Coming to Park City in August 2025!

The Barber of Seville

By Gioachino Rossini

Two thrilling venues. Three unforgettable performances.

Sunday, August 24 at 2:00 PM at the Santy Auditorium, Park City Library

The Library is a gathering spot. Join us for a pre-concert talk, concessions, and activities in the Community Room before, during, and after the show!

Guests of all ages are welcome.

Tickets starting at $55. A select number of free tickets are available through the Library.

Friday, August 29 & Saturday, August 30
at 7:00 PM at Premiere (268 Main St.)

Premiere Park City is a speakeasy lounge and live music venue on historic Main Street. Join us for cocktails and light bites starting at 6:00 PM.

Guests 21+ only please.

Tickets starting at $75.

Tickets are now on pre-sale for our Membership Circle!

Ticket sales will open to the public on May 1, 2025.

Members, make sure to purchase for your desired date and venue!

Be a part of the magic. Don’t miss the first staged opera in Park City in 20 years.

Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) is a comic masterpiece, known for its catchy melodies (think: “Figaro, Figaro, Figaroooo"), mischievous characters, and infectious humor that transcends time.

Expect laughter, stunning voices, and a thrilling performance that will introduce you to the timeless characters of Figaro, Rosina, and Count Almaviva in all their mischievous glory.

This opera will be performed in Italian with English supertitles.

Meet the Cast and Creative Team

Jake Stamatis

  • Born and raised in Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania, Jake Stamatis has performed a variety of roles on the operatic stage. He has charmed audiences in such roles as Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Il conte in Le nozze di Figaro, Papageno in Die Zauberflöte, and Marcello in La Bohème. His varied repertoire also includes Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor, Zurga in Les pêcheurs de perles, La Bête in La belle et la bête (Glass), and The Pirate King in The Pirates of Penzance. Jake has been a studio artist at Sarasota Opera, a fellow at the Music Academy of the West, an emerging artist at Seagle Music Festival, and an artist in residence with Tri-Cities Opera and Opera Memphis. Jake received his Bachelor’s Degree in Vocal Performance from Susquehanna University, and his Masters Degree in Opera from Binghamton University.

Sarah Neal

  • Lauded as a “musical and theatrical delight” on stage (Colorado Gazette), Sarah Neal is a mezzo-soprano from South Bend, Indiana with a passion for accessible, interdisciplinary performing arts. Sarah is a Resident Young Artist for the 2024-25 Season with Opera Memphis, performing as Mercédès in Bizet’s Carmen (Carmen cover), in Gregg Kallor’s new solo chamber opera The Tell-Tale Heart, and finally as Endimione in La Calisto. This coming summer, Sarah will join Charlottesville Opera to both cover and perform the title role of Carmen. Sarah has received awards from competitions including the Dallas Opera Lone Star Competition, the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition, and the American Council for Polish Culture’s Sembrich Vocal Competition. In previous years, Sarah has sung as an Apprentice Artist with Central City Opera and appeared with multiple chamber groups, including Ars Lyrica Houston and Mercury Chamber Orchestra. Sarah received their Master of Music from the University of Houston where they performed notable roles, including the title role in La Cenerentola, Dinah (Trouble in Tahiti), Nancy (Albert Herring), and Cherubino (Le nozze di Figaro). Outside of the rehearsal room, Sarah can be found tending to their houseplants as if they were children, knitting for hours on end, and reading on their porch swing.

Jordan Costa

  • Italian-American tenor Jordan Costa is an alumnus of the Yale and Eastman Schools of Music and young artist programs including Music Academy of the West, Glimmerglass, Sarasota Opera, Central City Opera, Virginia Opera, and Nashville Opera. In 2021 Jordan made his professional debut as Nemorino in Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’amore with Opera in Williamsburg. Jordan later reprised the role of Nemorino with Yale Opera. While a Studio Artist with Sarasota Opera, Jordan covered Paolino in Cimarosa’s Il matrimonio segreto, Don Ottavio in Mozart’s Don Giovanni, and Armand in Massenet’s Thérèse. Jordan also sang his first title role as a returning guest artist in Yale Opera’s production of Rossini’s Le Comte Ory. He covered Tamino, and performed as Monostatos, in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte as a Nashville Opera Mary Ragland Emerging Artist. This season, Jordan returned to Virginia Opera as a principal artist to perform Don Ottavio in their production of Don Giovanni. Park City Opera’s production of The Barber of Seville marks Jordan’s fourth production singing Count Almaviva, having performed the role recently with Virginia Opera, Opera in the Pines, and as a Gerdine Young Artist at Opera Theatre of St. Louis.

Mark Covey-Barrera

  • Mark Covey Barrera, bass-baritone, has performed on stages in America, Germany, France, and Italy. His recent roles include Simone in Gianni Schicchi, Dulcamara in Elisir d'amore, Escamillo in Carmen, Bartolo in Le nozze di Figaro, and Rambaldo in La Rondine. He has appeared at venues such as Festival Napa Valley, Opera Company of Middlebury, and Opera San Antonio, among others. Mark was a finalist in the Shreveport Opera Singer of the Year competition. In addition to his performing career, Mark is an accomplished stage director. He has directed productions of Die Zauberflöte, Dido and Aeneas, and various operatic scene concerts. Mark is also an accomplished classical guitarist, having studied with the renowned Christopher Parkening. Currently, he serves as Assistant Professor of Voice and Opera at Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas, where he mentors and trains the next generation of opera singers.

Joseph Park

  • Bass-baritone Yoseph Park is rapidly gaining national recognition as a rising talent and versatile singer. In the 2022-2023 season, he joined the Lyric Opera of Kansas City as a Resident Artist, where he performed the roles of Marchese in La Traviata, Dancaïre in Carmen, Dad in Sketchbook for Ollie, Balthazar in Amahl and the Night Visitors, and Ranger Nat in Listen, Wilhelmina. Following his successful season at the Lyric Opera of Kansas City, he was selected as a Gerdine Young Artist at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, where he portrayed Angelotti in Tosca and Elder Ott in Susannah. In the summer of 2023, he was featured at the Aspen Music Festival, most notably performing in concert as General Benjamin in Jimmy Bellido López’s opera Bel Canto and as the bass soloist in Haydn’s oratorio The Creation. Additional roles in Yoseph’s repertoire include Friar Laurence in Roméo et Juliette, Simone in Gianni Schicchi, Don Alfonso in Così fan tutte, Fiorello in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Samuel in Un ballo in maschera, Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro, and Prince Yamadori in Madama Butterfly. He has received prizes from competitions including those sponsored by Annapolis Opera, Birmingham Opera, the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition, the Gerda Lissner Foundation International Vocal Competition, and the SIYAO Competition.

Christopher Holmes

  • Christopher Holmes returned to his home Provo after obtaining degrees in opera at the Oberlin College Conservatory (B.M., M.M.), Temple University (M.M.), teaching voice at Texas State University, and performing throughout the States. With over 40 operatic roles to his credit, Christopher has been featured by companies such as Austin Opera, Central City Opera, Eugene Opera, Opera Idaho, Phoenix Opera, and San Antonio Opera. Recent projects include Jesus in Robert Cundick's The Redeemer with the Temple Square Chorale, Giorgio Germont from La traviata with Bellevue Opera, the title role of Don Giovanni at Painted Sky Opera, and Escamillo at Western Plains Opera. He has been seen as Barone Douphol at Utah Symphony & Opera, Conte Almaviva at Utah Festival Opera, Belcore at Opera Company of Middlebury, Rossini’s Bartolo at Western Plains Opera, and Escamillo at the Pine Mountain Music Festival. Christopher developed a love for the Italian people and culture having lived in the central area of Italy for two years. He is currently an adjunct professor of voice at Brigham Young University and Utah Valley University.

Lena Goldstein

  • Lena Goldstein is an American soprano who has made recent appearances with Vox Opera, San Francisco Conservatory, Songfest, Chicago Summer Opera, Opera Theatre of Yale, Yale Baroque Opera, Yale Symphony Orchestra, and Yale Chamber Orchestra. Her recent roles include The Governess (The Turn of the Screw), Zerlina (Don Giovanni), La Fée (Cendrillon), Eurinda (Doriclea), Nora (Riders to the Sea), Maggie (The Gift of the Magi), Serpina (La serva padrona), and Lady Angela (Patience). Her concert performances include Mahler’s Symphony No. 4, Mozart’s Requiem, Ravel’s Trois poèmes de Mallarmé, Muhly’s The Beauty of the Day, and premieres of Carlson’s The Disguise and Beckman’s Hartley Songs. She is pursuing a master’s degree at the San Francisco Conservatory as the recipient of the Samuel Clark Scholarship, and recently graduated cum laude from Yale University with a Bachelor’s in molecular biology. 

Benjamin Beckman

  • Benjamin Beckman is a conductor, composer, and pianist based in Los Angeles. Compositional career highlights include performances on the BBC Proms, Tanglewood Music Festival, and Royal Concertgebouw Summer Concerts, and by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra, and Yale Symphony Orchestra. His 70-minute chamber opera Passage won the Beekman Cannon Friends Prize for the best-submitted thesis in the music major at Yale, from which he recently matriculated. As a pianist, assistant conductor, and vocal coach, Benjamin has worked for the Sarasota Opera, Pacific Opera Project, Opera Guild of Palm Springs, Opera Company of Middlebury, Chicago Summer Opera, and Classic Lyric Arts France and Italy. While a student at Yale, Beckman was the Artistic Director of both the Opera Theater of Yale College and the Yale Undergraduate Chamber Orchestra, through which he facilitated the premieres of 21 student compositions. He is currently pursuing graduate studies in composition on full fellowship at the USC Thornton School of Music, where he manages the conservatory’s new music ensemble, the Thornton Edge.

Lisl Wangermann

  • Winner of the 2021 Louis Sudler Prize in the Performing and Creative Arts from Yale University, Lisl Wangermann is a director and soprano from Dallas, Texas. She has performed with the CIM Opera Theater, Opera Western Reserve, the Norwalk Symphony Orchestra, the Cleveland Chamber Symphony, the Opera Theatre of Yale College, and the Yale Baroque Opera Project. Her previous directing projects include Menotti’s The Telephone and Gilbert and Sullivan’s Patience, both with the Opera Theatre of Yale College. In 2023, Lisl was a semifinalist for the Dallas Opera’s Lone Star Vocal Competition, and in 2024, Lisl was a finalist for the Gerda Lissner Art Song and Lieder Competition and received an encouragement award. Lisl graduated from Yale University with a Bachelor of Arts in Music in 2021 and completed her Master of Music in 2023 and Artist Diploma in 2025 at the Cleveland Institute of Music.

Kang Kang

  • Featured in Rolling Stones Korea, eLe Magazine, and the Journal of Singing, Kang Kang is a South Korea–based graphic designer and illustrator known for her playful artistic voice and intuitive sense of color. In addition to editorial illustration, she works on branding and visual design projects for a range of independent clients. Currently a Junior Graphic Designer at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Kang Kang brings youthful imagination, expressive compositions, and thoughtful color combinations to every creative challenge she takes on.

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