Join us on Saturday, April 26th at the Meyer Gallery on historic Main Street for music that draws inspiration from the visual arts. Choose between two performances at 6:30 PM and 8:00 PM. Seating, nestled within the gallery’s stunning collection, is limited for these performances - reserve your ticket, which includes the performance and reception, today!
Doors open at 6:00pm for a reception for those attending the 6:30pm show. Doors will open at 7:30pm for those attending the 8:00pm show, with a reception following.
Tickets are available now.
Program (subject to change):
Dein ist mein ganzes Herz from Das Land des Lächelns (Franz Lehár)
Three Early Songs (George Crumb)
I. Night
II. Let it be forgotten
III. Wind Elegy
Selections from Sechs Lieder, Op. 48 (Edvard Grieg)
V. Zur Rosenzeit
VI. Eine Traum
Nacht und Träume, Op. 43 No. 2 (Franz Schubert)
Kennst du das Land, Op. 79 No. 29 (Robert Schumann)
Two Songs (Cecile Chaminade)
Ecrin
Bonne humeur
Selections from Clairières dans le ciel (Lili Boulanger)
Elle était descendue au bas de la prairie
Les lilas qui avaient fleuri
Fiançailles pour rire (Francis Poulenc)
I. La dame d’André
II. Dans l’herbe
III. Il vole
IV. Mon cadavre est doux comme un gant
V. Violon
VI. Fleurs
Goodnight Moon (Eric Whitacre)
Artist Biographies:
Originally from Sunnyvale, CA, soprano Stephanie Chee (Guest Artist) joins Utah Opera as a Resident Artist for the 2024-2025 season, performing Dew Fairy in Hänsel und Gretel, Handel’s Messiah with the Utah Symphony as the soprano soloist, as well as Haydn’s The Creation with the Madeleine Choir School. Recent roles include Lucia in The Rape of Lucretia and Valletto in L’incorinazione di Poppea. Stephanie was awarded an Encouragement Award in the San Francisco District of the 2023 Laffant Competition, an Emerging Talent Award in the 2023 Lotte Lenya Competition, first place in the 2022 Fox Valley Collegiate Voice Competition, second place in the 2022 Upper College Treble Voices Division of the National Student Auditions, and the Farwell Trust Award in the 2022 Musicians Club of Women Voice Competition. Last summer, she was a Vocal Fellow with the Manetti-Shrem Opera Program. She received her M.M. from Rice University in 2024. www.stephaniechee.com
Winner of the 2021 Louis Sudler Prize in the Performing and Creative Arts from Yale University and recipient of a 2020 Encouragement Award from the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, Lisl Wangermann (Director of Development, Park City Opera) is a soprano who 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. Lisl served as the Managing Director for the Opera Theatre of Yale College (OTYC) in 2019. During her tenure, OTYC expanded its season from two shows to four and doubled the number of singers involved in each season. After graduating from Yale in 2021, Lisl moved to Cleveland to pursue her master’s in voice at the Cleveland Institute of Music. Lisl earned her master’s degree in 2023 and is currently continuing her vocal studies at CIM as an Artist’s Diploma candidate. www.lislwangermannsoprano.com
Lena Goldstein (Executive Director, Park City Opera) 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. Lena works off-stage to enhance the artistic landscape for emerging professionals through entrepreneurial initiatives. She is Executive Director of Park City Opera, directed the Hot Air New Music Festival, and managed the Opera Theatre of Yale College. She is pursuing her 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. www.lenagoldstein.com
Benjamin Beckman (Artistic Director, Park City Opera) is a composer, conductor, 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. As a pianist, assistant conductor, and vocal coach, Benjamin has worked for the Sarasota Opera, Pacific Opera Project, 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 at the USC Thornton School of Music, where he manages the conservatory’s new music ensemble, the Thornton Edge. www.benjaminbeckmanmusic.com