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…
LA COSTANZA TRIONFANTE is unique look into lost Vivaldi opera
RECORDING — We reach a unique milestone in the history of Utah Theatre Bloggers with this review. We have been attempting to expand our opera footprint in reviewing more local…
MESSIAH: ONE WOMAN’S SACRED STRUGGLE is touching and uplifting
SALT LAKE CITY — Most people are familiar with Handel’s Messiah, a beloved oratorio composed in 1741 by George Frideric Handel with text taken from the King James Bible and…
Love is In the Air at Utah Opera’s ELIXIR OF LOVE
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Opera’s latest offering is The Elixir of Love, the 1832 classic by Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti. Despite being the 13th most-performed opera in the world,…
Utah Opera’s, Fidelio, A Power House
I made up a saying decades ago: B.C.M.I.B. “Beethoven Can Make It Better!” And indeed he can. Utah Opera’s current offering is Beethoven’s only opera: Fidelio, first produced in 1805.…
UTBA’s 2025 Excellence in Utah Part 2
Congratulations to Utah Theatre Companies in 2025! Across Utah, theatre companies of all sizes and models produced work in 2025 that challenged, delighted, and inspired audiences. From professional and semi-professional…
OPERA CONTEMPO’s PROTECTRESS is a promising look at a new opera.
Opera Contempo’s latest project is a semi-staged, score-in-hand, reading of Act 2 of a new opera, Protectress, by local composer Jessica Rudman and librettist Kendra Preston Leonard. The final dress…
UTAH OPERA’S “THE SHINING”…DOESN’T.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Shining, the first offering of Utah Opera’s 2025-2026 season is a psychological thriller (or some call it “horror”) that hopes to take its audience along…
Lyrical Opera Theatre Embraces Verdi’s Last Laugh
TAYLORSVILLE — With its current presentation of Giuseppe Verdi’s Falstaff, Lyrical Opera Theater continues its tradition of featuring local artists in productions of the world’s greatest operas. The presentation on…
Two Fistsfull of Western Opera in Opera Contempo’s latest offering
TAYLORSVILLE — Opera Contempo presented a delightful double bill of Western-themed operas in the Mid-Valley Performing Arts Center September 11-13, 2025. In the intimacy of the Studio 5400 black box…