The opera house burned on the eve of opening, but the show went on a few days later at another venue. Thanks to the efforts of director John Mauldin and students in the USU Opera Workshop, a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta returns to the stage at Utah State.
Tickets are available at the door.
This will be a fully mounted, fully produced production, said Cindy Dewey, head of the vocal performance program in the Department of Music. This is also the first time a full orchestra has been used in an opera workshop production in a number of years, she notes. Operetta, by definition, includes spoken dialogue, whereas opera dialogue is sung. The action takes place in Venice. Saturday, March 3, Utah Public Radio presents a rebroadcast of the concert.