Musicians from the Utah Opera perform a live-stream concert from the Gallivan Center. They will be performing music from La bohème, South Pacific, My Fair Lady, and more!

Brandon Bell - Baritone
Addison Marlor - Tenor
Taylor Burkhardt - Piano

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Addison Marlor, dubbed a “sweet-toned tenor” by SF Gate, hails from Salt Lake City, Utah. He is a two-time participant in the Merola Opera Program, and was praised by the San Francisco Classical Voice as having a “wonderfully warm and engaging voice and presence.” Addison holds a Bachelor’s degree in Vocal Performance from Utah Valley University and a Master’s degree in Vocal Performance from the University of Utah, where he represented the School of Music in the Graduate Vocal Quartet. Roles he performed before joining Utah Opera’s Resident Artist program include Sellem in Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress, the title role in Bernstein’s Candide, Ruggero in Puccini’s La Rondine, and Parîs in Saint-Saëns’ Hélène. In fall 2018, Addison debuted with the Utah Symphony in the roles of the Archbishop and Slave Driver in Bernstein’s Candide and also with Washington Concert Opera, singing Phaon in Gounod’s Sapho. With Utah Opera as a Resident Artistfrom 2018-2020, Addison was featured in The Little Prince, The Magic Flute, Norma, La Traviata and Silent Night as well as in Bernstein at 100 and Women of Notes concerts in communities around the state.

Pianist Taylor Burkhardt collaborates with a number of musicians as a duo partner, chamber musician, répétiteur, and coach. In the 2018-2019 season, she was involved with productions at Kentucky Opera, Virginia Opera, and Atlanta Opera, and also did song recital work in Louisville, KY and Minneapolis, MN. During summer 2019, she was a faculty member at the Utah Vocal Arts Academy Summer Opera Festival, where she coached privately and accompanied the masterclasses of Darrell Babidge and Peter Randsman. She is a graduate of the doctoral program at the University of Minnesota, where she studied with Timothy Lovelace, and is an alumna of the Music Academy of the West, where she primarily studied with Warren Jones. She was Utah Opera’s Resident Artist pianist for the 2019-20 season, and returns for a second season in this role during 2020-21.

Brandon Bell is a baritone hailing from Suffolk, Virginia. Before joining Utah Opera as a Resident Artist in the fall of 2019, Brandon appeared as Colline in West Bay Opera’s production of La bohème. Engagements in the 2018-19 season included a debut with West Edge Opera as Terry in Breaking the Waves, and his debut as the Corporal in La fille du régiment, as a Festival Artist with Opera Saratoga. Brandon is a proud alumnus of the Wolf Trap Opera and Chautauqua Opera studio artist programs. Additional performance highlights include Collatinus (The Rape of Lucretia) and Garibaldo (Rodelinda) with the SF Conservatory of Music; L’imperial Commisario (Madama Butterfly) and English Ambassador (Ghosts of Versailles) with Wolf Trap Opera; and Nick Bottom (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) with the Janiec Opera Company. During Utah Opera’s 2019-2020 season, Brandon performed featured roles in La traviata, Silent Night, and The Barber of Seville in Utah Opera mainstage productions, and in Women of Notes community concerts. He returns as a second-year Resident Artist in the 2020-21 Utah Opera season.