Looking for a unique way to enjoy Jordanelle State Park this season? Join Park City Opera at the Hailstone Event Center for magnificent views at sunset, beautiful songs, and a reception sponsored by Park City Brewing.
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with Irish songs and enjoy a perfect evening out with your crew!
Doors open at 6:30 PM for a reception. The performance will begin at 7:00 PM.
Tickets are on sale now!
Program (subject to change):
Hermit Songs (Samuel Barber)
I. At St. Patrick’s Purgatory
II. Church Bell at Night
Three Irish Folksong Arrangements (arr. Benjamin Britten)
I. At the mid-hour of night
II. O the sight entrancing
III. The last rose of summer
Hermit Songs (cont.)
III. St. Ita’s Vision
IV. The Heavenly Banquet
Three Songs of Fiona MacLeod (Charles Tomlinson Griffes)
I. Lament of Ian the Proud
II. Thy Dark Eyes to Mine
III. The Rose of the Night
Hermit Songs (cont.)
V. The Crucifixion
VI. Sea Snatch
The Seal Man (Rebecca Clarke)
Hermit Songs (cont.)
VII. Promiscuity
VIII. The Monk and His Cat
Nocturne No. 5 in Bb Major, H. 137 (John Field)
Hermit Songs (cont.)
IX. The Praises of God
X. The Desire for Hermitage
Down by the Salley Gardens (arr. Herbert Hughes)
O Danny Boy (arr. Frederic Weatherly)
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 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. She is pursuing a 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
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
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
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, from which he recently matriculated. As a pianist, assistant conductor, and vocal coach, Benjamin has worked for the Sarasota Opera, Pacific Opera Project, Opera Guild of Palm Springs, 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 on full fellowship at the USC Thornton School of Music, where he manages the conservatory’s new music ensemble, the Thornton Edge. www.benjaminbeckmanmusic.com