Single Tickets Available August 7 for USUO's 2010-11 Season

SINGLE TICKETS AVAILABLE AUGUST 7 FOR UTAH SYMPHONY | UTAH OPERA’S 2010-11 SEASON
Tickets may be purchased online, by telephone or in-person

SALT LAKE CITY, UT – Single tickets for Utah Symphony | Utah Opera’s 2010-11 season will be available for purchase starting Saturday, August 7, 2010. Subscriptions will continue to be available for purchase, but patrons will now have the opportunity to purchase individual tickets to any Masterworks, Entertainment, Discovery, Lollipops or Opera performances. Tickets may be purchased by calling (801) 355-ARTS (2787), in person at the Abravanel Hall box office, or by visiting www.usuo.org.

Those who purchase four or more performances will receive 20% off the regular single ticket prices and receive subscriber benefits such as, 20% discount on additional tickets, flexible ticket exchange, no phone or counter fees for add-on tickets and more.

Tickets for special events are also on sale. These performances include Riders in the Sky with the Utah Symphony, which features traditional Western music and cowboy comedy skits on November 1, 2010 and the annual Messiah Sing-in performances on November 27 and 28, 2010. Then on December 30, 2010 the orchestra will present Blue Plant Live, which features the Utah Symphony performing against the backdrop of the Discovery channel’s most dramatic sequences of Blue Planet Live.

FULL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Masterworks
Opening Weekend: Beethoven & Brahms
September 10–11 | 8 PM Abravanel Hall
Hannu Lintu, Conductor
Louis Lortie, Piano

Entertainment
The Duke Ellington Orchestra
September 17–18 | 8 PM Abravanel Hall
Jerry Steichen, Conductor

Masterworks
Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto
September 23 | 7:30 PM
September 24–25 | 8 PM Abravanel Hall
Thierry Fischer, Conductor
Hilary Hahn, Violin

Family
Salute to Youth
September 28 | 7:00 PM Abravanel Hall
Thierry Fischer, Conductor

Masterworks
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
October 8–9 | 8 PM Abravanel Hall
Mario Venzago, Conductor
Horacio Gutiérrez, Piano

OPERA
La Bohème
by Giacomo Puccini
October 16, 18, 20, 22 | 7:30 PM, October 24 | 2 PM
Leonardo Vordoni, Conductor
Crystal Manich, Director
Laquita Mitchell, Mimí
Gerard Powers, Rodolfo
Keith Phares, Marcello
Celena Shafer, Musetta

Family
The Haunted Symphony
October 26 | 7:00 PM Abravanel Hall
David Cho, Conductor
Riders in the Sky, Guest Artists
Sourdough Slim, Guest Artist
Waddie Mitchell, Buckaroo Poet

Masterworks
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1
October 29–30 | 8 PM Abravanel Hall
Thierry Fischer, Conductor
Ingrid Fliter, Piano

Masterworks
Romeo and Juliet
November 5–6 | 8 PM Abravanel Hall
Thierry Fischer, Conductor
Denis Sedov, Bass
Utah Symphony Chorus

Entertainment
Oz with Orchestra
November 12–13 | 8 PM Abravanel Hall
David Cho, Conductor

Masterworks
Bruckner Symphony No. 9
November 19–20 | 8 PM Abravanel Hall
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Conductor
Utah Chamber Artists, Soloists
Barlow Bradford, Utah Chamber Artists Artistic Director

Special
Messiah Sing-In
November 27–28 | 7:00 PM Abravanel Hall
Susanne Sheston, Conductor
Utah Symphony Chorus

Masterworks
Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto No. 1
December 3–4 | 8 PM Abravanel Hall
Hugh Wolff, Conductor
Pieter Wispelwey, Cello

Entertainment
Holiday Celebration with Jerry!
December 10–11 | 8 PM Abravanel Hall
Jerry Steichen, Conductor
Brent Turner, Baritone
West Jordan High School Concert Choir
Kelly DeHaan, Chorus Director

Lollipops
The Polar Express with the Utah Symphony
December 11 | 11 AM & 12:30 PM Abravanel Hall
Jerry Steichen, Conductor
Brent Turner, Baritone
West Jordan High School Concert Choir
Kelly DeHaan, Chorus Director

Special
Blue Planet Live!
December 30 | 7:30 PM Abravanel Hall
Utah Symphony Chorus

Masterworks
Barber’s Violin Concerto
January 7–8 | 8 PM Abravanel Hall
Thierry Fischer, Conductor
Robert McDuffie, Violin

OPERA
Hansel and Gretel
by Engelbert Humperdinck
January 15, 17, 19, 21 | 7:30 PM, January 23 | 2 PM
Capitol Theatre
Ari Pelto, Conductor
David Gately, Director
Leah Wool, Hansel
Anya Matanovič, Gretel
Jennifer Roderer, Witch

Masterworks
Stravinsky’s Pulcinella
January 28–29 | 8 PM Abravanel Hall
Keith Lockhart, Conductor
Louise Vickerman, Harp

Masterworks
Debussy’s La Mer
February 4–5 | 8 PM Abravanel Hall
Julian Kuerti, Conductor
Augustin Hadelich, Violin

Masterworks
Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra
February 11–12 | 8 PM Abravanel Hall
Pascal Rophé, Conductor
Joyce Yang, Piano

Entertainment
Bravo Broadway: The Wicked Divas!
February 18–19 | 8 PM Abravanel Hall
Jerry Steichen, Conductor

Masterworks
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
February 25–26 | 8 PM Abravanel Hall
Nicholas McGegan, Conductor
Fred Adams, Narrator
Utah Symphony Chorus

Masterworks
Robert and Clara Schumann
March 4–5 | 8 PM Abravanel Hall
Christian Arming, Conductor
Mihaela Ursuleasa, Piano

Lollipops
Peter and the Wolf
March 12 | 11 AM & 12:30 PM Abravanel Hall

OPERA
Little Women
by Mark Adamo
March 12, 14, 16, 18, 20 | 7:30 PM, March 20 | 2 PM
Capitol Theatre
Christopher Larkin, Conductor
David Gately, Director
Audrey Babcock, Jo
Jamie Van Eyck, Meg
Tanner Knight, Laurie

Masterworks
Mozart Symphony No. 40
March 25–26 | 8 PM Abravanel Hall
Matthias Bamert, Conductor
Tad Calcara, Clarinet

Masterworks
Also Sprach Zarathustra
April 15–16 | 8 PM Abravanel Hall
Roberto Minczuk, Conductor
Karen Gomyo, Violin

Masterworks
A Child of Our Time
April 22–23 | 8 PM Abravanel Hall
Keith Lockhart, Conductor
Utah Symphony Chorus

Family
Classical Countdown with Big Buddah
April 26 | 7:00 PM Abravanel Hall
David Cho, Conductor

Entertainment
ABBA—The Music
April 29–30 | 8 PM Abravanel Hall
Jerry Steichen, Conductor

Masterworks
Saint-Saëns’ “Organ Symphony”
May 6-7 | 8 PM Abravanel Hall
Andrew Grams, Conductor
Richard Elliott, Organ

OPERA
Falstaff
By Giuseppe Verdi
May 14, 16, 18, 20 | 7:30 PM, May 22 | 2 PM
Capitol Theatre
Robert Tweten, Conductor
Christopher Mattaliano, Director
Steven Condy, Falstaff
Cynthia Clayton, Alice
Michael Chioldi, Ford
Aaron Blake, Fenton

Family
All-Star Evening
May 24 | 7 PM Abravanel Hall
David Cho, Conductor

Masterworks
The Rite of Spring
May 27–28 | 8 PM Abravanel Hall
Thierry Fischer, Conductor
Janice Chandler Eteme, Soprano

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