Support The Arts: October 2008

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

The next VIVACE event is coming right up! November 8th! Get your tickets early!

Upcoming Event:
Proposition 11.08.08: Vote for Utah Symphony | Utah Opera's Vivace

The Vivace Platform: Experience funkified Classical Music paired with superb seats, an inexpensive price, world-class performances, and amped after-parties with the conductor, guest artist, and the Utah Symphony.

ELECTION DETAILS: Date: 11.08.08 (Saturday) @ 8pm | Performance features 20-something British cellist Natalie Clein playing Elgar’s famous, moody, and heart-breaking Cello Concerto in E minor.

YOUR POLLING PLACE: Abravanel Hall (123 West South Temple)

AFTER-PARTY: 10-ish pm @ Baxter’s American at the Gateway (400 West South Temple).

HOW TO GET INVOLVED: Purchase Vivace tickets. $30 or $15 for students* | web: arttix.org | phone: 801.533.NOTE (6683) | promo code vivace

THE CONCERT: 20-something British cellist Natalie Clein (natalieclein.com) brings Elgar’s über-famous concerto to life with the Utah Symphony at your beautiful polling place, Abravanel Hall. Also on the program, the Utah Symphony will perform four dances from Ginastera’s fiery ballet, Estancia about a city boy out-manning the country gouchos (farm hands) in order to woo the heart of a rich country girl. Arild Remmereit, conductor.

THE AFTER-PARTY: Celebrate the Vivace Election at the after-party held at Baxter’s American. Party with fellow Vivace members, Natalie Clein, Arild Remmereit, and the Utah Symphony. Enjoy the gourmet comfort food of Baxter’s American for free with your Vivace ticket. Cash bar. Visit myusuo.org/vivace to subscribe to the 2008-2009 Classical V season. Baxter’s American is located at 400 West South Temple at the Gateway Depot.

usuo.org/vivace | vMail: vivace@usuo.org | myspace.com/life_funkified | become a Facebook Fan of Vivace | visit myusuo.org/vivace to purchase a Classical V Series.

* Vivace price and section are guaranteed until Monday, November 3. If you are a Classical V or Utah Symphony subscriber, and already have tickets to the November 8th performance, call 801.869.9017 for your after-party pass.

Buy tickets online at ArtTix.org >>

The Vivace Calendar

2008-2009 Season (Classical V Series on sale May 5):

10.18.08 (Saturday) - Utah Opera: Puccini’s Madama Butterfly
11.8.08 (Saturday) - Elgar’s Cello Concerto
1.17.09 (Saturday) - Utah Opera: Blitzstein’s Regina
2.28.09 (Saturday) - Keith & Olga
3.28.09 (Saturday) - An Evening of Adventure with Keith & Viviane
5.9.09 (Saturday) - Tchaik’s Big 5

Friday, October 24, 2008

Tons of fun things to do....

Comedy - Plays

Plan B 2008-09 Season
24 Oct-30 May

Comedy - Shows

Comedy Murder Myster
16 Aug-8 Nov

Festivals - Music

15th Annual Eccles Organ Festival
7 Sep-2 Nov, 8:00 p.m.

Museums - Arts Exhibits

An Innermost Journey: Art of Shanuna Cook Clinger
28 Oct-15 Feb

Changing Identity: Recent works by Women Artists from Vietnam
18 Oct-4 Jan

The Later Works of William Utermohlen
1 Nov-11 Jan

Modern & Contemporary Works from the UMFA
11 Oct-8 Feb

Music - Classical

Tuesdays at the Bachauer
14 Oct-17 Mar, 7:30 p.m.

Canyonlands/Abravanel Series Concert
21 Oct: 7:30p, 2 Feb: 7:30p

u of U Faculty Recital Series: Spotlight Concerts
1 Nov: 7p, 9 Nov: 7p, 14 Dec: 7p

Music - Jazz

John Clayton Quartet
27 Oct, 7:30 p.m.

Theater - Classical & Shakespeare

Utah Shakespearean Festival
19 Jun-25 Oct

Theater - Comedy

Super Nanny
28 Aug-8 Nov

Dracula VS The Hunchback
26 Sep-1 Nov

Scary Poppins
29 Sep-8 Nov

Theater - Community

Into the Woods
1 Oct-29 Nov

Wait Until Dark
24 Oct-17 Nov

Theater - Drama

Radio Hour: Franenstein
24 Oct-2 Nov

Theater - Musical

Broadway Across America
1 Oct-30 Jun

Theater - Opera

Utah Symphony/Utah Opera 2008-09 Season
12 Sep-30 May

Visual Arts - Exhibits

Utah Watercolor Society
19 Sep-7 Nov

Paintings Inspired by Rumi's Poetry
13 Sep-1 Nov

Liberties Under Fire
18 Oct-31 Jan

Style In Stone Open House
26 Oct, 1p-4p

Wild Birds of the American Wetlands
1 Nov-2 Feb

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Madame Butterfly

Utah Opera presents

Madame Butterfly

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, “Trouble.” Pinkerton does come back, but Butterfly’s devotion and heart are shattered when she realizes he has not returned for her.

Sung in Italian with English Supertitles

Learn more on www.utahopera.org >>

Madame Butterfly

October 18, 20, 22, and 24 at 7:30 PM

October 26 at 2 PM

Capitol Theatre | Parking Information

Info about October 18th Vivace event >>

Sunday, October 5, 2008

Vivace



*This is the first Vivace event of the 2008-2009 season.* Join Utah Opera and Vivace for the Opening Night performance of Puccini's exotic and passionate opera Madame Butterfly followed by a Vivace after-party fit for the raucous and exuberant personality of Puccini himself. 10.18.08 (Saturday) \| Madame Butterfly: 7:30pm @ Capitol Theatre after-party: 10:45pm @ City Center Marriott
The performance: An international celebrity in his day, Puccini described himself as a "mighty hunter of wild fowl, opera libretti, and attractive women" and reflected that hunter instinct and 'playa' passion (minus the birds of course) in his famous operas including Madame Butterfly, La Bohéme, and Tosca. Utah Opera presents his exotic and tragic masterpiece Madame Butterfly on October 18th. Join Vivace for a night of romance, beautiful music, and…suicide.	The after-party: 2008 marks the 150th anniversary of Giacomo Puccini’s birth. Celebrate this occasion with fellow Vivace members, the cast/crew of Madame Butterfly, and members of the Utah Symphony at the City Center Marriott. The after-party features the first-ever Utah Opera Costume Showcase of its up-and-coming designers as well as delicious Asian-inspired culinary creations such as dessert sushi created by Chef Gert Boer. Cash bar. The City Center Marriott is located at 220 South Main, Salt Lake City.
Vivace tickets are $30, $15 for students* \| web: arttix.org phone: 801.533.NOTE (6683) \| use promo code vivace This performance will sell out, so purchase your tickets early! BECOME A CLASSICAL V SUBSCRIBER: www.myusuo.org/vivace Vivace is also invited to the Opera Opening Night Soiree, an elegant Asian-themed pre-performance dinner, at the City Center Marriott. Dinner tickets are $75, $60 for Utah Opera or Classical V subscribers. Free parking at the City Center Marriott for dinner attendees. Call 533.NOTE to RSVP. * Vivace price and section are guaranteed until Monday, October 13. The Vivace student price is not available online. If you are a Classical V or Utah Opera subscriber, and already have tickets to the October 18th performance, call 801.869.9017 for your after-party pass.