Party for the Planet at Tracy Aviary

Party for the Planet at Tracy Aviary

Party for the Planet / Tracy Aviary 75th Anniversary Celebration
April 20, 2013 - 12pm to 3pm

Join Tray Aviary Saturday, April 20th from 12pm to 3pm because Mother Earth deserves a party and Tracy Aviary knows how to make it wild! Come celebrate with Tracy Aviary for their 75th anniversary by learning how to care for and enjoy our planet through exciting hands-on activities, free giveaways, and amazing bird encounters at this fun and educational celebration that other AZA-accredited zoos are taking part in. The first 75 people to pay admission after 12pm will receive a free mini planter! All activities are weather-permitting and are subject to change. Please check Tracy Aviary’s website for cancelations if bad weather is forecasted.

Tracy Aviary encourages the public to stay green long after Earth Day has come and gone. Earth Day offers up activities and events for everyone, but to get the most out of your experience it’s important to choose an issue that means something on a personal level and do what you can to help out. For a list of things you can do to help the planet on a daily basis, please click HERE.

Tracy Aviary
589 East 1300 South
Salt Lake City, UT 84105


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Utah Symphony's Two-Week Tchaikovsky Celebration

Utah Symphony's Tchaikovsky Celebration

Utah Symphony's two-week Tchaikovsky celebration opens with Fifth and Pathétique symphonies April 12 and 13, 2013.

The Utah Symphony, led by Music Director Thierry Fischer, will kick off a two-week Tchaikovsky celebration with a performance of two of Tchaikovsky’s most memorable symphonies

The program will include Symphonies No. 5 and No. 6 “Pathétique,” April 12 and 13 at 8 p.m. in Abravanel Hall, in addition to two unique choral works by Arnold Schoenberg featuring the Utah Symphony Chorus.

Tchaikovsky is known for writing highly vivid and programmatic works and his fifth and sixth symphonies are no exception. Although there is no known explicit program associated with it his Symphony No. 5 there are programmatic elements that are left up to interpretation for the listener.

Symphony No. 5 is saturated with the looming theme of fate. It is ambiguous whether he was using the theme in a Beethovian sense or if it had much more of a personal impact for Tchaikovsky with his own battles with fate. Whatever the reason for its use, it is embedded in and affects the symphony throughout each tantalizing and triumphant fragment.

Unlike the English translation of “Pathétique” meaning pathetic or pitable, the Russian meaning exudes an enthusiastic, passionate and emotional experience. Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6 is nicknamed “Pathétique” because it displays just that. The structure of the symphony is unique in the fact that the third movement is a march that eventually builds to a rousing climax while the fourth movement is a fittingly patient funeral dream with a matter-of-fact view on death and the beyond.

Schoenberg’s choral works “Friede auf Erden” and “My Horses Ain’t Hungry” bring unusual elements than from the expected choral experience. The Utah Symphony Chorus will perform this piece a cappella.

Schoenberg is known for his highly rigid structures and atonal expressionism, but his “Friede auf Erden” is one of the last pieces written during his “tonal” period. The work displays an array of emotions as the it moves through multiple verses. The first verse is a depiction of the Christian Nativity scene while the second tells of much bloodshed. The third and fourth verses gradually deliver a message of peace on earth yet still contain an air of caution.

“My Horses Ain’t Hungry” is Schoenberg’s attempt at an American folk song arrangement. He never completed the work, but it was later finished by composer and University of North Carolina professor Allen Anderson in 2005. During performances of both Schoenberg pieces, textual translations of the lyrics will be projected above the stage.

Fischer and Toby Tolokan, Utah Symphony Vice President of Artistic Planning, will present a free pre-concert chat each night, one hour prior to the start of the performance on the orchestra level of Abravanel Hall.

Tickets for the performances for April 12 and 13, 2013 and can be purchased by calling (801) 355-ARTS (2787), in person at the Abravanel hall ticket office or by visiting www.utahsymphony.org.

The second performance included in the Utah Symphony’s celebration of Tchaikovsky’s music will include performances of all three piano concerti featuring pianist Louis Lortie. The program will be offered April 19 and 20 at 8 p.m. in Abravanel Hall, and will also feature works by Arnold Schoenberg. More information about this second program will be released at a later date.

Program
Arnold Schoenberg
       Friede auf Erden, op. 13
            Utah Symphony Chorus

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
       Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, op. 74, "Pathétique"
            I. Adagio - Allegro non troppo
            II. Allegro con grazia
            III. Allegro molto vivace
            IV. Finale: Adagio lamentoso

Intermission

Arnold Schoenberg
       My Horses Ain't Hungry
            Utah Symphony Chorus

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
       Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, op. 64
            I. Andante - Allegro con anima
            II. Andante cantabile con alcuna licenza
            III. Valse: Allegro moderato
            IV. Finale: Andante maestoso - Allegro vivace


Abravanel Hall
123 W. South Temple
Salt Lake City, Utah


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Utah Symphony Holds Chorus Auditions for 2013-2014 Season

Utah Symphony Holds Chorus Auditions
for 2013-2014 Season

The Utah Symphony Chorus announces upcoming auditions for the 2013-2014 Utah Symphony season April 23 and 24, 2013.

The acclaimed Utah Symphony Chorus, directed by Susanne Sheston, is a volunteer chorus that performs the masterworks of the symphonic choral repertoire with the Utah Symphony, led by Music Director Thierry Fischer and other outstanding guest conductors.

Upcoming repertoire for 2013-2014 includes Berlioz’s spectacular Damnation of Faust September 28 and 29, and Mozart’s Mass in C February 7 and 8, both under the direction of Symphony Music Director Thierry Fischer.

Interested singers should be excellent musicians with significant choral and vocal performance experience. Applicants should contact Shaun Ricks at 801.869.9050 or sricks@usuo.org to request an audition appointment. Each audition consists of vocal exercises, sight-reading, and singing a simple, well-known tune.

A limited number of paid section leader positions are also available for all sections. Section leaders receive an honorarium for participation in each concert. Applicants for section leader should prepare an aria or art song for the audition.

About the Utah Symphony
Founded in 1940, the Utah Symphony is dedicated to providing Utah residents and visitors with great performances which engage, educate and enrich lives. Utah Symphony | Utah Opera, the orchestra’s parent organization, reaches 450,000 citizens in Utah and the Intermountain region, with educational outreach programs serving more than 200,000 students annually. The orchestra presents more than 70 performances each season in Abravanel Hall, participates in the Utah Opera's four annual productions at the Capitol Theater, and gives numerous concerts as part of Utah Symphony | Utah Opera's Deer Valley® Music Festival, held each summer in the Park City mountain community. With its many subscription, education and outreach concerts and tours, the Utah Symphony is one of the most engaged orchestras in the nation. For more information visit www.utahsymphony.org.


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Utah Opera Holds Chorus Auditions for 2013-2014 Season

Utah Opera Holds Chorus Auditions
for 2013-2014 Season

The Utah Opera Chorus announces upcoming auditions for the 2013-2014 Utah Opera season April 16 and 18, 2013.

Members of the Utah Opera Chorus, directed by Dr. Susanne Sheston, will have the opportunity to work with nationally and internationally-acclaimed conductors, stage directors and principal artists. The acclaimed chorus is an ensemble of local singers who provide the energetic choral voice of Utah Opera’s productions. Core singers participate in all productions involving chorus, and additional singers may participate in as few as one production per year. Chorus members are paid an honorarium for participation in each production.

The repertoire involving chorus for the 2013-2014 Utah Opera season includes Verdi’s La Traviata, Puccini’s Turandot and Mozart’s Abduction from the Seraglio. In addition, the men of the chorus will perform Berlioz’s Damnation of Faust in concert with the Utah Symphony.

Auditions will be held at the Utah Opera Production Studios by appointment only. Applicants should be trained singers living in Utah with significant stage experience. They must have one aria or art song prepared from memory and will be asked to sight-sing. Applicants should contact Shaun Ricks, sricks@usuo.org to request an audition. More information can be found online at: utahopera.org/about/UtahOperaChorus.

About Utah Opera
Since 1978, Utah Opera has cultivated and entertained a growing audience of more than 150,000 annually around the intermountain area. Led by Artistic Director Christopher McBeth, the company produces four operas each season, with artistic standards of distinction and a fresh vibrancy of new works for our area as well as the classics.


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Music of the Americas to Headline Utah Symphony Lollipops Concerts

Music of the Americas to Headline
Utah Symphony Lollipops Concerts

The Utah Symphony, led by Associate Conductor Vladimir Kulenovic, will perform an exposition of exotic works inspired by the Americas including a visual display from the animated short film “El Salón México,” set to Aaron Copland’s symphonic work of the same name.

The orchestra will perform these Latin influenced works also including Silvestre Revuelta’s “La Noche de Los Mayas,” March 30 at 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. in Abravanel Hall. Other featured selections are Pablo De Sarasate’s Fantasy on Bizet’s “Carmen” with Utah Symphony Associate Principal Violin Kathryn Eberle soloing, Arturo Marquez’s Danzón No. 2, Leonard Bernstein’s Overture to Candide and Oscar Lorenzo Fernandez’s “Batuque” from “Reisado Cuatros Estaciones Porteños.”

Prior to each performance, Summerhays Music and the Utah Symphony Youth Guild will offer an Instrument Petting Zoo, which will provide children the opportunity to play different instruments in the lobby of Abravanel Hall.

Tickets for the performances can be purchased by calling (801) 355-ARTS (2787), in person at the Abravanel hall ticket office or by visiting www.utahsymphony.org.

About the Music
The exoticism and culture of The Americas have been a source of inspiration to composers as they work to create and develop music with rich textures, vibrant melodies and exciting rhythms.

While travelling and spending time in Mexico City, Aaron Copland worked to create such a piece that exuded the culture and exoticism many composers search for. On his trip he was soon impressed by the beautiful display of a dance hall. With its vivid colors and spirited nature he wanted to create a musical display of the vibrancy and authenticity he found there. His piece “El Salón México” is fused with intricate rhythms and melodies that are representative of classic Mexican folk songs with familiar Mexican melodies which are intertwined throughout the piece.

Mexican composer Silvestre Revueltas had a knack for combining popular Latin American music with the techniques of twentieth-century composers of his time. His versatility enabled him to enjoy writing film scores as well as chamber works. His “La Noche de los Mayas” was originally written for film and after his death his compatriot edited a few portions to create the concert suite.

George Bizet’s famous opera “Carmen” has won audiences over through the years with its passionate and tragic story. It contains some of the most recognizable music which has inspired other composers to base their own compositions on the presented themes. Pablo De Sarasate’s Fantasy on Bizet’s “Carmen” for violin and orchestra includes all of the “Carmen” hits with a unique twist and timbre as the soloist is the smooth sound of violin strings.

About Kathryn Eberle
Violinist Kathryn Eberle is the Associate Concertmaster of the Utah Symphony. Her solo performances include appearances with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Louisville Orchestra, Nashville Symphony, National Academy Orchestra of Canada, and the Bahia Symphony in Brazil. She was previously a violinist with the St. Louis Symphony and served as Guest Concertmaster with the Richmond and Omaha Symphonies. An avid chamber musician, Ms. Eberle has collaborated with such artists as Edgar Meyer, Jaime Laredo, Arnold Steinhardt, Ricardo Morales and members of the New York Philharmonic and has participated in the Aspen, Banff, Yellow Barn, Innsbrook, Festival Mozaic, and Laguna Beach Festivals. She garnered top prizes in the Klein, Stulberg and Corpus Christi International Competitions. Ms. Eberle studied with Robert Lipsett both at the University of Southern California and The Colburn School and received a Masters Degree at the Juilliard School studying with Sylvia Rosenberg.

Program
Leonard Bernstein
       Overture to Candide
Silvestre Revueltas
       La Noche de los Mayas
       1. Noche de los Mayas - Molto sostenuto

Pablo De Sarasate
       Fantasy on Bizet's Carmen for Violin and Orchestra, op. 25
Arturo Márquez
       Danzón No. 2
Georges Bizet
       "Les Toréadors" from Carmen Suite No. 1
Oscar Lorenzo Fernandez
       "Batuque, Negro Dance" from Reisado do Pastoreio
Astor Piazzolla
       Cuatros estaciones porteños
       Primavera porteño
Aaron Copland
       El Salón México


Abravanel Hall
123 W. South Temple
Salt Lake City, Utah


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Utah Opera Presents Twelfth Annual Children's Opera Showcase

Utah Opera Presents
Twelfth Annual Children's Opera Showcase

Utah Opera will give local elementary school students a chance to take the spotlight to perform original operas in a professional theatre. The twelfth annual Children’s Opera Showcase will take place Thursday, March 21 at 6:30 PM in the Jeanné Wagner Theatre located in the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center (138 West 300 South).

Participating classes will present an original opera created, produced and performed by students and their teachers with the assistance of a local composer provided by Utah Opera. Teachers attended a summer training program with Utah Opera to help guide them in the development of these year-long class projects. Now, the children will become the stars of the show, singing their own operas with their own sets and costumes.

The evening of March 21 will include three pint-sized operas: first, Mary Williams’ kindergarten class from St. Vincent School will perform their opera titled “Rose’s Garden.” Local composer and school music specialist Scott Larrabee helped the children create their own melodies for this opera. Their story is about a Rose who decides to put down roots and weathers through winter certain that her garden will eventually grow.

The Showcase’s second opera, which will begin at approximately 7:15 PM, comes from the second grade classes of Murray School District’s Parkside Elementary School, under the direction of teacher Janet Anderson, with mentor composer help from Marc Madsen and Amber Masterson. Their opera, titled “The Lesson: Bullies to Friends,” was created by the students to address the challenge of bullies at school. With the use of a little magic from pixie friends, bullies learn a lesson about how it feels to be picked on.

The final opera of the evening, beginning at approximately 8:10 PM, will star Kathy Travers’ third grade class from Salt Lake City School District’s Wasatch Elementary School, with musical help from composer David Naylor. The students who worked on this opera explored the idea of the rainbow throughout their curriculum: studies in poetry, dance, drama and science were involved in creating this opera. Their dance specialist, Jean Gardner, explained:

       The finale dance was created by the dancers based on
       their study of colors. Each dancer chose a colored paint
       chip and then individually generated a web of words
       relating that color to the senses – how the color looks,
       sounds, smells, feels and tastes. Next, they explored
       possible movement and energy qualities of their color,
       and then collaborated with other students with the same
       color to write a color poem which they developed into a
       color dance. The finale dance begins with the idea of
       light passing through a prism—separating the light into
       the color spectrum. The “Rainbow Children” dance around
       and through the prism, then each color group dances its
       color poem, and they end the dance in a celebration rainbow.

In addition to these three operas featured in the official evening Showcase, Utah Opera is also taking the opportunity at Rose Wagner to allow the third grade classes at Salt Lake City School District’s Bonneville Elementary to perform their “Gardens of the Mind Opera Extravaganza.” Teacher Cindy Norton organized the projects with her team of 3rd grade teachers, and composer Masa Fukuda assisted. Their performance begins at 4:30 PM. The public is also invited to attend this event.

Utah Opera’s summer teacher training and the Children’s Opera Showcase have received financial assistance from the Art Works for Kids Foundation, the McCarthey Family Foundation, the Salt Lake City Arts Council and the member of the Salt Lake City Council.

Admission to this event is free, but seating is limited.

The Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center
138 West 300 South
Salt Lake City


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Red Butte Garden Bonsai Show

Red Butte Garden Bonsai Show

Explore the millennia-old art form of Bonsai at Red Butte Garden and learn how to take care of your own tree. Members of the Bonsai Club of Utah will display trees from their collections, answer questions and demonstrate different Bonsai techniques. Trees and supplies will be available for purchase.

March 22, 23 & 24
Friday - Sunday
9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Red Butte Garden
300 Wakara Way
Salt Lake City, UT
801-585-0556


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Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company Cabaret of Fools

Ririe-Woodbury "Cabaret of Fools"

SLC’s Party of The Year Supports Dance Education & Artistic Programming.

Saturday, March 30, 2013 at 6:30pm, Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company presents the 9th annual Cabaret of Fools Benefit Gala & Auction at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center.

In honor of April Fools’ Day, guests will be enchanted by this stunning event, repeatedly been dubbed “The Party of the Year.” The exhilarating affair features brilliant entertainment, stunning floral displays by Every Blooming Thing, delectable fare, refreshing libations and tantalizing auction items.

Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company, showcasing excerpts from Johannes Wieland’s “one hundred thousand,” premiering at “One” April 25-27, will be the entertainment for the evening. Also, a film by John Schaefer of the Children’s Media Workshop spotlighting the Company’s latest educational endeavor, The Place Project, will be shown. Ririe-Woodbury alumnus and larger-than-life personality Caine Keenan will again serve as Master of Ceremonies.

Designed to raise funds for its lauded statewide educational and artistic programming, the live and silent auctions will feature 100+ items that offer up something exciting for everyone – from luxury penthouses and vacation stays, to tickets to the hottest events in town and gift certificates to the best restaurants.

The Company is as strong as ever in its 49th year impacting the educational experiences of over 35,000 school children annually with statewide lecture-demonstrations, regional in-depth dance residencies, and season performances at Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center and Capitol Theatre.

The event is made possible through the generous support of Gigi & David Arrington, Judy Daly & Joel Deaton, Lee Dever & Carolyn Nichols, Edward Jones, Effen Vodka, Every Blooming Thing, David Gee, KeyBank, Maker’s Mark, Oasis Stage Werks, Jeff Paris, Printing Express, Bick Robbins, Walker Insurance, Woodbury Corporation, Joan & Charles Woodbury, Worker’s Compensation Fund, and Zions Bank.

Featured chefs for the event include: Angela’s Catering, Carries Cakes, Christopher’s Prime Steak House & Grill, Hatch Family Chocolates, La Caille, P.F. Chang’s China Bistro, The Tin Angel Café, and Tony Caputo’s Gourmet Food Market & Deli.

So don your most debonair evening wear, get ready to kick up your heels, and have a great time supporting a legacy of contemporary dance and education at Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company’s Cabaret of Fools.

Cabaret of Fools
March 30, 2013 | 6:30 p.m.
Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center
138 West Broadway
Salt Lake City, Utah

Cost: $105 per person | $85 for season ticket holders | $125 at the door. I.D. required for entry

For tickets call 801-297-4236 or purchase online at www.ririewoodbury.com/gala

Click HERE for a photo gallery of previous Cabarets.


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HEAL Utah March Gallery Stroll

March Gallery Stroll
Robert Hall Photography
and UAEC Anniversary!

Spring is in the air and HEAL Utah is very excited to invite you to join them to celebrate the return of warm weather, the end of the legislative session (yes!), and some beautiful art!

Please join HEAL Utah this Friday, to view the stunning photography of Robert Hall as part of the Salt Lake Gallery Stroll.

It's also the Utah Art and Environment Collaborative's One Year Anniversary, so join HEAL to celebrate one year of art and activism! (You can read more about Utah Art and Environment Collaborative's founding here.)

Local food trucks, Lewis Brothers and Bento Truck, will be at the scene, so bring your appetite for fine local food as well as for fine local art.

March Gallery Stroll
"Preservation of the West: Spaces in Utah Affected by Man"
Friday, March 15 ~ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
824 S 400 W, Suite B113
    (ground-level of Artspace Commons, 400 West street-side)

Robert has generously offered to donate 50% of each purchase back to HEAL & UAEC, so if you find something you like, you can do good for them, as well as for your walls!

More about the show:
"Preservation of the West: Spaces in Utah Affected by Man"

Robert Hall, a Utah native and 4th generation photographer, has been passionate about photography for more than forty years. His work has won awards in the United States and internationally and has been shown in many museums and galleries. His professional work includes fine art photography, professional portraiture, figure studies, and commercial imaging. He is also highly respected and recommended for his darkroom techniques and collaborates with other professional photographers throughout the US and Europe to help them realize their vision using advanced photographic methods.

Robert’s true love and major focus is large format photography. He uses 8 x 10 and 12 x 20 view cameras that create a negative of that size. He then contact prints the negatives by hand using platinum, palladium, silver, and gold. These are archival procedures that may outlast even the landscapes they honor.

Photography has been used to capture and hold images for information and for documentation, but in Robert’s photographs, the image is reflective of a mood. Robert photographs “not to record or document, but rather to capture and hold, just for a moment, the essence of something greater that exists just beyond our view.” His work focuses on connecting forms, lines, and space to create a perspective beyond what is seen in a glance.

Much of Robert’s work presents solitary icons that reflect the American West. No where else in the world has isolation been heralded as such a symbol of strength. American heroes almost always act alone: Daniel Boone; Davy Crocket; Ernest Hemingway. James Michener wrote, “…Americans became the loneliest people on the face of the earth, but there were compensations. Living alone meant that men had to be more ingenious, which led to inventiveness. Old patterns had to be surrendered, so revolutionary new ones could be more easily accepted.”

As with any piece of art, Robert believes the meaning within his work is created by the viewer: “we sense beauty in a very personal way; our reactions to the outside world are governed by our internal sense of self. Art helps us see with new eyes what we knew was there but did not recognize.”


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SLCo Library Celebrates International Tabletop Day

Salt Lake County Library Celebrates
International Tabletop Day

Salt Lake County Library is pleased to host International Tabletop Day, a celebration for fans of tabletop gaming, a single day where the whole world is brought together in a common purpose of spending time together and having fun.

Tabletop gaming promotes many positive social and cognitive benefits like increased communication, team work, planning and is an excellent stress relieving activity for all ages.

The event will be Saturday, March 30 from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the Viridian Event Center in West Jordan. Spend the whole day or drop in for a couple of hours, and bring the whole family. A large game library will be available to choose from.

Presented in partnership with Fongo Bongo Games and SaltCon.

The Viridian Event Center
8030 South 1825 West
West Jordan UT 84088


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Opera Blockbuster "The Magic Flute" at Utah Opera

Opera Blockbuster "The Magic Flute"
up next at Utah Opera

Utah Opera will present Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s enchanting and beloved classic German opera “The Magic Flute,” March 16, 18, 20 and 22 at 7:30 p.m. and March 24 at 2 p.m. at the Capitol Theatre.

Cast members include rising young soprano Anya Matanovic as Pamina, Utah Opera audience favorite Robert Breault as Tamino, and internationally renowned Grammy-winning baritone Daniel Belcher as Papageno. Audrey Luna, who recently made a splash in the Metropolitan Opera production of “The Tempest”, will also make her Utah Opera debut in this cast as The Queen of the Night. Directed by Paul Peers and conducted by Tim Long, the opera will be sung in German with English supertitles. The performance will last approximately two hours with one 20-minute intermission.

The story follows a young prince, Tamino, who travels to exotic lands in an attempt to rescue the beautiful and captive princess, Pamina, with whom he has fallen love. Being armed only with a magic flute and accompanied by the ever-entertaining bird catcher, Papageno the two face multiple obstacles on their quest including joining a secret society and combating a power hungry queen’s agendas.

“The Magic Flute” is one of Mozart’s most famous operas containing some of the most recognizable arias in operatic repertoire. The Queen of the Night aria “Der Hölle Rache” has even been featured on multiple movies and television shows including the films “Amadeus” and “Eat, Pray, Love.” It is the last opera Mozart wrote before his death and is one of his most dynamic and memorable works.

Utah Opera Principal Coach Carol Anderson will offer an Opera Prelude Lecture, free of charge for ticket holders, in the back of the orchestra seating level of Capitol Theatre (50 West 200 South) one hour before curtain of each performance.

Utah Opera Artistic Director Christopher McBeth will hold a Q&A session, free of charge, immediately following each performance at the front of the orchestra seating level of Capitol Theatre (50 West 200 South).

Tickets for the performances can be purchased by calling (801) 355-ARTS(2787), in person at the Abravanel Hall ticket office (123 West South Temple) or by visiting www.utahopera.org.

THE MAGIC FLUTE
     Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
     Liberetto by Emmanuel Schikaneder
     Sung in German, Supertitles in English
     Supertitles prepared by Thaddeus Strassberger
     Premiere: Vienna, 1971
     Previously at Utah Opera: 1985, 1996, 2006

CAST
     Tamino - Robert Breault
     First Lady - Jennie Litster*
     Second Lady - Sishel Claverie**
     Third Lady - Jessica Bowers*
     Papageno - Daniel Belcher
     Queen of the Night - Audrey Luna
     Monostatos - Doug Jones
     Pamina - Anya Matanovic
     First Spirit - Jacob Tryon•
     Second Spirit - Griffin Mozdy•
     Third Spirit - Jonas Malinka-Thompson•
     Speaker, Second Armored Man - Tyler Oliphant
     First Priest, First Armored Man - Andrew Penning**
     Second Priest - Shea Owens**
     Sarastro - Jeremy Galyon
     Papagena - Amy Owens**

* Former Utah Opera Resident Artist
** Current Utah Opera Resident Artist
• Chorister of The Madeleine Choir School

ARTISTIC STAFF
     Conductor - Tim Long
     Director - Paul Peers
     Set Designer - Thaddeus Strassberger
     Costume Designer - Susan Allred
     Lighting Designer - Nicholas Cavallaro
     Wigs and Make-up Designer - Yancey J. Quick
     Chorus Master - Susanne Sheston
     Musical Preparation - Carol Anderson
     Guest Coach - Emily Williams
     Stage Manager - Kat Slagell
     Assistant Stage Manager - Matt Jackson and Heather Myers


SYNOPSIS

Act I
Tamino, a prince from a foreign land, finds himself pursued by a serpent and fears for his life. He loses consciousness. Three ladies, servants of the Queen of the Night, enter and slay the serpent. Tamino remains unconscious while the three ladies exit. Tamino awakens disoriented. He hears panpipes in the distance, signaling the approach of Papageno. Papageno and Tamino meet. Tamino comes to believe that Papageno has slain the serpent and Papageno takes credit for the kill. The three ladies return and punish Papageno for the lie. They claim the kill, then hand Tamino a portrait of the queen’s daughter, Pamina, and promise him fortune, honor, and glory if he be moved. The three ladies exit and Tamino falls in love with the image of Pamina. The three ladies return, followed by the queen. They tell Tamino that Pamina has been captured by a demon—Sarastro—and taken to a nearby fortress. The queen promises Pamina’s hand to Tamino if he rescues her. Tamino accepts the mission and is given a magic flute and promised three spirits to guide him. Papageno is given a set of magic bells and ordered to accompany Tamino. They depart. Sarastro is away from his fortress and has left Pamina in the care of a servant named Monostatos, who mistreats Pamina. Pamina escapes but is caught and sent back to Monostatos’ chambers. Papageno has gone ahead of Tamino and, once at the fortress, spies Pamina through the window and lets himself in. He tells Pamina of her mother, the prince, and the mission. They escape through the window. Tamino is led by the three spirits to a strange grove with three temples. He demands entrance to all three but is denied and subjected to a series of mysterious questions at the third. The encounter challenges Tamino’s belief that the queen is good and Sarastro evil. Tamino is told that Pamina lives and he expresses his joy by playing the flute. Papageno’s pipes answer Tamino’s flute and Tamino chases the sound. Sarastro returns from his journey. Pamina pleads mercy for her escape, explaining Monostatos’ abuse. Sarastro orders Monostatos punished for his wickedness. Tamino and Pamina embrace, then are veiled and led into Sarasto’s temple.

Act 2
Sarastro and his council debate whether Tamino is worthy of induction into their mysteries. It is agreed that he will be subjected to trials that will test his willpower, patience, and trust. Papageno will join him and be awarded with a wife—Papagena—if he passes them. Papageno and Tamino are sworn to silence and left alone in the dark. They are visited by the Three Ladies, a disguised Papagena, and finally Pamina. Meanwhile, the Queen of the Night visits Pamina and explains that the king on his deathbed had entrusted to Sarastro the sevenfold circle of the sun and that it must be stolen back for the sake of the kingdom. The queen hands her a dagger and orders that she use it to kill Sarastro. Pamina hears the sound of Tamino’s flute and rushes toward it. She talks to him but receives nothing but sighs in reply. She is dumbstruck by his silence and desperate for a response. She fears the loss of his love and claims death her only solace. Tamino embarks on his final trial. Pamina, distraught, wanders off to plunge the dagger into her chest but is prevented by the three spirits who tell her Tamino’s love persists, then lead her to join Tamino in his trial through a blazing mountain of fire. The flute protects them and they pass unscathed. Papageno believes he will never be worthy of Papagena. Heartbroken, he elects to hang himself. But before he does, the three spirits suggest he play the magic bells. Papagena appears. They will marry. Monostatos and the Queen of the Night have been plotting Sarastro’s demise. But as the plot comes to fruition, a bright light floods the stage, and night is destroyed.


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Tenth Anniversary Deer Valley® Music Festival

Tenth Anniversary
Deer Valley® Music Festival

Tenth Anniversary Deer Valley® Music Festival to bring Steve Martin, Mandy Patinkin, Indigo Girls, Arturo Sandoval to Park City.

Utah Symphony | Utah Opera Vice President of Symphony Artistic Planning Toby Tolokan announced the concert lineup for the organization’s Tenth Anniversary Deer Valley® Music Festival, featuring Utah Symphony performances with high-profile artists such as actor and banjo player Steve Martin with the Steep Canyon Rangers and vocalist Edie Brickell, screen actor and Broadway star Mandy Patinkin, folk rock music duo Indigo Girls and jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval.

The summer Festival will return to Park City June 29 through August 10.

This year, the Deer Valley® Music Festival, summer home of Utah Symphony | Utah Opera, will celebrate its tenth official summer of bringing live symphonic performances to the picturesque mountains of Park City, including the best in bluegrass, folk rock, classic rock, show tunes, pop, classical, opera and chamber music.

Deer Valley® Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater Programs
The upcoming Festival’s main stage highlights include Utah Symphony performances with screen actor and Broadway star Mandy Patinkin of “The Princess Bride,” “Evita” and “Homeland” fame, renowned jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval, folk rock music duo Indigo Girls and Grammy-winning bluegrass band Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers featuring vocalist Edie Brickell, all appearing at the Deer Valley® Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater.

Other Festival performances at the amphitheater include a program of diva show tunes showstoppers featuring lead performers and music from the hit musical “Wicked,” a concert celebrating 50 years of 007 with memorable tunes from the James Bond franchise films and Tony Award-winner Debbie Gravitte, and special concert tributes to John Denver and the Rolling Stones.

Those who have enjoyed the Deer Valley® Music Festival’s traditions will appreciate the season-opener and annual outdoor favorite, “1812 Overture,” complete with a cannon fire finale from the Cannoneers of the Wasatch. Also returning to the Festival is another evening of opera hits in the open air with Utah Opera and an instrument petting zoo on the plaza prior to the John Denver tribute concert July 6, at which audience members can test play various musical instruments provided by Summerhays Music.

Chamber Programs
Three chamber orchestra concerts at St. Mary’s Church will feature Utah Symphony performances of the Schubert Symphony No. 5 conducted by Keith Lockhart, Mozart’s “Prague” Symphony and a program featuring Beethoven’s Symphony No. 1 and Utah Symphony Principal Cello, Ryan Selberg, on Dohnányi’s “Concert Piece for Cello.”

Three Chamber Ensemble performances will feature an evening of string chamber music with The Muir Quartet, the Festival’s resident string quartet; a program of varied solo and chamber works by Utah Symphony musicians including Jason Hardink (piano), Mercedes Smith (flute), Matt Johnson (cello), Ralph Matson (violin) and Jerry Steichen (piano); and a program with the Skyros String Quartet and Battery String Quartet performing world-premiere works by Utah composers Haruhito-Jace Miyagi and Devin Maxwell as part of the Festival’s Emerging Quartets and Composers program.

Concert Ticket Information
Discounted Design-A-Series packages and group tickets for all Deer Valley® Music Festival concerts are on sale now, and can be purchased at the Abravanel Hall Ticket Office by calling (801) 533-NOTE (6683). A single-ticket local sale for Summit County residents will take place on Saturday, March 23 from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. at the Park City Visitors Center. Single tickets will go on sale to the general public on Monday, March 25. At that time, ticket-buyers can also purchase online at deervalleymusicfestival.org and through ArtTix outlets by calling (801) 355-ARTS (2787). Youth discounts will be available for select performances. Ticket prices will increase $5 when purchased the day of the performance.

Complete 2013 Deer Valley® Music Festival Schedule:

DEER VALLEY PROGRAM
1812 Overture!
June 29 | 7:30 PM Deer Valley® Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater
Vladimir Kulenovic, Conductor
The Cannoneers of the Wasatch

SPECIAL EVENT
10th Anniversary Gala Celebration
July 5, 2013 | 5:30 PM Montage Deer Valley
Jerry Steichen, Piano
Lisa Vroman, Soprano

DEER VALLEY PROGRAM
Take Me Home - The Music of John Denver
     featuring Jim Curry with the Utah Symphony
July 6 | 7:30 PM Deer Valley® Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater
Jerry Steichen, Conductor
Jim Curry, Vocalist

DEER VALLEY PROGRAM
Bravo Broadway: The Wicked Divas
July 12 | 7:30 PM Deer Valley® Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater
Jerry Steichen, Conductor
Nicole Parker, Vocalist

DEER VALLEY PROGRAM
Arturo Sandoval with the Utah Symphony
July 13 | 7:30 PM Deer Valley® Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater
Jerry Steichen, Conductor
Arturo Sandoval, Trumpet

CHAMBER
Haydn, Mozart & Schubert
July 17 | 8 PM Saint Mary's Church
Keith Lockhart, Conductor
Simone Porter, Violin

DEER VALLEY PROGRAM
Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers
     featuring Edie Brickell with the Utah Symphony
July 19 | 7:30 PM Deer Valley® Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater
Keith Lockhart, Conductor
Steve Martin, Banjo
Edie Brickell, Vocals
Steep Canyon Rangers

DEER VALLEY PROGRAM
Indigo Girls with the Utah Symphony
July 20 | 7:30 PM Deer Valley® Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater
Keith Lockhart, Conductor
Indigo Girls

CHAMBER ENSEMBLE
Muir String Quartet
July 23 | 8 PM St. Mary’s Church
Peter Zazofsky, Violin
Lucia Lin, Violin
Steven Ansell, Viola
Michael Reynolds, Cello

CHAMBER ENSEMBLE
July 24 | 8 PM Temple Har Shalom
Ralph Matson, Violin
Matt Johnson, Cello
Mercedes Smith, Flute
Jason Hardink, Piano
Jerry Steichen, Piano

CHAMBER
Mozart’s “Prague” Symphony
July 31 | 8 PM St. Mary’s Church
Vladimir Kulenovic, Conductor

EMERGING QUARTETS & COMPOSERS
Skyros & Battery String Quartets
August 1 | 8 PM St. Mary’s Church

DEER VALLEY PROGRAM
Bond and Beyond
August 2 | 7:30 PM Deer Valley® Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater
Michael Krajewski, Conductor
Debbie Gravitte, Vocalist

DEER VALLEY PROGRAM
Mandy Patinkin with the Utah Symphony
August 3 | 7:30 PM Deer Valley® Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater
Jerry Steichen, Conductor
Mandy Patinkin, Vocalist

CHAMBER
Beethoven Symphony No. 1
August 7 | 8 PM Saint Mary's Church
Vladimir Kulenovic, Conductor
J. Ryan Selberg, Cello

DEER VALLEY PROGRAM
Utah Opera in the Open Air
August 9 | 7:30 PM Deer Valley® Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater
Jerry Steichen, Conductor
Celena Shafer, Soprano
Leah Wool, Mezzo-soprano
Chad Shelton, Tenor
Daniel Belcher, Baritone

DEER VALLEY PROGRAM
The Music of the Rolling Stones with the Utah Symphony
August 10 | 7:30 PM Deer Valley® Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater
Brent Havens, Conductor
Brody Dolyniuk, Vocalist


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