Blind & Visually Impaired Night
May 7, 2008 for all age groups

Each year, 150 members of the blind and visually-impaired community are invited to a special outreach event at the Wednesday evening dress rehearsal of our May opera. At 6:00, Education Director, Paula Fowler, will talk to the group about the opera, passes around prepared fabric samples of costumes (with Braille labels), and shares information about the set. Braille supertitles and large print programs are available, as well as headsets through which a play-by-play description of stage action is broadcast from our translator's booth.
This exciting event is offered free of charge to persons with visual impairment, plus one driver. Reservations by May 4, 2008 are required. Space is limited.

Opera Preview Lecture

There will be a pre-opera lecture on Mozart's Don Giovanni held at the Salt Lake City Library, Wednesday, May 7 at 7:30 pm with Paul Dorgan.

Opera-tunities at the Opera

Junior and senior high school students with their teachers are invited at a minimal charge to attend final dress rehearsals of main stage productions on the Thursday before Opening Night in Salt Lake City's Capitol Theatre with events running from 7-10 p.m.

Sword fighting, murder, seduction, vengeance, unrequited love, a wedding –and that’s just in the first act of Mozart's Don Giovanni. The legend of Don Juan comes to life in Mozart’s operatic masterpiece that ends with a twist that could make any rogue change his ways.

May 8, 2008, 7 pm at the Capitol Theatre.
Sung in Italian with English Supertitles
Robert Tweten, conductor
Nicolette Molnár, director

Check out our new newsletter Opera-tunities Notes, vol 1

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For information regarding visits to your classroom for an introduction to the upcoming opera by Utah Opera Staff and Chorus members, free of charge, please email Paula Fowler .

All-Star Evening
May 13 (Tuesday), 7 pm

A youth soloist selected from those who auditioned for Salute to Youth will perform a full-length concerto with the Utah Symphony. You’ll also be dazzled by the large-scale orchestral works performed by the Utah Symphony side-by-side with our Youth Symphony All-Stars, young players selected from the state’s elite youth orchestras.

Concert for Children with Autism
and Their Families
May 15, 2008, 7 pm

Utah Symphony & Opera offers an annual concert for children with autism, and their families. We present this concert because we know that many families cannot attend cultural events together because their autistic child (children) acts in distracting ways. We feature our Opera Apprentice Artists with the Utah Symphony on the Capitol Theatre Stage in a special concert where everyone understands the difficulty of keeping these children quiet in their seats.

This year's Concert will be on May 15, 2008 with a light dinner at 6 pm and the concert at 7 pm.

To register for this events, click here.

A Toast to Vienna Festival

Every season Utah Opera & Utah Symphony present a festival that bridges all forms of artistic expression, providing an opportunity to expand and explore how each defines the human experience. This season our theme, A Toast to Vienna, is centered on Utah Opera’s production of Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, Utah Symphony’s An Evening in Vienna on March 6-7, and the Viennese Waltzes in our March 20-21 Pops concerts. We’re collaborating with local museums, art galleries, libraries, film centers, performing arts groups, and scholars to explore the lively world of Vienna. This is one festival you won’t want to miss. Visit us in the Fall for more details.

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