Phaedra's Adventures

Last night I went to Utah Opera's wonderful performance of  Pagliacci  by Ruggero Leoncavallo and, even though it is very short (the las...

Last night I went to see Utah Opera's production of Hansel and Gretel  because it is an opera that I had never seen before.  Everything ...

When the Utah Opera 2024-2025 season was announced the only opera I was interested in seeing was Madame Butterfly  so I decided not to renew...

I have been looking forward to Utah Opera's production of Thaïs  by Jules Massenet all season because it is an opera that I was not fami...

I generally prefer the tragic operas where everyone dies at the end but there are a few comedic ones that I really love and Mozart's The...

Last night I took a short break from Sundance to see Utah Opera's production of The Little Prince .  I loved this opera when I saw it in...

I love the opera La Boheme  by Giacomo Puccini (I actually flew to San Francisco just to see it performed by one of the best opera companie...

I was so excited to see Utah Opera's production of Rigoletto  last night because it is one of my favorite operas and it certainly didn...

I had never seen  The Daughter of the Regiment  by Gaetano Donizetti before so I was really excited for Utah Opera's production last nig...

I have always wanted to experience a live performance of one of Richard Wagner's operas so I was thrilled to see The Flying Dutchman  (t...

Utah Opera is closing out the 2021-2022 season with Gilbert & Sullivan's comic operetta The Pirates of Penzance  and I had a chance ...

Utah Opera is slowly but surely converting me into a fan of modern librettos and more artistic interpretations of traditional operas but I w...

I usually do not like operas based on contemporary librettos or ones that are sung in English so when Utah Opera announced the 2021-2022 sea...

Last night I had so much fun at The Barber of Seville , Utah Opera's first full-length production since the pandemic started, because it...

The very first opera that I saw performed live was Georges Bizet's masterpiece Carmen  so it will always be one of my very favorites.  I...

The Utah Opera 2020-2021 season was meant to begin with Wagner's  The Flying Dutchman  but, since it is a large and complicated producti...

Last night I had the opportunity to see Utah Opera's wonderful production of Silent Night  which depicts an actual ceasefire that hap...

Last night I was able to attend opening night for Utah Opera's production of Verdi's tragic masterpiece,  La Traviata , and it wa...

Last night Abravanel Hall was magically transformed into a forest for Utah Opera's production of Norma .  I had never seen this opera...

Even though The Magic Flute  is not one of my favorite operas (I much prefer the tragedies to the comedies), I have seen it several times...