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): Mozart & Musicals!

Light in the Piazza from The Light in the Piazza (Adam Guettel)
Zeffereti, lusinghieri from Idomeneo (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)

Mi tradi quell’alma ingrata from Don Giovanni (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
So in Love from Kiss Me, Kate (Cole Porter)

Deh vieni, non tardar from Le nozze di Figaro (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
What good would the moon be? from Street Scene (Kurt Weill)
Sull’aria from Le nozze di Figaro (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)

Non so più cosa son, cosa faccio from Le nozze di Figaro (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
I could have danced all night from My Fair Lady (Frederick Loewe)
Voi che sapete from Le nozze di Figaro (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)

Der Hölle Rach kocht in meinem Herzen from Die Zauberflöte (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Evil Like Me from Descendants (Andrew Lippa)

Ah guarda, sorella from Cosí fan tutte (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Sisters from White Christmas (Irving Berlin)
Three Ladies Trio from The Magic Flute (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Anything you can do, I can do better! from Annie Get Your Gun (Irving Berlin)

Performer Biographies:

Clara Hurtado Lee (Guest Artist) is a celebrated soprano known for her warm, captivating voice and emotionally rich performances. Praised by Reichel Recommends as “vocally stunning” and “poetic,” she seamlessly navigates genres, performing on stage and in collaborations with artists like Jenny Oaks Baker, Nathan Pacheco, and GENTRI. She has appeared with Utah Opera, Utah Symphony, and international festivals in Italy, San Marino and Barcelona. Her concert performances feature masterworks by major composers (some contemporary) as well as art songs. Clara won the NATS Artist Award competition at the regional level and competed in the Nationals where she received the Robert and Ruth Grooters award. She holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s in Music from the University of Utah, where she also set in motion Doctoral studies. She teaches privately and is the mother of four children. www.clarahurtadolee.com

Lyric mezzo-soprano Mandi Barrus (Guest Artist) is a musician and opera producer. With her "impressive technique and clear tone", her “warm and cozy mezzo-soprano voice” has been hailed as "a breath of fresh air" (Front Row Reviewers, San Luis Obispo Reviews). Mandi’s ‘23-‘24 season comprised producing and singing four roles with Opera Contempo in Salt Lake City, notably premiering the roles of Artemis in Rudman’s Protectress and Nature in Buck’s Le Roman de Silence. She sang on Utopia Early Music and Salt Lake Symphony’s concert “Shakespeare and the Symphony”; on NEXT Ensemble’s “A Night with Dr. Frankenstein”; and was the alto soloist in Holladay’s Messiah. On the operatic stage, Mandi was seen as Prince Orlofsky (Die Fledermaus, 2023), Mrs. Potts (Beauty and the Beast, 2024) and Mercédès (Carmen, 2024) with Opera San Luis Obispo (CA) and Lyrical Opera Theater (UT) and most recently as The Witch in Hansel and Gretel with Rimrock Opera (MT). Mandi's next project is producing Butch Cassidy Hops a Train by Monica Hymas (UT) and singing Hansel in Hansel and Gretel with OSLO (CA). Mandi holds a Master of Music degree from the University of Utah and sings at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Salt Lake City as the Mezzo-soprano Artist-in-Residence. She is the Artistic Director of Opera Contempo, a chamber opera company in Salt Lake City. She lives with her three children and partner, composer David Campbell, in South Jordan, UT. www.mandibarrus.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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