utah music

Triple-bill review: PYGmalion Theatre Company’s Witch, Salt Lake Acting Company’s Very Like A Whale, Westminster University’s Chance Operations

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PYGMALION THEATRE COMPANY: WITCH Playwright Jen Silverman certainly is admired by Salt Lake City theater companies. The most recent example is the outstanding production of Witch (a 2018 play), directed by Morag Shepherd, in a PYGmalion Theatre Company run which continues through Oct. 17. This is the third Silverman play within the last year to … Read more

¡Viva el Zorro! Utah Opera set for Utah premiere of Héctor Armienta’s Zorro, Oct. 10-18 at Capitol Theatre

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The hero’s journey has been explored in many famous operas: Prince Tamino in Mozart’s The Magic Flute, Richard Wagner’s Siegfried and Parsifal and Leonard Bernstein’s Candide, just to name a few. Composer Héctor Armienta adds Zorro to that genre in the operatic canon, which is about to receive its Utah premiere in a production by … Read more

Bachauer laureate Kotaro Fukuma’s Pligrimage concert will open Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation’s 51st season

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Pianist Kotaro Fukuma sees his return to the Salt Lake City stage this week as celebrations for him personally and for the Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation, which marked its 50th anniversary this year. Fukuma’s Pilgrimage program, which includes some of Liszt’s lesser performed works, is also inspired by the pianist’s love of literature and … Read more

With a world premiere, Utah premieres, and numerous current, active composers, NOVA Chamber Music Series’ 49th season sets bridge to upcoming golden anniversary

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The best way to summarize NOVA Chamber Music Series’ 2026-2027 season is that it’s a major warm-up for next year’s golden anniversary celebrations. Undoubtedly having proven its historical significance in raising the heights of chamber music excellence in Salt Lake City, NOVA continues to expand the horizons of its repertoire. World premiere commissions will be … Read more

UtahPresents’ 11th season set to continue blockbuster momentum on all performing arts fronts

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UtahPresents’ 10th anniversary season provided a continuous stream of blockbuster moments, combined with just as consistently sold-out houses for its shows. The 11th season promises to be just as impactful, with family shows as well as series highlighting internationally acclaimed dance companies, and contemporary and jazz musicians, along with the equally outstanding Stage Door Series, … Read more

Theater roundup: Footpath Theatre Company’s Western Minerals and Their Origins, The Rose Performing Arts Coalition’s Nevermore, ThreePenny Theatre Company’s The Death of Nero

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WESTERN MINERALS AND THEIR ORIGINS: FOOTPATH THEATRE COMPANY IN ASSOCIATION WITH FLYING BOBCAT THEATRICAL LABORATORY AND UTAHPRESENTS  Setting an impressive benchmark for UtahPresents’ Stage Door Series opener, Western Minerals and Their Origins by Footpath Theatre Company in collaboration with Flying Bobcat Theatrical Laboratory is among the best chamber theater plays that have emerged over the … Read more

Ambitious Park City Opera production of Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette hits many excellent marks in musicianship, singing, choreographed ballet passages

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Of the 12 operas that Charles Gounod wrote, two have survived the test of time: Faust, which is superb and Roméo et Juliette, which is the only one in this form based on this Shakespeare play that earned street credit in the theater. Premiered in 1867, Roméo et Juliette stands primarily on the music that … Read more

Nevermore: once again, annual Performing Arts Coalition show at The Rose set to raise the bar with comedic riff on Poe’s The Raven

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Only a literary figure with stature such as Edgar Allan Poe has an NFL team honoring his creative legacy. When the Baltimore Ravens won its first Super Bowl in 2001, playing perfect defense and winning by a score of 34-7 against the New York Giants, game announcer Chris Berman proclaimed, “Quoth the Ravens, never score!”  … Read more

A fine finish to artistically gratifying 12th Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival

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The 12th Great Salt Lake Fringe (GSLF) is in the books. Once again, the venue of the Alliance Theater, connected to the Utah Arts Alliance, at Trolley Square, was ideal for this event, along with the MadKing Fellowship Theater at The Gateway and Lightree Studios. This year’s edition with 28 shows was the strongest in … Read more

Intermezzo Chamber Music Series’ 25th anniversary celebrates great couples in music performance, along with the creative marriage of Robert and Clara Schumann

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Marking its own landmark anniversary this summer in Utah’s performing arts scene, Intermezzo Chamber Music Series will celebrate its 25th anniversary this summer with concerts inspired in part by Robert and Clara Schumann, along with music by Chopin, Dvořák, Liszt, Ravel, Schubert. Debussy and Brahms. Pianist Vedrana Subotić, music director and cofounder of the series, … Read more