Be transported to Spain with exquisite food, fine wine, and opera. Vocalists from Park City Opera will perform Spanish songs and highlights from Carmen, bringing romance and drama to the Park Meadows tent! As the music unfolds, enjoy a thoughtfully curated Spanish food and wine pairing.
Tapas and cocktails begin in the Park Meadows tent at 6:00 PM followed by a seated dinner interspersed with performances.
Tickets for Park Meadows Country Club Members are available now. If you are not a member, please sign up for our waiting list (first-come-first-served) for tickets to be released shortly ($95 for dinner and performance, $30 additional for wine pairing).
Program (subject to change): Spanish Soirée
Recuerdos de la Alhambra (Francisco Tárrega)
Adiós Granada (Tomás Barrera y Rafael Calleja)
Granada (Augustín Lara)
Selections from Canciones clásicas españolas (Fernando Obradors)
Corazón porque pasais
Con amores, la mi madre
Del cabello más sutil
Chiquitita la novia
Por unos puertos arriba (Antonio de Ribera)
Triste estaba el rey David (Alonso Mudarra)
La rosa y el sauce (Carlos Gustavino)
No puede ser from La tabernera del Puerto (Pablo Sorozábal)
Las locas por amor (Joquín Turina)
Selections from Carmen (Georges Bizet)
Quand je vous aimerai… L’amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera)
Haltelà! Qui va là? Dragon d’Alcala!
Enfin c’est toi!
La fleur que tu m’avais jetée (Jose’s Flower Song)
Non! tu ne m’aimes pas!… Làbas, làbas dans la montagne
La mort! J’ai bien lu… En vain pour éviter les réponses amères (Carmen’s Card Aria)
Estrellita (Manuel Ponce)
Performer Biographies:
Lauded as a “musical and theatrical delight” on stage (Colorado Gazette), Sarah Neal (2025 Mainstage Artist) is a mezzo-soprano from South Bend, Indiana with a passion for accessible, interdisciplinary performing arts. Sarah is a Resident Young Artist for the 2024-25 Season with Opera Memphis, performing as Mercédès in Bizet’s Carmen (Carmen cover), in Gregg Kallor’s new solo chamber opera The Tell-Tale Heart, and finally as Endimione in La Calisto. This coming summer, Sarah will join Charlottesville Opera to both cover and perform the title role of Carmen. Sarah has received awards from competitions including the Dallas Opera Lone Star Competition, the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition, and the American Council for Polish Culture’s Sembrich Vocal Competition. In previous years, Sarah has sung as an Apprentice Artist with Central City Opera and appeared with multiple chamber groups, including Ars Lyrica Houston and Mercury Chamber Orchestra. Sarah received their Master of Music from the University of Houston where they performed notable roles, including the title role in La Cenerentola, Dinah (Trouble in Tahiti), Nancy (Albert Herring), and Cherubino (Le nozze di Figaro). Outside of the rehearsal room, Sarah can be found tending to their houseplants as if they were children, knitting for hours on end, and reading on their porch swing. Sarah will be singing the role of Rosina in Park City Opera’s upcoming August production of Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia.
Mark Covey Barrera (2025 Mainstage Artist), bass-baritone, has performed on stages in America, Germany, France, and Italy. His recent roles include Simone in Gianni Schicchi, Dulcamara in Elisir d'amore, Escamillo in Carmen, Bartolo in Le nozze di Figaro, and Rambaldo in La Rondine. He has appeared at venues such as Festival Napa Valley, Opera Company of Middlebury, and Opera San Antonio, among others. Mark was a finalist in the Shreveport Opera Singer of the Year competition. In addition to his performing career, Mark is an accomplished stage director – he has directed productions of Die Zauberflöte, Dido and Aeneas, and various operatic scene concerts. Mark is also an accomplished classical guitarist, having studied with the renowned Christopher Parkening. Currently, he serves as Assistant Professor of Voice and Opera at Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas. Mark will be singing the role of Bartolo in Park City Opera’s upcoming August production of Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia.
David Silvano (Guest Artist) is a Peruvian-American tenor at home in a wide variety of styles. David recently made his role debut as The Duke in Verdi’s Rigoletto with Mobile Opera, and is excited to be among the first to perform with Park City Opera. David has performed in roles such as Don José in Carmen, Martin in Copland's The Tender Land, Ferrando in Così fan tutte, and excerpts as Rodolfo in La Bohème and Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly. In the Summer of 2022, he sang the role of Theodore Billings in the staged premiere of Clint Borzoni's The Copper Queen with Marble City Opera where he was praised by Arts Knoxville for bringing "a deliciously romantic lyrical side" to the character. In addition, he has performed as a soloist in various concert works. During the 2023 season, David was a Resident Artist at Indianapolis Opera, where he covered the role of Don José and sang the role of El Remendado in Carmen. A native of Colorado, David holds a B.M. from Colorado Mesa University and an M.M. from Colorado State University where he studied with John Robert Lindsey. www.davidsilvano.com
Lena Goldstein (Executive Director, Park City Opera) is an American soprano who has made recent appearances with Vox Opera, San Francisco Conservatory, Songfest, Chicago Summer Opera, Opera Theatre of Yale, Yale Baroque Opera, Yale Symphony Orchestra, and Yale Chamber Orchestra. Her recent roles include The Governess (The Turn of the Screw), Zerlina (Don Giovanni), La Fée (Cendrillon), Eurinda (Doriclea), Nora (Riders to the Sea), Maggie (The Gift of the Magi), Serpina (La serva padrona), and Lady Angela (Patience). Her concert performances include Mahler’s Symphony No. 4, Mozart’s Requiem, Ravel’s Trois poèmes de Mallarmé, Muhly’s The Beauty of the Day, and premieres of Carlson’s The Disguise and Beckman’s Hartley Songs. Lena works off-stage to enhance the artistic landscape for emerging professionals through entrepreneurial initiatives. She is Executive Director of Park City Opera, directed the Hot Air New Music Festival, and managed the Opera Theatre of Yale College. She is pursuing her master’s degree at the San Francisco Conservatory as the recipient of the Samuel Clark Scholarship, and recently graduated cum laude from Yale University with a Bachelor’s in molecular biology. www.lenagoldstein.com
Benjamin Beckman (Artistic Director, Park City Opera) is a composer, conductor, and pianist based in Los Angeles. Compositional career highlights include performances on the BBC Proms, Tanglewood Music Festival, and Royal Concertgebouw Summer Concerts, and by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra, and Yale Symphony Orchestra. His 70-minute chamber opera Passage won the Beekman Cannon Friends Prize for the best-submitted thesis in the music major at Yale. As a pianist, assistant conductor, and vocal coach, Benjamin has worked for the Sarasota Opera, Pacific Opera Project, Opera Company of Middlebury, Chicago Summer Opera, and Classic Lyric Arts France and Italy. While a student at Yale, Beckman was the Artistic Director of both the Opera Theater of Yale College and the Yale Undergraduate Chamber Orchestra, through which he facilitated the premieres of 21 student compositions. He is currently pursuing graduate studies in composition at the USC Thornton School of Music, where he manages the conservatory’s new music ensemble, the Thornton Edge. www.benjaminbeckmanmusic.com