About Park City Opera

Our Mission | Our Story | Staff | Board of Directors | Support

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Our Mission

Park City Opera is a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing audience-centered opera to our local community.

In harmony with the breathtaking natural landscape of Park City, we are reinvigorating a centuries-old art form by reimagining the concert experience and presenting performances in unconventional venues.

Our Story

Even locals may not know that Park City once had its own opera house on Main Street, which tragically burned down in 1898. Park City Opera is proud to revive this legacy, adding opera to the cultural fabric of Park City. Here’s our story:

The team behind Park City Opera first joined forces in 2019 at Yale University, where Lena, Lisl, and Ben produced over twenty operas, occupying roles from singer, conductor, director, composer, stage manager, and in the most dire of times, costume designer! In the process, they discovered how to make opera thrilling, intimate, and unforgettable.

Since then, they’ve created with companies like Atlanta Opera, Sarasota Opera, Festival Napa Valley, Apollo’s Fire, Pacific Opera Project, Opera Parallèle and more, honing their craft while dreaming of bringing something fresh to Park City. In 2024, Lena, Lisl, and Ben reunited in Utah to turn that spirit of experimentation into a homegrown company — Park City Opera.

Now, all three spend much of the year in town, inspired by its mountains, arts scene, and community. Park City Opera delivers bold, unexpected performances that connect artists and audiences, and cultivate joy.

Park City Opera's co-founders in Park City, Utah.

Our Staff

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    Lena Goldstein

    Executive Director, Co-founder

    Lena Goldstein is an American soprano who has appeared recently with Opera Parallèle, Vox Opera, San Francisco Conservatory, Songfest, Chicago Summer Opera, Opera Theatre of Yale, Yale Baroque Opera, and the Yale Symphony Orchestra. Her recent roles include Berta (The Barber of Seville), The Governess (The Turn of the Screw), Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Eurinda (Doriclea), and Nora (Riders to the Sea). Offstage, Lena works to strengthen the artistic landscape for emerging professionals. She serves as a marketing consultant for WE INC., supporting arts and culture organizations across the Bay Area, and is an adjunct professor of professional development and digital strategy at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Lena is a recent graduate of Yale University (B.A. in Molecular Biology, cum laude), and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (M.M. in Voice) as a recipient of the Samuel Clark Scholarship. Outside of her operatic work, Lena finds joy in leading High Holiday services as a cantor, watercolor painting, and skiing. lenagoldstein.com

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    Benjamin Beckman

    Artistic Director, Co-founder

    Benjamin Beckman is a Los Angeles-based conductor, composer, and pianist. Ben has served on the music staff for productions with Sarasota Opera, Pacific Opera Project, Opera Company of Middlebury Vermont, Chicago Summer Opera, USC Thornton Opera, and the Opera Theater of Yale College, assisting on more than two dozen operas. In Summer 2025, following his fellowship at the Manetti Shrem Opera Program at Festival Napa Valley, Beckman led Park City Opera's inaugural mainstage production (of Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia) to a sold-out run. In 2025/2026, he makes his company debut at The Atlanta Opera assistant conducting Glass’s La Belle et la Bête and returns to Pacific Opera Project as rehearsal pianist and chorusmaster for Fra Diavolo, Zorro, The Abduction from the Seraglio, and Turandot, and USC Thornton Opera for The Cunning Little Vixen and The Turn of the Screw. He will conduct David Conte’s The Gift of the Magi with Park City Opera in December 2025. www.benjaminbeckmanmusic.com

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    Lisl Wangermann

    Development Director, Co-founder

    Winner of the 2021 Louis Sudler Prize in the Performing and Creative Arts from Yale University and recipient of an Encouragement Award from the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, Lisl Wangermann is a lyric soprano and stage director passionate about creating opera for modern audiences. In 2025, Lisl’s work ranged from roles in Nico Muhly's Dark Sisters (Eliza) and Mozart’s Don Giovanni (Donna Elvira) to her "standout performance" (Cleveland Classical) as Sophy in the world premiere of Margi Griebling-Haigh's The Higgler. She also made her professional directorial debut with Park City Opera’s production of Rossini’s The Barber of Seville and will be directing PCO’s production of David Conte’s The Gift of the Magi in December. Lisl has previously 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, among others, and she has been recognized in both aria and art song competitions. 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 holds degrees from Yale University (B.A.) and the Cleveland Institute of Music (M.M, A.D.). 

Board of Directors

Amy Englebrecht
Richard Lalli
Neylan McBaine
Susanne Mentzer
Diane Zack

Park City Opera's Board brings expertise spanning opera performance, academic leadership, visual arts, technology, and nonprofit fundraising — from Metropolitan Opera veteran Susanne Mentzer and Yale Professor Richard Lalli to entrepreneur Neylan McBaine, arts leader Amy Englebrecht, and seasoned fundraiser Diane Zack. United by a deep love of music and the arts, our board members contribute decades of professional experience and community connection to advance Park City Opera's mission of bringing exceptional performances to Utah.

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Our Artists
Our Artists
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