Utah Opera’s LA TRAVIATA shines through minor missteps
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Opera’s current production of Verdi’s La Traviata at the Capitol Theater offers thrilling vocal performances and a committed chorus, even as some staging choices muddy…
Utah Opera offers a simple, sublime LA BOHÈME
SALT LAKE CITY — Since it premiered in Turin, Italy in 1896, Giacomo Puccini’s La Bohème has become the most popular opera ever composed. Its incredible music and universal messages…
Utah Opera’s LA TRAVIATA is un trionfo
SALT LAKE CITY — La Traviata, or “The Woman Who Strayed,” is a story overflowing with emotion and tragedy nestled in an intimate and straightforward plot. It is based on…
Utah Opera’s CANDIDE is a wacky spectacle
SALT LAKE CITY — Candide is indeed a many splendid thing. Endlessly rewritten and unquestionably unwieldy, it’s essentially a comedic operetta, and in the hands of the Utah Opera and…