Utah Opera opens its 2020-21 season with a double bill of one-act operas that explore the timely themes of isolation and need for human connection.

Called “an intimate view of a woman’s emotional spiral” (Meghan Klinkenborg, Schmopera.com), Francis Poulenc’s The Human Voice (La voix humaine) tells the story of Elle’s final phone call with her former lover, who is now in love with another. As she attempts to reconcile their relationship, the phones and other mobile devices that are supposed to help them communicate, keep them disconnected and apart instead.

Joseph Horovitz’ comedy Gentleman’s Island is the tale of two English gentlemen, a tea taster and indigo importer, who are stranded on the same deserted island, but ought not to speak to each other as they are gentlemen who have not been properly introduced. In time, they agree that communication and cooperation is permissible, but that relationship is complicated when a mutual friend from their past appears on the island in a very unbecoming way.

ARTISTS: Francis Poulenc, composer (Human Voice) | Jean Cocteau, librettist (Human Voice) | Joseph Horovitz, composer (Gentleman’s Island) | Gordon Snell, librettist (Gentleman’s Island) | Kristine McIntyre, director | James Lowe, arranger (Human Voice)

Cast 1: Wendy Bryn Harmer, Elle (Human Voice) | Brian Stucki, Mr Gray, a tea taster (Gentleman’s Island) | Christopher Clayton, Mr Somers, an indigo importer (Gentleman’s Island)

Cast 2: Edith Grossman, Elle (Human Voice) | Daniel O’Hearn, Mr Gray, a tea taster (Gentleman’s Island) | Brandon Bell, Mr Somers, an indigo importer (Gentleman’s Island) 

Utah Opera opens its 2020-21 season with a double bill of one-act operas that explore the timely themes of isolation and need for human connection.

Called “an intimate view of a woman’s emotional spiral” (Meghan Klinkenborg, Schmopera.com), Francis Poulenc’s The Human Voice (La voix humaine) tells the story of Elle’s final phone call with her former lover, who is now in love with another. As she attempts to reconcile their relationship, the phones and other mobile devices that are supposed to help them communicate, keep them disconnected and apart instead.

Joseph Horovitz’ comedy Gentleman’s Island is the tale of two English gentlemen, a tea taster and indigo importer, who are stranded on the same deserted island, but ought not to speak to each other as they are gentlemen who have not been properly introduced. In time, they agree that communication and cooperation is permissible, but that relationship is complicated when a mutual friend from their past appears on the island in a very unbecoming way.

ARTISTS: Francis Poulenc, composer (Human Voice) | Jean Cocteau, librettist (Human Voice) | Joseph Horovitz, composer (Gentleman’s Island) | Gordon Snell, librettist (Gentleman’s Island) | Kristine McIntyre, director | James Lowe, arranger (Human Voice)

Cast 1: Wendy Bryn Harmer, Elle (Human Voice) | Brian Stucki, Mr Gray, a tea taster (Gentleman’s Island) | Christopher Clayton, Mr Somers, an indigo importer (Gentleman’s Island)

Cast 2: Edith Grossman, Elle (Human Voice) | Daniel O’Hearn, Mr Gray, a tea taster (Gentleman’s Island) | Brandon Bell, Mr Somers, an indigo importer (Gentleman’s Island) 

Utah Opera opens its 2020-21 season with a double bill of one-act operas that explore the timely themes of isolation and need for human connection.

Called “an intimate view of a woman’s emotional spiral” (Meghan Klinkenborg, Schmopera.com), Francis Poulenc’s The Human Voice (La voix humaine) tells the story of Elle’s final phone call with her former lover, who is now in love with another. As she attempts to reconcile their relationship, the phones and other mobile devices that are supposed to help them communicate, keep them disconnected and apart instead.

Joseph Horovitz’ comedy Gentleman’s Island is the tale of two English gentlemen, a tea taster and indigo importer, who are stranded on the same deserted island, but ought not to speak to each other as they are gentlemen who have not been properly introduced. In time, they agree that communication and cooperation is permissible, but that relationship is complicated when a mutual friend from their past appears on the island in a very unbecoming way.

ARTISTS: Francis Poulenc, composer (Human Voice) | Jean Cocteau, librettist (Human Voice) | Joseph Horovitz, composer (Gentleman’s Island) | Gordon Snell, librettist (Gentleman’s Island) | Kristine McIntyre, director | James Lowe, arranger (Human Voice)

Cast 1: Wendy Bryn Harmer, Elle (Human Voice) | Brian Stucki, Mr Gray, a tea taster (Gentleman’s Island) | Christopher Clayton, Mr Somers, an indigo importer (Gentleman’s Island)

Cast 2: Edith Grossman, Elle (Human Voice) | Daniel O’Hearn, Mr Gray, a tea taster (Gentleman’s Island) | Brandon Bell, Mr Somers, an indigo importer (Gentleman’s Island) 

Utah Opera opens its 2020-21 season with a double bill of one-act operas that explore the timely themes of isolation and need for human connection.

Called “an intimate view of a woman’s emotional spiral” (Meghan Klinkenborg, Schmopera.com), Francis Poulenc’s The Human Voice (La voix humaine) tells the story of Elle’s final phone call with her former lover, who is now in love with another. As she attempts to reconcile their relationship, the phones and other mobile devices that are supposed to help them communicate, keep them disconnected and apart instead.

Joseph Horovitz’ comedy Gentleman’s Island is the tale of two English gentlemen, a tea taster and indigo importer, who are stranded on the same deserted island, but ought not to speak to each other as they are gentlemen who have not been properly introduced. In time, they agree that communication and cooperation is permissible, but that relationship is complicated when a mutual friend from their past appears on the island in a very unbecoming way.

ARTISTS: Francis Poulenc, composer (Human Voice) | Jean Cocteau, librettist (Human Voice) | Joseph Horovitz, composer (Gentleman’s Island) | Gordon Snell, librettist (Gentleman’s Island) | Kristine McIntyre, director | James Lowe, arranger (Human Voice)

Cast 1: Wendy Bryn Harmer, Elle (Human Voice) | Brian Stucki, Mr Gray, a tea taster (Gentleman’s Island) | Christopher Clayton, Mr Somers, an indigo importer (Gentleman’s Island)

Cast 2: Edith Grossman, Elle (Human Voice) | Daniel O’Hearn, Mr Gray, a tea taster (Gentleman’s Island) | Brandon Bell, Mr Somers, an indigo importer (Gentleman’s Island) 

Utah Opera opens its 2020-21 season with a double bill of one-act operas that explore the timely themes of isolation and need for human connection.

Called “an intimate view of a woman’s emotional spiral” (Meghan Klinkenborg, Schmopera.com), Francis Poulenc’s The Human Voice (La voix humaine) tells the story of Elle’s final phone call with her former lover, who is now in love with another. As she attempts to reconcile their relationship, the phones and other mobile devices that are supposed to help them communicate, keep them disconnected and apart instead.

Joseph Horovitz’ comedy Gentleman’s Island is the tale of two English gentlemen, a tea taster and indigo importer, who are stranded on the same deserted island, but ought not to speak to each other as they are gentlemen who have not been properly introduced. In time, they agree that communication and cooperation is permissible, but that relationship is complicated when a mutual friend from their past appears on the island in a very unbecoming way.

ARTISTS: Francis Poulenc, composer (Human Voice) | Jean Cocteau, librettist (Human Voice) | Joseph Horovitz, composer (Gentleman’s Island) | Gordon Snell, librettist (Gentleman’s Island) | Kristine McIntyre, director | James Lowe, arranger (Human Voice)

Cast 1: Wendy Bryn Harmer, Elle (Human Voice) | Brian Stucki, Mr Gray, a tea taster (Gentleman’s Island) | Christopher Clayton, Mr Somers, an indigo importer (Gentleman’s Island)

Cast 2: Edith Grossman, Elle (Human Voice) | Daniel O’Hearn, Mr Gray, a tea taster (Gentleman’s Island) | Brandon Bell, Mr Somers, an indigo importer (Gentleman’s Island) 

Experience the familiar purgatory of an overnight airport delay as the lives and loves of perfect strangers are delayed, grounded, and eventually rerouted during a storm.

Called “A Marriage of Figaro for the 1990s,” Flight has both laugh-out-loud comedy and more touching moments as the story of the refugee who lives in the airport unfolds around a colorful cast of characters who find themselves delayed in the terminal. As the delay drags on through the night, the group learns that their overnight stay will not only be physically uncomfortable, but also emotionally challenging as they navigate relationships, deception, and eventual reconciliation.

Experience the familiar purgatory of an overnight airport delay as the lives and loves of perfect strangers are delayed, grounded, and eventually rerouted during a storm.

Called “A Marriage of Figaro for the 1990s,” Flight has both laugh-out-loud comedy and more touching moments as the story of the refugee who lives in the airport unfolds around a colorful cast of characters who find themselves delayed in the terminal. As the delay drags on through the night, the group learns that their overnight stay will not only be physically uncomfortable, but also emotionally challenging as they navigate relationships, deception, and eventual reconciliation.

Experience the familiar purgatory of an overnight airport delay as the lives and loves of perfect strangers are delayed, grounded, and eventually rerouted during a storm.

Called “A Marriage of Figaro for the 1990s,” Flight has both laugh-out-loud comedy and more touching moments as the story of the refugee who lives in the airport unfolds around a colorful cast of characters who find themselves delayed in the terminal. As the delay drags on through the night, the group learns that their overnight stay will not only be physically uncomfortable, but also emotionally challenging as they navigate relationships, deception, and eventual reconciliation.

Experience the familiar purgatory of an overnight airport delay as the lives and loves of perfect strangers are delayed, grounded, and eventually rerouted during a storm.

Called “A Marriage of Figaro for the 1990s,” Flight has both laugh-out-loud comedy and more touching moments as the story of the refugee who lives in the airport unfolds around a colorful cast of characters who find themselves delayed in the terminal. As the delay drags on through the night, the group learns that their overnight stay will not only be physically uncomfortable, but also emotionally challenging as they navigate relationships, deception, and eventual reconciliation.

Experience the familiar purgatory of an overnight airport delay as the lives and loves of perfect strangers are delayed, grounded, and eventually rerouted during a storm.

Called “A Marriage of Figaro for the 1990s,” Flight has both laugh-out-loud comedy and more touching moments as the story of the refugee who lives in the airport unfolds around a colorful cast of characters who find themselves delayed in the terminal. As the delay drags on through the night, the group learns that their overnight stay will not only be physically uncomfortable, but also emotionally challenging as they navigate relationships, deception, and eventual reconciliation.

She’s a singer, he’s a painter and they’re both trying to avoid the cops. This story might not have the most famous Italian parapet in opera, but the leap is legend.

Fiery young diva Floria Tosca is forced to play a role she never imagined when she becomes trapped between her freedom-fighting lover and a ruthless police chief whose lust for her overrides his duty to his country. This explosive triangle comes to a heart-stopping conclusion in one of opera’s most intense dramas.

She’s a singer, he’s a painter and they’re both trying to avoid the cops. This story might not have the most famous Italian parapet in opera, but the leap is legend.

Fiery young diva Floria Tosca is forced to play a role she never imagined when she becomes trapped between her freedom-fighting lover and a ruthless police chief whose lust for her overrides his duty to his country. This explosive triangle comes to a heart-stopping conclusion in one of opera’s most intense dramas.

She’s a singer, he’s a painter and they’re both trying to avoid the cops. This story might not have the most famous Italian parapet in opera, but the leap is legend.

Fiery young diva Floria Tosca is forced to play a role she never imagined when she becomes trapped between her freedom-fighting lover and a ruthless police chief whose lust for her overrides his duty to his country. This explosive triangle comes to a heart-stopping conclusion in one of opera’s most intense dramas.

She’s a singer, he’s a painter and they’re both trying to avoid the cops. This story might not have the most famous Italian parapet in opera, but the leap is legend.

Fiery young diva Floria Tosca is forced to play a role she never imagined when she becomes trapped between her freedom-fighting lover and a ruthless police chief whose lust for her overrides his duty to his country. This explosive triangle comes to a heart-stopping conclusion in one of opera’s most intense dramas.

She’s a singer, he’s a painter and they’re both trying to avoid the cops. This story might not have the most famous Italian parapet in opera, but the leap is legend.

Fiery young diva Floria Tosca is forced to play a role she never imagined when she becomes trapped between her freedom-fighting lover and a ruthless police chief whose lust for her overrides his duty to his country. This explosive triangle comes to a heart-stopping conclusion in one of opera’s most intense dramas.

If you’re stuck in a contract of servitude that will last most of your life, it might as well be with the nicest pirates in the world!

A Pirate King and “Modern Major-General” are just the beginning of the farcical fun in Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance. Frederic, an apprentice indentured to the world’s most trusting band of pirates, is celebrating his 21st birthday and leaving in search of love when he encounters the Major-General’s group of daughters. Hilarity ensues in this comic opera that begs for a cast of seriously talented singers as the Major-General plots to keep his daughters from the pirates and the Pirate King makes plans to keep Frederic in his band.

If you’re stuck in a contract of servitude that will last most of your life, it might as well be with the nicest pirates in the world!

A Pirate King and “Modern Major-General” are just the beginning of the farcical fun in Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance. Frederic, an apprentice indentured to the world’s most trusting band of pirates, is celebrating his 21st birthday and leaving in search of love when he encounters the Major-General’s group of daughters. Hilarity ensues in this comic opera that begs for a cast of seriously talented singers as the Major-General plots to keep his daughters from the pirates and the Pirate King makes plans to keep Frederic in his band.

If you’re stuck in a contract of servitude that will last most of your life, it might as well be with the nicest pirates in the world!

A Pirate King and “Modern Major-General” are just the beginning of the farcical fun in Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance. Frederic, an apprentice indentured to the world’s most trusting band of pirates, is celebrating his 21st birthday and leaving in search of love when he encounters the Major-General’s group of daughters. Hilarity ensues in this comic opera that begs for a cast of seriously talented singers as the Major-General plots to keep his daughters from the pirates and the Pirate King makes plans to keep Frederic in his band.

If you’re stuck in a contract of servitude that will last most of your life, it might as well be with the nicest pirates in the world!

A Pirate King and “Modern Major-General” are just the beginning of the farcical fun in Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance. Frederic, an apprentice indentured to the world’s most trusting band of pirates, is celebrating his 21st birthday and leaving in search of love when he encounters the Major-General’s group of daughters. Hilarity ensues in this comic opera that begs for a cast of seriously talented singers as the Major-General plots to keep his daughters from the pirates and the Pirate King makes plans to keep Frederic in his band.

If you’re stuck in a contract of servitude that will last most of your life, it might as well be with the nicest pirates in the world!

A Pirate King and “Modern Major-General” are just the beginning of the farcical fun in Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance. Frederic, an apprentice indentured to the world’s most trusting band of pirates, is celebrating his 21st birthday and leaving in search of love when he encounters the Major-General’s group of daughters. Hilarity ensues in this comic opera that begs for a cast of seriously talented singers as the Major-General plots to keep his daughters from the pirates and the Pirate King makes plans to keep Frederic in his band.