Utah Festival Opera

Hundreds of summer citizens come to Cache Valley each year. But after Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre cut back its season, community leaders worried some tourists would skip this summer.

On this episode we do a summer check-in with the arts and talk with with Michael Ballam, Founding Director of the Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theater; and Herb Newsome, who is performing with the Lyric Repertory Company.

According to the National Endowment for the Arts, Utah is the number one state for art participation and number two for attending live performances. But…

In 2003, a play called The Violet Hour, written by Richard Greenberg, premiered on Broadway. In 2018, writer Eric Price and composer Will Reynolds decided…

At Tuesday’s meeting, the Logan City Council announced their decision to give the Utah Festival Opera the $150,000 the opera has requested. However, the…