Join Park City Opera and Le Depot for a sumptuous Opera Brunch—an unforgettable Sunday pairing of exquisite cuisine and soaring melodies. Settle in for a late morning of indulgence as you enjoy a specially curated brunch menu from Le Depot, accompanied by live performances of beloved arias and operatic ensembles paired specifically with the cuisine.
Whether you're an opera aficionado or simply looking for a unique cultural experience, this intimate musical feast will delight the senses. Reserve your table early—seating is limited!
All tickets include a welcome drink, the three-course brunch, and the performance. Doors will open at 11:30 AM and the performance will begin at noon.
Program and Menu (subject to change): French Opera Brunch
Act 1: (for the table) Tartarre Rossini, Caviar Melba Toast, Pavlova’s Parfait, Petite Viennoiserie
Nous bennisons la douce nuit (Ernest Chausson)
Chevaux de bois (Claude Debussy)
Me voilà seule… Comme autrefois from Les Pêcheurs de Perles (Georges Bizet)
Act 2: (choice of) Sole Veronique en Papillote, or Massanet’s Oeufs “Le Cid”, or Bavette a la Caruso
Le rossignol des lilas (Reynaldo Hahn)
O Dieu! Que de bijoux!… Ah, je ris de me voir from Faust (Charles Gounod)
Aimer! Je puis aimer devant tous from Le Cid (Jules Massenet)
Robert, toi que j’aime from Robert le Diable (Giacomo Meyerbeer)
Dieu cruel frisson court a mes veines… Amour, ranime mon courage from Roméo et Juilette (Charles Gounod)
Act 3: Juliette’s Petite Fours
Je veux vivre from Roméo et Juilette (Charles Gounod)
Belle nuit from Les contes d’Hoffmann (Jacques Offenbach)
Performer Biographies:
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 Berta (Park City Opera’s The Barber of Seville), 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 the 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
Winner of the 2021 Louis Sudler Prize in the Performing and Creative Arts from Yale University, Lisl Wangermann (Development Director, Park City Opera) 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. www.lislwangermannsoprano.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