Our 5th annual festival, Once Upon A Time, ventures forth into the land of fairy tales and legends. Utah Opera’s production of Rossini’s hilarious opera La Cenerentola (Cinderella) and the Utah Symphony’s performances of the music of Edvard Grieg are the keystones of this year’s festival. Enrich your experience with these performances by enjoying these and other events offered in collaboration with area arts groups.

For more information visit www.utahsymphonyopera.org/festival or call 801.869.9090

Call 801.533.NOTE (533.6683) or visit http://www.utahsymphonyopera.org/ for Utah Symphony and Utah Opera tickets. Use promo code “festival” to receive 10% off tickets to the Utah Symphony and Utah Opera performances. Even better, show your ticket stub or pick up a coupon from any Once Upon A Time Festival event and receive 50% off tickets to any of the Utah Symphony or Utah Opera performances mentioned below.*

General Fairy Tale Events
Explore myths and fairy tales with these exciting events:

• February 13 (Wednesday) | Cocteau’s Beauty and the Beast |City Library Auditorium | 6:30pm | FREE | Jean Cocteau was a novelist, playwright, director, poet, essayist, painter, set director, and actor. His 1946 classic film celebrates a love that chooses interior beauty over external repulsiveness. Come see early special effects, magic transportations, and haunting transformations.
  
  
• February 15 – March 1 | Pioneer Theatre’s production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream | Simmons Pioneer Memorial Theatre at the University of Utah | Monday-Thursday 7:30pm; Friday-Saturday 8pm; Saturday 2pm | Gods mix with mortals, a feuding king and queen unleash magical practical jokes on one another, spells yield improbable love affairs, and comical tradesmen wander into an enchanted wood and are transformed in the most unlikely ways in Shakespeare's most popular and enduring comedy. | 801.581.6961 | http://www.pioneertheatre.org/ | Tickets: $21-39; Children half-price on Mondays and Tuesdays.
  
  
• February 19 (Tuesday) | Utah Opera Ensemble: "Once Upon a Time" concert | City Library Auditorium | 7pm | FREE | Take your family on a magical sonic journey with arias and scenes from operas and musicals based on fairy tales.
  
  
• February 20-24 and February 28-March 2| The University of Utah Department of Theatre presents TRISTAN AND YSEULT |  Based on an ancient Celtic/French legend and a tragic pair whose story became part of the Arthurian legend, this non-happily-ever-after tale is not a story of epic love, but rather of love the way we ordinary humans experience it, with all the joy and hurt that accompany love betrayed. Tickets are $12 general admission, $6 students, through Kingsbury Ticket Office (581-7100), or see www.theatre.utah.edu. Performances are 7:30 pm Wednesday through Saturday, 7:00 pm Sunday, with a 2:00 pm matinee on Saturday, March 1. The Babcock Theatre is located downstairs from Pioneer Theatre, on the U of U campus.
  
  
• February 27 (Wednesday) | Fractured Fairy Tales | City Library Auditorium | 6:30pm | FREE | Hilarious, slightly skewed cartoon retellings of famous fairy tales pulled from the Rocky and Bullwinkle show.
  
  
• March 13 (Thursday) | Utah Symphony: Ancient Voices of Children | Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center | 8pm | George Crumb’s Ancient Voices of Children pulls its text from the poetry of Federico Garcia Lorca. An appeal to regain the innocence of children, the work is oft described as “hauntingly beautiful.” Tickets: $25, $35.

• March 14 (Friday) | Utah Symphony @ BYU: Ancient Voices of Children| Madsen Recital Hall at BYU’s Harris Fine Arts Center | 7:30pm | Tickets: $15 ($7 off for students; $5 off for faculty and seniors) | Call: 801.422.4322 or visit performances.byu.edu

Composer Spotlight: Edvard Grieg

Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg’s fanciful music is perfect for this festival about fairy tales and myths:

• February 12 (Tuesday) | Lecture on Life & Music of Edvard Grieg | City Library Auditorium | 7pm | FREE | By Prof. Rachel Nardo of the University of Utah, with a selection of Grieg’s songs performed by the Utah Opera Ensemble Studio Artists.
  
  
• February 14 (Thursday) | Utah Symphony Music Exposed Series: Grieg’s Piano Concerto | Abravanel Hall | 7pm | Nothing is more romantic on Valentine’s Day than a trip to the symphony. This informal, shorter concert involves a chat with the guest artist and conductor and features Grieg’s Concerto for Piano in A minor – the perfect appetizer for an intimate dinner later on. Show will finish before 8pm. Tickets: $30-$40.
  
  
• February 15 & 16 (Friday and Saturday) | Utah Symphony: Grieg’s Piano Concerto | Abravanel Hall | 8pm | The lyrical themes of Grieg’s romantic concerto will create the perfect mood for this Valentine’s weekend. Also, hear the final work of Béla Bartók, his Concerto for Orchestra, that spotlights every section of the orchestra. Pre-concert lecture begins at 7:15pm in the First Tier Room. Tickets: $12-$48.
  
  
• February 21 (Thursday) | Utah Symphony @ BYU: Grieg’s Peer Gynt Op. 23 |de Jong Concert at BYU’s Harris Fine Arts Center | 7:30pm | Tickets: $15 ($7 off for students; $5 off for faculty and seniors) | Call: 801.422.4322 or visit performances.byu.edu | Same information and concert as below.
  
  
• February 22 & 23 (Friday and Saturday) | Utah Symphony: Grieg’s Peer Gynt Op. 23 |Abravanel Hall | 8pm | Come hear Grieg’s work filled with trolls, magic beings, and lost loves in a tale spun through music. This work became one of his most beloved compositions, and also earned him international fame. Pre-concert lecture begins at 7:15pm in the First Tier Room. Tickets: $12-$48.

The Many Slippers of Cinderella

Rossini’s La Cenerentola has it all: an underdog, a love story, and two delicious villainesses. Delve deep into the Cinderella myth by hearing lectures, taking an online course, viewing an exhibit, attending a ballet, and watching a mini film festival.

• Now through March 31, 2008 | Exhibition "Cinderella: Masks, Magic, and Mirrors" |Utah Museum of Fine Arts | Working with materials from Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas, this exhibit explores the themes of servitude, disguise, false and real worth, as well as such familiar and celebrated Cinderella motifs such as pumpkins, shoes, jewelry, and beautiful clothing.
  Cost: UMFA Members FREE; Adults $5; Seniors $3; Youth (ages 6-18) $3; Children under 6 FREE; University of Utah students, staff and faculty FREE | hours: Tuesday – Friday, 10am – 5pm; Wednesday, 10am – 8pm; Saturday and Sunday, 11 am – 5 pm; closed Mondays and Holidays | 801.581.7332

• February 13 – March 5 | OPERA America online course on Rossini’s La Cenerentola (Cinderella) | Rossini, the comic genius responsible for The Barber of Seville, wrote this opera in just three weeks; this course will take four weeks to consider the work's story, music, performance traditions, and productions over the years. Lectures are emailed to participants once each week for four weeks on Wednesdays, allowing you to review the course material at your own pace. Taught by Denise Gallo, a specialist in nineteenth-century Italian opera and Co-Director of the Music History Division at The Catholic University of America.
  As a patron of Utah Symphony & Opera, you can have access to the La Cenerentola coursefree of charge. To register, send an email with your name, street address, and the email address where you would like to receive the course information to pfowler@utahsymphonyopera.org.

• February 14-16 and 20-23 | Ballet West's production of Ben Stevenson’s Cinderella |Capitol Theatre | 7:30pm | Set to Prokofiev's enchanting score, this version of the classic fairytale is filled with romance and comedy, mesmerizing dance, and fun for the entire family. Receive the $5 off “Once Upon a Time” discount available for Feb 14-16 and Feb 20 - 21 ONLY through ArtTix. Offer is limited and subject to availability. Must say “Once Upon a Time Festival” to get this discount. | 801.355.ARTS (2787) | http://www.balletwest.org/
  

• March 1 (Saturday) | Lecture on Cinderella Variants | UMFA Auditorium | 2pm | Utah State University folklore professor Lisa Gabbert will give an hour-long presentation comparing and interpreting Cinderella stories from around the world. After the lecture, tour the UMFA exhibit "Cinderella: Masks, Magic, and Mirrors".
  
  

• March 5 (Wednesday) | Opera Preview Lecture on Rossini's Cinderella | City Library Auditorium | 7:30pm | By University of Utah School of Music professor April Greenan, who is the founding director of the McKay Music Library at the University of Utah. This lecture is funded by the Utah Humanities Council.

• March 8 (Saturday) | Cinderella Film Fest |City Library Auditorium | FREE | Immerse yourself in four delightful renditions of the Cinderella story set in locations from Africa to Appalachia to Vietnam.
  • 1:00pm | “Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters” (Reading Rainbow, 9 minutes, 1990)
  • 1:15pm | Cinderfella with Jerry Lewis (90 minutes, 1960)
  • 3:00pm | Ashpet: An American Cinderella (Appalachian version, 45 minutes, 1990)
  • 4:00pm | The Scent of Green Papaya (Vietnamese version, 100 minutes, 1993)
    

• March 8, 10, 12, 14 @ 7:30pm and 16 @ 2pm | Utah Opera: Rossini’s La Cenerentola (Cinderella) | Capitol Theatre | Step into the pages of this fairy tale for laughter, drama, and romance. In Rossini’s superb comedy, the schemes of a wicked but bumbling stepfather are all that stand between Cinderella and her destiny. Secret identities, horrible step-sisters, and a true Prince Charming are part of a tale that you will remember ever after. Prelude Talk with Dr. Carol Anderson begins one hour before curtain. Friday/Saturday/Sunday tickets: $12-$65 | Monday/Wednesday tickets: $10-$58.
  

Locations and Partner Info:

Abravanel Hall | 123 West South Temple, SLC | 801.533.NOTE (533.6683) | http://www.utahsymphony.org/

Ballet West | Capitol Theatre: 50 West 200 South, SLC | questions: 801.323.9000; tickets: 801.355.ARTS (2787) | http://www.balletwest.org/

Capitol Theatre | 50 West 200 South, SLC | 801.533.NOTE (6683) | http://www.utahopera.org/

The City Library | 210 East 400 South, SLC | 801.524.8200 | http://www.slcpl.lib.ut.us/

Salt Lake City Film Center | shows @ City Library Auditorium | 210 East 400 South, SLC | 801.746.7000 | http://www.slcfilmcenter.org/

Pioneer Theatre Company | Simmons Pioneer Memorial Theatre at the University of Utah | 300 South 1400 East, SLC | 801.581.6961 | http://www.pioneertheatre.org/

Utah Humanities Council | 202 W 300 N, SLC | 801.359.9670 | http://www.utahhumanities.org/

Utah Museum of Fine Arts | Marcia & John Price Museum Building @ the University of Utah | 410 Campus Center Drive, SLC | 801.581.7332 | http://www.umfa.utah.edu/

The Once Upon a Time festival is sponsored by the John and Marcia Price Family Foundation.

*The 50% of discount is only available on full price tickets and cannot be applied to already discounted tickets. Discount does not apply to the lowest priced tickets.