiful Susanna. Susanna is constantly repelling the repeated advances of the Count. A creditor of Figaro, Marcellina, plans to advert Figaro’s nuptials and allow him to settle his dept by marrying her. Cherubino, the page, is lovesick over the Countess. And the Countess seeks to re-attract the attentions of her husband. Through an elaborate domino-effect of blunders, follies, and mistaken identities that are sure to entertain, all parties discover the identity of their rightful partner, repentance and forgiveness abounds, and all rejoice in a rightful happily ever after.


Don Pasquale

While Don Pasquale is traditionally set in Rome, Utah Opera’s performance of Don Pasquale uses the Wild West as its backdrop. Don Pasquale is the story of an elderly, wealthy, (and miserly) bachelor who has no heir. To remedy the situation, he tries to persuade his young nephew Ernesto to accept an arranged marriage. Ernesto refuses to obey his uncle since his heart is already pledged to the glamorous yet penniless widow, Norina. In a fit of anger, Pasquale turns the tables on his nephew by disinheriting him and deciding to get married and produce an heir himself. After a bewildering chain of events involving a little fraud and some bogus legal proceedings, the story ends well with true love conquering all—as we hope it always does.

Latest Reviews
2008 Utah Opera production of Madame Butterfly

Edward Reichel| October 20, 2008
It boasts a strong cast, of which the two leads — Scott Piper as Pinkerton and Barbara Shirvis as Madame Butterfly — were particularly stunning. This production is definitely worth seeing. more...
Deseret News| November 21, 2008
Matson is a wonderful concertmaster and a remarkable solo performer, who is in possession of great technique and expressive musicality. And both are needed in the Britten to bring it off successfully. And Matson delivered. He gave a stunning account... more...
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