Back for its second season, Opera on the Patio is a free outdoor performance at the Park City Library. Bring a picnic, your family, and even your dog for an evening of beloved opera set against the backdrop of a summer sunset. Enjoy great music in a relaxed, welcoming setting—no tickets required.

Program (subject to change):

Selections from Andrea Chénier (Umberto Giordano)
Un dì, all’azzurro spazio
Nemico della patria
Selections from L’elisir d’amore (Gaetano Donizetti)
     Comme Parride vezzoso
Signor sargente!
Una furtiva lagrima
Prendi, per me sei libero
Selections from La bohème (Giacomo Puccini)
     Che gelida manina
Sì, mi chiamano Mimì
Quando m’en vo
Donde lieta uscì
Dunque è proprio finita
Sono andati? Fingevo di dormire
O soave fanciulla

Performer Biographies:

Christopher Holmes (Guest Artist) 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.

David Silvano (Guest Artist) is a Peruvian-American tenor at home in a wide variety of styles. David recently made his role debut as The Duke in Verdi’s Rigoletto with Mobile Opera, and is excited to be among the first to perform with Park City Opera. David has performed in roles such as Don José in Carmen, Martin in Copland's The Tender Land, Ferrando in Così fan tutte, and excerpts as Rodolfo in La Bohème and Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly. In the Summer of 2022, he sang the role of Theodore Billings in the staged premiere of Clint Borzoni's The Copper Queen with Marble City Opera where he was praised by Arts Knoxville for bringing "a deliciously romantic lyrical side" to the character. In addition, he has performed as a soloist in various concert works. During the 2023 season, David was a Resident Artist at Indianapolis Opera, where he covered the role of Don José and sang the role of El Remendado in Carmen. A native of Colorado, David holds a B.M. from Colorado Mesa University and an M.M. from Colorado State University where he studied with John Robert Lindsey. www.davidsilvano.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

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

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

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