Park City Opera will present a one-hour program featuring captivating arias and art songs, performed by talented local and visiting artists. Whether you are a seasoned opera lover or new to the genre, please join us for a delightful evening under the stars.
This event is free and open to the public without ticketing. Bring a picnic dinner or grab a snack from Lucky Ones Coffee, and enjoy the performance with the whole family! https://parkcitylibrary.org/event/opera-on-the-patio/2024-07-23/
Program (subject to change):
Je veux vivre and Ah! Lève-toi, soleil! from Roméo et Juliette (Gounod)
Depuis le jour from Louise (Charpentier)
Lilacs (Rachmaninoff)
Ah love, but a day (Beach)
Fishmonger from Hartley Songs (Beckman)
I want magic from A Streetcar Named Desire (Previn)
De’ miei bollenti spiriti from La Traviata (Verdi)
Ideale (Tosti)
Batti, batti from Don Giovanni (Mozart)
O mio babbino caro from Gianni Schicchi (Puccini)
Che gelida manina and Quando m’en vo from La bohème (Puccini)
Laurie’s Song, The world seems still tonight, and In love? In love? from The Tender Land (Copland)
Estrellita (Ponce)
Performer Biographies:
Intentional and intuitive in her artistry, Lena Goldstein is an American soprano who aspires to push the needle in classical music through entrepreneurial initiatives that put artists in the driver’s seats of their careers. She is currently pursuing her M.Mus at the San Francisco Conservatory as the recipient of the Samual Clark Scholarship, and recently graduated cum laude from Yale University with a B.A. in molecular biology. Lena’s recent appearances include with the San Francisco Conservatory of Music’s Opera Department and New Music Ensemble, Chicago Summer Opera, Songfest, Opera Theatre of Yale, Yale Baroque Opera, Yale Symphony Orchestra, and Yale Undergraduate Chamber Orchestra. She is a versatile performer of opera with recent roles including The Governess (The Turn of the Screw), Zerlina (Don Giovanni), La Fée (Cendrillon), Eurinda (Doriclea), Maurya (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. As an artistic administrator, Lena directed SFCM’s Hot Air Music Festival, works for the institution’s Department of Professional Development, and directed the Opera Theatre of Yale. She is interested in the intersection of visual arts and music, and was previously a tour guide at the Yale Center for British Art and intern for the Park City Arts Council. www.lenagoldstein.com.
David Silvano is an emerging Peruvian-American tenor with a powerful, yet vibrant and flexible voice and a natural talent for acting. Mr. Silvano 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. In 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. During the 2023 season, Mr. Silvano was a Resident Artist at Indianapolis Opera, where he covered the role of Don José and sang the role of El Remendado in Carmen. https://www.davidsilvano.com/
Benjamin Beckman is a composer, conductor, and pianist based in Los Angeles. Compositional career highlights include performances on the BBC Proms and Tanglewood Music Festival 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, Beckman 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. This fall, Beckman will pursue graduate studies in composition at the USC Thornton School of Music, where he will manage the conservatory’s new music ensemble, the Thornton Edge. www.benjaminbeckmanmusic.com.
Dalloway Smith is an emerging young cellist who is an active member of the arts community in Utah. She uses her talents as a way to connect with others, most evidently in her work as a chamber musician. Dalloway’s grandmother, Ariel Bybee, sang as a mezzo-soprano at the Metropolitan Opera for 18 years; Ariel’s passion for opera continues to grow in Dalloway. Her most recent musical endeavors include attending Ascent Cello and Chamber Music Festival, winning the American Fork Concerto Competition, and winning first prize with her string quartet at the American String Teachers Association Biannual Competition.