Join us for a season of beautiful music and amazing productions as a 2008-2009 Utah Opera season subscriber. As a member of our subscriber family, you will have a seat to call your own in the Capitol Theatre for each Utah Opera production and you can take advantage of all the special perks available only to our season subscribers.
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Madame Butterfly
October 18, 20, 22, 24 - 7:30 PM
October 26 - 2:00 PM
Madame Butterfly is ranked number 1 on Opera America’s list of the top 20 most-performed works in North America. Some scholars suggest its tragic tale reflects actual events that occurred in Nagasaki, Japan during the early 1890s. Madame Butterfly passionately explores the consequences of obsessive devotion. Pinkerton, a U.S. Navy officer in Japan, contracts what he considers a temporary marriage to Cio-Cio-San, called Butterfly, who renounces religion and family in her adoration for him. When Pinkerton leaves for America, he promises to return “when the robins nest again.” Butterfly blissfully ignores warnings of his unfaithfulness and adamantly insists that her husband would never forget his son, “Sorrow.” Pinkerton does come back, but Butterfly’s devotion and heart are shattered when she realizes he has not returned for her.
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Regina
January 17, 19, 21, 23 - 7:30 PM
January 25 - 2:00 PM
Based on the play The Little Foxes by Lillian Hellman, Regina holds special note for Utahns as it premiered on Broadway in 1949 with conductor Maurice Abravanel. Set in the Deep South in the year 1900, this distinctively American opera chronicles the demise of a wealthy southern family torn apart by greed. Regina Giddens schemes and double-crosses until she is left with only her wealth and loneliness. Though Blitzstein’s work is little-known today, it has been said that in his era, no one surpassed his genius for setting American words to American music. In Regina, Blitzstein adeptly blends operatic lyricism, spirituals, ragtime, blues, and Dixieland.
Sung in English with English supertitles.
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Marriage of Figaro
March 14, 16, 18, 20 - 7:30 PM
March 22 - 2:00 PM
They say that sequels are never as good as the original…but in this sequel to The Barber of Seville, Mozart created one of his most successful works. Set in Count Almaviva’s castle in Seville, Spain in the late 18th century, Marriage of Figaro is an opera of triangles of amore. Figaro is set to marry the beautiful Susanna. Susanna is constantly repelling the repeated advances of the Count. A creditor of Figaro, Marcellina, plans to advert Figaro’s nuptials and allow him to settle his dept by marrying her. Cherubino, the page, is lovesick over the Countess. And the Countess seeks to re-attract the attentions of her husband.
It is not difficult to imagine the confusion and hilarity that ensues. Through an elaborate domino-effect of blunders, follies, and mistaken identities that are sure to entertain, all parties discover the identity of their rightful partner, repentance and forgiveness abounds, and all rejoice in a rightful happily ever after.
Sung in Italian with English supertitles.
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Don Pasquale
May 16, 18, 20, 22 - 7:30 PM
May 24 - 2:00 PM
While Don Pasquale is traditionally set in Rome, Utah Opera’s performance of Don Pasquale uses the Wild West as its backdrop. Don Pasquale is the story of an elderly, wealthy, (and miserly) bachelor who has no heir. To remedy the situation, he tries to persuade his young nephew Ernesto to accept an arranged marriage. Ernesto refuses to obey his uncle since his heart is already pledged to the glamorous yet penniless widow, Norina. In a fit of anger, Pasquale turns the tables on his nephew by disinheriting him and deciding to get married and produce an heir himself.
After a bewildering chain of events involving a little fraud and some bogus legal proceedings, the story ends well with true love conquering all—as we hope it always does.
Sung in Italian with English supertitles.
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Subscribe Now and Save 20% off Single Ticket Prices!
Become a subscriber by purchasing season tickets to Utah Opera's 2008-2009 Season and you'll save in multiple ways:
- Save 20% on season tickets compared with the price of single tickets
- 20% off on Utah Opera, Utah Symphony, and Deer Valley® Music Festival tickets
- No counter of phone fees
- Valuable discounts at local restraunts, stores, and more with your Subscriber Advantages Card
2008-2009 Utah Opera Season Tickets Pricing
Utah Opera subscribers save 20% compared to single ticket prices. They also save 20% on additional Utah Opera single tickets**.
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$332 |
$266* |
$332 |
$266* |
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$288 |
$230 |
$256 |
$205 |
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$248 |
$198 |
$220 |
$176 |
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$212 |
$170 |
$192 |
$154 |
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$192 |
$154 |
$168 |
$134 |
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$172 |
$138 |
Seniors |
$144 |
$115 |
Seniors |
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$120 |
$96 |
$68 |
$92 |
$74 |
$57 |
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$60 |
$48 |
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$35 |
* Glade Peterson Society - With a $2000 tax-deducible donation, you can become a member of the Glade Peterson Society. As a member, you will be eligible to purchase up to two (2) seats in the Grand Tier of Capitol Theatre. With your membership, you will also receive free parking, admission to all intermission receptions, and invitations to special events. Please call 801.869.9012 for further details.
** Additional single tickets will be available to subscribers starting July 28, 2008. Please do not order single tickets before this date. |
