All in a Day (in Salt Lake City)
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OVERVIEW
All in a Day is a concert filled with musical numbers from opera and musical theatre as well as two short operas, one of them commissioned especially for this traveling concert. The concert scenes progress from morning through evening of a very good day: one that includes both a dog adoption and a birthday party!
The short opera about a dog adoption, Pepito, was composed by Nicolás Lell Benavides to a libretto by Marella Martin Koch. A couple visits an animal shelter to adopt a dog, and the wife makes a particular connection with a lonely dog who misses his Spanish-speaking former owners. The second short opera, Happy Birthday, was commissioned by Utah Opera from Utah composer Andrew Maxfield and librettist Ruthie Prillaman. It addresses the controversy—and resolution!—of the question, “Who really owns the ‘Happy Birthday’ song?”
Runtime: Approx. 60 minutes
House opens at 7 pm, concert begins at 7:30 pm.
Admission is free.
Presented by Excellence in the Community.
ARTISTS
soprano
mezzo-soprano
tenor
baritone
piano
